Hello Tomah Area School District Families and Community Members!
We’ve officially closed the 2022-2023 academic year! Thank you for supporting our students and faculty this past year through our academic and co-curricular programming! Best wishes to our 2023 Tomah High School Graduates as they begin the next chapter of their lives! The graduation ceremony was wonderful. Our sincere thanks and gratitude to every teacher, 4K- 12, for making a positive impact along the educational journey of our most recent graduates!
The first session of Summer PACK (Positive Adventures Creating Knowledge) for grades 4K-8th begins June 12th! Classes for grades 4K-2 are offered at Miller, Oakdale, Warrens, or Wyeville Elementary Schools Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Two sessions are offered during the summer. Session 1 runs from June 12 - June 29 with Session 2 beginning July 10 and ending July 27. Classes for grades 3-8 take place at Tomah Middle School Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Session 1 dates are June 12 through June 29 and Session 2 runs July 10 through July 27. We are honored to have incredible summer faculty organizing and instructing our students through this summer engagement experience! Thank you for registering your children in this program offering fantastic educational opportunities!
Tomah Area School District remains active through the summer months! Along with our Summer PACK program; our maintenance, food service, and transportation teams are busy with activities associated with their operations. We also have many summer co-curricular activities going on as well keeping our students engaged. Our thanks to all who keep our district moving forward year round!
The 2023-2024 school year officially begins for Lemonweir Elementary School, our 45-15 calendar school, on July 12th! August 30th is the first day of school for buildings on the traditional calendar. We’ll keep you up to date with district news through the PAWS, HOWL, website, and social media pages. Have a great start to your summer!
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An update on our Wyeville playground fundraising efforts. Thanks to Oakdale Electric Cooperative for their $1,000 donation to our playground project! In addition, we held a Penny War which raised $1,172.54 - pretty crazy for a small school to achieve in a short amount of time. Even better, we had an anonymous donor who more than matched our efforts by giving the school another $1,200. In total, the Penny War contributed $2,372.54. Wow! If you thought that was great, listen to what was earned at last Saturday’s Brat Sale at Double Barrel. We made a whopping $5,200 through sales, donations, raffles, etc... This total was matched by Copper Road Receiving Station for a total of over $10,000 raised. Double wow!! A huge thanks to Double Barrel, Copper Road Receiving Station, the staff and PTO members who came to work the stand, and everyone who came out in support. It is so greatly appreciated!
We have been humbled and astonished at the kindness shown to our little school by so many in the community!
-Mr. Tim Gnewikow, Principal
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THS held their Renaissance Assembly at the end of May, where they announced the 2023 Students of the Year.
The Students of the Year are chosen by each Department leader to recognize and celebrate the academic achievements of one of their exceptional students.
Congratulations to Lucille Molloy, Kennedy Noth, Bergen Franks, Ethan Libby, Aidan Brach, McKinley
Budde, Jake Berry, Gabriel Tucker, Tyler Hausman, Ryan Hall, Erin Perry, Rylie Murray, Brady Plueger, Jonah Nick, Aisha Hughart-Topygal, Jocelyn Battista, Brin Neumann, Peyton Foster, Carley Zingler, Gregory Klouda, and Joseph Venner
The High School Honors Program was founded to create a “Legacy of Academic Greatness” from the highest academic performers in each graduating class. This year forty-four students earned the distinction of being a High Honors Inductee!
Cum Laude Inductees: Jake Berry, Charles Devine, Baoxin Huang, Kierra Krause, Erin Perry, Ethan Purdy, Cody Quist, Natalie Renaud, Angelina Salvino, Hannah Van Treese, Owen Walker. Magna Cum Laude Inductees: Madison Abbas, Jocelyn Battista, Addison Berry, Courtney Keller, Elizabeth Kyser, Anna Rogers, Cole Schueler, Allison Weaver. Summa Cum Laude Inductees: Owen Anderson, Trinity Brach, Christopher Burbach, Katrina Carlson, Zaine Daly, Peyton Foster, Bergen Franks, Daniel Gordon, Michael Holtz, Aisha Hughart-Topgyal, Ethan Jackson, Aubrey King, Gregory Klouda, Eric Mainu, Rylie Murray, Brin Neumann, August Newman, Jonah Nick, Lauren Noth, Brady Plueger, Halle Rezin, Joseph Venner, Ryley Winrich, Amelia Zingler, and Carley Zingler.
The 14th Annual Athletic Awards Ceremony was held in the High School Auditorium on May 31st. The Athletic Awards honor our student athletes and coaches not only in their athletic achievements but in their academic achievements as well. See all the award winners HERE
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The High School had four students nominated for the Exemplary Performer Award at the UW-Eau Claire State Solo Ensemble festival, which was held May 6th. At this year’s festival, there were twenty-four judging sites, seeing a combined 3,000+ performers throughout the day. Each site judge nominates students who stand out from the rest, and by the end of the day further narrow it down to one winner per site.
