Planning for the registration of next year’s kindergarten and 4-Year-Old Kindergarten classes has begun. Surveys sent home with school children enquiring about eligible students for next year’s class was used to compile the list of eligible children.
Parents will be notified by mail concerning the details of Kindergarten Round-up, which has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. at the Iron River Elementary School and at 1:30 p.m. at the Northwestern Elementary School. Registration may be conducted at either session; however, the child will be enrolled at the school within the attendance area of the family home.
The Kindergarten Round-up is a meeting where children are enrolled, parents and teachers can meet, busing de-tails worked out, and parents are provided with information about the kindergarten program. Children being en-rolled are invited to visit the kindergarten room with a kindergarten teacher during the time parents are in the meet-ing.
4-Year-OldKindergarten Registration for the 2012-13 school year will be Wednesday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. at North-western Elementary School. Children’s activities will take place at 5:00 p.m.
To attend kindergarten next year, a child must have a birth date of September 1, 2007, or earlier. To attend 4K next year, a child must have a birth date of September 1, 2008, or earlier. A birth record must be presented in order to enroll. Wisconsin law requires proof of four immunizations against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP), four immu-nizations against polio for kindergarten and three immuimmu-nizations polio for 4K, three immuimmu-nizations against Hepatitis B and two immunizations against mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR). The varicella (chicken pox) vaccine is re-quired unless they have already had the disease. The date the child experienced the disease is rere-quired.
Immunizations must be completed before the child can attend school. Immunization requirements can be waived for personal conviction, medical, or religious reasons.
A screening will take place before kindergarten and 4K classes begin in the fall. At that time, immunization records may be brought up to date.
To be sure your child is on the list, or if you have any questions regarding requirements for kindergarten or 4K, call the office of the Elementary Supervisor at Northwestern Elementary School, 715-364-8465.
2012-13 Kindergarten & 4K Registration
Chemical Free Graduation Party 2
Applications for Free and Reduced Meals 8
Character Education Writing Contest Winners 9
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March 2012
Please check the
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The students at NHS were given the opportunity to hear two regional univer-sity bands. The Univeruniver-sity of Minne-sota Duluth Symphonic Wind Ensem-ble performed a selection of wind band literature at an afternoon concert. The UMD band was under the direction of Dr. Mark Whitlock. Their performance featured clarinetist and UMD music department chair, Dr. Theodore Schoen on X Concerto by Scott McAllister.
The UW-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble II performed for the entire NHS student body. They performed a selection of current jazz compositions as well as music by Duke Ellington. The group was under the direction of Mr. Douglas O'Connor.
At the 2011 NHS Fall Concert, Mr. Hintzman and the NHS Concert Band called upon concert go-ers to donate toward breast cancer research and awareness. Band members had worn pink in addition to their usual concert black in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October). In encouraging concert goers to donate, it was an-nounced that the band would match all gifts up to $500. A very generous audience donated $550 that evening. In January, a check for $1050 was sent to the Essentia Heath Foundation in Duluth, MN. The gift will support the Patient Navigator position at the Essentia Breast Health Center.
Students from six area schools gathered together to make music at the Northwestern Wisconsin Music Association 2011 High School Honors Con-cert Band. Students received the music ahead of time and then rehearsed as an ensemble on the eighth in preparation for an evening concert. This year’s guest conductor for the event was Dr. Mark Whitlock, Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The honor band was hosted by the Drummond School District in their auditorium.
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NHS Band Donates to Essentia Health
Breast Center
N e w s o f Y o u r S c h o o l s
High School News
Mr. Steve High
Principal
Mrs. Debra Drahos
Assistant Principal
University Bands Perform at NHS
2011 NWMA Honors Concert Band
Chemical-Free
Graduation Party
“Celebration 2012”
Northwestern High School is in the process of planning its Twenty Fourth Annual Chemical-Free Graduation Party, “Celebration 2012.” The party will be on graduation night, Friday, May 25, from 10:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Students will enjoy a night full of enter-taining activities and prizes are given away through out the night. If you are interested in donating to this event, any donations of merchandise, gift certificates or cash are being excepted at the Northwestern High School Of-fice. Each student will also be given a list of contributors in their gift bag.
VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED If you have an interest in helping with this party, please contact Renee Priem at 715-363-2434, ext. 2000. Workers are still needed for decorating, clean-up, and supervision.
