Kristin Higgins, Principal
Back in 2019, our Waukesha North Community experienced the unthinkable. North student, Kai Lermer, was playing basketball with friends when he went into sudden cardiac arrest. He died from an undiagnosed heart condition, on April 3, 2019 at age 16. After their loss, Mike and Patty Lermer made it their mission to not allow any other family to go through the pain they experienced. Together they partnered with Heartsmart to provide every North student with the opportunity for a significantly inexpensive EKG screening on 11/11/21. Please read the details below and give careful consideration in registering your child today.
Parent Principal Advisory
4:30-5:00 PM in the Library Media Center
11/17/21
2/16/22
4/20/22
Please sign up here is you would like Parent/Principal Advisory meeting reminders!
All are welcome!
Parent Teacher Conferences - November 17th (Appointment Only)
Here are are some helpful hints:
*Use the tabs at the top of the SignUpGenius page to view various content teacher information. The Student Service Tab and DHH tab can be found under “Show More Sign Ups.”
Brian Schlei, Assist. Principal (A-D), Athletic & Activities Director
Greetings Northstars.
This year we are transitioning to a common signing day event for each school on the
same day across the district. The event will be the evening of February 2nd at 6:30 PM
in the auditorium. We'll gather pictures and biographies of the students ahead of time
and do a formal presentation with a slideshow. I will be sending school wide
communication in January to gather this information from families.
Parents and students can do additional signings upon request, for those events we will
provide the table and backdrop. So if a commitment happens after that date there are
still options available to celebrate. We will still submit that information to the Freeman,
as we have in the past.
If you know of any potential athletes that will sign or commit please encourage them to
reach out to me as soon as possible. We look forward to celebrating their exciting
accomplishment in this new format.
Additionally, this year’s Scholar Athlete Celebration will be held on Sunday, May 22 nd
2022, in the Waukesha North Field House. With increasing costs, concerns about
deposits at banquet venues and the goal of including as many families in the event as
we can we have decided to host the event at North instead of at a banquet hall.
The event will start at 6 PM, we will announce the scholar athletes from each grade
level and then present our senior athletic awards and honors as well. Following the
event we will have an ice cream social and time for pictures to be taken with friends,
family and coaches.
I would also like to share some important reminders for the senior athletic awards and
scholarships. The athlete must have actively participated in a sport their senior year in
order to be considered for the awards. A code violation in their senior year will
disqualify them for being considered for the awards or scholarships chosen by the
coaching staff and Booster Club.
In order for an athlete to be eligible for the Booster Club scholarship one member of the
family needs to be an active Booster Club member. Information about purchasing a
membership can be found on the North website on the Booster Club page. Your
support in volunteering in the concession stand at events helps to provide these
scholarships, so thank you for your continued volunteerism.
We look forward to celebrating our student athletes’ accomplishments at these events
this year, more information will be shared as we get closer to these dates.
Chad Schraufnagel, Assistant Principal (N-Z)
Hello Northstars!
I hope that this letter finds everyone having had a great start to the beginning of the school year. It is hard to believe that we are concluding the first quarter of the 2021-22 school year, the longer I have been working in education the faster time seems to go.
One of my roles at Waukesha North is that of Assessment Coordinator. I am responsible for the set up, administration, and reporting of our state assessments. The following are the state assessments that we administer at North High School: ACT with Writing for our Juniors, ACT Aspire for our Freshmen and Sophomores, Wisconsin Forward Exam for our Sophomores in the area of Social Studies, and the Civics Exam that we administer during a students Junior year. While this does seem like a lot of testing, the information that we receive is valuable for the school to help determine the best ways to provide support and programming for all of our students.
In addition to the previously mentioned assessments, we will also be administering the annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey during the month of November. The Department of Public Instruction has been giving this survey since 1993 and is conducted as part of a national effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor health-risk behaviors of the nation's high school students. The district office will be sending out information on the survey as well as how parents can choose to opt their child out of participating in the survey.
I look forward to the many great opportunities that await our students as we transition into the second quarter and the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year. If there is any way that I can assist you and your children, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Integrated Math I - Information from the Teaching and Learning Department
Over the past three years, the High School Math Department has been looking into and evaluating our current math courses. After researching our course offerings, learning outcomes, and piloting various resources, we were excited to recommend the adoption of Agile Mind as our curricular resource to support our shift to an integrated math sequence. The Board of Education approved the new course sequence and the adoption of Agile MInd. We will be rolling out our first new course titled “Integrated Mathematics I” this school year in replacement of Algebra I. For students currently enrolled in Geometry or higher, the changes will not impact their course sequence and their experience will remain consistent.
