May 2011 District Newsletter

Untamed

- New Richmond High School Prom 2011

by Mandi Erickson, Prom Coordinator

2010-11 New Richmond Senior High School Prom Court L-R: Bryan Greene, Darren O’Flanagan, Buck O’Flanagan, King: Joel Neumann, Junior King: Drew Eckert, son of Shannon and Jason Eckert, Junior Queen: Abby Sauvola, daughter of Rachel and Dean Sauvola, Queen: Brooke Jenderny, Jenny Hudalla, Clare Johnston, Shayla Goss

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School prom "Untamed" was held on April 30th aboard the Avalon river boat in Stillwater, Minnesota. As a seasoned prom coordinator, it is easy for me to remember the proms I attended when I was their age; young people who come to me for advice about going, or not, always hear the same thing - "Ten years from now, you will look back on this night and never begrudge a moment if you choose to go…but you might regret it forever if you don't."

This was a bit of an historic moment

community granted our district the privilege of our beautiful new building, the teacher in me has been drooling over what I’d be capable of doing in my classroom. However, the prom coordinator in me had been anxiously awaiting the Grand March.

Prom is a formal affair; dressing a gymnasium for prom was enormously difficult and expensive in years-past.

All of our obstacles in the old gym disappeared once the doors of our new auditorium opened.

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Inside this issue of the District Newsletter: A Note from the Superintendent In Honor of our Retired Teachers FFA Frenzy WIAA Winter Team Tournament Sportsmanship Awarded Teachers Working Together - Co-teaching Classrooms Improving Learning Outcoms Spring Inspires Young Poets Community Education Is Proud to Present Mark Your Calendar Looking Ahead School Board Approves 2011-12 School Year Calendar

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A Message from the Superintendent - May 2011 We will have approximately five weeks of school left months after substantial completion

of the project on any warranty work, which may include re-calibration of equipment, cracked floor tile, electrical system issues, air handling equipment, etc. The process of closing out the We are in the process of examining our projected first two projects; the construction Morrie Veilleux, Superintendent enrollments for the coming school year in conjunction of Hillside Elementary and the remodeling of Starr Elementary have with anticipated staffing needs, reviewing the current district and building budgets, working on individual been completed previously. Some follow-up work for student classroom assignments, reviewing student test the high school project will be completed this summer results, and meeting with staff members to gather input and the project should be closed out in September.

Final closeout of the middle school project should be as we prepare for the next school year. completed sometime after January 2012. when you receive this issue of the District Newsletter.

While the school year begins winding down over the next few weeks there are many things the district’s administrative staff is working on in preparation and planning for the 2010-11 school year.

Once final close-outs are completed the district will The remodeling and upgrading of the former high provide the final details, costs, etc., of each individual school into a middle school is nearing completion. projects to district residents via the District Newsletter.

Remaining work involves the outside areas to the new entrance. This work began the second week in April and 2011-2012 School Budget Development should be finished by the end of May. The interior of the The development of the 2011-12 budget continues to building is complete and the building is in the process of be discussed by the Board. Preliminary budget estimates being thoroughly cleaned and the floors polished. The have shown that the school district is faced with a gym painting and floor refurbishing is about complete as $1.300, 000 deficit for the coming year. The projected well. The plan to move materials and equipment from deficit is based on our preliminary calculation of the the current middle school are being made. district’s revenue limit per student, projected enrollment, Middle School Principal Doug Hatch and his staff will be projected equalization aids. Of course a significant finishing the school year by packing for the move to the complication in planning for next year is the stalemate new High School. Moving will begin after students leave in Madison regarding Act 10 dealing with employee for the summer vacation. The move will be completed collective bargaining and the projected reduction in and summer school classes will be held in about 10 to 12 state aid for K-12 education which will range in the $900,000,000 over the two-year state budget. of the classrooms beginning on June 13th.

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Middle School Project

Mr. Hatch will also be preparing for a communitywide open house at the middle school and information regarding the open house activities will be sent out to district residents in mid-summer.

Referendum Building Projects Completed Completion of the conversion and remodeling project of the former high school to a middle school will bring to close and complete the District’s fouryear facility construction and remodeling project. It takes approximately 6 to 12 months to close out each individual project. Closeout not only means completion and accounting for the total costs of the project, but also includes follow-up with contractors for any warranty work, etc. Contractors are required to follow-up for 13 Page 2

The projection for state equalization aids actually indicates we may have an increase of between $300400,000 for 2011-12. The reason our state aids continue to grow, even in a time of less state support for K-12 education, is that our enrollment continues to grow and that translates to more support dollars from the state.

The bad news is the proposed state budget requires districts to reduce the amount of their revenue limit per student by 5.5%. That percentage reduction in New Richmond’s revenue limit per student translates to approximately $528 per student. We have proximately 3,020 full-time equivalent students (FTE) in the school district at this time. If one multiples the $528 decrease in revenue limit per student times 3,020 students, the end result is that our revenue limit will decrease by SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW RICHMOND

A Message from the Superintendent - Continued approximately $1,600,000. With a slight increase in state insurance renewal rates for 2011-12 increased 12%. aids over last year our projected reduction comes close If employees contributed 12.6% to insurance to the $1,300,000 deficit I mentioned previously. premiums, which essentially would only bring the budget for health insurance back to what our costs ACT 10 are for the current year. Because of the increase Act 10 provides school board’s with the authority and if employees contributed the 12.6% it would to manage the school district’s employees wages, have no effect on the projected budget deficit benefits and other aspects of our operations without unless significant changes were made to the current having to follow the current collective bargaining health insurance plan design. agreements that are in place. In fact, Act 10 as you may have read or heard, allows only the negotiations of base wages for collective bargaining purposes. All other items which previously were with mandatory or permissive subjects of bargaining are prohibited from being bargained by a school board.

