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Thursday, December 29, 2011 Pulaski News -Page 7 by Ayriel Rihn The Pulaski Area Commu- nity Education (PACE) orga- nization granted mini-grants to several teachers throughout the Pulaski Community School District. These grants are de- signed to help teachers buy supplies needed to enhance stu- dents learning experience. The grants were awarded to teachers at all levels from elementary to high school classrooms. Twelve teachers applied for and received a mini- grant, and, in total, they were received more than $4,000 in funds. Pulaski High School had four applications submitted. Among them was science teacher Melissa Wojcik, who received $494 for kits to help students understand the mo- lecular mechanisms of water, an abstract concept that high school students often struggle with. The FACS department re- ceived $500, while Margo Petroll was granted $359 toward a teen-intervention program. Social studies teacher Paula Krause was granted $125 to purchase iPad apps for her students, many of which are enrolled in advanced place- ment (AP) classes. Among the Pulaski Commu- nity Middle School Staff, Jeff Uelmen, Spanish teacher, was granted $400 for his “Capture it on Camera” project. The money will be used to buy two Sony Bloggie Touch Video Cameras that can be used for a variety of activities. Joining him is Kelly Koller, a technology teacher, who was granted $500 towards a solar- powered birdhouse camera. Finally, Barb Forsberg was granted $100 towards team- building activity supplies. Numerous elementary school teachers received grants as well, including Kathleen Olsen, a 4th grade teacher from Glenbrook who received $500.00 to help improve her math classes by purchasing “Think Tank” math cards to enhance learning. From Sunnyside, Becky Stapel and Megan Mills-Koe- hler were granted $250 towards a “Kindness Counts” group that will involve the elemen- tary kids with the community. Cora Boucher from Assump- tion B.V.M. was granted $250 towards a Skype Connection that will allow the children in her class to enhance their reading program. “Skype reading will allow the students to ‘read it to someone’ outside the class- room.” Boucher said. Teachers that work at various locations throughout the district wide were also given grants. Elementary support teach- ers schools were awarded $500 for the Leveled Literacy Inter- vention to help struggling K-3 readers. Also, Deborah Dolata was awarded $499 for an iPad purchase intended to help stu- dents who are not native Eng- lish-speakers learn easier. PACE awards mini-grants PCSD teachers nominated for Golden Apples More than 100 Pulaski Community School District teachers were nominated for Golden Apple awards. They are: Brenda Alicea – Sunnyside Elementar; Al- exandra Anderson – Fairview Elementary Jared Bankson – Sunnyside Elementary; Becky Barry – Hillcrest Elementary; Jackie Baumann - Sunnyside Elementary ; Jessica Belanger - Hillcrest Elementary; Kevin Bleck - Hillcrest and Lannoye Elementary; Andrew Bock - PCMS; Nicole Borley - Pulaski High ; Cora Boucher - Assump- tion BVM; Carol Bourguignon - Lannoye Elementary ;Lisa Bowen - Lannoye Elementa- ry; Jill Brock - PCMS; Carrie Burch - PCMS; Kelly Calaway - Sunnyside Elementary; Megan Carroll - Glenbrook El- ementary; Sarah Casper - Fair- view Elementary Jacqueline Coenen - Lannoye Elementary; Mary Connolly - Sunnyside Elementary ; Clarence Crane - Pulaski High ; Brittany DeLar- uelle - Fairview Elementary; James Doell - PCMS; Sharon Ellner - Lannoye Elementary ‘ Russ Finnessy-Cook - Hill- crest Elementary; Michelle Fjelstad - Sunnyside Elemen- tary; Paul Ford - PCMS; Pat Fullerton - PCMS; Tricia Ful- lerton - Sunnyside Elementary; Linda Gantz - Lannoye Ele- mentary ; Holly Gehri - Pulaski District; Jeff Gosse - Pulaski High; Lori Gray - Hillcrest El- ementary; Neil Hamel - Fair- view Elementary; Stephanie Heezen - Lannoye Elementary; Ashley Hendricks - Sunnyside Elementary ; Christopher Hen- dricks - Glenbrook Elementary ; Katie Herms - Pulaski Dis- trict Jane Hinderman - Glen- brook Elementary; Danelle Hocking - PCMS; Sara Hoff- mann - PCMS; Sarah Hover- son - Lannoye Elementary; Jamie Hubbard - PCMS; Paula Johnson - Lannoye Elemen- tary; Lynn Kabat - PCMS; Bec Kane - PCMS; Staci Karcz - Lannoye Elementary; Kathy Kelsey - PCMS; Betty Kestly - Hillcrest Elementary; Heather King - Sunnyside Elementary; Kelli King-Her- man - Glenbrook Elementary; Amanda Kinney - Lannoye Elementary; Marc