Throughout the spring and summer, our mathematics teachers have been preparing for the new course by studying units and developing common assessments to be used throughout the district. It is an exciting time for our students, teachers, and our community as years of hard work will finally reach the classroom.
The main purpose of this memo is to further communicate about the changes and provide answers to some of the most frequently asked questions surrounding our first year of Integrated Math I. For more information, please click this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16E5q_CUKjLvoMbO5R-dqcZWpHQ9aw0SEQ7imNWGbwr4/edit?usp=sharing
Christina Kralik, Assistant Principal (E-M)
Hello Northstars!
I hope everyone had a great start to the school year and are back into the swing of things!
Can you believe we are already almost halfway through the first semester? This is the perfect time to review your child’s grades and work with them to establish short and long term goals. Your child could then utilize their school agenda to document these goals and establish a timeline to accomplish them!
North provides an opportunity for academic support throughout the week to ensure student success of reaching their goals through Just in Time Support. Just In Time Support (also known as JIT) takes place Monday through Thursday in the mornings from 7:25-7:50 and the second half of lunch. All teachers are available Tuesdays and Wednesday and will provide their availability on Thursdays and Fridays.
Advance Placement (AP) Test Registration
Each of the Advanced Placement (AP) courses that we offer at North has an AP exam that pertains to that course. The AP exams are offered by the Collegeboard in May of each school year. Students must take the AP exam associated with their AP course if they would like to have the possibility of earning college credit for the course. In order to take an AP exam this school year, students must register for the exam through their Collegeboard account and also in Total Registration at www.TotalRegistration.net/AP/502389
Follow this two-step process to register for an AP exam:
Log in to Total Registration www.totalregistration.net/AP/502389 and follow the steps to register and pay for the AP exam(s) that you plan to take. If you do not already have a Total Registration account, you will need to start by creating one. All 9th-grade students will definitely need to start by creating an account.
Join your AP class on the Collegeboard website and indicate that you are taking the AP exam by clicking “Yes”
You should have already “joined” your AP class with your teacher’s help but you might still need to indicate whether or not you are going to take the AP exam. If you have questions about this, please ask your AP teacher.
The regular deadline to register for an AP exam is November 8th, 2021. Students must register and pay for their exam(s) by November 8th in order to avoid any late fees. Please click on the following link to view additional AP testing information. If you have questions you can reach out to the AP teacher or Heidi Stigler, AP Coordinator, at: hstigler@waukesha.k12.wi.us
College Goal Wisconsin
If you would like support in filling out the FAFSA Application, please register for one of College Goal Wisconsin’s free online events. Check out additional their website at https://collegegoalwi.org/ for information and registration options.
Award Winning All-Color Yearbook - Order Yours Today!
The award-winning, all-color Waukesha North Northern Lights yearbook is now on sale! Yearbooks can be ordered online at yearbookforever.com for $70.
Supply is limited.
Seniors
Applying for Colleges
Wisconsin public universities began accepting applications August 1st. Seniors should be considering which schools they are interested in applying to, scheduling on-campus or virtual visits if they haven’t done so already, then applying to those schools by November. The cost of applying to each school has been waived this year for all UW schools other than UW-Eau Claire ($25), UW-LaCrosse ($25), and UW Madison ($60). Students apply online at www.apply.wisconsin.edu All information that was shared with the seniors by the counselors during the week of September 6th can be viewed on our Senior webpage under the Student Services tab on the Waukesha North website: https://sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us/Page/2459
Sending Transcripts to Colleges
When applying to colleges, seniors need to have their transcripts sent to all of these choice schools. Students go to www.parchment.com or access their Xello account to order their transcripts to be sent. Students can follow step-by-step directions on our Senior Student Services page: https://sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us/Page/2422 Seniors applying to UW System colleges can upload their transcripts in their application, and won’t need to order them until the final transcripts are ready in June.
Scholarships Throughout the Year
As the year progresses, announcements will be made about various scholarships that are available to seniors. The Student Services webpage will be updated with current scholarships available. The key scholarship season for this year’s Class of 2022 will be January – March, so keep your eyes on the scholarship updates throughout the year, especially at that time. Click on the following link to go directly to our North Scholarship page: Scholarship Information
iPad Problems or Questions?
