VOL. 23 No. 2
Valders Area School District
November 2003
Twenty Four / Seven High School Grade Access
Last year the district installed and
started using an automated grade
recording system. After a year of fine
tuning, it is time to go to the next level
and make high school student grades
accessible to parents through an
internet access. Through this access,
parents will be able to find out about
missing work and student progress
twenty four hours a day, seven days a
week.
Technology coordinator, Dan Dill,
was on hand for high school parentteacher conferences to explain the way
the process works and share
information about how to sign up. If
you did not see Dan, it is always
possible to contact him to get things
going. The easiest way to get in touch
with him is to e-mail him at:
[email protected]
Dan gets a tremendous number of
messages each day and would like to
make this a priority, so please put “K12 Planet” in the subject header and
include the names of your high school
students, and he will know why you
are contacting him. If you e-mail him,
he will already have your e-mail
address and will be able to get
information back to you. If you
contact him by phone (775-9500
extension 5157), he will still need
your e-mail address or another way to
get information back to you.
Don’t Hang Up Too Quickly!
If you pick up the phone and hear
“This is an important message from
the Valders Area School District,”
chances are it is a message reminding
you that your child’s lunch account is
running a bit low. The phone calls
started in early October and were
initially made when a lunch account
balance reached zero. Feedback from
parents indicated that they wanted to
know what their balance was before it
reached zero, so the calls have been
going out once the balance reaches
$5.00 and will eventually end up
being made once the balance reaches
$10.00.
The phone messaging system is more
convenient than stopping students in
Check out info monthly on our
website at www.valders.k12.wi.us
the lunch line to give them reminders
that didn’t seem to make it home.
Because of the convenience offered by
the phone system, it is possible to use
it for other purposes. This past month,
phone messages were sent to remind
and encourage parents to attend
teacher conferences. From stories that
were shared, it seems that some
people only listened to “This is an
important message from the Valders
Area School District” and hung up,
assuming it was another reminder
about lunch. While many of the calls
will be about lunch, keep in mind that
the school will probably use the
system for other reasons... so don’t
hang up too quickly!
School Cancellations
For school delays or cancellations,
listen to/watch the following radio and
television stations:
WCUB-AM 980
WLTU-FM 92.1
WKTT-FM 98.1
WOMT-AM 1240
WQTC-FM 102
WGEE-AM 1360
WIXX-FM 101.1
WLYD-FM 99.7
WNFL-AM 1440
WNCY-FM 100.3
WROE-FM 94.3
WBAY Channel 2
WFRV Channel 5
WLUK Channel 11
WGBA Channel 26
WUPN Channel 32
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Schoolhouse Newsletter
November 2003
Administrator’s Corner
By Thomas Hughes
Superintendent of Schools
Schoolhouse News by going to
www.valders.k12.wi.us and clicking
the logo in the center of the page.
Hopefully some of you have had an
opportunity to visit our web page and
see some of our recent additions,
including the online version of the
Schoolhouse News. The Schoolhouse
News will be printed and distributed in
November, February and May but will
be available online each and every
month. You can access the
The decision to reduce the number of
printed copies of the Schoolhouse
News was part of a budget reduction
of approximately $300,000 that took
place over the course of the past year
in anticipation of budget freezes that
were being talked about in Madison.
Though the freeze didn’t occur during
this year’s state budget process, the
district maintained its reductions in
order to minimize budget growth and
be better prepared for what appears to
be tighter times ahead. As we move
through the months ahead, it is
anticipated that there will be
continued discussion about ways to
effectively manage costs.
Stay
tuned... and check us out on the web.
Food 4 Thought
By Kathy Eldred
Food Service Director
The middle school/high school food
service department has a brand new
look. We have added two food lines,
refrigerators, and freezers. We are
now able to feed double the number of
students we were able to last year.
With our new food service area, we
also started a new automated lunch
program. Thank you all for your
patience through this process. At
present we are working on a program
for you to be able to look up your
family’s account balance on the
district web page.
