School District of Waukesha

Back-to-School is one of our favorite times of year. We are excited to introduce and welcome our new staff to Waukesha! Hillcrest Elementary School: - Lyndsey Jeffries: Gr. 2 Teacher - Kate Paszkiewicz: Special Education Teacher - Melanie Steib: Kindergarten Teacher - Jessica Nettekoven: Special Education Teacher We are proud to have you call Waukesha home! #waukeshaproud

Back-to-School is one of our favorite times of year. We are excited to introduce and welcome our new staff to Waukesha! Heyer Elementary School: - Adriana Hernandez - Special Education TeacherTeacher We are proud to have you call Waukesha home! #waukeshaproud

Back-to-School is one of our favorite times of year. We are excited to introduce and welcome our new staff to Waukesha! Hawthorne Elementary School: - Saydey Bosmans - Special Education Teacher - Melanie Lempke - School Psychologist - Vanessa Lopez Rodriguez - Special Education Teacher - Maria Marruffo - Bilingual Special Education Teacher - Sandra Matheus - Gr. 3 Teacher - Jorge Mayorga - Physical Education Teacher - Evelyn Rivas - Bilingual Special Education Teacher - Michelle Salas Lazo - Gr. 5 Dual Language Teacher - Erin Scharf - Bilingual Special Education Teacher We are proud to have you call Waukesha home! #waukeshaproud

Hawthorne Elementary School hosted its Back to School Night on Wednesday, August 28th. Families and students could visit their classrooms, meet their teachers, and see the new addition to their playground. Hawthorne is the first of many schools in the Waukesha School District to add a communication board to the playground. Hawthorne Special Education Teacher Sydney Liederbach and Speech Pathologists MacKenzie Jensen and Desiree Wachtendonk proposed the project. The board includes frequently used vocabulary specific to the playground in the form of pictures, symbols, and words in both English and Spanish. This will allow scholars who have difficulty with communication (e.g., non-speaking, minimally speaking, and those who are difficult to understand) access to interact with staff and peers while outside for recess. Hillcrest, Prairie, and Summit View all have signage in progress.

Back-to-School is one of our favorite times of year. We are excited to introduce and welcome our new staff to Waukesha! Hadfield Elementary School: - Laura Sandblom - Gr. 3 Teacher We are proud to have you call Waukesha home! #waukeshaproud

Back-to-School is one of our favorite times of year. We are excited to introduce and welcome our new staff! Bethesda Elementary School: - Shannon Burback - School Psychologist - Cristina Sandoval Argueta - Gr. 5 Dual Language Teacher - Abbey Wilson - Dual Language Kindergarten We are proud to have you call Waukesha home! #waukeshaproud

Back-to-School is one of our favorite times of year. We are excited to introduce and welcome our new staff to Waukesha! Banting Elementary School: - Tathiana Carnevalle - Bilingual Special Education - Mitchell Henes - Physical Education - Stephanie Plewa - School Psychologist - Lili Templeman - Art Teacher We are proud to have you call Waukesha home!

We are so glad to see these fantastic individuals back in our buildings. The 2024-2025 school year is going to be a great one!

On Thursday, the Waukesha South High School AVID team wrapped up the AVID Summer Institute in Minneapolis, MN. We are excited to share photos of how proud this AVID team was to celebrate Mr. Schreier! AVID selected Dan as a featured speaker, and we can't wait to share a video of Dan's speech! Are you looking forward to hearing Dan's speech? Give this post some likes! #waukeshaproud #avid

Congratulations, Joey Cantrall! Joey is the Waukesha North High School, Class of 2024, Salutatorian. Joey will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Finance and Statistics.

Congratulations, Waukesha North High School, Class of 2024, Valedictorian Jackson Piacsek! Jackson will attend Hillsdale College in Michigan, majoring in Financial Management and playing golf for the Hillsdale Chargers.

