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  • Gibraltar School Moves Away from Mixed-Age Classroom Options

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    Gibraltar Area School is pulling away from having multi-age classrooms – an option the district provided to families starting in 2014. For a decade now, Gibraltar Area School has had traditional, self-contained, single-grade classrooms and some multi-age classrooms with second and third grades and even fourth and fifth grades with multiple teachers. While the district […]

  • NWTC Earns Recognition For Maritime Job Training

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    Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) is one of 32 worldwide designees as a 2024 Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE). The designation, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, will enable the college to enhance and expand its technical training in the maritime industry, ensuring graduates remain skilled […]

  • NWTC Sister Bay Seeks Community Ideas

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    The NWTC Learning and Innovation center in Sister Bay is seeking ideas for community classes and additional feedback from residents and business owners on what they would like to see at the center. Meet with NWTC Coordinator Tammy Brunette from 9-10 am on Tuesdays in March and April to share your thoughts and ideas. The […]

  • Gibraltar High Student Taken Into Custody After Discovery of Pistol

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    Letters went out via email to parents after a high school student brought a pistol to Gibraltar Area School and was taken into custody around midday Friday, March 15. School officials indicated that charges will be pursued and school regulations additionally will be enforced. “This letter is to inform you that a student brought a […]

  • Sevastopol School Gets Visitors, Students Involved in Fine Arts Fair

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    Art teacher Cara Krueger and the Sevastopol School fine arts department plan to get even more people involved in the Fine Arts Night this week, than they did in the first-year event last year. Last year, Krueger had art of every student in 4-year-old kindergarten through fifth grade on display. At the event open to […]

  • Southern Door Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian

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    Thomas Jackson, son of Mary and Christopher Jackson, and James Zittlow, son of Mike and Sue Zittlow, are the valedictorian and salutatorian respectively of the Southern Door County School District Class of 2024.  Upon graduation, Jackson will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Zittlow is undecided on his choice of university, […]

  • Students Still Can Enter Civics Games

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    The deadline to register for the Wisconsin Newspaper Foundation’s Wisconsin Civics Games has been extended until March 18. The competition, which aims to promote civics education and encourage Wisconsin high school students to develop an interest in public service, will host regional competitions virtually on April 11-12. The top-performing teams will advance to the state […]

  • Open Door Pride Scholarship Available

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    Open Door Pride will award a $500 IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equality and Accessibility) scholarship to a graduating Door County senior who demonstrates a passion for inclusivity, diversity, increasing sensitivity, and building community.  Applications are due by April 30. Requirements and guidelines are available at doorcountyscholarships.org Open Door Pride’s mission is to affirm diversity in Door […]

  • Gibraltar Adds Names To Honor Roll

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    Gibraltar Area School this week provided some additional names that were not provided for the high school honor roll published last week. They include: Highest Honor Roll – Ombeline Finck. High Honor Roll – Delaney Fitzgerald, Charlotte Grasse. Honor Roll – Christopher Orsted, Seth Parker.

  • Gibraltar Uses Interest Income to Broaden Construction Scope

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    Interest income on the $29.8 million building referendum approved a year ago by Gibraltar school district voters has been so good that the school board has expanded the scope of the project, the school board learned on March 11. During the annual meeting in fall 2023, Gibraltar schools superintendent Brett Stousland noted that some additional […]

  • Gibraltar Ready to Unveil School Drawings

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    $29.8 million project focuses on rear classroom wing this summer Gibraltar school district residents can get a detailed look on March 11 at drawings for a construction project that residents paid for through the largest voter-approved school referendum in county history. Subcontractors and members of the trades attended meetings at the school late last month […]

  • Youth Apprenticeship Opportunities Grow in Door County

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    Supply and demand helped Youth Apprenticeship participation expand from 14 Door County students to 106 in five years. The supply of on-the-job training opportunities expanded from 15 employers during 2019-20 to 78 this school year – and Northern Door County schools have increased participation. Students in YA spend part of their school day earning credit […]

  • Sturgeon Bay Names Valedictorians, Salutatorian

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    For the first time in known school history, there are three students tied for valedictorian for Sturgeon Bay High School, the principal’s office announced. Mercedes Hanley, Natalia Michalski, and Jade Tomberlin have tied with the highest weighted grade-point average for the graduating class of 2024.  The salutatorian for the Sturgeon Bay High School class of […]

  • Northern Sky Theater Scholarship

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    The fifth annual Northern Sky Theater Werner and Sue Krause Scholarship will be awarded to two Door County high school seniors who have participated in the performing arts through their high-school careers and who are pursuing further education in theater arts or music performance.  Eligible seniors must plan to attend a post-secondary educational institution, full- […]

  • Sevastopol Committee Forming to Investigate Building Extra Gym

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    Sevastopol schools superintendent and boys basketball coach Kyle Luedtke invites district residents to join a committee to investigate construction of a third gymnasium. The Sevastopol Board of Education approved in February a proposal for a committee to explore what sort of facility the district could or should construct – whether a gym with one full-sized […]

  • Björklunden Releases Seminar Slate

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    Registration is now open for more than 20 summer 2024 seminars held at Björklunden, Lawrence University’s northern campus and retreat center on 441 acres just south of Baileys Harbor. Open to the public and led by academic, artistic and cultural leaders, seminar participants engage in subjects including history, literature, arts, sciences, contemporary society and more. […]

  • Gibraltar Seeking Local Contractors for Renovations

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    Milwaukee-based construction management firm, CG Schmidt is actively seeking local contractors for additions and renovations to take place at Gibraltar School District. Contractor engagement sessions will be hosted by CG Schmidt Senior Project Manager Tim Bickert and held at Gibraltar High School Library on Tuesday, March 5 at 5 pm. Attending contractors can expect to […]

  • Facility Named Talon Community Fitness Center

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    Southern Door School Board members settled Monday on Talon Community Fitness Center as the name for the 40-yard-long indoor practice facility and workout center going up behind the school that will be completed this summer. Students, staff and community stakeholders who were surveyed favored the name. Meanwhile, school board member Sam Counard and board president […]

  • Merkle Promoted To Education Coordinator

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    Kerry Merkle, a member of the Northern Door Children’s Center’s (NDCC) administrative staff, has been promoted to the position of Education Coordinator. Merkle joined the staff of NDCC in 2003, starting as a classroom teacher. Over the past 21 years, she has completed an Infant Toddler Loop, finished both her associate’s degree in early childhood […]

  • Rotary Opens Application Time For Scholarships

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    Information and application instructions can be found at the Door County Scholarship Network website doorcountyscholarships.org for several scholarships, including a pool of approximately $20,000 in scholarships funded through Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay Charitable Trust.  For the Sturgeon Bay Rotary scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,500, applications are due March 15. The Rotary scholarships will […]