Dear KASD Friends and Family,
From as far back as the 1300s, the first day of April, better known as April Fools' Day, has been a time for playful pranks and fooling around. This year was very different for Kaukauna's State Forensics Champions, Mikenna Buchinger and Julia Holschuh, who were not fooling around at all as they defeated 47 other students in the category of Play Acting to bring home a State title. This year's WFCA State Tournament consisted of more than 70 schools and over 900 entries. Congratulations Mikenna and Julia for launching April so successfully.
This set the stage for a few more State champions: The KHS Destination Imagination team of Emma Hurst, Holly Haden, Hannah Doughman, Natalie Kuehl, and Pieper Kruchoski, who recently won the Fine Arts Challenge and brought home their own State title. They also earned the prestigious Judges' Award, The Outstanding Design Award, and the Engineering, Execution and Performance Award.
These special achievements are evidence of success, and fine examples of the amazing, high-quality students and staff that call KASD home.
Keep reading to find out more about the great things going on at within our district.
Thank you for your continued support.
Enjoy the Galloping Ghost Stories,
Mark P. Duerwaechter
Superintendent
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CALLING ALL CHOIR ALUMNI!
Our Kaukauna High School Choirs would like to invite you to sing with us at the Spring Concert on Friday, June 2nd. That's right - join us on stage to conclude the concert with the song "No Time" SSATB arranged by Susan Brumfield (music will be available as you come up on stage).
You don't have to rehearse with us prior - we'll be well prepared for you to read and sing along as much or as little as you'd like!
Whether you graduated last year or years ago ... we want you to combine for one, united, Kaukauna Strong Choir.
If you'd like to prepare ahead of time, please contact Becky O'Brien by email or by calling (920) 766-6113 x 5002 and she can provide you with a rehearsal track.
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A LONG WALK TO WATER
Congratulations, River View 8th graders on surpassing your goal, and thank you for your kindness, generosity and forward thinking!
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FREE DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS
Early Childhoood Education Matters. The first school years create a foundation for future emotional, intellectual and social growth and development.
At KASD, we strive to provide the best early learning experience for our young learners. In order to prepare staff with an understanding of our incoming students and identify those children who may need additional support or services throughout their educational journey, we urge parents of incoming 4K students and children ages three and up with developmental concerns to take advantage of the district's free developmental screenings:
- Friday, June 2; 12:30-2:30 p.m.
- Monday, June 5; 8:00-10:30 a.m. & 12:30-2:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 6; 8:00-10:30 a.m. & 12:30-2:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 7; 7:45-10:15 a.m.
To set up your screening appointment, please contact Tanner Early Learning Center at (920) 766-6150.
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INSPIRATION COMES IN MANY FORMS
Have you been inspired lately? If you're looking for a smile, or a little inspiration and you haven't had a chance to check out this video from River View Middle School - now is your chance. Watch how our students react to compliments from River View teachers and staff members.
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Summer School registration is still open. If you haven't yet, please visit our
Summer School page to check out some of the engaging courses we are offering this year. Registration closes Friday, May 19th at noon.
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ARE YOU KAUKAUNA STRONG?
On Sunday, May 7th, Park Community Charter School is hosting the Kaukauna
Strong Challenge, a community event and fundraiser featuring three separate activities:
- Kaukauna Strong Bike Ride: 20- and 10-mile routes along the east shore of the Fox River between Kaukauna and Wrightstown, with planned rest stops along both routes
- Family Walk: a 5K route leading participants along the west shore of the Fox River and past the Grignon Mansion
- Competitive Run: a 5K event that challenges participants to run up Mt. Misery in Grignon Park, along with other obstacles to navigate along the way. The #1 overall male finisher and #1 overall female finisher will receive a free entry fee from Du-Tri-Run for any Du-Tri-Run event in Wisconsin.
Registration starts at 11:00 a.m. and all events start at noon. (You may only sign up for one of the three events.)
Sign up today ... We look forward to seeing you at this fun family day!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Spring is such a busy time of the year. There are a lot of great activities and events right around the corner. Don't miss out - mark your calendars now!
