The public is invited to attend a free Winter Holiday Concert Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. in the Hamilton Fine Arts Center (HFAC). A total of 250 students who are members of Hamilton High School choirs and Templeton Middle School Eighth Grade Chorus will perform traditional holiday and winter-themed music. This event is an annual […]
Hamilton earns consecutive Blue Star School status
For the second consecutive year, Hamilton High School earned distinction as a Blue Star School for performance on the 2013-14 Working in Support of Education (W!SE) Financial Literacy Certification test. Hamilton is one of 284 high schools in the W!SE national network and one of 10 high schools in Wisconsin to be recognized. Hamilton earned […]
Woodside contributes baskets for families in need
Woodside Elementary School families and staff members are showing compassion for others once again this Thanksgiving season by donating turkey baskets to families in need in Milwaukee’s Notre Dame Middle School community. Just as they did last year, Woodside students were asked to donate money they earned by doing chores at home. With more than […]
New athletic center finish line for Charger Challenge
The first public event to use the newly constructed Hamilton Athletic Center will be Dec. 6 at the Hamilton Education Foundation’s Charger Challenge: Santa Edition. The fun run-walk, which starts at 9 a.m. in front of Hamilton High School, finishes in the new athletic center. It is just one more reason to sign up for […]
Hamilton named to fifth AP Honor Roll
The Hamilton School District is one of just 547 districts across the U.S. and Canada named to the 5th annual Advanced Placement (AP) District Honor Roll by the College Board. Districts on the list are honored for increasing access to AP course work while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 […]
Community supports Hamilton NHS blood drive
The Hamilton High School National Honor Society (NHS) sponsored its annual blood drive Nov. 7. The drive brought in more than 100 donors who donated enough blood to save the lives of 250 people in local hospitals. Forty of the 100 were first-time donors. Blood donations from the community together with participating students contributed to […]
Hamilton announces October students of the month
Hamilton High School students representing 11 curriculum areas were selected as students of the month for October. They are: Adam Rosman, applied engineering and technology; Maria Christianson, art; Nicholas Hoffman, business education; Alex Marx, communication arts; Courtney Zabinski, family and consumer sciences; Victoria Johnstone, fitness education; Isabella Schultz and Eliana Selin, mathematics; Brandon Fedie, music; […]
Hamilton National Honor Society to hold food drive
Hamilton High School National Honor Society (NHS) will conduct a food drive Nov. 22-23 and 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sussex Pick’n Save and Piggly Wiggly stores. NHS members will collect non-perishable food items and monetary donations for the Sussex Outreach Services Food Pantry. […]
School tax rate drops
Hamilton School District tax rates since 1992 The Hamilton School Board certified a tax levy at its Oct. 20 meeting that will reduce the tax rate by 44 cents per $1,000 of property value from last year. School Board members approved a $55.03 million budget that includes a mil rate of $9.76 per $1,000 of […]
Hamilton student performs in State Honors Band
Hamilton High School student Chloe Simchick performed in the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) State Honors Band Oct. 30 at a concert held in the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. Nearly 450 students were chosen to participate from more than 1,600 auditions throughout the state. The full concert will be shown Dec. 15 […]