Please take a few minutes to acknowledge a person, group or organization that has contributed towards the success of the Hortonville Area School District recently using the Good News submission form.

 To report “Good News” click on:http://www.hasd.org/goodnewsform.cfm.

News Reported the Week of June 17, 2013

Greenville Middle School

"Thank you, Mr. Moe, for making the learning process fun. Both my children have enjoyed having you as a teacher. It is nice for a parent to have their child come home from school and be excited and want to talk about class. Thank you for being so good to them. Good luck in your retirement!"

News Reported the Week of May 13, 2013

Greenville Middle School

"I don't even know where to begin when thanking Mrs. Judy Willliams for her positive, caring interactions with our children. Whether it be talking sports with my son and friends, to making treats for my daughter and friends, to always taking a minute to say hello and acknowleding the childrens presence, to a forever smile, always making our children feel important, and for being fair and respectful.

For all our children, Mrs. Williams has provided a fun atmosphere to learn and interact in. As a parent sending my children away for the day to be cared for by others, I feel so blessed and comforted to have had Mrs. Williams in their lives. Good luck to you Mrs. Williams as you enter retirement and always know you have made a profound impact on our children. The funny and thoughtful stories brought home will be forever remembered. I can't thank you enough for enriching those around you."

News Reported the Week of April 15, 2013

Greenville Elementary School

"Thanks so much to Mrs. Cochrane for providing coleman led lanterns to many rooms. This made navigation around the school so much easier and safer. Thanks to Cletus who helped with unloading milk coolers and our large kitchen cooler. It is great to be a part of such a caring team."

News Reported the Week of March 25, 2013

Greenville Elementary School

"I would like to thank the Celebration of Cultures team for another educational and fun day for the GES students. A lot of hard work and planning goes into this event, and your efforts definitely paid off! Students were excited, engaged, and learned a LOT as they traveled from country to country. Thank you for taking on extra duties to benefit all our students!"

News Reported the Week of February 18, 2013

Hortonville Middle School

"HMS is so lucky to have Deb Diem working in our library. Even when things go wrong in our classroom, Deb will be right in to see if she can help! Thanks Deb!"

Hortonville Elementary School

"A huge THANK YOU to Samantha Gehl and Deb Wagner for all of their help setting up the videos for the upcoming referendum. It was crunch time for HES and Sam came back from Greenville to help and Deb Wagner was so willing to come and set up the projector and screen. HES could not have done it without you two ladies. We really appreciate your help."

News Reported the Week of January 22, 2013

Hortonville High School

"Thank you so much to the HHS yearbook staff and its advisor, Karen Acker, for their flexibility in scheduling so that the GSA could have its group picture taken with guest speaker Jamie Nabozny. Being able to have Mr. Nabozny in the group picture is a highlight of our year, and the professionalism of the yearbook staff and its advisor made it possible."

News Reported the Week of December 17, 2012

Hortonville High School

“The Hortonville High School Student Council, led by Nicole Kruger and Bobbi LaBorde, has been working hard to help people in need. They recently donated a portion of the Fall Homecoming Dance profits to purchase gifts for two families, through the Salvation Army's Adopt-a-Family program. In addition, they worked with the New London High School Student Council to sponsor the third annual "Stuffed Animal Toss" at the boys' basketball game last week. Altogether, more than 200 stuffed animals were collected! These will be donated to St. Elizabeth's Hospital to bring comfort to children receiving treatment there.”

“The Hortonville High School Spirit Club would like to send a special thank you to Dr. Clint Dunathan for his very generous support of our school. Dr. Clint donated his winning half of the money collected for the Spirit Club 50/50 raffle drawing that was held at the Boys Basketball game. The money raised will be used towards promoting school spirit at HHS! GO POLAR BEARS!!”

Greenville Middle School        

“Not only are there great teachers at GMS, but TOP NOTCH people who are helpful, flexible, and great to work with! Special thanks to the entire 5th grade unit, Lynda Gmeiner, Susie Patch, Erin Edwards, and Heather Mork. We appreciate all of your help with ‘North Pole Musical.’”

Hortonville Middle School/Fox West Academy

“I continue to be so impressed with the work my staff is doing during 'Extended Learning Time', which is our version of intervention block. While we still have much work to do, but we are well on our way to providing the students of HMS with the interventions they need to be successful. Great work HMS and FWA!”

Greenville Elementary School

“Mrs. Newell (our GES Art teacher) goes out of her way each year to do a special holiday art project with a group of students with special needs. It is wonderful and the students truly enjoy the extra attention and the fun project. Thank you, Mrs. Newell, for all that you do!!!”