- Saturday, April 22 - Kaukauna High School Prom
- Saturday, April 22 - Forensics State Tournament,
UW-Madison campus
- Monday, April 24 - River View Band Bash
(Grades 5-8), 7:00 p.m.
- Thursday, April 27 - National Honor Society
Blood Drive at KHS
- Thursday, April 27 - River View 6th grade
Academic Night, 6:30 p.m.
- Thursday, April 27 - Kaukauna PRIDE presents
The Big Free, KHS Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, April 29 - State Solo & Ensemble,
UW-Oshkosh campus, 8:00 a.m.
- Sunday, April 30 - KHS Academic Awards Night,
KHS Auditorium, 6:00 p.m.
- Monday, May 1 - Grade 7 Academic Awards
Night, River View Auditorium, 6:00 p.m.
- Monday, May 1 - Grade 8 Academic Awards
Night, River View Auditorium, 7:15 p.m.
- Thursday, May 4 - Haen Grade 2
concert, 6:30 p.m.
- Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6 - River View
Musical Guys and Dolls Jr., River View Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday, May 7 - Park Community Kaukauna
Strong Challenge, 11:00 a.m.
- Tuesday, May 9 - Co-Op Banquet,
The Mariner, 7:30 a.m.
- Friday, May 12 - KHS Jazz & Polka World
Tour, elementary schools, 8:00 a.m.
- Monday, May 15 - 5th-12 Grade Orchestra
Concert, KHS Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 16 - 5th and 7th Grade Jazz
Band Concert, River View, 7:00 p.m.
- Thursday, May 18 - 6-8 Grade and Jazz Choir
Concerts, 6th 7:15 p.m
- Tuesday, May 23 - 6th, 8th and Jazz Band
Concert, River View, 7:00 p.m.
- May 26-29 - No School, All Students
- Wednesday, May 31 - Senior Awards Night,
KHS Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
- Thursday, June 1 - Last Day of School for 4K students
- Wednesday, June 7 - Last Day of School for
K-12, 11:30 Dismissal
- Wednesday, June 7 - KHS Graduation, 7:00 p.m.
- Monday, June 12 - Summer School Open House,
Kaukauna High School, 4:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 13 - Summer School Begins
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Our Spring activities are in full swing, and we're already having a great time and headed down the path of success!
Our
Forensics team had great success at the beginning of April as Mikenna Buchinger and Julie Holschuh earned the State title in the category of Play acting. KHS students Janelle Knick, Rachel Hietpas, Trent Hoffman and Mauricio Bentley also earned a 5th place finish in the category of Play Acting and Caven Malouf earned a semi-finalist medal in the category called Farrago. The team will end its season this weekend (April 21-22) at the WHSFA State Tournament in Madison.
The KHS
Destination Imagination team won first place in the state in the Fine Arts category, and will head to Knoxville, TN at the end of May to compete in the Global Tournament.
Our
Key Club
students continue to help out wherever they can in the community, most recently working at the Tanner Family Carnival, bringing together our oldest and youngest students for a day of fun to raise money for Tanner's new playground.
The
KHS Girls Soccer team is off to a strong start, with wins against Little Chute and New London, and ties with both Seymour and Hortonville.
Baseball hosted a triangular with Lakeland and Sheboygan North, going 1-1. We've taken some close losses against Hortonville and Appleton North in conference play, but are looking to take back the field in our upcoming game against Oshkosh North on Tuesday, April 25th.
Softball is off to a tremendous 5-0 start. We hosted our first game on the brand new field at KHS and where we won against Neenah 4-0. We're looking forward to a great rest of the season!
Our indoor
Track season is now complete and our student athletes seem excited to get outside! Our girls team is on a roll, winning two meets, one at Manitowoc Lincoln and the other against Little Chute.
The KHS
Tennis Team took third place at our home invitational on April 8th.
The
Boys Golf Team won the competitive Metro Invite in New London with a score of 310. Brock Hlinak was our medalist for the invite ... firing an impressive 74!
Don't forget ... you can always get updated information about what's going on at KHS by following the
Kaukauna Ghosts
on Twitter!
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