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SIXTH GRADE SPEECHES

The sixth grade students in Mr. Ellison’s Language Arts class were recently working on their Modern Woodmen speeches.  The students were using iPods to research the topic for the speeches, which is: a time when volunteers made a difference in America.

PARENTS AND TEACHERS FOR CHILDREN NEWS UPDATE

The New Lisbon Parents and Teachers for Children (PTC) was created to insure open lines of communication between parents and school, with our emphasis being community service for the benefit of children.  Within the last month, we used proceeds from our fund raisers to pay for a lunchroom mural, purchase Junior High basketball uniforms, help the Wellness committee pay for a motivational speaker/bicycle trick artist, pay for the nutrient newsletter that families will get once a month for a year, buy technology for the band department, share meals for needy families, and give a donation to the safety patrol to defray costs for their yearly trip to Washington, D.C.  The $5,000 spent for these worthy projects is just the start.  Our future plans include playground equipment, scholarships and iPads for classrooms.  Thanks for the support and interest you've given us, and we'll keep you up-to-date on goals.

Respectfully,

Tom Fleming

SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES SET

The candidates for the April school board election have been set.   Nancy Cowan and Jerry Hemerley will run for the 1 open city seat, a three year term.  Rosetta Boyle and Mark Kopplin will run for the 2 open rural seats.  The person with the highest vote total will fill the 3 year term and the second most vote total will finish out a 1 year term, completing the term of an open position.

GROCERY DEPOT DONATION

Recently a partnership between the Grocery Depot of New Lisbon and the New Lisbon School District was begun. A percentage of all sales at the Grocery Depot is given to the district to use to help kids.  The first donation of $735 from the Grocery Depot was given to the school district just before Christmas.  This is very generous of our new grocery store. The following link takes you to the article in the Juneau County Star Time.

Juneau County Star-Times

THOUGHTS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT - JANUARY 2012

School is back after a great holidays. A few updates on what is going on.  The District got some good news this past month.  We were awarded a grant to rural and low income schools in the amount of $13,678 per year and an extra $3,034 from the Federal Education Jobs Fund.  Also after consulting with Baird Financial consultants the District is expecting to be able to balance the school budget for 2012-2013 without any budget cutting.  All the cuts and money saving efforts this past year have put us in a strong financial position for the time being.  The District Technology Committee will be meeting to discuss increasing the amount of technology we can put in student’s hands.  The Calendar Committee is meeting to finalize next year's calendar.  The Policy Committee meets at 5:30pm before the regular January school board meeting to continue working on the employee handbooks.  The public is always welcome to attend.

Here are some of the great things I got to see this past month:
Paul Ziebell's 7th grade science creating clouds in the classroom, Lisa Dummer's 5th graders learning keyboarding as a new part of their curriculum, Scott Lenz's 6th grade phy-ed playing Battleship dodgeball, Nancy walker's JH social studies reviewing for a test using the smartboard playing jeopardy, Heidi Anderson's JH language arts class learning the difference between direct and indirect objects, Brad Bever's HS phy-ed playing floor hockey, Michelle Tucker's 1st graders making calendars as parent gifts, Leslie Keltner teaching 1st graders how to write sentences in correct structure, Karen Helbing's 1st graders showed me how they could create shapes and patterns in the computer lab, Jim Giebel's English class were working on news articles on classmates as a writing exercise, Terry Fish-Scott's 3rd grade art class was doing drawings that looked like stained glass.  I got to help teach math again, this time in Karina Barker's 5th grade class with a lessons on fractions.  I enjoyed some very good Holiday concerts, choir, band Junior High Choir and Chris Wiese's class singing.  They really got me ready for Christmas.  I saw Ben Morey's Design & Engineering class testing cantilever structures to see how much weight they could hold.  I also got to see some historical and character plays from the 5th grade classes of Karina Barker, Stephanie Shankle and Lisa Dummer.  I would also like to thank the junior high leadership team for painting and sprucing up the visitor’s locker room and to Penny and Russ Deakin for doing some cleaning in the locker room also.

What is encouraging is that this is only a small sample of the outstanding lessons and student learning that goes on everyday throughout our classrooms.

"GREEN AND GOLD FUNDRAISER" LIMO RIDE

The New Lisbon Parents and Teachers for Children rewarded top fundraising students with a lunch and Limo ride.

The students shown in photo sold 35 items or more, for the annual "Green and Gold Fundraiser" sponsored by the New Lisbon PTC.



Elementary students grades 1-6, were welcomed to participate in the " Green and Gold " party, held just before Thanksgiving break.  Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used for classroom technology, scholarships, and playground equipment.  Participating students in this event: Gabe, Catrina, Julia, Derek, Liz, Taylor, Callie, Kendall, Gavin, Jestin, and our driver.

HIGH SCHOOL ROCKET REPORT

To read these student articles and view photos click Rocket Report

 

A Spooky Walk Through School By Michelle Larsen
    The New Lisbon Elementary students put on a show Oct. 26 as they walked through the school displaying their Halloween costumes.....

Suessical by Kayla Gregar
    About 75 members of the junior high and high school choir and band went to Mt. Horeb to see Suessical, a musical based on Dr. Suess.....

Safety Issues Create a Closed Campus by Riley Murphy
    “We can’t have kids racing down the interstate on the way back from McDonald’s just to beat the bell.”.....

New Lisbon High School Wrestling by Codi Christopherson
    As many know, the wrestling season is just around the corner.....