Education

The Indian Café is a student-run café at Waukon High School which allows the students to prepare and serve meals to community members as part of their curriculum. The students plan well-balanced menus and also learn how some things operate in the restaurant industry.

by Jennyanne Hager

Waukon Head Start, located at West Elementary, 953 Third Avenue NW in Waukon, will be holding an Open House Tuesday, February 23 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Area residents are invited to stop by the Open House and visit with staff and tour the classroom.
Head Start, operated by Northeast Iowa Community Action, is a full-day program that offers a safe and nurturing environment while providing fun and active learning. Qualified teachers are eager to partner with parents to provide the best possible preschool experience for children.

State Voluntary 4-Year-Old Preschool Bright Beginnings registration for the 2010-2011 school year in the Allamakee Community School District will be held Wednesday, February 24 at West Elementary School in Waukon and Wednesday, March 3 at Waterville Elementary School.
Any child who will be four years of age by September 15, 2010 is eligible to enroll. Parents must bring their child’s birth certificate or other evidence of age and immunization record with them in order to complete registration.

The IMTA (Iowa Music Teachers Association) Northeast Iowa District Pre-College Competitive Piano Auditions were held Saturday, January 30 at Luther College in Decorah. The purpose of the Piano Auditions is the promotion of comprehensive musicianship.

St. Patrick School in Waukon will be holding its annual Mardi Gras fundraising event Saturday, February 13 at the Waukon Banquet Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.
Live and silent auctions and games will take place throughout the evening. Local businesses and individuals have donated items and funding to help make the event a success for St. Patrick School.

The St. Patrick Parish Confirmation students and the St. Patrick School sixth grade class conducted a bake sale Sunday, January 24 after the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. A total of $434 was raised by the event to benefit relief efforts for the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Pictured in the top photo (left to right) are Confirmation students Mullen Wacker and Danielle Leiran and in bottom photo (left to right) are sixth grade students Ike Fink and Shane Halverson. Submitted photos.

Waukon Head Start, located at West Elementary, 953 Third Avenue NW in Waukon, will be holding an Open House Tuesday, February 23 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Area residents are invited to stop by the Open House and visit with staff and tour the classroom.
Head Start, operated by Northeast Iowa Community Action, is a full-day program that offers a safe and nurturing environment while providing fun and active learning. Qualified teachers are eager to partner with parents to provide the best possible preschool experience for children.

Monday, January 18, the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) held its annual NEIC Honors Music Festival at Crestwood High School in Cresco. The NEIC Honor Choir of 81 students included 12 students from Waukon High School. Pictured left to right are: Front row - Katie Kleinow, Chloe Stortz, Brittany Kruger, Bryce McCormick; Second row - Bob Meder, Cara Collins, Mariah Wright, Megan Brodahl; Back row - Patrick Frank, Lucas Wesling, Matt Johnson and Will Blake, all of whom were among those nominated by director Adrienne Gerst to represent Waukon High School.

In his FY 2011 budget recommendations, Iowa Governor Chet Culver recently proposed that community colleges be funded at $148 million or approximately $20 million less than last year's total funding with federal stimulus dollars.
The Governor's budget recommendations only serve as a starting point and are not finalized until the legislature approves the budget at the end of the legislative session. This decision is also dependent on revenue estimates that will be supplied in March by the Revenue Estimating Conference.