Education

by Brianne Eilers

The 4-H County Council is sponsoring a School Supplies Drive to benefit the Allamakee County Relief Office. The 4-H Council is encouraging all 4-H clubs and the community to participate by purchasing school supply items. Monetary donations will be accepted during the upcoming Allamakee County Fair as well.
The County Council will have a special community service booth in the 4-H Exhibit Building to display the donations during the Allamakee County Fair. Donations are welcome anytime throughout the fair, which is being held July 15-19 in Waukon. For further information, contact the ISU Allamakee County Extension Office at 563-568-6345.
 

Hy-Vee is partnering with the Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) to deliver informational and innovative college and career readiness programming and resources to students and parents across Iowa. This partnership will enable more than 40,000 high school students and families to better understand how to be prepared for college, and for potential career options during and after high school.
“Hy-Vee believes in giving back to our communities, and especially to Iowa students, who are the future of our state’s workforce,” said Tonia Petterson, Hy-Vee’s assistant vice president of recruiting. “We understand that our company’s future success is dependent on hiring quality employees who can provide helpful smiles to our customers. Our partnership with ICAN is another way we can show our commitment to organizations that transform today’s youth into tomorrow’s community leaders.”

The Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Waukon Center’s first-ever science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-themed summer camp, “Robotic Olympics: Leap into the Future”, enjoyed great success and participation from the community.
The camp, which was held June 8-10, provided 37 students in fourth through sixth grades an opportunity to learn about STEM while working with and completing robotics projects. As part of the camp’s activities, the students visited the Lely robotics milking system at Iowa’s Dairy Center (pictured below), located just south of the NICC Calmar campus, and presented their projects (pictured at right) in a final graduation day for parents, community members and partners.

submitted by Carmen Wille, Chapter Reporter

by Brianne Eilers

by Susan Cantine-Maxson

A new agreement established between Waukon High School and Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) will award high school students more college credits for their home construction projects.
The students, under the direction of Waukon High School industrial technology teacher Jed Hemann, have constructed a house in the community each year since 2009. The previous agreement between the high school and the college awarded 1.5 NICC Carpentry program credits to the students. Through the efforts of NICC Carpentry instructor Brian Ondrashek, high school instructors and the NICC High School Partnerships office, the students will now earn 8.5 credits.
“We want to reward the high school students for the work that they are doing and to encourage the students to enroll in our Carpentry diploma program at the Calmar campus,” said Erica Nosbisch, NICC Waukon Center director.

This year a new award was given at East Elementary School in Waukon at the end of the school year. The new award will be replacing the East Academic Award (pictured in additional photo above), as sixth grade students next year will be part of Waukon Middle School instead of East Elementary. The new award is called the "All A's All The Time" award and will be presented to fifth grade students who have been on the "A" honor roll at East Elementary for all six semesters of their attendance. The winners of this year's inaugural award are pictured above with retiring East Elementary School Principal Ann Hart. Left to right - Front row: Vivian Khan, Madelyn Helgerson, Kiara Ahlstrom, Abby Wiemerslage, Jacob Skarlis, Justine Sullivan, Hannah Teslow. Back row: Caleb Block, Lincoln Snitker, Braden Hemann, Vicente Quiroz, Principal Ann Hart, Kaitlyn Snyder, Ashlyn Johnson. Submitted photo.
 

The East Elementary Academic Award is given each year to those sixth grade students who have been on the "A" Honor Roll for all eight semesters they have attended East Elementary School in Waukon. This year those sixth graders, pictured left to right in the above photo with retiring East Elementary School Principal Ann Hart, include: Front row: Connor Stegen, Ella Hermeier, Hailey Bresnahan, Bailey Shafer. Back row: Bridget Duncklee, Madalyn Palmer, Delaney Nagel, Principal Ann Hart, Walker Hermeier, Jocealynn Brock, Betsy Anderson. Submitted photo.