Schools

Merrimac Community School students could not hide their enthusiasm for some hands-on study of animal habitats. Recently, students assembled a skeleton and overlaid the hide to appreciate the size of the  largest North American mammal, the bison.

Sauk Prairie School District Superintendent Jeff Wright introduced a new grant the district received. The SPSD Cross Agency 

Comprehensive Mental Health plan is funded by a U.S. Department of Education School Based Mental Health Grant.

The Wisconsin Heights School District is seeking state and federal grants to fund a $1.1 million solar facility, but it could be built without the financial help, District Administrator Jordan Sinz said.

The Wisconsin Heights School District held its first public input meeting on the spending of Federal funds awarded due to the Coronavirus pandemic at their meeting last week.

Recently, Mrs. Stenner’s Wisconsin Heights 4K class painted pictures using ice cubes and food coloring. So creative!

Congratulations to the Sauk Prairie Middle School students who accepted the challenge of competing in the school spelling bee. Spelling bee champs Aaron and Isis advanced to the regional spelling bee on January 31 in Portage.

Sauk Prairie School District Superintendent Jeff Wright will do almost anything for his students, and that includes facing the dentist. Not only facing the dentist, but being a patient for the District’s own dentistry students. It turns out Wright’s visit was uneventful (no cavities).

The Wisconsin Heights School District will be conducting its annual “Child Find” activities on Monday, February 13th for children between the ages of two and five years old.  In January, the District is sending out screening questionnaires to the parents and guardians of preschoolers whose names were obtained from the school census.  The questio

The Wisconsin Heights School District will be conducting its annual “Child Find” activities on Monday, February 13th for children between the ages of two and five years old.  In January, the District is sending out screening questionnaires to the parents and guardians of preschoolers whose names were obtained from the school census.  The questio

Imperiled insect pollinators and monarch butterflies will get some help from high school students this year.