 Jefferson Elementary School held a Family Fun Night on December 10th with a theme of Holiday Crafts. Parents and children were invited to make a variety of holiday crafts, frost a holiday cookie, and shop in the holiday gift shop. The event, sponsored by the school climate committee, was very well attended.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 24, 2013 Fourth and fifth grade students at Washington School have a unique collaboration with the Northern Lights, North High School’s Ambassadors of Song. Wednesdays after school, the elementary students practice and are directed by Liz Gartmann and Jacob Olmedo, North High Honors Chorus students and members of Northern Lights. The Washington School Singers performed selections with the Northern Lights during an all-school assembly at Washington on December 6th. The two groups also caroled together through the corridors of Washington during the Family Holiday Dinner on December 13th. Future plans include a performance together at the North High Vocal Music Concert in May.
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January 24, 2013  In honor of James Madison student Abby Urben's 11th birthday, her friends generously donated food pantry items. The items were sorted and the James Madison School Food Pantry shelves were stocked for their families.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 24, 2013  Farnsworth Middle School announces the winners of the 2012-13 Geography Bee that was held on December 5th. Lauren Edson, 8th grade, is the winner of the Farnsworth Middle School Geography Bee and received a medal. Lauren will advance to the next level of competition, which is a written examination to determine state competitors. Second place winner, Mason Prunick , 8th grader, received a pin and certificate. The third place winner, Ryan Dicke , seventh grade, was also awarded a pin and certificate.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 24, 2013 
First grade students at Washington School for Comprehensive Literacy conducted research using “how to” books and practiced procedural writing. After reading the book Let’s Bake, some students collaboratively wrote a sequence of instructions for a banana bread recipe. The students then practiced making real life connections between words and their use by mashing, cracking, stirring, and pouring when they made banana bread.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 16, 2013  Sheboygan’s IDEAS Academy, part of The Étude Group of charter schools, announced its work in bringing creativity into the classroom has
been recognized in Dr. Robert Kelly’s, Educating for Creativity: A
Global Conversation. The book profiles 20 schools from around the world
that are on the leading edge of bringing creativity into the
classroom. Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013  Urban Middle School held a Geography Bee in each of their social studies classes during the month of November. The top students then competed in a grade level Geography Bee. All contestants received a certificate.In the school wide Geography Bee - Ben Scheli took third place and was also awarded a pin. Ethan Traas placed second and also received a pin. Jose Salazar was the winner of the Urban Geography Bee and received a medal. Salazar will advance to the next level of competition, which is a written examination to determine state competitors.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013  For the second year in a row, the North High Hmong Leadership Council was warmly received at Lincoln-Erdman School. The Hmong girls danced and the Hmong boys played the qeej (a traditional Hmong instrument). The group led the traditional ball tossing game, in which teachers Karen Lieser and Cheryl Meyer participated. To conclude the program, the group then narrated and acted out a Hmong story, which was written by Matthew Miller, North High ELL teacher and leader of this group. The presentation was a meaningful way to teach the Lincoln-Erdman students an appreciation of the Hmong culture. Many of Lincoln-Erdman's Hmong students took part in the day's festivities by wearing their traditional Hmong clothing. At the end of North High's presentation, the Lincoln-Erdman Hmong students (dressed in their traditional costumes) put on a fashion show for the entire school.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013  Dan Bateman, Director of Spaceport Sheboygan, visited the 2nd grade classroom of Mrs. Debbie Ericsson at Jefferson Elementary School recently. The class was taught how to use the handheld student response program to pre-assess knowledge on space science. The class then set off their straw rockets.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013  Longfellow Elementary School has now certified several 5th grade students to be the official photographers for Longfellow School. These students have successfully completed an after school course in photography. During the course, the students studied composition in a photograph, how to use digital cameras and download the pictures into iPhoto. Two professional photographers, CJ Ahrens and Erin Stachel from Lifetouch/Prestige Photography, presented basics in composition and careers in photography. These students now have the privilege of photographing a variety of Longfellow's activities during the 2012-2013 school year.