Wisconsin Heights School District

Give a big #VanguardPride welcome to our new Elementary Mental Health/Student Support Specialist, Liz Premo! Liz grew up in Columbus, WI and has fond memories of playing high school sports against Wisconsin Heights! She attended UW-Madison, majoring in Psychology with a certificate in Education & Educational Services. After graduation, Liz worked at the Waisman Center on a project focused on language development in toddlers. In 2017, she returned to UW-Madison to earn her Master of Social Work degree, specializing in mental health and child welfare. Currently, Liz is a PhD student and is writing her dissertation on policies and services that promote family well-being. Liz has over 10 years of experience supporting young children and their families. She has worked in many settings, including home visiting programs, childcare centers, and after-school programs. In addition to her new role at Wisconsin Heights, she also teaches two courses in the part-time MSW program at UW-Madison. Outside of work, Liz loves hiking at Devil's Lake in the summer, doing jigsaw puzzles in the winter, and drinking coffee year round. She is a member of the Pardeeville Curling Club and is a proud aunt to her nieces and nephews. Liz recently bought a house in Sun Prairie, where she lives with her husband and their cat, named Sybil. Welcome, Liz!

Wondering what will be for sale at the Homecoming Tailgate? Wonder no more..... HOTDOG - $3 BRAT - $4 HAMBURGER - $4 CHEESEBURGER - $5 PULLED PORK BBQ SANDWICH - $5 WALKING TACO - $4 NACHOS - $4 LOADED NACHOS - $7 (TACO MEAT OR PULLED PORK) ALL MEALS INCLUDE CHIPS OR COOKIES & YOUR CHOICE OF BEVERAGE (WATER OR SODA) HOTDOG MEAL - $5 BRAT MEAL - $6 HAMBURGER MEAL - $6 CHEESEBURGER MEAL - $7 PULLED PORK BBQ SANDWICH MEAL - $7 CHIPS OR COOKIES- $1 LARGE PICKLE - $1 CANDY - $2 POPCORN - $2 WATER OR SODA - $1 (Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Orange Sunkist, Rootbeer, Diet Mt. Dew, Diet Coke, Arnold Palmer) HOT CHOCOLATE OR GATORADE - $2 THANKS FOR SUPPORTING WIS. HEIGHTS FOOTBALL GRIDIRON CLUB! #VanguardPride

Trashketball anyone? The #VanguardPride 6th and 7th grade students worked in teams of 3 to solve problems to review concepts for a quiz. If they were correct, their team got a point and the opportunity to throw a ball in the trash from a 2 point or 3 point line.

Mrs. Johnson’s 6th Grade Science students started learning about Environmental Science. They had a wonderful time exploring the school grounds environment and comparing it to the Wolf Run Trail environment. Additionally, students stopped on the trail and sketched the creek’s ecosystem. #VanguardPride

#VanguardPride Wisconsin Heights Athletics Week of September 26 - October 1 https://bit.ly/WisHeightsAthletics

4th graders in Mrs. Stadler's class started their Plant and Animal structure science unit last week. They read and explored different animal adaptions. On Friday, they explored different types of beaks. #VanguardPride

WHHS Band & Color Guard Alumni are invited to come back to join the HS Band for Homecoming! Join the High School Band for Pep Band and Color Guard at the football game next Friday (9/30). If you can play, please contact Nick Lane at nlane@wisheights.k12.wi.us or 608-767-2586 ext. 3404. Please let him know if you need an instrument/lyre, which part you will play for band (i.e. 1st trumpet), or if you will need a flag for Color Guard. Please meet in the Band room at 6:15 p.m. to get instruments/music/lyres/flags before heading to the field. They will play at pregame and halftime. Please wear a Wisconsin Heights shirt or school colors (white/green/black). #VanguardPride

We did it! We are officially One Campus! There are minor tasks to still complete, but we started the school year off, as scheduled, on September 1, 2022. Words cannot express how exciting the first day of school was for everyone! Thank you to the #VanguardPride community who have supported the district throughout! Your continued support is what keeps our district great!