NHS NWMA Honors Concert Band Participants: first row (l to r): Jay Karich, Charlotte Sauer, Kelsey Yadon, Chelsea Karna, Halie Makela, Alex Bodendorfer, Sarah Stack, Carly Karich; second row: Jordan Orme, Michael Bessler, Wolf-gang Inman, Jessi Lydon, Kyia Plummer, Alex Reynolds, Michael Naumann
On October 27, 2011, Craig Hillier, a well-known speaker, visited Northwestern High School to present a 45 minute assembly for the students that focused on resilience and respect. After the assembly, Mr. Hillier worked with 9th and 10th grade students on
co-operation and then with 11th and 12th grade students on leadership and positive school
environment. The students responded well to Mr. Hillier’s presentations. He will return on November 29, 2011 to work with the leaders of each school organization, sport, and activity to focus on leadership qualities.
Emmalee Cornell holds the donation box which she used to collect $550 from audience members at the 2011 NHS Fall Concert.
The School District of Maple celebrated Red Ribbon Week January 9-13, and the NHS chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions took part.
Red Ribbon Week began in 1988 in honor of Drug Enforcement Ad-ministration Agent Enrique Camarena, who was kidnapped and killed in Mexico in February of 1988. Agent Camarena, then 37, had uncov-ered a multi-billion dollar drug scam in which he suspected officers of the Mexican Army, police forces and government. As he left his office one day, five men appeared at his side and kidnapped him. His body was found one month later in a shallow grave; he had been tortured and beaten.
The first Red Ribbon Week was proclaimed in 1988 by the U.S. Con-gress in support of Agent Camarena and the cause he gave his life for -- combating drugs. The week is marked by the wearing of a red ribbon to send the message: Live drug-free!
Members of the NHS SADD chapter visited the elementary schools and the middle school and encouraged the younger students to make good decisions. Mason Lombard and Nolan Graff worked with Iron River School students. Brady Engstrom, Duncan Magerl, Shelby Schultz, Jordan Orme, and Alie Larson presented lessons to North-western Elementary School students. SADD Officers Jacob Grigsby, Nicolette Lindberg, Hannah Bell, and Michael Maki led activities during Northwestern Middle School’s Red Ribbon Week assembly. All of the NHS SADD members braved the cold to tie red ribbons on car anten-nas at NHS to present a visible commitment to a safe, healthy, and drug-free lifestyle.
Finally, SADD members sponsored an assembly to highlight the goals of Red Ribbon Week and to encourage all NHS students to make re-sponsible, healthy choices. The assembly concluded with a “sliming.” Students and teachers purchased tickets for a chance to slime a teacher or slime a student. Dustin Soyring’s name was drawn, and he slimed Mrs. Drahos. In turn, Mrs. Drahos had the opportunity to slime Ty Rankin. The whole student body enjoyed watching that sticky, messy activity.
If you see a red ribbon on a student’s vehicle, be reminded that SADD members encourage their peers to make a commitment to a safe, healthy, drug-free lifestyle, and we ask parents and members of the community to support students and encourage young people as well.
NHS SADD Participates
in Red Ribbon Week
www.maple.k12.wi.us
2012 NWMA
Honors Jazz Band
On Monday, January 16, band students from Washburn, Ashland and Northwestern High School came together to make music at the North-western Wisconsin Music Association 2012 High School Honors Jazz Band. Students received the music ahead of time and then rehearsed as a jazz ensemble in preparation for that afternoon’s concert. This year’s guest conductor for the event was Dr. Greg Kehl Moore, Jazz Program Director at UW-Superior. The honor band was hosted by Northwestern High School.
NHS NWMA Honors Jazz Band Participants: front row (l to r): Carly Karich, Sarah Stack; back row: Michael Bessler, Kyia Plummer, Alex Reynolds, Michael Naumann
DECA Members Attend State
at Lake Geneva
This year 12 DECA students will be representing the Northwestern DECA chapter at the State Leadership Development Conference in Lake Geneva, WI. Students will be competing in individual or team events and five groups will also be presenting projects. Good luck to all the competitors.
Tanner Follis, Gwen LaPole, Grant Pearson, Travis Listing, Luke Freeman, Brooke Pearson, Zak Antilla, Jackson Doller, Jeb Pflug, Gave Dinkel, Paul Langford and Jacob Grigsby
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Northwestern DECA Members
This year 36 DECA members traveled to UW Stout to compete in the District Leadership Development Conference. Students competed in individual or team events and took written tests along with two role-plays. The students did an outstanding job and brought home over 40 medals and series event winners.
