By Press Times Staff DE PERE – Family Reading Night is quickly becoming a hit at De Pere Middle School. Principal Adam Kraemer told the Curriculum Committee at the Monday, March 2, meeting the family event is part of the larger Redbirds Read program. “It really started in about 2017 when Donna Young, who is …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – A new mapping system could save police and first responders time when getting students and faculty in De Pere’s two public school districts to safety in the event of an emergency. “I hope we never have to use it but if we do, this would shave seconds and …
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By Press Times Staff DE PERE – An unusually high number of retirements were approved by the De Pere school board Monday, Feb. 3. Nine retirements effective at the end of the 2019-20 school year were approved, a stark increase from the norm. “It’s a bubble,” said Superintendent Ben Villarruel. “I think in the next …
By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – The De Pere school district’s 10-year capital project plan was under scrutiny from the school board at the Monday, Jan. 20, meeting. Pat Meyer, buildings and grounds director, presented the capital project plan for review, but the board asked for additional information, such as final project costs, and …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – For $200,000, the naming rights to the home bleachers at the De Pere High School stadium could very well be yours. At its Monday, Jan. 6, meeting, the Finance Committee of the De Pere school board looked at the amounts of donations required to obtain naming rights for …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The Unified School District of De Pere honored Mike Cotter of Cotter Funeral Home for his work raising funds for mental health awareness efforts and Hope Squad, a peer-to-peer suicide-prevention group for students. At the Dec. 9 school board meeting, Superintendent Ben Villarruel presented Cotter with a plaque …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Preliminary sketches for a $3.06-million upgrade to the De Pere Redbirds Stadium at the high school were unveiled at the Dec. 9 school board meeting. Rettler Corp. of Stevens Point, which designed athletic facilities for St. Norbert College, Ashwaubenon High School, Bay Port High School and Lawrence University, …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Whether it’s homelessness or hopelessness that causes a student to fall through the cracks, school social workers fill in the gaps. Recently, the Wisconsin School Social Workers Association named Melanie Brick the State School Social Worker of the Year. Brick is the Unified School District of De Pere’s …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere school board received a glimpse of some of the ways teaching has changed over the years, Monday, Dec. 2, when administrators talked about staff efforts to teach collaboratively. Shelly Thomas, director of curriculum, along with principals Nick Joseph (De Pere High School), Adam Kraemer (De …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – De Pere School Board members donned some funny-looking eyewear Nov. 18, when technology students showed off the fruits of their latest labors. The eyewear was virtual reality goggles, and students helped create the visuals seen from inside. The students used the Packers Heritage Trail Virtual Reality Project and …
