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St. Francis de Sales Parish School expands
DENNIS HINES
St. Francis de sales parish school staff, students and parents
attend an open-house event on Sept. 17 to celebrate the completion
of the school's expansion project.
DENNIS HINES, REGIONAL NEWS
St. Francis de Sales Parish School staff, students and parents celebrated the completion of the school's expansion project during an open-house event Sept. 17.
The event included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the expanded area.
The 3,500-square-foot, two-story expansion, which began in November 2025, includes a new 4-year-old-preschool, fifth-grade and seventh-grade class classroom and a combination sixth-grade classroom and science, technology, religion, engineering, art and mathematics (STREAM) lab.
Other work included installing an elevator, renovating the upper-level restrooms and converting a second-floor classroom into a teachers' workroom.
The project was conducted by Scherrer Construction based out of Burlington.
St. Francis de Sales Parish School includes students from 3-year-old preschool to eighth grade with an enrollment of about 130 students.
School Board presents awards
DENNIS HINES
Badger High school students Grace Tidwell and Kayleigh Mets
received achievement plus awards during the Sept. 8 Lake Geneva
Joint no. 1 school board meeting. From left are Lake Geneva Joint
no. 1 school board president Marcie Hollmann, Lake Geneva middle
school Orchestra director Lauren Klement, Metz, Tidwell and Lake
Geneva Joint no. 1 school board member Carrie Spiegelhoff.
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Lake Geneva middle school staff members Hunter Aulds, Jennifer
Kinney and Angeli Soto Mendoza received results plus awards, and
resident Mary Soto received an Involvement plus award during the
Sept. 8 Lake Geneva Joint no. 1 school board. From left are Soto,
Mendoza, Lake Geneva middle school Orchestra director Lauren
Klement, Kinney, Aulds and Lake Geneva Joint no. 1 school board
members barb Dinan and Chad Bittner.
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The Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 School Board presented several awards during its Sept. 8 meeting.
Badger High School students Grace Tidwell and Kayleigh Metz received Achievement Plus awards for working with elementary school orchestra students during the summer.
Badger High School and Lake Geneva Middle School Orchestra Director Hunter Aulds, Lake Geneva Middle School Seventh-Grade Teacher Jennifer Kinney and Lake Geneva Middle School English Language Learner Instructor Angeli Soto Mendoza were presented with a Results Plus awards, and resident Mary Soto received an Involvement Plus award for their contributions to the Lake Geneva Middle School Mariachi Club.
Aulds was recognized for encouraging students to both play an instrument and participate in the ballet de folklorico dancing. He also performed several of the instruments along with the students.
Kinney performed several of the percussion instruments and helped students with their percussion playing.
Mendoza invited local musicians to work with the students, and Soto taught students ballet de folklorico dances and encouraged residents to donate costumes for the performances.
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