Schools

The Sauk Prairie School District welcomed their new staff just a few days ago. Here’s a group shot.

Lo Yu-Ting, a visiting teacher from Taiwan, will be teaching at Sauk Prairie High School in 2023-2024 as part of the Teachers of Critical Languages Program within the US State Department.  The Sauk Prairie School District was selected through a competitive application process.

Craig Gerlach’s resume reads like a kind of Murderers’ Row of Wisconsin school district administrators, with his first administrative experience coming in Tomah School District in 1989.

Sauk Prairie School District Superintendent Jeff Wright has been appointed to the Wisconsin Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council (WAEWDC) under the appointing authority of the State Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, Dr. Jill Underly.  

During the last week of summer school, Wisconsin Heights had Career Week. Classes explored different careers and had visitors from Dane County Humane Society, Jessie and Kay from Dogs On Call, and a scientist come in to talk about their jobs.

The Wisconsin Heights School Board discussed staffing issues, among other things, at their regularly scheduled board meeting on Monday, July 24. Interim District Administrator Craig Gerlach noted that the district had a few open positions to be filled and was in particular working with an applicant from the Philippines.

Last week, younger Wisconsin Heights students made Mandala designs out of material found on the trail while going on a nature walk.

The Wisconsin Heights summer school Wellness class took two field trips this month. The first was a hiking trip on the Ice Age Trail outside Cross Plains, and the other was to Lion’s Den Taekwondo gym in Black Earth.

The Sauk Prairie School Board gave tacit approval to Superintendent Jeff Wright to seek bids for a solar project to be installed on the roofs of district buildings. Wright was backed by a group of interested Sauk Prairie residents who fully support (and at times own their own) solar power installations.

Sauk Prairie’s summer school future 3rd graders made jellyfish and kites last week during their Creativity Hour with Ms. Jares.  They really had fun creating some very colorful and unique jellyfish and were excited to test fly their kites outside. Pictured is Madelyn Bischoff and her kite.