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International Career Development Conference, (ICDC)
by: Barbara Salverson
Help Waunakee DECA reach their goal of fundraising to attend the International Career Development Conference April 21-26 in Orlando Florida! We have different levels of sponsorship and sponsors get their names and logos on the back of our ICDC shirt. We need help making this trip financially accessible for the 5 students who are participating. Any questions should be sent to: maggieheck@waunakee.k12.wi.us. Sponsorship packets have been sent out...if you haven't received one, please contact Maggie Heck and she will send one your way. We appreciate your consideration!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Post Prom 2023
by: Barbara Salverson
The Post Prom Party is a safe and fun alternative to private parties. Your kind donations in any amount are greatly appreciated and help provide food, entertainment, and great prizes for students to enjoy. This is a popular event with around 300 students in attendance each year. We ask that you please support the Post Prom event and make it a safe and fun night for all! WHEN: Saturday April 22nd, (immediately following the high school dance until 2 a.m. April 23rd. WHERE: The Waunakee Village Center, 333 South Street, Waunakee, WI. Please use the DONATE button, OR, alternatively, send or drop off your check made out to "WCSD" to the Waunakee High School Office, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee WI. 53597 and mark the envelope or memo "POST PROM". Who is managing the campaign? Post Prom Committee 2023/Suzanne Boyer, Treasurer
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee High School eSports Club
by: Barbara Salverson
The Waunakee Warriors High School eSports Club is in its debut season this year. First semester we have had some success with one team placing in the top 25 in the Midwest and almost fighting its way to a championship in the "Redemption Road" bracket. 2nd semester, we look to expand on the games and teams we send to play in the nationally renowned High School eSports League. 1st semester we had two teams playing two games and 2nd semester the goal is to have over six teams playing four different games. Senior Noah Stevens founded this club to give students who do not have the physical prowess to play athletic sports a chance to compete at a local, state and nationwide level. The Waunakee eSports Club is a place for students in all grades to come and be a part of something. In order to compete, the team needs to buy season passes for each player. Help us raise the money to buy these passes, giving our competitors a chance to represent our school and community!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Scholarship Fund Drive
by: Barbara Salverson
This year marks the 57th anniversary of the Waunakee Scholarship Fund! Since its inception in 1966, the fund has awarded $1,337,399 in scholarships to 6,098 students pursuing higher education following graduation. Last year alone, $60,500 in scholarships was awarded. This has been possible only because of the generosity of our wonderful community. As the community grows, so does our student population and the need for ongoing support of those students. The 2023 Waunakee High School graduating class consists of 350 students. It is anticipated that 85-90% of these students will attend a post-secondary education institution. On Wednesday, April 26th, the WHS Senior Class participants will canvass the Waunakee Community to raise scholarship money. You can also donate online through this Classmunity page or if you prefer to send in a check, please make the check payable to: Waunakee Scholarship Fund, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee WI 53597. Our goal this year is to raise $50,000. All money collected is distributed to seniors who apply for this scholarship AND participate in the Fund Drive. Checks are made payable to the college/university that the student plans to attend. Any questions can be directed to waunakeescholarship@gmail.com or please visit the scholarship website at https://whs.waunakee.k12.wi.us/community/waunakee-scholarship-drive Thank you! The Waunakee Scholarship Committee
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Project Graduation 2023
by: Barbara Salverson
ABOUT THIS FUNDRAISER: Project Graduation is the culminating celebration hosted by parents and the community for the Waunakee High School graduating class. Studies have shown that the highest number of teen drunk driving fatalities occurs on graduation nights. Project Graduation is the alternative to keep our kids safe. Graduation is a time of celebration, high hopes, and lasting memories! Project Graduation will be an ALL NIGHT, SUBSTANCE FREE party for WCHS seniors held at the high school following the graduation ceremony on June 3rd, 2023. It boasts a variety of activities and entertainment including a DJ, games, a music venue, crafts, and much more. In addition, food is served and prizes are awarded throughout the night. As always, adult volunteers will chaperone. We hope you will demonstrate your support of this event by making a tax deductible financial contribution. We are grateful that the Waunakee community and surrounding area businesses have traditionally endorsed our efforts to provide a safe environment in which the senior class can celebrate graduation night together. Thank you in advance for helping to continue this endeavor!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Middle School GSA: Button Sale
by: Jonathon Wild
All button sale proceeds will go towards purchasing materials for club projects, future fundraising campaigns and providing students involved with the Middle School GSA opportunities to engage in leadership, training and community events that support LGBTQ+ inclusiveness/equity.
