IMPORTANT DATES INSIDE THIS ISSUE River Ridge School District TIMBERWOLF NEWS June 2018 River Ridge Class of 2018 Senior Awards Banquet On May 23, 2018, the Seniors were honored with an awards banquet held at Huckleberry’s Restaurant. Seniors were awarded plaques for academic excel- lence, honor cords, local scholarships, and senior plaques for music and athletics. The evening event was enjoyed by seniors, parents, and presenters. Thank you to the West Grant Lions Club donation towards the cost of the Senior class meal. Three events from the Girls Track and Field team qualified for the 2018 WIAA Division 3 State Track and Field. 4X800 meter relay (Sklyar White, Taylor Lang- meier, Riley Klein and Faith Schier). Skylar White qualified in the 800 meter and pole vault event. The state meet was held at UW–La Crosse’s Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex on June 1 and 2. Congratulations, Girls Team. State Qualifiers Final Exam…..........2 Music News….........4 Title I Award….........7 Counselor News...…9 Driver Ed. …...........10 Calendar…..............13 Minutes..............….17 June 5 8th Gd Graduation June 6 Last Day of School June 11 Board Meeting June 18-21 Girls BB Camp June 25-27 Volleyball Camp June 28-29 Girls BB Camp
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IMPORTANT DATES
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
River Ridge School District
TIMBERWOLF NEWSJune 2018
River Ridge Class of 2018 Senior Awards Banquet
On May 23, 2018, the Seniors were honored with an awards banquet held at Huckleberry’s Restaurant. Seniors were awarded plaques for academic excel-lence, honor cords, local scholarships, and senior plaques for music and athletics. The evening event was enjoyed by seniors, parents, and presenters. Thank you to the West Grant Lions Club donation towards the cost of the Senior class meal.
Three events from the Girls Track and Field team qualified for the 2018 WIAA Division 3 State Track and Field. 4X800 meter relay (Sklyar White, Taylor Lang-meier, Riley Klein and Faith Schier). Skylar White qualified in the 800 meter and pole vault event. The state meet was held at UW–La Crosse’s Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex on June 1 and 2. Congratulations, Girls Team.
State Qualifiers
Final Exam…..........2
Music News….........4
Title I Award….........7
Counselor News...…9
Driver Ed. …...........10
Calendar…..............13
Minutes..............….17
June 5 8th Gd Graduation
June 6
Last Day of School
June 11 Board Meeting
June 18-21
Girls BB Camp
June 25-27 Volleyball Camp
June 28-29
Girls BB Camp
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The River Ridge School District will strive to
provide a safe, challeng-ing environment for each
individual student by promoting excellent staff development, encourag-ing meaningful parent involvement, and earn-ing strong community
support through honesty, integrity, and open com-
Mission Statement
Mission Statement
The River Ridge School District will strive to
provide a safe, challeng-ing environment for each
individual student by promoting excellent staff development, encourag-ing meaningful parent involvement, and earn-ing strong community
Question or suggestions for future articles, please call the
District Administrator’s Office at 608-994-2715
Visit our website at www.rrsd.k12.wi.us
June 2018 Semester Exams7-12 Bell Schedule 9-12 Bell ScheduleTueSDAy – June 5 WeDneSDAy - June 6 1st hour – 8:00-9:30 2nd hour – 8:00-9:30 MS 3rd hour – 9:40-11:00 4th hour – 9:40-11:10HS 3rd hour – 9:40-11:10 Lunch – 11:15-11:35 MS Lunch – 11:00-11:15 (MPR) HS Gym – 11:35-12:00MS Gym – 11:15-11:35 6th hour – 12:05-1:35HS Lunch – 11:15-11:35 8th hour – 1:45-3:15HS Gym – 11:35-12:00 MS Advisory – 11:35-12:00 5th hour – 12:05-1:35 7th hour – 1:45-3:15
The fifth grade States Fair was a big success. On Wednesday, May 23, many visitors came to the River Ridge multipupose room for a tour of the fifth grade States Fair booths. The students were dressed as a famous person in history from their state and gave speeches about their state. Tri-folds displayed information the students received in the mail from their respective states, along with brochures, souvenirs, and delicious foods from the state. Students showed their creativity through design posters, history writings, and power point presentations. Thank you to the middle school staff for helping the students set up and prepare for the big day. Also, a special thank you to everyone who took time to visit our booths. We really appreciated your time and kind words.
