Rachel Montavon and Timothy Schulz have been named as the student speakers for the Commencement Ceremony to be held at the Northwestern High School new gymnasium on Friday, May 27 at 8:00 P.M.
The Scholarship/Faculty Committee selects the two student speakers from the senior honor students.
Rachel Montavon is the daughter of Douglas and Rhonda Montavon of Maple. Rachel plans to attend Milwaukee School of Engineering and major in engineering, with an em-phasis in either biomedical or biomolecular engineering. Timothy Schulz is the son of David and Marcie Schulz of Iron River. Timothy will be attending Michigan Technological Uni-versity and majoring in engineering (either chemical, me-chanical or civil).
Commencement Ceremony
Friday, May 27, 2016
Mark Carlson, principal of Northwestern High School, announced the honor graduates for the Class of 2016. These students rank in the top ten percent of their class.
Chemical Free Graduation Party 3
Immunization Requirements for 2015-16 4
Building Construction House 5
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Volume 40, No. 4
May 2016
Honor Students
Rachel Montavon and Timothy SchulzHeadline
Senior Honor Banquet Held
Class of 2016 Honored Seniors
Honored Senior Award
Kristine Britton ……….………...………. Top 10% Shaylee Burke ………..……… …………Yearbook Award Autumn Campbell ……….………..…FCCLA Award Trenton Colby …………..……….………. Top 10% Nathan Copp ………..………..…… Physical Education Award Samantha Clark ……….……… Top 10% Alyssa Frick ……….National Honor Society – Service AwardAll State National Guard Team Nicole Greely ……….………..……… National Honor Society – Scholarship Award Lexi Janigo ……… Physical Education Award, Most Valuable Senior Athlete WADA Scholar Athlete, Semper Fidelis Award Timothy Heikkila ……….………. Outstanding Senior Athlete Cheyenne Johnson ………..………..………. Outstanding Senior Athlete Nicholas Johnson ……….…….. ……..John Philip Sousa Award, National School Choral Award, Top 10% Paul Konkler ………Top 10% Hannah Lier ………..Top 10% Nathan Lindahl ………. ……….Louis Armstrong Award Aleia Lupa ………...US Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award, Duane Lindgren Daisy Mack ………..………… Mathematics Award, National Honor Society – Leadership Award US Marine Corp Distinguished Athlete Award, National School Choral Award, Top 10% Leo Mack ……….US Marine Corp Distinguished Athlete Award, Social Studies Award Mikayla Maijala …….………FCCLA Award, Family Consumer Science (FCS) Award, Top 10% Steven Markon ……….………. Agriculture/FFA Award Rachel Montavon…….……….ACDA Leadership Award, Top 10%, Commencement Speaker Emma Nelson ………Spanish Award, Most Valuable Senior Athlete, WIAA Scholar Athlete, Top 10% Alissa Ormond ………...………FCCLA Award Brecken Paulus ………..……….FCCLA Award Nathan Pearson ………National Honor Society – Character Award, Most Valuable Senior Athlete Award WIAA Scholar Athlete Award, Duane Lindgren Award Thomas Rossmann ……….Fine Arts Award Timothy Schulz ………Science Award, Language Arts Award US Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award, WADA Scholar Athlete, Top 10%, Commencement Speaker Evan Simmons ………..………...Quiz Bowl Award, One Acts Award Hana Smykalski ……….………..……… FCCLA Award Katie Taylor ……….Library Science Award, Forensics Award
Edgar (Jameson) Pflug, son of Martin and Bethany Pflug of Poplar, has been selected by the Scholar-ship/Faculty Committee to attend Badger Boys State at Ripon College this summer. Jameson is being sponsored by the Hanson-Maki Post No. 506 of the American Legion, Iron River. Jameson will participate in workshops and seminars on state government. He will also participate in mock elections and hear speeches by several state officials.
The purpose of the conference is to promote a better understanding of how the democratic government works. Jameson has been active in honor roll, Wres-tling, Band, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Foot-ball and Math League. District residents are invited to support this worthy project by making a donation to the two organizations or supporting one of the annual fundraisers.
Caitlin Johnson, daughter of Ben and Laura Johnson, Poplar, has been selected by the Scholarship/Faculty Committee to attend Badger Girls State on the Uni-versity of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Campus in June. The Iron River Rebekah Lodge #192 is sponsoring Caitlin.
