Olivia Amber, Luke Schulz, Tanner Follis, and Anna Simmons have been named as the student speakers for the Commence-ment Ceremony to be held at the Northwest-ern High School new gymnasium on Friday, May 24th at 8:00 P.M.
The Scholarship/Faculty Committee selects the four student speakers from the senior honor students.
Olivia Amber is the daughter of Paul and Susan Amber of Lake Nebagamon. She plans to attend Colby College and is unde-cided on a major.
Luke Schulz is the son of David and Marcie Schulz of Iron River. He plans to attend Michigan Technology and major in mechanical engineering.
Tanner Follis is the son of Tim and Francine Follis of Brule. He plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and major in middle/elementary education.
Anna Simmons is the daughter of John and Jacki Simmons of Poplar. She will be attending the University of Minne-sota-Twin Cities and major in psychology with a minor in creative writing.
Commencement Ceremony
Friday, May 24, 2013
Steve High, principal of Northwestern High School, an-nounced the honor graduates for the Class of 2013. These students rank in the top ten percent of their class.
Chemical Free Graduation Party 3
Immunization Requirements for 2013-14 10
Summer School Information 10
Building Construction House 12
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Volume 37, No. 4
May 2013
Honor Students
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. It 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 Northwest-ern" and is based on the students contributions that make Northwestern High School an excellent school.
Steve High, principal of Northwestern High School, presented the award medals to Luke Schulz and Alexandra Bodendorfer at the Senior Honor Banquet. The award also carries a $150 grant, presented after gradua-tion, to be used at the winner's discretion.
Tanner Follis, Olivia Amber, Luke Schulz, Anna Simmons
Luke Schulz and Alexandra Bodendorfer
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Senior Honor Banquet Held
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. Class of 2013 Honored Seniors
Honored Senior Award
Olivia Amber ... Top 10%, Commencement Speaker Ahmed Ben Moussa ... Citizenship Alexandra Bodendorfer ... Duane Lindgren Shianna Cannon... Dedicated Taper, Art Taylor Copp ... Principal’s Emmalee Cornell ... ACDA, Dance Team Captain/State Tanner Follis ... Top 10%, Commencement Speaker, Most Valuable Athlete WIAA Scholar Athlete, Language, DECA Aliex Friend ... US Marines, Distinguished Athlete Carly Goedhart ... Dedicated Taper Lauren Gordon ... Principal’s Beth Gurske ... Principal’s Oliver Hanrahan ... 3D Art Kaitlyn Hansen ... Yearbook Matthew Hlina ... Principal’s Jordan Johnson ... Most Valuable Athlete, Office Services Luke Johnson ... Top 10%, Louis Armstrong Jazz Band Award, National School Choral Susan Johnson... National School Choral Chelsea Karna... Dedicated Taper, Semper Fidelis Band Miranda Korn ... Principal’s Gwendellen LaPole ... Top 10%, US Army, Scholar Athlete, Phy Ed, DECA Alexandra Larson ... SADD Travis Listing ... DECA Peter Lindsay ... Principal’s Duncan Magerl ... Outstanding Senior Athlete Halie Makela ... Top 10%, Dedicated Taper, FFA, Forensics, Drama Nathan Markon ... Social Studies Brooke McCauley ... Yearbook Brecken Moniot ... Drama Tess Nelson ... Outstanding Senior Athlete, WIAA Scholar Athlete, Dedicated Taper Micah Olson ... US Marines, Distinguished Athlete Brooke Pearson... DECA Grant Pearson ... US Army, Scholar Athlete Brody Pellman ... Science, Spanish Ty Rankin ... Phy Ed Kyle Rautio ... Top 10%, Science, Mathematics, Academic All Conference Morgan Runions ... Yearbook Charlotte Sauer ... Top 10%, Dedicated Taper, John Philip Sousa Band Journalism, Academic All Conference Luke Schulz ... Top 10%, Commencement Speaker, Duane Lindgren, Science Anna Simmons ... Top 10%, Commencement Speaker, Dedicated Taper Drama, Spanish, Academic All Conference Natasha Stariha... Library Science Travis Sznaider ... Principal’s Matthew Thom ... Top 10% Thomas Trzynka... Principal’s
Mason Lombard, son of Robert Lombard of Iron River and Lisa Lombard of Superior, has been selected by the Scholarship/Faculty Committee to attend Badger Boys State at Ripon College this summer. Mason, who has been sponsored by the Hanson-Maki Post No. 506 of the American Legion, Iron River, 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 confer-ence is to promote a better understanding of how the democratic government works. Mason has been active in track, cross-country, Student Council, Math League, DJ Club, FBLA, FACT, SADD, and as a class officer. District residents are invited to support this worthy pro-ject by making a donation to the post or supporting one of the annual fundraisers.
