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November 2013

Capitol ceremony celebrates 2013-14 Wisconsin Title I Schools of Recognition

MADISON — State Superintendent Tony Evers praised Tri-County Area Elementary for being among 167 schools in the state that received Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition honors for the 2013‑14 school year during a special Oct. 8 ceremony at the State Capitol in Madison. Evers welcomed, from left: Elizabeth Olson and Shawn Jepson, to the recognition event. Special recognition during the event included 14 High‑Achieving schools and 26 High‑Progress schools, with six schools earning both High‑Achieving and High‑Progress honors. There were five schools that earned Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition honors for 10 consecutive years, and nine schools that earned the award for a fifth consecutive year. “Partnerships among teachers, parents, administrators, school staff members, and the community contribute to the academic success of students in schools that receive this honor,” Evers said. Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition honor,” said Tri-County Area Elementary School has received Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition honors for 8 consecutive years.

Pictured left to right: Elizabeth Olson, Tony Evers (State Superintendant) and Shawn Jepson.

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS OF 7th-12

th GRADE STUDENTS…

We have had a great 1st Quarter of the school year, and fully intend to build upon much of the positive momentum that has been established thus far. Thank you to our outstanding teaching staff, support staff, and, of course, our hard-working students for their combined efforts in getting things off to a wonderful start. Below are several very relevant announcements/reminders for you. PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE

FIRST OF THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS… IMPORTANT - WKCE TESTING NEWS:

To better enable us to administer our annual state testing with our 7th, 8th,

and 10th grade students, THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, FOR

STUDENTS IN GRADES 9, 11, AND 12. Please note that this is a change from our

original school calendar...

THIS JUST IN: Tri-County is now broadcasting updates on school-related events/news via Twitter. Please follow us: @TCPenguin-

News

POLICY REMINDER TO PARENTS OF OUR SENIORS: During EACH semester of their senior year, students must not be absent (excused or unexcused) from school for more than 80 class periods (10 school days) in order to participate in the graduation ceremony. Thanks so much for your continued support of our amazing school. Sincerely, 7-12 Principal


In the Spotlight” ~ Kindergarten

Tri-County kindergarten students just completed the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening. “PALS” screens a student’s awareness of letters, letter sounds, rhyme, beginning sounds, spelling, and reading. This test will be given again in the spring to assess growth. We are busy printing and identifying letters and sounds to create words, reading high frequency words, and re-telling stories using characters, setting, and main idea. The students are also identifying sounds at the begin-ning, middle, and end of words, as well as rhyming words. Students are learning many ways information is or-ganized such as letters, poems, songs, sentences, stories, numbers, calendars, charts, graphs, patterns, and groups. Kindergarten students are printing numbers 0-10. Soon we will be printing numbers to 20 and learning addition and subtraction. We will practice counting to 100 by ones and tens. Kindergarten students will be ex-pected to verbalize appropriate questions and responses to who, what, when, where, why, how, and what if questions. As you can see, kindergarten has changed! Of course, we have also had lots of fun going to the school forest, listening to Mrs. Helmrick read stories, going to recess, art, music, phy. ed., and the library. We have also made fun seasonal projects.

Middle School Soccer By: Coach Seegert

The 5th and 6th grade team ended the season with a 3-3-1 record. They won against teams from Westfield, Montello, and Wautoma. This team learned the skills of soccer, playing together, and having fun! The following were on this years team: Alex Bodillo, Joseph Becher, Allie Booth, Lily Klisiewicz, Jose Ramirez, Megan Reilley, Christian Rodriguez, Luis Tienda, Carlos Garcia, Jose Martinez, Daniella Pascual, Felipe Ramirez, Lucas Makaryk and Alex Wilkes. I would like to thank all the parents who were supporting their son or daughter at each game and picking them up after practice. I look forward to next year for another great season of soccer!


Dear Parents/Visitors: Please make sure you sign in at one of the offices if you are entering the building. I understand that we know many of you personally and we are very happy to see parents/guardians/grandparents etc... We are just trying to keep record of all people who enter our facility in case of an emergency, and for the safety of ALL of our children. As many of you know, all local schools are using this same policy. Thank you so much for your cooperation!

Boo to You!!

Spooky celebrations abounded on Halloween! Our 7th/8th grade and High School Stu-

dent Councils sponsored a costume contest, and the high school students even got the

opportunity to trick or treat in Impact! Not to be left out, the 7/8 teaching team also

featured frighteningly exciting activities like ping pong, movies, bowling, and Wii

games! Check out some of our ghoulish winners and activities featured below.