The purpose of Badger Girls is to prepare girls of high school age in Wisconsin for citizenship in a modern world, to teach the principles of democracy in a repre-sentative government, to provide an opportunity for living together as self-governing citizens, and to instill a love of country and a desire to preserve the funda-mental features of our form of government as found-ed by our forefathers. Caitlin has been active in honor roll, Student Council, National Honor Society, Track, Cross Country, DECA, Band, FBLA and Green Club.
The 28th Annual Academic Awards Celebra-tion was held on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Each quarter students who earn a 4.0 GPA are placed on the High Honors list, students be-tween 3.5 and 3.99 are on the Honors list and students between 3.25 and 3.49 are put on the Honorable Mention list. Academic Awards are presented to those students who have demon-strated their success by being on the High Honors, Honors, or Honorable Mention lists for four consecutive quarters. This year, 125 stu-dents were honored and after the awards presentations, the students and parents were invited to a reception in celebration of their achievement.
Badger Girls State Representative Selected
Badger Boys State Representatives Selected
28th Annual Academic Awards
Chemical-Free
Graduation Party
“Celebration 2016”
Northwestern High School is in the process of planning its 28th Annual
Chemical-Free Graduation Party, “Celebration 2016.” The party will be on graduation night, Friday, May 27, 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 accepted 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 Sheryl Kyle at 715-363-2434, ext. 2000. Workers are still needed for decorating, clean-up, and supervision.
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.
Caitlin Johnson
Edgar (Jameson) Pflug
Pictured are those students who achieved “High Honors” for the 2015-16 school year.
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The WIAA Scholar/Athlete award was established in 1984 by the WIAA. Nominees must have cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher based on a 4.0 scale and have earned at least 4 varsity letters through WIAA sanctioned sports.
An athlete’s individual and team accomplishments, other co-curricular activities, and community participation are also taken into consideration. This year’s winners have an outstanding combina-tion of all those things.
This year’s winners are Emma Nelson and Nate Pearson.
WIAA
Scholar/Athlete Award
Emma Nelson and Nate Pearson
Duane Lindgren
Northwestern Award
The Duane Lindgren Northwestern Award has been memorialized in the name of Duane Lindgren, who had been a school board member for 13 years at the time of his death in August 1987. The award is a fitting memorial to Mr. Lindgren who gave much of himself to our school and community. The award goes to seniors who have best exemplified the "Spirit of Northwestern". This award is based on their contributions to
make Northwestern an excellent school. Mr. Mark Carlson, principal of North-western High School, presented the Award Medals to Aleia Lupa and Nate Pearson at the Senior Honor Banquet. It also car-ries a $500.00 grant to be used at the win-ner's discretion and is presented after grad-uation.
Aleia Lupa and Nate Pearson
The following are the minimum required immunizations for each age/grade level for Pre-K (age 2 through 4 years and Kindergarten through grade 12:
Age/Grade Number of Doses
Pre-K (2 years through 4 years)
4-DTP/DTaP/DT, 3-Polio, 3-HepB, 1-MMR, 1-Var Grades K-5
4-DTP/DTaP/DT, 4-Polio, 3-HepB, 2-MMR, 2-Var Grades 6-12
1-Tdap, 4-DTP/DTaP/DT, 4-Polio, 3-HepB, 2-MMR, 2-Var
The Wisconsin Student Immunization Law now requires proof of Varicella (chickenpox) immunity for grades K-12. A child is considered compli-ant with the law if a vaccination date is provided or it is indicated that the child has had chickenpox disease. Students 13 years of age or older without a prior history of chickenpox disease or a prior history of Varicella vaccine before age 13 require 2 doses of Varicella vaccine. Please inform the school nurse/health assistant with written verification of this information before the end of the first week of school in September 2014. Waivers are available for medical, religious, or personal conviction reasons.
The Douglas County Health Department continues to offer free immunization clinics at the Superior’s Government Center (1316 N. 14th St.,
Ste. 324). The first Wednesday of each month from 1:00-5:00p.m. Please call (715)395-1304 for further information.
Children Screening Clinic Children Screening Clinics will be held during the month of August for children 4 months to 18 years, sponsored by the Douglas County Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Nursing Unit. The free childhood screening program offers phys-ical assessment, vision and hearing check, laboratory tests when appropriate, immunizations, developmental screening. The physphys-icals are conducted in compliance with all state and school regulations.
