Three Medina Students Selected for North Dakota All-State Choirs

Taryn Mittleider, Cherdan Slaughter and Charice Slaughter took the stage last weekend representing Medina Public School at the North Dakota All-State choirs, earning one of the most competitive honors available to student musicians in the state.

Medina's district office recognized the three students on its public live feed in the first days of April, congratulating them on the achievement and spotlighting their performance as a reflection of the school's music program. For a small K-12 district in Stutsman County, placing three students in the same All-State cycle is a notable result.

Selection to the North Dakota All-State choirs is not automatic. Students audition for a spot, competing against peers from across the state, and those chosen perform in a statewide festival setting under the direction of guest conductors and clinicians brought in specifically for the event. The experience doubles as performance exposure and, for upperclassmen, a meaningful addition to college and scholarship applications.

The Slaughter siblings, Cherdan and Charice, joined Mittleider in making the trip, meaning Medina sent three voices to a program that draws talent from every corner of North Dakota. The district's recognition of all three by name signals the kind of community-level investment in arts education that sustains music programs in towns of Medina's size.

The school's April 2026 newsletter, which has been mailed to district households and posted online through the school's website, includes further details on upcoming events and school activities. Families who did not receive a copy in the mail can find it through the Medina Public School website. The same live feed that celebrated Mittleider and the Slaughters also highlighted a calendar raffle supporting a student trip to Washington, D.C., Pre-K and kindergarten visits to the local ambulance and fire stations, and a chess program running for upper elementary and high school students, all underscoring the range of programming the district maintains outside the classroom.