5th Grade States Fair by Kathy Miller and Kris Petrowitz
The River Ridge School District does not discrimi-nate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:
District Administrator P.O. Box 78, 11165 County Highway P
Patch Grove, WI 53817 Telephone no. 608-994-2715
For further information on notice of non-discrimina-tion, visit http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/contactus.cfm for the address and phone number of the office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421-3481.
Federal Civil rights PoliCy statement
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The River Ridge School District will once again host Missoula Children’s Theatre from October 29 to Novem-ber 3, 2018. The production will be Peter and Wendy.We will have auditions on Monday, October 29, 2018, at 3:30 PM in the River Ridge Elementary Gym. Students who are from the River Ridge School District and in grades 5K through grade 12 may audition. Rehearsals will be in the River Ridge Elementary Gym and Multi-purpose Room following the auditions. Also, rehears-als will be from 3:30 – 8:00 PM on Wednesday through Friday. No rehearsal on October 31. Students will also have a full dress rehearsal on the morning of Saturday, November 3. The performances will be in the River Ridge High School Gym at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM on Saturday, November 3, 2018.
On May 3, Jeff Messer and his colleague, Meridith from Incorporating the Invisible visited River Ridge Middle School to spend time with our 5th and 6th grade students.
They facilitated activities that focused on the themes of listening, teamwork, overcoming obstacles, and brainstorming to come up with new ways to accom-plish a task completely or in a more efficient way.
5th and 6th Grade Team Building by Kathy Miller
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Three senior music students were awarded plaques and tro-phies at the Music Banquet held on Wednesday, May 16. Pictured from left to right are Emma Hampton - John Philip Sousa Award; Rachael Herrick - national School Choral Award; and Maria Breuer - River Ridge Director’s Award. Congratulations to the talented music Seniors!!!
Star Spangled Banner Group will be performing June 9 at Bloomington Livestock Sale barn for the 2018 LMA World Livestock Auctioneer Champi-onship, as well as June 30 for the July 4th Bagley parade and Bull Bash.
Seniors Receive Music AwardsUpcoming Music PerformancesMusic News by Ellen Martin
Congratulations to the following 8th graders who received awards at the Spring Concert: Sam Reuter - 8th Grade Band Award; David nies - 8th Grade Director’s Award; and Jared Breuer and Logan Drone - 8th Grade Choir Award.
8th Grade Music Awards
Fuel Up to Play 60
Middle School students participated in “Fuel Up to Play 60, a health and wellness program for kids. Five middle school students traveled to Green Bay on May 2, for an all day event. After lunch at the Johnsonville Tailgate Village at Lam-beau, Mason Crosby, Blake Martinez and Da-von House led a workout session. Pictured from left to right: Owen Callahan, Mr. Shane Sperle, Avery Drew, Maya Drone, Alayna Brinkman, Mason Crosby, Matthew Nies and Mr. Clay Koenig. The student slearned about nutrition and leadership while having some fun.
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Congratulations to the High School Concert Choir and Middle School Choir for performing at the Six-Rivers West Conference Large Group Festival at Belmont on May 9. Middle School Choir recieved a starred first on their music selections.
Large Group Festival
High School Concert Choir
Middle School Chior
Breakfast and Lunch will be served during Summer Camp Monday - Thursday
July 9 - August 2Breakfast - 7:45 - 8:15 AM
Lunch - 11:25 AM - 12:00 PMWatch for the menus on the River Ridge websiteAny questions please contact Nancy Fassbinder
phone 608-994-2715
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Memorial Day Program 2018By: Shawn Chatfield and Rebecca Bjurquist
After spending months of researching veterans, typing reports, practic-ing their skits and lines almost on a daily basis since the end of March, it all culminated into one spectacular day! Third graders at River Ridge Elementary held a Memorial Day Program on May 22. Students sang songs, participated in skits, and recognized veterans from their family and other acquaintances. The third grade class wanted to recognize all of the work and sacrifices our veterans have done to keep our country safe.
The students did an excellent job with this program, and they developed a more in-depth understanding of what veterans do, which translated into a greater appreciation. Parents, family, and friends were in the audience. Veterans were also present.
We would like thank all school personnel who made this program pos-sible; it could not have been done without any of you. Another thank you goes out to the parents and grandparents for working with their children on this project. A special thank you goes to the kitchen staff for making the snacks. Thank you to Hardees in Prairie du Chien for donating orange juice.
A tremendous amount of gratitude goes to the veterans for attending our program, donating flags, and for everything they have done and continue to do for our country.
