Area: Southern Door
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School Funding Amendment Makes Room for Southern Door
A school funding amendment proposed by Rep. Joel Kitchens could help Southern Door School. An amendment passed by the Wisconsin Assembly Feb. 14 could help Southern Door School District take advantage of a new law that increases the taxing authority of low-revenue school districts. Assembly Bill 835 originally exempted schools, like Southern Door, that had […]
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2017-18 Southern Door High School Honor Roll
Semester 1 Academic High Honors: Grade 12 – Jared Baudhuin, Emily Blasier, Deseree Dufek, Grace Englebert, Samuel Gerend, Adam Gutschow, Kale Jauquet, Zoey Kohler, Jodi LaRocca, McKayla Massart, Megan Neubauer, Alexis Niedzwiecki, Faith Overbeck, Hanna Pierre, Elliott Seiler, Zachory Snow, Bailey Wavrunek, Abby Wery; Grade 11 – Tehya Bertrand, Elyse Columb, Michelle Gonzales- Carmona, Margaret […]
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Most Door and Kewaunee Schools Close Feb. 20
Icy roads have forced school closings and delays throughout Door and Kewaunee County Tuesday, Feb. 20. Schools Sevastopol School is closed. Gibraltar school is closed. Kewaunee School is closed. Luxemburg-Casco School is closed. Algoma School is closed. Childcare is open Southern Door School is closed. Sturgeon Bay School is closed. Sturgeon Bay Headstart is cancelled. […]
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School Funding Amendment Could Help Southern Door
An amendment passed by the Wisconsin Assembly Wednesday could help Southern Door School District take advantage of a new law that increases the taxing authority of low-revenue school districts. Assembly Bill 835 increases the baseline revenue level for school districts from $9,100 per student per year to $9,400. The original bill exempted schools, like Southern […]
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Southern Door School Board Candidate Forum March 7
Door County League of Women Voters is sponsoring a candidate forum for the four candidates running for three open seats on the Southern Door School School Board. The forum is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, at 7 pm in the Southern Door High School library. Snow date is March 15, 7 pm. This is an […]
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Families Invited to Southern Door School District’s Child Development Day
The Southern Door County School District will hold Child Development Day on March 1, 8 am – 6 pm. In the event of inclement weather, the screening will be held March 8. This is a free community service which will provide information and assessment on how children are developing. Parents with young children ages 2 […]
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Southern Door School Board Asks Residents to Contact Legislators
At its Jan. 29 meeting, the Southern Door Board of Education decided on a 5-2 vote to send a letter to families and the larger Southern Door community, asking them to contact legislators, especially Rep. Joel Kitchens, regarding Assembly Bill 835, which deals with sparsity aid and revenue ceilings. Most of the board members felt […]
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Walker’s New Tune on School Revenue Limits Comes Too Late for Southern Door
At a visit to Gibraltar High School Jan. 11, Governor Scott Walker touted initiatives to increase funding to rural and low revenue schools. At Southern Door School, those boasts are ringing hollow. Walker expressed his support for an increase to baseline revenue levels for school districts that have been locked into lower spending levels since […]
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Blood Drive at Southern Door High School Feb. 16
The Southern Door Student Council and the American Red Cross are sponsoring a blood drive Feb. 16, 9 am – 2 pm in the high school gym. Anyone who is at least 17 years of age, weighs at least 110 pounds or is 16 with parent permission, and is in good health may donate blood. […]
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Obituary: Kathryn ‘Kay’ Grace Bacon
Kathryn “Kay” Grace Bacon, 76, of Sturgeon Bay, formerly of Brussels, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 at her home with family at her side. She was born April 14, 1941 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of the late Andrew Thomas Pickert and Rose Ann (Crifassi) Pickert. Kay was united in marriage to Roger Charles Bacon, […]
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Schools Delayed Due to Slippery Conditions
Several Door County schools are operating on a delay this morning due to slippery road conditions after yesterday’s weather caused schools to close early. • Gibraltar Area Schools has a two-hour delay. • Southern Door has a two-hour delay, and has canceled both morning and afternoon 4K and early childhood programming. • Algoma schools have […]
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Southern Door Grad Honored By Green Bay Chamber
Sturgeon Bay native and Southern Door grad Katie Guth is being honored by the Green Bay Chamber’s Current Young Professionals group. The Future 15 award recipients were selected for professional achievement and community contributions. As a Future 15 honoree, she is also a finalist for the Young Professional of the Year. Guth is Coordinator of […]
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Storm Dumps As Much As 20 Inches of Snow in Door County
All Door County schools were closed Monday due to a snowstorm that dropped as much as 20 inches of snow in parts of the county. Snow began to fall around 10 pm Sunday night, and residents woke Monday to anywhere from 10 inches of snow in Sister Bay, to 18 inches in Baileys Harbor. The […]
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Southern Door Freshman Orientation Jan. 23
Southern Door will hold a Freshman Orientation and Registration Night at 6 pm Tuesday, Jan. 23, in the Southern Door Elementary/Middle School Cafeteria. The program is for all eighth graders in the district, as well as any other students considering enrollment under the school choice policy, who plan to attend Southern Door as a freshman […]
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Mary Jean (Teich) Larkin, 76, of Rio Creek, died peacefully Jan. 6, 2018, at Aurora Baycare Medical Center in Green Bay surrounded by her family after suffering a stroke. Mary was born March 30, 1941, in Jacksonport. The daughter of John & Minnie (Meyer) Teich. Mary graduated from Sevastopol High School in 1959. She started […]
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Joseph Arthur Tanck, 68, of Sturgeon Bay, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. He was born Jan. 18, 1949 in Sturgeon Bay, the son of Arthur W. and Geraldine Marie (Ostrand) Tanck. Joe initially grew up in the Town of Jacksonport (near Hillside Road and Division Road) and attended […]
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Southern Door’s Talon Fitness Center Accepting New Enrollments
The Southern Door County School District is accepting renewal and new enrollments for use of its Talon Fitness Center. The membership fee is $125 per resident household of the Southern Door community and $175 per non-resident household. A household includes all members high school age and older who reside at the same address. Household membership […]
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Southern Door School Seeking Alumni Hall of Fame Candidates
The Southern Door County School District is seeking qualified nominees for its 2018 Alumni Hall of Fame. Nominees must be former students who graduated from Southern Door 25 years ago or more. Nominees should have distinguished themselves in both their career and community with significant contributions made at the local and state or national levels. […]
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Southern Door School Seeking Community Engagement
The Southern Door Board of Education will appoint a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), which will help to address the board’s commitment of ongoing, meaningful engagement with the broader community. The purpose of the CAC is to improve the education of the students of the district by advising the Board of Education regarding educational and other […]
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Community Invited to Southern Door High School’s FAB Lab Workshop
Learn “How to Make Just About Anything” during a 10-week workshop for the community at the Southern Door High School FAB & Innovation Lab. The workshop runs from 6 to 8 pm Wednesdays beginning Jan. 24 through March 28. The workshop is open to any adult who would like to learn how to use laser […]