Makenna Sadenwasser, daughter of Stan and Tracy Sadenwasser of South Range, has been selected by the Scholarship/Faculty Committee to attend Badger Girls State on the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Campus in June. District Gifted and Talented funds are used to pay the delegate fee.
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 founded by our forefathers. Makenna has been involved in the blood drive, softball, drama, student council and the art club.
The 25th Annual Academic Awards Celebration was held on March 27, 2013. Each quarter students who earn a 4.0 GPA are placed on the High Honors list, students between 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, 109 students were honored. After the award presentations, the students and parents were invited to enjoy pizza and soda.
Badger Girls State Representative Selected
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High School News
Mr. Steve High
Principal
Mr. Dennis Scherz
Dean of Students
Badger Boys State Representative Selected
25th Annual Academic Awards
Chemical-Free
Graduation Party
“Celebration 2013”
Northwestern High School is in the process of planning its 25th Annual Chemical-Free Graduation Party, “Celebration 2013.” The party will be on graduation night, Friday, May 24, 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 Renee Priem 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.
Makenna Sadenwasser
Mason Lombard
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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 considera-tion. This year’s winners have an outstanding combination of all those things.
This year’s winners are Tess Nelson and Tanner Follis.
WIAA Scholar/Athlete Award
Carly Goedhart poses with her packing tape replica at the Phantom Gallery in Superior.
International DECA Competitors
Compete in Anaheim, California
Four students qualified to compete at this year’s International Confer-ence in Anaheim, California. More than 16,500 DECA members, ad-visors and businesspeople attended this annual event which was held from April 25-April 29. The following students qualified for internation-al competition with their project events: Tyler Blair presented his En-trepreneurship Promotion Plan; Gwen LaPole and Brooke Pearson presented their Public Relations Project and Jeb Pflug competed in the Business Services Event.Tess Nelson and Tanner Follis
Brooke Pearson, Gwen LaPole, Jeb Pflug and Tyler Blair
Phantom Galleries
Several students from NHS participated in a Phantom Gallery installa-tion at 1412 Tower Avenue in Superior. Students worked before and after school along with teachers Amy Mack and Charlie Hessel creat-ing tape people uscreat-ing packcreat-ing tape. The experience was made possi-ble through local artist Erika Mock and a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board. The title of the show is “Seeding the Next Generation” and it includes artwork from Superior high school in addition to the tape people from NHS. Thirty-six rolls of tape were used to create 4 complete people, some partial people, and many miscellaneous body parts.
Empty Bowls
The students and faculty of the art department at Northwestern High School teamed up with area churches to provide an evening of art and hunger awareness for all who attended on March 26. The even-ing was a smasheven-ing success serveven-ing soup to more than 100 people and raising $1,395 for the Rural Care and Share Food Shelf. With a value ratio of 1/10 this $1,395 will buy $13,950 worth of food for dis-tribution to anyone seeking assistance. This event was enthusiasti-cally received by everyone who came or donated with hopes for an even bigger event in 2014!
Ten students represented the Northwestern DECA chapter at the State Leadership Development Conference in Lake Geneva, WI. Stu-dents competed in individual or team events and some presented chapter projects. Four students qualified for the International Career Development Conference which was held April 25-April 29. Congratu-lations to all the competitors.