The delay in the state budget and the confirmation of the Act 10 bill impacted the Board’s recent decision to extend final lay-off notices to 13 staff members currently under contract and all staff members who have extra-contract assignments.

This action by the Board preserves the Board’s ability to take steps to balance the budget should the passage and implementation of a new state budget bill and Act 10 continue to be delayed until or after June 30th.

The Board of Education has continued to reiterate that their budget goal for the 2011-12 school year is to not reduce staff or programming for students.

The administrative team will continue to explore all options for reducing costs and expenditures so the 2011-12 budget can be balanced and still meet that goal.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns regarding the school district, please feel free to contact me at your convenience to discuss your questions or concerns.

Morrie

Currently represented employee groups (employee group in a collective bargaining group) pay 2% toward their health insurance premium and do not contribute to the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), which is the public employee retirement plan. Non-represented employees also pay 2% toward health insurance premiums and do not contribute to WRS. Initial estimates indicate that if Act 10 becomes law and employees are required to contribute the 5.8% to their retirement account, the projected deficit would be reduced by $740,000. Health MAY 2011

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Two main aspects of Act 10 will allow most school districts to address the reduction in revenue limits.

The first significant change is that school district employees will be required to contribute 5.8% to their retirement, (In most cases employees currently contribute nothing to their state retirement plan).

The second change would allow school boards to have full authority to develop and design a health plan that allows for greater contributions by employees to the cost of their health insurance plan. Act 10 also allows boards to design health insurance plans which also reduce premium costs, including higher deductibles, larger co-pays, etc. Employees who are part of an insurance program provided by the state would be required to contribute 12.6% toward their health insurance premiums. That rule does not apply to school district employees and actually the amount a school board could ask employees to contribute could be more or less than the 12.6%.

Staff Reductions

In Honor Of Our Retiring Teachers The School District of New Richmond extends a sincere thank you to our retiring teachers for being a special part of our lives.

Lynean Cronick

Vicki Gjovik

Kate Haugen

Faith Hesselink

Bonnie Jackelen

Joe Jamieson

Kerry Kittel

Marcia Kulbitski

Grade 3 Paperjack Elementary 35 Years

Grade 1 Hillside Elementary 32 Years

Grade 2 Paperjack Elementary 29.5 Years

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Grade 5 Hillside Elementary 20 Years

Grade 2 Starr Elementary 33 Years

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Physical Education High School 30 Years

History High School 21 Years

Grade 2 Hillside Elementary 25 Years

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Thank You For Teaching Us! Photography by NRHS students Lacey Laughnan and Lexi Schultz

Bill Leahy

Shelly McInnes

Barb Peterson

Gayle Pullman

Shirley Rossing

Sue Swanson

Sherry Thompson

Julie White

Vocal Music Middle School 32.5 Years

Grade 2 Starr Elementary 33 Years

Music Hillside Elementary 27.5 Years

Special Services High School 19 Years

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Music Starr Elementary 30 Years

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Grade 3 Hillside Elementary 33 Years

Kindergarten Starr Elementary 15 Years

Library Media Hillside/Paperjack 17 Years

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Academic Awards 2010-11 Each

semester, awards are given to students based on their grade point averages. Students must earn a grade point average, during the semester, of 3.5 or higher to be eligible. Semesters need not be consecutive. Three levels of awards are given: Medallion, Pin, Letter and Certificate.

On April 6, 2011, the 17th Annual Academic Awards Presentation and breakfast was held at Ready Randy's. Below are the names of the winners.

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Medallion

Chelsea Anderson Shelby B asel Drew Belisle Daren Bibeau Valerie Bruner Charles Feltman* Shayla Goss Bryan Greene Justice Harvieux Jennifer Hudalla Brooke Jenderny Clare Johnston Ashley Keller Michael Kroll Lauren Kvam* Katie L’Allier Joshua Miller Stephen O’Flanagan Lee Pinkerton Emily Schroeder Alina Stai Sarah Steffen Nicholas Stenske* Michael Stoeffel Megan Suckut Laura Troftgruben Annika Utgaard Cody Webster

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Pin

Molly Amell Alexander Anderson Mary Balow* Alisha Blackman Jacqueline Chilsen Morgan Cook Tyler Cran Marty Dalton Hailey Davis Walter DeKock Tyler Durand Meghan Frank Heather Hughes Cheyanne Joachim Alyssa Johnson Ellen Junko Ryan Keehr Kathryn Keller Mitchell Kern Susan Kilian Charles Kleiner Amy Kukacka Sarah L’Allier Ashley Langer Sydney Lieffort Megan McCarthy Patricia Nelson Emily Osterbauer Megan Peterson Ayja Radwanski Colton Simpson River Simpson Caela Stenske Miranda Stroschein Tegan Vail Jocque Warner

2010-11 Medallion award winners. Photo courtesy of Monica Rominski.

Letter

Kaycie Anderson Amanda Anez Shae Armstrong Leah Bauer Adam Belisle Rylie Berger Abigail Berning Alexander Beseman Tara Bierbrauer Emily Bischof Erika Bohmke Clayton Campanini-Pape Alexandra Ciak David Claessens Britney Ellspermann Anne Frank Krystal Fredrick Heidi Germain Shontal Goss Rachel Greaner Pearl Gronquist Hannah Hagen Heather Halvorsen Brianna Harstad Robert Heininger Elijah Holbrook* Alexandra Kerber Kalani Killin Mason Koch Jacob LaMirande Kayla Lindloff Laura Lusardi Ellen Meisner Emma Meisner Joseph Miller Huana Nelson

Bria Norton Brooke Odegard Jessica Parker Shannon Peper Robert Postma Connor Richards Taylor Rineck Jacqueline Schultz Emily Schuna Amanda Schuna Caitlynn Singerhouse Chelsea Singerhouse Abigail Skoyen Rose Smith Micki Swystun Lyndsay Watkins Megan Wefel Brittany Weninger Hannah Wheeler Arianna Ziemer Anna Zietlow

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April Agriscience Happenings - by Rachel Sauvola, Agriscience Instructor

You can tell spring is in the air! Baby

Easter Lilies are busy growing in the greenhouse for delivery very soon! With the expanded size of the greenhouse, we were able to grow these this year for the first time.