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013  Wilson Elementary School kindergarten teacher Sherri Morgan invited staff members from the local Toppers Pizza restaurant to teach her students how to make pizza. Kindergarteners learned about the ingredients, where they come from and how they are used to make pizza. Pizza girl Kayla and Pizza girl Dee showed the class how pizza is made. After the demonstration, all the students got their own dough ball to press out and try spinning in the air to make the crust, which they really enjoyed. Naturally, the highlight of the event was sampling pizza!The pizza presentation goes along with the class Reading series "Around the Table" especially the book titled "Hold the Anchovies" which is a nonfiction book that explains the process on how pizza is made. The presentation also ties into the class science unit on nutrition. Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013  South High School Senior Stuart Schmidt was awarded the Elk’s Lodge #299, Inc. October Student of the Month scholarship for his academic excellence and school involvement. An academically strong student, Schmidt has been on the first honor roll all semesters from freshman to junior years. Schmidt was also class president for three years. His extra-curricular involvement is wide ranging, from music, Student Council, National Honor Society, and three years on the forensics team, with whom he competed at the national level for all three years.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013  Kindergarten students at Grant Elementary School in Mrs. Shawn Starck's classroom are learning math, science, and engineering through the use of Simple Machines LEGOS curriculum. Mrs. Kelly Schmitz's third grade class assisted the kindergartners in building spinners and launchers. After the construction was completed, students made predictions about which spinner would spin the longest and then tested their predictions. Then students came together to share their findings. This curriculum promotes important lessons in collaboration, problem solving, construction, and scientific inquiry.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 15, 2013 Sam Priem and Autumn Willard presented their projects titled, “How Will I
be Treated Today?” at IDEAS Academy Exhibitions of Learning at the John
Michael Kohler Arts Center on January 10. In place of formal written finals, IDEAS Academy students
present their semester long project twice a year in a public venue.
Over the course of a semester students are led through a five phase process by their IDEAS Block teacher, which includes writing papers with an annotated bibliography, creating something of value, presenting their learning to the public, and reflecting on the entire process. Sam and Autumn both chose to research women’s rights in specific places Africa and Asia. Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
January 14, 2013 The North High School JV Dance Team is sponsoring a ‘Kiddie’ Dance Clinic. Students will work with members of the North High JV Dance Team to learn jumps, turns, and kicks that are incorporated into a summer themed routine. Participants will perform the routine during halftime of the North High JV Basketball game on February 8. 2013.
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January 8, 2013  Lincoln-Erdman Elementary School held their annual Santa Breakfast Family Event early in December. The event features raffles, breakfast, visits with Santa, entertainment by Northern Lights, crafts, and cookie decorating. It is sponsored by the school's PTO.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 21, 2012  Sheboygan South High School's top jazz ensemble has been extremely active these past two months in performing for various community events. They entertained our veterans for an hour at Al and Al's annual free Veterans Dinner on November 11th. They have also been sharing Holiday cheer throughout the city performing for several elementary schools, nursing homes, and Sheboygan's Early Bird Rotary "Making Seasons Bright" event.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 21, 2012  Four kindergarten classes at Wilson Elementary School enjoyed decorating gingerbread houses with their parents and grandparents in the weeks leading up to the annual winter break. Prior to the decorating project students enjoyed hearing stories about gingerbread men.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 21, 2012  Tuesday December 18th Longfellow families were invited to watch classic family movies, hear a holiday music concert, take part in holiday stories and activities, enjoy some holiday cookies and cocoa and write letters to Santa telling him how they made good choices by showing respect for themselves, others and their environment this year. Over 200 Longfellow friends took a 10 minute ride on the Holiday trolley through the neighborhood to see the holiday lights. As a remembrance of the evening, participants were treated to a Christmas book to take home with them.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 21, 2012  Ms. Vicki Kulhanek’s 5th grade class at Jefferson Elementary School wrote letters to Santa, but these were not the ordinary letters asking for things for themselves. Instead, the students wrote letters asking Santa to help fix things in the world. They asked him to help for such things as: world peace, stopping pollution and global warming, conservation, finding jobs for people, poverty, and helping those individuals that have disabilities. One child opted to write to the president instead of Santa.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 21, 2012  Mr. Shoua Yang, a 23 year veteran of the United States Army visited