Klawiter - Lannoye Elementary ; Melissa Knox - PCMS; Sarah Kohls - PCMS Kari Kropp - Glen- brook Elementary; Elizabeth Kust - PCMS; Dave Landers - PCMS; Joan Ladowski - As- sumption BVM; Christy Le- pinski - Lannoye Elementary; Kelly Logue - PCMS; Tony Logue - PCMS ; Sara Malchow - Glenbrook Elementary; Mary Marlowe - Sunnyside Elemen- tary; Jon McCarthy - PCMS; Arin McComb - Sunnyside Elementary; Susan McMahon - Lannoye Elementary; Dexter McNabb - Pulaski High; Ellen Melberg - Glenbrook Elemen- tary; Bill Mihalski - PCMS; Jill Miller - Glenbrook El- ementary; Tina Mills - PCMS; Megan Mills-Koehler - Sun- nyside Elementary; Shannon Minzlaff - Hillcrest Elemen- tary; Susan Moore - Sunnyside Elementary; Trisha Nguyen - Lannoye Elementary; Michelle Nick - Hillcrest Elementary; Jodi Nickels - Pulaski High; Holly Nieuwenhuis - PCMS; Sarah Olson - Glenbrook Ele- mentary; Tricia Paul - Hillcrest Elementary; Sarah Pautz - Sun- nyside Elementary; Wayne Pierre - Glenbrook Elementary; Mary Pierson - Lannoye El- ementary; Kim Polasik - Hill- crest Elementary; Joshua Pratt - PCMS; Michelle Prestine - Hillcrest Elementary; Patrick Rades - Glenbrook Elementa- ry; David Reinking - Hillcrest Elementary; Jonathan Rhode - PCMS; Macy Roberts - PCMS ; Sally Robertson - Glenbrook Elementary; Jessica Rosen- berg - Sunnyside Elementary; Jodi Sams - Assumption BVM; Theodore Sarosiek - PCMS; Joel Schauske - Lannoye El- ementary; Jane School - Sun- nyside Elementary; Tina Seewald - PCMS; Kimberly Silvers - Sunnyside Elementa- ry Sheila Skalecki - Glenbrook Elementary; Daniel Slempkes - Glenbrook Elementary; Randi Snowberry - Hillcrest Elementary; Margaret Sobieck - Hillcrest Elementary;l Sarah Spitzer - Fairview Elementary; Jenny Stahlik - PCMS; Susan Stiede - Hillcrest Elementa- ry; Matthew Stoehr - PCMS; Kathryn Tennant - PCMS; Jessica Ullmer - Hillcrest El- ementary; Jessica Vanden Heuvel - Hillcrest Elemen- tary; Bridget Wade - Lannoye Elementary; Jodie Walker - Lannoye Elementary; Brenda Wertel - Sunnyside Elemen- tary; Katie Williams - Assump- tion BVM; Melissa Wojcik - Pulaski High; Rhoda Wood - Fairview Elementary and Amy Wright - PCMS. Students of the month Grace Kaiser Attitude by Jack FitzGerald Grace Kaiser was recently named Pulaski High School Student of the Month for At- titude during the month of No- vember. Kaiser, currently in her senior year at PHS, has re- mained involved in several dif- ferent organizations and teams throughout her time spent in the school. She plays both tennis and soccer, and is also a member of both the Leo club and the Spanish Club. During the 2011 tennis season, she was named Second Team All Conference for her efforts on the court. Despite her extensive co- curricular involvement, Kaiser is honored to have been chosen as Student of Month. Looking back at her time spent at PHS, she had only positive memories to share. “It feels great to be rec- ognized for my attitude and I feel truly honored. I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve had a good high school career,” Kaiser said. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, as well as wake- boarding and shopping. Upon graduating from PHS in May, Kaiser plans to study at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin- Madison. Students take part in Wisconsin quiz bowl by Matt Zey Eleven Glenbrook fifth graders teamed up to compete in the Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl on Nov. 15. The Thinking Cap is a statewide, 100-question, multiple-choice computer test. For students, the ques- tions were sometimes diffi- cult to answer, but they could usually come up with the right answer using teamwork. The fifth graders that made up the team at Glenbrook Elementary School included: Lexi Ireland, Owen Heinz, Michael Janes, Mariyah Bartz, Gabe Koepke, Ben Pamperin, Brian Whitney, Becca May, Danayah Cantoral, Logan Lukasik and Michael Berna. “It was challenging. We all knew different parts so when we worked together it turned out really neat,” said students Alexandria Ireland, Gabe Koepke and Becca May. According to Jill Miller, the Glenbrook teacher in charge of guiding the quiz bowl team, participants were chosen by academic strength, teacher rec- ommendation and test scores. The students had to answer questions from a variety of areas, including most curricu- lum areas. The questions re- quired higher level thinking, and, not only did teams earn points by getting the correct answer, but they had to do it quickly as well. To