Happy Halloween!!!

B.A. Kennedy students and staff had a 

great time celebrating Halloween today!

Bucketfilling pledge...

One of our 3K students has learned our daily bucketfilling pledge and even practices at home!! Check out what a nice job he does!!

Bike Winners!!!

We had two lucky bike winners from the Fire Department drawing!!  Thanks to all who participated in mapping out the smoke alarms in their homes.

A special thanks to Wal-Mart for donating the bikes, and to the Fire Department for their continued support of our students and schools!

Mrs. Wachter - May Lemke Special Service Award

Louise Wachter, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher at B.A. Kennedy was presented with the May Lemke Special Service Award at the Wisconsin Council for Exceptional Children Conference at UW Whitewater on Saturday, October 18th. 

This award recognizes a person who has provided outstanding service and who demonstrates the qualities of exceptional perseverance, love, courage and leadership to or for children and youth with special needs. The award nomination consisted of letters of support from former parents/grandparents, district superintendent and building principal. 

Louise demonstrates these qualities daily in her work with students, parents, community members and fellow colleagues. She has touched many lives and has helped many students to have a strong educational foundation. Mrs. Wachter is in her 37th year of teaching in the Prairie du Chien School District, and continues to be a fantastic educator and child advocate. This award could not go to a more deserving recipient!

Pictured from left to right are: Jen Miller (Teaching Assistant in Mrs. Wachter's classroom), Erin Sanders (Teaching Assistant in Mrs. Wachter's classroom), Louise Wachter (Early Childhood Teacher & Award Recipient), and Laura Stuckey (B.A. Kennedy Principal).

Halloween Dance...

We hope to see you at our upcoming Halloween Dance sponsored by PTO!!

Capitol Ceremony Celebrates 2014-2015 Wisconsin Title I Schools of Recognition

MADISON — State Superintendent Tony Evers offered congratulations to Bluff View Intermediate School for being among 173 schools in the state that received Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition honors for the 2014-15 school year. “These schools are examples of the success we need in all of our schools to close the achievement gap,” Evers said.

The schools were recognized during a special Oct. 13 ceremony at the State Capitol in Madison hosted by Deputy State Superintendent Mike Thompson. Pictured with Thompson, from left: Clay Koenig (Asst. Principal), Kalen Hagen (6th Grade Math), Christine Panka (School Board President), Mike Thompson, Lindsey Fisk (7th Grade Math), Erin Pederson (3rd Grade), Lisa Mink (BAK LMC). During the program, special recognition went to seven High-Achieving schools and 29 High-Progress Schools. Eight schools earned both High-Achieving and High-Progress honors. Three schools earned the award for a 10th consecutive year, while 10 schools earned the award for a fifth consecutive year.

"We are exceptionally proud of the staff, parents, and students ability to work to beat the odds. This is a direct result of the hard work, attention to detail, and desire to succeed by all three groups. My staff, as well as the BAK staff, have worked very hard over the past years to improve the curriculum for our students. Our parents and students have risen to the expectations of our staffs' loftier goals and as a result, great things are happening" said Aaron Amundson. This is the third year in a row that Bluff View has been recognized by the state for the award.

Parents receive a lesson in calendar from their child at our Fall Into B.A.K. evening!

One of our kindergarten students gave his parents a lesson in calendar at our Fall Into B.A.K. evening! 

You can tell that he has learned his routine and understands it well!

Shout out to PTO!

A special thanks to the Prairie du Chien PTO for the sponsorship of the new banners at B.A. Kennedy! Here is a sneak peak of the one in the entryway!

Thanks to all who came to our "Fall Into B.A.K." evening!

 

 

 

 

Ms. O'Brien's Fun Coat Hanging Rack!

Check out Ms. O'Brien's fun coat hanging rack! Our 3K students are lucky to get to use this every day!!

Food 4 Thought - October...

 

We loved learning about broccoli and cabbage during our October Food 4 Thought! A special thanks to Driftless Organics for being our sponsor!

Schools of Recognition!

We have staff members in Madison today accepting Schools of Recognition awards for Bluff View! 

Hats off to staff at B.A. Kennedy for their part in this, 

and to staff at Bluff View for their hard work!

We are Bucketfillers!!

We spent some time this morning talking about Bucketfilling! I am hopeful that your child will share with you some of the great discussion we had this morning!

The following links are some of the things we looked at today. Enjoy looking these over as a family, and we look forward to getting your Bucketfilling pledges back for our wall!

This is our story that explains what it is like to be a bucketfiller.


This is a song that reinforces the bucketfilling concept:


This is what the pledge looks like that we are hopeful your child will return.

Thank you for your help in supporting our bucketfilling initiative!

Fall Into B.A.K.

Thank you, Prairie du Chien Fire Department! We love Fire Prevention Week!!

Miss White's 4K : Homecoming Pep Rally!

Miss White's 4K : Homecoming Pep Rally!: On Friday, we rode the bus over to the high school for the homecoming pep rally. Onyx was chosen to play a relay game and his team won! The...

Special Visitors at B.A. Kennedy...

B.A. Kennedy had some very special visitors on Friday before the pep rally! The football team came over to read to our kindergarten and 1st grade students. It was such fun, and our students enjoyed having that time with our high school celebrities! 

A special thanks to Mr. Amundson, Mr. Banasik and Mrs. Gallagher for their help in coordinating this!!

Here are some pictures of our students enjoying their time with the Blackhawks!

Homecoming FUN!

A good time was had by all at the HOMECOMING Parade! Thanks to all who came out to watch!