Waunakee Community Middle School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Music Boosters 2022-23 Fundraising
by: JAMES SERCOMBE
The Waunakee Music Boosters serve to encourage and maintain an enthusiastic interest in all phases of the music programs in the Waunakee Community School District. This includes supporting, both moral and financial, the music programs in the schools. This may include, but is not limited to, parent volunteers, enrichment activities, and equipment maintenance and funding. Anyone interested in the progress and development of the music program of Waunakee Schools is eligible for membership. Parents of pupils enrolled in music organizations are considered members. This campaign welcomes any donations to the Music Boosters general account, as well as funds raised through fundraisers including the Waunakee Fruit Sale.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Softball Stadium Lights
by: TAMMY RADEMACHER
We are raising money to get lights for the softball field. All donors reaching the donation levels listed below will be recognized on a sign at the field. Donations of $2,000 and above will be recognized with a pennant hanging from the light poles. Single - $250-$499 Double - $500-$999 Triple - $1,000-$4999 Homerun - $5,000 and above
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
FFA Donations - Waunakee Chapter
by: Alyssa Engel
Our organization promotes agricultural industries, supporting over 300 different career pathways for students, to help them achieve “premier leadership, personal growth, and career success” (FFA Mission). Today students are able to take the knowledge that they have gained within or outside of the classroom and challenge other students from around the country to make our world a better place. Leadership conferences, judging contests, community service projects, and speaking contests are only a few of the activities that all members are welcome to participate. We strive to have students feel a sense of family as they work beside us to promote the agricultural industries and share their experiences with others. Removing the barrier of cost for our students helps all members be able to take advantage of what our local, state, and national organizations have to offer. Your donations will help our students become tomorrow's leaders and future agricultural advocates.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Concert Grand Piano for the Performing Arts Center
by: MOLLY WEISS PETROFF
In the 2022-23 school year, Waunakee Community School District will celebrate 100 years of music education in our schools. In honor of this occasion, the music department is partnering with the Waunakee Music Boosters and Friends of Waunakee Performing Arts to fundraise for a concert grand piano. The studio Steinway piano that is currently in the space was designed for home use. Without amplification, it does not fill the space and is no match for the sounds that our ensembles can create. The Steinway will continue to serve us for many years to come in our choir rehearsal room, a role that it is well-suited for. Help us celebrate the legacy of music in our schools with your donation to a concert grand piano that will resonate for years to come. All Donors will be included on a celebratory plaque that will be prominently placed outside of the Performing Arts Center. Those wishing to make a larger contribution can purchase specific keys on our piano plaque. Purchase an ivory key for $500, an ebony key for $1000, or be the first to offer a $5000 donation to claim Middle C, providing the core of our funding.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
One Community One Goal - Building Waunakee Soccer
by: Mark Lenerz
Our Mission: Provide a sustainable, safe and reliable destination within our community for kids of all ages to thrive while they grow, learn and develop through soccer. Building a venue that provides for a safe, reliable and sustainable place for students to learn, grow and develop through soccer. Growth: A venue that supports the current and future growth of the HS and youth programs and the aspirations of youth players. Health: A venue that maximizes the health and well-being of our students with field-side trainer and medical resources, including water/ice. Community: A venue that will increase the opportunity for both HS and community teams to play games at home, in their own community. Commitment: A venue that reflects the passion and commitment kids in the Waunakee community have for a game that teaches valuable life lessons.