Lots of Fun , had by all !


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 MSBBB

Vs. Port

Edwards

HSGBB@

Oneida

Nation

3 MSBBB

@ St. Petes

HSBBB@

Green Lake/

Princeton

4 5

MSBBB

Vs. Iola

6 H.S. Play

7:00 p.m.

HSBBB vs.

Port Edwards

7

H.S. Play

7:00 p.m.

8 9 MSBBB vs.

St. Peter

M.S

HSBBB

@ Wild Rose

10

HSGBB vs.

Wild Rose

11

Booster Club

Meeting @

6:30 p.m.

Post Prom

Parent Mtg.

6:30 p.m.

12

Choir

Concert

7:00 p.m.

13

HSGBB

@Tigerton

HSBBB

Vs. Tigerton

C/Freshman

Also

14

15 16 6-12

Band Con-

cert

7:00 p.m.

PTA

Santa’s

workshop

17

HSGBB@

Marion

HSBBB vs.

Gresham

18 19 20

Early Re-

lease

12:30 p.m.

Professional

Development

Alumni Day

@9:30 a.m.

21

22 23 24 25 26 27

HSGBB and

HSBBB @

Montello

28

HSBBB

Tournament

Montello

Snowmobile

Safety

Class

8:00 a.m.

-5:00 p.m.

29 Snowmobile

Safety

Class

12:00p.m.-

4:00 p.m.

30 31 January 1,2014 January 2

BACK TO

SCHOOL

3 4

December Tri-County Event Calendar

BB=Boys Basketball; GB=Girls Basketball; HS=High School;

MS=Middle School; JV=Junior Varsity; WR=Wrestling Junior Varsity Games @ 6 p.m. Varsity Games @ 7:30 p.m.

Middle School Games start @ 5:30 p.m.

No School Merry Christmas

No School Merry Christmas/Happy New

Also on 13th.

12:45 K-4

Christmas Concert

and 2:00 5/6

Concert


High School art students recently visited the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau to view the internationally famous Birds in Art Show. While there the students observed a demonstra-tion of bronze casting by the artist Paul Rhymer. Paul worked for many years creating dis-play dioramas and taxidermy for the Smithsonian Institute. Since retiring he has been cre-ating sculpture and has been one of the artists regularly included in the Birds in Art show.


Confused about the Health Insurance Marketplace? Find local help now!

There are four ways you can apply for health insurance through the Marketplace. You can apply online, by phone, in person with an appli-cation counselor or with paper applications. Need help in Spanish? No problem! There is bilingual help online, by phone and in person. You can apply online. If you need access to a computer, there are computers at your local libraries and the Fox Valley Technical College

that you can use to apply for health insurance. When you get on Healthcare.gov, you can chat with a representative online or call the toll free call center at 1(800) 318-2596 for assistance. Ask for bilingual help if you need it.

You can apply by phone at 1(800) 318-2596 (this is the same number you can call for help with the online application). There is bilingual help as well.

You can apply in person. There are Certified Application Counselors located at Family Health/ La Clinica that can help you with your Marketplace application. Call (800) 942-5330 for help or visit them at 400 S. Townline Road, Wautoma, WI. Their office hours are Monday and Thursday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The application coun-selors are bilingual in Spanish and English.

Paper applications can be found online at Healthcare.gov or picked up at the Waushara County Health Department located at 230 West Park Street, Wautoma, WI. The health department is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Call (920) 787-6590 for more information. Also available from the Tri Co. Area School Nurse 715-335-6366 X 2940

Do you think you qualify for BadgerCare/ Medicaid? Call the East Center Income Maintenance Partnership Call Center at (888) 256-4563 Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm for more assistance. BadgerCare applications can also be mailed to you. Call (920) 787-6600 or (888) 250-4331 to request a copy.

