McFarland High School seniors will participate in a virtual graduation tribute on Sunday, June 7, with hopes of also being in attendance for an in-person diploma ceremony Saturday, July 25.
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If you saw the McFarland High School (MHS) production of “Mamma Mia!” last fall, you witnessed one of the best in the state of Wisconsin.
Wichita, Kansas, a city known for its vast aviation industry, will soon be the landing spot for a McFarland native and recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
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Monona Grove High School seniors will graduate through a virtual ceremony Sunday, June 7, while McFarland High School seniors are expected to have an in-person ceremony the weekend of July 25.
Nora Wroblewski and Cole Willems were named American Legion Award recipients this year by American Legion Post 534 and the staff at Indian Mound Middle School.
The Kids From Wisconsin will not tour the Midwest this summer, announced the group’s board of directors.
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McFarland, Monona and Cottage Grove, as well as the school districts, will welcome new faces when they have organizational meetings later this spring, now that all votes for the Tuesday, April 7, spring election have been tallied.
The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation announced that its 2020 award recognition luncheons have been canceled.
Even with the push to get residents to vote early and by absentee ballot, polls will be open Tuesday, April 7, for the spring election and presidential preference primary.
Indian Mound Middle School students were honored March 6 as students of the month. Front row, from left, are sixth graders Eli Franke, Aiden Rose, Oliver Hoeme, Carter Moran, Savannah Wise, Macey Faust, Aubree Berg, Bushra Arif, Lily Spanos and Anna Coan. Second row, from left, are seventh g…
The most recent McFarland Youth Center students of the month are Mary Despain, left, and Nick Altenberger.
McFarland High School students were among the more than 1,000 high school students from 24 Wisconsin schools to participate in the UW-Madison and Center for the Humanities Great World Texts program Monday, March 9.
The McFarland Optimist Club Senior of the Month for March is Elizabeth “Lizzy” Fortune. Lizzy, a senior at McFarland High School. She was nominated by MHS marketing teacher Ginger Verhulst.
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Becky Stokes says she feels like George Bailey from “It’s a Wonderful Life” after all the support she’s received from community members following a Feb. 1 house fire that killed her three dogs.
After a long day at work, most people look forward to sitting down for a great meal. Parents and volunteers are making sure Indian Mound Middle School teachers don’t go hungry after those long days.
McFarland schools have come a long way since the days of one-room schoolhouses and excitement over indoor plumbing.
It may not yet have a name, cut the soon-to-be-built elementary school in Cottage Grove has a theme.
Indian Mound Middle School student Avarose Vincent brisks by Jodi Fisher’s room during walking club after school Wednesday, Feb. 26. Club members walked 8.5 miles around the school the previous week.
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An Indian Mound Middle School robotics team made school history by being the first ever team to qualify for the world championships.
Displaying sets created by the club are Indian Mound Middle School Destination Imagination members, from left, Alex Kindschi, Jason Templeton, Maisy Barelmann, Weiya Zhou, Lily Stempfley and Heather Drake. Not pictured is Jack Stiemke. Advised by Jackie Hickey, the DI program at IMMS begins …
Indian Mound Middle School students recognized as the Optimist Club of McFarland Students of the Month at an assembly Feb. 7 are, front row from left, sixth graders Callan Wagner, Ben Bosold, Diedrich Hemp, Brock Johnson, Reese Tierney-Osterloth, Julia Gordee, Rayna Randolph, Grace Swan, Ell…
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In a survey of 207 McFarland High School students by school newspaper Spartan Spotlight, 52.4 percent of students across all four grades felt uninformed about controversial events at MHS. Another 31.1 percent remained neutral.
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“What if you went to the doctor and you left the doctor happy?” Hanna Barton asks.
McFarland High School junior Joey Denzer operates a WMCF camera at the McFarland High School technology and engineering open house on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
The McFarland Education Foundation is hosting a bash to raise some cash for scholarships and grants.