first graders in Mrs. Flooks' classroom at Wilson Elementary School to
speak with the students about his experiences in the army and what
Veteran's Day means to him. When asked by a student why he joined the
army, Mr. Yang replied, "to get the bad guys." He explained to the
children how his job as an intelligence and security officer involved
studying the enemy in order to give information to his fellow soldiers.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  The Jefferson Elementary School fourth grade students took part in displaying a "Veterans Wall of Honor" after learning of the importance of Veteran's Day. Each star gave the name of special veterans who have helped to keep our country free. The students also learned about the Sheboygan County Veteran's Memorial and the Hmong Veteran's Memorial. Many children stopped by it to read the names on the stars as did fourth grader Jason Lee.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  The South High Student Council/Lake Breeze Newspaper Annual Thanksgiving
Food Drive was a smashing success. South High gathered over 1,300 food
items to fill Principal Michael Trimberger’s office, which were then
donated to the Sheboygan Salvation Army Food Pantry. “The South High Student Council and the Lake Breeze newspaper are proud
of this annual food drive contribution to help the needy of Sheboygan
County,” stated student council advisers Jon Shrank and newspaper adviser Terry Shircel.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  Farnsworth Middle School students participated in their first quarter PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) celebration on Friday, November 16. Students who did not receive any office referrals during the first quarter were invited to a PBIS Activity Day held during the school day. Students were able to participate in dodgeball, scooter invasion, an art project, movie, video games, and dance. Students were also able to try their luck at dunking Mr. Todd DeBruin, the school principal, in the dunk tank.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  Sheridan Elementary School had a special presentation at an all school assembly recently. Two members of the Milwaukee Wave professional indoor soccer team visited the school for a 45 minute program of high-energy interaction among the players, students, and Sheridan staff. The players introduced soccer skills paired with a message to the students of being prepared, eating right, and living right. The students were given a firsthand look at what it takes to participate in a professional sport and what role education plays in it. Sheridan Elementary students in grades 1st-5th will be attending a Milwaukee Wave game on February 6th as a reward for positive behavior during the 2nd quarter.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  Students at Wilson Elementary School participated in the fourth annual Junior Walk 4 Warmth on Saturday, November 17, 2012. The fundraiser, organized by kindergarten teacher Andy Kautzer, helps people in Sheboygan with the cost of heating their homes in the winter. On three consecutive Fridays leading up to the day of the walk, students
wore warm scarves, sweatshirts, and socks and were given the
opportunity to donate one dollar to the fund. Students and families could gather pledges and participate in the walk on
Saturday.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  On Tuesday, November 20th Cooper Elementary School’s Above the Influence and Student Council groups rang the well=known bells near the red kettle for the Salvation Army at the North Side Piggly Wiggly.The two groups teamed up to demonstrate their leadership through community service, which pairs well with the Salvation Army slogan of “Doing the Most Good”. Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  Jefferson Elementary School held their annual all school Thanksgiving dinner on November 19th. All the students and staff came together in the gymnasium to eat a turkey dinner. Afterwards PAWS awards for positive behavior were handed out and both students and staff members shared what they were grateful for. Many of the students wore their traditional Hmong clothing in celebration of the Hmong New Year.Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 17, 2012  Longfellow Elementary School Citizens of the Month are nominated for their good attendance, no rule reviews and positive modeling of respect for self, others and the environment. The Citizens of the Month are nominated and recognized every month at the school's Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) assembly. Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
December 11, 2012 Students at Urban Middle School are jumping at the chance to fight heart disease and stroke, our nation’s No. 1 and No. 4 killers. On Monday, November 26 Urban will host its third annual Hoops For Heart event to raise money for the American Heart Association, which funds lifesaving heart and stroke research and community and educational programs for our youth.
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