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Glenwood City MS/HS Top 10 list
Glenwood City MS/HS Top 10 List October 22-November 2, 2018 1. Dillon Hierlmeier, Gavin Samp, Olivia Scalze, and Maggie Wallin represented our school with excellent musicianship at the Clearwater Choral Festival at UWEC this past weekend. 2. Maggie Wallin will be performing in the Wisconsin State Mixed Honors Choir this Thursday. She auditioned and was…
Read MoreElk Mound Veterans Day program scheduled Nov. 12
ELK MOUND — The School District of Elk Mound will be hosting the annual Veterans Day program on Monday, November 12, at 2:20 p.m. in the Elk Mound High School gymnasium. The keynote speaker will be Greg Quinn, Dunn County Veterans Service Officer. According to the County Veterans Service Officer Association of Wisconsin’s on-line directory,…
Read MoreColfax Veterans Day program scheduled for November 9
COLFAX — The School District of Colfax will be hosting the annual Veterans Day program on Friday, November 9, at 10 a.m. in the Colfax High School gymnasium. The theme for this year’s Veterans Day program is “The War to End All Wars.” The program will be unique in that it will include a history…
Read MoreColfax school district awarded $91,367 in Safe Schools grants
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax school district has been awarded grants totaling $91,367 in Safe Schools grants from the Wisconsin Department of Justice. William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, reported on the grant awards at the Colfax Board of Education’s October 29 meeting. Following the massacre of 17 people in a school…
Read MoreColfax Board of Education approves combined tax levy of $2.8 million
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a combined tax levy of $2,806,655 for the 2018-2019 budget, which compares to a combined tax levy of $2,781,921 for the 2017-2018 budget. The Colfax Board of Education unanimously approved setting the tax levy as presented at the school board’s October 29…
Read MoreCHS transcript credit classes save Colfax school district $76,000
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If students were to take the transcript credit classes somewhere else that are taught in-house by Colfax High School teachers, the cost would be $76,000. John Dachel, high school principal, presented the “contract for service” agreement from Chippewa Valley Technical College for the transcript credit classes at the Colfax…
Read MoreCHS implements new cell phone rules
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Instead of texting someone who is sitting only a few feet away, students at Colfax High School are discovering they can actually talk to each other. That’s because of a new rule recently implemented at Colfax High School absolutely prohibiting cell phones in class. John Dachel, high school principal,…
Read MoreEarly College Credit and Start College Now programs available for Glenwood City high school students
By Amber Hayden GLENWOOD CITY — To Glenwood City high school/ middle school principal Patrick Gretzlock, the advancement of his students has always been a high priority. In recent years the Early College Credit and Start College Now programs were referred to as Youth Options and, according to Gretzlock, there wasn’t a full reason behind…
Read MoreBoyceville Board of Education approves school budget and $2.8 million dollar levy for 2018/19 school year
By Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE – The Boyceville Area Board of Education met last Wednesday evening, October 24, to vote and approve the 2018/19 school budget. As of the October 24 meeting the budget had not fluctuated, stated Superintendent Kevin Sipple and then he went on further to explain each amount that would be in the…
Read MoreBoyceville High School senior Jaida Peterson selected as Menomonie Optimist Club Youth of the Month
The Menomonie Optimist Club provides Boyceville High School with the opportunity to recognize the achievements and efforts of an outstanding senior student. The selected student is then recognized as the Youth of the Month. Jaida Peterson was selected to represent Boyceville High School as Youth of the Month for September.
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