Waunakee Community School District
Waunakee, WI
The Silent Battle Fund
by: Ellen Grunder
Waunakee students have indicated on surveys that they are increasingly struggling with depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse. The Silent Battle Fund is set up to give financial support to programs that will empower high school students to recognize when they or someone they care about is struggling and to be able to respond in a proactive, helpful way. This year, The Silent Battle Fund is supporting a 2-day retreat for our students. We are working with https://www.flyy.org/ to provide potentially life-saving training to a group of students, focusing on their experiences and concerns. The overall objective is to provide tools and encourage productive attitudes and mindsets in supporting oneself and others dealing with mental health challenges. In order to be able to continue to support and empower our students with programs like this, we need financial help. Our goal is to raise $3000 per year to make programs available to students on a yearly basis.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
WCSD Student Financial Assistance Fund
by: Teri Reible
The Waunakee Community School District is committed to ensuring that all students and families can participate in their school communities regardless of a family’s financial situation and ability to pay. Scholarships or payment plans are available to any student who has been approved for the free/reduced meal program, and may be available to any student whose families have a financial need due to unique circumstances. The Waunakee Community School District made a financial commitment to start a Student Financial Assistance Fund that can support families in need in September of 2018. A district-wide committee, including representatives from the Board of Education (BOE), administrators, staff, and students, has been created to establish guidelines for this work. This committee meets monthly. Your donation will be used to fund need-based scholarships for things such as field trips, memory books, and other district-sponsored activities that require fees. *Food Service assistance *School-sponsored activities and field trips *Sports and activity fees *Memory Books/Yearbooks *Class and school t-shirts Please contact Teri Reible at 608-849-2000 to learn more about these opportunities. If you need assistance in a language other than English, please call the district interpreter and translator at 608-849-2000, option 2. We are seeking our community’s help in raising money for this important work. Your donation can help create a positive, inclusive environment in all of our schools. Thank you very much!
Waunakee Community School District
Waunakee, WI
Build On Tradition
by: Janice Ross
The Homerun Club is running a Capital Campaign to fund much needed improvements to the Varsity and Junior Varsity baseball fields at the High School with the goal of bettering the overall experience for the players, coaches and fans. Our goal is to raise $225,000 for all of the improvements, to be completed in phases: Phase 1: COMPLETED IN 2018 and 2019 *DUGOUTS-The existing Varsity field dugouts were far too small for a typical roster size and coaching staff at the Varsity Level. The JV field didn't have any dugouts, therefore the JV players and coaches were left out in the open during bad weather events. -Both teams now have dugouts. *PROTECTIVE FENCE CAPS- Both fields had protective fence caps installed along the top of the outfield fences. Additional protective fence caps needed to be added along the top of the foul line fencing to help prevent injury to a player reaching over to make a catch. - Protective fence caps have been added along the top of the foul line fencing. *NEW SCOREBOARDS FOR BOTH THE VARSITY AND JV FIELDS - The existing scoreboards provide minimal information for players, coaches and fans. - Both fields have new scoreboards. - CURRENTLY WORKING ON - Phase 2 and 3: *VARSITY FIELD UPGRADED SOUND SYSTEM - The existing sound system is dated and somewhat difficult to hear and understand. *JV FIELD BATTING CAGE- The JV field has no batting cage which limits the JV coaching staffs ability to conduct high quality practices and provide good pregame warm-up. *JV FIELD BULLPENS - There are no bullpens on the JV field which requires pitchers to warm up without a pitching mound in foul territory during games. The new bullpens will improve the in-game experience and safety of our players, they will also improve the quality of practices and pregame warm-ups. *VARSITY FIELD BATTER'S EYE SCREENING - There is no batter's eye background on the varsity field, therefore the background for a hitter above the outfield fence is the High School building, which is lighter in color making it more difficult for a hitter to see the baseball. *JV FIELD OUTFIELD FENCE REINFORCING AND WIND SCREEN - The JV field does not have a wind screen because the outfield fencing isn't strong enough to withstand strong winds if a windscreen is installed. *NEW CONCESSIONS AREA IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE PRESS BOX - Currently concessions are organized and served just adjacent to the press box using portable tables. The indoor area would greatly improve the ability of volunteers to organize and serve concessions especially during bad weather. In addition to the in-season games, the tournaments and games hosted by The Homerun Club throughout the spring and summer seasons bring hundreds of out of town guests into Waunakee. While at the games, these people shop and eat at the local businesses and become familiar with our community. The Homerun Club is excited to share multiple opportunities for you to help with our Capital Campaign. We hope to raise approximately $110,000. through our Pennant Program; approximately $30,000. through Scoreboard advertising; and the remaining $85,000. through personal donations. Each of these opportunities will allow community members and businesses to show your support for the Waunakee baseball team, High School athletics, and to the continued growth and positive development of our Village. The Homerun Club thanks you in advance for your generosity and dedication to our great community and it's continued efforts to Build On Tradition.