Monday - Thursday
July 9- August 2 8:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Monday - Friday
July 9- July 27 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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On May 9, the Advanced Biology class took a field trip to the Genoa National Fish Hatchery, Dairyland Power Plant, Lock and Dam #8, and Crawford County Humane Society. The students enjoyed the field trip, providing them with challenging, exciting, and differnent experiences.
Advanced Biology Field Trip by Kirsten Reichmann
The Seniors in Advanced Biology visited the Bloom-ington Park for water ecology and water chemical analysis. Mrs. Reichmann’s class is learning sam-pling techniques and performing biotic index, velocity, turbidity and dissolved oxygen tests.
Title I Schools of Recognition Ceremony
Title I Schools of Recognition award was received at a ceremony held in Madison on May 21. Pictured above with State Superintendent Tony Evers are: Wendy Scherer, Kathy Miller, and Clay Koenig, receiving the Upper elementary plaque, and Jen Mohn and Dr. Jeff Athey receiving elementary plaque.
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INTERNET SAFETY: IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERSAs the end of the school year is approaching, we want to express the importance of continuing to monitor your student’s online activity during the summer months. While the internet is a wonderful way to communicate, work, network, along with countless other advantages, it poses many dangers as well. A small sample of these being chatrooms, online forums promoting self-harm and suicide, bullying, threats, predators, posting or sharing of hurtful or threatening messages, and inap-propriate photos/videos being uploaded to social net-working sites/Apps such as SnapChat, Instagram, Face-book, Facebook Live, and youTube.
What we see the most at school is the aftermath of things that are happening after school hours. These include: cyberbullying or cyber-threats, inappropriate chatroom conversations, inappropriate photos being exchanged, shared, or uploaded to social media sites.
As parents and caregivers we need to be proactively in-volved in our children’s internet world more than ever before. Safeguards can be put in place to reasonably and effectively address these concerns. Here are some common suggestions we’ve found to be helpful:
1. Computer Placement- Put the computer and other electronic devices in a central family room to more easily monitor online activities. Have your student do online homework and social media activities in the common area of the home.
2. Adult supervision- There is no substitute for pa-rental supervision of the internet. It is the MOST effective way to keep kids safe.3. Safety Tips- Discuss safety rules and commu-nicate your expectations about internet use. your child needs to know not to arrange meetings or give out personal information or photos to strangers via e-mail, social media sites, or chat rooms.
4. Checking- Check your student’s internet history on all of their devices and explore each application (App) they download on their phone or other devices.
5. Filtering Information- use technology to help you block, monitor, and control your child’s access to inappropriate or illegal information on the internet.
To learn more about Internet safety, visit the following web sites:
We hope you find this information helpful. By working together we can safeguard our youth as well as guide them to take advantage of the enormous potential that the internet has to offer.
Provided by Kam Fohey, 4K-8th Grade Counselor, adapted from Adrienne Udelhoven, PdC Schools
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RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION –SUMMER 2018 This is a joint program offered by Southwest Tech and River Ridge High School
DATE: May 24, 2018 TO: Parents of students eligible for Driver Education FROM: Andrew Riechers, Driver Education Instructor RE: Summer 2018 Driver Education Program
There will be one session of Driver Education meeting this summer at River Ridge High School.
Monday, July 9th – Friday, July 27th 10:00am – Noon
Please read through and follow these directions if you are interested in enrolling your son/daughter in this year’s class: All registrations and payments are to be completed prior to the first day of class via our website:
https://www.swtc.edu/drivered
Students who are not registered and paid prior to the first day of class will not be allowed to attend.
Driver Education Program Requirements and Information
Online payment of the $106.00 driver education fee prior to the first day of class. Thirty hours of classroom instruction. Attendance is mandatory for the entire 15 days and 30
hours of instruction. Six hours of behind-the-wheel instruction and six hours of observation. $50.00 is charged for any missed driving lessons. Driving instruction must begin after the behind-the-wheel fee of $320.00 is paid and within 60 days
of the issuing date on the permit. Permit applications will be distributed to students by Mr. Riechers after payment of behind-the-wheel fee. Mr. Riechers will schedule driving lessons for all eligible students. COMPLETION CERTIFICATES will be electronically submitted to the DMV once students are
completed with both classroom and behind-the-wheel phases of Driver Education. If none of these dates or times is convenient for you, there is an on-line course available that meets the classroom state requirements. The fee for the class is $115.15 with an additional fee of $320.00 for behind-the-wheel instruction. Please contact Mrs. Biggin for more information. Annette L. Biggin, Driver and Motorcycle education Manager Andrew Riechers, Instructor [email protected][email protected] 800-362-3322, x2466 608-331-7543 608-734-3317(H) 608-391-0247(cell)
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*******Please KEEP this information******* Annette Biggin | SOUTHWEST TECH
River Ridge Permit Information Students must be 15.5 years of age to get a permit. The written permit test will be administered by Mr. Riechers at the end of the 3 week class period for
those students wishing to take it at that time. Students not wanting to take it at that time will have to take it at the DMV.