Students in the Plants, Animals, Pizza and More class have been taking care of the Easter Lilies each day, along MAY 2011

happened without the generosity of James and Rochell Carlson at the Baldwin Greenhouse. They donated the 225 geraniums needed for this project. We can’t thank them enough!! After the students we done planting, they were able to tour the Animal Learning Center and pet the animals, while learning all about how we care for them at the high school.

Fun was had by all!

The Prairie Plug Project took on a new twist as the remainder of the plants were planted into individual plug trays. The greenhouse is abuzz with activity and growth! We have now involved the Video Productions class to help us create a public service announcement and video piece that we can use to market this project to other schools, both in Wisconsin and beyond. We want to convince other people to partner together for this valuable educational experience.

We now have Service Learning Day Homerooms so we can plan our th Geranium planting with the 4 strategy for getting them all planted graders was a huge success! Every on our day out and about in May. single 4th grader had the opportunity It’s an exciting time to be an to come and plant a geranium Agriscience student! with instruction from high school students. High schoolers taught the younger children all about how to properly care for and maintain plants.

Topics such as pests, pesticides, soil composition, fertilizers and the history of plants were discussed.

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bunnies were born in the Animal Learning Center with special thanks to student, Ellie Wallace. Ellie’s FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience is raising rabbits. She decided to breed her American Fuzzy Lop over spring break to be able to show students in Small Animal Science all about raising rabbits. Students were very in tune to the physical changes in the doe as she prepared to give birth. As she pulled hair from her dewlap to make the nest and had the six babies, students asked many questions. Born as pink, hairless creatures, students could see all the internal organs as Ellie took them out of the nest box for the first time.

Most had never seen live baby rabbits so they learned a lot with Ellie’s help.

Most noteworthy was the fact that Ellie was the only person who could touch them at that point since she was the owner and the doe trusted her and knew her scent. After just a week, they grew hair and we are eagerly anticipating them opening their eyes so that all the students can hold them and play with them and not just Ellie!

with the Greenhouse Manager, Gabes Rabb and Independent Study student, David Suennen. It’s been very interesting learning all about this crop as we studied days to flower, using an Easter Lily bud stick provided to us to by James Carlson at the Baldwin Greenhouse.

Phototrophic properties have been observed with the lilies growing toward the light shining in overnight.

So we’ve really been diligent about turning them, observing their bud development and set to properly calculate when they will bloom. We are very satisfied with our crop and have in fact sold out of all those we grew!

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FFA Frenzy In April - by Misty Price, Reporter and Rachel Sauvola, Advisor The FFA is still on the move this month! Starting off with our banquet on March 27th. Thank you to all who came and participated! Our live dessert auction raised $1129.50 to go toward leadership and scholarship opportunities.

We greatly appreciate this financial assistance, and we’ll make sure to use it wisely. We’d also like to congratulate all of the members who won awards.

year members who have shown promising development of leadership, character, citizenship, and cooperation.

David Berger, Daren Bibeau, Amanda Betterley, Leah Derrick, Ashley Drinkwine, Ben Gillis, Natalie Jansen, Tyler Lee, Kayla Lindloff, Baily Lund, Misty Price, and Derek Sheetz have all shown these traits, and we congratulate your efforts.

We also need to thank our top fruit sellers from the fruit sale, our top three being Cede Seidling, with $1,030.50, Gabes Rabb with $1,128.00, and Top FFA Fundraisers - Tyler Lee - 1st our number one seller place, Gabes Rabb - 2nd place, and being Tyler Lee, with Cede Seidling - 3rd place $1,222.50. Thank you to all who participated in raising these important funds for our chapter’s operation!

The State FFA degree is the highest degree and honor a state can bestow upon a member. It is our pleasure to share that Gabes Rabb and David Suennen will be receiving their State FFA Degree in June at the Wisconsin State FFA Convention this summer, and they are now among the top 4% of FFA members in our state. You should both be very proud!

Our Senior Scholarships, each at $100, were given to Katie Kaine and David Suennen. We wish you the best of luck with your future plans.

At the middle school level, a member can earn the Discovery Degree, and 18 members have earned that rank this year.

Congratulations Middle School Discovery Degree recipients K a t i e Dornbush, Shawnee Gremore, Miranda Hopkins, Jordyn Hinze, Kevin Kern, Emily Lindloff, Katelan Manahan, Abby Martin, Madeline McCann, Caleb Medchill, Megan Moberg, Tori Neitzke, Lexi Parent, Sophia Thommes, Tyler Van Dyk, Brandon Wachter, and Amber Ziegler.

The first level of membership in the High School FFA is a Greenhand Degree, and we applaud all 16 members who have earned this degree- Kelly Bibeau, Annamari Haffner, Tory Kamm, Ethan LaMirande, Gretchen Raddatz, Serena Randolph, Maddy Riemenschneider, Jake Rose, Mercedes Seidling, Jake Shilts, Kya Smith, Scott Suckut, Jacob Van Dyk, Ariel Vought, and Alyssa Ziegler- we appreciate your dedication!

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David Suennen received the LaVon Krumm Memorial Award from the FFA Alumni for working behind the scenes to make things happen.

David Suennen won the Kiwanis Outstanding Agricultural Senior award.

He received an engraved gold watch and his name on a plaque that hangs in the classroom with all the other winner’s names since the inception of the award in 1952. Thank you for all your hard work, we’ll miss you next year, David!

Abby Martin has won the Outstanding Seventh Grader Award, Ben Gillis takes his ranks as Outstanding Sophomore member, and has also earned another award, our Star Chapter Farmer award, bestowed upon a chapter member who is directly involved in production agriculture.