Waunakee Community School District
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee High School Innovation Center
by: Jeff Willauer
UPDATE!!!!! Help us fill our wall!!! The Waunakee Innovation Center is a partnership between the Waunakee Community School District and the Waunakee Area Education Foundation. This resource space allows students and community members to explore innovation, ingenuity, and creativity through technology. Visitors to the Innovation Center will be able explore the integration of technology through collaborative projects and teamwork. Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (also known as STEAM) education represents a large portion of our students and the new frontier of exploration. The Innovation Center offers a unique space where STEAM education can experienced by students and community. Our students are able to grow their STEAM skills through courses offered at Waunakee Community High School and then expand those skills in the Innovation Center. This space will soon offer a chance for community education classes to help introduce community members to new technologies becoming more prevalent in traditional areas. Now that we are set up we are working on opening up the Innovation Center members of the community to use for work on projects, explore hobbies and learn new skills but we need your help. We are constantly looking support in terms of financial and material donations. This campaign will allow us to: -Purchase cutting edge equipment and technology to facilitate exploration of innovative ideas -Allow district students and the community access to equipment not normally available. -Implement new curriculum offerings. -Create a "YES" space for all district wide curricular areas to collaborate in. -Host a wide variety of programming including educational programs, summer camps and other events for all Waunakee community members. -Build a community landmark. As part of this fundraising campaign we will also be finishing our donation wall that outside the Innovation Center is an integral part of the design of this space. On the right side of this page you will see a rewards section with more details on this wall. We will currently be offering a half price campaign for families to become part of the Innovation Center story. We are currently offering our 200.00 tile for 100.00 in order to finish the donor wall. To make a donation different than the predetermined amount simply click the "other" button and enter the amount you would like to donate. You may also choose to set up a recurring donation if you would like. Students, teachers and community members all benefit from this space because users are able to chase their dreams and explore their ideas without fear using innovative technology and collaborating with some of the brightest minds in Waunakee and the world. The Innovation Center is a focal point that the community can be proud of.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Gymnastics Fundraising Campaign
by: Aaron May
Thank you for checking out our page! We are the combined high school gymnastics team for Waunakee and DeForest, and we are raising money for a new spring floor and carpet as well as two new balance beams. In addition to this fundraiser, we raise money by offering services throughout the year. Our team cleans up the football stadium following home football games, participates in wreath sales. Our gymnastics families help out by managing the concessions during our Youth Night. The Waunakee-DeForest gymnastics family also runs a summer gymnastics camp for kids ranging in age from 5 to 18. Your donation will not only provide the team with an equipment setup that offers added safety, it will also benefit the Waunakee and DeForest communities by allowing our gymnastics family to extend the increased safety advantages of the new floor setup and beams to our youth program.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Warrior Stadium
by: WCSD Classmunity Administrator
The Renew, Expand, Tradition (RET) community capital campaign is a partnership between the Waunakee Community School District and the Waunakee Area Education Foundation to include synthetic turf and LED lighting in the renewal of "Warrior Stadium". The district has allocated funds to reshape the crown of the field, improve drainage, replace the existing turf, upgrade lighting and replace the scoreboard. The additional cost to include synthetic turf and LED lighting is approximately $900,000 which includes 1/2 the subsequent cost to replace the turf at the end of it useful life (10 to 12 years). Natural turf is limited to 75 events or games per calendar year to maintain a usable surface. This limits the stadium's use to fall football events only as approximately 50 home scrimmages and games, for grades 7 through 12 leave the turf in disrepair. Synthetic turf can handle over 250 events per year, opening the stadium for use in the spring and summer for the more than 1000 soccer players and 300+ lacrosse players in our community. Physical education classes, band, lacrosse and others will be able to use the turf ILO sharing the gym when weather and wet natural turf would otherwise force them inside. Warrior Stadium will be a host site for non-Waunakee playoff games, in multiple sports, generating revenue for local businesses before and after these events. Booster clubs will generate profits through concessions during the activities. The school district will collect rental revenue for hosting. Upgrades to the stadium complement our excellent schools and parks in Waunakee. Visitors will take time to run errands and or shop locally. 1300 additional local youth will have access to a facility that is underused due to limitations of the natural turf.
