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Wheatland Center School may stream sports, special events

Wheatland Center School may be streaming live sporting and other special events this year through a Wisconsin-based website. The School Board approved entering an agreement with prepsonthenet.com for the coming school year and continuing for five years. The company will give the school $4,500 in equipment such as a camera. Footage of… Continue reading

Wheatland Center approves $15,000 in building improvements

The Wheatland Center School Board on Monday approved spending as much as $15,000 for some minor building improvements. The work includes:
  • The "refreshing" of two library storage rooms so they can be used for students as part of the consolidation of two libraries. Those rooms will be painted, have carpeting replaced and a drop ceiling installed.
  • Carpet in two classrooms in which the carpet now

Wheatland Center School students to take a high-tech leap ahead

As students and teachers return to Wheatland Center School this September they will notice a significant difference in all of their classrooms. The school district recently secured an LCD projector and Smart Board for each of the classrooms. The school also will be purchasing a netbook computer for all students in grades 5 to 8. What is a Smart Board? Think: whiteboard+computer+Internet all working together to help teachers provide an interactive… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School Community Carnival coverage

Wheatland Center School’s second annual Community Carnival was Wednesday. The event included a variety of family fun activities including bounce houses for all ages, a dunk tan and a variety of carnival games that allowed children to earn tokens that could be redeemed for prizes, There also was food and a  display of equipment from the Wheatland Fire Department and town constable. One dramatic highlight was provided by… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School Community Carnival is Wednesday

Wheatland Center School's second annual Community Carnival is Wednesday, June 2 at the school. The event, which will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., will include:
  • Carnival games.
  • Bounce houses for all ages.
  • Food.
  • Face painting.
  • Dunk tank.
  • Display of equipment from the Wheatland Fire Department and town constable.
Three hours unlimited jumping wristbands are available for $10. Tickets for games/food are 25 cents each or 25 for $5. All communities are welcome. Wheatland Center School in located on Highway O just… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School to stick with own buses

Wheatland Center School will continue using its own bus fleet and drivers for the 2010-2011 school year but board members continue to be open to changing transportation in the future if the right situation comes along. The board this year asked for proposals for transporting students from bus companies, but concluded that keeping the distrcit's fleet was still the best situation right… Continue reading

Bristol tops West of the I entries in Battle of the Books meet

Bristol School, with a fifth place finish, topped the West of the I contingent in the recent Westosha Area Battle of the Books meet hosted at Bristol School. In Battle of the Books, students prepare by reading a list of books. This year there were 39 titles on the list.  In the competition, the teams compete to correctly answer questions about the books they read. Teams from Bristol, Riverview, Paris, Salem, Wheatland, Union Grove, Freidens, Bethany Lutheran, Yorkville… Continue reading

Westosha Area Battle of the Books kicks off at Bristol School

This year's Westosha Area Battle of the Books got started today at host Bristol School. Teams from Bristol, Riverview, Paris, Salem, Wheatland, Union Grove, Freidens, Bethany Lutheran, Yorkville and Raymond are participating. The competition will continue the next two Mondays. In Battle of the Books, students prepare by reading a list of books. This year there were 39 titles on the list. In the competition, the teams compete to correctly answer questions about the books they… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School to host auction, spaghetti dinner, learning fair

The Wheatland Center School PTO  will host its 23rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner & Auction Saturday, March 13, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at the school, 6606 368th Ave. The event is free to the public with the exception of dinner. Advance tickets for dinner are $7 adult, $4 senior, $4 child. Family ticket for $20 includes two adults,  two children, with additional children $3. Dinner… Continue reading

Wheatland vs. Salem baskteball cancelled

Salem B Team Coach Jim Valentine reports that the A and B team basketball games between Salem and Wheatland have been cancelled… Continue reading

Wheatland Center performs “Christmas At The O-K Corral”

Debbie Hecketsweiler shared this photo and the following report on the Wheatland Center School holiday program from Tuesday night: Wheatland Center school knew how to throwdown a hoedown Tuesday night in front of a full house for their annual K-4th grade holiday program. Cowboys and cowgirls lassoed in the audience for a jolly good time with the "Christmas At The O-K Corral" themed event, led by music teacher, Amy Schneider. There was no shortage of hootin'… Continue reading

Wheatland School officials say latest student drop-off/pick-up working well

View Larger Map Buses are now entering and exiting the school grounds at the access shown at the bottom of the map. From there, they travel along the south side of the building and pick-up and drop-off in the area on the west side of the building where you can see a oval pointed on the pavement. Wheatland Center School officials are satisfied with the most recent scheme of organizing cars and… Continue reading

Wheatland open to consolidation talks with Salem

Wheatland Center School Board members said Tuesday they are open to an invitation from the Salem School District to have preliminary discussions about consolidation. salem-school-bldg-closeWheatland  interim district administrator Conrad Chaffee said he was contacted by phone by Salem district administrator David Milz to gauge Wheatland's interest in talking about consolidation. Consequently, Chaffee brought it up for discussion at Tuesday's School Board… Continue reading

School Board cooperative group may be forming

Riverview School Board member Brent Brenner is trying to get board members from the Wilmot High School feeder school districts to meet to share info on a regular basis. wheatland_warhawksBrenner outlined his concept at a meeting of the Wheatland Center School Board Tuesday  night. The idea would be for board members to get together to discuss common issues and perhaps share successes… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School referendum passes

i-votedThe Wheatland Center School tax levy referendum passed 193 to 163. The vote will allow the district to continue to exceed its state revenue limit by $300,000 for four more years. Here's the breakdown of the vote by municipality:
  • Wheatland 172 yes, 143 no.
  • Salem 19 yes, 14 no.
  • Randall 2 yes, 2 no.
  • Brighton 0 yes, 4 no.
UPDATE: Board President Christopher Serak had the following… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School to give buses in back a try

