Category: Education
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DKREA Celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week
The Door-Kewaunee Retired Educators’ Association (DKREA) thanked all public-school employees in the two counties during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-10, by giving each a DKREA pen. The attached note thanked them for their dedication and commitment to public education. Members of the Wisconsin Retired Educators’ Association (WREA) met recently in five locations throughout the state […]
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Tech Schools Could Get More Funding
News that the next state budget could provide more funding for technical colleges was welcome news in communities that need more skilled workers. “We truly appreciate the way Governor Evers and state legislators have come together to support our students and our communities,” said Jeff Rafn, president of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC). “As they […]
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Sturgeon Bay Grad Enters Peace Corps
Sturgeon Bay High School graduate Emilie Schartner planned to leave for Mongolia on May 29 to begin training as an English education teacher volunteer with the Peace Corps. The daughter of Jodie and Jesse Schartner earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Lakeland University. “I am excited to be completely thrown out of my comfort […]
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Kelsey Earns Jody Boes Scholarship
The Jody Boes Scholarship was established in 2017, in partnership with Bill and Pam Welter, to provide nurses who are pursuing a master’s degree or doctorate with $2,500 to apply toward tuition. This year’s recipient is Jeannine Kelsey. A 1997 graduate of Bellin College of Nursing, she holds an RN and BSN. After a hiatus […]
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Students Awarded Counard Scholarships
Three area high school students have earned $1,000 Carole Counard Scholarships to use in furthering their education. The scholarships, part of the Door County Visitor Bureau’s (DCVB) Spirit of Door County program, are named after the late Carole Counard, a longtime DCVB employee. The recipients are Elizabeth Atencio and Gabriel Lettie from Gibraltar High School […]
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A Theatre Welcome from the Washington Island School District
by Mary King, Assistant Managing Director, TPAC; and Michelle Kanipes, Principal, Washington Island School District The fine arts are alive and well on Washington Island. The Trueblood Performing Arts Center (TPAC) shares its stage with the Washington Island Players theatre group and the Washington Island Schools. This year the school’s principal, Michelle Kanipes, wrote the […]
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Hands-on archaeological learning at Crossroads at Big Creek by Laurel Hauser, Assistant Director, Crossroads at Big Creek Lessons about indigenous life can be gleaned above and below the soil at Crossroads at Big Creek. For the past six years, Crossroads – an experience-based environmental learning center in Sturgeon Bay – has hosted professional archaeologists Randy […]
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Art on the Wild Side Summer Day Camps
The Peg Egan Performing Arts Center, Southern Door Community Auditorium and Algoma’s Perry Park will host Art on the Wild Side: free, visual- and performing-arts summer day camps for children ages six through 12 that focus on music, art and health using performance, demonstrations and other fun activities. With instruction from some of Door County’s […]
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Get Well Water Tested through Crossroads at Big Creek
Crossroads at Big Creek is partnering with UW-Oshkosh’s Environmental Research and Innovation Center to provide well-water testing. Visit Crossroads Mondays through Thursdays, May 29 through Aug. 22, 12-3 pm, to pick up a kit, ask questions and drop off samples. Use the Collins Learning Center’s lower-level door. Water-test prices are $20 for coliform bacteria, $25 […]
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DCMM Engaging with Local School Districts
The Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) is launching new programs to engage with local school districts. In May, the museum is partnering with Luxemburg-Casco Intermediate School to start an ongoing project to display maritime artwork created by students from around the peninsula. The first exhibit will be on display at the museum May 22 through […]
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2019 Recipients of Rotary Club Scholarships
The Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay has awarded $20,000 in scholarships to 12 graduating seniors of Door County high schools in recognition of their volunteer, personal and academic achievements. The Service Above Self Academic Scholarship recipients were Madelyn LeClair and Payton Pluff of Gibraltar, Carson Talbert and Ashley Ellefson of Sturgeon Bay, Natalie Meikle of […]
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Sturgeon Bay Students Receive Bordui Scholarships
Emily Tess and Josie Morkin, seniors at Sturgeon Bay High School, are winners in the 2019 Bordui Foundation scholarship competition. Tess will receive $20,000 to support her studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Morkin will receive $20,000 to attend Columbia University.The foundation’s trustees chose the winners based on grade point average, test scores, an […]
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AED/CPR Classes Offered at Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Station
The Sister Bay & Liberty Grove Fire Department is partnering with the American Safety & Health Institute to offer classes about how to properly use an AED and perform CPR. The four-hour classes will teach infant, child and adult CPR and offer a two-year certification. They will take place June 20, July 18, Aug. 15, […]
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Southern Door Selling Bricks in Convocation Plaza
Leave your mark on Southern Door School’s Convocation Plaza by purchasing an engraved brick to honor your current or past student, a favorite staff member, or an academic, musical or athletic accomplishment. Service organizations and businesses may also buy a brick (logos can be added for an additional fee) to demonstrate community support. A four-inch-by-eight-inch […]
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Pet Tip: How to Redirect Cats’ Scratching Behavior
The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) Door County Campus is temporarily “pawsing” adoptions while it houses many dogs from other shelters to assist those shelters as they work through an animal-health situation (visit wihumane.org/news to learn more). WHS will resume regular adoption processes soon. Until information about pets looking for new homes returns to this space, […]
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State Superintendent of Schools Visits Washington Island
One of the biggest names in education – Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor – visited the smallest district in Wisconsin, Washington Island School District, on May 21 with Scott Jones, her chief of staff. She spent the day visiting classrooms to meet with administrators, teachers and students. “We want to hear […]
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Lauren Bremer, English teacher at Gibraltar, Joins Staff at Write On
Lauren Bremer will fill the new position of managing director for Write On, Door County. She joins the organization after 13 years of teaching English at Gibraltar High School, where she also connected graduating seniors with community leaders for service and leadership projects and relaunched the school’s long-dormant student newspaper in 2009. Bremer will oversee […]
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Taking GLOBE to Wisconsin Classrooms
On Earth Day 1995, a multi-agency-supported science and education project began in 33 countries. Today, more than 120 countries take part in the program, and citizen scientists who participate in it have contributed more than 150 million measurements to its database. The program is known as GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment), […]
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Southern Door Elementary Wins Major Enrichment Learning Grant
Southern Door Elementary School recently learned it will receive a highly competitive 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. “This is going to be a great addition for our students and families,” said elementary Principal Cory Vandertie. “There’s so much excitement right now and lots of positive buzz in […]
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AMVETS Award Final Flag Poster Contest Winners of 2019
AMVETS Post 51 concludes this year’s AMVETS Americanism Flag Poster Contest with awards and honorable mentions to fourth-grade students at Sevastopol School. AMVETS offers the contest program to schools and youth organizations to teach children in kindergarten through fifth grade about civics and citizenship, and it includes grade-specific and age-appropriate flag coloring and poster design […]