| Destination Imagination Teams Are Global Achievers |
| A record seven Ashwaubenon School District Destination Imagination (DI) teams qualified for and competed at the annual DI Global Tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee on May 23rd-26th. Two Ashwaubenon teams received special recognition and an honorable mention at the closing ceremonies, and five of the teams finished in the top 25%, which equates to the top 1% of all teams worldwide. |
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| AHS Supermileage Team Completes Successful Year With Car Show |
| Ashwaubenon High School's Supermileage Team wrapped up the school year with their annual car show on May 20th. This final event culminated a busy year which included mileage competitions in Texas, at Road America and at the Wisconsin International Raceway. |
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| AHS Bands Present "House of Horrors" Concert |
| The Ashwaubenon High School Bands will present their annual end-of-year extravaganza concert on Wednesday, May 30th at 7:00 p.m. at UW-Green Bay's Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The 'House of Horrors' themed concert will feature music from scary movies, television, and beyond. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Ashwaubenon High School or at the door on the day of the show. |
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| 16 Valley View Students Receive Math Olympiad Awards |
| Sixteen students at Ashwaubenon's Valley View Elementary School won awards for excellence in the this year's Math Olympiad competition. They were among the seventy-five Valley View students and 150,000 students worldwide who participated in this annual program which runs from November through March. |
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| Valley View 4th Graders To Skype With Pen Pals From Ecuador |
| On May 23rd, Jennifer Nelsons 4th grade Spanish students at Ashwaubenon's Valley View Elementary School will Skype with their pen pals from Ecuador. This activity is part of a grant project entitled "Bringing Everyone Together with Technology." Mrs. Nelson was awarded an NEA Student Achievement grant to help increase Spanish language acquisition and cultural awareness for her students. The Skype session will take place from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the school on 2200 True Lane. |
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| AHS Students Selected To State Honors Choir |
| Ashwaubenon High School juniors Luke Connelly and Lauren Pavlik have been selected to be members of the 2012 State Honors Choir. Connelly will perform in the Overture Center at the State Music Conference in Madison at the end of October. Pavlik was not able to accept the award since she will be in Ecuador with the AHS Spanish Club during the honor choir's summer camp. |
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| Cormier Celebrates End Of School Year With Parade |
| It has been a fun-filled, learning year at Cormier School & Early Learning Center. To culminate the learning activities for their school year, the 5 year-old kindergarteners celebrated some of their favorite things about kindergarten with a parade on Friday, May 18th. |
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| High School Choirs Host Spring Concert Sunday |
| The Ashwaubenon High School Choirs will present their final concert of the school year on Sunday, May 20 at 3:00 p.m. in the AHS Auditorium at 2391 S. Ridge Road. The concert, titled Pop Music with a Jazz Flair, includes the full choir, small ensembles and a tribute to the graduating seniors. Admission is free. |
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| Valley View Elementary Receives $1,000 OMNOVA Grant |
| Ashwaubenon's Valley View Elementary School is the recipient of a $1,000 grant from the OMNOVA Solutions Foundation. The funds will be used to support developing 21st century teaching and learning spaces at Valley View. |
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| AHS Students Excel At DECA International Competition; One Earns Top 10 In World |
| Six Ashwaubenon High School students competed at the DECA International Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah, which took place April 29th through May 1st. Three of the six students made it to the final round by finishing in the top ten percent of the world in their competition category. One advanced further by being named a top 10 student in the world in his category. Over 12,000 students from around the world took part in the annual marketing competition. |
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| Ashwaubenon Educators Honor Retirees And Award Recipients |
| The Ashwaubenon Education Association held their 30th annual Retirement and Recognition Dinner on April 19th at the Stadium View Sports Bar and Banquet Hall. Retiring staff along with others receiving awards for outstanding efforts during the 2011-2012 school year were recognized. Each award recipient was nominated by a colleague. |
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| Ashwaubenon Students Excel At SkillsUSA State Conference |
| A group of nineteen Ashwaubenon students from Parkview Middle School and Ashwaubenon High recently competed in the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in Wisconsin Dells. The students earned one 1st, two 2nd and three 3rd place finishes in the event which showcases career and technical education students from across the state. |
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| Destination Imagination Program Holding Recyclable Paper Drive |