Our students now have more time to
eat. The high school is able to eat at
12:15 p.m. instead of 1:05 p.m. We
now have the ability to have many
new ala carte items. The list includes:
pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers,
cheeseburgers, chicken fingers,
chicken nuggets, chicken patties,
chicken fajitas, and chicken o’s. We
have added a slush puppy machine,
waters, flavored waters, and juice
drinks containing 10-50% juice.
Our high school students now have a
breakfast break from 9:36 a.m. until
9:50 a.m. At this time, we offer one
of the following items daily: breakfast
pizza, egg omelets with toast,
pancakes, waffles, french toast sticks,
McVikings (egg, ham and cheese on a
bun), donuts, cinnamon squares, and
milk.
While making decisions on food items
to offer, we always look at food value.
There are many items which cannot be
offered, one being any type of candy
bar.
The goal of the food service
department is to provide our students
with healthy meals and snacks. Our
daily lunch provides our students with
protein, fruit, vegetable, bread, and
milk. The Food Advisory Committee
requested the slush puppy machine,
and it has been a great success.
Our Food Advisory Committee meets
approximately four times a year, and
we are always looking for new
members. Our committee consists of
teachers, students, parents, and people
from the community. Frequently, we
discuss the requests of students and
staff, sample new food items vendors
provide for our food line or ala carte,
purchase new equipment for the
kitchen with a state grant, and survey
students for their likes and dislikes.
November 2003
Schoolhouse Newsletter
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Notice of Child Find Activity / Valders Area School District
This publication is also available in Spanish and
Hmong upon request.
The Valders Area School District must locate,
identify, and evaluate all resident children with
disabilities, including children with disabilities
attending private schools, regardless of the
severity of their disabilities. The Valders Area
School District has a special education screening
program to locate and screen all children with
suspected disabilities who are residents of the
district and who have not graduated from high
school. Upon request the Valders Area School
District will screen any resident child who has not
graduated high school to determine whether a special
education referral is appropriate. A request may be
made by contacting Tracie L. Wurm Ph.D., Director
of Special Education, Valders Area School District,
at (920)775-9500 ext. 5012, or by writing her at 138
Wilson St., Valders, WI 54245
Annually the district conducts developmental
screening of preschool children Each child’s
motor, communication, and social skills are
observed at various play areas. The information is
used to provide the parent with a profile of their
child’s current development and to provide
suggestions for follow-up activities. Parents learn
about community services available to them and may
speak with representatives of agencies serving
families. The information from screening is also
used to determine whether a child should be
evaluated for a suspected disability. When school
staff reasonably believe a child is a child with a
disability, they refer the child for evaluation by a
Valders Area School District Individualized
Education Program (IEP) team. Developmental
screening and kindergarten screening will occur on
February 26th & 27th, 2003. Watch for this event to
be published in the Valders Journal.
A physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker or
administrator of a social agency who reasonably
believes a child brought to him or her for services
is a child with a disability has a legal duty to
report the child to the school district in which the
child resides. Before referring the child, the person
making the referral must inform the child’s parent
that the referral will be made. The referral must be in
writing and include the reason why the person
believes the child is a child with a disability. Others
who reasonably believe a child is a child with a
disability may also refer the child to the school
district in which the child resides. A referral of a
child residing in the Valders Area School District
may be sent to Tracie L. Wurm, Ph.D. at the address
above.
The Valders Area School District maintains pupil
records, including information from screening
and special education referral. All records directly
related to a student and maintained by the Valders
Area School District are pupil records. They include
records maintained in any way including, but not
limited to, computer storage media, video and
audiotape, film, microfilm, and microfiche. Records
maintained for personal use by a teacher and not
available to others and records available only to
persons involved in the psychological treatment of a
child are not pupil records.
The Valders Area School District maintains
several classes of pupil records.
● "Progress records" include grades, courses the
child has taken, the child’s attendance record,
immunization records, required lead screening
records, and records of school extra-curricular
activities. Progress records must be maintained for at
least five years after the child ceases to be enrolled.
