Marcy Elementary School students celebrate Read Across America March 2. The entire school will gather in the gym from 9 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. to read books with buddy classes. Many will be dressed in favorite book characters. In conjunction with the celebration, the school is having a book drive of gently used books that […]
Lannon students playing chess in March
Lannon Elementary School once again will host a Chess Club for its students in third, fourth and fifth grades. Students will meet in the school library from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays during March 21. There are three levels of play to accommodate all types of chess learners: beginners – students who want […]
Hamilton hosts international chess master
Chess lovers should mark their calendars for March 10, when Hamilton High School hosts “Blitz to the Max 2007” in the Hamilton Fine Arts Center. The Hamilton Chess Club again will sponsor the event which will bring international chess master Dejan “Max” Maksimovic to Sussex. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a fast-action […]
Winners named in District Spelling Bee
One champion and four finalists emerged from the 2007 District Spelling Bee held Feb. 15 at Templeton Middle School. The District Spelling Bee drew 36 qualifying students in grades 5-8 from Hamilton School District middle and elementary schools as well as area private schools. Ashley Herrmann, an eighth-grader from St. Agnes in Butler, was named […]
Nihoris presented with award at state conference
Hamilton School District Police Liaison Officer Mark Nihoris was recognized Feb. 1 at the Associate Principals/School Resource Officers Conference in Madison. Nihoris was honored for being a driving force behind the Wisconsin School Resource Officers Association (WSROA). Nihoris has been involved with WSROA since its inception as a member of the planning committee and advisory […]
Templeton students win energy bookmark contest
Two of the three sixth grade winners in the Wisconsin Energy Bookmark Contest were from Templeton Middle School. The bookmarks of Austin Delaney and Andy McClone were chosen winners in the statewide contest which drew more than 100 entries. “Career Connections: Energy at Work” was the topic for this year’s contest that focused on careers […]
Bauman presented with reading award
The Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA) presented Hamilton School District Instructional Supervisor Margaret Bauman, Ph.D., with its Outstanding Administrator Award. The award was given Feb. 8 at the WSRA convention at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee. Bauman, chosen from the Waukesha Council, was identified as possessing the leadership qualities that promote excellence in reading […]
Woodside hosts a celebration of science March 8
Woodside Elementary School students will celebrate science March 8 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with their annual all-school Science Fair. Each grade level is involved. Kindergarteners will exhibit posters and projects on the four seasons. First-graders will display animal posters. Second-graders will show their dinosaur projects. Third, fourth- and fifth-grade participants will display and […]
Get Connected offers talk about alcohol, drugs
The Get Connected Program offers parents an opportunity to hear from school resource officers March 14 on “What Every Parent Needs to Know about Drugs and Alcohol.” The presentation will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Templeton Middle School Large Group Area, N59 W22490 Silver Spring Drive, Sussex. School resource officers Mark […]
Templeton hosts cultural celebration Feb. 22
Templeton Middle School eighth-graders in French, German and Spanish classes will learn the significance of celebrations held in various world cultures as their school hosts its own Mardi Gras-Carnaval-Karneval. The Templeton small gym will be the site Feb. 22 from 12:45 p.m. to 1:37 p.m. where world languages classes will experience the excitement of these […]