• $30,153 in grants for classrooms announced

    Posted on December 8, 2015

    LPEF awards 22 grants to support innovation in public schools in first round this school year Support for innovative approaches and technology for use in science, math, social studies, reading, health and fine arts in the School District of La Crosse are among 22 grants totaling $30,153 announced Dec. 8 by the La Crosse Public Education […]

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  • LPEF grants connect students and teachers to new technology

    Posted on November 11, 2015

    Technology is engaging La Crosse school students in new ways, thanks to grants from the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. La Crosse Design Institute students are using iPad microscopes to move the lab outside. “It allows them to look at life in different ways — it catches their interest vs. looking at a slide (under […]

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  • Students add extra spice to Chili Cook Off

    Posted on October 2, 2015

    Students from several La Crosse schools performed music and produced special chili recipes, adding extra spice and fun to the 24th annual State Bank Financial Chili Cook Off held Oct. 10 at Riverside Park. In all, 23 teams competed to try to satisfy the hungry crowd paying a $7 admission fee for all the chili they […]

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  • Longfellow creates permanent Compassion Project display

    Posted on April 28, 2015

    Students and staff and Longfellow Middle School are celebrating the installation of a permanent exhibit of tiles from the La Crosse Compassion Project. Students at Longfellow/La Crosse Design Institute were among nearly 6,000 who participated during the 2013-14 school year in the Compassion Project.  The project culminated in an eight-week exhibit at the Pump House […]

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  • 16 grants worth $18,600 awarded in second round to support classrooms

    Posted on March 30, 2015

    Support for community field trips and projects to promote music appreciation and healthy living by students in the School District of La Crosse are among 16 grants totaling almost $18,600 announced March  30 by the La Crosse Public Education Foundation (LPEF). Another grant supports The Giving Project, an effort to help students of all ages […]

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  • $31,000 in grants support innovation in schools

    Posted on December 11, 2014

    LA CROSSE, WI, December 11, 2014– Support for school gardens, summer school literacy, microscopes that attach to iPads and the latest welding equipment are among 17 grants totaling nearly $31,000 announced today by the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. Three student-led grant requests are among those being announced in surprise visits to School District of […]

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  • Longfellow students are champion chili makers

    Posted on October 16, 2014

    For the second consecutive year, a team of students from La Crosse’s Longfellow Middle School won the People’s Choice award at the Chili Cook Off sponsored by State Bank Financial. Throngs of chili-lovers descended on Riverside Park Oct. 11 to sample chili prepared by more than 20 teams. Longfellow consumer education teacher Sarah Schams worked […]

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