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The 2019 Sauk Prairie High School Homecoming Court was: Back row: Brooks Leister, Colby Elsing, Garrett Hertzfeldt, Parker Breunig, Dayton Goette, Riley Jelinek, Thomas Jaedike, missing Abrahan Castro. Front row: Aimee Maasch, Hannah Kruckman, Cassi Miller, Kelsey Selden, Haley Greenheck, Macy Breunig, Leah Weigel, and Savannah Brickman.

A group of over 30 Sauk Prairie High School students braved the cold and blustery winds for several hours on Wednesday October 16th to help collect native prairie seeds from the restored Kindschi Prairie along Highway 12 north of Sauk City. The students and several faculty from the high school were participating in the school’s “Day of Service.” Other student groups helped with prairie restoration (Moely Prairie), Hwy 12 roadside cleanup, cemetery clean-up (Merrimac) and other useful service projects throughout the area. The students collected numerous grocery bags full of rare prairie seeds. Their “treasure” included wildflower species like Stiff Goldenrod, Showy Goldenrod, Rattlesnake Master, New England Aster, Culver’s Root, Tall Sunflower and two native grasses (Big Bluestem and Indiangrass). The seeds will be shared with landowners at Badger, including Ho-Chunk Nation and Department of Natural Resources, to support their prairie restoration efforts on their respective properties. Sources of seed of native prairie plants are very scarce. Once found along roadsides and railroad tracks, the efficiency of highway and rail crews cleaning and clearing their right-of-ways over the decades has all-but-eliminated native plants. More and more as time goes by, seed sources are reduced to the several tiny extant prairie remnants scattered throughout the county and restored prairies like this roadside planting at the historical marker along Highway 12.

The September Above The Line theme at Grand Avenue School was “Caring.” The students listed below received awards on Friday, September 27, from their classroom teacher who felt that they are a caring individual. Congratulations to these students! Left to right: Front bottom row: Chesney Braund, Justin Topp, Kendra Frey, Jasmine Walls, Nicole Zantow, Calista Brickl, Allison Herbrand, Abbey Brereton, Campbell Kelter, Emma Smith, Homero Reyes. Second row up: Noah Endres, Alyssa Dahlby, Brayden Birkett, Naomi Pierce, Alexis Cleveland, Gabbi Bletsch, Collin Lins, William Picket, Colton Hicks, Alex Scheunemann. Third row up: Natalie Klein, Beckett Stoffels, Jameson Paukner, Teya Norland, Eli Dillon, Lilly Hatfield, Cyler Roberts, Brooke Braund, Kaylee Howery, Logan Schoepp. Fourth row up: Aubrey Zick, Ava Hodges, Lila Shadewald, Noah Fosshage, Zoe Blevins, Kaylee Brown, Adara Divine, Kacee Kepler. Fifth row up: Amber Dregney, Austen Greiber, Camden Brager, Evelyn Olson, Yomar Santos Feliciano, Jaxson Martin.

Wisconsin Heights held its homecoming last weekend, featuring dress-up week and a parade. Pictured above is the 2019 Homecoming Court on Cowboy Day. Back Row: Dylan Gee, Jack Fields, Ozur Kepler, William Hanson, Tanner Gee, Alex Levoy. Front Row: Abby Wolfe, Liz Strait, Sydney Bonilla, Natalie Hering, Yovana Sveum-Mondragon, Katie Vosburg. Photo contributed.

Over 400 students participated in remedial and enrichment classes this summer at Wisconsin Heights. Photo contributed