Colfax Schools
Colfax school board report: Native American mascot resolution fails at WASB convention
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax school board member Ken Neuburg says he is perplexed about the failure of a resolution at the Wisconsin Association of School Boards convention in January regarding school districts retiring Native American mascots. Neuburg, who spoke about the WASB resolutions at the Colfax Board of Education’s February 24 meeting,…
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Colfax Winter Carnival 2020
Sand Creek Arts Scholarship available to HS seniors
Sand Creek Arts will be offering one $1500 scholarship ($750 each semester of the freshman year) for a 2020 graduating high school senior. The focus of Sand Creek Arts is to promote the arts, recreation, and theater in the Sand Creek, Wisconsin community. The goal of this scholarship is to help its recipients toward reaching…
Read MoreColfax girls extend their perfect conference season to 10-0
By Amber Hayden To date, the conference season has been perfect for the Lady Vikings’ basketball team as they took two more wins last week. Beating both Elmwood/Plum City and Glenwood City. The wins have moved the ladies to 10-0 in the Dunn St. Croix with an overall record of 14-2, and they are currently…
Read MoreColfax students selected for All Conference Honors Band & Choir
Elk Mound High School hosted the 2020 Dunn/St. Croix All Conference Honors Band and Choir Festival on Saturday, February 1st. In 1979, the idea to bring together the finest musicians of the Dunn-St. Croix Conference to form the Honors Choir and Honors Band became a reality. Since the beginning, the philosophy was to have students…
Read MoreColfax school district survey: parents open enroll out for convenience
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Why do parents open enroll their children out of the Colfax school district? This is a question Colfax school administrators and the Colfax Board of Education have been asking, and to answer that question, Polly Rudi, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services in the Colfax school district, sent…
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CHS students sing in choir of 1000 at Dorian Vocal Festival
Eight Colfax High School Choir students had the opportunity to attend Dorian Vocal Festival last week. Caden Erickson, Drew Gibson, Pierce Harvey, Trey Hovde, Wesley Kallstrom, Hunter Larson, Nathaniel Lee, and Belinda Loew travelled to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa with their choir teacher, Carrie Christensen to rehearse in a select choir of 1000 participants.…
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