Schools

Congratulations to 8th grader Isis Hayes Morales on placing third in the Badger State Spelling Bee on March 11 in Madison. Morales qualified for the state bee with a runner-up finish at the regional level.

The WI Heights High School Drama Club’s production of Mean Girls was a smashing success! Students shared an important message of compassion, empathy, and acceptance with sold-out or nearly full audiences on March 10, 11, and 12, 2023.

Back for another year, the Wisconsin Heights Prom Fashion Show will be held on Sunday, April 16th, at 1 p.m. Anyone can attend the show, and those that do, can enter the raffle with lots of great prizes! Not only will you be entertained with the wonderful show and prizes, but there will be food and drinks available, too! 

The Wisconsin Heights Education Foundation (WHEF) is preparing Senior Scholarships for the Class of 2023.  WHEF’s focus is senior scholarships.  Support is welcomed from anyone, from parents, to community members, to businesses.  The foundation accepts personal gifts of cash, checks or securities; pledges paid monthly quarterly or annually; payr

Grand Avenue 4^th graders went to the Mackenzie Center in Poynette and learned about maple syrup making. The lesson included information on maple trees, how and when to tap the trees. Students tasted the sap right from the tree.

Grand Avenue 4^th graders made a living map of Wisconsin recently. The students wore different colors to represent the five land regions of Wisconsin. Black is Western Uplands, white is Eastern Ridges and Lowlands, red is Central Plain, green is Northern Highlands, and blue is Lake Superior Lowlands.

7th grade Wisconsin Heights math kicked off their upcoming geometry units by celebrating Pi Day on March 14th (3/14). The students were given a breakout box in which they had to research Pi and it’s significance in order to crack the codes to get into the box.

Back for another year, the Wisconsin Heights Prom Fashion Show will be held on Sunday, April 16th, at 1 p.m. Anyone can attend the show, and those that do, can enter the raffle with lots of great prizes! Not only will you be entertained with the wonderful show and prizes, but there will be food and drinks available, too! 

4K students at the Sauk Prairie Nursery Center were taking care of their “pets” during dramatic playtime recently. There’s always a line of students brining their turtles, snakes, rabbits, dogs, and fish, into get taken care of. Play areas include reception, veterinarian care, grooming (pictured here), and an x-ray lab.

Sauk Prairie School District announced their ambitious school-based mental health grant at a press conference last Tuesday, held in the empty (due to spring break) but spacious atrium at the entrance of the high school. Congressman Mark Pocan made an appearance, spoke briefly, and answered questions.