All students are required to register and pay $320.00 for the behind-the-wheel instruction via our website prior to receiving their permit application from Mr. Riechers.
To Register: https://www.swtc.edu/drivered Mr. Riechers will contact the student to make arrangements to deliver the permit application once
registration and payment is completed. Students need to take the following information to the DMV to get their permit:
The signed permit application. A certified copy of your birth certificate and your social security card.
A parent/guardian must accompany you and have their signature notarized on the permit application at the DMV.
Pass the knowledge and highway signs test (if not taken and passed in the classroom) and vision screening.
Pay the applicable permit fee to the DMV by cash or check (payable to: Registration Fee Trust) Students need to contact Mr. Riechers within 60 days of receiving your permit to schedule your driving
Students meet at River Ridge High School for lessons. Students are required to drive (6) hours and observe (6) hours with an instructor. Students drive with another student based upon age and availability. Students need to bring their permit to each driving lesson. No flip-flops, sandals, open-toes or heels are allowed while driving. Lessons are scheduled after school, weekends and/or during holidays. Students will be contacted by Mr. Riechers if lessons are cancelled due to bad weather, school closings
or conflicts with your driving partner. Students are to contact Mr. Riechers if they forget when lessons are scheduled or they need to change
or cancel a scheduled lesson.
Lesson Cancellations
A $50 cancellation fee will be assessed to students who fail to contact Mr. Riechers at least (24) hours in advance of their scheduled lesson to cancel or fail to show up for their scheduled lesson.
Thursday, June 21 • Tuesday, June 26Friday, June 29 • Friday, July 20
Friday, July 27 • Tuesday, July 31
Family Resource Center800 E. Taylor St., Prairie du Chien, WI
Students are required to attend the entire day in order to obtain a completion card.
Class fee is $50 (scholarships available to those who qualify).Students should bring sack lunch. Pre-registration is required.
Class size is limited. Register early as classes fill up quickly!
2018 SAFE SITTER® CLASS DATES
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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APPROVeD MInuTeS OF THe ReGuLAR SCHOOL BOARD MeeTInG OF THe RIVeR RIDGe BOARD OF eDuCATIOn OF THe RIVeR RIDGe SCHOOL DISTRICT, GRAnT COunTy WISCOnSIn: APRIL 11, 2018 AT 5:30 PMI. Call to Order – Board President Kenny Nies called the meeting to order at 5:32PM
II. Roll Call – Present; Adam Guthrie, Kerri Schier, Jason Cathman, Kenny nies, Karla Irish, Cory Moravits. Absent; Cory Raisbeck
III. Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
IV. Statement of Notice – Board President Kenny Nies approved the posting and called the meeting official.
V. Appearances – There were no public appearances.
VI. Approval of MinutesA) January 10, 2018 Closed Session Minutes
B) March 14, 2018 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
C) March 14, 2018 Closed Session Minutes D) Motion Approval - Jason Cathman made a motion to approve the minutes. Karla Irish second-ed the motion and it passed on a voice vote.
VII. ReportsA) Finance – Kevin Kocer
i. FInAnCIAL STATeMenTS, ReCeIPTS, AnD exPenDITuReS – Business Manager Kevin Kocer presented the financial state-ments, receipts, and expenditures for March 2018. Cory Moravits made a motion to ap-prove the financial statement pending the audit of 2016/17 for revenues of $1,308,513.99 and expenditures of $586,520.53. Adam Guthrie seconded the motion and it passed on a 6-0 roll call vote.ii. APPROVe HeALTH, DenTAL, AnD VISIOn InSuRAnCe PReMIuM RATeS AnD ReneWAL – Brent Straka from Tricor Insurance gave an overview of the insurance fund. He recommended keeping the health and vision rates the same and raise the dental
$2.00 for a family plan and $1.00 for a single plan. Karla Irish made a motion to approve the recommendation. Jason Cathman seconded the motion and it passed on a 6-0 roll call vote.
