Education

The Allamakee Community School District added 13 new educators to its staff at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. Throughout a timeframe of several weeks, the Allamakee Community Education Association, in cooperation with The Standard newspaper, is introducing these new school district additions to the public through an article series in this newspaper. This week’s installment in the series will feature West Elementary School Transitional Kindergarten teacher Dacia Sommer, and Julie Lenth, who teaches Spanish and Talented and Gifted (TAG) students at Waukon High School and Waukon Middle School.

Follow the yellow brick road to Waukon High School for “The Wizard of Oz,” the classic by L. Frank Baum brought to life with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg with background music by Herbert Stolhart. Performance dates in the Waukon High School Auditorium are scheduled for Thursday, November 3 at 7 p.m., Friday, November 4 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 5 at 7 p.m.

This classic tale takes Dorothy (played by Molly Peake), a Kansas farm girl, over the rainbow to discover the importance of home.  When a cyclone rips its way through Kansas, Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, are swept up by the cyclone and taken away to the magical land of Oz. There she meets Glinda (played by Bailey Sherman), the Good Witch of the North, who shows her the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, as well as The Wicked Witch of the West (played by Lanie Monk), who would be of no help on her journey.

St. Patrick School in Waukon celebrated its Grandparents Day event Friday, October 14 with students sharing the morning with their grandparents taking part in a variety of activities, including morning Mass (pictured at right) at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Students also got to eat lunch with their grandparents, with over 500 meals being served, including the student lunches. Grandparents Day is an annual event scheduled to celebrate the importance of grandparents in the lives of students and all youth. Submitted photo.
 

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach joined the St. Patrick School Kindergarten class to offer hands-on learning recently. Youth participated in learning about Fizz, Bubble, Goo! The kindergartners learned what makes Alka Seltzer fizz and what gas blows up their balloon when they mix baking soda and vinegar. Another experiment was making elephant toothpaste (as pictured in the photo at right above) and watching the reaction between hydrogen peroxide, yeast and soap. One of the favorite activities of the session is making different slime recipes and seeing which one held together the best and had the most bounce. They made bubbles and bubble blowers, and made their own cola with ingredients right out of the cupboard. The final experiment was watching the volcano of mentos and Diet Coke (as pictured in the photo at left above).

Slimy, gooey, disgusting - all words used to describe the inside of a pumpkin when Clover Kids enjoyed a recent pumpkin science-themed meeting and found out just how gooey a pumpkin’s insides are. Some took on the challenge and attempted to count all those seeds inside of a pumpkin. Clover Kids then made thankful pumpkins and wrote three things they were thankful for. They also learned about the parts of a pumpkin and its life cycle. For more information about 4-H and upcoming activities contact the Allamakee County Extension and Outreach Office at 563-568-6345 or http://www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/. Submitted photos.
 

Five Upper Iowa University (UIU) graduates were specially honored during the annual Alumni Awards and Honor Class Brunch as part of the University’s “Peacocks Take Flight 2022” Homecoming celebration held October 3-8 on the school’s Fayette campus. These alumni were recognized for their accomplishments either professionally, as an emerging alum or through service to the University, community or country.

Among those honored Upper Iowa University alumni was Major General Ben Corell of Harpers Ferry, who received the school’s Service to Country Award. Corell received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Upper Iowa University in 1995 and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College in 2009.

by Susan Cantine-Maxson

During the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Allamakee Community School District (EACSD) Monday, October 17 in Lansing, EACSD Superintendent Dr. Dale Crozier announced his retirement at the end of the current school year. Dr. Crozier has been a shared superintendent with the MFL/MarMac School District for the past 12 years. He will finish out the school year at both districts.

The Allamakee Community School District added 13 new educators to its staff at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. Over the next few weeks, the Allamakee Community Education Association, in cooperation with The Standard newspaper, is introducing these new school district additions to the public through an article series. This week’s installment in the series will feature Elementary Talented & Gifted (TAG) Teacher Stacy Miner and Dillon Daniel, At-Risk Interventionist/Student Success Coordinator for Waukon High School.

The Waukon High School Marching Indians marching band participated in the Iowa High School Music Association State Marching Band Festival Saturday, October 8 in Dubuque. This is the first time in over 30 years that the Marching Indians have participated in this festival for a divisional rating. Waukon High School Band Director Jo Ann Sherman said the band gave its best performance of the year and received a Division II (Excellent) rating for its efforts on the field that day. In order for students to participate in this festival for a rating, they had to memorize all their music along with the marching routine performed at halftime of Waukon Indian home football games.

The Allamakee Community School District added 13 new educators to its staff at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. Over the next few weeks, the Allamakee Community Education Association, in cooperation with The Standard newspaper, is introducing these new school district additions to the public through an article series.

This week’s installment in the series will feature fourth-seventh grade school counselor Carrie Niehaus and sophomore-junior English teacher Cole Carolan at Waukon High School.

- Cole Carolan -