Category: Education
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Brunette To Lead NWTC At Sister Bay
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College named Tammy Brunette as the coordinator of the Learning and Innovation Center in Sister Bay. Brunette, who was born in Algoma and attended Southern Door High School, will be responsible for the daily operations of the site that provides co-work space and assistance for food-based entrepreneurial businesses. It’s also her duty […]
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Teachers: Get Teams Ready for Wisconsin Civics Games
Later this year, the nonprofit Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation will host the third Wisconsin Civics Games, during which high school students compete to answer civics-related questions in head-to-head matches. The preliminary regional competitions will be held virtually on April 11-12, with the top 12 teams advancing to the state finals on May 10 at the […]
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Next Southern Door Leader Will Face Complex Financial Situation
The next Southern Door County School District superintendent will step into a complicated situation when it comes to the school’s finances. Those financial challenges were presented to the board during its Jan. 31 retreat when Auditor Amber Drewieske gave the board a preview of the 2022-23 audit. After that, Interim Superintendent Tony Klaubauf called for […]
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Southern Door Negotiating With First Choice for Superintendent
The Southern Door County School District last week released the names of the three finalists for the superintendent position, and on Monday, the school board began negotiations to hire one of them. Tuesday morning, the school board did not release the name. The candidates are Brent Johnson, current principal of Thomas Jefferson School in Wausau; […]
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One Mission Accomplished for Thomas Jackson
In eighth grade, Thomas Jackson told his parents he wanted to serve the nation as an officer in the military. “Every decision he’s made was aimed toward this,” said his dad, Christopher Jackson of Forestville. The Southern Door County High School senior is on his way to achieving that goal. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) […]
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St. John Bosco Revives ‘Gala Of Giving’
Ticket sales have begun for the St. John Bosco Catholic School Gala of Giving fundraiser, which is back for the first year since the pandemic. The event, which annually raised more than $50,000, will take place 5-7:30 pm Saturday, March 2 at Corpus Christi Social Hall, 811 Juniper St., Sturgeon Bay. Music Masters Entertainment will […]
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Middle School Students Advance To State Math Meet
Sevastopol Middle School’s math team as well as Megan Selle from T.J. Walker Middle School in Sturgeon Bay earned a berth in the 412st annual MATHCOUNTS state competition in Sheboygan. On Feb. 3 at Acuity in Sheboygan, Selle finished fourth. The Sevastopol team – eighth-graders Everett Luedtke and Aaron Tomas, sixth-grader Maggie Thomas and seventh-grader […]
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Southern Door Students Chosen To Represent
Molly Hall and Abby Petrina have been selected to represent Southern Door High School at Badger Girls State in June at UW-Oshkosh, and Ben Grota has been selected to represent Southern Door as a Boys State delegate in June at UW-Eau Claire. Nominees will participate in a week-long program that teaches the principles of democracy […]
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Scholarships Available For Baileys Harbor Residents
Graduating high school seniors who reside in Baileys Harbor are eligible for Baileys Harbor Women’s Club scholarships. Interested students should ask a guidance counselor for an application. Applications are being accepted until April 1 for the $1,000 Helen Schreiber Allen PEO Scholarship for 2024, awarded to a Door County female graduating high school senior who […]
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Three Finalists Emerge for Southern Door Superintendent Position
The Southern Door County School District released the names of the three finalists for the superintendent position, one of those a current Southern Door principal. The candidates are Brent Johnson, current principal of Thomas Jefferson School in Wausau; Kevin Krutzik, Sheboygan Falls High School Principal since 2018; and Marc Vandenhouten, current principal at Southern Door […]
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Sevastopol Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Sevastopol High School Principal Troy Schaefer announced the class of 2024 valedictorian as Ezra Linnan and salutatorian as Logan Filar. In addition to their achievement of having the two highest weighted cumulative grade-point averages, Linnan scored a perfect score as a junior on the ACT test, and Filar fulfilled all graduation requirements and will graduate […]
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Teamwork Keeps Gibraltar Choir Going
A pianist and accompanist for Gibraltar Area School singers and musicians stepped up this past fall and winter to fill an opening at the high school and middle school. Sara Bong’s full-time-substitute efforts and work as secondary-school choir teacher earned praise and expressions of gratitude from the school board and high school principal, James DeBroux. […]
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Sturgeon Bay Unbeaten In Math Meets
Sturgeon Bay High improved to 5-0 in Packerland Conference competitions with two wins at the end of January and one more this month. James Zittlow of Southern Door had a perfect score of 40 in the fifth meet, and so did Sturgeon Bay junior Luke Selle. Among seniors, in the fourth meet of the season, […]
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Southern Door Board Selects 6 Superintendent Candidates
Community Involved in Survey, Interviews The Southern Door County School Board reviewed 20 application packets and selected six candidates to interview in its search for a superintendent. Also during its Jan. 31 retreat, the board compiled a list of names for two, 13-member interview panels to meet with three candidates starting Feb. 5, and three […]
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Sevastopol Students Win at Miss Door County Event
Kylee Duessler and Emily Bley will be advancing to the Miss Wisconsin and Wisconsin Teen pageants after being crowned Miss Door County and Miss Door County Teen at the 27th Miss Door County competition Feb. 3. At the pageant, $8,500 were awarded in college scholarships. The Miss Wisconsin event takes place June 17-22 in Oshkosh. […]
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Demand Grows for Gym Space at Sevastopol
A youth basketball coach says momentum is building for a possible referendum to construct an extra gymnasium space at Sevastopol school. One Mighty Pioneers coach, Justin Borkovetz, told the school board last month that there’s far more demand than available time slots for use of the elementary school gym, which also is reserved many times […]
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Gibraltar Board Field Trip Provides Ideas for Addition
To gather ideas for the replacement of the middle school gymnasium and central portion of the Gibraltar School campus, a couple of Gibraltar Area School Board members traveled in January to tour recently-built schools in Sheboygan Falls, Port Washington, Cedarburg and Wauwatosa. Their main goal was choosing ceiling and wall finishes and flooring for the […]
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Boards Hear Numerous Statewide Concerns
Sevastopol board member Sue Todey reported on a long list of concerns for Wisconsin schools after attending the Wisconsin Association of School Boards conference. Those included discussions of creating non-punitive policies to help students quit smoking and vaping; a push for bilingual special education; and movements for social-inclusivity mandates for libraries and how that could […]
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Gibraltar Thanks Bong for Help, Hires Choir Teacher
A local pianist and accompanist for Gibraltar Area School singers and musicians stepped up this past fall and winter to fill an opening at the high school and middle school level. Sara Bong’s efforts and work as secondary-school choir teacher earned praise and expressions of gratitude from the school board and high school principal, James […]
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Gibraltar Has Opening in ESL, Spanish
Gibraltar Area School board on Jan. 22 accepted, with regret, the resignation, effective in June, of Shane Harvey as Spanish and English as a Second Language teacher. He has served the district for 11 years in those capacities as well as with photography and social media. Harvey and his family speak Spanish in the household, […]