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Thoughts From The Superintendent May - 2012
There are a lot of fun events to finish the year at every school district in Wisconsin. New Lisbon is no exception. May 17th is our K-12 service learning day where students spend the afternoon doing community based projects. That night is also the grade 9-12 awards night beginning at 7:30. The elementary student of the month banquet is May 21st at 6:00. May 22nd is the academic achievement/scholarship night. Graduation is scheduled for June 1st at 8:00. Summer school will start right away on Monday June 4th.
Here are some of the great things going on this past month:
The New Lisbon Booster Club held a Ford Drive One 4 UR School Event at Rudig-Jensen on Saturday, May 12th, 1o am-3 pm. For each Ford test driven, Ford donated $20 to the New Lisbon Booster Club.
On Friday, April 13th our Visual Arts Classic team participated at the state level in Madison. Erin Rhin received an honorable mention in the long term painting category. Shannon Bakalars received an honorable mention in the on-site painting category. Kaleb Steele and Kriztine Barrett participated in the printmaking category and each received a 2nd on their long term projects and 3rds on their on-site projects. Codi Chrisopherson received a first on her on-site traditional photography project. Rachel Hashke received a 2nd on her long term digital photography project and a 1st on her on-site project. Amanda Kippenhan also received a 1st on her on-site digital photography project. Jenna Washetas received a 1st on her long term personal adornment project. Congratulations to everyone for a job well done!
Brandon Wolf, a 4th grader, won the Juneau County Farm Bureau Agriculture and Me Essay contest. The theme was, "Why Crops and Plants are Important to Wisconsin Agriculture." Congratulations to Brandon. A guest speaker will come into the classroom on May 16th for a special activity and to congratulate Brandon on his winning essay. This was the 4th year in a row that a student from New Lisbon won this contest.
Six 6th graders had the opportunity to participate at UW Stevens Point for Kids College Days. Ryan Briner, Billy Macomber, Megan Vantreese, Morgon Brooner, Riley Champlin and Andrew Deisenger attended a variety of classes like Be you Own Napoleon where students learned about the battle strategies and politics of France during Napoleon's time, Video games Rock - learning the operating system of games, On a Quest for Dragon- here they learned Chinese culture and language, Sign Language, Citizenship and Unraveling the Mysteries of DNA in Science just to name a few.
Mississippi Valley Gifted/Talented Network held its regional Battle of the Books on Tuesday, May 1 in Viroqua. Hillsboro, LaFarge, New Lisbon, Tomah, Viroqua, and Brookwood sent a total of twelve teams of three readers who had read the 50 books specified for the contest. The purpose of the contest is to encourage students to read widely, to expand their vocabularies, to improve comprehension, and to promote a lifelong love for reading. The teams started reading in September and compete in early spring. Questions are based on recalling details, author and title of the books. Students from our district were Ethan Henzel, Billy Macomber and Margo Weiland. Our team placed 3rd out of the 12 teams.
Congratulations to all our high school musicians who will be performing at State Solo-Ensemble this Saturday at UW-LaCrosse. Students and groups who will be involved are: The New Lisbon High School Show Choir, the Barbershop Quartet of Keegan Berry, Ben Helbing, Joe Cook & Zach Martin; Classical vocal solos by Michaela Vinz, Lydia LaBudda, Jenna Washetas, Hailee Rydmark, Katrina Gouker, Samantha Olson and Andrew Raabe; Music Theatre solos – Michaela Vinz, Lydia LaBudda, Jenna Washetas, Samantha Olson; Vocal Duets - Jenna Washetas and Ben Helbing; Samantha & Sabrina Olson; Piano Solo by our foreign exchange student So Young Han; Flute Solo - Jasmine Malouff and a Flute Duet by Jasmine Malouff and Katrina Gouker. This is a group of very talented young musicians!
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