● "Behavioral records" include such records as
psychological tests, personality evaluations, records
of conversations, written statements relating
specifically to the pupil’s behavior, tests relating
specifically to achievement or measurement of
ability, physical health records other than
immunization and lead screening records, law
enforcement officers’ records, and other pupil
records that are not "progress records." Law
enforcement officers’ records are maintained
separately from other pupil records. Behavioral
records may be maintained for no longer than one
year after the child graduates or otherwise ceases to
be enrolled, unless the parent specifies in writing
that the records may be maintained for a longer
period of time. The Valders Area School District
informs parents when pupil records are no longer
needed to provide special education. At the request
of the child’s parents, the Valders Area School
District destroys the information that is no longer
needed.
● "Directory data" includes the student’s name,
address, telephone listing, date and place of birth,
major field of study, participation in officially
recognized activities and sports, weight and height
of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance,
photographs, degrees and awards received, and the
name of the school most recently previously
attended by the student.
● "Pupil physical health records" include basic
health information about a pupil, including the
pupil's immunization records, an emergency medical
card, a log of first aid and medicine administered to
the pupil, an athletic permit card, a record
concerning the pupil's ability to participate in an
education program, any required lead screening
records, the results of any routine screening test,
such as for hearing, vision or scoliosis, and any
follow-up to the test, and any other basic health
information, as determined by the state
superintendent. Any pupil record relating to a pupil’s
physical health that is not a pupil physical health
record is treated as a patient health care record under
sections 146.81 to 146.84, Wisconsin Statutes. Any
pupil record concerning HIV testing is treated as
provided under section 252.15, Wisconsin Statutes.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA), the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), and section 118.125,
Wisconsin Statutes, afford parents and students
over 18 years of age ("eligible students") the
following rights with respect to education
records:
● The right to inspect and review the student’s
education records within 45 days of receipt of the
request. Parents or eligible students should submit
to the school principal [or appropriate school
official] a written request that identifies the
records(s) they wish to inspect. The principal will
make arrangements for access and notify the parent
or eligible student of the time and place where the
records may be inspected. The Valders Area School
District will comply with the request without
unnecessary delay and before any meeting about an
individualized education program, or any due
process hearing, and in no case more than 45 days
after the request has been made. If any record
includes information on more than one child, the
parents of those children have the right to inspect
and review only the information about their child or
to be informed of that specific information. Upon
request, the Valders Area School District will give a
parent or eligible student a copy of the progress
records and a copy of the behavioral records. Upon
request, the Valders Area School District will give
the parent or eligible student a list of the types and
locations of education records collected, maintained,
or used by the district for special education. The
Valders Area School District will respond to
reasonable
requests
for
explanations
and
interpretations of the records. A representative of the
parent may inspect and review the records.
● The right to request the amendment of the
student’s education records that the parent or
eligible student believes is inaccurate or
misleading. Parents or eligible students may ask the
school district to amend a record that they believe is
inaccurate or misleading. They should write the
school principal, clearly identify the part of the
record they want changed, and specify why it is
inaccurate or misleading. If the district decides not
the amend the record, the district will notify the
parent or eligible student of the decision and the
right to a hearing regarding the request for
amendment. Additional information regarding the
hearing procedures will be provided to the parent or
eligible student when notified of the right to a
hearing.
● The right to consent to disclosures of personally
identifiable information in the student’s
education records, except to the extent that
federal and state law authorize disclosure without
consent. The exceptions are stated in 34 CFR 99.31,
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
regulations; Sec. 9528, PL107-110, No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001; and section 118.125(2)(a) to
(m) and sub. (2m), Wisconsin Statutes. One
exception that permits disclosure without consent is
disclosures to school officials with legitimate
educational interests. A school official is a person
employed by the district as an administrator,
supervisor, instructor, or support staff member
(including health or medical staff and law
enforcement unit personnel); a person serving on the
school board; a person or company with whom the
district has contracted to perform a special task (such
as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or
therapist); or a parent or student serving on an
official committee, such as a disciplinary or
grievance committee, or assisting another school
official in performing his or her tasks. A school
official has a legitimate educational interest if the
official needs to review an education record in order
to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. Upon
request, the district discloses education records
without consent to officials of another school district
in which a student seeks or intends to enroll. Also
the district discloses "directory data" without
consent, unless the parent notifies the district that it
may not be released without prior parental consent.
● The right to file a complaint with the U. S.