Call the Public Health Nursing Unit at 715-395-1304 to make an appointment for a screening.
Building Construction Project
Students in the Northwestern High School Building Construction class have switched things up this year. Rather than the three bedroom home that has been built in the past, they built a versatile building that could be used as a starter house, hunting cabin, lake cabin, or rental house. At just over 800 sq. ft., the two bedroom, one bath dwelling will fit on a varie-ty of building lots. The building features pre-finished half log siding, Marvin windows and doors, 30 year architectural shingles, and a vaulted ceiling in the great room. The inside of the building is completely framed in, ready for the new owners to install utilities and finishes as they would like.
The building will be open for inspection after graduation on Friday, May 27. See page 6 for more information regarding viewing the building and the bidding process.
Online Learning for 2016-17 Available NOW!
NEW FOR FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MAPLE!
We have contracted with the FuelEducation Company and Calvert Education to provide curriculum and courses, elementary through high school age. These are the same companies that provides curriculum to such well-known Wisconsin providers as the Wisconsin Virtual School, the Wisconsin Virtual Academy and is used for homeschool learning.
The School District of Maple realizes that parents make the choice to homeschool or open enroll their children for a variety of good and well-thought out reasons. Our goal is to provide you with the same types of freedoms you currently enjoy by providing you with the same or similar type of curriculum you are getting elsewhere, but with the benefit of being connected to your local school district. You will really not have to do anything different from what you are doing, but by being reconnected to Maple schools, you would be able to take advantage of many services and programs you don’t necessarily have access to by being enrolled in a virtual school in another part of the state or by independent home-based education. Some of those things could include: on-site nursing services, career and college planning, participation in various clubs and activities, “blended” curricular opportunities and sports.
Please feel free to contact Mark Carlson, Principal at Northwestern High School Principal if you have any questions at 715-363-2434, ext. 2015.
Summer 2016
The Tiger’s Den Summer Program
We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Tiger’s Den Youth and Child Care Program! The Tiger’s Den summer program will be located at Northwestern Elementary School in Poplar, Wisconsin. The summer child care component is open to all children ages 5 – 13 years of age, children do not need to be en-rolled in the School District of Maple to attend the summer child care program. The hours of operation are from 6 am until 6 pm, Monday through Friday. The summer program will begin on Monday, June 6th and end on Wednesday, August 31st. There will be no care provided on Monday, July 4th.
The Tiger’s Den offers a wide variety of age-divided activities based on weekly themes. The children will go on a variety of field trips throughout the summer and will have ample opportunities to learn, play and explore. An afternoon snack will be served each day and each student should bring a breakfast snack and bag lunch, milk will be provided by the Tiger’s Den for breakfast and lunch. The Tiger’s Den staff will walk School District of Maple students who are en-rolled in Summer School to their classes at NES and Northwestern Middle School.
2016 Summer Rates
Full Days
5 Days per Week $135 Weekly 4 Days per Week $116 Weekly 3 Days per Week $93 Weekly 2 Days per Week $66 Weekly 1 Day or Drop in $35 Daily
*daily rates are reduced by $10 daily each full day for children attending summer school
Half Days
6:00 AM – 11:59AM or 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM 4 – 5 Days per Week $18 per Day
1-3 Days per Week $20 per Day
Fall 2016
The Tiger’s Den Before and After School Program
Starting on September 1, 2016 the Tiger’s Den will be providing before and after school youth care for all children age 5 – 13 years of age. The program will be available from 6:00 – 8:05 AM and 3:30 – 6:00 PM on all days that school is in session and 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM on days when classes are not in ses-sion. Children will need to be enrolled in the School District of Maple to receive care on days that school is in sesses-sion. There will be no care on major holi-days.
The Tiger’s Den before and after school program will provide an excellent atmosphere to enrich your child’s day. Daily structured activities are balanced with the free time that children need after a full day of school. Children will have access to the school facilities such as the playground, gymnasium and library. We will have lots of fun and enriching activities including crafts, games and puzzles designed to keep kids busy while at the same time providing a safe, super-vised environment.
Monthly rates for guaranteed space are available, as well as first come, first serve part-time rates and drop in care for pre-registered children.