Ellie Wallace joins the ranks as Outstanding Junior this year. And, our Outstanding Senior was David Suennen.

Leah Derrick won the Outstanding Community Service award, while our Outstanding Interview Award was given to Gabes Rabb.

Our Outstanding Supervised Agricultural Experience Award winner is Kate Lange, who had her SAE’s well written and organized, and included pictures with captions. SAE’s are projects that members begin and expand on throughout the year, and can be either placement or entreprenuership. Placement is where the member does a project, and does not own the things they are working with, while entrepreneurship is for owning your own SAE completely.

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FFA Frenzy - Continued Ben Gillis and Brandon Wachter are the winners of the assist and for that the students and Mrs. Sauvola are very Beef Production Entreprenuership award. Brandon also thankful! won the Sheep Production Entrepreneurship Award.

Our new officer team for 2011-2012 includes: Gabes Rabb won the Sheep Production Proficiency Gabes Rabb as President Placement Award.

Ellie Wallace as Vice President Ellie Wallace is the winner of the Specialty Animal Production Placement, the Small Animal Care and Production Entrepreneurship Award, and The Ag Processing Placement Award.

Leah Derrick as Secretary Ben Gillis as Treasurer

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Misty Price as Reporter Kate Lange is our Floriculture Placement winner, Kayla Lindloff as Sentinel the winner of the Equine Science Entrepreneurship Becky Revord as Historian proficiency, Veterinary Medicine Placement award, Agricultural Communications Entrepreneurship award. Shortly following the Banquet was Ag Tech at UWRF. Kate won the Agricultural Education Placement award Students competed in Wildlife Management judging and as well.

Small Animal Science judging.

Both teams did very well David Berger is the winner of the Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance Entrepreneurship. Derek Sheetz On April 11th, Middle School is the winner of the Placement area of Mechanics Repair and High School members and Maintenance. joined together to make booboo bunnies, washcloths shaped David Suennen is the winner or our Turf and Grass as bunnies to humor kids who Management Placement award, and is the winner of the get small injuries. You put ice in Food Service Award at the local level.

Ellie Wallace and the bunnies tummy to help numb Sophia Thommes is the middle school winner of the Megan Moberg worked their pain.

Specialty Animal and production placement and the together to create their masterpieces.

Friday, April 15th was the FFA winner of the middle school Poultry Enterpreneurship Dairy Day at award. the elementary Leah Derrick is our winner in the Small Animal Care schools.

FFA and Production Placement Award. Abby Martin is our members go winner of the middle-school level Small Animal Care and to each school Production Entrepreneurship, and Wildlife production during lunch time and Management Placement Proficiency. and talk with the Thank you very much to all these members for all the younger students hard work that you put in to your projects and our about nutrition, organization. We continue to expect great things from specifically related you in the future! to dairy products and consumption. FFA leaders asked The New Richmond FFA would also like to thank all the students trivia questions and when they answer, they of those who contributed to our organization with time receive prizes donated by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing and effort that we couldn’t function without. Thank you, Board. Each year this is a cooperative activity with Karen Mr. Glenn Newby and Mr. Bernie Paulson. These fine Brummer, Director Food Service and all the fabulous gentlemen were awarded Honorary FFA Membership lunch staff at each school. It’s an event we look forward because of all the things they do to help agriscience to each year as we enjoy interacting with the children. students and FFA members. Dan and Diane Heintz We’ll have lots more to report on next month as we have also received a Distinguished Service award for all the our Food for America and Safety Day coming up soon. time and effort they have spent helping in the set-up Thanks for supporting the FFA! of the new agriscience facility. They are always there to

4th Graders Visit High School Ag Department Rachel Sauvola’s “Small Animal Science” class gave a guided tour of their new aquaculture lab, small/large animal

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facilities and greenhouse in March. While touring, Mrs. Erickson’s and Mr. Hop’s classes were introduced to the small animals housed at the school. The high school students shared their knowledge about these animals and gave the 4th graders tips and information about proper care and feeding. The 4th graders were also able to ask questions about each individual animal at stations set up throughout Mrs. Savoula’s classroom.

Peep, Peep!

Paperjack third graders make creative writing fun! The third graders were given

"Peeps" to build a diorama and write an adventure story about their "Peeps". The idea is a spin-off of the St. Paul Pioneer Press contest. The Peep dioramas made a hit in the school library where they were displayed.

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Congratulations History Fair Competitors!

NRMS Students recently competed at UW-EauClaire in the regional History Fair Competition. Students were entered in either the website category or exhibit category. Advancing on to the state level are Victoria Johnson and Emily Bennig with their Shakespeare exhibit.

Pictured: L to R Back: Jimmy Miller, Elliot Smallidge, CJ Kenney, Colin Schroeder, Moriah Evans, Desley Sabby, Laura Gagnon Middle: Emma Burns, Logan Warner, Breelyn Karno, Victoria Johnson Front: Emily Bennig, Megan Moberg, Reese Jacobson

Forensics Breaks Another NRHS Record

NRHS Forensics had outstanding results at State Speech at UW-Madison this past weekend. All students received scores high enough to medal and they broke another school record with 18 gold medals--perfect scores.

Gold Medal winners with perfect scores of 25 were:

Shannon Peper, Ellen Meisner, River Simpson, Alyssa Johnson, Brittany Weninger, Misty Price, Emily Schuna, Carly Ferguson, Val Bruner, Jordan Berry, Andrea Kerr, Val Thorson, Sonia Utzman, Cameron Sorenson, Ayja Radwanski, Rachel Greaner, Laura Lusardi and Megan Wefel.

Silver Medal Winners with scores of 23-24 were:

Bailey Matthys Angela Tenner, Julia Rehbein, Patty Nelson, Christian Martin, Sarah L’Allier, Justin Zeller, Ellen Junko, Bria Norton, Hailey Bessac, and Allie Hassler.

