February 28 - March 4

 D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

Please help congratulate the following students for their advancement to International DECA competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike Brierton, Simon Nazari-Witt, Beau Svoke, Liberty Christianson, Camryn Fuchs, Elise Hoppe, Jordyn Jakubek, Veronica Frystak, Parker Hurt, and Eli Irwin. 

Please also congratulate Jodi Peterson on her recognition of 30 years as a DECA advisor and the success of her students at the state competition last week!

Congratulations to Mr. Glynn on a successful FFA week!

Make sure to congratulate the following three students on qualifying for state hockey as part of our co-op Central Wisconsin Storm team:

Hailey Piskula, Carly Czerwinski, and Gabrielle du Vair

Congratulations to our three individual state wrestlers competing over the weekend: Easton Cooper, Blake Heal, and Deakon Trotzer

We have some accomplished Bowlers!

Mr. Finnegan working hard during one of our more unique fundraisers on Sunday - Mattress Sale benefiting the Band.

Great experience in Foods 2 as Miranda Stroik brought in a local chef for a cooking demo in the new culinary space!

Karen Wegge had the unified pals playing with the bounce houses on Friday!

Stopped by the house to watch our students taping and mudding! Great progress coming along by Chad Pernsteiner's crew!

Advisory Meetings  

This past week I had the opportunity to meet with Rose and Jenn regarding their advisory followups with teachers over the last few weeks. Here are some themes that were consistent between many departments:

• Teachers are overwhelmingly doing a great job building connections with students through one on one conversations - These conversations have led to the removal of barriers for students to access resources for their college and career readiness.
• Utilization of the CCR Dashboard has been really well received by teachers and students to engage in meaningful conversations.
• Feedback from teachers regarding the addition of time sensitive information has been implemented moving forward (found on the slidedeck emailed each week).
• Feedback from teachers asked for an increase of more "workshops" in which students will be able to attend Youth Apprenticeship, career cluster, or other college and career informational sessions during advisory.
• It was clear that the documentation of one-on-one meetings was not occurring consistently. It is important that we document the goal setting process with students as we meet each week so that we can track conversations and use that documentation to revisit the conversations over a three year time period. You are free to use your own documentation process or use a copy of the document we provided in the first meeting of the year and found in the advisory guide.   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TTHIrwwNC4-PzNsarsXICqmOpSUX6MBt9sqd4aygvWQ/edit#gid=0

Our Why:  A year ago, our School Board updated board goals with one specifically tied to our work in regards to college and career readiness:

Portrait of a Grad

Develop pathways that connect D.C. Everest students with the world. Provide opportunities for every D.C. Everest student to graduate with meaningful academic, service and community-based experiences.

We use Advisory as our vehicle to connect with students - introduce them to opportunities they do not know exist - and remove barriers for them to get in touch with what they need.  As we work to refine our processes the main responsibility of advisory teachers is to engage in one-on-one goal setting processes around the college and career indicators https://apps.dce.k12.wi.us/dceready/. 

In an effort to help grow the work, we will be hosting a PD session for anyone who wants to attend on Monday, March 7 in the IMC. During that time Mike, Rose, and Jenn will revisit expectations and best practices of an advisor.  Hope to see you there!

Announcements/Week Ahead

Sophomores heading to CareerFest on March 10^th

 

On Thursday, March 10^th, our D.C. Everest Sophomores will be attending the 2022 Greater Wausau Youth Hiring and CareerFest hosted by D.C. Everest Area School District, Wausau School District, and United Way Partnership for Youth.

This year’s event will be held at Wausau East High School. Bussing transportation will be provided along with school staff chaperones.  The busses will be leaving D.C. Everest at 12:05 PM and returning by 1:50 PM.  Sophomores will eat at school during the 5^th period lunch prior to leaving for the event.

 

Prep: 

• Email sent to staff and parents via IC on 2.24 with details
• Altered Schedule for Sophomores HERE.
• Students will be organized by ELT/Bus assignments in the Auditorium prior to leaving
• Staff Chaperones still needed-Do you have 10^th grade classes 12-2? Join us!
• Students will return in at 1:50, students must check into 10^th hour, please take attendance.
• Any students with missing field trip forms will not be allowed to participate, will report to commons.