DECA Members Attend
State at Lake Geneva
Visual Arts Classics Competition
www.maple.k12.wi.us
On March 1st, nine students from NHS took part in the regional and state Visual Arts Classic. The competition featured a long-term chal-lenge where students prepared a project using a specific process (drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, art history, digital photo-graph), an on-site challenge where students had less than three hours to complete another project specific to a given prompt, critical thinking in which the entire team had 45 minutes to prepare a presentation on a given topic, and finally an art history quiz bowl match.
Individuals taking first place honors at regionals were Shianna Can-non, Mason Lombard, and Carly Goedhart. In addition, the entire team took first place in critical thinking and second place in quiz bowl. Individuals and teams that took first place in their respective regional qualified for the state competition in Madison on April 12th. At state, Mason Lombard was awarded a perfect score for his on-site digital photography. Carly Goedhart also took first place with her long-term printmaking project. As a team, NHS finished 21st out of 46 teams and took 10th in the critical thinking competition. The rest of the team competing included Andrew Walsh, Bret Little, Lauren Gordon, Halie Makela, Charlotte Sauer, and Anna Simmons.
Youth Art Month at the
Duluth Art Institute
March was Youth Art Month, and in celebration, the Duluth Art Insti-tute held a juried art show featuring work from artists in the Duluth/ Superior area. Students from NHS who had their work selected for the show included Mark Pooler, Oliver Hanrahan, Lauren Gordon, Shianna Cannon, Nick Heintz, Chelsea Karna, Cam Trago, Zach Da-vis, Reggie Semanko, and Melissa Walsh. Their work was on display from March 7 through March 22.
Art on display at the Duluth Art Institute
Tyler Blair presenting $100 to students from Mr. Nelson’s class.
Young Entrepreneurs
Receive Seed Money
Mr. Greg Nelson’s classroom received $100 in seed money to contin-ue the operation of the school store at Northwestern Elementary School. Each year money is donated from DECA to inspire young students to learn
about entrepre-neurship. This project is being chaired by Tyler Blair and was presented at the 2013 State Leadership De-velopment Con-ference in Lake Geneva and the International Career Develop-ment Confer-ence in Ana-heim, CA.
Front Row: Kaddie Levine, Gwen LaPole, Brooke Pearson and Taylor Copp
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Anti-Smoking Campaign
DECA District Competitors
Gwen LaPole and Brooke Pearson, members of NHS DECA, did an anti-tobacco campaign as their Public Relations project this
year. The project focused on the harmful effects of smoking and sev-eral lessons were taught at the elementary and middle school. Class-room lessons, trivia, a placemat contest, billboard and other special events helped pass on the message of the harmful effects of smoking and helped to promote a healthier community.
Travis Listing at a silent auction table.
Community Service Project
DECA students, Travis Listing, Amanda Ogren and David Rautio organized this year’s Silent Auction and Change Drive to benefit muscular dystrophy. Through the two events, DECA will be donating over $1,000 to help send two kids to MDA camp.
DECA Members Attend Districts at Stout
This year 42 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 many medals and series event winners.
The billboard created by Brooke Pearson and Gwen LaPole for Public Relations.
Entrepreneurship Promotion
DECA member Tyler Blair developed this year’s Entrepreneurship Promotion project. He invited local business owners to come in and speak to marketing classes and did classroom presentations to pro-mote entrepreneurship at the elementary school.