Bronze Medal Winners with scores of 21-22 were:

Katie L’Allier and Julia Barbian. Graycee Lindell earned a Low Bronze with a score of 19.

If you’d like to hear some of these talented speakers we will be having performances in the Large Forum Room at the High School after our banquet on Sunday, May 15 (about 6:15 PM).

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Amidst snowflakes,45 mile per hour wind gusts, and temperatures in the mid-thirties the 2011 New Richmond High School Forensics team heated things up on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison last Friday, April 15. Under Head coach Danette Tellijohn and Assistant coach Sarah Fastelin the team broke another New Richmond High School Forensics record with 18 gold medal winners. The previous record was set last year with 14. All 25 possible entries qualified this year with a record number of 32 speakers. A very talented, dedicated and hardworking group of students spent Friday and Saturday in Madison with coaches Tellijohn, Fastelin and chaperone/judge Betty Groboski. Before performing Friday night they enjoyed dinner together at Olive Garden.

Untamed - Continued from Cover, by Mandi Erickson, Prom Coordinator

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The chairs, lighting, sound, lighting, background materials, lighting, media, and did I mention lighting??

Are all there! I loved that - the audience members were all in comfortable seats and that they could all see the beautiful young men and women walking the stage; that they could, so clearly, hear the music and announcements, and the students weren’t navigating a sea of cords underfoot. That being said, I want to thank Andrew Schroetter, our theater manager, for all his work on lighting, and Ken Kerr, who provided the video feed audience members saw above the stage and that the students viewed after they marched into the commons.

I would like to offer gratitude to the prom committee members from the class of 2012. If it weren't for their hard work, our magical day would not have been possible. The 2012 Prom Committee members were Alyssa Johnson, Jackie Chilsen, Antje Utgaard, Riley Berger, Molly Amell, Brooke Ver Bunker, Jacqueline Schultz, Micki Swystun, Caiti Marks, Sami Smeed, Derek Gibson, Kirby Helgevold, Morgan Cook, Taylor Singleton, Joe O’Brien, and many others who worked selling tickets, planning, and decorating. Thank you committee.

All prom participants boarded the river boat in Stillwater and immediately began their planned activities. Willow River photography was on board for formal photos in addition to

having taken photos of all couples in the Grand March.

Additionally, Snapz photo booth was on board the boat, where prom goers received unlimited free photo strips for the entire evening.

In Prom participants boarded the Avalon in Stillwater. addition to the DJ from First Choice Entertainment, we brought back Ace High casino. The popularity of the river boat casino from last year made the decision to bring them back an easy one.

All of the flowers our prom royalty received, as well as the ‘Untamed’ centerpieces on the boat, were created by Sheilah Boettcher and Shebees flowers.

Finally, I’d like to thank all of the parents and spectators for joining us for the Grand March. The event serves as a fundraiser for next year’s prom. Congratulations prom committee and I'm already looking forward to next year!

FCE Classes Offer Hands-On Learning - By Katie Feuerhelm, FCE Teacher Child Care Services The Child Care Services class, taught at the New Richmond high school by Katie Feuerhelm, recently took a

field trip to River Falls to get some hands on learning experience related to the course. The trip included the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Child Care Center and Preschool, and also Heartland Montessori School.

Child Care Services is a course where students learn more about the inner workings of a child care center, and learn skills necessary to obtain a job in one. Upon completion of the course, students earn an Assistant Child Care Teacher (ACCT) certification from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, which allows them to work in licensed daycare centers as an Assistant Teacher. Much of the learning in the class comes from collaborative work with several New Richmond child care centers and 4K sites, who generously allow students to observe and participate in their classrooms.

This is a great class for students who are interested in working with young children after high school. Students learn about how children learn and develop, and also practice important skills for teaching, like block and lesson planning, guidance and discipline. The field trip was a great hands-on experience, and reinforced the learning which has been taking place over the course of the semester in class.

International Foods Mrs. Feuerhelm’s International Foods classes have been studying France over the past few weeks. Along with

making crepes, tarts, and pastries, the classes have prepared many loaves of French bread to donate to the Empty Bowls fundraiser. The bread was made from scratch and took several days to knead, rise and bake, but they think the end result, and the resulting good that will come from the fundraiser, are worth all the hard work.

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WIAA Winter Team Tournament Sportsmanship Awarded number of contenders for the award at the Boys State Basketball Tournament. The Red Raiders displayed outstanding sportsmanship, enthusiasm and community support in their 52-43 championship game victory The winners of the prestigious award are New Richmond over Grantsburg and in its 68-50 win over Oostburg in boys ice hockey, River Falls Co-op in girls ice hockey, in the semifinals. It is the school’s first Sportsmanship Mineral Point in wrestling, Platteville/Belmont/ Award in basketball and its second overall. Marathon Lancaster in gymnastics, Marathon in boys basketball was bestowed the honor in girls basketball in 1987.

Receiving honorable mention include Clayton, Blairand Black Hawk in girls basketball.

Taylor, Grantsburg, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, New Richmond was chosen as the winner of the Lakeside Lutheran, Little Chute, Oostburg, Randolph boys hockey Sportsmanship Award for its exemplary and Wauzeka-Steuben. sportsmanship at the State Hockey Tournament. It is the first sportsmanship honor presented to the Tigers Black Hawk was selected as the sportsmanship award in hockey and their second overall. They also received winner in girls basketball for the second straight year the award in summer baseball in 2001. The Tigers after winning the district’s first sportsmanship honor qualified for State for the first time since 2003 and fell last year. The Warriors fell 64-40 to eventual Division 5-0 in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Wausau 5 champion Newman Catholic in the semifinals.

Dominican, Middleton, Nicolet, Oostburg, Prairie du West. Honorable mention went to Marquette.