| The Ashwaubenon School District's Destination Imagination (DI) program is holding a recyclable paper drive at Valley View Elementary School, 2200 True Lane, on Saturday, May 12th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to participate by contributing newspaper, printer paper, copy paper, magazines, junk mail, corrugate boxes, cereal boxes, pasta boxes, soda boxes, etc. |
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| Parkview Receives $20,000 Project Lead The Way Grant |
| Ashwaubenon's Parkview Middle School is the recipient of a $20,000 grant from Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the nation's leading provider of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum. Funds from the grant will support the implementation of the PLTW engineering curriculum, including the purchase of materials and equipment that will be used in the hands-on, project-based classes that are a distinguishing characteristic of PLTW's curriculum. |
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| Ashwaubenon Advances Record Seven Teams To Global DI Competition |
| Ashwaubenon schools qualified seven Destination ImagiNation (DI) teams to compete at the Global Tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee on May 24-26. Fifteen Ashwaubenon teams competed at DI's State Tournament in Stevens Point on April 14th. In addition to the seven teams advancing to Globals, two Ashwaubenon teams earned special recognition awards. Seven teams marks the most Ashwaubenon has ever advanced to Globals. |
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| Pioneer Elementary Hosting Reading And Writing Showcase |
| Ashwaubenon's Pioneer School is hosting a Reading and Writing Showcase on Thursday, April 19th from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. The afternoon will include students showcasing literary projects. Guests are cordially invited to share in the festivities which take place at the elementary school on 1360 Ponderosa Avenue. |
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| Destination Imagination Program Holding Recyclable Paper Drive |
| The Ashwaubenon School District's Destination Imagination (DI) program is holding a recyclable paper drive at Valley View Elementary School, 2200 True Lane, on Saturday, March 31 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to participate by contributing newspaper, printer paper, copy paper, magazines, junk mail, corrugate boxes, cereal boxes, pasta boxes, soda boxes, etc. |
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| AHS Spring Band Concert to Feature Tuba Virtuoso |
| The Ashwaubenon High School Wind Ensemble will feature Tuba virtuoso Professor Marty Erickson in their Spring concert on Sunday, April 1st. In addition to performing selections with Professor Erickson, the band will present works by Chances, Holsinger, and Fucik. The concert takes place at 7:00 p.m. in the AHS Auditorium and is free of charge. |
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| Valley View Hosting Annual Carnival and Art Show |
| On Thursday, March 29, Ashwaubenon's Valley View Elementary School will host its annual carnival and art show. The evening promises a night of family fun with carnival games, food, a silent auction and artwork featuring every young artist at Valley View. The event is sponsored by the Valley View Parent-Teacher Organization and will run from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event will support field trips and other educational programs. |
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| AHS Advances Six out of Nine State DECA Competitors to Internationals |
| Six of the nine Ashwaubenon High School students that competed at the DECA State Competition are advancing on to the International Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah. The State Competition took place on March 13th and 14th in Lake Geneva, with over 1,200 students participating in sixteen different event categories. To advance, the students had to finish in the top six of their category. |
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| Parkview Student Earns Second Place in State Art Contest, Moves on to Nationals |
| Hannah Brault, a seventh grade student at Ashwaubenon's Parkview Middle School, has won 2nd place in the Wisconsin Aviation Art Contest. Hannah's acrylic painting was selected out of the 437 entries submitted at the intermediate level for the state of Wisconsin. Hannah's painting has been sent on to Washington D.C. for the next level of judging in the national competition. |
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| Ashwaubenon Advances 15 Teams to DI State Tournament |
| On March 10th, Ashwaubenon schools had twenty-nine teams participate in the Destination Imagination (DI) Regional Competition, hosted at Ashwaubenon High School. Of the twenty-three Ashwaubenon teams in competitive categories, fourteen placed high enough to advance to the State Tournament. In addition, one team qualified for the Community Service Challenge at State while two teams and one individual received special recognition awards. |
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| Elementary Students' Art On Display At Library Branch |
| In celebration of Youth Art Month, artwork from Ashwaubenon's Valley View and Pioneer elementary schools will be on display at the Ashwaubenon Branch of the Brown County Library during the month of March. Over forty student works of art will be on display showcasing exemplary drawing, painting, printmaking, and masks. |
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| Ashwaubenon Senior Citizens Celebrate Dr. Seuss in the Schools |
