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 some students will receive individual assistance during “Clipper Time,” and the students will have another Pre-ACT test this winter prior to the official ACTs that don’t provide the educators with individual data.

At the middle school, educators are working with students to help them meet need areas identified in tests and to set reasonable achievement goals, said principal Mark Smullen. The school will post the names – but not scores – of students who meet goals.

At Sunrise School elementary school, principal Katie Smullen said they have begun opening the library by 7:20 am daily to allow students to arrive early, and have had a good turnout of students enjoying games or reading.

Huge Support for Clipper Clays

A Giving Tuesday event and Atomic Night at The Lodge at Leathem Smith helped bring the 2023 local fundraising total to $16,500 for Sturgeon Bay schools’ seven-year-old Clipper Clays trapshooting program. Midway USA Foundation will provide a donation match of $16,500, said coach Matt Propsom.

School board president Mike Stephani said Clipper Clays continues to grow, along with interscholastic target-shooting sports nationwide, and 60 students are involved or are interested in participating next year.