Any questions, reach out to Rose Matthiae.

Important Dates:

February

28        Mandatory ELT for unscheduled students - Please request your students who are under scheduled

March
7            Optional Advisory PD in the Library

8            ACT State Test - Juniors only
9            BLT

10          Sophomore Career Fair at Wausau East - 12:10 - 2:00 

16          Faculty Meeting 

17          Quarter 3 Ends

18          NO School, PD Day for Grading

21-25     Spring Break

29          Forward tutorial/practice

30          Forward Testing

April
14          Wellness Day - Whole school
19          Aspire testing - Sophomores only - Juniors College/Career Day

May

25         Graduation from 6-9 - All teachers required to attend

                        Upcoming Field Trips 

Field Trips - Field trips are still permitted at this point.  Please consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling.  If the guidance changes, we will let you know. See Mike Raether if you have any questions.  Please submit class list 2 weeks prior to trip.

Field Trip Form from District (click on '2340(A): Field Trip Request' then '2340 (A) Field Trip Request Fillable 5-289-19.pdf.  Please write explanation of field trip along with the destination.

Teacher	Dates	Destination	Form & Class list
Jodi Peterson	3/1/22	City Square Building, Wausau	Form & Class List
Jennifer Goldbach	3/1/22	Central WI Woodworking Corp	Form & Class List
Anna Lemke	3/2/22	Texas Roadhouse	Form & Class List
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon	3/4/22	Convention Center Evercon 2022	Form & Class List
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon	3/8/22????	Convention Center Evercon 2022	Form & Class List
Rose Matthiae	3/10/22	Wausau East High School	Form & Class List
Stacy Peterson	4/4-6/22	WI Dells, Kalahari	Form & Class List
Foster & Degrand	4/7/22	Wausau West Planetarium	Form & Class List
Miranda Stroik	4/10-12/22	Chula Vista, WI Dells	Form & Class List
Jo Bailey	5/2/22	Ledge View Nature Centre, Chilton	Form & Class List
Jo Bailey	5/11-12/22	Devils Lake State Park, Baraboo	Form & Class List

February 21 - 25

  D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

Congratulations to our DCE State Ski Team contenders! Best of luck to Annika Nye, Izzy Wolfe, Harper Brandenburg, Julia Hemauer, Tessa Hobbins, Carter Wolfe and Keegan Nye (alternate) as they race through Monday this week.

Pass on Congratulations to the following swimmers when you see them as they competed at State this weekend:

David Mayer - 200 Freestyle - 6th Place - Medal and 100 Yard Freestyle 5th Place - Medal

Camden Barwick - 100 Yard Freestyle - 23rd Place

Keaton Barwick, Adam Swedlund, Camden Barwick, David Mayer - 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 17th Place

Several of our Key Club members spent Saturday afternoon at Marathon County Humane Society helping with chores and completed other jobs that are hard to tackle as the regular staff are so busy taking care of the animals. We got to visit the dogs and their house cat butterscotch after a hard days work.

Congratulations to Joe Finnegan and our band students for putting on an AMAZING show Friday!

 

Announcements/Week Ahead

Tuesday - There will be an altered a.m. ELT schedule on Tuesday to allow for a Junior ACT meeting in the auditorium followed by the filling out of demographics. Juniors should report to ELT and will be excused by announcement to report to the auditorium.  Please instruct students to sit with their ELT classmates and you as the teacher. These items will be put in Junior ELT teacher mailboxes by Tuesday morning with instructions. Sophomore and Senior ELTs should use the time as an extended Study Hall.  Seniors will be asked to double check their names for graduation. More information will be emailed to Senior ELT teachers Tuesday morning.  Altered ELT Schedule for Tuesday, 2/22/22

Sophomore Scheduling Fair Wednesday - We will again ask a representative from each department to come to the gymnasium to help any sophomore with questions about scheduling.  An announcement will be made Wednesday to excuse students to the gym at this time.

