RED HAWK REPORT MARCH 2016 PAGE 1 Milton High School 114 W. High Street Milton, WI 53563 Main Office: (608) 868-9300 Activities Office: (608) 868-9565 Attendance Line: (608) 868-9340 Counseling Office: (608) 868-9560 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Greetings, Facility Advisory Community Team (or F.A.C.T.) As you may have followed in the news, the School District of Milton School Board is in the process of commissioning a community advisory team to help with the process of addressing the facility needs within the district. The charge of this team will be to carry forward the work that has been done to evaluate the current facility needs and to bring forward options. While the charge is to look at the full K-12 solutions, the High School certainly is part of the equation. The team will be made up of community members who self nominate themselves for the process. The timeline for any recommendations will be set by the team once they form, but they could come as early as the end of June. For those who are interested in reviewing any of the documents on the facility assessments or information from the meetings, the district has posted all the materials on the District Webpage: www.milton.k12.wi.us Please look for the "Instructional and Facility Needs" link. While there is a lot of information on the web page, please do not hesitate to contact me with questions. Likewise, the official tours of the high school will resume in the near future - but if you would like to see the building prior to the posted tours, please do call the high school and arrangements can be made. Changes at Semester At the start of every second semester, I receive calls from parents of students who have had a schedule change and a "teacher switch" at semester. I realize that it can be hard to change teachers at semester, having gotten used to the expectations and style of a particular person. However, due to the complexity of the high school schedule and the increasing variety and scope of courses that we offer, I am forced to "semesterize" the schedule. This means that I need to allow the program that schedules students to change teachers at semester. If we did not do this and "locked" students schedules to a specific teacher for the year, there would literally be hundreds of more schedule conflicts. Students would not get the classes they wanted. Changing teachers is not always negative. It allows for students to experience different styles and puts them in the position of learning to adapt to something new - which is also a skill that our kids need. If you have questions or concerns, please do feel free to contact me at the high school. Have a wonderful March everyone and Go Red Hawks! J. Jeremiah Bilhorn Principal, Milton High School 114 W. High St. Milton, WI 53563 Office: (608) 868-9300 Email: [email protected]Tweeting at: https://twitter.com/MiltonPrincipal March Calendar of Events: 1st: ACT Testing-for all juniors 2nd: ACT WorkKeys Testing-for all juniors 4th: No School - Professional Development Day 8th: Reality Check 21st-25th: No School—Spring Break 28th: Classes Resume Issue 7 MARCH 2016 RED HAWK REPORT NEWS YOU CAN USE... Family Access Mid-Term & Report Card Release Dates: Grading Period Release Date Mid-Term 3 2/26/16 Qtr. 3 4/08/16 Mid-Term 4 5/06/16 Qtr. 4/Sem. 2 6/07/16 E-mail notification will be sent to parents after grades have been posted to Family Access.
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RED HAWK REPORT MARCH 2016
PAGE 1
Milton High School
114 W. High Street
Milton, WI 53563
Main Office: (608) 868-9300
Activities Office: (608) 868-9565
Attendance Line: (608) 868-9340
Counseling Office: (608) 868-9560
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Greetings,
Facility Advisory Community Team (or F.A.C.T.)
As you may have followed in the news, the School District of Milton School Board is in the
process of commissioning a community advisory team to help with the process of
addressing the facility needs within the district. The charge of this team will be to carry
forward the work that has been done to evaluate the current facility needs and to bring
forward options. While the charge is to look at the full K-12 solutions, the High School
certainly is part of the equation. The team will be made up of community members who
self nominate themselves for the process. The timeline for any recommendations will be
set by the team once they form, but they could come as early as the end of June.
For those who are interested in reviewing any of the documents on the facility
assessments or information from the meetings, the district has posted all the materials on
the District Webpage: www.milton.k12.wi.us Please look for the "Instructional and
Facility Needs" link. While there is a lot of information on the web page, please do not
hesitate to contact me with questions. Likewise, the official tours of the high school will
resume in the near future - but if you would like to see the building prior to the posted
tours, please do call the high school and arrangements can be made.
Changes at Semester
At the start of every second semester, I receive calls from parents of students who have
had a schedule change and a "teacher switch" at semester. I realize that it can be hard to
change teachers at semester, having gotten used to the expectations and style of a
particular person. However, due to the complexity of the high school schedule and the
increasing variety and scope of courses that we offer, I am forced to "semesterize" the
schedule. This means that I need to allow the program that schedules students to change
teachers at semester. If we did not do this and "locked" students schedules to a specific
teacher for the year, there would literally be hundreds of more schedule
conflicts. Students would not get the classes they wanted.
Changing teachers is not always negative. It allows for students to experience different
styles and puts them in the position of learning to adapt to something new - which is also
a skill that our kids need.
