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Archives: Central High School
  • 54 Middle and High Schoolers participate in Never Again! Reflection Contest

    Posted by Nell Saunders-Scott on May 30, 2023

    Maggie Herath, a sophomore at Logan High School, Anessa Baldridge and Audrey Barton, both 7th graders of Longfellow Middle, have each won first-place prize in The Never Again! Reflection…


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  • Gold Star Grants in Action

    Posted by Nell Saunders-Scott on August 25, 2022

    Gold Star Grants are awarded in December and April each school year and in the 2021-22 school year over $80,000 in grants were funded.


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  • Support Central Debate Team’s Trip to Nationals!

    Posted by Nell Saunders-Scott on May 12, 2022

    Summary: You can help the La Crosse Central Debate Team cover travel and competition expenses to participate in the 2022 National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament…


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  • Inclusive projects for arts and athletics among 27 Gold Star Grants awarded by LPEF

    Posted by David Stoeffler on December 5, 2019

    Funding for adaptive athletic equipment, including sport wheelchairs and inclusive cardio fitness machines, are among 27 grants totaling nearly $44,000 announced Dec. 5 by the La Crosse Public Education…


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  • La Crosse students enjoy enriched experiences due to LPEF grants

    Posted by David Stoeffler on May 24, 2019

    La Crosse school students enjoyed new experiences this spring – from archaeology digs to working with visiting authors and artists — due to grants from the La Crosse Public…


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  • $40,300 in Gold Star Grants awarded to support innovation in La Crosse schools

    Posted by David Stoeffler on December 4, 2018

    LPEF awards 24 “Gold Star Grants” in first round for 2018-19 school year West African drums for elementary school music rooms, a yearlong archaeology project to study early Native American…


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  • Grant will help Central special education students with reading, math skills

    Posted by David Stoeffler on May 19, 2018

    A grant awarded to the La Crosse Public Education Foundation will be used to purchase leveled books to help with reading and math skills for special education students at…


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  • Nearly $42,000 awarded in grants to La Crosse schools

    Posted by David Stoeffler on December 7, 2017

    LPEF awards 32 ‘Gold Star Grants’ supporting innovation in classrooms Projects in nearly every curriculum area – including teaching about local history, helping students create mosaics for a school garden,…


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  • Cleary family gift supports projects for students at Central and Logan

    Posted by David Stoeffler on November 10, 2017

    A new scoreboard for the football field at Central High School, and a major upgrade to the sound system in the Weess Theater at Logan High School, are among…


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  • LPEF grants spur innovative projects; more than $128,000 awarded in 2-year period

    Posted by David Stoeffler on November 10, 2017

    Innovative projects in every La Crosse public school and in every curriculum area have been funded through the classroom grants program of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. About 90…


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