Earned Privileges Program - Earned privileges notifications were sent to parents and students on Friday.  As an ELT teacher please see your email from Mike on Friday for instructions.

Career Fair Information for Sophomores:

Who: DCE Sophomores (400+)

What: 2022 Greater Wausau Youth Hiring & CareerFest presented by the United Way Partnership for Youth, the D.C. Everest School District and the Wausau School District. 

Where: Wausau East High School

When: Thursday, March 10^th (DC Everest time slot 12:35-1:20 PM)

How: Transportation provided (8 busses). Current Chaperones: Rose, Jenn, Brooke, Jenny, Jodi.  

Looking for teacher volunteers (4) - Any teacher with sophomore classes during scheduled trip.  Contact Rose or Jenn

Why: Our high school students will network with businesses and colleges to learn about post-secondary education and career options. Additionally, employers that offer youth apprenticeships, summer employment, full-time or part-time employment opportunities will be available to network with students seeking employment.

Further details can be found HERE.

Important Dates:

February

21         ACT Prep Course Night 3 for those who signed up

22         Altered Schedule for ACT presentation in the auditorium & filling out demographics, 

             Altered ELT Schedule for Tuesday, 2/22/22

23         Sophomore Scheduling Fair in the gym during Advisory

March
8            ACT - Juniors only
10          Sophomore Career Fair at Wausau East - 12:10 - 2:00 - Sophomores will report to their 10th hour when they return

April
14          Wellness Day - Whole school
19          Aspire testing - Sophomores only - Juniors College/Career Day

May

25         Graduation from 6-9 - All teachers required to attend

                        Upcoming Field Trips 

Field Trips - Field trips are still permitted at this point.  Please consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling.  If the guidance changes, we will let you know. See Mike Raether if you have any questions.  Please submit class list 2 weeks prior to trip.

Field Trip Form from District (click on '2340(A): Field Trip Request' then '2340 (A) Field Trip Request Fillable 5-289-19.pdf.  Please write explanation of field trip along with the destination.

Teacher	Dates	Destination	Form & Class list
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon	3/8/21	Convention Center Evercon 2022	Form & Class List
Foster & Degrand	4/7/22	Wausau West Planetarium	Form & Class List

More field trips will be added Tuesday so please check back.

February 14 - February 18

  D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

Chinese class students celebrating the Lunar New Year learning Chinese calligraphy and making fortune beads to bring good luck, good health, and happiness in the Year of the Tiger!

Love when our teachers are recognized by students - Here are the pictures from Teacher Appreciation Night with the basketball team.

Please congratulate Cody Klobucnik on being presented with the CWIMA Adversity Scholarship on Thursday, receiving a full ride to NTC Machine Tool 2-Year Program - WAOW Story linked here: https://www.waow.com/video/d-c-everest-student-receives-full-ride-machine-tool-program-scholarship/video_e48cb88a-078a-5ec5-ad2d-9206eab3aa9b.html

Key Club volunteers working at the Jubilee House Thursday evening served just under 50 people a warm meal. We had many staff and students prepare all the food for the event. It was a great night!

Mock trial had their regional competition over the weekend. Congratulate the following students if you see them!  Congratulations to Ciera Levake for her work!

Announcements/Week Ahead

Parent-Teacher Contact Time - A reminder that there are an additional 3 hours built-in during this Parent Teacher conference time for teachers to call, email, and connect with parents. We choose not to schedule these three hours to increase flexibility for both faculty and parents.

Parent-Teacher Conferences - Our spring conferences are on Thursday, February 17th from 3-6:30 p.m. with a built-in 20-minute break.  All teachers are expected to be here for conferences.  There are a few shared teachers, coaches, etc. with exceptions.  If you haven't already spoken to Mike/Dawn about not being here, please do so ASAP.  Parents will receive an individualized email or paper copy with instructions and links to sign up for either an in-person, WebEx, or telephone conference starting Wednesday, February 9th at 7 a.m. 