Department of Education concerning alleged
failures by the District to comply with the
requirements of FERPA. The name and address of
the Office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy
Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC
20202-4605.
07/09/2002
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Schoolhouse Newsletter
November 2003
Community
Services
Programs
For more information or to register
contact the
Community Services Office at 775-9505
M-Th: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
F: 7:30 am – 11:30 am
Sat: 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Parent Child Swim Lessons
Community Library
This class is designed to help children become more familiar
with the water. For children six months and older. At least one
parent is required to be in the water with the child at all times.
Mondays: 7:00 - 7:30 pm
Jan. 12 - Feb. 16
FEE: $14.00 Residents
$27.50 Non-Residents
M-F: 7:45 am - 4:00 pm
Schools Out Program
Aquarobics
No school for the kids, but mom and dad still
have to work and what do you do with the kids?
Bring them, to the Schools Out Program for a safe
and fun filled day. (Pre-Registration is required)
Dec. 29 & 30
7:00 am - 5:30 pm
Daily FEE: $16.00
Birthday Parties
Looking for a place to hold you child’s next party? Why not
make it a pool party? Besides swimming, you can use a room
to serve your cake, play games and open gifts.
Saturdays 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Special Open/Lap Swim
Nov. 28, Dec. 26, 29, 30, 31, Jan. 2
1:00 - 3:00 pm
FEE: $1.00 Youth
$1.50 Adults
Dolphin/Middle School Swim Team
For ages 5 and older. Swimmers must be able to swim one
length of front crawl.
Dec. 1 - Feb. 26
Practice: M-Th: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Fee: $60.00 To register or for more information call 775-9505
Parent Meeting Nov. 24, 6:00 pm: Rm. 42 of the High School.
Open/Lap Swim
T-Th: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Sat: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
FEE: $1.00 Youth
$1.50 Adults
Shallow water exercise for all ages
M-F: 5:45 - 6:30 am
M-W: 6:00 - 6:45 pm
FEE: $2.00 per session Residents
$2.50 per session Non-Resident
Adult CPR & AED Certification
Dec. 2 (Pre-registration is required)
6:00 - 10:00 pm
FEE: $35.00
Scuba – Certification Class
Feb. 2, 4, 9 & 11
6:30 - 9:30 pm
FEE: $360.00
Sat. Swim Lessons
Levels
Levels
Jan. 10 – March 13
1, 2 & 3 (5 & older)
9:00 - 9:45 am
Pre School (3-5 years old)
4 - 5 (5 & older)
9:45 - 10:30 am
Levels 1, 2 & 3 (5 & older)
10:30 - 11:15 am
Levels 2, 4 & 6-7 (5 & older)
11:15 - 12:00 pm
FEE: Levels1-7 $17.50 Residents $23.00 Non-residents
Pre School
$28.50 Residents $35.00 Non-residents
Registration
Mon. Dec. 15
8:00 - 6:30 pm (Pool Office)
Starting Dec. 17, you may register over the phone at
775-9505.
November 2003
Schoolhouse Newsletter
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Valders Welcomes New Director and Teachers
A new Director of Community
Services and Aquatics and new
teachers have joined the staff at
Valders Area School District this year.
Following are short profiles of each of
them:
K Ann Marx is the new Director of
Community Services and Aquatics.
She is a graduate of Lakeland College
and earned a bachelors degree in
Recreation Administration and a minor
in Business Administration and
Coaching in January 1985.
Previously, Marx worked for Holy
Family Memorial Medical Center and
Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA. She is
also the Varsity Volleyball Coach.
Marx lives in the Branch area with her
husband, Randy, and their two
children.
K Shelly Collette is a Middle School
Learning Disabilities Teacher teaching
5th and 6th grade students. She is a
1995 graduate of Lakeland College
majoring in Psychology and is
attending Silver Lake College to earn
her teaching certification in Special
Education/Learning Disabilities.
Collette is certified to teach Learning
Disabilities 6-12 and Cognitive
Disabilities PreK-12. Collette lives in
Sheboygan.
K Susan Karas is a High School
English Teacher. She is a May 2001
graduate of UW-La Crosse with a
degree in English 6-12 and Health
PreK-12. Karas is also the Yearbook
and Student Newspaper Advisor.