On April 9th, a select group of 7th and 8th grade students spent the day participating in the S.T.E.M. Conference at the Ashland WITC and Northland College. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineer-ing, and
Math. Students participated in a variety of fun hands on activities that introduced the students to a varie-ty of STEM ca-reers. The topics of study includ-ed: Biotechnology, Computer Aided Design, Forest Ecology, Earth Materials & Re-sources, Robotics, Meteorology- Hur-ricanes, and Wind Turbines. Students enjoyed activities, such as, building turbinators, pgraming Lego ro-bots, designing structures with the CAD program, creating hurricane simulators, and extracting DNA from wheat germ. In preparation of the transition from elementary to middle school, each
fifth grade student has been assigned a sixth grade mentor. Fifth-graders often have numerous questions regarding the middle school. To help answer these questions, sixth grade advisories are corre-sponding with fifth grade classes through mentor journals. It is hoped that this cross-grade activity will ease the transition from elementary to middle school. The journaling experience will culminate with a Shadow Day where students will meet their middle school teachers and sixth grade mentors.
Mentor Journaling
Environmental Day Helps Kick Off
Survivor Challenges
As a way to show support for Environmental Aware-ness Day on April 22, 2013, the 8th grade Adviso-ries embarked on a wildly
creative journey where they turned trash into treasures! All Advisory students were encouraged to bring in “school appropriate trash” such as egg cartons, cereal boxes, or pop cans that were then used to create a “thingamajig sculp-ture” that reflects a “memoir” of 8th grade. The students used a lot of creative energy to cut, paste and magically transform their piles of trash into final sculp-tures that ranged from a “Middle School World” to an “8th Grade Time Cap-sule.” The sculptures were then judged and the 8th grade advisories received their rankings. This marks the first of many 8th grade survivor challenges to come. The winning advisory receives the traveling Survivor trophy, as well as bragging rights for having the most brawns and brains of the entire 8th grade.
Middle School News
Mr. Ken Bartelt
Principal
S.T.E.M. Conference
Alex Rampier, Kaitlyn Corlett, Arabella Corey, Savannah Pank,
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Elementary School News
Mr. Steve Gustafson
Elementary Supervisor/Principal
Mrs. Debra Drahos
IRES Principal
Character Education
NES Third Graders Wow Audience in Cinderella
Cinderella, her father and step-mother, the Prince, the Fairy Godmother, and their piano accompanist were joined by an enthusiastic group of third graders in the April 17 performance of Jules Massenet’s opera, Cinderella. The chorus of mice and nobles included Carter Armstrong, Ben Benes, Dylan Burt, Gus Degitz, John Grohn, Madison Guentzel, Adriana Hursh, Sean Moroney, Bennett Nelson, Lily Nichols, Kylie Olson, Kole Paulsen, Ryan Peterson, Marissa Soyring, Lauryn Swanson, and C.J. Thompson. Sean and Kole also played horses that pulled Cinder-ella’s pumpkin-turned-carriage, and Carter and Dylan performed the speaking parts of King and Queen. Good sports Mr. Swanson and Mr. Bird made hilarious cameo appearances as the goofy step-sisters.
Earlier in the day, kindergarten through fifth grade classes all met the OFY musicians in small groups for “class chats.” They learned about many aspects of opera, including the people involved, music created, stage logistics, and rehearsal techniques. Each group loved working
together to direct a scene from Cinderella at the end of their class chat lesson.
Opera for the Young is a Madison-based profession-al touring opera group. It annuprofession-ally presents up to 200 performances, reaching 70,000 children every school year throughout Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, the U.P. of Michigan, and eastern Minnesota. Further information about Opera for the Young is available at
www.operafortheyoung.org.
Opera for the Young has visited our school with a different opera for eight of the past nine years, thanks to the generosity of the Northwestern Ele-mentary PTA and the past PTO.
Civic Oration Speech Contest
The third grade chorus, along with Mr. Bird and Mr. Swanson, pose with the Opera for the Young musicians.
This year’s topic for the Modern Woodmen of America Civic Oration Contest was “A Person Who Has Overcome.” Fifth grade students from Northwestern Elementary School were asked to write a three to five minute speech about the topic. After much work and revision, their speeches were presented in class-room competition. Each of the fifth grade teachers selected students to then compete in the building competition for the Modern Woodmen Civic Oration Contest held at Northwestern Elementary School on Thursday, March 7, 2013.
Speech Winners: 3rd place - Paige Johnson, 2nd place-Bryson Mazur, and 1st place - Jake Brill.