Parent-Teacher Conference Teacher Appointment Schedules - Thursday, November 17th is parent-teacher conferences from 3-6:30 p.m. with a built-in 20-minute break.  A few reminders regarding conferences: 

1. Here is the link to view your schedules and info lookup directions.  Teachers cannot change their schedule, contact Dawn if needed.
2. Please view your online schedule frequently after Wednesday, 2/9, 7 a.m.. If a parent calls, Dawn will add/delete/change their schedule if possible.
3. Check your "Parents/Guardians Needing a Different Time" listing and contact them when you have time.
4. Parents can add/delete/change their conference(s) up to 24 hours prior to conferences.
5. Dawn will be in the main office during conferences at ext. 4021, if needed.
6. There will be treats in the teacher's lounge. Please come down during your break and enjoy.

Turnitin.com - We have a new tool that will appear on your Canvas accounts.  This tool will check student work for plagiarism when activated by teachers.  We will provide instruction on how this tool can be used at our next faculty meeting on Wednesday.

Faculty meeting - We will talk briefly about Turnitin.com and then a number of students will be joining us to discuss the upcoming Mental Wellness Day.  If you are unable to make it please check with Mike on Monday or Tuesday.

Sunshine Update - The Sunshine Closet has been restocked with chocolates, pretzels, popcorn and gum! Don't forget about the coffee coupon from our very own Forest Cafe too! The coffee coupon can be picked up from Melissa Barwick. We also added some blank post it notes if you prefer to write a positive message to co-workers instead of using the affirmation cards.

The Sunshine Closet's primary purpose is to make sweet treats easily available for you to pass along to co-workers if they need a pick me up, express gratitude or celebrate something fun with them. We shared those Sunshine expressions during 1st semester using roughly $200.00 of your donations for treats. Everyone and anyone can use the Sunshine Closet treats to support each other.

If you know of any major life events among co-workers in your department, please pass them along to Jodi Devine or Dawn Seehafer and a message will be shared in the blog.

Mid-quarter progress grades - An email with instructions was sent on Friday on how teachers need to enter progress reports for mid quarter. We will use this information as a check on student progress and also reassess which students maintain their "privileges" related to ELT, Study Hall, and Lunch.

ELT/Advisory Scheduling Dates for this week:

Monday 2/14 - Hugill, Lemke, Levake, Luedke

Wednesday 2/16 - Aleckson, Brockman, Coenen, L., Durski, Filtz

Thursday 2/17 - Jasurda, Jirik, Kleinschmidt, Kmosena

Monday, 2/21 - Olstad, Stremkowski, Wanta, Whitsett, Wollersheim

Junior Scheduling Fair - 2/16

Sophomore Scheduling Fair - 2/23

The scheduling fair is meant for any student who has a question about specific courses they want to take. They can head to the gymnasium and talk with the department chair/coordinator about their question after checking in with their advisory teacher. 

Important Dates:

February

14         Happy Valentine's Day!

14         ACT Prep Course Night 2

15         ACT Accommodations Mtg during PLC Room, 2:50 p.m.

16         Junior Scheduling Fair during Advisory

16         ACT Proctor Meeting during Faculty Meeting

16         Faculty Meeting, IMC, 2:50 p.m.

16         Board Meeting, Middle School, 6:30 p.m.

17         ACT Proctor Meeting for coaches, etc. that missed the faculty meeting, IMC, 7 a.m.

17         Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6:30 p.m.

17         Week of the 17th - 3 parent contact hours

18         NO School, PD Work Day

21         ACT Prep Course Night 3

23         Sophomore Scheduling Fair during Advisory

March
8            ACT - Juniors only
10          Sophomore Career Fair at Wausau East - 12:10 - 2:00 - Sophomores will report to their 10th hour from 2:06-2:40

April
14          Wellness Day - Whole school
19          Aspire testing - Sophomores only - Juniors College/Career Day

May

25          Graduation 6-9 pm

                        Upcoming Field Trips 

Field Trips - Field trips are still permitted at this point.  Please consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling.  If the guidance changes, we will let you know. See Mike Raether if you have any questions.  Please submit class list 2 weeks prior to trip.