Karas lives in Valders.
English. She is a May 2001 graduate
of Lawrence University with a degree
in English and Theater. Miller is also
a High School Forensics Co-Coach.
She previously taught at Appleton
North High School and before that she
did substitute teaching. Miller lives in
Manitowoc.
K Penny Paye was just approved for
employment as a Kindergarten Teacher
replacing Marianne Deja who is
retiring at the end of first semester.
Paye is currently student teaching in
Green Bay and will graduate in
January from St. Norbert College with
a degree in Elementary/Middle School
Education and a minor in Broadfield
Social Studies. Paye lives in
Forestville.
K Molly Miller teaches 8th Grade
Language Arts and High School
Kids’ Kaleidoscope
Students in Karen Webster’s Gifted
and Talented class wrote their own
story or poem about a virtue. An
example follows:
Hope
Hope is what gets you through
the hardships and the past.
To overcome you need some hope
so fear will never last.
If you want to do
an immensely impossible thing,
Hope will carry you on
as if you’ve sprouted wings.
If you have hope
you’ll glide through your dreams.
If you do not you’ll just sit there
never doing the extreme.
Hope is very useful
so use it very much.
I promise you will achieve
this and that and all your dreams.
-Kayla Walsh
Fourth grade students in Mary Jo
Stangel’s class worked on writings
about their memory of a haircut:
The Shortest Haircut Ever
Snip! Snip! That is the sound of my
hair being cut. I will never forget the
night I got my shortest ever haircut.
I had taken a bath and was brushing my
hair when I saw a very big scissors in
the bathroom. Suddenly, I was cutting
my hair with that big scissors. I was
only four years old and really thought
this was fun.
I turned around and said, “Oh pretty,”
but it was shorter than a boy’s haircut.
I opened the door of the bathroom and
went into the living room. My mom
was dancing with my brother, and I
joined in too. Then my mom noticed
my hair!
“AHHHHHHHHHH!” came this blood
curdling scream from my mom. The
whole trailer court heard her scream.
To top it off, picture day was only two
days off.
So that is the story of my accidental,
surprise haircut. I lived through it all,
and my hair did grow back even though
it took two years. But I will never cut
my hair that short again!!
-Josephine Merkt
The Shortest Haircut Ever
Snip! Snip! That is my hair getting
cut. I will never forget the day I got an
accidental haircut.
I was just cutting paper with my
scissors at my desk when my hair kept
getting in my way. So I decided to cut
it into strips until there was not much
hair on my head. I actually felt relief
that the hair was out of my way until I
went in the bathroom and saw I was
bald! I came out of the bathroom and
my friends were all laughing at me. My
teacher came to me and said, “Now
what did you do?” My mom was
called, and she came to get me. I got
grounded!
I might have looked funny, but to
me it felt great. I will never forget my
accidental “awesome to me” haircut!