Welcome back, Waukesha! We hope that you had an enjoyable break and are ready to head down the home stretch of the 2023-2024 school year! #waukeshaproud

National Assistant Principals Week is here! From April 1 to 5, 2024, the School District of Waukesha will celebrate its excellent assistant principals. Mr. Schlei has been a familiar face in the halls at Waukesha North. Brian served as the Athletic Director/Assistant Principal for nine years and became the Assistant Principal in 2022.

National Assistant Principals Week is here! From April 1 to 5, 2024, the School District of Waukesha will celebrate its excellent assistant principals. Christina Ali has been an Assistant Principal at Waukesha North High School for six years. She also co-facilitates Homecoming, Freshmen Welcome Day, and Student Government.

The Family and Consumer Science students and staff at Waukesha South High School were proud to welcome 36 hungry guests into their culinary world to share how they have embraced their hands-on approach to learning by planning, growing, and harvesting their own food using hydroponics. Thanks to grant seed money, a partnership between environmental education and family and consumer science has grown into Embedded Agriculture. Our mission is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to lead healthy and sustainable lifestyles through our Embedded Agriculture program. Our program offers hands-on gardening and farming experiences that promote environmental stewardship, while also integrating farm-to-table education into the school curriculum. Through our Family and Consumer Science courses, we strive to educate students on the importance of nutrition, food safety, and cooking skills to create healthy and sustainable meals. We are committed to promoting food justice and providing equitable access to fresh, locally-grown produce for all students. Our goal is to inspire a lifelong appreciation for healthy eating habits, sustainable food systems, and community involvement.

Congratulations to the West Academic Decathlon team! They are State Bound and will compete tomorrow in Green Bay at the KI Convention Center. Good luck Wolverines!

Congrats, North Jazz Ensemble! The North Jazz Ensemble performed at Jazz Fest on Thursday where they were able to have solos and groups judged, as well as perform with guest artist Derek Brown. The Jazz Ensemble qualified for State with this performance, which will be held on May 2nd at Carroll University.

The Horning Middle School FLIGHT teams participated in the Fluid Power competition at WCTC in Waukesha last week and brought back a few awards! Overall Champions: Miles L., Levi M., Louis B., and Gunar A. 1st Place in Challenge: Ariel M., Eleni G., and Maci E. 1st Place in Design: Kiena S., Elise H., Bella B., and Leah S. The Fluid Power Action Challenge is a STEM-based competition that challenges middle school students to solve an engineering problem using fluid power. The students work in teams to design and build a fluid power mechanism and compete against other teams in a timed competition. To learn more about the Fluid Power Action Challenge, visit their website: https://nfpafoundation.org/

On Wednesday evening, the Board of Education approved the new Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at Waukesha North High School. Eric Plitzuweit will join the North team beginning July 1, 2024! Mr. Plitzuweit comes to North after serving the past 15 years as the Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at Burlington High School. Before working in Burlington, he was a teacher and administrator in Rochester, Minnesota, and Twentynine Palms, California. Additionally, Eruc is currently the president-elect of the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association (WADA) and serves on the WIAA Board of Control. He is also the WADA Communications Director, leading the organization's social media efforts and facilitating professional development for athletic directors statewide. Welcome to Waukesha, Eric!

Did you know that in 2022, the School District of Waukesha Staff raised $18,000 for the Waukesha Education Foundation through Casual for a Cause? So far this year, we have raised $21,900! Staff members in the School District of Waukesha are typically expected to dress professionally during the school day. However, Thursdays are the exception to the rule when staff members can pay $5 to wear jeans to work, and that donation goes directly to the Foundation's grant funds. 100% of the dollars raised from this initiative are added to our available grant dollars. This is a fantastic contribution that positively impacts the WEF grant program. By purchasing a semester of "Thursday Casual Jeans Days," staff members are eligible for various prizes. The most coveted raffle drawing prize is having Dr. Sebert as their substitute for the day, giving them a much-deserved day off! Congratulations to Waukesha North Math Teacher Leslie Potter and Third Grade Teacher Karen Burr at Hillcrest for winning the drawing and enjoying your day off!