Brookwood students named to first-quarter honor roll

The following Brookwood Junior/Senior High School students were named to the first-quarter honor roll: SENIORS High Honors: Mikayla Becherer, Morgan Berendes, Jared Chambers, Davide Colombo, Stacey Ebert, Olivia Hansen, Jackie Hanson, Megan Larson, Ana Mendoza,...

Royall Education Notes: Time is right for referendum, investments in capital improvements

By MARK GRUEN Royall School District superintendent I have been writing these columns since I started at Royall in the fall of 2010. As you may recall, we did an energy exemption for $300,000 right out the gate. Next, we refinanced our loans, creating a savings of...

N-O-W students take part in performing arts fair

Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School hosted its Fifth-Grade Performing Arts Fair on Oct. 14. The participants performed various talents in front of an audience and were judged by three high-schoolers.

RHS homecoming court

The following were members of this year's Royall High School homecoming court. Sophomores Trystan Houzner and Carrie Logan, freshmen Trenton Pasch and Emily Nelson, seniors Vincent Newman and Emma Zmolek, seniors Cory Anderson and Laura Michelson, juniors Clay...

Royall has renter for Kendall school

By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Now closed, Kendall Elementary School would again accommodate children if a local woman's plans come to pass. At the Royall School Board meeting Monday, Karinne Overton of Kendall proposed establishing a daycare center, which...

N-O-W to do bleacher repairs costing $9,000

By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School Board heard about an unexpected expense at its meeting Monday: A $375 outlay for a bleacher safety inspection had ballooned into a $9,000 bill. According to Superintendent Kelly Burhop, BR...

N-O-W named Wisconsin School of Recognition

By County Line staff Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School was among the 118 schools statewide that recently earned Wisconsin School of Recognition honors. N-O-W was recognized in a noon ceremony Wednesday at the state capitol. To receive the honor, each school had...

Debi Dannhoff Walk/Run set for Saturday at BHS

The Debi Dannhoff Passionately Pink Walk/Run for a Cure will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Brookwood High School. The registration fee is $15, and registrants may purchase pink T-shirts for 50 percent off. Five- to 12-year-olds may participate in the walk/run...

Royall to receive $2 million windfall

By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Royall stands to reap nearly $2 million through the federal Carol M. White Physical Education Program. The school district recently received word that it had received one of 76 grants, which fund health and fitness objectives....

The Selling of School Choice (part 3)

School choice advocates hope to build on gains Racine expansion shows movement’s clout By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Jim Bender, president of the advocacy group School Choice Wisconsin, has a ready answer for those who charge that...

Peppy performance

Meredith Gruber performs with the Brookwood High School pep band at the football team's matchup against Cashton on Friday. (Sarah Parker photo)

Walmart presents gift certificates to N-O-W teachers

Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District physical education teacher Kelly Wallace picks up his $100 gift certificate from two representatives of the Tomah Walmart Distribution Center. The ceremony Thursday at N-O-W Schools was an opportunity to draw the names of 10...

Royall tax rate projected

By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter If school officials' projections materalize later this fall, Royall residents will have a greatly lessened tax burden in 2012. At the school 's annual meeting Monday, district bookkeeper Jeff Lankey said the preliminary mill rate...

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