Chien, Westby and Whitefish Bay received honorable The River Falls co-op, which included Baldwin-Woodville, mention.

Glenwood City, St. Croix Central and Spring Valley this season, won its third consecutive Sportsmanship The WIAA/Rural Mutual Insurance Sportsmanship Award in girls hockey to go with its third straight State Award is presented to one school and community in each championship. The Fusion defeated the Appleton West of the State team tournaments. The award winners are co-op 7-1 in the semifinals and the Mosinee co-op 3-2 in determined by the conduct and sportsmanship displayed four overtimes in the championship final. The Mosinee by athletes, coaches, cheer and support groups, mascots, co-op and the Appleton West co-op received honorable bands and spectators. Additional consideration is given for the effort of school administrators and chaperones mention recognition. to insure support for their teams are positive and that Mineral Point receives its first Sportsmanship Award the highest ideals of sportsmanship are upheld. Award in wrestling and in any sport following its display of winners receive a plaque and banner in recognition of sportsmanship at the State Team Wrestling Tournament. the honor. Schools receiving honorable mention are The Pointers finished runner-up in Division 3 this season. acknowledged with a certificate of recognition.

They fell to Coleman, 52-13, in the championship match after advancing with a 36-34 win over Clear Lake in the The selection process includes contributions and semifinals. Campbellsport, Coleman, Hartford Union, evaluations from contest officials, tournament Holmen, Lodi, Oostburg and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln management, police and security personnel, crowd control and ushers, WIAA staff members, area hotels received honorable mention for the award. and restaurants.

Platteville/Belmont/Lancaster receives the sportsmanship award for the second consecutive season. Todd C. Clark The co-op program placed second in Division 2 at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association WIAA State Gymnastics Championships in March. The Director of Communications & Advanced Media schools and communities receiving honorable mention 5516 Vern Holmes Dr. include Antigo, Ashland, Elkhorn, Holmen, Milton, Stevens Point, WI 54482 Oshkosh West/North/Lourdes, River Valley, Sheboygan (715) 344-8580 fax - (715) 344-4241 South/North, West Salem/Aquinas and Wisconsin tclark@wiaawi.org Rapids Lincoln. www.wiaawi.org STEVENS POINT, Wis.--The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, in cooperation with Rural Mutual Insurance, has selected the team Sportsmanship Awards for the 2011 winter State Tournaments.

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Division 4 champion Marathon was selected over a

Teachers Working Together - Co-teaching Classrooms Improving Learning Outcomes What is better than one teacher in the classroom? The answer

is two teachers! This is exactly what has been happening in each of our elementary school buildings this year. General and special education teachers have teamed up to collaborate in an effort to improve academic achievement in mathematics.

One of the methods of collaboration that has been used is coteaching. Co-teaching has been defined broadly as “two teachers of equivalent professional status, most often a classroom teacher and a special education teacher, sharing instructional responsibility for a diverse group of students” (Friend, 2007). Co-teaching partnerships are unique and beneficial for several reasons. Two of the most evident include:

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● Co –teaching dramatically improves the student-teacher ratio.

For example, instead of one teacher for 25 students, the ratio becomes two teachers for 25. This allows for more teacherstudent contact and individualized assistance. ● Two professionals in a co-teaching class allow students to benefit from the unique strengths and teaching styles of both teachers. When teachers are allowed to blend their expertise, students are bound to benefit.

Co-teachers, Jamie Knutson and Melissa Demulling-Konsela use Smart technology in an effort to improve academic achievement in math.

Elementary general and special education teachers, currently involved in these inclusive classrooms, were recently surveyed on their experiences this school year. The results were overwhelming in support of this model. ● One 3rd grade teacher shared, “It has been beneficial for coteachers to work, discuss and group students together. In the classroom, co-teaching allows for one teacher to continually navigate and assess the classroom to ensure student learning”.

Co-teachers, Jamie Knutson and Annie Bauer, provide individualized assistance to 3rd grade students.

● Another 4th grade teacher shared, “Co-teaching really allows for students to get the best out of both teachers.

Our improved MAP scores also seem to be an indication of its success. It has been a wonderful experience.”

The above teacher comments offer a glimpse of the impact that co-teaching offers. The teachers in this current co-teaching model are seeing that this might be one way to bring out the best in both teachers and students.

This type of collaboration started last year, and has expanded into the majority of the grade levels at each elementary building. The goal this year was to begin with mathematics with the hope to expand to other curricular areas in the future.

Submitted by: Jamie Knutson, Special Services Teacher

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Spring Inspires Young Poets In our first grade reading curriculum we've been studying describing words and poetry. Hillside students in Ms.

Delany, Ms. Studer, Mr. Schroeder, Mrs. Richter, and Mrs. Lubow’s class learned about acrostic poems, free verse, rhyming poems and "The Eraser Poem" by Louis Phillips.

The first graders enjoyed practicing poems in class and on their own!

The Slimy Werm

by Freddie

Random Awsome Criticle Hevey Elegant Alive Lovely

By Racheal

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By Emma

Sun Pretty flowers start to bloom

Roots grow Inside when it rains Nice weather Grass grows

By Kylie

The Duck Poem by Lane The duck poem.

The duck poem The duck poe The duck po The duck p The duck The duc The du The d The Th T

My Brother

I have a brother.

He is sick.

You’ll see him in bed.

He is thick.

You’ll see him all around.

Down the hall.

In the market.

And in the mall.

When he’s in his bed He’ll never make a sound.

I’ll never hear him roll.

But I’ll hear him pound.

By Isabelle

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The slimy werm.