If your iPad is damaged, doesn’t work correctly, isn’t backed up, is lost or stolen, or isn’t in a Protective Case, you need help from the Media Center!
If you answered yes to anything above, please see
Mrs. Sajdak in the Media Center for help.
If you are using one of our loaners while yours is out for repair PLEASE DO NOT remove our Loaner iPad from the case it is in when you receive it.
Media Center Hours
Monday-Friday
7:55am - 3:15pm
Christmas Clearing Council
Healing Hearts
Healing Hearts provides peer-to-peer grief support programs for children, teens, young adults and families who are grieving the loss of loved ones due to death, divorce, abandonment, separation, military deployment, incarceration, deportation and other life-altering events. They meet in a confidential setting where trained volunteers guide and support the bereaved. The goals of the program are to build resilience, strengthen families and foster a sense of hope.
All programs are provided at no cost to the participants.
To register, go to www.healingheartsofwaukeshaco.org or call them at 262-751-0874.
FirstView School Bus Tracking App
Dear SDW Eligible Bus Families,
As the colder weather approaches, we would like to remind you about the continued partnership with our transportation provider. FirstView is a bus tracking and parent communications app for your smartphone or desktop.
In order for you to track your student’s bus you will need the following information:
- Your student’s ID
- Your student’s FirstView Security Code
Please click on the link below for more information about FirstView and step by step directions on how to get started.
Once you have the above information, you are ready to download the app. Here are some of the current features the app has to offer:
- Live Tracking
The FirstView map screen shows you the live location and direction of your student’s bus, your student's stop schedule for the current day, and timestamps for school arrivals and departures. You’ll know when the bus gets to school in the morning and leaves in the afternoon!
- Predictive Stop Arrival Times
Analyzing route and real-time GPS data, it determines an estimated time of arrival to your stop provided on the FirstView map.
- Custom Alerts and Messages
Set up push or email notifications alerting you when your student's bus is a chosen distance or number of minutes away from your stop.
FirstView requires a password-protected account for app set-up. This way, only you can view your student’s stop!
One last reminder, parent cooperation, and support is the foundation of a successful ride. We ask that you review the COVID-19 Information and School Bus Safety Rules with your child(ren).
Thank you,
School District of Waukesha - Transportation Office
Estimadas familias de autobuses elegibles de SDW:
A medida que se acerca el clima más frío, nos gustaría recordarle sobre la asociación continua con nuestro proveedor de transporte. FirstView es una aplicación de rastreo de autobuses y comunicación con los padres para su teléfono inteligente o computadora de escritorio.
Para que pueda rastrear el autobús de su estudiante, necesitará la siguiente información:
- La identificación de su estudiante
- El código de seguridad FirstView de su estudiante
Haga clic en el enlace a continuación para obtener más información sobre FirstView e instrucciones paso a paso sobre cómo comenzar.
Página de información de FirstView
Una vez que tenga la información anterior, estará listo para descargar la aplicación. Estas son algunas de las características actuales que ofrece la aplicación:
- Seguimiento en vivo
La pantalla del mapa de FirstView le muestra la ubicación en vivo y la dirección del autobús de su estudiante, el horario de parada de su estudiante para el día actual y las marcas de tiempo para las llegadas y salidas de la escuela. ¡Sabrás cuando el autobús llega a la escuela por la mañana y sale por la tarde!
- Horarios predictivos de llegada a las paradas
Al analizar la ruta y los datos de GPS en tiempo real, determina una hora estimada de llegada a su parada proporcionada en el mapa de FirstView.
- Alertas y mensajes personalizados
Configure notificaciones automáticas o por correo electrónico que le avisen cuando el autobús de su estudiante esté a una distancia elegida o una cantidad de minutos de su parada.
FirstView requiere una cuenta protegida con contraseña para configurar la aplicación. ¡De esta manera, solo usted puede ver la parada de su estudiante!
Un último recordatorio, la cooperación y el apoyo de los padres es la base de un viaje exitoso. Le pedimos que revise el Información sobre COVID-19 y reglas de seguridad del autobús escolar con su (s) hijo (s).
Gracias,
Distrito escolar de Waukesha - Oficina de transporte
Parents United
Parents United is a coalition of 26 school districts in collaboration with educators, community resources and related service providers focused on empowering parents of children with disabilities to become effective advocates and informed decision-makers. This non-profit community-based organization provides regular informational workshops featuring experts presenting a wide range of topics relative to students with disabilities and their families. Parents United began with 4 districts in 2002-03 and has grown exponentially.
For coming events, click HERE