| Three Ashwaubenon Schools joined together with Ashwaubenon senior citizens on Friday March 2nd, to share the joy of reading and celebrate the birthday of beloved children's author, Dr. Seuss. Throughout the day senior volunteers read Dr. Seuss stories to 17 classes at Cormier Kindergarten Center, 19 classes at Pioneer Elementary School and 30 classes at Valley View Elementary School. |
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| Three AHS Students Earn Illinois Jazz Festival Honors |
| During the weekend of February 25th, the Ashwaubenon High School jazz ensembles took part in the annual Rolling Meadows Jazz Festival in Chicago, Illinois. Three students earned soloist awards for their outstanding performances at the festival - senior Libby Welton on the drum set, junior Jared Roberts on the drum set, and junior Cole Roberg on the electric guitar. The festival features students from over fifty high schools throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. |
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| Valley View Hosting UW-Madison 'Wonders Of Physics' Show |
| On Tuesday, March 6th, Ashwaubenon's Valley View Elementary School is hosting a 'Wonders of Physics' show conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison Outreach Coordinator Mike Randall. The educational show demonstrates physics in the natural world, helping people better understand the world around them. The hour-long show will be presented at 10:45 a.m. for Grades 4-5 and at 12:45 p.m. for Grades 1-3. |
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| Valley View Celebrates Read Across America and Dr. Seuss |
| Dr. Seuss' legacy lives on at Valley View Elementary School in Ashwaubenon. Students and staff will celebrate the beloved author's work and passion for reading all week long in conjunction with National Education Association's Read Across America annual campaign to invite children in every community to celebrate reading. The week of February 27th through March 2nd at Valley View will be filled with activities and opportunities for students to immerse themselves in the works of Dr. Seuss and other favorite authors. |
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| AHS Welcomes Artist Richard Hirsch For Lecture And Demonstration |
| On Thursday February 23rd, Ashwaubenon High School welcomes ceramic artist Richard Hirsh, who will share images of his abstract vessels and sculptures and, discuss the inspiration behind this body of work. The event is intended to foster a high level of interaction between a contemporary artist and AHS art students exploring their role in the art world. The lecture and demonstration takes place from 9:25 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at AHS, 2391 S. Ridge Road. |
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| Pioneer Hosts Family Math Night |
| Ashwaubenon's Pioneer Elementary School is hosting a Family Math Night on Monday, February 20th from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The evening will include fun activities for the entire family that help develop math facts, problem solving skills and critical thinking skills. The event is made possible through a grant from the Ashwaubenon Education Foundation. |
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| Ashwaubenon Students Receive Top Awards at Regional Youth Art Show |
| Two Ashwaubenon students received the top award in their category while six others were recognized for their outstanding achievements and exemplary talents at the Wisconsin Art Education Association's regional Youth Art Month Exhibition. The event took place on Sunday, February 5th at the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan's Fine Art Gallery. The artwork from five of the students will move on to the State Youth Art Month Celebration where it will be on exhibit in the State Capitol Rotunda. |
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| Ashwaubenon Schools Hosting 11th Annual German Fasching Celebration |
| The Ashwaubenon School District will be hosting their 11th annual German Fasching Celebration on Thursday, February 2nd at 6:00 p.m. at the Stadium View banquet facilities. All Grade 1-12 German students and their families are invited to attend this German holiday, which is celebrated before Lent each year. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. |
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| Destination Imagination Program Holding Recyclable Paper Drive |
| Ashwaubenon Schools' Destination Imagination (DI) program is holding a recyclable paper drive at Valley View Elementary School, 2200 True Lane, on Saturday, February 4 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to participate by contributing newspaper, printer paper, copy paper, magazines, junk mail, corrugate boxes, cereal boxes, pasta boxes, soda boxes, etc. |
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| Ashwaubenon Kindergarteners Participate In Biggest Bedtime Story Night |
| On Thursday, January 12th, Ashwaubenon's Cormier School & Early Learning Center hosted a Biggest Bedtime Story Night. Many four and five year-old kindergartners and their families enjoyed reading together in the comfort of their pajamas. Over 300 were in attendance for the annual reading celebration. |
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| Ashwaubenon High School Hosting Kids Drama Workshop January 21st |