Field Trip Form from District (click on '2340(A): Field Trip Request' then '2340 (A) Field Trip Request Fillable 5-289-19.pdf.  Please write explanation of field trip along with the destination.

Teacher	Dates	Destination	Form & Class list
Joe Finnegan	2/14/22	UWSP Music Building	Form & Class List
Chad Thompson	2/13-18/22	Washington DC	Class List
Jennifer Gipp	2/18/21	Area Businesses	Form & Class List
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon	3/8/21	Convention Center Evercon 2022	Form & Class List
Foster & Degrand	4/7/22	Wausau West Planetarium	Form & Class List

February 7 - February 11

   D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

HAPPY NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK!  Huge thank you to Jodi, Jenny, Brooke, Lisa, and Melissa for all of their efforts as well as Tami and Erin as part of that larger team!  We are lucky to have such a great counseling and student services team with us!

A lot of celebrations this week! Let's start with our Back to Back WACPC State Champion Dance Team!

Routine here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ZRUFUEzdE

Some Conference Champions listed below:

Swimming
David Mayer – 200 Yard Freestyle, 500 Yard Freestyle
Camden Barwick – 50 Yard Freestyle, 100 Yard Freestyle
Keaton Barwick, Camden Barwick, Adam Swedlund, David Mayer - 200 Yard Freestyle Relay 

Wrestling
Easton Cooper – 120 #
Blake Heal – 138 #

FBLA Statebound students:

1st place:
Banking & Financial Systems: Andrew Dettman and David Isham
Data Analysis: Aidan Gavrila and Tommy Yothsackda
Entrepreneurship: Mike Brierton, Lennon True, and Carson Tesch
Graphic Design: Tolu Onitilo, Ava P’ng, and Mansi Peters
UX Design: Andrew Cruz-Perez

2nd place:
Accounting II: Jakob Landwehr
Business Ethics: Bransyn Budnik and Kole Ress
Business Law: Grace Jelen
Marketing: Owen Bunnell, Parker Hurt, and Andy Ziemer
Spreadsheet Applications: Anson Jiang
4th place (alternate):Hospitality & Event Management: Zach Howell and Ricky Jiang

Congratulations to Coach Greg Peterson on being named the Wisconsin Track and Field Coaches Association Coach of the Year!!!

Congratulations on 1,000 career points for Kiara Hammond!

Congratulations to Ty Strehlow and his family for signing a scholarship to play football at Augustana this coming Fall!

ELT Jazz Band playing at the recent UWSP Jazz Festival

Congratulations DECA on receiving GOLD recognition for all of our student run businesses!

Mrs. Lloyd's students showing off their Brain Caps!

Ceramics in Art!

Professional Development Day

Our next PD Day is scheduled for 2/18. Here is the plan for the day:

• The plan for this day has evolved (notably) based on staff feedback. Once scheduled as a full-day event, staff now are expected to participate in a minimum of one session, as little as 60-90 minutes.
• The focus continues to be self-care, resilience and burnout prevention. While it would be fair to say that giving “time” helps manage stress, it also never gets at some of the root challenges. To that end, this day is focused on encouraging staff to take an active role managing the challenges we face today.
• There is a great deal of flexibility within this schedule. If groups meet for some portion of the day on things not included on the formal schedule, this is A-OK/encouraged, but at those teams’ discretion.
• The options may prove beneficial/valuable for all categories of employee. If support staff members not scheduled to work were interested in attending, they would be welcome to, but it would not be an added, paid work day.

Here is the flier with times and options.

Announcements/Week Ahead

Parent-Teacher Contact Time - A reminder that there are an additional 3 hours built-in during this Parent Teacher conference time for teachers to call, email, and connect with parents. We choose not to schedule these three hours to increase flexibility for both faculty and parents.

