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Students in #VanguardPride 4K Adventures summer class decorated pots before planting seeds 🌱! It was fun and messy😄!
![Girl with paintbrush and paint with paper](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2693758/large_f_pic_3.png)
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Last week some of our wonderful staff members started👩🔧 👨🔧 assembling items for our Little Explorers area.
Stay tuned to see the final products set up in the #VanguardPride courtyard.💚💚💚
![Julie Horner and Kara Condon sitting under an activity table they assembled](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2693422/large_IMG-5304.jpg)
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If you've been past the #VanguardPride campus lately, you've seen more activities happening outside. 💚
![elementary entrance](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2693468/large_IMG_4863.jpg)
![new sidewalk outside elementary wing](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2693467/large_IMG_4845.jpg)
![curb work outside elementary entrance](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2693470/large_IMG_4862.jpg)
![dirt movement for school driveway entrance](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2693471/large_IMG_4865.jpg)
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Lost and Found
There were a few items left behind at Black Earth Elementary from summer school.
The pictures below show the items. To claim, contact the Black Earth Elementary school at 608-767-2251.
Items will be held until August 1st. Anything remaining will be donated.
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![Water bottles, sunglasses, hats](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2693141/large_IMG_3125.jpg)
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The Wisconsin Heights School District is currently seeking candidates for the following positions within the District for the 2022-2023 school year:
-Elementary Cook (2.5 hrs/day)
-Elementary Cook (3.5 hrs/day or can be combined with Special Education Assistant for a full-time position*)
-Special Education Assistant / Food Service*
-Special Education Assistant
-Elementary Mental Health/Student Support Specialist (one year assignment)
-MS/HS Physical Education Teacher and In-House Substitute (one year assignment)
-High School Head Cross Country Coach
-Assistant High School Football Coach
For more information or to apply, please visit WECAN at https://wecan.education.wisc.edu/#/
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Who doesn’t love playing board games with friends?! 🧩 Students are enjoying playing games and putting puzzles together during #VanguardPride summer school class ‘Games are Great’!
![2 girls playing the board game Sorry](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680688/large_B4.png)
![2 young children playing board game Candy Land](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680690/large_B3.png)
![3 students playing Monopoly board game](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680691/large_B2.png)
![4 boys sitting at table playing the board game Life](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680693/large_B1.png)
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Anything can be used to make art 🎨! Students used recycled materials and craft materials to make some very interesting #VanguardPride masterpieces!
![Students constructing a house on the floor](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680658/large_M4.png)
![Boy with his head inside a box and a plastic bottle on top](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680659/large_M3.png)
![Boy working at table with tape and construction paper](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680660/large_M2.png)
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The #VanguardPride Elementary School Supply List is available!
https://www.wisheights.k12.wi.us/o/whsd/page/wisconsin-heights-elementary
![Elementary School Supplies for 2022-2023 with an image of different school supplies showing](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2681733/large_elementary__1_.png)
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We had some summer school🔎#VanguardPride detectives at work!
Students worked together to solve mysteries by analyzing fingerprints, matching shoe impressions, looking at evidence, and examining handwriting!
![Boy kneeling on floor sketching](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680639/large_D4.png)
![2 boys working at a table sketching](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680640/large_D3.png)
![Boy taking his fingerprints](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680641/large_D2.png)
![A group of students analyzing prints in the dirt](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680642/large_D1.png)
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A years worth of holidays in one week?! Students participated in ‘Every Day is a Holiday’ during summer school! They celebrated Valentines Day 💝, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀, Easter 🐇, Halloween 🎃, and Christmas 🎄 by making a variety of #VanguardPride projects!
![Boy with fingers in colored shaving cream](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2680648/large_H1.png)
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The Wisconsin Heights School District is currently seeking candidates for the following positions within the District for the 2022-2023 school year:
• Elementary Cook (2.5 hrs/day)
• Elementary Cook (3.5 hrs/day or can be combined with Special Education Assistant for a full-time position)
• Special Education Assistant / Food Service
• Long Term High School Science Teacher (one year assignment)
• Elementary Mental Health/Student Support Specialist (one year assignment)
• High School Head Cross Country Coach
For more information or to apply, please visit WECAN at https://wecan.education.wisc.edu/#/
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Have a safe and Happy 4th of July, #VanguardPride community!