| Students in the Ashwaubenon High School Performing Arts Club are hosting their second annual "Kids Drama Workshop" on Saturday, January 21. Third through eighth grade children from the Green Bay area are invited to participate in the workshop where they will be given the exciting opportunity to jump up on stage and see what it?s like to be in the spotlight. The workshop costs $25.00, which includes a snack and a souvenir, and takes place from 8:45 a.m. to noon at Ashwaubenon High School, 2391 S. Ridge Road. Registration forms are available on the AHS website at http://www.ashwaubenon.k12.wi.us/highschool/perf_arts_club.cfm. |
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| AHS Women's Studies Class Teaches Women's 'Her-story' To 4th Graders |
| Nicky VanLaanen's Ashwaubenon High School Women's Studies students are teaching women's history (or 'her-story') to Tammi Engeldinger's 4th Grade class at Pioneer Elementary School. The students-turned-teachers are sharing the impact of past and present women on both our historical and contemporary societies. Teaching presentations began this past Monday with the final ones taking place on Monday, January 16 from 9:30 to 10:25 a.m. at Pioneer Elementary School, 1360 Ponderosa Avenue, Ashwaubenon. |
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| AHS Advances Nine Students to State DECA Competition |
| On January 7th, Ashwaubenon High School sent sixteen students to compete in the DECA District Competition at Kimberly High School. Out of the sixteen business competition categories, Ashwaubenon earned two first place finishes, one second and one fourth place finish. Fourteen of the sixteen Ashwaubenon students won awards, with nine of them advancing to the State Competition to be held in March. |
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| Ashwaubenon Alum and Mural Artist to be Recognized at Friday Basketball Game |
| Ashwaubenon High School will recognize artist and 2009 alum, Miss Sydney Appleton, on Friday, January 6 for the mural she designed and painted on the AHS Fieldhouse wall. Appleton, a 2009 AHS graduate and current undergraduate student at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, created the "Jungle Fever" mural this past summer. The recognition ceremony will take place at halftime of the 7:15 p.m. Girls Basketball game in the AHS Fieldhouse. After the ceremony, Appleton will be handing out a limited quantity of signed postcard replicas of the mural. |
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| Destination Imagination Program Holding Recyclable Paper Drive Saturday |
| Ashwaubenon School's Destination Imagination (DI) program is holding a recyclable paper drive at Valley View Elementary School, 2200 True Lane, on Saturday, January 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to participate by contributing newspaper, printer paper, copy paper, magazines, junk mail, corrugate boxes, cereal boxes, pasta boxes, soda boxes, etc. |
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| 4 & 5 Year-old Kindergarten Registrations Now Being Accepted |
| Four year-old and five year-old kindergarten registration for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year are taking place now in Ashwaubenon at Cormier School and Early Learning Center, 2280 South Broadway. To be eligible for four year-old kindergarten in 2012-2013, a child must be four years of age on or before September 1, 2012. To be eligible for five year-old kindergarten in 2012-2013, a child must be five years of age on or before September 1, 2012. |
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| Cormier School and Optimist Club Partner to Promote Literacy in the Home |
| On Thursday, December 8th, it was Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Day at Ashwaubenon's Cormier School and Early Learning Center. The Ashwaubenon Friday Morning Optimist Club partnered with the school to promote literacy in Ashwaubenon homes with a donation towards books. Books were distributed to 453 students, resulting in a new book being placed in 380 Ashwaubenon homes. |
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| Valley View Students Enjoy Free Books and Senior Volunteers at Read-in Program |
| On Tuesday, December 13th all students at Ashwaubenon's Valley View School participated in a Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) celebration. Every student at the school received a free book of their choice. In addition, all the classrooms were visited by a senior volunteer who read a holiday story to them to further celebrate the day. |
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| AHS Choirs Perform Holiday Concert December 18th |
| The Ashwaubenon High School Treble and Mixed Choirs, along with the Encore show choir, will present holiday songs to inspire and delight on Sunday, December 18th at 6:30 pm. The concert, which will be held in the school's auditorium at 2391 S. Ridge Road, is open to the public and is free of charge. |
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| Ashwaubenon High School Band and Choir Present Holiday Concert |
| Ashwaubenon High School's Wind Ensemble and Concert Choir will present their annual holiday concert on Tuesday, December 13th at 6:30pm. The concert, which will be held in the school's auditorium at 2391 S. Ridge Road, is open to the public and is free of charge. |
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| Temporary Lockdown At Ashwaubenon High School Monday Morning |
| On Monday, December 12th at 10:55 a.m. Ashwaubenon High School went into a temporary security lockdown. Upon advisement of Ashwaubenon Public Safety, the building went into lockdown until an emotional student, who had left the building, could be located. The student was located by the High School Liaison Officer in the high school parking lot at 11:00 a.m. The lockdown ended at 11:10 a.m. and the high school went back to a normal schedule. No other Ashwaubenon School District schools were involved in this situation. |