From: Waushara County and School Nurse Patti Miller


Distribution Site Committed to Ending Hunger. Waushara Industries 210. E. Chicago Rd Wautoma, WI. Friday, November 15, 2013 11a.m.—2 p.m. or until Supplies last. Families who have been to the Food Pan-try already for No-vember can take ad-vantage of the Mobile Food Pantry too! For more information 715-869-3663


Pictured L to R:Paige Moen, Ivy Klabunde, and Briana Dickinson

Tri-County FFA Attends State FFA FIRE Conference Ivy Klabunde, Briana Dickinson and Paige Moen of the Tri-County FFA Chapter at-tended the Wisconsin Association of FFA FIRE Conference, October 12 at the Fox Valley Technical College Campus in Appleton, Wisconsin. FIRE stands for “Foundations in Reaching Excellence.” The conference helps young FFA members discover opportunities in the FFA organization and gain valuable leadership skills. This is one of three conferences held around the state of Wisconsin for seventh, eighth and ninth grade FFA members. Over 600 members will attend these three conferences during September and October. The State FFA FIRE Conference is designed to inform beginning FFA members about the FFA and motivate them to participate in its many activities. Students learned about communication skills, social skills, goal setting, FFA awards and programs, and op-portunities in agriculture along with developing leadership skills to help them be effec-tive members in their local chapters. The conference is conducted by the 2013-2014 State FFA Officer Team along with assistance from the FVTC-Appleton Post Secondary Agricultural Student Organiza-tion. The conference was centered around the theme “Survivor – FFA Edition”. All of the state officers encouraged students that attended the FIRE Conference to set goals for their FFA involvement and meet people from around the state who can help them reach those goals. Not only does this conference help students understand the FFA organization and all its opportunities, but helps them develop skills in meeting people, working with others and setting goals with a plan of action. “In the FFA, we assist members starting in sev-enth grade to develop skills they will need for future careers and opportunities,” said Cheryl Zimmerman, State FFA Executive Director. “FFA develops the whole person and these young members are taking a step in the right direction.”

Heidi Ertl is a 9th grader.

Congratulations

Heidi ... A wonderful

student who focuses on

her academics optimisti-

cally... A diligent stu-

dent ready to take ad-

vantage of every oppor-

tunity to help her future

and others. Heidi was

nominated by Mr.

Pieper.

10th grader, Elizabeth Hoff-

man, has shown remarkable

turnaround concerning

grades and attitude thus far

this school year. Mr. Raboin

said that she serves as an in-

spiration to her peers.

Sarah Chojnacki is an 11th

grader. She has consis-

tently demonstrated poise

and determination this

year in all that she has

done. Mr. Raboin said

that Sarah’s efforts in EE

and Student Council have

had many positive impacts

on the other students in

our building.

12th grader, Cindy Juarez, is

a quiet, conscientious stu-

dent, according to Mrs.

Limbach-Brown. She is

open to trying new things,

such as going out for bas-

ketball last year for the first

time as a junior. I think she

probably leads the seniors in

best over-all attendance re-

cord. She’s great to have in

class!


Volleyball The Lady Penguins ended the season 13-17 overall and 4th in the CWC 10 Conference. Three individuals received team recognition: Kasey Rader Most Improved, and Jessa Lederer and Madison Halvorson shared the Most Valuable Players award. Pictured here are the three all conference players: Jessa Lederer 2nd team libero, Madison Halvorson 2nd team, and Isabella Weekly Honorable Mention.

Football Tri-County Varsity Football had 6 players receive All-Conference honors and were recognized at the Tri-County sports awards night on November 5th. (From left to right) Mitch Marinack was honorable mention at quarterback. Dylan Nigh was selected 2nd team running back. Chase Knutson was 1st team at linebacker. JJ Bartels was an honorable mention re-ceiver. Aaron Thompson was selected 1st team on offense as a Kicker. Tristan LaPorte was recognized. 2nd team on the offen-sive and defensive line. Most Valuable Offense was Mitch Marinack and MVP for defense was Chase Knutson. Tristian LaPorte was also named lineman of the year.

Soccer The Tri-County Soccer team finished 2-16-1. Three Varsity players were awarded and recognized at the Tri-County Sports award night. Juan Landeros: 1st Team All Confer-ence, J.J. Rodriguez: 2nd Team All Conference, Carlos Cabral: Honorable Mention. Most Valuable Juan Landeros and Carlos Cabral and Most improved was Nick Anderson.

Dates to Remember:

High School Play– Thursday and Friday December 6th and 7th 7:00 p.m.

Winter 6-12 Choir Concert Thursday December 12th in the H.S. Gym 7:00 p.m.

K-4th Winter Concert—Friday December 13th 2013 in H.S. Gym 12:45 p.m.

5th and 6th Grade Winter Concert—Friday December 13th 2013 in H.S. Gym 2:00 p. m.