Parent-Teacher Conferences - Our spring conferences are on Thursday, February 17th from 3-6:30 p.m. with a built-in 20-minute break.  All teachers are expected to be here for conferences.  There are a few shared teachers, coaches, etc. with exceptions.  If you haven't already spoken to Mike/Dawn about not being here, please do so ASAP.  Parents will receive an individualized email or paper copy with instructions and links to sign up for either an in-person, WebEx, or telephone conference starting Wednesday, February 9th at 7 a.m. 

Parent-Teacher Conference Teacher Appointment Schedules - Thursday, November 17th is parent-teacher conferences from 3-6:30 p.m. with a built-in 20-minute break.  A few reminders regarding conferences: 

1. Here is the link to view your schedules and info lookup directions.  Teachers cannot change their schedule, contact Dawn if needed.
2. Please view your online schedule frequently after Wednesday, 2/9, 7 a.m.. If a parent calls, Dawn will add/delete/change their schedule if possible.
3. Check your "Parents/Guardians Needing a Different Time" listing and contact them when you have time.
4. Parents can add/delete/change their conference(s) up to 24 hours prior to conferences.
5. Dawn will be in the main office during conferences at ext. 4021, if needed.
6. There will be treats in the teacher's lounge. Please come down during your break and enjoy.

Spring Testing Dates & Information - Linked below you will find a one page sheet with dates of specific activities for the Junior ACT, Sophomore Forward & Aspire, and current 10th & 11th grade 2022-23 class scheduling.  Spring Testing Dates & Activities

Important Dates:

February

7           ACT Prep Course Night 1

7           Lintereur, Pagenkopf,  Plaza, Schremp ELTS report to auditorium during ELT for scheduling

7           Rescheduled BLT meeting at 2:50 in Conference Room

8           Bailey, Blanchette, Bouffler, Coenen, J. ELTs report to auditorium during ELT for scheduling

9           Parents can start scheduling conferences 7 a.m.

9           Group Yearbook Pictures Taken, Aud. (refer to the email sent by Audrey Kemp for times)

10         Davies, Dirks, Fike, Gipp ELTs report to auditorium during ELT for scheduling

11         Hansen, Stroik, Vinje, Winkelman,  Wenninger ELTs report to auditorium during ELT 

14         Happy Valentine's Day!

14         ACT Prep Course Night 2

15         ACT Accommodations Mtg during PLC Room, 2:50 p.m.

16         Junior Scheduling Fair during Advisory

16         ACT Proctor Meeting during Faculty Meeting

16         Faculty Meeting, IMC, 2:50 p.m.

16         Board Meeting, Middle School, 6:30 p.m.

17         ACT Proctor Meeting for coaches, etc. that missed the faculty meeting, IMC, 7 a.m.

17         Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6:30 p.m.

17         Week of the 17th - 3 parent contact hours

18         NO School, PD Work Day

21         ACT Prep Course Night 3

23         Sophomore Scheduling Fair during Advisory

March
8            ACT - Juniors only
10          Sophomore Career Fair at Wausau East - 12:10 - 2:00 - Sophomores will report to their 10th hour from 2:06-2:40

April
14          Wellness Day - Whole school
19          Aspire testing - Sophomores only - Juniors College/Career Day

May

25          Graduation 6-9 pm

                        Upcoming Field Trips 

Field Trips - Field trips are still permitted at this point.  Please consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling.  If the guidance changes, we will let you know. See Mike Raether if you have any questions.  Please submit class list 2 weeks prior to trip.

Field Trip Form from District (click on '2340(A): Field Trip Request' then '2340 (A) Field Trip Request Fillable 5-289-19.pdf.  Please write explanation of field trip along with the destination.

Teacher	Dates	Destination	Form & Class list
Joe Finnegan	2/14/22	UWSP Music Building	Form & Class List
Chad Thompson	2/13-18/22	Washington DC	Class List
Jennifer Gipp	2/18/21	Area Businesses	Form & Class List
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon	3/8/21	Convention Center Evercon 2022	Form & Class List
Foster & Degrand	4/7/22	Wausau West Planetarium	Form & Class List