Birchwood ACP News
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Mrs. Jerry’s 3rd grade students took making ADVERTISEMENTS to a new level this year! With the help of their Library Media Specialist, Mrs. Lehnert, the students learned the program called Canva, an amazing online publishing tool.
The third graders were able to create their own designs, choose color schemes, and play with fonts.
Now that the 3rd graders are so efficient at creating ads using Canva, they will soon be creating ads for their school newspaper, the Birchwood News!
National Guard Visits School
Congratulations to 12th grader Laura Hrdlicka for enlisting into the WI Army National Guard! We salute you!
PVT Hrdlicka is a Senior at Birchwood School District, WI and enlisted as a Health Care Specialist (68W). This summer she will attend Basic training in Missouri and then head off to Texas for Job Training! Once her training is completed, PVT Hrdlicka will be attending UW-Oshkosh for Nursing!
STUDENTS WALKED OVER 30 MILES IN 4 DAYS!
After a two year wait, 14 students and 7 parents were able to go on the Washington DC trip they worked so hard for.
Where did we go?
DAY 1 - TUESDAY (Walked 6 miles)
- Delta flight from MSP
- Washington Monument
- WWII Memorial
- Signer’s Island
- Canadian Embassy
- Dinner at Union Station (pizza and pasta buffet)
- Vietnam War Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Korean War Memorial
- Check into Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, VA.
DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY (10 miles)
- Mt. Vernon
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Lunch in beautiful Alexandria
- Iwo Jima Memorial
- Jefferson Memorial
- FDR Memorial
- MLK Memorial
DAY 3 - THURSDAY (7 miles)
- National Museum of the Marine Corp
- Lunch at the Pentagon Mall
- Rainstorm arrives at 1 pm
- US Capitol walk
- Capitol Photo (professional)
- Supreme Court walk
- Library of Congress
- Japanese Internment Camp Memorial
- Law Encorcement Memorial
- Einsenhowser Memorial
- Supper at Uptown Alley with bowling, laser tag, and games!
DAY 4 - FRIDAY (7 miles)
- White House
- WWI Memorial
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Ford’s Theater (& back alley), Peterson House
- Archives of the US (big door)
- Ice Cream Truck!
- Smithsonian Museums - Natural History, Castle, and American History
- Lunch at Food Trucks on the green
- Airport by 4 pm.
- Take off by 7 pm (flight delayed)
- McDonald’s and Kwik Trip in Baldwin
- Home by 12:08 a.m.
THANK YOU to all of our donors and sponsors!
-Educational Foundation of Birchwood
-Masonite
-Birchwood Lions Club
-Stone Lake Pub
-Birchwood CPTO
-Birchwood Fire Department
-All of our donors and customers during our 3 meat raffles, Spaghetti Feed and silent auction, Hayward Popcorn sales, Little Ceasar sales, Cotton candy sales, Bluegill Festival sales and morning clean-ups, Exeland Trout Fest, and working at 4 Christmas Festivals with silent auction.
THEY BUILT THEIR OWN GUITARS!
And they are aMaZinG!!
Mr. Jerry's STEAM Guitar-Build class has completed the guitars for this year. All the guitars turned out great, and they will be learning to play them throughout the rest of the school year. Great work!
HANDS ON SKILLS DAY - PUSH INC FIELD TRIP
On Thursday, May 5th, 2022, nine high school students from Birchwood attended a hands-on skills day at PUSH, INC.
Students were able to experience the construction utility industry and were introduced to different construction utility trades.
Students got hands-on experience of fiber optic splicing, operating mini excavators and backhoes, locating underground utilities, learning job site safety and more.
Thank you to Bob Herscher & Casey Rurup for organizing this career-oriented, fun event for our students!
FORENSICS HEADS TO STATE
All 15 Forensics students headed out this morning to the state competition near Madison!
They had a whole-school send off yesterday afternoon, and we were able to see short previews of their amazing public speaking performances. We even ended with singing the school song!
Thank you Mrs. Weiss for rejuvenating the HS Forensics program and inspiring our students. You are a blessing to our district!
Good luck students!!