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DECA Members Attend
Districts at Stout
N e w s o f Y o u r S c h o o l s
Financial Literacy Project
Entrepreneurship Promotion
Gabe Dinkel, Tanner Follis and Jacob Grigsby
Paul Langford and Zak Antilla
Gabe Dinkel, Jacob Grigsby and Tanner Follis are creating lesson plans to help younger students learn about the importance of saving money and the importance of financial literacy. They will present their project at the 2012 DECA State Leadership Conference in March.
DECA members Paul Langford and Zak Antilla will be chairing this year’s Entrepreneurship Promotion project, BYOB ( Be Your Own Boss). They are inviting local business owners to come in and speak to marketing classes to promote entrepre-neurship. Paul and Zak will also be speaking with stu-dents at the elementary and middle schools.
Young Entrepreneurs
Receive Seed Money
Mr. Nelson’s classroom received $100 in Seed Money to continue the operation of their school store at Northwestern Elementary School. Each year, money is donated from DECA to inspire young students to learn about entrepreneurship. This project is being chaired by Paul Langford and Zak Antilla and will be presented at the 2012 State Leadership Development Conference in Lake Geneva.
Spencer Anttila, Natalie Kirkpatrick and Tayva Plasch, 2nd
row Zak Antilla, Mr. Nelson and Paul Langford
Community Service Project
DECA student, Travis Listing has been busy organizing this years Silent Auction and Change Drive to benefit muscular dystrophy, boys basketball and DECA. Through the two events, DECA will donate over $1,600 to help send two kids to MDA camp.Travis Listing
Anti-Smoking Campaign
Gwen Lapole and Brooke Pearson, members of NHS DECA Chapter, will be doing an anti-tobacco campaign as their Public Relations project this year. The project will focus on the harmful affects of smoking and several les-sons will be taught at the elementary and middle school. Classroom lessons, trivia, placement contest and other special events will pass on the message of the harmful effects of smoking and help to promote a healthier community.The student body and staff of Northwestern Middle School raised over $800 for the ALS Foundation this past December. ALS is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as ALS is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. Students decided on this project because several students and staff at the school have friends or relatives that have been affected by Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Students held two separate events to raise money for this worthwhile fundraiser. The first event was a hat day where students paid $2.00 and were allowed to wear a hat of their choice during the school day. This event raised nearly $200. The second event was an all school bake sale. Students from grades 6, 7, and 8, along with the Middle School Staff, enthusiastically brought in baked goods on several days that week and then purchased treats at the end of the school day. Approximately $600 was raised at the bake sale from Northwestern Middle School. The fundraising money totaling over $800 was do-nated to the local ALS Foundation.
Students Raise Funds for ALS
Chantel Carlson and Arian Carlson exploring Mr. Lobster
Students at the Northwestern Middle School celebrated Red Ribbon Week January 9-13. Peer Helpers read announcements each morning that were designed to get the student body thinking about the serious consequences of using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. During the week there was a set of lungs displayed that showed students what smoking can do to our lungs. On Friday, there was an assembly in the gymna-sium. Peer Helpers from NMS, SADD and DECA students from the high school each set up booths that created an experience or shared important information about drug, alcohol, and tobacco use. Some of the experiences included dizzy bat, straw tests, drunk goggles, and peer pressure party. The assembly ended with a guest speaker, Jer-emy McClure, who shared his life lessons related to drug and alcohol abuse. We encourage you to talk to your teens about what they learned and have your own discussion on this important topic.
NMS Students Help Local Food
The Northwestern Middle School Student Council collected ninety-four non-perishable items for the local Care and Share food shelf as part of their community service. These donated items were collected as part of the winter dance entry fee. This activity supports our focus on NMS’s Character Education Program while teaching Student Council members and the student body the value found in helping others.Middle School News
Mr. Ken Bartelt
Principal
Red Ribbon Week
Pictured here are three high school SADD and DECA students with many 6th
graders as they worked on a poster called “Show of hands against to-bacco”.
A Lobster Science Snack…YUM!
Mrs. Teal’s eighth grade life science class investigated the internal anatomy of a variety of animals this past quarter. One group that they explored was the crustaceans and they dissected crayfish. Along with the crayfish dissection, they had a visitor, Mr. Lobster! They were able to compare the crayfish with a real lobster. They also boiled him and enjoyed a delicious sample. Many students had never tried lobster before, so this was not only a great learning experience, but a deli-cious snack!Headline
You really don’t have to know what you want to be when you grow up while you’re still in middle school-but it’s never too early to start think-ing about it.