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We have been doing these monthly updates since May 2021, which makes this edition our 14th. That, in itself, is hard to believe, but what is even more amazing is all the work that has been accomplished during that timeframe. 😯
So much is getting done inside the elementary wing....the gym floor is getting finished, classrooms are all painted, and cabinetry is being installed.
The HS renovations continue this summer. The flooring in some of the halls and cafeteria are being replaced and we're making it through the four seasons of optimization with the HVAC systems.
That's just the inside!
With the school year ending at the beginning of this month, work has started outside with the elementary entrance and some of the parking lot work starting.
The #VanguardPride excitement continues! 💚💚💚
![Document with June progress on the one campus site and July plans](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2671433/large_June_One_Campus_Project_Update.png)
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Students made some wonderful bead crafts 📿 while listening to amazing stories 📚 during #VanguardPride Beads & Books!
![3 students at table with open laptop with beads](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2670638/large_Beads_4.png)
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🧙Students were sorted into their Hogwarts Houses, 🔍searched for Scabbers/Peter Pettigrew, made potions, decoded secret messages, 🎇searched for Horcruxes, and made quills all in their first week of #VanguardPride Heights @ Hogwarts✨!
![Boy sitting on ground looking down at paper](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2670615/large_Hog_3.png)
![Four girls sitting on sidewalk working on papers](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2670616/large_Hog_2.png)
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Summer Science Camp was a blast last week. Fun was had by all!
Enjoy the video recap from the UW: https://mediaspace.wisc.edu/media/Summer+Science+Camp+2022/1_gj69onhs
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Work continues this summer on new flooring in the #VanguardPride high school.
![Man installing new floor in cafeteria](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2664078/large_IMG-9763.jpg)
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![Hallway by guidance showing floor removed](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2664079/large_IMG-9760.jpg)
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Wisconsin Heights School District took the lead in applying for a Department of Workforce Innovation Grant to create a grow your own teacher program in our school district. We are collaborating with the Cambridge, Lodi, and Sauk Prairie School Districts on this exciting effort to support local students as they prepare to become the next generation of wonderful educators. Our four-district consortium of school districts was awarded a grant of $264,000 to support our GROW collaborative. Pictured L-R: Liz Dostal - WHSD MS/HS principal Vince Bruenig - Lodi District Administrator Governor Tony Evers Dr. Jordan Sinz - WHSD District Administrator Dr. Chanda Kulow - Sauk Prairie Curriculum and Instruction Director #VanguardPride
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Chaperones Sr. Hruby and Ms. Kanwar took 6 students on this year's Spanish trip. They visited Galveston, Texas where highlights were a Segway tour visiting historical locations throughout Galveston and watching the sunrise on the beach. Next was San Antonio where they visited some of the Spanish missions (San Juan, Concepcion, Espada) as well as the Alamo. There was also record heat while they were in Texas which made their 20 mile bike ride in San Antonio challenging. The last part of their trip they spent in Sedona, Arizona. A hike at Red Rock State Park was a favorite of the travelers and they were able to visit the Grand Canyon as well. ¡Fue un buen viaje
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Congratulations to #VanguardPride staff members, Kelly Kroon and Josie Geishirt!🥳
Both Josie and Kelly achieved National Board Certification, which is a voluntary process. As part of the process, Josie and Kelly had to demonstrate that they were accomplished teachers through videotaping themselves teaching, showing they know how to take each child's strengths and needs into account, and how to design appropriate assessments. They also took a test to show their knowledge of literacy.
There are about 1600 National Board Certified Teachers in Wisconsin.
Pictured: Peggy Wirtz-Olsen, president of WEAC, Kelly, Governor and Mrs. Evers (Josie unable to attend)
![Kelly with Governor Evers, his wife, and another individual](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/2653922/large_image__1_.png)