Winter 6-12 Band Concert Monday December 16th in the H.S. Gym 7:00 p.m.

Winter 6-12 Choir Concert Thursday December 12th in the H.S. Gym 7:00 p.m.


FROM FFA: On October 24, 2013 the Tri-County FFA Chapter held a

Food for America program for the 3rd grade students at Tri-County. To start

the day the FFA taught the kids about FFA and the many opportunities that

come with joining the organization. The FFA members taught the students

how to prepare a few simple healthy foods including: butter, scrambled eggs,

ice cream, and fruit smoothies. As the kids prepared the food the FFA mem-

bers shared how the foods were made, health facts, and how local farms

helped bring them the food they eat on a daily basis. The day ended with the

FFA members and 3rd graders having lunch together. The Tri County FFA

hopes to continue this program for years to come. An upcoming event the

FFA hopes to do is bring the kids out to a local farm. Seeing the farm will

hopefully help the kids see how many of their local ag products are grown and

raised.

Louisville, KY- On Wednesday, October 30, Abby VanHaren, Raymond Lauer, Lucas Marinack, Matthew Nigh, Elizabeth Kemnetz, Brianna Shackelford, Tony Marinack, Cindy Baumgartener and Randy VanHaren from the Tri-County FFA Chapter and Alumni traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to participate in the 86th National FFA Convention. During October 30 through November 2, students participated in several tours, a career expo, and convention sessions. Students participated in tours of the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum, the Kentucky Derby Track and Museum, and Mammoth Cave National Park. The convention expo allowed students to explore career and educational opportunities from more than 450 industry-leading exhibitors. Some of the features from the sessions that students attended included hearing from the mayor of Louisville; being inspired by Rick Pitino, coach of the University of Louisville men’s basketball team, 2013 NCAA Division 1 Champions; reflecting as they listened to the retiring address by Brennan Costello 2012-2013 National FFA Central Region Vice President; and educated by National FFA Advisor, Dr. Steve Brown. Abby VanHaren was selected as a national finalist for the National FFA Organizations national proficiency award in Emerging Agricultural Technology-Entrepreneurship/Placement. VanHaren is one of only four people who competed for this award at the national finals during the 86th National FFA Convention and Expo. Proficiency awards recognize outstanding student achievement in agribusiness gained through establishment of a new business, working for an existing company or otherwise gaining hands-on career experience. The Emerging Agricultural Technology- Entrepreneurship/Placement Award is one of 49 proficiency program areas in which FFA members can participate to develop valuable experience and leadership skills at the local, state, and national level. Abby, works for her parent’s business, offering different services to agriculturalists and businesses. They complete crop consulting, which includes monitoring of crops for pests and nutritional problems from the time they are planted to the time they are put in storage. In this proc-ess, VanHaren utilizes a molecular diagnostic tool to check plant foliage, soil, and insects for different diseases. Abby is supported by her par-ents Cindy Baumgartner and Randy VanHaren and her FFA advisor Amie Stillman. This award was sponsored by Ag Leader Technology and BASF, as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. In recognition of being a finalist, each finalist received a plaque and $500. Stu-dents look forward to returning to Louisville for the next two years.

Mr. Marinack, Matthew Nigh, Lucas Marinack, Raymond Lauer, Elizabeth Kemnetz and Brianna Shackelford at the Kentucky Derby Track and Museum.

Elizabeth Kemnetz, Brianna Shackelford, Matthew Nigh, Raymond Lauer, Lucas Marinack and Mr. Marinack at the Louis-ville Slugger Factory and Museum.

Tri-County FFA members at National FFA Convention: Lucas Marinack, Matthew Nigh, Raymond Lauer, Ms. Stillman, Elizabeth Kemnetz, Abby VanHaren and Brianna Shackelford.


M-T-W-TH-F 6:00—8:00 pm Saturday 8:00—10:00 a.m. Sunday 5:00—8:00 p.m.

Individual Monthly $ 14.00

Individual Yearly $ 120.00

Family Monthly $ 25.00

Individual Senior Citizen (age 60 or older) Monthly

$ 7.00

Individual Senior Citizen (age 60 or older) Yearly

$ 60.00

Senior Couple (age 60 or older) Monthly

$ 14.00

Senior Couple (age 60 or older) Yearly

$ 120.00

Passes can be purchased in the high school

office. Non-resident rates available.

Your first visit is free!