Eighth grade students are getting a jump start exploring their career options. Through the Dream UP program (a grant from USA Today and Office Depot) students use USA Today Newspapers to analyze, evaluate, and interpret real-world information related to career trends and issues, while evaluating their own interests and career goals. The components of the Dream UP program are the USA Today news-papers that are available in each 8th grade advisory, the Dream UP
workbook which helps students discover their strengths, skills, and preferences. And finally, the Dream Up essay, which will ask students to reflect on their qualifications for their dream job. The top three es-says will be submitted to the Dream Up committee and, if chosen, will receive a one-day job shadowing experience in his or her dream job. By the time students complete the Dream Up program they will have Identified interests and enthusiasms, explored their personal qualities and personality traits, selected a few career options, identified ways to experience a job, and follow the pre-writing, drafting and revision process for writing an essay.
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Mrs. Hietala’s sixth grade health classes participated in a Peace Poster Contest sponsored by the Poplar-Wentworth Lions Club. The students completed a poster based on the topic “Children Know Peace.” Two Lions Club members judged the posters. It was a tough decision, as there were so many excellent posters. The top three poster winners were: 3rd place – Emily Nelson, 2nd place – Sydney
Harvey, and 1st place – Anthony Lupa. Anthony’s poster will go on to
the next round of competition. We are waiting to hear if Anthony’s poster will advance to the Multiple District Level. Approximately 375,000 entries were submitted worldwide in this 24th annual Peace Poster Contest. Emily, Sydney, and Anthony all received cash awards from the Lions Club for their efforts. Thank you to all students who participated ~ the posters were great!
Peace Poster Contest
www.maple.k12.wi.us
Northwestern Middle School Lobby Gets Makeover!
Last spring, there was a contest to design and create a mural for the NMS lobby that worked with the theme, “Be Respectful, Be Responsible and Be Ready.” There were a total of 16 entries, in sixth, seventh and eighth grade. The entries were narrowed down to the top four by Mr. Bartelt and Mrs. Melde. The top mural design was then voted on by the staff that works at the middle school.
The winners, Autumn Howland and Hana Smykalski, both eight grade students, worked hard during the summer and fall to finish the large project, which took over 25 hours outside of the school day. The mural, a jungle theme, has added a lot of personality to our school and a sense of community for the students. It has turned the all-white lobby into a burst of color. Wonderful job girls!
Dream UP Career
Exploration Program
Deb Ritzinger representing the Poplar/Wentworth Lions Club, Emily Nelson, Sydney Harvey, and Anthony Lupa
Autumn Howland working on the middle school mural. Hana Smykalski working on the middle school mural. Finished middle school mural.
Brecken Paulus, Anna Kalin, and Haley Zinmer exploring career options
Students Teaching Students
2012 NWMA Honor Band
On Monday, January 16, eleven students from Northwestern Middle School participated in the Northwestern Wisconsin Music Associa-tion Middle School Honor Band. 63 students from six school dis-tricts participated in the event. Students were given music to prac-tice ahead of time and then rehearsed throughout that day in order to prepare for a concert given that afternoon. This year’s conductor was Dr. Mark Whitlock, Director of Bands at the University of Minne-sota Duluth. The event was hosted at Northwestern High School in the Patricia Luostari Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Students in Mr. Ketola’s 8th grade Social Studies classes have been
learning about the countries of East/Southeast Asia. The culminat-ing project of this unit involved students takculminat-ing part in an activity called “Students Teaching Students (S.T.S.).” In S.T.S, students design a lesson that they are responsible for teaching to their fellow classmates. Students work collaboratively with members of their group to create a variety of activities for the class to complete includ-ing a daily warm-up, PowerPoint presentation, and an enrichment activity. Students are also encouraged to research and share a food “delicacy” for their presentation. Giving students “active” ownership in the learning process not only makes learning more fun and mean-ingful, but it also increases student comprehension and desire to learn.
Advisory Friendship Festival
It has become a tradition in the sixth grade wing of Northwestern Middle School where advisories team up, choose a food theme, create a festive atmosphere, and prepare an eating experience for their classmates. The five stops in their festival this year included Mexican Delight, Breakfast Tidbits, Marvelous Munchies, Pizza Galore, and Sweet Treats. The kids were divided into random friendship groups and were encouraged to practice their conversa-tion and social skills as they moved from room to room. It was a great opportunity to highlight the character traits we work on in advi-sory all of the time; teamwork, organization, responsibility, man-ners, and gratitude.