improve the speed, the team was divided into real world roles, such as facilitator, time keeper, reader and techni- cian. Students had the oppor- tunity to practice a few weeks before the competition. “One thing I liked was people got their own jobs, like the timer or mouse clicker,” said student Gabe Koepke. As a result of their hard work and superb thinking skills, the Glenbrook team placed 11 out of 24 Wisconsin schools. “They worked well as a team, the respect for each other was the best yet,” said Miller. Check out more school news online! www.pulaskinews.org Academics by Jack FitzGerald During the month of No- vember, senior Luke Baranc- zyk was named the Pulaski High School’s academic Student of the Month. Baranczyk has been in- volved in numerous activities throughout his four years at PHS: he is the secretary for Spanish Club, he holds a po- sition on the board of direc- tors for Leo Club, participates in the Red Raider Marching Band, and, finally, is a member of the varsity boy’s golf squad. Despite his extensive in- volvement, Baranczyk’s proud- est accomplishments in high school are earning a 4.0 cu- mulative grade point average, being a member of the National Honor Society, and being se- lected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band. While Baranczyk has re- mained busy at PHS, he would not do anything differently. “I wouldn’t change anything about my high school career, I wouldn’t have grown to be who I am today if I did,” Baranczyk said. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, mountain biking, muscle cars, four wheeling and snowmobiling. After high school, Baranc- zyk plans to attend UTI in Glendale Heights, Ill., for au- tomotive/automotive perfor- mance and Ford Accelerated Credential Training. Luke Baranczyk www.pulaskinews.org
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 Pulaski News -Page 7
by Ayriel RihnThe Pulaski Area Commu-
nity Education (PACE) orga-nization granted mini-grants to several teachers throughout the Pulaski Community School District. These grants are de-signed to help teachers buy supplies needed to enhance stu-dents learning experience.
The grants were awarded to teachers at all levels from elementary to high school classrooms. Twelve teachers applied for and received a mini-grant, and, in total, they were received more than $4,000 in funds.
Pulaski High School had four applications submitted. Among them was science teacher Melissa Wojcik, who received $494 for kits to help students understand the mo-lecular mechanisms of water, an abstract concept that high school students often struggle with.
The FACS department re-ceived $500, while Margo Petroll was granted $359 toward a teen-intervention program. Social studies teacher Paula Krause was granted $125 to purchase iPad apps for her students, many of which are enrolled in advanced place-ment (AP) classes.
Among the Pulaski Commu-nity Middle School Staff, Jeff Uelmen, Spanish teacher, was granted $400 for his “Capture it on Camera” project. The money will be used to buy two Sony Bloggie Touch Video Cameras that can be used for a variety of activities.
Joining him is Kelly Koller, a technology teacher, who was granted $500 towards a solar-powered birdhouse camera. Finally, Barb Forsberg was granted $100 towards team-building activity supplies.
Numerous elementary school teachers received grants as well, including Kathleen Olsen, a 4th grade teacher from Glenbrook who received $500.00 to help improve her math classes by purchasing “Think Tank” math cards to enhance learning.
From Sunnyside, Becky Stapel and Megan Mills-Koe-hler were granted $250 towards a “Kindness Counts” group that will involve the elemen-tary kids with the community. Cora Boucher from Assump-tion B.V.M. was granted $250 towards a Skype Connection that will allow the children in her class to enhance their reading program.
“Skype reading will allow the students to ‘read it to someone’ outside the class-room.” Boucher said.
Teachers that work at various locations throughout the district wide were also given grants.
Elementary support teach-ers schools were awarded $500 for the Leveled Literacy Inter-vention to help struggling K-3 readers. Also, Deborah Dolata was awarded $499 for an iPad purchase intended to help stu-dents who are not native Eng-lish-speakers learn easier.
PACE awards mini-grants
PCSD teachers nominated for Golden Apples
More than 100 Pulaski Community School District teachers were nominated for Golden Apple awards.
