Tag Archives: Region 15

Germantown H.S. safe driving campaign wins $100K prize

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FOX6Now.com: A teens first year on the road is the most dangerous, and State Farm Insurance is working to keep our first year drivers safe. The company launched a ‘Celebrate My Drive’ campaign and many high schools answered the call, but only 22 nationwide were award the grand prize and one of them is right here in southeastern Wisconsin.

There was more noise than normal inside Germantown High School’s cafeteria on Friday, December 4th.

“This is truly exciting,” said School Board President, Bob Soderberg.

After many weeks of long hours and tight deadlines, the school was awarded for their efforts.

“It is with great honor today, we congratulate your school, Germantown High School. and will hand over a $100,000 grant,” said Bernie Furlong, State Farm Agent.

The check was earned after the students made a PSA, it was part of the State Farm ‘Celebrate My Drive’ campaign — an initiative to ensure teens are being safe while on the road.

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Shorewood School District raises $1 million for STEAM programs

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After seven months of fundraising, the Shorewood School District now has an additional $1 million to invest in STEM and STEAM programs, which teaches science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.

In April, an anonymous community foundation awarded the district a matching $500,000 grant to support STEM and STEAM programs. Ted Knight, the district’s chief advancement officer, was tasked with raising an additional $500,000 by the end of the year in order to keep the matching grant.

Knight went before the school board on Tuesday, Nov. 24 to report the district had met its goal a month before deadline. He said the fundraising effort was a “true community-wide team achievement” made up of 350 donations ranging from 20 cents to $50,000.

“This achievement shows Shorewood is a very special place, and the community is capable of great things,” Knight said.

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McKinley Elementary is first Wauwatosa school to compost lunch waste

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Students, parents and teachers at McKinley Elementary started a composting initiative for leftover lunch waste when school began this year — partnering with local composting service Compost Crusaders, McKinley’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and teachers introduced composting bins and compostable bags to the cafeteria.

Beginning on Sept. 8, students were able to dispose of lunch waste in three bins in the cafeteria: composting, recycling and landfill waste. Within four days of composting, the school had diverted 78.8 percent of its lunch food waste through composting and recycling.

“The impact is greater than just composting,” McKinley Art Teacher Jenny Leigh said. “Teaching the youngest of people the ways to help their planet, it ripples out into our water, our air quality, soil quality, food quality. It’s a much bigger effect.”

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Team challenge promotes student collaboration in Oconomowoc

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An Oconomowoc eighth-grade algebra class worked on understanding the skills associated with being a productive team member by attempting to accomplish hands-on task.

Each group of four students was made up of a resource manager, a facilitator, a recorder and a task manager. Students were given raw materials, including bendy straws, tape, scissors and a golf ball. Their assignment was to work together to fashion something out of these materials that would catch a golf ball dropped from six feet in the air. Read more.