Rube Goldberg Competition
Sixth graders recently participated in an exciting Rube Goldberg activity. Goldberg was a sculptor, author, engineer and inventor who is best known for a series of popular cartoons showing com-plex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect and unusual ways. The directions for our competition were to create a series of actions or events which would be linked together, ending with a mouse trap being set off. Students brought in an amazing collection of materials including small cars, marbles, dominoes, and hoses off the vacuum cleaner! Points were given for each successful event and for setting off the mouse trap in the end of the series.
Don’t Forget! Food Service Payments Can
Now Be Made Online Via E~Funds!
2012 NWMA M.S. Honor Band participants from NMS Front row (l to r): Christian Remington, Nicolas Johnson, Devin Naumann, Kaia Orme; Second row: Jamison Pflug, Cody Waters, Lexi Janigo; Third Row: Amanda Carroll, Nicole Jamison, Laryssa Vik, Kaitlin Moroney
Pictured above (left to right) Nicole Jamison, Abby Altman, Thomas Worth, Joey Jaeger, and Rachel Montavon. This group of students presented a lesson to the class about Japan. Joey and Thomas were modeling a “kimono” a traditional type of Japanese clothing. Nicole and Abby look on as Rachel reads a traditional Japanese folktale to the class.
The “Sweet Treats” Advisory
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Elementary School News
Mr. Steve Gustafson
Elementary Supervisor/Principal
Mrs. Debra Drahos
IRES Principal
The PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports) program has been going strong for over two years. Every quarter, students that maintain a 2.0 GPA or better with no F’s, have no detentions or suspen-sions, no more than 2 unexcused absences and no more than 5 ex-cused absences unless of an extended illness or family trip are invited to the gym for a raffle where prizes that are donated from the commu-nity are given out.
After the 1st quarter raffle, students that won prizes in the raffle took
time later the following week to write formal “Thank You Letters” to the businesses or people who donated the prize that they won.
We hope that we can continue to receive donations to keep this pro-gram going as the benefits to the school in better behaved students, better attendance and less discipline referrals is something that helps the entire school be a better place to learn.
Applications For Free And
Reduced Meal Programs
The “Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program” is designed to assist qualifying families to ensure that their children receive a healthy meal at school to better enable them to learn. Funding of several federal programs is based upon the percentage of students who apply and qualify for the free and reduced programs to include: Title 1 (Supplemental Remedial Reading Program), School-to-Work and the Alcohol and Other Drug Awareness Programs.
Applications are available throughout the school year at each school’s main office and at the district office, located at Northwest-ern High School. All students who qualify for free or reduced lunch are also entitled to free breakfast at their school.
All applications and information are kept strictly confidential.
PBIS Raffle Winners
Show Their Thanks
Pictured here writing Thank You letters are (l-r) Nate Pearson, Amber Fiebrink, and Selena Garcia.
Recess With Mr. Gustafson
Mrs. Wyszynski’s first graders learned about writing persuasive let-ters. They wrote a letter to Mr. Gustafson in an attempt to convince him to take them outside for an extra recess. It worked!Mr. Gustafson goes sledding with Loreena Trump (left) and Hailie Mischke (right) as Elizabeth Hoivik looks on.
Students at Iron River and Northwestern Elementary schools have had three months of fantastic writing contest entries and writing contest winners. The character trait for November was appreciation; December was respect; and January was responsibility. All of the entries have been very well done and show a good understanding of the character words they were writing about.
Below are pictures of the first place winners from each month.
Character Education
Writing Contest Winners
Picture Caption for November winners: Front row: Natalie McKercher , Tieryn Plasch, Chloe Quick, Lucie Landwehr, Aryn Nelson, Grace Udeen, Camden Tryzynka and Foerst Peterson.Back row: Brianna Wrege, Amy Montavon, Karsyn Jones, Kendra Phetteplace, Joel Walsh, Michael Knaack, Owen Cegelske, Lauryn Swanson and Elle Thom. (Absent: Mackenzie Correll)
Picture Caption for December winners: Front row: Gabby Risley, Bryce Benes, Paul Raunio and Emmett Johnson Second row: Jessica Shaver, Noah Swanson, David Wakefield, Claire Brinker, Natalie Pooler and Roshi Emad-Syring.
