Closed: M.A.T.H.L.E.T.E.S. – an active math classroom at Central High

Summary: Help make my Central High School math classroom a more active place for learning by purchasing stability balls to replace current seating, allowing students to move and stretch and help them stay focused and engaged in math lessons. Goal: $1,660   •   Amount Raised: $0   •   School: Central High School  

Closed (partial funding): Culturally representative books through “See Me. Read Me.” project

Summary: Our goal is to put culturally representative books into the hands of our community’s children. . Goal: $11,000   •   Net Amount Raised: $4,534 (including donations made by check)   •   School: Lincoln Middle School (representing all District schools)  •   Sponsor Name: Shaundel Spivey           About My Project:  In our community, and in

Closed (partial funding): Northside Elementary seeks to become a Trauma-Informed School

Summary: Help Northside Elementary School address the needs of children by supporting a pilot program to develop a Trauma-Informed School. Goal: $4,000   •   Amount Raised: $520 (through online fundraising)   •   School: Northside Elementary School   •   Sponsor Name: Principal Laura Huber           About My Project: Northside Elementary School is committed to meeting

Former Supt. Richard Swantz elected as Honorary Member, Kathie Tyser also elected to LPEF Board

Richard Swantz, the longest-serving superintendent of schools in La Crosse history, has been elected as an Honorary Member of the Board of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation (LPEF). Also elected to a three-year term on the board is Kathie Tyser, a retired former associate superintendent of the School District

Longfellow/LDI students, staff raise $854 for LPEF

Longfellow Middle School and La Crosse Design Institute students and staff were Runnin’ for a Reason on May 26. And with their 8th annual fundraiser for community causes, they raised $853.92 that will go to support the La Crosse Public Education Foundation’s Random Acts of Kindness program. Students chose LPEF

La Crosse celebrates first group to graduate from AVID program

AVID is helping these students make college dreams come true College dreams are about to become reality for the first group of La Crosse high school students to graduate after participating in the AVID college-readiness program. For Thomas Yang, who intends to go to the University of Minnesota Rochester, AVID

Hamilton students get reading help from tutors funded by LPEF donors

Travis is really concentrating now. Looking carefully at the words on the page, picking up visual clues and hearing hints from Miss Deborah. The Hamilton 1st-grader has been fidgeting during this morning session at a hallway desk with Deborah Nerud, but he’s more engaged since he selected the book, “Jack

7 Rivers student wins contest for essay on Holocaust

Bevan Breaux, a sophomore at La Crosse 7 Rivers Community High School, has won first-place in an essay contest designed to bring added meaning to studies of the Holocaust by connecting it with 21st century issues. A Logan High School sophomore, Josh Perry, received second place and $100 in contest,

Closed (Partial Funding): Universal Sensory Room for Hintgen Elementary

Summary: The goal of this project is to obtain resources that can be available for all students to access in order to increase student engagement and increase overall ability to be successful in school. Goal: $2,750   •   Amount Raised: $110   •   School: Hintgen Elementary School   •   Sponsor Name: Principal Amy Oliver

Never Again! 2017 winning essay: Pushing out people some see as unfit is ‘completely unsettling’

Editor’s Note: Bevan Breaux, a sophomore at La Crosse’s 7 Rivers Community High School, won first place in the 2017 contest for essays on how the lessons of the Holocaust connect with 21st century issues. (See story here on the award.) The contest was sponsored by the Maureen and Robert