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A big thank you to Mrs. Kapp's class for helping our Girls on the Run teams with their service project for the Highland Animal Shelter. They donated several cat beds. It's not too late to send in a donation. We'll be delivering them on Thursday!
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Congratulations to Mrs. Kapp's class for completing their 100 walking miles!
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Congratulations to Miss Detweiler, Mrs. Mehrtens, Miss Terschluse and Mrs. Thies for being nominated for Madison Communications' Teacher of the Year! Also congratulations to Mr. Gindler who is not pictured.
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4th graders met with the Highland band directors on Friday. They got to try out on all of the different instruments in preparation for next year’s 5th Grade Band at HE.
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We celebrated our fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer this afternoon with "Slime the Staff Member". Mr. Skinner, Mrs. Minford and Mrs. Ford were chosen as the targets. Our school raised $3,188.12 in memory of our beloved Mr. Dempsey.
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Our paraprofessionals are the best! We couldn't do it without them.
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We can blast through the IAR tests!
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A lot of HE students and staff celebrated St. Patrick's Day!
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Ms. Guse's class culminated their pi math activities with pieces of pie!
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Our Girls on the Run season has begun!
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Congratulations to our fifth graders who participated in the Band Solo and Ensemble contest on Saturday. All earned an Excellent, the highest rating that can be earned!
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Mrs. Ford's champion basketball team took on the faculty today. It was a nail-biter!
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Sgt Steinbeck plays music and greets our students with a smile each morning. He brought friendship bracelets to the students today. What a kind gesture! Thank you for making our days brighter, Sgt. Steinbeck!
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100X’s PRACTICE CHALLENGE
The 5th grade band students were challenged to practice a specific piece out of their band book 100 times during the month of January. Congratulations to those students who completed the challenge and celebrated today with food, games and by performing the piece together with their principals, Mrs. Miscik and Mrs. Brauns.
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Mrs. Plebanek’s and Mr. Conway’s fourth grade classes study forces and motion in science class using paper roller coasters and marbles!
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Congratulations to our 2023 Spelling Bee winners: Champion Maggie and Runners Up Beckett and Noah!
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The district Santa Band did their annual tour to finish off the semester! It’s a special tradition that has been going on for many, many years!
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Cederhurst residents enjoyed some caroling by Mrs. Mehrtens’s third graders!
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We had some festive greeters this morning!
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The Holiday Dodgeball Tournament is underway!
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