The 2012 Summer Opportunities Program will run from June 18 to July 13, with no school on July 4. Brochures will be sent home March 30, and will be available on the district website. Registration begins April 4 at 6 p.m. and will continue through May 4. Families can register online, by mail or in […]
Hamilton celebrates “Financial March Madness”
Hamilton High School Business Education Department is celebrating Financial March Madness with guest speakers, decorated halls and a financial literacy simulation. All Business Education classes are hearing from experts in the field on personal financial management topics including budgeting, saving, banking, credit, the work world, investing, check-writing and debit card use. The presenters are volunteers […]
Hamilton announces February students of the month
Hamilton High School students representing 11 curriculum areas were selected as students of the month for February. They are: Shane Tennyson, applied engineering and technology; Amy Zoulek, art; Riley Feldmann, business education; Rachel Klima, communication arts; Jennie Scholl, family and consumer sciences; Anna Selestow, fitness education; Leah Stapelman, mathematics; Brian Kerber, music; Peter Herrmann and […]
Templeton student qualifies for State Geographic Bee
Templeton Middle School eighth-grader Taylor Beimborn qualified for the Wisconsin State Geographic Bee based on the results of his written test. The top 100 scoring students in Wisconsin qualified for the state level competition. The Wisconsin State Geographic Bee will be March 30 in Madison. State champions who advance to the National Geographic Bee competition […]
Spring Fest – Better Together offers fun for all
Fun for all ages is in store for those who visit Spring Fest – Better Together March 17 at Hamilton High School in Sussex. This daylong event, organized by the Sussex Area Chamber of Commerce and involving many community organizations, offers free admission. Spring Fest’s fun-filled gathering showcases the many resources and high quality of […]
Maple Avenue donates books to children in need
Maple Avenue Elementary School students collected enough coins during the school’s recent Scholastic Book Fair to buy more than 100 books for the Ronald McDonald House. During the five-day “One for Books” collection, students raised more than $500 by contributing specific coins each day. They started with pennies, and subsequently contributed nickels, dimes and quarters. […]
Marcy “Soup-er Bowl Showdown” provides for SOS
Marcy Elementary School families collected 892 cans of soup in February to contribute to Sussex Outreach Services (SOS) Food Pantry. The idea for the friendly competition between lower and upper grades came from Marcy Leaders Now, eight fifth-graders chosen by classroom teachers to work with school counselor Lori Schlapman to plan and promote charitable school […]
Sign-up for Bulldog football slated March 22
Sign-up for the Templeton Middle School Bulldog Youth Football Program for next year’s seventh and eighth grade students will be held at 6 p.m. March 22 in the school’s Main Gym. Under the direction of Hamilton High School Charger Football Head Coach John Damato, the program is designed to benefit Hamilton’s upcoming young players while […]
Templeton celebrates George Washington portrait
Templeton Middle School recently hung a framed replica of Rembrandt Peale’s Porthole Portrait of George Washington in its library. Eighth grade social studies and reading teacher, Rhonda Watton, requested the portrait from the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. In addition the organization donated resource materials and a flag that flew over Washington’s home to actively engage […]
Hamilton places third in Junior Achievement Challenge
A three-student team from Hamilton High School Business Department competed Feb. 16 in the Junior Achievement (JA) Business Challenge sponsored by Kohl’s Cares and held at Briggs & Stratton. Elizabeth Fricke, Clinton Lampshire and Brittany Paa placed third among eight teams in the Milwaukee Metro division. The JA Business Challenge is an exciting business strategy […]