Colfax Schools
Katie Riley selected as Colfax Youth of the Month
As spring arrives and the school year nears its end, the Menomonie Optimist Club continues to honor high school students from Dunn County with its Youth of the Month award. Selected by their respective high schools, the Optimists recently recognized a student from Colfax High School. Katie Riley will graduate from Colfax High School with…
Read MoreDrew Gibson of Colfax High School named 2021 DAR Good Citizen
EAU CLAIRE — Drew Gibson, son of Gene and Connie Gibson of Colfax, was presented the Good Citizen Award from the Eau Claire Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at a ceremony on Monday, April 5 at 7pm by Zoom meeting due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This award is given to a…
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Colfax school superintendent acknowledges one-year anniversary of COVID-19
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It was one year ago the week of the Colfax Board of Education meeting March 15 that Governor Tony Evers closed schools statewide and issued the “Safer at Home” order in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19. “It’s surreal. It seems like an eternity, and yet, it…
Read MoreMenomonie Optimist Club honors Caden Erickson, Abigail Irwin, and Drew Gibson
Despite the coronavirus limiting many activities, Dunn County youth continue to do amazing things, and the Menomonie Optimist Club continues to honor those achievements through its Youth of the Month program. Three students from Colfax High School have earned this distinction. Caden Erickson is one honoree from Colfax High School. Caden is a two-sport athlete…
Read More2021 Herb Kohl Foundation recipients announced
MILWAUKEE — The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Scholarship, Teacher Fellowship and Principal Leadership program has announced recipients of the 317 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for Wisconsin students, teachers and principals. Awards in the amount of $6,000 are being made to 101 teachers, 16 principals, and their schools, and $10,000 scholarships…
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Water main break at Colfax Elementary
Three veteran teachers retiring from Colfax school district
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Three veteran teachers, each with more than 30 years of service, will be retiring from the Colfax school district at the end of the school year: Linda Bilodeau, Deb Larson and Mark Mosey. The Colfax Board of Education approved their requests to retire at the February 15 meeting. Bilodeau,…
Read MoreWisconsin FFA is unstoppable during unique year
By Ben Styer, 2020-21 Wisconsin State FFA Vice President In a year when COVID has stopped so many of our traditional experiences, FFA members across Wisconsin are continuing to break down barriers and be unstoppable in the classroom and their communities as they celebrate National FFA Week, February 20-27, 2021. FFA is an agricultural-based leadership…
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