By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE — De Pere school board members approved an upgrade to the high school auditorium lighting at their meeting earlier this month. The upgrade is supposed to make the space function better as a classroom during the times when the auditorium does double duty. The current house lighting system is …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – In typical years, when global pandemics haven’t thrown a wrench into things, around 70 percent of students at De Pere High School participate in some form of spirit activity. “That’s high, and we’re happy with that, but we constantly strive to make it higher,” De Pere High School …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Face-to-face, in-person learning for students in all grades has been happening for just over a month, and educators said at the March 15, school board meeting it’s been going fairly well. High school and middle school educators from the De Pere school district updated the school board on …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Members of the De Pere school board have a lot to mull over this weekend. The board will vote Monday, Feb. 1, on whether to return students in grades 7-12 back to school full-time, in-person five days a week. More than 200 people attended a special meeting via …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – Students in the De Pere school district will not have a choice on what grades they receive during the pandemic, but the change won’t hurt GPAs. Nick Joseph, De Pere High School principal, told the school board at its Monday, May 4, meeting any grades for high school …
By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – The De Pere school held a public hearing regarding education waivers during its remote meeting Monday, April 20. Superintendent Ben Villarruel said the district will seek waivers from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “In light of the governor’s order to …
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 – In the wake of the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, tobacco use and especially vaping were on the minds of members of the De Pere school board at a committee meeting Monday, Nov. 4. The survey found in Brown County, that 44 percent of students have tried vaping, …
