Wisconsin Heights School District

This year, to help raise money to support our athletic scholarships, we have partnered with the Bucky Book to provide a cost-effective way to not only support these scholarships but also save you money over the next 12 months which the Bucky Book is valid (September, 2024). With your purchase of a $35.00 Bucky Book; proceeds will go directly to the Athletic Department to fund Athletic Scholarships which are awarded to seniors at the Annual Scholarship Ceremony. For some who are not familiar with the Bucky Book, this year's book is the 32nd Edition and includes hundreds of 2 FOR 1 and 50% OFF SAVINGS at restaurants, grocery stores (Hy-Vee = $150+ Savings), golf courses (30+), entertainment businesses and more. A few of the highlighted businesses in our surrounding area which will be easy for all families to easily recoup their $35.00 include: Kwik Trip ($40+ Savings), Subway ($22+ Savings), Dotty's Bar & Bistro ($27.50 Savings), Rumbleseats ($9 Savings) and more! We greatly appreciate your consideration in supporting....https://www.buckybook.com/wisconsin-heights-athletic-department #VanguardPride

Mrs. Nimmow's class witnessed monarch caterpillars gorge themselves on milkweed and then several days later pupate into beautiful chrysalises. After a couple of weeks, they saw several monarch butterflies emerge from those chrysalises and excitedly released them. Who knows, maybe there are some future lepidopterists (people who study butterflies and moths) in the group! #VanguardPride

Personal Finance broke out of their Checking and Register Unit. Checks were stolen from them, and they had to break into lockboxes by balancing a checkbook to crack the codes. Once in the boxes, they found the name of thieves written in invisible ink. The thieves were Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Acker. The students then had to track them down to get a key to get into a mini-lock box stashed with sweet treats! These Breakout Edu boxes were provided by the Wisconsin Heights Endowment Fund, which awarded $8,700 in mini-grants for innovative projects, this past spring. Mrs. Meinholz and her students are very thankful to the Endowment Committee for providing the grant for these boxes! #VanguardPride

Happy Frogday....we mean Friday! A very large frog joined our elementary students at recess today. Well, he is green ...... #VanguardPride

This might look like graffiti, but it's actually the Senior Post in the Wisconsin Heights Tech Ed shop! A tradition that was inadvertently started by Mr. Stelzel when he signed one of the shop posts upon his retirement. Now seniors are allowed to do the same at some point during the last few weeks of their high school career. #VanguardPride

Are you interested in learning more about Lacrosse? Register for TryLax! And remember - Heights CoOps with Sauk for Boys Lacrosse and with Sauk & Deforest for Girls Lacrosse. #VanguardPride

We still need a head cook at the #VanguardPride Elementary school. Please contact Human Resources at 608-767-2595 extension 3004 if interested in learning more.

Sixth grade has been working on creating a positive classroom that is safe, respectful, and engaged in learning. The students had to work together in order to get their whole team across the Amazon River. If they lost bodily contact with their magic stepping stones, the current swept the stone away. During this activity, the sixth graders exemplified what it means to be safe, respectful, and engaged in learning. Great learning activities happening at our #VanguardPride schools!

7th Graders in Mrs. Schmitt's Reading class are working on inference skills. Student groups were tasked with solving the mystery of who kidnapped the fictional principal. Given evidence exhibits A-F, limited interview information, and a description of the scene of the crime, students used inference skills to determine what is known about the victim, who the culprit could be, and what evidence points to that solution. Great work! #VanguardPride

#VanguardPride Athletics - September 18-23 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1978cwCj1MGrLEH48jzMsB1AQR6a4Du3sJEdPqlgVptc/edit

The #VanguardPride Welding students have received a donation from Peoples Community Bank. The class has been in need of an upgrade to the welding helmets and Peoples helped out with brand new WeldCote helmets for each of the welding booths! Thank you, Peoples Community Bank!