They are: Brenda Alicea – Sunnyside Elementar; Al-exandra Anderson – Fairview Elementary Jared Bankson – Sunnyside Elementary; Becky Barry – Hillcrest Elementary; Jackie Baumann - Sunnyside Elementary ; Jessica Belanger - Hillcrest Elementary; Kevin Bleck - Hillcrest and Lannoye Elementary; Andrew Bock - PCMS; Nicole Borley - Pulaski High ; Cora Boucher - Assump-tion BVM; Carol Bourguignon - Lannoye Elementary ;Lisa Bowen - Lannoye Elementa-ry; Jill Brock - PCMS; Carrie Burch - PCMS; Kelly Calaway - Sunnyside Elementary; Megan Carroll - Glenbrook El-ementary; Sarah Casper - Fair-view Elementary Jacqueline Coenen - Lannoye Elementary; Mary Connolly - Sunnyside Elementary ; Clarence Crane - Pulaski High ; Brittany DeLar-uelle - Fairview Elementary; James Doell - PCMS; Sharon Ellner - Lannoye Elementary ‘ Russ Finnessy-Cook - Hill-crest Elementary; Michelle Fjelstad - Sunnyside Elemen-tary; Paul Ford - PCMS; Pat Fullerton - PCMS; Tricia Ful-lerton - Sunnyside Elementary; Linda Gantz - Lannoye Ele-mentary ; Holly Gehri - Pulaski District; Jeff Gosse - Pulaski High; Lori Gray - Hillcrest El-ementary; Neil Hamel - Fair-view Elementary; Stephanie Heezen - Lannoye Elementary; Ashley Hendricks - Sunnyside Elementary ; Christopher Hen-dricks - Glenbrook Elementary ; Katie Herms - Pulaski Dis-trict Jane Hinderman - Glen-brook Elementary; Danelle Hocking - PCMS; Sara Hoff-mann - PCMS; Sarah Hover-son - Lannoye Elementary; Jamie Hubbard - PCMS; Paula Johnson - Lannoye Elemen-tary; Lynn Kabat - PCMS; Bec Kane - PCMS; Staci Karcz - Lannoye Elementary; Kathy Kelsey - PCMS; Betty Kestly - Hillcrest Elementary; Heather King - Sunnyside Elementary; Kelli King-Her-man - Glenbrook Elementary; Amanda Kinney - Lannoye Elementary; Marc Klawiter - Lannoye Elementary ; Melissa Knox - PCMS; Sarah Kohls - PCMS Kari Kropp - Glen-brook Elementary; Elizabeth Kust - PCMS; Dave Landers
- PCMS; Joan Ladowski - As-sumption BVM; Christy Le-pinski - Lannoye Elementary; Kelly Logue - PCMS; Tony Logue - PCMS ; Sara Malchow - Glenbrook Elementary; Mary Marlowe - Sunnyside Elemen-tary; Jon McCarthy - PCMS; Arin McComb - Sunnyside Elementary; Susan McMahon - Lannoye Elementary; Dexter McNabb - Pulaski High; Ellen Melberg - Glenbrook Elemen-tary; Bill Mihalski - PCMS; Jill Miller - Glenbrook El-ementary; Tina Mills - PCMS; Megan Mills-Koehler - Sun-nyside Elementary; Shannon Minzlaff - Hillcrest Elemen-tary; Susan Moore - Sunnyside Elementary; Trisha Nguyen - Lannoye Elementary; Michelle Nick - Hillcrest Elementary; Jodi Nickels - Pulaski High; Holly Nieuwenhuis - PCMS; Sarah Olson - Glenbrook Ele-mentary; Tricia Paul - Hillcrest Elementary; Sarah Pautz - Sun-nyside Elementary; Wayne Pierre - Glenbrook Elementary; Mary Pierson - Lannoye El-ementary; Kim Polasik - Hill-crest Elementary; Joshua Pratt - PCMS; Michelle Prestine - Hillcrest Elementary; Patrick Rades - Glenbrook Elementa-ry; David Reinking - Hillcrest Elementary; Jonathan Rhode - PCMS; Macy Roberts - PCMS ; Sally Robertson - Glenbrook Elementary; Jessica Rosen-berg - Sunnyside Elementary; Jodi Sams - Assumption BVM; Theodore Sarosiek - PCMS; Joel Schauske - Lannoye El-ementary; Jane School - Sun-nyside Elementary; Tina Seewald - PCMS; Kimberly Silvers - Sunnyside Elementa-ry Sheila Skalecki - Glenbrook Elementary; Daniel Slempkes - Glenbrook Elementary; Randi Snowberry - Hillcrest Elementary; Margaret Sobieck - Hillcrest Elementary;l Sarah Spitzer - Fairview Elementary; Jenny Stahlik - PCMS; Susan Stiede - Hillcrest Elementa-ry; Matthew Stoehr - PCMS; Kathryn Tennant - PCMS; Jessica Ullmer - Hillcrest El-ementary; Jessica Vanden Heuvel - Hillcrest Elemen-tary; Bridget Wade - Lannoye Elementary; Jodie Walker - Lannoye Elementary; Brenda Wertel - Sunnyside Elemen-tary; Katie Williams - Assump-tion BVM; Melissa Wojcik - Pulaski High; Rhoda Wood - Fairview Elementary and Amy Wright - PCMS.