The slimy werm The slimy wer The slimy we The slimy w The slimy The slim The sli The sl The s The Th T

Summer Pink flowers Roses Ice cubes Nests with birds Grass

Community Education Is Proud To Present - Adult Classes and Day Trips

Adult Enrichment Classes Open Knitting

DAY TRIPS

M 5/2/2011 - 12/19/2011

New Richmond Old Middle School-FCE

6:00 - 8:00PM

$20.00

Kitting Socks in a Day! What to bring: 2 skeins bulky 100% woll yarn, 1 set of doublepointed needles, size 10. Students should be confident with basic knitting skills Sat 5/14/2011

1:00 - 4:00PM

New Richmond Old Middle School- FCE

$20.00

Quilting “Sunset”: Add Color to Any Room T/TH 5/10/2011 - 5/17/2011

5:30 - 8:00PM

New Richmond High School-FCE

$34 or $19 for ages 62+

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Mehndi (Henna Body Art) Students will have the chance for lots of hands on practice and a henna “tattoo” by a pro.

Sat 5/21/2011

9:30 - 11:00AM

New Richmond Hillside Elementary-Art Room $18.00

Twig Furniture Building at the Barn For more information and images visit twigsrus.com.

Sat 6/18/2011

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Twig Barn, 32746 Hill Valley Rd, Red Wing

$139 for one

person or $149 if you want to bring a helper (ages 10+)

MN Landscape Arboretum T 5/10/2011 $55.00 per person Inc. lunch, bus, and tour We’ll take a deluxe motor coach bus to Chaska’s MN Landscape Arboretum for a 3-mile tour aboard the Trumpet Creeper Tram. At lunch, they will provide us with a flower pot lunch. Then there will be time to browse the gift shop or walk on the trails on your own.

Pick-up Times and Locations: Somerset: 7:30am New Richmond: 7:45am Hammond: 8:15am Hudson: 8:45am Arrive back in the area about 5pm Money is due at time of reservation.

Please reserve as soon as possible.

‘Taste of Home’ Plus More M, T, W, 6/6/2011 - 6/8/2011 $299/double or $398/single ($100 due at time of reservation/ balance due May 1, 2011)

Inc. lunch, bus, and tour Join us for a fun 3 day trip in the state of Wisconsin!

We will be traveling to the Historical Wade House in Greenbush, the Trimborn Farm & Jeremiah Curtin Cottage, Botanical Gardens of Greendale. We will visit the Taste of Home Visitor Center, shop the outlet store and other small village shops. We will enjoy a guided tour of the famous Pabst Mansion and end with a tour of our beautiful State Capitol. 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Joyful Journey Yoga Mon 6/20/2011 - 8/8/2011

5:30 - 6:45PM and/or

Wed 6/22/2011 - 8/10/2011

9:30 - 10:45PM

Starr Elementary, punch card available at class 2 VISITS= $20, 6 VISITS= $50, 10 VISITS=$80

Choices in Childbirth Information on different option in childbirth Sat 5/7/2011

New Richmond High School-FCE

6:00 - 9:00PM

$Free

6:00 - 7:00PM

Laughter Yoga W 6/29/2011

New Richmond Old Middle School-Media Center $15.00

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Science Museum of MN: King Tut T 8/2/2011 $79.00 per person Inc. morning snack, Omnitheater, displays, bus, and dinner Start the day with coffee and muffins before viewing the Omnitheater’s showing of “Mummies, Secrets of the Pharaohs”. After lunch on your own, see the treasures of ancient Egypt and more than 100 authentic artifacts illuminating the lives of great rulers buried in the Valley of the Kings and other notable ancient sites, including the most famous of them all King Tut. On the way home the group will have dinner at Outback Steakhouse in Woodbury.

Pick-up Times and Locations: Somerset: 7:45am New Richmond: 8:00am Hammond: 8:30am Hudson: 9:00am Arrive back in the area about 7pm SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW RICHMOND

Community Education is Proud to Present - Online Classes

Online Classes

Mail to: 701 E 11th St, New Richmond, WI 54017 Drop off: 837 E 11th St, New Richmond, WI 54017

Caregiving Tips A course full of tips and information for those who are, or will be, caregiving for Senior Citizens.

6/9/2011 - 7/9/2011 and/or

$35.00

Carnivorous Plants Learn about this amazing variety of plants that capture insects in different ways.

6/14/2011 - 7/14/2011 and/or

$35.00

5/10/2011 - 6/9/2011 and/or 6/14/2011 - 7/14/2011 and/or

$35.00

The skies may be cloudy all night where you live but you can still observe and learn about the night skies with this online course. Includes stars and constellations.

6/23/2011 – 7/23/2011 and/or

$35.00

Luck o’ the Irish The next best thing to traveling the Emerald Isle. Learn about famous places, Irish Saints and Legends, Irish Tales, Ballads, Songs and Irish Recipes.

$35.00

Photo Editing - Basics 5/23/2011 - 6/22/2011 and/or

$35.00

$35.00

Stormchasing

What is Genealogy? How do I use Internet for Genealogy 5/24/2011 - 6/23/2011 and/or 6/24/2011 – 7/24/2011 and/or

$35.00

Gardening 1: Groundwork This course includes activities on: Beginning Botany, Soils and Plant Nutrition, and Insects and Disease.

6/9/2011 - 7/9/2011 and/or

$35.00

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5/23/2011 - 6/22/2011 and/or

5/24/2011 - 6/23/2011

Address: ___________________________

Email: _____________________________

Dancing with the Stars

6/23/2011 – 7/23/2011

Name: _____________________________

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5/20/2011 - 6/19/2011

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Community Education Is Proud To Present - S.T.E.P The New Richmond FFA chose to honor STEP worker, Glenn Newby with an Honorary FFA Degree. This award

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is the highest honor that a chapter can bestow upon its community supporters. Glenn’s attention to detail and assistance with all things class and FFA related over the last three years has earned him this honor. Students were very excited to give him this award because they recognize how his help in the classroom benefits them and Mrs. Sauvola. Congratulations, Mr. Newby! We appreciate you!

