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 Posts under ‘Wheatland Center School’
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
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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.
Wheatland 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
Wheatland 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.
Brenner 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
Brenner 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
The 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.
Wheatland Center School to give buses in back a try
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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
Residents 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):
Wheatland School Board hires Chaffee as interim administrator
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
The 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.
How 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
How 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
Town 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 Center 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
enter 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
Milk 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 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:
Wheatland School carnival is Friday
Food 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 How about a balloon flight with your pancakes?
All Boy Scout pancake breakfasts will do a good job filling you up. But Troop 381's breakfast could take you up to the sky as well.
Tethered balloon rides were an option at the troop's pancake breakfast this morning. The balloon, Easy Wind, piloted and owned by John Trione of Lake Geneva Balloon Co., took riders up for a glimpse of the country side as part of the day's fundraising.
Trione said… Continue reading
Scouts breakfast features balloon rides
Boy Scout Troop 381 will host a pancake breakfast Sunday, May 17 that promises to be filling -- and if weather permits -- also uplifting.
In addition to the usual pancake breakfast staples, this one includes tethered hot air balloon rides, if the weather is right. Back on the ground in addition to the breakfast will be a bake sale and silent auction. The breakfast will take place from 8 a.m… Continue reading
Some Wheatland summer school fees increased
Wheatland Center School will still have summer school this year, but fees for some classes will increase.
The board has been working on closing a projected $20,000 gap in funding for summer school.
Academic courses in Wheatland's summer school will still have fees of $5 per class per student for 20 classes, said Scot Huth, district administrator. But some enrichment type classes --… Continue reading Wheatland School considering summer school changes
Summer school will be the topic of a special meeting of the Wheatland School Board tonight.
The board is trying to figure out how to overcome a projected $20,000 shortfall in funding for the program in its current form, said Scott Huth, district administrator.
Alternatives might include charging more for summer school, Huth said.
In the past, most classes, unless they are materials intensive… Continue reading Wheatland School to consider referendum options
Wheatland Center School Board members will be discussing their options regarding another referendum over the coming months.
That discussion got started Tuesday with two new board members, Troy Bruley and Mary Ochoa-Petersen, officially taking their seats. They replaced board members Vincent Mosca and Mary Kaddatz, who did not run for re-election in April.
Also in April, the board had a referendum seeking to… Continue reading Mountain lion update: Possible, though no resident cougars in Wisconsin
If it was a mountain lion or cougar sighted in Twin Lakes this morning, it likely was a young animal looking to stake out its own territory, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman said.
But cougars also sometimes are mistaken for other animals, such as bobcats or coyotes, when glanced quickly. And Wisconsin is not considered a state where mountain lions reside, said Marty Johnson, DNR… Continue reading
Wheatland students, faculty clash on basketball court
Wheatland Center School students played school faculty in a basketball game Thursday afternoon as the send-off into Spring Break. The game marked the culmination of a week of spirit activities.
In case you were thinking this occasion wasn't that big of a deal, let me say that students were allowed to eat popcorn in the gym during the game. That's not a rule that gets broken every day.
Here's some video of the… Continue reading