Daniel Gordon, Yarielis Guzman-Rivas, Kami Murray, and Nevin Hwver (pictured L to R) were all nominated within their performance sites, and Kami and Yarielis were awarded the Exemplary Performer Award for their musical theater solos! Congratulations to them all for their accomplishments!
Ten High School athletes have committed to competing at the collegiate level in their respective sports!
Congratulations to:
Brin Neumann-Golf, UW-Parkside
Lauren Noth -Volleyball, UW River Falls
Amelia Zingler-Golf, Southern Illinois University
Courtney Keller-Bowling, Viterbo
Kennedy Noth-Softball, Dakota County Community College
Carl Oskar Wilcox Borg-Cross Country and Track & Field, UW Stevens Point
Kaylee Miller-Cross Country and Track & Field, UW Stevens Point
Britney Janiszewski-Track & Field, UW Platteville
Ryley Winrich-Soccer, Michigan Tech
Andrew Brokman-Football, UW La Crosse HOWL
8th Grade Middle School Student Kendra Swenson wrote an original piece for the 8th Grade Band, which they performed at the Spring Band Concert in May. The Gremlin March was a huge success!
The Wisconsin Concert Band Association awarded her the WBCA’s Outstanding Musician Award to commemorate the premiere of her composition.
Congratulations Kendra!
We look forward to hearing many more band pieces from her in the future!
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Congratulations to our athletes who went to State for Track and Field! Elijah Brown took home the title of STATE CHAMPION in the D1-100 meter dash!! He also placed 3rd in the 200 meter dash! Lily Joyce placed 10th in the 300 Low Hurdles! Atlin Steinhoff placed 11th in Discus!
Say hello to your 3X Conference Champions!
Tomah Varsity Softball made history this season!
*First time EVER going undefeated in conference games! (12-0)
*Set the All-Time Win Mark with 20 WINS!
*Won the Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) THREE times in a ROW!
Congratulation ladies on an amazing season!
Here’s how the Boys Golf season came to a close: at the Conference championship the Varsity boys took 2nd by one stroke as a team! Owen and Jake led the team, each with 77’s and top 5 finishes. Congrats to the JV team who won the conference championship meet as a team. Owen Anderson was a medalist finishing one shot ahead of teammate Landon Pierce. At Regionals it was -Survive and advance. 85 was the highest score and this group kept grinding all the way to the last hole! Next, they moved onto sectionals in Waunakee where hey faced lots of water at The Meadows of Six Mile Creek. Congrats to Collin Ritter leading them with an 81 and his best score of the season! Unfortunately this is where the boys’ season came to an end but we congratulate them on a great season overall!
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A career fair was held at the High School, with 50 tables of opportunities for the students to learn about, as they plan for their futures and set goals. From a variety of career options to colleges to military, the students were able to ask questions, see examples, and hear first hand from recruiters and employees. After the school day, the career fair was opened up to the community.
The THS Diversity Club stepped up to help support Family Promise of Monroe County and Krishna Battista by collecting Menstrual Products during Womens History Month and Raising $150 during Asian American/ Pacific Islander Month.
We are so proud of our students for putting forth the efforts and thinking of others in need. Way to go Timberwolves!
Jesse Bender, our
Services Director grilling up an amazing Senior Meal, featuring steak, shrimp, and salmon! What a delicious send off for the Seniors!
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The Middle School’s 8th grade Cardboard Boat Race is a much anticipated event every year! The students split off into groups and are responsible for designing and decorating their boats -and it’s always so much fun to see all the creativity! This year was a chilly, overcast day with lots of wind...it helped on the way down but really put the student’s paddling to the test on the way back! Parents and students on shore cheered on each boat as they attempted to get the best time, and thoroughly enjoyed the fun of all the sinking ships!
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Mr. Tradiff decked out in his waders, braving the cold waters of Lake Tomah!
Mrs. Perkin’s class had a special meet-and-greet with K-9 Viktor for meeting their PAWS Goal!
Ms. Dokkebaken’s class met an iReady goal and celebrated by making slime!
Winnebago Day! It was blazing hot one they had a blast!
MILLER
All school iReady celebration! Pie in the face fun!
Volunteer Day! Classes volunteered to clean up our community!
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Skittles Day at Wyeville Elementary -everyone was encouraged wear class colors and a school-wide picture was taken!
Brutus the Mini Pig visited Wyeville Elementary yesterday afternoon. Brutus is an American Mini Pig Association (AMPA) certified therapy pig. He does a bunch of entertaining tricks and educates while using fun stories all about pigs. The students were able to ask questions and give Brutus a treat. This was a unique and fun experience for our students and staff!