Register with the fitness center supervisor and try it out! If you can’t get to the Fitness Center on a regular basis, we now take walk-ins.

The charge will be $2.00 per visit. You

must have the correct

change. The Fitness Center Super-

visor will not have access to change.

POWER UP WITH SCHOOL BREAKFAST Submitted by Tammie Weis, Food Service

Why breakfast? Studies have shown that hungry children

have less energy available for cognitive and social activities, resulting in learning difficulties. Simply stated, hungry children cannot learn; therefore, a nutritionally sound breakfast, every day, should be identi-fied as a key component to a child’s ability to learn. By making breakfast part of every child’s school day, absenteeism, tar-diness, and disciplinary referrals drop, while overall student performance and behavior improves. Believing that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and be-

lieving that all students, would benefit tremendously from receiving a nourishing

healthy breakfast, we, the Tri-County Area School Food Service Program, have

made it our immediate priority to make breakfast accessible to all students,

every day.

What Makes A Meal Grains * Meats* Vegetables * Fruits (fresh or cupped fruit, or 100% fruit juice) *

Milk At lunch, students may select three to five of the above food groups to

complete their meal. At least one of these choices MUST be from the fruit or

vegetable group.

ATTENTION Parents/Guardian of a the Junior Class,

Mark your Calendars

It’s our turn to support our High school students and come together and start planning the Junior

Class Post Prom 2014.

There will be an organizational meeting on December 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria Please plan on attending; we need your support and ideas for fundraisers, entertainment, games,

prizes, est.

Prom is scheduled for Saturday April 12, 2014 and we have lots of planning to do !!! If you have any questions or ideas and cannot attend the meeting please feel free to contact Kathy Knutson at 715-366-8001 (home) 715-340-5155 (Cell) or email [email protected] or Dawn Kemnetz at 715-249-3196 (home)715-3403196 (cell) or [email protected]

Going Pink!

This October our MS and HS Student Councils

sponsored Go PINK days and fundraisers to

help spread awareness and raise funds for

those affected by Breast Cancer. Together they

raised over $200 with a music day and pink merchan-

dise! We hope to do additional sales in the future

for local residents facing this difficult battle. Thank

you to everyone who donated and participated this

month!!


Snowmobile Safety Course

Saturday December 28, 8:00 - 5:00 Sunday December 29, 12:00-4:00 Tri-County Ag Shop at the Tri-County Area School District

Sponsored by Mid State Drifter and DNR

Must be 11 years of age to enroll. The course fee is $10.00.

Advance registration is requested. Contact Scott Schubert 920-787-2279 or Joe Russo at 715-335-4858. You can also register at dnr.wi.gov

Classes will cover snowmobile safety features, pre-ride inspections, basic riding skills, snowmobile rider

responsibilities, laws and handling outdoor emergencies.

Students will be required to obtain a DNR customer ID# as part of the criteria to graduate. Students can ob-tain a DNR ID # 7a.m - 10p.m by calling 1-888-936-7463.

SLD Notification for Schools as Required by PI 11.36(6)(c)2 Wisconsin’s rule for identifying students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) has changed. No later than De-cember 1, 2013, all initial SLD evaluations of public school students will use information from interventions to make eligibility decisions. This article is to notify you that beginning on December 1, 2013 initial SLD evaluations at Tri-County Area Schools will use information from a student’s response to intensive, scientific research-based or evidenced-based interventions when making special education eligibility decisions. This change in qualification procedures will be implemented in our district by using a system known as "Response to Intervention (RTI)". RTI is designed to identify student struggles in academics and behaviors early on and pro-vide interventions that have been proven to work. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact either Rebecca or Carrie at: Rebecca Johnson Carrie Rodenkirch Assistant Director of Special Education School Psychologist (608) 697-1913 (715) 335-6366, ext. 2960 [email protected] [email protected]

Calling All Alumni

The annual alumni day is scheduled for Friday, December 20th. We will gather in the lecture hall and begin the formal question-and-answer session at 9:30 AM. All alumni are welcome to come and share post high school experiences, offer advice and answer questions juniors and seniors may have about life after high school. Whether you graduated in 2013 or in 1913, we want to hear from you. Following the question-and-answer session, we will have the usual and much anticipated informal gathering in the "science department." We will have lots of food and refreshments. We hope it will be a chance for you to see each other again and get caught up on what has been happening at Tri-County. Hope to see you on the 20th.

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