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| Destination Imagination Program Holds Recyclable Paper Drive |
| Ashwaubenon School District's Destination Imagination (DI) program is holding a recyclable paper drive at Valley View Elementary School, 2200 True Lane, on Saturday, December 3rd from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to participate by contributing newspaper, printer paper, copy paper, magazines, junk mail, corrugate boxes, cereal boxes, pasta boxes, soda boxes, etc. |
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| Valley View Presents Winter Musical, Concert And Ice Cream Social |
| Ashwaubenon's Valley View Elementary School Intermediate Choir and Tone Chime Choir will be performing their winter musical and concert on Thursday, December 8th at 6:30 PM in the Valley View gym at 2200 True Lane. The performance will be followed by an ice cream social hosted by Valley View's Destination Imagination teams. The concert is free of charge and monies donated at the ice cream social will benefit the Destination Imagination program. |
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| Ashwaubenon Fourth Grader Wins State Postcard Contest |
| Samuel Stanko, a fourth grade student at Ashwaubenon's Valley View Elementary School, has been selected as the state-wide Elementary School winner in the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) Discover Languages Student Postcard Contest. Students were to design a postcard which depicted this year's WAFLT Fall Conference theme - Languages, the Original Social Network. Samuel's design will be used when world language educators communicate to schools, homes and communities. |
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| Ashwaubenon Bands And Special Guests Perform Concert To Honor Veterans |
| The 185-member Ashwaubenon High School Jaguar Marching Band is hosting a concert at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15th in Ashwaubenon High School's field house. Over 320 Parkview Middle School band students will have the opportunity to join the concert which pays special tribute to the military and its veterans. |
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| AHS Students Re-enact 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Trial |
| The students in Lindsey Hilgemann's 10th Grade English class at Ashwaubenon High School recently completed a trial scene re-enactment from Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. The classroom was arranged like a typical courtroom with the judge behind a podium, a witness stand in front of the room, and desks arranged for jury members and spectators. |
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| AHS Sends Two Student Musicians To Perform In State Honors Concerts |
| Two Ashwaubenon High School students will be performing during the Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA) State Conference in Madison on October 27. The Ashwaubenon students selected for this year's Wisconsin Honors Music Project are Bailey Jaworsky who will sing soprano in the State Honors Treble Choir and Libby Welton who will play percussion in the State Honors Band. The concerts will be held in the prestigious Madison Overture Center. |
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| District Receives Carl Perkins Career & Technical Education Award |
| Ashwaubenon School District is among 25 school districts in the state that received "Perfect Perkins Performance" awards during a September workshop in Stevens Point. The award recognizes career and technical education programs for meeting national indicators of program participation and student achievement as part of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. Ashwaubenon High School's Dirk Ribbens, Associate Principal, and John Hilbert, Student Services Counselor, were at the workshop to receive the award. |
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| Art Teachers Spend July In Mexico As NEH Scholars |
| Ashwaubenon School District Art Teachers Kathleen Kowalczyk and Dean Stadel spent July 2011 in Mexico as National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) Scholars. They participated in an institute entitled "Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories: Spotlight on Oaxaca." |
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| AHS Sting Cancer Group Teams With Notre Dame For Pink Out Football Event |
| The Ashwaubenon High School and Notre Dame Academy Sting Cancer groups will be holding a Pink Out Football event during Friday night's varsity football game at Notre Dame's Ted Fritsch Field. The groups are collaborating to help raise money for the Green Bay Breast Cancer Family Foundation. Players and coaches from both teams, as well as the Pep Band, Cheer, and Dance Teams will be showing their support by wearing pink colored items on their uniforms. In addition, both Sting Cancer groups will be conducting a bake sale and a "Miracle Minute" fundraising activity between the first and second quarters of the game. |
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| Author Katie McKy Visits Elementary Schools |
| All Ashwaubenon elementary students, grades Kindergarten through 5, will have the opportunity to work up close and personal with author Katie McKy this month. Cormier, Pioneer, and Valley View Elementary Schools will welcome the author of Pumpkin Town, Wolf Camp, and It All Began with a Bean to spend several days working with students and staff in small and large group settings. Students will be engaged in exciting writing opportunities. |
