Lannon Elementary School students will celebrate poetry April 3 from 2:20 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. as they participate in the Lannon Poetry Café. Second-graders in Andrea Tarantino’s class have immersed themselves in poetry for a monthlong unit of study. They have read poems by different authors and published their own. The Lannon poets will perform […]
Maple Avenue students conduct “One For Books” campaign
Maple Avenue Elementary School fourth-graders raised more than $420 and were able to purchase approximately 175 books that were donated to the Sussex Food Pantry. In addition providing books for local Sussex area families, the students’ efforts provided books for a national charity. Students participated in the “One For Books” campaign that was part of […]
Choir members do well at WSMA festival
Hamilton High School Choir members did well in the Wisconsin State Music Association (WSMA) District Solo & Ensemble held March 17 at Shorewood High School and Intermediate School. Kaitlin Klemencic and Michael Guzman qualified as soloists to participate at the State Festival to be held April 28 at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Klemencic […]
Tryouts slated for Chargerette Dance Team
All interested students planning to try out for the 2007-08 Hamilton High School Chargerette Dance Team are invited to attend tryouts April 23-25 from 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. The tryouts will be in the cafeteria at Hamilton High School, W220 N6151 Town Line Rd., Sussex. For more information about the Chargerette Dance Team, please […]
Hamilton students qualify for international competition
Among the 17 Hamilton High School students who competed, 14 of them qualified for international competition after successful performance at the annual state Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) Career Development Conference in Lake Geneva. In all, 16 Hamilton students were recognized on stage at the state event for their accomplishments and received medals, certificates […]
Willow Springs to host Scholastic Book Fair
Willow Springs Learning Center will hold its annual Scholastic Book Fair March 22-30. The fair will be open on the following dates and times: March 22 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.; March 23, 26, 27 and 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; […]
Templeton students to visit UW-Waukesha
All Templeton Middle School eighth-graders will visit the University of Wisconsin (UW) – Waukesha to learn about college. Groups of students will visit the university March 30, April 20 and April 27 to tour the campus and obtain information about academic planning and career choices beyond high school. The day will consist of three 30-minute […]
Kirsch qualifies for state Geographic Bee
Templeton Middle School eighth-grader Sarah Kirsch qualified for state competition in the National Geographic Bee based on results of her written test. Templeton students participated in the preliminary round of the annual National Geographic Bee this year by taking a 25-question written test. The school’s top-scoring students competed in the semi-final round in which they […]
Charger Robotics takes first at Wisconsin regional
Hamilton High School’s Charger Robotics Team took first place with two alliance partners March 10 at the Wisconsin regional competition at the U.S. Cellular Arena. The Chargers partnered with the Techno Knights from Savage, Minn., and the Fondy Fire from Fond du Lac. In addition to picking up the regional championship, the team earned two […]
Lannon students to present at Milwaukee Public Museum
Fourth grade students in Nancy Collopy and Katie Bernard’s classes will present a Wax Museum of Immigrants at the Milwaukee Public Museum on March 26 from 10 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. The students chose immigrants as their research topic, and worked at school researching information, writing presentations and creating display boards. They learned why people […]