EDUCATION
District’s financial footing improving
Deer hunting stories did not deter the Wadena-Deer Creek school board from carrying out November business Monday night at the District 2155 offices, including hearing a favorable audit report.By Brian Hansel , November 20, 2009
Instant-Alert Messaging to begin at WDC
In an effort to improve communication with parents and staff, Wadena-Deer Creek Public Schools will begin to use School Messenger this month, an instant alert system developed by Honeywell. This system was contracted through the WDC Food Services program at the beginning of this school year.November 20, 2009
Schools make staffing changes
The Wadena-Deer Creek school board approved contracts for paraprofessionals Tracy Grabe and Sherri Kaufman and gave an assistant coaching contract to Luke Sturm, who will be part of the WDC girls’ basketball staff.By Brian Hansel , November 20, 2009
Author Horsager donates his book to WDC High School
Author/motivational speaker/Verndale native David Horsager stopped by Wadena-Deer Creek High School last weekend to donate his new book, “The Trust Edge,” to the high school’s library.
November 20, 2009
Experimenting with CO2 gas at WDC
Wadena-Deer Creek ninth-grade students in Craig Klawitter’s physical science class recently experimented with carbon dioxide gas in one of their labs. Students learned how to determine the properties of carbon dioxide, as well as incorporate past lessons into the lab.
By Dana Pavek , November 20, 2009
Jamming with ‘Toucan Jam’
St. Ann’s students were treated with a presentation from Kelly Mulhollan and Donna Stjerna of “Still on the Hill” recently. They had performed at the New York Mills Cultural Center and stopped by St. Ann’s School to perform “Toucan Jam” for the students before they headed back to Arkansas. They shared many folk stories through music and puppets along with instruments from around the world.
November 20, 2009
Skeleton parts
Ronnie Lee’s classroom recently learned skeletal parts. They had to determine which bones were missing from the pictures on their worksheet compared to the school’s skeleton model, who the students call “Boney Joe.”
November 20, 2009
WDC Elementary honors Veterans Day winners
Essay Contest “What Veteran’s Day Means to Me”
5th Grade - 1st Place
Stephen Spilman
Nolan Killian
Jaqualine Judd
5th Grade - 2nd Place
Rachel Schwartz
Tyler Scott
Elen Teiken
6th Grade - 1st Place
Wyatt Fitzsimmons
Elijah Schmitz
Hannah Vorderbruggen
6th Grade - 2nd Place
Ashley Orr
Beth Schmitz
Logan Burcham
November 13, 2009
WDC High School salutes veterans
In a moving tribute to all veterans, Wadena-Deer Creek Schools displayed great patriotism during their Veterans Day programs on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
By Dana Pavek, WDC schools/Photos by Sara Hacking , November 13, 2009
Be my guest
Wadena-Deer Creek High School students in Mrs. Winkels’ consumer foods class recently hosted an “Invite A Guest” event. Students prepared a main dish pie and a dessert pie. They also made an invitation, arranged the tables and served the meal to an invited family member or friend.
November 13, 2009
Old WDC yearbooks for sale
The Wadena-Deer Creek Yearbook Staff is doing some early spring cleaning to make room for the May delivery of the 2010 WDC Yearbook! That means extra copies of previous yearbooks must go.November 06, 2009
WDC schools will honor veterans
Wadena-Deer Creek Public Schools will be honoring all veterans at their Veterans Day programs on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
November 06, 2009
WDC voters say yes. And yes.
Voters approve both levy referendum ballot questions
By Brian Hansel , November 06, 2009
WDC's 'Hunchback'
Billed as a “hilarious rendition” of Victor Hugo’s classic story, the Wadena-Deer Creek Drama Department will present the “Hunchback of Notre Dame” in three performances next week at Memorial Auditorium.
By Sara Hacking , November 06, 2009
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OUR VOICES Chinese classes grow
Elsa Pan and students celebrate moon festival
Elsa Pan’s middle school students were among relatively few Minnesotans to celebrate the Chinese moon festival, eating moon cakes and
OUR VOICES Expect charter school bills
Minnesota legislators likely will look at bills increasing the accountability of charter schools. Recent reports of a Minneapolis charter school worker stealing $1 million will increase the efforts, according to Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul. “In these challenging economic times, with public
Posted by: Don Davis on Jun 15, 2009 at 1:36 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES 'Cooperate, don't consolidate'
Working together is a better solution for rural school woes than combining school districts, a Minnesota Center for Rural Policy and Development concludes. "A state policy should be developed to help foster collaboration with and between school districts," the new report says. "While
Posted by: Don Davis on May 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Education funding approaches differ
Minnesota education funding plans by the House, Senate and Gov. Tim Pawlenty are similar in many ways, but the amount they spend – and how they plug a deficit – differ. A bill the House considered Thursday night would spend $13.7 billion on public education for the next two years, the s
Posted by: Don Davis on Apr 23, 2009 at 7:31 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Early ed OK'd
Representatives voted 84-47 today to spare early-childhood programs from major budget cuts. The bill provides a 2 percent increase for many early-childhood program providers. And with more than 7,700 families on an early-childhood-care waiting list, it provides enough money to reduce that number by
Posted by: Don Davis on Apr 23, 2009 at 2:00 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Teacher license change nixed
Professionals who want to become teachers may not have an easy route to receive teaching licenses after a House committee Wednesday rejected the proposal. The House K-12 Education Finance Division voted 11-10 to strip the provision from an overall education bill. During earlier testimony, teachers
Posted by: Don Davis on Apr 15, 2009 at 3:06 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Senate chops schools budget
Sens. Lisa Fobbe, LeRoy Stumpf
Minnesota senators voted to chop public school budgets $273 per pupil Tuesday while opting to expand a program that pays teachers based on perf
OUR VOICES Senate schools budget: 3.2 percent cut
Sens. Dan Skogen and LeRoy Stumpf
Senate Democrats today proposed cutting education funding 3.2 percent, setting up parameters for school funding debate that will shar
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