Gavin Williams, Abigail Nelson, Hannah Nelson, Elissa Carpenter, Michelle Fudally and Preston Brilla
Row 1- Blake Rossman, Alli Anderson, Cole Lahti, Nicholas Makela, Damon Walsh, Gavin Williams, Lucy Drougas, Hannah Nelson, Abigail Nelson, Michelle Fudally, Calvin Rowley.
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Elle Katzmark, Mason Carpenter, and Nicholas Makela show off the All School Art project at IRES.
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The School District of Maple celebrated Red Ribbon Week during January 9-13. Red Ribbon Week is a time where students’ focus on making healthy choices. High School students from the SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) group came over and pre-sented to both of the elementary schools about how making good choices can keep you out of trouble and lead you to a positive and
All School Art
Iron River Elementary has been at it again! The All School Art pro-ject this time focused on the life and work of Marc Chagall. Students in all grades learned about some of the hardships encountered by Chagall during the first half of the 20th century and how he used his
paintings to remember the simple joys in his life. While creating a mural the entire school gathered in the gym for discussion about their personal joys and then the students created watercolor paint-ings to represent those joys. The result is a mural hanging in the hallway at Iron River Elementary bringing a smile to everyone who cares to stop and look.
Red Ribbon Week
Mr. Bruce Nelson’s 4th Grade and Mr. Steve Lahti’s 5th Grade -Iron River Elementary School
Building
Construction House
Students at NHS are hard at work again this year building a new house. The house features spray foam insulation along with solid six panel pine doors, solid maple cabinets, and upgraded LP Smart-side siding.
Interior and exterior pictures of this year’s project can be seen at www.maple.k12.wi.us. Watch for more information regarding the bidding process in the May edition of News of Your Schools.
Newsletter compiled and edited by Candi Stariha.
Families of preschoolers in the School District of Maple have the opportunity to complete an application for the 2012-2013 school year at the Brule Head Start Center, Family Forum Inc. The Brule Head Start Center has two classrooms that are staffed by fully li-censed and trained staff. The morning class consists of a mix of three and four year olds. The afternoon is a 4K site for the School District of Maple. Children between the ages of 3-4 as of September 1, 2012 participate in learning centers five days a week. Homemade nutritious meals and snacks are served family style to teach children table manners, how to set a table and how to clean up
after-wards. Personal hygiene is taught by encouraging hand washing before and after meals and bathroom breaks, and tooth brushing after each meal. Fully equipped buses provide transportation with five point safety seats for each child. Brule Head Start provides door-to-door transportation to and from a child's home or childcare setting.
Interested families should call the Brule Head Start at 715-372-8060 or Fam-ily Forum's main Office at 1-800-392-4473.
The Brule Head Start Center will be having a week of Open Houses April 22-28 from 9:00-3:00 each day. The com-munity is invited to come and visit the Center.
Claire Nielcen is cutting a strawberry in half during a math lesson at the Center. Ethan Hill is waiting his turn.
Jody Jacobson, Bus Driver, enjoying himself at Rapids Riverside.
Mike Granlund and Dennis Scherz
Head Start
Program Available
Nominations for
Support Staff and
Teacher of the Year
Nominations are being accepted for the School District of Maple’s “Support Staff of the Year” and “Teacher of the Year” for 2011 from interested staff and community members.
There are many fine employees who serve children as classroom teachers and in positions other than classroom teaching that are very important to the operation of an effective school district.
If you would like to nominate a teacher or support staff member for consideration to receive one of these awards, nomination forms are available on the School District of Maple web page at
www.maple.k12.wi.us or may be picked up in the District Office at Northwestern High School. We thank you for helping us recognize staff members for their contributions to the entire school program. Community nominations are due to the District Office by April 13.
Bus Drivers and
Mechanics Honored
School District of Maple bus drivers, mechanics, and substitute, spe-cial needs and early childhood drivers were honored during “School Bus Driver/Mechanic Recognition Week.”
Breakfast was provided on February 15 at Rapids Riverside. They were recognized for their dedicated service to the School District of Maple throughout the year. The safe transportation of our students remains our number one priority. A big “thank you” to each of them!
Wisconsin
Athletic Service
Award Presented
At the December 12, 2011 school board meeting, Northwestern High School Athletic Director, Dennis Scherz, presented Mike Granlund with a Wisconsin Athletic Service Award given by the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association for his outstanding community service. Mr. Granlund has been the District’s country coordinator for the Rookie Basketball League
