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The Wolf Review Volume 16, Issue 3 www.algomaschools.org Published As A Service To The School District of Algoma Dear Community Members: In an effort to connuously improve our educaonal system the Algoma School District will be asking for your support in 2016. Due to sound fiscal management, we are able to reissue debt without impacng the local taxpayer. In fact, our mill rate will decrease as a result. In supporng the April 2016 referendum, our community will be afforded the resources necessary to significantly improve and update the Algoma Elementary School. While a few projects will be completed at the MS/HS, the bulk of the improvements will be centered on one of our communies most historic sites. With your support in April, work will begin immediately on replacing all of the mechanical systems within the Ele- mentary building. In some cases, the original mechanical systems from construcon in 1938 are in need of replace- ment. Further improvements will focus on a new addion to the south east poron of the building. This new area will provide for a new library, band and chorus rooms, childcare center, and 21st century learning spaces. Addionally, the backstage area of the auditorium will be enrely repurposed to include the amenies necessary for a performing arts center. These improvements will allow for dressing rooms, set construcon capacity, and a new entry off of Fremont St. Plans of our project can be viewed at each of our buildings as well as the community wellness center. If you have any quesons related to the referendum and or our plans please don’t hesitate to ask. On January 21st we will have completed half of the school year already. In those 90 days we have much to be proud of. Our aendance rates, achievement scores, staff and student engagement have all improved. Our community wellness center is bustling with acvity and our community coalion—Live Algoma is doing amazing work. I have wit- nessed a level of community engagement that is truly impressive. This engagement is contagious and I am excited about the opportunies ahead of us in 2016. Furthermore, our efforts related to community improvement are making naonal news while we are simultaneously empowering our youth to take on the challenges of our community. To those that were trained in hands only CPR at one of our recent basketball games you can aest to this enthusiasm and engagement. A quote reminds me that in order to do great things we must be willing to do a lile extra. For that, thank you to our staff, students, and community for doing the extra work necessary to achieve great things for our com- munity. On Algoma, Nick Cochart ALGOMA SCHOOL BOARD NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION (Sec. 120.06(6) (b), Wis. Stats) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an elecon is to be held in the School District of Algoma on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 to fill the following board posions: Two (2) posions are for members from the City of Algoma and are for full three (3) year terms. The seats to be filled are currently held by: Barb Rodgers City Joann Wiesner City An elector desiring to be a candidate for a posion on the school board must file a Campaign Registraon Statement and “Sworn Declaraon of Candidacy” at the office of the school district clerk, 1715 Division Street, Algoma, WI 54201, between the hours of 8 AM and 4 PM on Monday through Friday, or filed personally with the school district clerk, Priscilla Swoboda, N8212 Cty D, Algoma, WI 54201. The Campaign Registraon State- ment and “Sworn Declaraon of Candidacy” must be filed no later than 5 pm on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of the School District of Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, that there shall be issued, pursuant to Chapter 67, Wisconsin Statutes, General Obligaon Bonds in an amount not to exceed $4,860,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of reno- vaons, improvements and addions to the elementary school; high school restroom renovaons; parking lot improvements at each school building; and equipment acquision related to said projects. The District electors may inspect the Inial Resoluon at the District offices during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Dated this 4th day of November, 2015. Priscilla Swoboda, Clerk Board of Educaon School District of Algoma 2015 wrapped up with quite a few noteworthy moments at Algoma Elementary School. We happily welcome the new year and look forward to the opportunities and memories that are yet to be made! New Food Sampling During the past few months, students were able to try some new food items in the cafeteria. They sampled pumpkin soup and beef stew Winter Concert made from scratch. Both were delicious! Our annual Winter Concert was a good time for all. Families were able to see their children sing on stage and then headed to the cafe- teria for hot chocolate, cookies, and a few good books. JOIN US FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS! Student Showcase Concert and Display of Work Tuesday, Feb. 16 beginning at 6:00 Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences Thursday, April 7 and Friday, April 8 Sign up during the Student Showcase MobyMax Online Curriculum Support Algoma Elementary School and Algoma Middle School are excited to share that we are in our 5th month implementing a new supplemental web-based curriculum called MobyMax. MobyMax is tailored to your child’s individual needs. Best of all, your child can access Moby Max from your home computer at any time. Please contact your child’s teacher if you do not know your child’s username or password. You can sign in as a parent as well by selecting “Parent” from the drop down menu and entering your child’s username and parent. You will be able to monitor your child’s progress and send messages to your child’s teacher. You can learn more by going to the Moby Max site: http://www.mobymax.com/curriculum/overview STEM Day Students used the scientific process to build the tallest free standing tower. Literacy Tips for The Beginning Reader When your child comes to an unknown word in the text of a story, the first thing to try is to give your child time. Giving your child time allows him or her to apply decoding strategies he or she may already know. If your child truly needs help, there is more you can do to help besides just saying, “Sound it out.” Try some of these coaching phrases next time your child needs some assistance. Flip the sound. (This means to try a long vowel sound instead of the short or vice versa. When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking. (This helps your child think about which long vowel sound to make.) Find a part of the word that you know. (This encourages your child to look at letter chunks such a /sh/, / ch/, /at/, /oo/, etc. ) Get your mouth ready. (Your child should make the sound he or she thinks the letter makes.) Say it slow like a turtle, then fast like a bunny. (Helps the child segment and blend words.) HAPPENINGS FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR-CLERK-TREASURER’S OFFICE Mayor’s Report: Now that 2015 is in the history books, I ask myself where the time went. It sure seemed to fly by. As the year came to a close the City was faced with no snow for Christmas to over 12 inches dumped on us at one time. The snow was heavy and wet and with equipment break downs the street department had a hard time plowing the streets. It was frustrating to a lot of people but the street department did the best they could considering the condi- tions they were faced with. On another note, our dog park, located on the North end of 6th Street, received a face lift in 2015, thanks to a gen- erous donor. The park is now welcoming to dog owners and reflects, in one more way, the desire of property own- ers and visitors to make our City a great place to live and work. Our visitor center, which is highly utilized, saw renovations as well. The city passed its 2016 budget with a very little increase. With the county, school district and NWTC seeing a reduction in their budgets, most people saw a decrease in their total tax bill. We refinanced various debt instru- ments, with great terms and rates and with a strong Moody’s rating. At the same time, we have significantly re- duced the City’s general obligation debt from an original high of 81% of total debt capacity. Now that 2015 is behind us we want to focus on 2016. We are all working very hard every day to make Algoma a welcoming City that is a destination for travelers from the lake shore, northeast Wisconsin, the nation, and around the world by expanding an emphasis on brewing and wine making, food and industrial food preparation, retail shopping, biking, fishing and assorted other recreational sporting activities, improvements in our state owned trails. This last year, “The Friends of Crescent Beach” was formed to help preserve our beautiful shoreline. In August, the Soar on the Shore fundraiser was held and was a huge success. We are expecting this event to be even bigger and better in 2016.