McFarland High School’s student newspaper, the Spartan Spotlight, will hold a public forum discussing controversy and discourse at MHS at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the MHS library.
After a Change.org petition to save The Playsical Players program garnered nearly 200 signatures, the third session of the after-school theater classes reconvened Tuesday, Jan. 28.
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When Alton Slane walks around the newly constructed areas of McFarland High School, he can see the fruits of his labor.
Kate Saenphan scoops up nab vam, a coconut tapioca drink from southeast Asia, at the second annual McFarland High School Multicultural Club lunch Thursday, Jan. 16.
Five-year veteran crossing guard Denise Traisman, left, stops traffic along Broadhead Street for students walking home from school Monday, Jan. 13. Wisconsin Adult School Crossing Guard Recognition Week is Jan. 13-17.
Easton Shorette warms up before playing the violin at the Waubesa Intermediate School fifth-grade orchestra concert at the McFarland High School performing arts center Thursday, Jan. 9.
The McFarland Youth Center students of the month are Caleb Indovina, left, and Sage Delacy.
Celebrated at a Dec. 20 assembly are Indian Mound Middle School students of the month, front from left, sixth graders Mia Burchette, Neela Deckard, Kennedy Schoenbrodt, Hannah Kirch, Rylie Keller, Blake Herman and Griffin Martin; middle from left, seventh graders Addison Wurth, Madelyn Behm,…
The January McFarland Optimist Club Senior of the Month is Benjamin Nordness.
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Many local municipalities and schools boards will see competitive races in the April 7 election.
Indian Mound Middle School seventh grader Caroline Goodlund is the local winner of the 2019 Lions International Peace Poster contest, a first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the McFarland Lions Club.
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As of Tuesday morning, 145 parents signed a Change.org petition asking McFarland School District Superintendent Andrew Briddell to “Save Playsical at Waubesa!”
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As the decade comes to a close and McFarland looks forward to 2020, it’s time to reflect on the changes the village saw this past year. New programs were implemented, ordinances were redefined and villagers saw ideas become a reality. Each month saw changes, resulting in the top 12 headlines…
Amanda Jamae left her position as the K-12 advanced learner coordinator for the McFarland School District on Oct. 23 after being offered a position with the Madison Metropolitan School District. She served in the role for three years.
The possibility of a new elementary school and public safety building is even closer to becoming a reality.
The November McFarland Optimist Club Senior of the Month is Kynaeda Gray. A senior at McFarland High School, Gray was nominated by Jossie Peterson.
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After a one-year hiatus, Spartan Manufacturing is back with brand new products and brand new insight from its second group of students.
Now through 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, candidates can circulate nomination papers and file other paperwork for the 2020 spring elections.
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Here we go again. McFarland High School’s most recent production was once more nominated for several Jerry Awards.
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Indian Mound Middle School eighth graders were among nearly 6,000 Dane County seventh and eighth graders who got to try different careers hands-on.
Waubesa Intermediate School POWER Committee members, from left, Taylor Quamme, Olivia Villerreal, Evan Gradel and Natalie Knutson give veterans letters from students at the Veterans Day Assembly on Nov. 11. The school held an assembly to honor local veterans and thank them for their service.
MG officials have mixed reactions to statThe vast majority of public and private schools in Wisconsin earned average or better grades from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the 2018-19 school year.
More than 500 bowls are hand-crafted each year in preparation for the annual Bowls For Hunger fundraiser.
Indian Mound Middle School honored the school’s students of the month at an assembly Nov. 1. Receiving their awards are, front row, from left, Ully Lor, Jordan Clarke, Mason Lenz, David Zhang-Zhou, Wyatt Pagels, Kacey Draper, Luke Rudie, Aubrey Davis, Tanner Kok and Alex Kindschi. Middle row…
Evan Hafeman was the McFarland Youth Center Youth of the Month.
The November McFarland Optimist Club Senior of the Month is Chhime Yangdron. Yangdron, a senior at McFarland High School, was nominated by Kim Wink.
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