If you have questions or concerns, please do feel free to contact me
Emily Holden, Cora Persons, Hannah Jeffson, and Braxtyn Church
Class A – 2 Rating
-Devin Servin – Tenor Saxophone Solo
-Clarinet Quartet – Anna Harvatine, Ian Dobson, Cora Persons, Amelia Faist
BAND NEWS
BAND NEWS CONTINUED ON PAGE 7...
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Class B – 1 Rating
-Mckinley Gookin – Trombone Solo
-Rachel Thomas – French Horn Solo
-Grace Mawhinny – Clarinet Solo
-Tristin Langer – Alto Saxophone Solo
-Rebecca Parker – Flute Solo
-Eden Bloom – Flute Solo
-Anna Quade – Violin Solo
-Eden Bloom and Erin Greschner – Flute Duet
-Devin Servin and Logan Servin – Misc. Duet
-Logan Servin and Connor Shannon – Misc. Duet
-Emily Suiter and Sophie Teubert – Alto Saxophone Duet
Class B – 2 Rating
-Marilla Smith – Clarinet Solo
-Sydney Miller and Gabby Leith – Trumpet Duet
-Brandon Zabel and Alexis Stesney – Trumpet Duet
Class C – 1 Rating
-May Willison – Piano Solo
-Lia Tan – Piano Solo
-Rachel Thomas – Piano Solo
Instrumental music director Mr. Nathan Pierce would like to congratulate all students who participated
in the district solo/ensemble festival on their excellent performances.
...BAND NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6
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REALITY CHECK On Tuesday, March 8th all Milton High School seniors and students in the Accounting classes will be participating
in the Reality Check event being held in Gym 2 at Milton High School. Over 80 community members will be volun-
teering their time for the event. Approximately 400 students from MHS and Edgerton High School will take part in
the financial simulation.
If you are not familiar with what the Reality Check event is, here is a description:
An Interactive, Hands-On Financial Literacy Event·
An interactive program for students designed to demonstrate the importance of sound money management skills.
A partnership between Edgerton High School, Milton High School, and the business communities in that it pro-vides an opportunity for over 350 high school seniors to connect with community business representatives in
an authentic situation.
An event that gives students a chance to test their budgeting skills using actual prices for products and ser-vices in a safe environment.
An event that provides insight into career selection and how that career selection will play a part in a student’s financial future.
A “cool project” that makes classroom learning relevant to students!
COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS NEWS
Amy Kenyon,
Business Teacher/
CTE Coordinator
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FFA NEWS
FFA STUDENTS COMPETE IN THE FFA DISTRICT
SPEAKING CONTEST
Milton FFA students competed at the District FFA Speaking contest in February against other FFA chap-
ters in the area. Pictured below L-R: Kiara Heussner, Kailey Persons, and Paig Stilen. The girls are tak-
ing selfies before they compete.
Pictured below L-R: Cal Steed, Brooke Berlin, Kate Vickerman, Alexis Reily, Cora Persons, and Caitlyn Wileman. This parliamentary procedure team earned 1st place and will be competing at sectionals for a chance to compete at state.
FFA NEWS CONTINUED ON PAGE 11...
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FFA OFFICERS TAKE THE PLUNGE:
Some of the FFA officers took the plunge and were awarded the best dressed award. Pictured L-R: Mrs. Skemp, Cora Persons, Andrea Kittleson, and Caitlyn Wileman. Not pictured: Matt Mawhinney
START THINKING SPRING:
The Plant Science ES class has started to think spring and prepare for the annual FFA Plant Sale. The FFA Plant Sale starts on Wednesday, May 4th @ 10am-6pm, continues Thursday, May 5th and Friday, May 6th from 3pm-5pm, Saturday May 7th from 9am-3pm, Saturday May 14th from 9am-3pm, and the final sale date is Saturday, May 21st from 9am-3pm. Danny Abitante is pictured be-low transplanting perennial seedlings into 4-packs.
...FFA NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
FFA NEWS CONTINUED ON PAGE 12...
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AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT/FFA WAS AWARDED TWO
GRANTS
Mrs. Skemp was awarded a grant from Dupont Pioneer in the amount of $2,600.00. This grant will allow
her to attend the CASE training June 6-16 at South Dakota State University. At the training Mrs. Skemp
will learn how to incorporate the plant science inquiry CASE curriculum into her existing plant science
class.
Past Milton HIgh School/FFA member, Nick Venable helped award the FFA with a $2,500.00 award by
nominating the chapter. This money will be used to purchase a tractor that can be restored. The stu-
dents with Mr. Lee will rebuild a tractor as a class project.
VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM TAKES
THE PLUNGE & HAS THE HIGHEST FUND-
RAISER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
The varsity girls basketball team collected donations and plunged for Special
Olympics in February. The team raised a large amount of money, and Bailee
Collins was the highest fundraiser for Milton High School. Pictured is Bailee