Schools

Pictured above are the Sauk Prairie School District students participating in the France trip this summer.

65 Sauk Prairie High School students are participating in our annual musical, Big Fish, June 15-18. This fantastical tale was first a book penned by Daniel Wallace in 1998, Big Fish was then adapted to the screen by Tim Burton in 2003 and later a full-stage musical in 2013 with words by John August and Music by Andrew Lippa. Since our first rehearsal in early April, our students have explored the world created by Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman trying to stay connected to his young son through tall tales. Come see what all of that hard work has created! Tickets available at www.riverartsinc.org or at the door on day of show!

Wisconsin Heights 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students spent their last day of school inside and outside participating in a slate of activities.

Pictured are the students who attended the workshop: Front: Briann Brickl, Willa Eckstein, Savannah Stakhovskyy, Olivia Hawkins, Alyssa McGuigan, Brooks Reithmiller. Middle: Ellie Nelson, Jaelyn Sorg, Teagan Quinn, Waylon Taylor, Max Mereau, Dexter Kehrli. Back: Emerson Raschick, Eliot Ray, Sylvan Hansen, Reid Hart, Lilly Weittenhiller, Lilah Sherman.

Sauk Prairie School District and community members came together on May 6 to open the Jeff Hicken Horticultural Learning Center at the high school. The new greenhouse’s grand opening also happened to be the last day of the Sauk Prairie plant sale as well. Fundraising chair BJ Chrisler had the following to say: “The opening of the Jeff Hicken Horticultural Learning Center is a great addition to the Sauk Prairie Agricultural Education program. The addition of this space will allow the program to build the farm to fork program where vegetables, leafy greens, and micro greens will be able to be grown by students and then utilized in the school food service program. It also allows for a space that is setup well for classroom and lab instruction and is spacious enough to allow access to all students. The space also allows the students to do unique trials to test how different forms of light spectrums can impact the growth of plants. The biggest thing though is this space reminds us to celebrate the lasting legacy of Jeff Hicken. An Ag Teacher who believed in a progressive ag program that changed with the times and industry. A program rooted in production agriculture but also strong in the other areas of natural resources, horticulture, food science, and aquaculture. This space serves as a beacon to what we as a community can do and build when we work together for the next generation.”