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The Mentoring Program Thank
You was held in the Lemonweir Library, to show appreciation for the volunteers (Sue, Dede and Bonnie) who participated in the Mentoring Program affiliated with Gundersen Global and Community Partners during the school year!
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The school has two towers growing lettuce! At the end of the year the students got to harvest the lettuce and eat it on their taco lunch the next day! How cool!
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5th Grader Jordan had the privilege of getting to be Principal for the Day! Jordan used “Betthauser Bucks” he had earned throughout the course of the year to purchase this opportunity at the class auction. As you can see, he is pretty excited about getting to be the principal. The rest of the students are also happy because Jordan decided to give them some extra recess!
The Pines restaurant in Warrens donated the money so that every family at Warrens Elementary got a copy of the March Madness Tournament of Books winner, the Three Ninja Pigs. What a wonderful act of kindness to our school, students, and families!
The end of the year picnic sponsored by the Camp Douglas and Oakdale PTO was a hit! Thank you to the dedicated staff for planning another great family event! Thank you, PTO, for supporting our schools!
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End of the year fun with a Water Day! The weather was beautiful and the kids has a blast! A perfect ending to an amazing year! follow our story here
Jane from Yoga Leaf came and taught a Yoga session to the students! Check out the little Yogis in the making!
Learning to use tools to create bird houses, which were then placed all around the school property!
follow our story here ACROSS DISTRICT the LAGRANGE TAMS 5th grade send off! E2 at Norskedalen — wrapping up their Wisconsin pioneer studies. Field Trip to Wisconsin Dells! Making Origami hats in Art class!
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5th Grade End of year Auction! Spending
hard earned reward dollars! Safety Patrol Awards! Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony
the last days before break!
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7th grade students spent time in outdoor “classrooms” for McMullen Field Day, and investigating the school forest at the W.O.L.F. Den.
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7th graders had an amazing time dissecting frogs! Lots of gasps, laughter, and learning.
WEB leaders and sixth graders enjoyed their WEB party to celebrate all that they learned and accomplished this year.
Our sixth grade enjoyed their end of the school year party! There was bingo, games, and dancing. We are so amazed at the growth both academically and socially these students have shown.
Team 7-2 had a blast cheering on the Brewers as they hosted Math Day for area schools. Math and the Brewers: What could be better?
Graduating Seniors in the JAG program are pictured with their certificates of mastery!
Mrs. Fritz & Mrs. Scott spent the day at Devils Lake with 28 THS students from the JAG & Crossroads programs. Students hiked, explored, swam, caught fish and learned about local geology!
One last group photo of our Youth Apprenticeship Seniors before they take on the world!
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Seniors spent some time on their last day being carefree with popsicles in the sun and field day fun!
Herr Bartz and Frau Hruska with the German students departing THS for Eschborn Germany!
Tristian Gilbertson was awarded the Crossroads student of the year award!
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Mrs. Gnewikow’s ESS class takes to the lake!
Student Spotlight
B e n n y B e m i s B e n n y B e m i s
I would say overall was just learning to get better at welding, and working in what feels like a community I got to work on building fabrication bases that will eventually be put somewhere else the world.
W H A T W O U L D Y O U T E L L O T H E R H I G H S C H O O L
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O P P O R T U N I T I E S I T P R O V I D E S ?
Pick a business that you might be interested in as you get older, so you always have a backup job if things don't go the way you were thinking.
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Y O U R P O S T H I G H S C H O O L D E C I S I O N S ? W I L L
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( R E G I S T E R E D A P P R E N T I C E S H I P , C O L L E G E , M I L I T A R Y , E T C . ) ?
Yes, my experience definitely affected my decision on what I want to do when I graduate I might end up continuing my YA career path, but not right away I will try to get my journeyman in construction first then decide what I want to do
I would say it made my GPA go down a little, as I learned how to deal with issues in the business. I wouldn't recommend to students if they can't handle pressure from a boss It didn't affect my attendance at all The YA impacted my engagement, as I was willing to learn and try new things even though I didn't know how to do them at first
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W H A T A R E S O M E O F T H E A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S Y O U A C H I E V E D D U E T O Y O U R Y A W O R K E X P E R I E N C E ? W H A T S P E C I A L P R O J E C T S I F A N Y D I D Y O U R E M P L O Y E R A L L O W Y O U T O P A R T I C I P A T E I N ? H O W H A S P A R T I C I P A T I O N I N Y A I M P A C T E D Y O U R H I G H S C H O O L E D U C A T I O N ( G P A , A T T E N D A N C E , E N G A G E M E N T ) ?
... a look ahead
2nd -Last Day of School
12th Summer PACK Session 1 begins
17th -Kindness Classic (formerly Jesse Parker Run)
@High School-Foot ball Practice Field 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
19th -School Board Meeting
JUNE JULY
@RKLC 7:00 PM
10th -Summer Pack Session 2 begins
12th -Lemonweir First Day of School
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