Waunakee Community School District
Waunakee, WI
Texas Hurricane Relief Fund: Waunakee Middle School
by: Jay Farnsworth
On behalf of the staff and students at Waunakee Middle School, I'd like to thank you all for your generosity that led to us easily surpassing our $1000 goal. This brief campaign will provide some relief to some of those in need, and I'm sure will be put to great use by the Red Cross. Please continue your focus and commitment toward helping those who can't help themselves right now. This fundraiser will close Friday afternoon at 3:30, and our contribution will be sent promptly to the Red Cross. Together, we can make, and have made at least a small difference. Thanks again!
Waunakee Community Middle School
Waunakee, WI
Prairie Stomp
by: Susan Brown, PTO
The Prairie Stomp is a school wide welcome back activity that serves as the major fundraiser for Prairie Elementary School. The 2017 Stomp will be on Friday, September 29th, with the rain date on October 6th. This approach to fundraising avoids selling products and directs ALL profits (less Stomp expenses) back to the school by encouraging students to get pledges and run laps to raise money for the PTO programming. Such programs include: technology purchases (Chromebooks, iPad’s, J-Touch screens, etc.), field trip opportunities, assemblies, birthday books and new playground equipment. Students are encouraged to collect either a flat donation or per lap pledge. On the event day, students run/walk a looped track on the school field for 20 minutes. The students gain an appreciation of teamwork, a sense of strong school unity, and the importance of being healthy and exercising all while having fun with their fellow classmates. The PTO provides each child with a FREE Prairie Stomp t-shirt and a healthy snack on the event day. The students also work together, as a school, to achieve school wide fundraising goals and earn prizes: Level 1 ($20,000): Miller and Mike Comedy Show (millerandmike.com) Level 2 ($25,000): PJ/Movie Day at Performing Arts Center at the High School Level 3 ($30,000): Principal/Associate Principal on the roof; Plus Sno-Cones In addition to the school wide fundraising goals, there are two running goals: 1. Individual:The top lap running boy(s) and girl(s) in each grade level will receive a special recognition award for their strong performance. 2. Classroom: The classroom within each grade level with the highest average lap per student will earn an extra recess equipped with a bouncy house. We want everyone to know that the success of this event is not possible without your support and the tremendous efforts of perseverance, determination, and will-power of each student to do their very best. We will celebrate the collective effort of every student! Thank you for supporting Prairie in such a positive way. As a sponsor, you can donate a set amount (flat donation) prior to the event. If you prefer to make a per lap donation, we ask that you wait to enter your donation until after the event. The student you are pledging will let you know after the event how many laps he/she completed so you may calculate the total amount to be donated. REMEMBER, Prairie PTO is a 501(3)c organization and any donation you make to the Prairie Stomp is tax-deductible. Donations can be made anytime beginning August 15, 2017 through October 13th, 2017. We cannot have a successful event without our amazing volunteers! You can sign up to help out on the day of the Stomp through the following link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b45a5a62da0f94-2ndannual If you’re unable to volunteer, we still encourage you to stop by, watch and cheer on your student. Signs are welcome!
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Heritage Hustle Fun Run
by: Lisa Byczek
What is the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? • A school wide event on Thursday, October 5 in which all students and staff participate. • A new approach to fundraising that avoids selling products and directs ALL profits back to the school. • Heritage PTO’s Fundraiser, where students are encouraged to get pledges and run laps to raise money What are the goals of the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? • To fund Heritage PTO programming, including assemblies, field trip opportunities, technology needs, birthday books, new playground equipment, and academic needs that might not otherwise be available. • To include the entire Heritage Elementary community in a fun and healthy "welcome back" activity. • To be successful enough to make this the only Heritage PTO fundraiser of the year. What about pledges? • Sponsors can donate an amount per lap or a set amount. If you choose to motivate your child with a per-lap donation, please manually calculate your pledge and enter your donation after the run is complete. • All donations are tax-deductible. • If your family prefers not to solicit pledges from family and friends, please consider making a donation to Heritage PTO. You are always welcome to complete the paper pledge form (rather than online) and send checks payable to WCSD. Incentives! * Classrooms that raise $500 in donations will earn a popcorn party * Classrooms that raise $1,000 in donations will earn an ice cream party * Classrooms that raise $1,500 will earn a classroom pizza party * If the school raises $15,000, we will send Mr. Carter on to the roof of the school for a day! * If the school raises $20,000, we will have a bounce house recess day!
