June 27, 2019 District e-News
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A student puts the finishing touches on a rocket he built in the Summer EXCEL class, "I STEM Can U?" The course allows students to explore chemistry, physics, biology, and earth and space science using engineering and is one of a variety of classes offered through Summer EXCEL.
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Summer EXCEL is underway
Approximately 600 students are enrolled in this year's Summer EXCEL program, which offers a combination of
enrichment and academic classes to students in grades kindergarten through eight as well as classes for students entering four-year-old kindergarten (4K).
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Fox Prairie student's artwork garners statewide recognition
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A Fox Prairie fourth-grader is one of just 11 in the State of Wisconsin to be recognized for her artwork by the
WEA Member Benefits Student Art Competition.
The work by Fox Prairie's Addyson Sipe was selected from 250 statewide entries submitted for the
competition,
which is in its fourth year and is co-sponsored by WEA Member Benefits Foundation, Inc.
Sipe's artwork is a paste batik. The materials are cloth, paste (made from flour, water and alum), liquid watercolor and marker.
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River Bluff students learn about U.S. history during trip to Washington, D.C.
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More than two-dozen eighth-graders from River Bluff Middle School earlier this month learned about U.S. history in a trip to Washington, D.C.
The annual trip to our nation's capitol affords students the opportunity to visit sites such as the National Archives, the Capitol Building, Ford's Theater,
Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, George Washington's Mount Vernon, the Newseum, the National Air and Space Museum and many other places over the course of several days.
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SHS students travel, study in Germany
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A group of Stoughton High School students have spent part of their summer in Germany through an exchange program.
Every other year, Stoughton High School participates in the
German American Partnership Program
(GAPP). Through GAPP, participating students live with a host student and their family in Germany, attend school and sightsee while they forge friendships and develop their language skills. The students’ German counterparts then come to the United States for a similar experience in the fall.
Stoughton students
are to return to Wisconsin on July 2 after having spent three weeks in Germany.
Check out the students' blog below for more information.
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SHS GAPP 2019
My day started at 6:25am when my partner Damian woke up. I took a shower and then went downstairs for breakfast. My breakfast consisted of toast, meat, cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, and butter. It was a kind of build your own type set up with all...
Read more
shsgapp2019.blogspot.com
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ICYMI: Photos from last day of school at Kegonsa
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Kegonsa Elementary School marked the last day of school on June 10 with a ceremony that featured students and staff lining the hallways to congratulate one another as they left for the summer.
Beginning with the kindergarten classes and concluding with the fifth-graders, students filed out of the school and into the parking lot, where families had also gathered to celebrate a great school year.
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Sandhill video looks back on 2018-19 school year
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Sandhill Elementary School produced a video full of images from the 2018-19 school year. Check it out!
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Lunches for Vikings goes through August 30
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Our summer meals program, Lunches for Vikings, is underway and continues through August 30.
Through this program, free, nutritious meals are available five days a week for children who live in the Stoughton Area School District.
This summer, lunches are available Monday-Friday, June 11-August 30 (excluding July 4) at the following locations and times:
- 11:30 - 11:50 a.m. - Kegonsa Elementary School (near the front door)
- 12:00 - 12:20 p.m. - Stoughton High School (by the baseball diamond on Jackson Street)
- 12:30 - 12:50 p.m. - Bay View Heights (909 Charles Lane outside the office)
If you would like more information, have questions or would like to volunteer, contact lunchesforvikings@gmail.com or visit
www.lunchesforvikings.com
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Reminder: Central Registration will take place August 15, 20
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Stoughton Area School District families, don't forget that Central Registration for the 2019-20 school year will take place
August 15
and
August 20
at Stoughton High School.
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SHS girls track program brings 13 to compete at State meet
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Shout out and congratulations to the Stoughton High School girls track program.
This year the program more than doubled the number of girls that it brought to the State meet.
Last year, six girls competed in one relay event, and this year a total of 13 girls competed in six events. Ellie Trieloff finished 10th in the 400m and Micah Zaemisch finished 12th in the pole vault. This year's State meet took place May 31-June 1.
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Fox Prairie offers 'Adopt the Garden for a Week' in the summer
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Fox Prairie Elementary School is seeking volunteers to participate in a summer maintenance program for its school garden.
Participants choose a one-week period during the summer months in which they commit to volunteering 2-4 hours of their time checking on, watering and weeding Fox’s garden. Participants commit to visiting the garden at least two times during their chosen week and may harvest available fruits/vegetables to take home with them each time they volunteer.
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Environmental Studies students help with spring clean up of Badfish Creek
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From Friends of Badfish Creek Watershed:
"Thirty energetic and enthusiastic Environmental Studies students from Stoughton High School, led by teacher Amy Hermanson, cleared invasive plants and spread two dump truck loads of bark (donated by Mallon Tree Service) on the path at the canoe and kayak landing on Badfish Creek at Old Stage Road on May 15. Thanks Ms. Hermanson and students!! Also helping lead the project were (Wisconsin) DNR staff and the Friends of Badfish Creek Watershed."
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Link Crew Leaders welcome incoming freshmen to high school
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Stoughton High School Link Crew Leaders welcomed incoming freshmen during an orientation program on June 12.
Link Crew Leaders are juniors and seniors who mentor freshmen throughout their first year of high school.
During orientation, Link Crew Leaders helped introduce incoming students to classmates and high school staff, facilitated team-building activities and talked about the school. Link Crew Leaders will again be available to help incoming freshmen with schedules and building tours during an orientation program on August 27 at the high school.
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Check out the latest community flyers
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You can find out the latest activities and programs organized by local organizations and nonprofit groups by visiting our
Community Flyers page
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Golf team recognized with Academic All-State honors
A Stoughton High School boys golf team has been recognized for having among the highest cumulative team grade point averages in Division 1.
The SHS team took second place in the eighth annual “Team Academic All-State” award program organized by the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW).
Congratulations to Jake Livingston, Eagan Olson, Patrick Wozniak, Thomas Apel and Carter Hellenbrand for their academic accomplishments.
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Wrestlers named to Academic All-State teams
A dozen Stoughton High School wrestlers have been named to Academic All-State teams for
academic and wrestling achievements.
Hunter Lewis and Cade Spilde were named to the First Team at the senior level, while Brooks Empey and Luke Mechler were named to the First Team at the sophomore level. Honorable mentions were awarded to seniors Freeman Detweiler, Luke Geister-Jones and Drew Pasold; juniors Gavin Model and Brandt Spilde; sophomores Rudy Detweiler and Alex Wicks; and freshman Ethan Peterson.
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Stoughton Area School District
320 North Street
Stoughton, WI 53589
www.stoughton.k12.wi.us
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