News Reported the week of December 3, 2012

Greenville Middle School/Hortonville Middle School

"Deb VanDalen did a tremendous job in organizing the First Lego League (FLL)teams. She has volunteered her time to organize and oversee this wonderful program. This summer, she organized a lego league camp to give new members a glimpse of what is involved in FLL. She also hosted a local event for the teams to practice and she came out in support of the teams at competition. FLL is a program that is teaching valuable skills such as public speaking, research, working in groups and working with computer programming just to name a few. Thank you Mrs. VanDalen for all your time and dedication to this program!"

News Reported the Week of November 26, 2012

Greenville Middle School

On behalf of the ELL staff and families, I would like to thank Julie Hertziger for the wonderful meal she provided at GMS for the ELL families on Monday, November 19th during the ELL Fall Family Feast. At the event, over 55 meals were served, and all with a smile! Thank you to the entire food service staff for your support at this wonderful event. It was a great way to create a connection with the families while promoting literacy in our district. We could not do it without you.

Hortonville High School

This note was received by Greg Forton, director of bands at HHS, regarding the band's performance at the Appleton Christmas parade...

Mr. Forton - I was at the Appleton Christmas Parade with my wife and two children tonight and, being a former marching band member, I was acutely aware of the marching styles of the various bands. I write to tell you that, in my opinion, your band had the most synchronized and technically sound marching style of all of the bands in the parade. I congratulate you and your students and wish you the best moving forward. Sincerely, Michael D. Rust, J.D. Former Baritone Saxophone player for multi Grand Nationals Semi-Finalist for Normal Community West High School Marching Band

News Reported the Week of November 19th, 2012

HES

Thank you to all the members of our special education staff! Your knowledge and expertise in each of your fields is outstanding! A special thank you to Cindy Jaeckle for always being a phone call away, and for always having the right words, strategies, visuals, etc. that I can use with my students!

News Reported the Week of November 5, 2012

HHS

“Three members of the Varsity Girls' Golf Team were recently named to the Academic All-State Team. The criteria for being nominated for this honor is: golf on the varsity team for 75% of the varsity matches, a cummulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and have completed ninth grade. Congratulations to the following girls: Ashton Nelson (10), Nicole Tucker(11), Katie Uhlenbrauck (11) .”

“The "Wall of Honor" is updating photos of men and women in our Armed Forces. If you have someone you would like acknowledged, please send picture and details to Bevwitt@hasd.”

“The Equestrian Team was selling 50/50 raffle tickets at the last home football game against West DePere. It was a big night for football and a big night for the 50/50! There were many generous people pulling out their wallets that night for a good cause. We thank you all. The Equestrian team sold $850 in raffle tickets that night, giving the 50/50 winner $425! Immediatley upon handing the money over to the winner, HHS / GMS parent Amy Hyde, without a second thought, handed back $200 and said it was for the Equestrian Team. Wow! A big thank you to Erik Hyde for spending the initial $20 for a "horse tail" length of raffle tickets, and to Amy and the whole family for your generosity in sharing your winnings back with our club. What a wonderful thing to do. :)”

“A special thank you to Mr. Ben Schmitt for allowing my group of first graders to come and observe all of the animals in his science classroom; they loved all of them, especially the snake and iguana!”

HMS/GMS

“Congratulations and good luck to our First Lego league teams. Forty-seven HASD students spent the past two months in search of senior solutions. Using their ingenuity and working in teams, they devised ways to make the lives of our senior citizens easier and more meaningful.

Five of the eight HASD middle school First Lego League robotics teams took their solutions to competition at the Oshkosh Regional on Saturday, November 3rd. The remaining three teams will compete at the Appleton Regional next Saturday. At the Oshkosh Regional, 3 of our 5 teams earned prestigious awards. The Giga Bunch: Miranda Daane, Lauren Stae, Laken Schmidt, Alyssa Stillman, Makenna Krause, and Morgan Draheim, was nominated for several awards and took home the Innovation Award.

The Brick Bandits: Christopher Lamers, Katie Lamers, Ethan Burghardt, Caleb Derga-Prinz, Bailey Rose, Trevor Sabourin, and Connor Williams won the Mechanical Design award for their solid reliable robot. Titan Robotic, a team consisting of six eighth grade boys; Jacob Ubl, Parker Schroder, Matt Krause, Jason Nowotny, Josh Heuer, and Colton Nelson, also received several nominations and were rewarded for their skill in working as a unit winning the Teamwork Award.

Perhaps the day's most exciting news is that Titan Robotics qualified for the state completion for the second consecutive year, and will represent the Hortonville Area School District and our local sponsors in Mequon on December 8, 2012. Partnership with local businesses makes FLL possible for our students. The program in the Hortonville area School District is funded through donations and fees, and is run by volunteers.

The school district's financial support of this program would make it accessible to  more students. This year's sponsors include Wolf River Bank, Albany International, and Electroline. Volunteer coaches include Mike Ubl, Scott Lamers, Peter and Joanne Horvath, Lisa Daane, Shelly Tuchsherer, Jim Benner, Jeremy and Emmy Wilson, Jean Wagner.”

