- Since early December, we’ve been working hard on
preparations for registration season. I’ve met with nearly all the
departments in the high school. During these meetings we’ve
strategized who should teach what next year, whether or not we split
grades into two sections or three, and discussions on how to get more
electives and college courses into the registration booklet. We’ve also
conducted an interest survey with our 8th-11th grade students to better
understand what new classes they’d like to see added to our registration
booklet.
- One exciting new class we’ll be offering will be a two-hour Building Trades class. This class will be returning to a day where we used to build garages, houses, sheds, and other on-site projects! Mr. Matt Buysse will be looking for 10-15 students who are interested in construction (or other hands-on careers) after graduation. A committee will be formed and will accept/decline project requests from community members. The goal of the class will be to provide our students with a real world job site experience. New dugouts for the baseball field (the one by the old tennis courts behind the school) will be one of the first projects this class will tackle next fall. There will be information sent out to the community regarding project requests sometime this summer!
- This year’s freshman class will have a brand new
college offering available when they are seniors! Mr. Darren Clausen
is going back to get his Master’s Degree in Chemistry and will be able to
offer a college chemistry class for the 2020-2021 school year! My
goal is to be able to offer college credits in all four core subject areas
(Social Studies, English, Math, and Science).
- The new lights on the building (Monroe Street) give it
a whole new look at night! I knew it was dark, but now I realize
just HOW dark it was in front of the building. The parking lot and
5th Street/Jackson Street will be done this spring when the ground thaws.
- We recently had a “Code Yellow” here at school. When a code yellow is in place, it simply means that we want to keep the hallways clear of students so the administration/E-Team can deal with an emergency (usually medical). Typically, it seems like we have one or two of these a year.
Spring is on the way! If you ever have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me here at school and I'll do my best to help!
Jeremy W. Frie
High School Principal
High School Principal
