Schools

Sauk Prairie High School students welcomed the new school year with their traditional Homecoming last week. As part of the pomp and circumstance they held a parade outside the High School. On a picture-perfect fall day they entertained adults and children alike with their school spirit. For more photos see page 11.

While the hoopla raged across the Wisconsin Heights community in the month of September over football, two very regular board meetings also took place where the school district got on with routine and critical business.

Homecoming week for Wisconsin Heights was capped off with a parade through the streets of Black Earth and a blowout victory for the football team. Residents gathered on streets that were perhaps tentatively toilet papered earlier in the week.

The Wisconsin Heights School Board took no action on the agenda item Monday night to switch to 11-man football, meaning 8-man remains but “it doesn’t mean it’s here forever,” said President Barb Statz. Melissa Winters, Activities and Athletics Director, introduced the idea to switch to 11-man several weeks ago at a regular board meeting.

Sauk Prairie High School and Middle School went into a secure hold and local police were called after “a student reported that he saw a person outside near the high school campus who showed him a weapon or fake weapon,” on Thursday, September 19^th, according to a communication sent out later that day by District officials and a police

According to a press release from the Sauk Prairie Police Department, officers were called to Sauk Prairie High School at 1:10 p.m.

At the Sauk Prairie Nursery Center, the District’s youngest students were working last week on the first letter of their name.

Despite the late season heat wave, Wisconsin Heights students in Baking and Pastry class are ready for fall activities like baking apple crisps. They learned about apples and the wide assortment of flours. Their skills went to good using baking a delicious apple crisp. Thanks to Mr.

U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona visited Wisconsin Heights Middle School/High School last Tuesday, in addition to holding a roundtable discussion inside with GROW Scholarship recipient Eliza Gullickson and other area educators. State Superintendent of Education Dr. Jill Underly also joined the event.

The Wisconsin Heights School Board met on August 12^th to continue their final hires for the upcoming school year, as well as hearing reports from their new administrators as they start their first year here.