Pictured are Misty Price, Reporter, Gabes Rabb, President and David Suennen, Treasurer looking on while Kate Lange, Vice President awards Mr. Newby with the Honorary Chapter FFA Degree on March 27, 2011 at the New Richmond Family Restaurant.

What Is S.T.E.P? STEP is an acronym for the Senior Tax Exchange Program. This program is a unique way for our senior population to volunteer in our schools in exchange for credit on their property tax, learn about what happens in our schools, and be of great value to over-worked staff.

STEP workers can to do a variety of tasks; from helping teachers sort papers, to working with students on various projects or being an extra pair of eyes or hands at various school functions.

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Community Education Is Proud To Present - Safety Fair and Bike Rodeo

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Community Education Is Proud to Present - Thank you from Empty Bowls 2011

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Mark Your Calendar!

READING EVENTS CALENDAR Hillside, Starr and Paperjack 2010-2011

Spring Is Here!

Your New Richmond Tiger School Store has some new items!

Check out our new line of shorts for both men and women; lots of youth clothes and new jackets appropriate for the spring weather.

Stop in if you have a chance!

Thanks for your support!

May 18

FREE Book Trading Day

May 23-27

Third AR Store – Grades 3, 4 & 5

Summer Stretch 2011

Registration Window April 18 - May 20, 2011 Register now for your favorite classes!

Additional sections of Gadgets Galore and Cartooning now offered for Grades 2-4!

Questions? Call 715-243-7428.

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School Store Hours 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 7th hours

Monday - Wednesday, Friday 7:40 - 8:30 9:35 - 12:05 2:00 - 2:50 Thursdays 7:40 - 8:25 10:45 - 1:10 2:05 - 2:50

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New Richmond High School Class of 2011 Graduation and commencement exercises will be held on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.

Tickets are required for seating in the gym (each student participating in the graduation ceremony will receive ten tickets). Overflow seating with large-screen video will be available in the Auditorium.

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Looking Ahead - June 2011 & July 2011

Summer Stretch 2011 Go Tigers!

June 15 - July 1

August Jumpstart Registration Deadline

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School Board Approves 2011-12 School Year Calendar 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR

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Contact Us At the School District of New Richmond, we aim to be a resource for you! If you have any questions or would like to contact someone in our schools, please use the list below as a resource for specific departments and buildings.

Postal Patron

District Office....................................................................................715-243-7411 District Administrator – Morrie Veilleux...................................................715-243-7413 Director of Fiscal & Building Operations – Brian Johnston..................715-243-7414 Director of Special Services – Sue Curtis..................................................715-243-7426 Director of Community Education – Cheryl Emerson...........................715-243-7423 Curriculum Coordinator - Jessica Ferguson . ............................................715-243-7429 District Nurse – Joan Simpson....................................................................715-243-7424 Supervisor of Buildings & Grounds – Bob Parent...................................715-243-7401 Food Service Accounts..................................................................................715-243-7408 Fax.....................................................................................................................715-246-3638 Hillside Elementary ........................................................................ 715-243-1400 Principal – Frank Norton..............................................................................715-243-1401 Attendance Line – 24 hours a day...............................................................715-243-1419 School Counselor...........................................................................................715-243-1409 Health Aide......................................................................................................715-243-1408 Fax.....................................................................................................................715-243-1418 Paperjack Elementary....................................................................................715-243-7400 Principal – Mike Ballard................................................................................715-243-7403 Attendance Line – 24 hours a day...............................................................715-243-7405 School Counselor...........................................................................................715-243-1504 Health Aide......................................................................................................715-243-7405 Fax.....................................................................................................................715-243-8417 Starr Elementary.............................................................................. 715-243-7431 Principal – Greg Gentle.................................................................................715-243-7433 Attendance Line – 24 hours a day...............................................................715-243-7434 School Counselor...........................................................................................715-243-7439 Health Aide......................................................................................................715-243-1589 Fax.....................................................................................................................715-246-2898 Middle School.................................................................................. 715-243-7471 Principal – Doug Hatch.................................................................................715-243-7473 Assistant Principal – Michele Wood............................................................715-243-7474 Attendance Line – 24 hours a day...............................................................715-243-1616 School Counselors...............................................................................715-243-7477/7485 Health Aide......................................................................................................715-243-1616 Fax.....................................................................................................................715-246-0580 High School .................................................................................... 715-243-7451 Principal – Jeff Moberg.................................................................................715-243-7454 Associate Principal – Jon Lucivansky..........................................................715-243-7456 Assistant Principal – Jeff Swanson..............................................................715-243-7453 Assistant Principal/Athletic Director – Casey Eckardt............................715-243-7455 Supervisor of Food Services – Karen Brummer......................................715-243-1714 Attendance Line – 24 hour a day.................................................................715-243-7445 School Counselors.................................................................... 715-243-7446/7447/7448 Health Aide......................................................................................................715-243-1709 Fax.....................................................................................................................715-243-7464 District Resources District Web Page............................................... www.newrichmond.k12.wi.us (Staff e-mails are available on the District website) CESA’s Homework Helpline..........................http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/helpline/ District Newsletter Editor - Lisa Vergin.....................................................715-243-7428 Newsletter Email....................................................newsletter@newrichmond.k12.wi.us

The School District of New Richmond extends our sincere thanks to Greg Gartner for his service as school board member.

We wish you well, Greg!

Rick Hinz .............Board President rickh@newrichmond.k12.wi.us Greg Gartner..Board Vice President gregg@newrichmond.k12.wi.us Chris Skoglund............Board Clerk chriss@newrichmond.k12.wi.us Marty Wold...........Board Treasurer martyw@newrichmond.k12.wi.us Marilyn Duerst........Board Member marilynd@newrichmond.k12.wi.us Dr. Neal Melby........Board Member nealm@newrichmond.k12.wi.us Bryan Schafer..........Board Member bryans@newrichmond.k12.wi.us