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| Bodager Named As New Coordinator Of Senior Volunteers |
| The Ashwaubenon School District is pleased to announce Debbie Bodager as their new Coordinator of Senior Volunteers. Bodager will oversee the district's 'Seniors in our Schools' program, replacing Joanne Krcmar who retired this past summer. 'Seniors in our Schools' is a successful program currently involving 125 Ashwaubenon senior citizens who share their time and talents in a variety of ways. |
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| Parkview Hosting Fuel Up To Play 60 Event |
| On Wednesday, September 28th, Ashwaubenon's Parkview Middle School is hosting a Fuel Up to Play 60 activity for students, parents and school district staff. From 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., students are encouraged to bring their families to take part in the Rampage Challenge Obstacle Course and Human Foosball Game at the school. Ashwaubenon school district employees are encouraged to bring their families from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
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| 1:1 Technology Initiative Expands By Distributing Netbooks To Freshmen & Sophomores |
| Beginning Monday morning, September 12th, the Ashwaubenon School District is expanding its '1:1 (One-to-One) Initiative' by distributing netbook computers to all Ashwaubenon High School freshmen and sophomores. The technology initiative started as a pilot program in February when netbooks were distributed to last school year's freshman class. Those students, now sophomores, along with the incoming freshman class will be receiving their netbooks during the distribution days of Monday, September 12th and Tuesday, September 13th. This will result in one half, or approximately 500 students, of Ashwaubenon High's student body having a district-issued, wirelessly networked computer. The goal of the program is to provide all students with access to a digital tool; in this case, a computer. |
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| School District Earns Environmental Stewardship Award |
| For saving enough energy in 17 months to effectively plant more than 20,380 trees, Ashwaubenon School District will be presented with The Award for Energy Stewardship from Energy Education during the September 12th school board meeting. The Award for Energy Stewardship recognizes the organization's efforts to implement an innovative organizational behavior-based energy conservation and management program. The program, administered through a strategic alliance with Energy Education, has also helped all Ashwaubenon School District buildings become Energy Star certified. |
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| Teacher Attends Writing Institute at Columbia University in New York |
| Ashwaubenon School District Literacy Coach, Chris Cherney, recently attended a week long writing institute in New York City on the Columbia University campus. The Writing Institute was designed for educators who are committed to turning classrooms into richly literate reading and writing workshops. Cherney was awarded the funding through the Ashwaubenon Education Foundation, which is a newly organized structure to support innovation within the Ashwaubenon schools. |
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| Ashwaubenon Schools Switch Half-Day Due To Opening Packer Game Festivities |
| The Ashwaubenon School District has switched a half-day in their school calendar to accommodate the Green Bay Packer and NFL opening game festivities. As recommended by Ashwaubenon Public Safety, the schools will release students early on Thursday, September 8th to help assure student safety. This half-day will take the place of an already scheduled half-day on Friday, September 23rd, resulting in September 23rd now being a full-day of school. Teachers will work a full-day on both days, with the afternoon of September 8th now being utilized for staff development activities. |
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| Destination Imagination Teams Place 6th and 12th Globally |
| Three Ashwaubenon School District Destination Imagination (DI) teams qualified for and competed at the annual DI Global Tournament, which took place in Knoxville, TN from May 25-28. The teams competed against other teams from the U.S. and forty countries, earning a 6th place Honorable Mention and a 12th place finish. |
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| Ashwaubenon Offers Summer "Reading Rocks" Program For Children |
| The Ashwaubenon School District, Ashwaubenon Parks and Recreation Department, and Barnes and Noble are teaming up again to offer "Reading Rocks: an hour of reading and fun in the park", for the next several Wednesday mornings. The program, for children ages 2 to 4 and students entering 4 year-old Kindergarten through 5th Grade, takes place at Ashwaubenon's Klipstine Park. It started on July 20 and runs through August 17 from 10:30-11:30 am. Reading Rocks is followed by the Village's popular Concert in the Park series. |
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| Ashwaubenon Student Selected to National DARE Conference |
| Cody Alsteen, an Ashwaubenon 5th grade student at Valley View Elementary, was selected to read his DARE essay for the opening ceremonies of the International DARE Conference at Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennesee. Cody wrote this essay and read it at DARE graduation this year at Valley View. |
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