On April 4, the 4th grade held their annual “Invention Convention” at NES. Students created an invention that would help solve a problem in their everyday life. Their inventions were then showcased at the PTA Science Night.
The top three inventions from each classroom were: Izzy Erickson with “The Keepy”, an attachment to hold a plastic lawn chair to the deck or dock; Lars Olson with the “No Drop”, an iPhone case that is connected to you; David Horst with a pet feeder that is on a clock timer to feed your pets when you’re not at home; Claire Brinker with the “Flip Flop Organizer”, a hanger to neatly organize flip flops in a closet; Nora Lind with the “Bird Basket”, a birdhouse with an attached basket of material for the bird to use in it’s nest; Dylan Ronchi with the “Magic Hammer”, a hammer with and attached magnet to handle the nails; Noelle Frick with the “Clipper Tripper” a cat scratcher treadmill that clips the cats toe-nails so they can’t scratch the furniture; Maura Lubbers with an electronic cleaning case ; Marie Livingston-Parrier with a dog carrier that holds her dog close to her so her hands are free; Julia Roe with a “Party Pack”, a case of pop with four each of six different flavors; Brennen Werner with the “Pillow Hoodie”, a sweatshirt with a pillow in the hood; Natalie Pooler with the “Curl Pouch”, a pouch to put a curling iron in when it’s hot.
Thanks to all the judg-es, relatives and friends that came and helped with the Inven-tion ConvenInven-tion this year, and made it a success for all.
Front row: Maura Lubbers, David Horst, Dyaln Ronchi, Brennen Werner, Noelle Frick, Claire Brinker.
Back row: Nora Lind, Lars Olson, Marie Livingston-Parrier, Izzy Erickson, Natalie Pooler, and Julia Roe.
Invention Convention 2013
The month of February was about perseverance. Students were asked to draw a picture of something they do their best work at during school or to write about a goal they have set for themselves and what they did to attain that goal.
The March writing contest was about honesty. The students were asked to either draw a picture of themselves being honest in a situation or to write about a time they were able to show they were honest, what happened because of their honesty and how they felt about it.
The April writing contest was about tolerance. The students were asked to either draw a picture about someone who is different than they are and what makes that person special or to write about a time they were treated unfairly because they were different, how it felt and what they learned from that experience.
(Above) April Writing Contest Winners: Natalie Sauer, Hunter Stahl, Claire Brinker, Grace Olson, Sophia Jonasen, Madison Bobula, John Grohn, Gus Degitz, Joey Ahlin, and Devin Olson. (Absent: Layla King)
(Above) February Writing Contest Winners: Dylan Burt, Gwendolyn Hall, Tanner Kaufman, Elliana Madrid, Natalie Pooler, Colin Trautt, and Anna Papineau. (Absent: Ireland Hill and Lauryn Swanson)
(Below) March Writing Contest Winners: Jay Kaufman, Bella Roe, Matthew Scott, Morgan Trautline, Brynn Erickson, Tieryn Plasch, Dylan Ronchi, Dawson Kriske, Carter Montavon, Ema Roth and Natalie Sigfrids. (Absent: Maddie Rahman)
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Being selected for the Presidential Academic Award is an hon-or. Not many students achieve this recognition, and are considered “most outstanding” academically in their grade. The purpose of this award is to recognize academic success in the classroom. To be eligible for the President's Award for Educational Excellence, stu-dents in 5th grade must meet these requirements:
1. Grade Point Average: Students are to earn a grade point average of 90 on a 100 point scale, (an A on a letter scale or a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale).
2. School Criteria/Standards: WKCE state test: The student must have scored advanced in reading or math on the WKCE test.
This year, the following students are being recognized for this award:
Spencer Anttila, Paige Johnson, Natalie Kirkpatrick, Jack Ogren (not pictured), Alyssa Little, Justin Orme, Veronika Sauer, Jessica Shav-er, David Wakefield, Jake Brill,Lydia Cornelius (not pictured), and James Kovaleski.