-Austin Schisel
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Schoolhouse Newsletter
November 2003
Activities Calendar
December 2003
Dec. 1
Dec. 2
Dec. 3
Dec. 4
Dec. 5
Dec. 6
Dec. 7
Dec. 8
Dec. 9
Dec. 10
Dec. 11
Dec. 12
National Inclusive Schools Week
World Aids Day
6:00 pm Board Committee Meetings
Girls Basketball at Wrightstown
3:15 pm Pom Pon Practice
4:00 pm Elementary PTA Meeting
4:15 pm MS Boys Bball vs Brillion
6:15 pm JV Wrestling vs Kiel
7:00 pm Varsity Wrestling vs Kiel
PLAN Testing (Sophomores)
8:00 am Activity Period
Dress Rehearsal at CCC Periods 1-6
3:30 pm Kids of Faith Practice
Church Night
3:15 pm Pom Pon Practice
4:15 pm MS Boys Bball at Mishicot
6:15 pm JV Wrestling vs Chilton
7:00 pm Varsity Wrestling vs Chilton
ES Santa’s Secret Workshop
6:00 pm FR/JV Bball vs Wrightstown
7:30 pm Varsity Bball vs Wrightstown
ES Santa’s Secret Workshop
Wrestling at Kaukauna Multi-Dual
7:00 am Girls Bball Practice
8:00 am Girls Bball Mighty Vikes
9:30 am K-4 Boys Bball
1:00 pm 5/6 Grade Boys Bball
3:00 pm Superior Kayaks Inc Practice
6:00 pm FR/JV Girls Bball vs Chilton
7:30 pm Varsity Girls Bball vs Chilton
5:45 pm 5/6 Grade Boys Bball
7:00 pm Music Christmas Concert-CCC
5:00 pm Jazzercise Class
7:30 pm HS Parent Advisory Meeting
7:30 pm FFA Meeting
7:30 pm FFA Vball/Bball Open Gym
Boys Basketball at Chilton
3:15 pm Pom Pon Practice
7:30 pm MS Christmas Concert
Human Rights Day
3:30 pm Kids of Faith Practice
Church Night
Wrestling at Wrightstown
Girls Basketball at Manitowoc Lutheran
3:15 pm Pom Pon Practice
4:15 pm MS Girls Bball vs Reedsville
6:00 pm FR/JV Boys Bball vs Mtwc Lutheran
7:30 pm Varsity Boys Bball vs Mtwc Lutheran
3:30 pm 5/6 Grade Activity
6:30 pm 7/8 Grade Dance
Dec. 13
Dec. 14
Dec. 15
Dec. 16
Dec. 17
Dec. 18
Dec. 19
Dec. 20
Dec. 21
Dec. 22
Dec. 23
Dec. 24
Dec. 25
Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Dec. 28
Dec. 29
Dec. 30
Dec. 31
ACT Test Date
Wrestling at Kimberly JV Tournament
7:00 am Girls Bball Practice
8:00 am Girls Bball Mighty Vikes
8:30 am VAA 5/6 Grade Girls Bball
9:30 am K-4 Boys Bball
11:00 am Gymnastics at Manitowoc Lincoln
12:00 pm St Gregorys Ath Assoc Bball
10:30 am St Gregorys Ath Assoc Bball
5:45 pm 5/6 Grade Boys Bball
7:00 pm School Board Meeting
Boys Bball at Mishicot
3:15 pm Pom Pon Practice
4:15 pm MS Girls Bball at Wrightstown
6:00 pm JV Girls Bball vs Winneconne
7:30 pm Varsity Girls Bball vs Winneconne
8:00 am Activity Period
3:30 pm Kids of Faith Practice
Church Night
Wrestling at Manitowoc Lutheran
Girls Bball at Mishicot
3:15 pm Pom Pon Practice
4:15 pm MS Boys Bball at Reedsville
6:00 pm Boys Swim at Two Rivers
6:00 pm FR/JV Boys Bball vs Brillion
7:30 pm Varsity Boys Bball vs Brillion
Wrestling at Beaver Dam Invitational
7:00 am Girls Bball Practice
8:00 am Girls Bball Mighty Vikes
8:30 am VAA 5/6 Grade Girls Bball
9:30 am K-4 Bball
12:00 pm MCCL Bball
3:00 pm Superior Kayaks Inc Practice
5:45 pm 5/6 Grade Boys Bball
6:30 pm Gymnastics vs Waupun
Wrestling at Denmark
3:15 pm Pom Pon Practice
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Day
Christmas Vacation
Girls Basketball at Two Rivers (no Freshmen)
7:00 am Girls Bball Practice
6:00 pm FR/JV Boys Bball vs Kiel
7:30 pm Varsity Boys Bball vs Kiel
5:45 pm 5/6 Grade Boys Bball
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Vacation
New Year’s Eve
Christmas Vacation
It’s Nice to Know
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The Read a River challenge during the first quarter was a success.
Family Fitness Day was held on October 10. Students enjoyed jazzercise, talking fitness with Holy Family Memorial
Medical Center personnel, and eating healthy snacks from Natural Ovens. About 25 parent volunteers helped.
The Valders High School Girls Swim Team is headed for state competition in the 200 Medley Relay. Members are
Heidi Dugan, Megan Reinertson, Emily Salm, and Sarah Zutz.
