Middle School Band Students Earn Awards

Milbank Middle School band students received end-of-season awards for the 2025-2026 school year. The middle school band students are instructed by Mrs. Susan Karels.

Top Practice Awards
Sixth-Grade Students:  Hillary Aburto, Morgan Bilben, Addy Bohn, Bianca Cruz, Shayla Folk, Samanta Gomez, Hudson Mueller, Nora Peters, Audrey Schmeichel, and Ivy Untalan.

Seventh- Grade Students: Dafne Gonzalez Molina, Fernanda Hernandez Vazquez, Olivia Mueller, Niah Pond, Liam Prasnicki, Stella Pulling, Zoe Schwenn, and Brooklyn Wittrock.

Eighth-Grade Students: Paola Culhuac Segundo, Esteban Gomez Gomez, Jaxon Gores, Adriana McKillip, Emily Neugebauer, Uziel Nonoal Mendoza, Alondra Romero Mondragon, Keira Untalan, and Matthew Unzen.

Musicians of the Month 
Sixth-Grade Students: Bianca Cruz, Chelsie Granquist, Noemi Landon, Layla Anderson, Shayla Folk, Charlie Laskowske, Audrey Schmeichel, Kami Dashiell. The sixth-grade winner of the Pizza Ranch certificate (drawn at random) was Shayla Folk.

Musicians of the Month 
Seventh-Grade Students: Brytten Schmieg, Sophie Gruba, Quetzalli Culhuac Segundo, Josie Dallman, Cecilia Gonzalez, Ariana Prisinger, Riley Krause, and Payton Pauli. The seventh-grade winner of the Pizza Ranch certificate (drawn at random) was Brytten Schmieg.

Musicians of the Month 
Eighth-Grade Students: Gunnar Anderson, Paola Culhuac Segundo, Nevaeh Nilson, Sophia Bass, Alexa Trejo, Aubree Madsen, Jose Sanchez, and Beau Street. The eighth-grade winner of the Pizza Ranch certificate (drawn at random) was Gunnar Anderson.