the hawk way nov. 2015

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November 2015

A Newsletter for Shawano School District Families & Community

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Stop by the District Office today to see the student art newly installed in the hallway. Student work from all schools will be rotated throughout the year to show the talents of our students.

We are interested in featuring alumni in our upcoming newsletters. If you are an alumna with a story to tell, please email [email protected].

The district has updated all social media to match our web address to allow for consistency and to be easier to find, like, and follow.

INSIDE:

2 From the District Office

3 Middle School Referendum

Olga Brener Food Drive

4 Shawano High School

6 Shawano Middle School

8 Olga Brener Intermediate

10 Hillcrest Primary & LEADS

Charter

12 Calendar

Shawano Schools

@ShawanoSchools

@ShawanoSchools

www.shawanoschools.com

Photo, above: SCHS students presented Golden Strings, Nov. 6-7, an entirely student organized show that featured music “Through the Decades.” See more photos on page 12.

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Yes No

SHAWANO 690 289

BELLE PLAINE 107 53

HERMAN 18 5

NAVARINO 1 2

PELLA 9 5

RICHMOND 192 98

WASHINGTON 44 33

WAUKECHON 64 36

WESCOTT 215 196

TOTAL 1340 717

We are thankful for our hardworking

students.

The results are in for the November Traveling Trophy Challenge of the Canned Food Drive. We are excited to let you know that Olga Brener collected a grand total of 2557 canned food items that were donated to SAFPARC. Way to go!

Grade 3: 1028 Items

1st place: Mr. Leroy’s class, 332

items

2nd place: Mrs. DeFere’s class, 162 items

Grade 4: 671 items

1st place: Mrs. Braun’s class,

185 items

2nd place: Mrs. Gueths’ class, 116 items

Grade 5: 858 items

1st place: Mrs: Trochil’s class,

332 items

2nd place: Mrs. Sperberg’s class, 299 items

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We are thankful for our teachers,

for the classroom, for learning.

Mr. Stomberg, SCHS agriculture teacher, keeps the classroom interesting for his students with a course including aquaponics. Aquaponics combines the raising of aquatic animals with the growth of plants. During the aquaponics cycle, fertilizer produced by the fish is used to grow vegetables including peppers and tomatoes.

The students are pictured recording the weight of each fish during class at the end of October. Mr. Stomberg and his students weigh the fish several times during their lifetime to record growth and calculate food.

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We are thankful for

athletics.

Congratulations to

Shawano Hawk fall

athletics on great

seasons overall!

We are thankful for

student leadership.

Sixteen Shawano FFA members traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to

join over 65,000 other FFA members from across the nation. They took part in educational ag related industry tours, attended

sessions and listened to motivational speakers,

participated in a huge career show, and met members from throughout the United States.

Thanks to all our sponsors that helped with this trip!

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We are thankful for

traditions.

Photos, left: SCMS hosted a Native American Heritage Month Assembly on Nov. 24. Special visitors spoke about Native American traditions and told stories, and demonstrated traditional dancing, regalia, and drumming to students, staff, and community members. Dancers included SCMS students Katelyn Wilber, Elise Wilber, and Angel Waupoose, who were excited to dance for their fellow students. This special assembly was organized with help of the College of Menominee Nation.

We are thankful for Citizens and

Students of the

Month.

Twelve SCMS students were honored with Citizen of the Month and Student of the Month recognition for the month of October on Wednesday, Nov. 18. These awards recognized exemplary students and young citizens that Learn, Live, Lead The Hawk Way.

Citizens of the Month: Brady Sischo, Faith Ugoretz, Morgan Weinig, Derek Rosenow, Mckaylin Peters, and Ethan Bolin.

Students of the Month: Owen Moesch, Faith Lammers, Matthew Bohm, Lydia Quandt, Catishe Grignon, Drew Kane.

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We are thankful for our community.

Photos: The SCMS Veterans Day program on Nov. 11 featured the colors by Shawano Allied Veterans, SCMS musical performances, and student speakers, all as a thank you to those who served our country.

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Photos, above and right: On Monday, November 23, 2015, third grade students at Olga Brener Intermediate School experienced a special hands-on program

called “Come Walk in My Shoes.”