Mr. Fehlen's class is happy to be back at school! Week 2 has the class enjoying some independent reading! #VanguardPride

The Wisconsin Height School Board approved a donation of $9,069.00 at the September 11th board meeting from Youth Basketball! The money will be used to purchase the following items for the WHSD. 1. A new glass door industrial refrigerator to place in the concession stand. 2. A rollable shelving system that will help move goods in and out of the concession stand. 3. Two separate basketball racks for organizing the elementary school closet. 4. The purchase of a new Dr. Dish CT+ basketball shooting machine system. A huge #VanguardPride thank you to Youth Basketball for your generosity!

#VanguardPride Homecoming Court 2023 Freshman: Clifton K. & Macy S. Sophomores: Maya L. & Greyden S. Juniors: Emma A., Clara A-S., Nicholas R. (not pictured) & John R. Seniors: Ian K., McKindsey C., Alaina K., & Felicity C. (students not in order of picture)

Here's a 🦇🕸 spooky 🦇🕸 message from the Black Earth Library! #VanguardPride

7th grade math did a cups challenge to build community! Using only a rubber band and string, the students were challenged to move 10 cups into different formations. As students completed different formations, they were given more difficult challenges, but they actually got faster at the challenges because they worked as a collaborative team and communicated with each other! Nice job #VanguardPride 7th graders!

Wisconsin Heights Elementary is holding an Open House on Friday, September 15, 2023, 5:30pm - 6:30pm! Come on out and stay for the #VanguardPride Homecoming Football Game!

7th grade math played Back to School Jenga to get to know each other. Each Jenga block had a color on it that corresponded to a question about the students. As students pulled out blocks and increased the size of the towers, they had to answer questions about themselves. At the end of class, the students were quizzed on their classmates with a game of guess who where Mrs. Meinholz read interesting facts about each student, and the class had to guess who she was describing! What a great #VanguardPride way to get to know each other!

Happy Homecoming Week Wisconsin Heights! As we celebrate our current students, and those who came before, we invite our community to participate in these events! Go Vanguards! #VanguardPride

Want to know what's happening for Homecoming next week? It's going to be a busy! And, of course, you can't have Homecoming without #VanguardPride Spirit Week! Here are the details: Monday 9/11 Dress Up Day Theme: GENERATION DAY -Seniors = senior citizens -Juniors = adult -Sophomores & Freshmen = teens/tweens -Middle School = babies -Staff = The Dead! Tuesday 9/12 Dress Up Day Theme: COLOR DAY -Seniors wear BLUE -Juniors wear PINK -Sophomores wear RED -Freshmen wear BROWN -8th wear YELLOW -7th wear PURPLE -6th wear GRAY -Staff wear TYE DYE Wednesday 9/13 Dress Up Day Theme: ADAM SANDLER DAY (baggy clothing) Boys Volleyball Game - 2:30 (8th Hour in North Gym) Powder Puff Football Game - 7:00 p.m. Stadium Thursday 9/14 Dress Up Day Theme: ANYTHING BUT A BACKPACK DAY Guidelines: * Students must have everything they would need for a regular school day. * Nothing living can join you. * No weapons allowed. * All items must be school appropriate including following the dress code and guidelines in the student handbook. * Items must be carried/controlled by you only. No one may ride on it. * Everything must fit next to you in class. * Wisconsin Heights is not responsible for lost/stolen/damaged items. * No contraband including shopping carts or baskets from stores. * Staff members have the right to send your “backpack” to the office if it is a distraction during class. Friday 9/15 Dress Up Day Theme: Vanguard Spirit!!! *Homecoming Pep Rally at 2:00 PM -Showing skits -Announcement of Athletes -Announcement of court & winning class -Playing final Volleyball game vs. staff -Games *Parade - 4:00 p.m. in Mazomanie *Football Game (vs. North Crawford; Mascot - TROJANS) - 7:00 p.m. Saturday 9/16 Homecoming Dance 8:00PM- 11:00PM