Colfax Schools
LeRoy Butler: the journey from a wheelchair to the Super Bowl
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Unbelievable as it may seem, LeRoy Butler, a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and recently nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, started out life in a wheelchair. Butler spoke to elementary, middle school and high school students in the Colfax High School gymnasium…
Read MoreTate Russell selected as Dunn Co. Optimist Youth of the Month
Tate Russell was selected by his teachers at Colfax High School as the Dunn County Optimist Youth of the Month.
Read MoreColfax High School offers up to 27 college credits
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Students at Colfax High School can now earn up to 27 college credits. Two programs, the “Early College Credit” program for universities and the “Start College Now” program for technical schools, replace the program known as Youth Options, said John Dachel, Colfax High School principal, at the Colfax Board…
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CHS student Taylor Meyer recognized at FBLA National Leadership Conference
COLFAX — After finishing in the top four at state competitions, Taylor Meyer, a student at Colfax High School, advanced to the national level of competition at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference. Meyer competed in Spreadsheet Applications (using Excel), an event consisting of two parts: a skills production test on the…
Read MoreFive new teachers start at Colfax schools this fall
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Five new teachers will be on duty in the Colfax school district when school starts September 4. The new teachers include Kassandra Behymer (seventh grade math and science); Emily Mattson (Colfax High School English); Heather Niesen (Colfax Elementary special education in early childhood); Megan Pawlak (Colfax Middle School sixth…
Read MoreColfax school board eliminates Chromebook fees for this year
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax High School students will not have to pay a Chromebook technology fee this year. William C. Yingst Jr., superintendent, told the Colfax Board of Education at the August 20 meeting he was recommending the Chromebook fees be eliminated. The school board can review whether to charge a technology…
Read MoreColfax school board hires Devine as alternative eduction & interventionist teacher
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Tim Devine is coming out of retirement to serve as the Colfax school district’s alternative education, GEDO and interventionist teacher. After teaching middle school Language Arts in the Colfax school district for 34 years, Devine retired at the end of the 2017-2018 school year, and the Colfax Board of…
Read MoreColfax school district annual meeting increases salaries for school board members
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax school board members will be paid $5 more per meeting and $50 more per year after April 30, 2019. Increases in school board salaries were approved at the Colfax school district’s annual meeting July 23. All members of the Board of Education currently make $90 per meeting, which…
Read MoreColfax school board approves transferring $43,993 to capital projects Fund 46
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Following the audit review and a review of the proposed 2018-2019 budget, the Colfax Board of Education has approved transferring $43,993 in leftover funds to the capital projects Fund 46. Fund 46 was started four years ago, and the money must stay in the fund for five years before…
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