Mavis Johnson, District School Nurse, and Amy Botten, Paraeducator Assigned to the Health Office, review the immunization Laws.
President’s Award for
Academic Excellence
Student Immunization Law
Requirements for
2013-14 School Year
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, 1-MMR, 3-HepB, 1-Var Grades K – 5
4-DTP/DtaP/DT, 4-Polio, 2-MMR, 3-HepB, 2-Var Grades 3 – 5
4-DTP/DtaP/DT, 4-Polio, 2-MMR, 3-HepB, 1-Var Grades 6 – 12
4-DTP/DtaP/DT, 1 Tdap, 4-Polio, 2-MMR, 3-HepB, 2-Var
The Wisconsin Student Immunization Law now requires proof of Vari-cella (chickenpox) immunity for grades K-12. A child is considered compliant with the law if a vaccination date is provided or it is indicated that the child has had the 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 2013. Waivers are available for medical, religious or personal conviction reasons.
The Douglas County Health Department continues to offer free im-munization clinics at the following locations:
Superior’s Government Center (1316 N. 14th St., Ste. 324)
The first Wednesday of each month from 1:00 – 5:00 p.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, spon-sored by the Douglas County Department of Health and Human Ser-vices, Public Health Nursing Unit. The free childhood screening pro-gram offers physical assessment, vision and hearing check; laboratory tests when appropriate; immunizations, developmental screening. The physicals are conducted in compliance with all state and school regula-tions.
Call the Public Heath Nursing Unit at 715-395-1304 to make an ap-pointment for a screening.
Summer School
Sessions
WILL NOT
Be Held in the
School District
Dawson Kriske
Mobil Grant Helps 4th Grade
Thanks to the efforts of Virgil and Marilyn Nelson of Nelson Oil Company in Poplar, WI, Northwestern Elementary School has been awarded a $500 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance grant for the 4th grade science and math curricu-lums. The money will be used to purchase technology for math and science as well as help fund the fourth grade Madeline Island field trip. Funded by the Exxon Mobil Cor-poration, the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program is designated to provide Mobil retailers like Nelson Oil Com-pany with an opportunity to invest in the future of their com-munity through educational grants to our schools.
Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Nelson present a $500 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance grant to fourth grade teachers, Mr. Jeremy Bird and Mrs. Beth Lindberg, and Mr. Steve Gustafson, principal.
First Annual
Child Abuse Prevention
Creative Arts Contest
With many excellent art projects to choose from, the Douglas County Council on Child Protection is very proud of the winners of the 1st An-nual Child Abuse Prevention Creative Arts contest. Dawson Kriske from Mrs. Blust’s class at Northwestern Elementary School won first place for third grade for all of Douglas County! Dawson’s “hands” poster can be seen in the multipurpose room at Northwestern Elemen-tary School.
“ A G r e a t P l a c e T o L e a r n ”
Scientific Exploration
in Kindergarten
Spring has arrived in Kinder-garten! Students are using a hands-on approach to learn about the new life that occurs in nature as winter draws to an end. Two favorite classroom activities involve exploring the characteristics of live worms and watching chicks hatch from their eggs.
50th Anniversary Building Construction House For Sale
The Building Construction Class at Northwestern High School is working on completion of the 50th house to be constructed since 1964. The home will be sold to the highest bidder as has been done in the past. Bids will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2013.
This year's house measures 28' X 48' with three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, living room complete with fireplace, kitchen and dining room.
Interested bidders, desiring more detailed information on this house, may request it by either calling 715-363-2431, printing it off the school district website at www.maple.k12.wi.us, or by picking up a Bid Information Sheet from the District Office located in the Northwestern High School building. Additional pictures are also available on the district’s website. The minimum bid for this year’s house is $54,900.
The house will be open for inspection the evening of graduation, May 24, from approximately 9:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.; and on any weekday after May 24, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., except Memorial Day.
Newsletter compiled and edited by Candi Stariha.