Students of the month
Grace Kaiser
Attitudeby Jack FitzGerald
Grace Kaiser was recently named Pulaski High School Student of the Month for At-titude during the month of No-vember.
Kaiser, currently in her senior year at PHS, has re-mained involved in several dif-ferent organizations and teams throughout her time spent in the school. She plays both tennis and soccer, and is also a member of both the Leo club and the Spanish Club.
During the 2011 tennis season, she was named Second Team All Conference for her efforts on the court.
Despite her extensive co-curricular involvement, Kaiser is honored to have been chosen as Student of Month. Looking back at her time spent at PHS, she had only positive memories to share.
“It feels great to be rec-ognized for my attitude and I feel truly honored. I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve had a good high school career,” Kaiser said.
In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, as well as wake-boarding and shopping. Upon graduating from PHS in May, Kaiser plans to study at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin- Madison.
Students take part inWisconsin quiz bowl
by Matt ZeyEleven Glenbrook fifth
graders teamed up to compete in the Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl on Nov. 15. The Thinking Cap is a statewide, 100-question, multiple-choice computer test.
For students, the ques-tions were sometimes diffi-cult to answer, but they could usually come up with the right answer using teamwork. The fifth graders that made up the team at Glenbrook Elementary School included: Lexi Ireland, Owen Heinz, Michael Janes, Mariyah Bartz, Gabe Koepke, Ben Pamperin, Brian Whitney, Becca May, Danayah Cantoral, Logan Lukasik and Michael Berna.
“It was challenging. We all knew different parts so when we worked together it turned out really neat,” said students Alexandria Ireland, Gabe Koepke and Becca May.
According to Jill Miller, the Glenbrook teacher in charge of guiding the quiz bowl team,
participants were chosen by academic strength, teacher rec-ommendation and test scores.
The students had to answer questions from a variety of areas, including most curricu-lum areas. The questions re-quired higher level thinking, and, not only did teams earn points by getting the correct answer, but they had to do it quickly as well.
To improve the speed, the team was divided into real world roles, such as facilitator, time keeper, reader and techni-cian. Students had the oppor-tunity to practice a few weeks before the competition.
“One thing I liked was people got their own jobs, like the timer or mouse clicker,” said student Gabe Koepke.
As a result of their hard work and superb thinking skills, the Glenbrook team placed 11 out of 24 Wisconsin schools.
“They worked well as a team, the respect for each other was the best yet,” said Miller.
Check out more school news online! www.pulaskinews.org
Academicsby Jack FitzGerald
During the month of No-vember, senior Luke Baranc-zyk was named the Pulaski High School’s academic Student of the Month.
Baranczyk has been in-volved in numerous activities throughout his four years at PHS: he is the secretary for Spanish Club, he holds a po-sition on the board of direc-tors for Leo Club, participates in the Red Raider Marching Band, and, finally, is a member of the varsity boy’s golf squad.
Despite his extensive in-volvement, Baranczyk’s proud-est accomplishments in high school are earning a 4.0 cu-mulative grade point average, being a member of the National Honor Society, and being se-lected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band.
While Baranczyk has re-mained busy at PHS, he would not do anything differently.
“I wouldn’t change anything about my high school career, I wouldn’t have grown to be who I am today if I did,” Baranczyk said.
In his free time, he enjoys fishing, mountain biking, muscle cars, four wheeling and snowmobiling.
After high school, Baranc-zyk plans to attend UTI in Glendale Heights, Ill., for au-tomotive/automotive perfor-mance and Ford Accelerated Credential Training.
Luke Baranczyk
www.pulaskinews.org