View Larger Map Buses will enter and exit the school grounds at the access shown at the bottom of the map, travel along the south side of the building and pick-up and drop-off in the area on the west side of the building where you can see a oval pointed on the pavement. In the ongoing process of trying to perfect the drop-off and pick-up of students at Wheatland Center… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School voters to decide referendum Tuesday

wheatland_warhawksResidents of the Wheatland Center School District will be able to vote in a tax levy referendum Tuesday. The referendum seeks to allow the district to continue to tax $300,000 over the state revenue limit, which essentially would extend authority granted four years ago, but which has expired. Essentially the same measure failed in April by 43 votes. At recent meetings board members have been discussing what they… Continue reading

Salem host preseason girls basketball tournament

The Salem Booster Club hosted a preseason girls basketball tournament Saturday. Playing were Salem, Randall, Bristol and Wheatland. Salem defeated Randall in the championship game. Here's some video from the Bristol-Randall matchup: Here's some video from later in the day with Bristol vs. Wheatland… Continue reading

Wheatland continues to work on school bus, car issues

Work continues on issues surrounding how children are transported to and from Wheatland Center School. How buses and parents driving cars drop off and pick up students at the school was changed this year. In years past, buses used to drop off students in double file along the east side of the school and cars dropped off in the north parking lot. This year, buses have been dropping off students in the… Continue reading

Wheatland softball coverage

Wheatland and Randall girls softball teams, along with Raymond and Union Grove, played in a tournament Wednesday at Central's Sorensen Fields. Here are some photos of the Wheatland team in action against Union Grove: (As I went  over to the Randall-Raymond game, it had just ended):

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Wheatland School Board hires Chaffee as interim administrator

wheatland_warhawks The Wheatland Center School Board hired  Conrad Chaffee as interim administrator at a special meeting today. Chaffee's hiring comes after the announcement that current administrator Scott Huth is retiring for health reasons. Chaffee will start on Thursday and has agreed to stay on through June 30, 2010,  if needed, said board President Christopher Serak. Chaffee, the longtime administrator at Paris School, was… Continue reading

Wheatland Center to meet regarding interim administrator

wheatland_warhawksThe Wheatland Center School District has set a special meeting for tonight to consider the hiring of an interim administrator. The agenda for the meeting calls for a citizen participation on a temporary replacement for current district administrator Scott Huth, followed by a closed session to consider personnel matters. The agenda then includes an item for action on the naming… Continue reading

Wheatland Center to form committee to examine student transportation concerns

The Wheatland Center School Board will form a special committee to examine concerns that have arisen for some parents over how students are dropped off and picked up from school this year. wheatland_warhawksHow students come and go to the school was changed this year. The district's seven buses used to drop off students along the east side of the building along… Continue reading

Towns will seek paper ballots for Wheatland School referendum

paper-ballotTown clerks in the four municipalities that will be involved in the Wheatland Center School referendum will seek permission to use simple paper ballots for the election. The Wheatland Town Board got the ball rolling for paper ballots this week when it voted unanimously to seek permission from the state to use the paper ballots. Typically the town uses scanable ballots… Continue reading

Education Building awards announced

While there are hundreds of projects included in the Education Building exhibit at the Kenosha County Fair, a few are selected each year for special recognition. Those winners gathered Sunday at the Education building in recognition of their awards. Here are the education Building's Best of the Best for 2009:
  • Pre-kindergarten: Tyee Simek, Riverview School, and Cantin Schiler, Westosha.
  • Kindergarten: Josh Donnellan, Wheatland Center School, and Leonardo Cordova, Paris School.
  • First and second grades

Wheatland School eyeing Oct. 20 for referendum

The Wheatland Cwheatland_warhawksenter School District is now looking at Oct. 20 for a special election to pass a tax levy referendum. The board is looking to extend authority to exceed the state revenue limit by $300,000, authority it has had for four years but which is expiring for next school year. The board will likely structure the referendum the same as a… Continue reading

Milk going up to 35 cents at Wheatland School

wheatland_warhawksMilk will be a little more expensive at Wheatland Center School this coming school year. The School Board this week raised the price to $35 per carton. But it was not without discussion. The board discussed keeping the price at last year's 30 cents, since the price the school will pay for milk has not changed. But the overall  lunch operation did… Continue reading

Wheatland Center School to pursue referendum

wheatland_warhawksWheatland Center School District voters will likely have a tax levy referendum to consider this October. The School Board passed a resolution Monday night saying they intend to hold a referendum and start informing the community of that intent as early as registration next week. The board will likely structure the referendum the same as a referendum that failed in April. That… Continue reading

Wheatland Center community carnival coverage

Wheatland Center school hosted its first community carnival Friday evening. The event featured an array of games, a fire truck, inflatables, and a wide selection of food for sale cheap. Tickets were sold to access the games designed to please kids of all ages. Here are some photos from the event:

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Wheatland School carnival is Friday

wheatland_warhawksFood and fun for the whole family is promised by the Wheatland Center School Community Carnival. The event will take place Friday, May 29 from 4 to 7 p.m. Among the fun will be: a dual slide, obstacle course, Toddler Town, inflatable baseball, pick-a-pop, bucket toss, Boom Blasters, football toss, face painting, popcorn, cotton candy and lost of food "all at a… Continue reading
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