B) Buildings and Grounds Committee Report Kenny Nies, Chair
i. DISCuSSIOn OF BLOOMInGTOn SITe Business Manager Kevin Kocer reported that he had received 3 bids on the Bloomington School Property.ii. MAInTenAnCe DIReCTOR’S RePORT Maintenance Director Jim Wunnicke gave a report on building maintenance and construc-tion progress.
C) Policy/Curriculum Committee – Kerri Schier, Chair gave a report on the April 4, 2018 meeting.
i. 447.1 STAFF uSe OF PHySICAL FORCE (revised) - 2nd readingii. 447.11 uSe OF SeCLuSIOn AnD PHySICAL ReSTRAInT (new) - 2nd read-ingiii. COACH/PLAyeR RATIO/COMPen-SATIOn – Discussioniv. eMPLOyee HAnDBOOK CHAnGe – Baseball/ Softball Coaching Compensationv. eMPLOyee HAnDBOOK CHAnGe – Non-Staff Coaching Compensationvi. COMPLAInT PROCeDuRe – Discussionvii. Adam Guthrie made a motion to ap-prove policies 1&2 and 4&5. Cory Moravits seconded the motion and it passed on a 6-0 voice vote.
D) Staff and Employee Relations Committee – Jason Cathman, Chair gave a report on the April 4, 2018 meeting.
E) Superintendent’s Report – Dr. Jeff Athey discussed some law changes affecting school safety planning and implementation.
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VIII. Old BusinessA) Approval of Early College Credit Program – Karla Irish made a motion to approve Olivia Loper for the Start College Now Program. Jason Cathman seconded the motion and it passed on a voice vote.
Ix. Convene into Closed Session Pursuant to Wiscon-sin Statutes 19.85(1)(e) to consider employment, pro-motion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Jason Cathman made a motion to convene into closed ses-sion. Cory Moravits seconded the motion and it passed on a 6-0 roll call vote. The meeting went into closed session at 6:43 PM
A) Bloomington Property Sale Proposal Evaluation
X. Reconvene in open session – Adam Guthrie made a motion to reconvene in open session. Karla Irish sec-onded the motion and it passed on a voice vote. The meeting went into open session at 7:25 PM
xI. Action, if any is required to be taken in open ses-sion, on closed session matters. No action was needed.
xII. External Site Plan Discussion – The board dis-cussed possible options for the external site plan.
xIII. Convene into Closed Session Pursuant to Wis-consin Statutes 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the govern-mental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibil-ity. Jason Cathman made a motion to Convene into closed session. Cory Moravits seconded the motion and it passed on a 6-0 roll call vote. The meeting went into closed session at 8:09 PM
A) Staffing Contracts
xIV. Reconvene in open session. - Adam Guthrie made a motion to reconvene in open session. Kerri Schier seconded the motion and it passed on a voice vote. The meeting went into open session at 9:17 PM
XV. Action, if any is required to be taken in open session, on closed session matters. - No action was needed.
xVI. Appearances – There were no public appear-ances.
xVII. InformationA) Upcoming Meeting Schedule
i. POLICy & CuRRICuLuM COMMIT-Tee MeeTInG – May 2, 2018 at 5:00 PMii. STAFF & eMPLOyee ReLATIOnS COM-MITTee MeeTInG – May 2, 2018 at 5:30 PM iii. SPeCIAL BOARD MeeTInG – May 2, 2018 at 6:30 PMiv. ReGuLAR BOARD MeeTInG – May 9, 2018 5:30 PM
xVIII. Adjourn – Jason Cathman made a motion to ad-journ. Cory Moravits seconded the motion and it passed on a voice vote. The meeting adjourned at 9:22 PM
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River Ridge School District - Educating Tomorrow’s Future
Board of Education
Kenneth Nies - President ....................... 988-4536 Kerri Schier - Vice President ................. 996-2242Cory Moravits -Secretary ....................... 988-4531Jason Cathman - Treasurer ..................... 994-3263Adam Guthrie- Member ......................... 778-7080Karla Irish - Member ............................. 996-2112Aaron Stagman - Member ...................... 994-2114
AdministrationDr. Jeff Athey - District Administrator ................994-2715 ext. 100Dr. Jeff Athey - elementary Principal ..................994-2715 ext. 100Clay Koenig - Middle/High School Principal .....994-2715 ext. 103Kevin Kocer - Business Manager ........................994-2715 ext. 104Amy Mezera - IeP Coordinator ..........................994-2715 ext. 302