7th Graders in Ms. Schmitt's classes put their inference skills to the test! They became crime scene investigators that needed to comb through evidence, case files, interviews, and suspects. Phrasing they worked on included stating the inference, citing evidence, and explaining the details. Awesome job! #VanguardPride

#VanguardPride Wisconsin Heights Athletics Week of September 19 - September 23 https://bit.ly/WisHeightsAthletics

How can you make math fun? Play the floor is lava! That's what the 6th and 7th grader's did! Their goal is to keep their entire #VanguardPride class above lava as long as possible. As the lava rises on the Smartboard, they have to add and subtract the integers correctly, so they can build stairs, bridges, and platforms to stay above the lava. The kids loved reviewing the unit by playing this game.

On Thursday, September 15th, the 6th/7th grade #VanguardPride volleyball team took on New Glarus at a home match!

Game Time Change! Tonight's football game will start at 7:00 (instead of 6:00).

What an amazing event! Governor Tony Evers visited the Wisconsin Heights School District on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, to attend the GROW Press Conference and Roundtable discussion. Three recipients of the GROW scholarship were in attendance- one being a #VanguardPride alumni, Eliza Gullickson, daughter of Wisconsin Heights Elementary teacher Cora Gullickson! The GROW program helps identify potential future teachers among high school and college students and offers financial incentives for those prospective teachers to teach in one of the partner districts, including Wisconsin Heights, Cambridge, Lodi, and Sauk Prairie. Congratulations to all the recipients and future teachers! The event was live streamed on our District Facebook page - check it out!

Congratulations to our Optimists Club Summer Seminar attendees Violet B. and Keera P.! Violet B. attended WILS 2022, the Wisconsin Leadership Seminar, June 10-12, at Carroll University in Waukesha. The mission of WILS is to identify outstanding high school sophomores throughout Wisconsin for being responsible citizens in their community and school and provide them with the opportunity and encouragement to recognize their leadership potential. Keera P. attended WAS 2022, the World Affairs Seminar, June 18 through 24, also at Carroll University. This is a week-long international experience, bringing together students from around the world to learn international relations and develop skills in diplomacy, communications and cooperation. Young people from over 30 nations attended. The theme this year was, “Reimagining Global Health and Wellness: Contagious Ideas.” They attended the Wisconsin Heights Optimists Club meeting last week and talked about their experiences and thoughts about the summer seminar they each attended. Both saw the seminar as a positive learning experience. The Optimists Club is pleased and proud to have sponsored these two outstanding students. #VanguardPride

#VanguardPride Wisconsin Heights Athletics Week of September 11 - September 17 https://bit.ly/WisHeightsAthletics

You are invited to the Celebration of our One Campus on Friday, September 30, 2022. Join us for a tour or take a self tour through the buildings and see all the exciting enhancements and features! A ribbon cutting ceremony will begin at 5:00pm. This will be an exciting evening since it will be held with the first Annual Homecoming Tailgate Party! The Tailgate Party will start after the 4:00pm parade in Black Earth and go until kick-off. Families can use the bleachers and/or bring camping chairs to set out on the softball outfield area. There will be several bean bag games, music, & lots of great food! This wouldn't be possible without the wonderful support from the #VanguardPride community! We hope to see you there!

The Wisconsin Heights School District is currently seeking candidates for the following positions within the District for the 2022-2023 school year: -Administrative Assistant for Student Services/Special Education and Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment -Substitute Teachers -Substitute Educational Assistants For more information or to apply, please visit WECAN at https://wecan.education.wisc.edu/#/ #VanguardPride

Mrs. Johnson’s #VanguardPride 6th grade Science classes participated in the Marshmallow Challenge. Students needed to construct the tallest freestanding structure using only spaghetti noodles, tape, string and a large marshmallow. Students needed to use teamwork, communication and listening skills to complete the challenge. What a fun experiment!!!

𝑪𝒖𝒑 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆!!! #VanguardPride 6th and 7th graders had a fun math experiment. They worked in teams to build towers out of cups using only a rubber band and string to move the cups. Pretty impressive!