Category: Education
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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, […]
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Southern Door School District Floating Idea of Giving 17 Fridays Off
New calendar being designed for savings, teacher-attraction A creatively crafted school calendar could broaden opportunities for some students and help the Southern Door School District attract and retain teachers, board members were told this month. After weeks of discussion by teachers and staff and a preliminary survey of high school students, staff and additional stakeholders, […]
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Jackson Accepted To West Point
Thomas Jackson, son of Mary and Christopher Jackson, was nominated and has accepted an offer to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point beginning in the fall of 2024, Southern Door High School announced. To achieve a lifelong goal to go to West Point, Jackson took a rigorous course load, including a number […]
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Steinbach’s Art On Display At State Conference
Anika Steinbach from Sturgeon Bay High School took fourth place in the statewide student art competition, and her painting of a great blue heron was displayed this week within the Wisconsin State Education Conference lobby.
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Students Suggest Names For New Building
Upon request from school board president Penny Price, Southern Door School District students came up with suggestions for naming the new building under construction behind the high school. Student representative to the board Ben Grota said those suggestions include SD Community Center, Eagle Fitness Facility, Talon Fitness Center, The Eagles Nest, Empowering Eagle, Southern Door […]
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Friday’s Sevastopol Vintage-Wear Night
As part of a year-and-a-half-long centennial celebration, Sevastopol school will host Pioneer Vintage Wear and Gear night Friday, Jan. 26, starting at 5 pm and continuing during the 6 pm and 7:30 pm basketball games. The district will have displays ranging from old programs and buttons to letter jackets and T-shirts. Everyone is invited to […]
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Sturgeon Bay 2-0 In Math Meets
Sturgeon Bay took first place in the second Packerland Conference math meet of the season, defeating Kewaunee 304-222 at the varsity level and taking first and second places in the junior varsity meet. Southern Door senior James Zittlow had a perfect score of 40 to claim a victory, while Ezra Linnan from Sevastopol and Ben […]
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Governor Cuts Ribbon on New Childcare Center
Child care in Door County got a huge boost earlier this month with the opening of the DOCO Child Development Center just north of Sturgeon Bay on Gordon Road. On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers visited to cut the ribbon on the new center with the school’s 3-year-old students and its founders, sisters Alexis Fuller and […]
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Sturgeon Bay students won the first Packerland Conference Math Meet of the season, paced by Ben Stephens’ score of 37 out of a possible 40 to lead the way. Teammates Luke Selle, Julia Michalski, Jack Konop and Trey Wienke recorded the four top scores among the juniors. Southern Door’s James Zittlow finished two points behind […]
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Washington Island’s school board has prioritized improved efficiency in lighting this year. The board plans to complete the installation of only LED lighting throughout the school. The district received one bid as of Jan. 5 for the LED project and was seeking at least one more bid, said district Business Administrator Sue Cornell. Earlier in […]
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Grant Would Make Island’s Lab Even More Fab
Washington Island School continues to increase its high-tech equipment to add to students’ capabilities and to provide new opportunities for island residents. Local donors and school supporters have surpassed $18,000 in contributions the district needs as a match if Washington School is selected for an $18,000 grant from Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to improve the […]
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Sturgeon Bay Pushes for Student Progress
Sturgeon Bay principals continue mining for ways to help individual students improve in different learning disciplines and on tests. This month, parents of high school students will receive detailed performance results from fall Pre-ACT tests so they understand focus areas, said high school principal Keith Nerby. Nerby told the school board on Jan. 10 that […]
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Sturgeon Bay High School Hosts Inaugural Jazz Festival
The Sturgeon Bay High School instrumental music department will host its inaugural Jazz Festival on Jan. 20. Students from Sturgeon Bay High School and TJ Walker Middle School will be joined by Southern Door high-schoolers during a day-long clinic led by nationally-known jazz musicians. Participating musicians include Mathew Buchman, Director of Jazz Studies at the […]
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Bus Driver Safety Effort Pays Off at Gibraltar
A Door County school official and a parent in December recognized a bus driver for actions and routines that kept students from getting injured when a car slammed into a bus. Angela Sherman in late December urged the Gibraltar Area School Board to recognize or present an award to Dale Krolick due to the Department […]
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Gibraltar Psychologist Earns UW-Whitewater Award
Colleen Tillis, Gibraltar Area Schools’ psychologist, received the 2023 Outstanding Capstone Award from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater School of Graduate Studies. While helping at Milton schools and working on her college project in 2022 – “Improving Students’ Visual Spatial and Math Reasoning Skills in the Early Childhood Classroom with Weekly Teacher Video Training” – she […]
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Gibraltar Seeks Pupil Services Director
The Gibraltar Area School board on Monday accepted the resignation, effective Jan. 5, of Lisa Wing, Pupil Services Director, and approved the advertising of the job opening. Wing was promoted from within the teaching staff to a combined elementary principal and Director of Learning position during the 2021-22 school year and then to District Pupil […]
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Gibraltar Makes Room for Extra 4K Students
Gibraltar’s school board on Jan. 8 approved 15 extra open-enrollment spaces – partially to make room for families from outside of the district who are interested in the district’s 4-year-old kindergarten programming. Superintendent Brett Stousland said he has heard of families from neighboring districts interested in enrolling students for next fall when Gibraltar adds its […]
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Nature-Based Public 4K at The Ridges Sanctuary
Learn more about Gibraltar School District’s three 4K programs Jan. 25 The Gibraltar Area School Board unanimously approved the addition of a public 4K classroom at The Ridges Sanctuary for the 2024-2025 school year on Dec. 11, expanding Gibraltar’s offerings for free, public 4K and presenting an opportunity for the community to participate in a […]
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Educator Settling Into New Role
Heather Mleziva began her position as Luxemburg-Casco Intermediate School Principal in July of 2023, after six years as an eighth-grade special education teacher at Denmark Middle School. In the months since Mleziva started, she has introduced several initiatives influenced by her educational approach. That approach is based on four fundamentals: relationships, sense of belonging, knowledge […]