News reported during the week of October 15, 2012

Hortonville Middle School,Hortonville Elementary School,Greenville Middle School,Greenville Elementary School,Fox West Academy  

Four FLL teams consisting of 24 HASD students competed in a local scrimmage on Sunday, October 21 at 4:15 PM at Greenville Middle School. Teams were judged in the areas teamwork, innovation in robot design, and presentation of their challenge solution.  They also had an opportunity to bit their robots in head to head challenges against other teams on the challenge table.  A spirit award was given to the team that best exhibited the spirit  of FLL.  Regional competitions will be held the 1^st and 2^nd Saturdays in November at Oshkosh and Appleton. All eight HASD teams will be competing against teams from around the area. If you have been wondering if FLL is for you, this might be a good opportunity to find out what it's all about. Next year's team will be forming in the spring.  If you have any questions contact Mrs. VanDalen.   Check out the FLL website  at www.usfirst.org for more information.    

Greenville Elementary School

Lori has eagerly helped the First Grade Unit understand and enter the DSA data into Alpine!  She made a great tutorial to simplify the process and made many house calls/classroom visits to help us out!  We love you Lori!

News reported during the week of October 1, 2012

Greenville Elementary School

I enjoy walking into Greenville Elementary School through the Kindergarten entrance in the morning and seeing the displays of students' learning, especially the Kindergarters, Kindergartners, What do you See?

Cletus always adds smile to our days.  He is cheerful to be around and easy to talk with.  He doesn't complain, even with our unending requests and comments.  When we mention something that needs attention, it's done before we think about it again.  Thanks, Cletus!  It's our pleasure to work with you!

The PTO has been working on a drive to get GES in the top 18 for a US Cellular contest to win $50,000 to $150,000.  They also have been working extremely hard with the fall fundraiser. The PTO is visible and encouraging of the teaching staff. We are so lucky to have such an amazing PTO.

The GES staff has been rallying together to help a fellow staff member and leading fundraising efforts to help in various ways.

Also, as many changes have come down the way at the state level and district level, GES staff members (teachers, administration and support staff) are handling it all with class and grace. When stress is high we know that good things are happening for kids.  The staff at GES is full of energy and passion and it shows every day!

Kudos to IT department!  Having Samantha stop in every morning to ask if there are computer issues has been a wonderful idea.  Staff is now aware of Sam coming in and asks help right away in the morning which saves calls to the office and IT department.  Thanks Sam for all you do for us at GES!!

Hortonville High School

A huge thank you to the sophomore advisors who helped out with the fall concessions stands (volleyball AND football), especially Meghan Johnson who did both events!  Thank you for giving your time so that the sophomores will have a prom and graduation to remember in 2014 and 2015.

News reported during the week of September 17, 2012

Hortonville Middle School

Kudos to the staff at HMS for the work they have done to get PBIS/The Polar Bear Way off the ground.  Our PBIS team began with a goal of launching PBIS by January.  Due to the hard work of many and the support of the full staff, HMS is well on its way to implementing components of The Polar Bear Way already this fall.  I am so incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication of everyone involved.  It's going to be a GREAT year at HMS!

Hortonville District

Thank you to Chris Hansen, Heidi Schmidt, Administrators and School Board members for the vision and commitment to put us on a path that will enhance our profession, challenge us to become the best educators possible, and patiently guide us in our efforts as we strive to have ALL students  achieve at the highest levels. Your leadership and belief in us is most appreciated.

Hortonville Middle School,Greenville Middle School

Thirty-nine HASD students attended the second annual HASD First Lego League Camp at Greenville Middle School on August 20 and 21. Camp activities centered on team work in an environment of gracious professionalism. The HASD 8th grade FLL team consisting of Jacob Ubl, Parker Schroeder, Matt Krause, Colton Nelson, and Jason Nowotny acted as camp assistants and mentors to the younger teams. They designed a robot challenge table, explained the requirements of the FLL season, worked with individuals and teams, shared insight regarding competition judging, and devised and directed a last minute replacement activity when technical difficulties rendered the scheduled robot challenge impossible. It was their leadership that made FLL Camp 2012 a success.  Campers participated in team challenges, designed and built NXT robots, created team banners, and learned to keep moving forward despite obstacles. Several individuals, parents, and coaches volunteered time to make camp possible including but not limited to Mary Claypool, Jean Wagner, Lisa Daane, Rita Nowotny, and Jenna Weyenberg.

Greenville Elementary School

Thanks to Tracy Heimmermann for helping the kitchen get their new lunch signs completed.  With everything going on at the beginning of the year, it was fantastic to get these done so soon.