This program is designed to have the students and staff members explore the world of individuals who in their day to day lives also live with physical and or de-velopmental challenges. Students attended 8 different stations to simulate what it may feel like to have an impairment. The impairments that were focused on was hearing and visual impairments, physical disabili-ties, learning challenges, communication challenges, fine motor challenges, autism, language learners, and sensory challenges. In addition, our pupil services had been teaching the students about differences in specif-ic people who have disabilities.

A pre-survey was given to our students during their classroom guidance as to their knowledge and under-standing of individuals who live with a disability. Stu-dents engaged in activities about similarities and differ-ences which show that we are more alike than differ-ent. The main focus will be on how our differences make us all special and unique. The goal for present-ing the “Come Walk in My Shoes” program is to see the “person first” rather than the disability. We hope that when students gain this knowledge the will under-stand the challenges many face and as a school we will have unity.

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We are thankful for

parents. Parent Tips

Don"t ask children “why” they did something. Instead find out, "What's the problem?"

When a child behaves inappropri-ately in some way, often the first words out of our mouth is "Why did you_____?!"

First... Frequently, the child doesn't know why he/she did it. If you ask you may get an:

• I don't know...

• I wanted to...

• The dog did it; Tom did it; I knew he would do it first; etc, etc, etc.

Second: When a child gives you a reason, it validates the behavior. He gave you a reason--so this now makes it okay. Children start to develop excuse-making habits as soon as parents/caregivers

begin asking them the question: "Why did you do that?"

At first, it is quite inno-cent; however, as children get older they often begin to use ex-cuses and blaming in order to avoid being held accountable for inappropriate behavior. This isn't something we want kids to take into adulthood. We want them to take ownership and responsibility for actions.

• Children don't want to get blamed for something

• They don't want a conse-quence.

• They don't want to face disap-proval.

Third: Depending on the behav-ior, we could instead:

Talk about the behavior. If the

child needs to cool down-have

them do so-- and then say some-

thing such as "I saw what hap-

pened. Now let's talk about it."

• Investigate—see what's going on, what happened, and what happened before that.

• Use redirection.

• Remove the child from the area.

• Use natural or logical conse-quences. Example: Susan tore up someone's paper, she needs to fix it.

• Is conflict resolution needed?

Don't ask "Why?" Let's get into the habit of saying, “What’s the problem”? This will help children identify what it is they need to change.

We are thankful

for our PTO. Photos, left: The PTO

sponsored Feast and

Book Fair took place on

Thursday, November 12.

Families were invited to

bring a dish to pass

while the PTO

contributed turkey, buns,

juice, and water.

Approximately 234

people enjoyed this

year’s feast.

Families were also asked to consider what they were thankful for and record it on leaves. The leaves were then added to the Tree of Thanks.

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We are thankful for volunteers. Photos, below: Hillcrest parents Casey

and Leslie Beyersdorf discussed quarrying rocks

and the uses of rock as part of first grade’s

Pebbles, Sand and Silt Unit in Science. Both

parents worked with these materials in the

military. Casey currently works for the Shawano

County Highway Department.

Mrs. Jane Krueger's class, along with Ms. Williams',

Ms. Beaupprey's and Mrs. Belter's classes attended

the presentation.

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We are thankful for

outside learning

opportunities. Photo, left: Hillcrest first graders went to see "Junie B'a essential survival guide to school" at the Fox cities PAC. The PTA paid for busses and Mrs. Jane Krueger received a grant she wrote so the first grade could attend! We are grateful for the support!

We are thankful for our

veterans. Photos, above and right: Hillcrest students celebrated Veterans in a number of ways during the week of Veterans Day.

Above, Mrs. Slezewski's 4K class sang a patriotic song with props including flags, “amber waves of grain,” and “purple mountain majesties” for a veteran visitor.

Right, Mrs. Pozorski’s art classes also made thank you art for local veterans and received a kind thank you from a World War II Navy veteran. Other classes also received military visitors, who talked to the students about the meaning of veterans day. Thank you, veterans!

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Photo, above: SCHS students showed their talents in the annual Golden Strings concert on Nov. 6-7, featuring music “Through the Decades.”

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