The volleyball team had a successful season and was crowned regional champions in the new Valders gym.
The football team capped another successful season with their 5th straight playoff appearance.
November 2003
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VALDERS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Community Services & Aquatics Survey
The Mission of the Valders Area School District Community Services & Aquatics Department is to bring school and
community together by providing lifelong development and learning for all citizens. As we plan for the future, we are
interested in learning what types of programs or classes you would like offered to the community.
Please return completed survey to a drop-off point listed below by Monday, December 15. Thank you for your input.
Where do you look for information about community/aquatic activities?
Schoolhouse News
Flyers sent home with your child from school
Internet - Valders Area School District web site
Valders Journal
For Community Education classes held once a week, which night would you prefer the class to be offered?
Monday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
For Community Education classes held once a week, would you prefer classes offered from?
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
6:30 − 8:00 p.m.
For Community Education classes held once a week, what do you feel would be the best class length?
Four weeks
Six weeks
Eight weeks
Does the current Saturday swim lesson schedule meet your needs?
Yes
No
N/A
If no, what would? _____________________________________________________________
Please check any of the following that you feel is needed in the community?
Before School Care
Dance Lessons
After School Care
Self Defense Classes
Summer School Age Child Care
Adult Swim Lessons
Extended Care for after Summer School
Family Programs
Computer – Introduction
Senior Programs
Education on Health Issues
Walking Programs
Parenting Classes
Adult Fitness Classes
Arts & Craft Classes
Youth Tumbling Classes
Photography
CPR & First Aid Classes
Scrap Booking
Music Lessons
Cooking Classes
Sports Leagues
Adult
Youth
Adult One Day Trips
Home Improvement Programs
Tennis Lessons
Golf Lessons
Weight Lifting - for Beginners
Open Gym Time
Social Programs
Personal Fitness Trainer
Martial Arts
Other Suggestions: _________________________________________________________________________________
Drop-off Locations
Valders Schools
Associated Bank Valders
First National Bank – St. Nazianz
Newton Meats
Collins State Bank
Denmark State Bank-Whitelaw
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Schoolhouse Newsletter
November 2003
Scholarship Committee Reports to District
The Valders High School Scholarship
Fund Committee has awarded 112
scholarships totaling $54,600 since
1987 when the first scholarship was
awarded.
During the past year, the following
VHS classes donated to the fund at
their class reunions: Class of 1953,
$300; Class of 1954, $100; Class of
1988, $70; Class of 1993, $150.
2002 scholarship recipients who
received $500 each in January were:
Ethan Bushman, Cassie Christel, Abbey
Gutman, Molly Lindemann, Jenna
Ramaker, Marcia Ramaker, Matthew
Urbanek and Holly Vogel.
Fundraiser profits made by the
committee in 2003 were: Golf Outing,
$3,549.03; Valders Picnic Cake & Ice
Cream Social, $462.50.
Those 2003 scholarship winners
announced during May’s award
program were: Jennifer Brandl, Jesse
Duc how, Amanda Halver s on,
Cassandra Herrmann, Melissa
Holschbach, Ryan Schulz, Rachel
Wagner and Karri Wenzel.
Check out info monthly on our
website at www.valders.k12.wi.us
Other donations made to the Fund were
Valders American Legion Auxiliary,
$50 and Jim & Gladys Hansen, $100.
The fund balance as of October 2003
was $46,257.06 in an A.G. Edwards
Account and $1,816.01 on deposit at
First National Bank.
The committee wishes to thank the
community for its generous support of
the scholarship program!
Valders Area School District
138 Wilson Street
Valders, WI 54245
Schoolhouse newsletter is published monthly during
the school year by the Valders Area School District,
138 Wilson St., Valders, WI 54245.
Lorin Berge
Carl Bonde
Al Hrudka
Thomas Hughes
Superintendent of Schools
Phone Numbers
District Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
High School General Office . . . . . . . . . . .
High School Student Services . . . . . . . .
Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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775-9530
775-9530
775-9520
775-9510
The Valders Area School District is an equal
opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the
basis of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap,
age, or political affiliation.
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Gene Borgwardt
John Schnell
Roger Manke
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