Wisconsin Heights School District

Mrs. Johnson's 6th grade Science classes were tasked with conquering the Marshmallow Challenge. Students worked in groups to build the tallest freestanding structure only using spaghetti, masking tape, and a yard of string. The winning structure stood almost 18 inches tall. 6th grade students really showed a lot of #VanguardPride!

Please see the link below for the Board of Education agenda on Monday, September 9, 2024. The meeting will start at 6:00 PM in the MS Step Room. This meeting has a virtual attendance option. The link will take you to the main page of the agenda with the Zoom meeting link information. https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/whsd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=D79S6R713153

Please join us in welcoming new staff members of Wisconsin Heights! Today's new staff member highlight is on Lynette Sutcliffe! Lynette is from Mazomanie and is a new educational assistant at the elementary school. She likes spending time with her family and being out on the lake. When asked about her new role in the district she said she's most excited to assist students in learning and growing while learning and growing herself. Welcome to the team, Lynette! We're happy you're here! #VanguardPride

What a fun ice-breaker! Water bottles were flipping to kick off the first day of school in 7th grade language arts! Students took turns flipping bottles to get to know each other. For each successful flip, earned 2 points. For each unsuccessful flip, students had to answer a question about themselves to earn 1 point. The students even managed to teach Mrs. Meinholz how to flip a bottle successfully! #VanguardPride

Welcome Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona! #VanguardPride

It's the first day of the #VanguardPride 2024-2025 school year! We are so excited to see the students back in school!!!!

A friendly reminder to please be patient for a few days. GoRiteway does a wonderful job planning and routing for our transportation needs. As we all know, the best laid plans... Please remember that the buses can, and typically do, run behind schedule at the start of the year. Patience is appreciated! #VanguardPride #GoRiteway #SchoolStarted

Happy Labor Day! Relax and enjoy! #VanguardPride

How great is this?! On Tuesday, the Elementary school staff made collective resumes to showcase their experiences, strengths, and fun facts about each other. They turned out AMAZING and truly showcase each of our amazing teams at the elementary school! #VanguardPride

Wisconsin Heights School Districts partners with Bridging Brighter Smiles to provide dental care to students at school during the school day throughout the year! #BridgingBrighterSmiles wishes all our students a great start to the 2024-25 school year. Enroll now at https://enrollment.bbsmiles.org to make sure we get to see you this year! #VanguardPride

What a day Monday, August 26, 2024! It was the first day of inservice for the Wisconsin Heights staff and the day was filled with fun, energy, and so much excitement for the new year!💚 The day started off with District Administrator, Michelle McGrath, and Board of Education President, Barb Statz, welcoming the staff back and setting the stage for a great year! New staff and changes to staff were announced and we celebrated years of service milestones. 🥳 Administrators talked about goals for the year and our guest speaker......Tony Granato! 🏒Mr. Granato is American former professional ice hockey left winger and former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. He served as head coach of the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. 👏👏👏 Staff members played Rock, Paper, Scissors, Go! More on this in another post - but what a fun activity! Believe it or not, that was all done before 10:00 am! The Wyttenbach's Command Center Food Truck arrived for lunch around 11:30 with great food (as always) and during lunch. Student Council members from MS and HS handed out staff t-shirts they helped design over the summer. The rest of the day was spent in teams to plan and prepare for 2024-2025! Busy, but a great day and start to the new year! #VanguardPride

Thank you, members of Student Council, for taking a few hours out of your last few weeks of summer to hand out shirts to the staff!

The Wisconsin Heights School District Open House will take place on Thursday, August 29th from 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm. All students (PK-12th grade) need to have their picture taken for their school ID, the yearbook, and their Skyward picture. We have set aside a quiet time for those students with sensory needs to have their pictures taken from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. GoRiteway Busing will be set up in the Elementary School Library during open house to assist families with bus questions. MS/HS students will be able to pick up devices, schedules, lock & locker, and lunch number information in the MS/HS main office. HS parking permits can be purchased there as well. For more information about what to expect during Open House, visit this link https://5il.co/2v0lz.

Tuesday, August 27 - Day 2 of staff inservice - School Safety District Administrator, Michelle McGrath, kicked off the morning with some additional thank yous and celebrations. 🎉 Members of the Dane County Sheriff's Office came in and trained the staff on Standard Response Protocol (SRP). The staff split into groups and had tabletop discussions and classroom practice. More information will be coming out to parents/guardians about this from Michelle McGrath later today in Skyward. #VanguardPride

The Soccer Merchandise Store is now open! Show your support for our AWESOME soccer team! The deadline to order is Sunday, August 18. https://wiheightbarneveldsoc24.itemorder.com/shop/home/

If your Student Athlete is playing a Fall Sport, please make sure the Student and a Parent have completed the Co-Curricular Agreement. This must be completed before the Student Athlete can practice. Please contact Melissa Winters, Activities and Athletic Director, at mwinters@wisheights.k12.wi.us with any questions.

Our High School Student Council met today to get ready for an AMAZING School Year! We appreciate all they do to help make Wisconsin Heights a Great Play to Learn! #Vanguard Pride

The FFA Members from Wisconsin Heights did an AMAZING job of representing our school community at the Wisconsin State Fair this past weekend. They worked in the Discovery Barnyard, which educates fairgoers of all ages about many different aspects of Wisconsin Agriculture! We are all so proud of you for all you give back to your community and the State! #VanguardPride

We're looking for people to help our students become better readers. As part of Reading Corps, you'll work with students 1:1 to provide extra practice and individual support. FT and PT opportunities are available beginning in January. Tutors earn a paycheck every 2 weeks plus up to $5,100 for tuition or student loans. Apply online at join.readingandmath.org. #TutorOurKids

Let's start off the week with some school spirit!!! Who knows our school song? #VanguardPride #VanguardSpirit