Heritage Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Music Boosters Fruit Sale
by: JAMES SERCOMBE
The Waunakee Music Boosters Fall Fruit Sale will be taking place from Monday, October 16th through Wednesday, November 1st. All music students grades 7-12 will be given information about the sale in their music class. The pick-up for any fruit will be at Bethel Circle on Friday, December 8th from 3:30-7 or Saturday, December 9th from 8:00-10:30. Student order forms must be turned in to the music teachers with cash or check. If you would like to make a donation to the campaign rather than purchase any products, donations will be accepted through the Classmunity website until Friday, November 17th. If you would like a mail order form to place an order, please visit our Music Boosters page at https://sites.google.com/waunakee.k12.wi.us/waunakeemusicboosters/fruit-sale
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Badger Honor Flight
by: CHRISTINE HETZEL
Waunakee Intermediate School is honored to present all of our families the opportunity to pay tribute to veterans while also having the opportunity to contribute to the Badger Honor Flight program. All funds raised will go toward the Badger Honor Flight program which has historically taken veterans from World War II, The Korean War, and now The Vietnam War to Washington D.C. to visit several sites including the memorials honoring the brave men and women that unselfishly served our country. Our veterans are deserving of our thanks and appreciation for their service to our country. We are excited to see how many veterans we can honor as well as how much we can donate to Badger Honor Flight. Please ask your Intermediate School student to decorate and write the veteran's name on a star for each veteran you would like honored to be displayed. Thank you for your donation!
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Snuggle Up and Read
by: PAUL MILLER
Our goal is to provide a tie-blanket and a book for each first grader at Westside Elementary School in Sun Prairie. Westside is a community school that relies on help from its neighborhoods to help make a difference in the lives of several children that have families that may struggle from time to time. We’d like to remind and share with these first graders the joy found in reading; especially when snuggling into a comfy blanket. Each fifth grade homeroom will be making seven or eight tie blankets. This will allow each of the 97 first grade students at Westside to have his/her own blanket and at least one book. We will work in homerooms to make the blankets, but we need some help in purchasing material for the blankets. It costs about $15 to make one 4 x 6 tie-blanket as well as provide at least one book for each student. Thank you for your support of this worthwhile service project. Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Military Care Package Drive
by: Michelle McGlynn
Waunakee FBLA is organizing a military care package drive for our overseas troops. Our goal is to fill 100 boxes to send to our military members serving overseas, and at a shipping rate of $17 per box, we would love your help in raising the $1,700 needed to ship the care packages! After we know how many boxes we can ship through your generous donations, we will begin a care package drive in our community and at our schools to collect the recommended products to ship. Thank you for donating, sharing, or promoting! Any funds that are raised over and above our original goal will be used to purchase supplies to send to our troops to supplement the supplies we collect as part of a local community drive in December. Waunakee Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is a high school organization of over 100 members in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, and part of the national FBLA-PBL organization.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Post Prom 2018
by: Barbara Salverson
Post Prom, (Nicknamed this year "The Mad Hatter's Party"), is a safe and fun alternative to private post prom parties. It will be held at the Waunakee Village Center Sat. April 14th, 2018 immediately following the dance. Donations will help defray the cost of the party so that all students who wish to attend are able. Prizes are given to all Junior students who pre-register for the party. Thank you for helping us make this a safe, fun night for all.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Rube Goldberg National Competition
by: TAMMY RADEMACHER
Physics II students at Waunakee Community High School have advanced to Nationals for the 2018 Rube Goldberg competition for the first time in Waunakee’s history. The national competition is located in Chicago, April 20-22. Rube Goldberg Machines incorporate elements of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), with Art and design thrown into the mix (STEAM). Rube Goldberg Machines create overly complicated solutions to simple, everyday tasks. They tell a story and, most important of all – they make you LAUGH. Help enrich our students STEAM exposure and consider becoming a sponsor for Waunakee High School’s 2018 Rube Goldberg team.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Take a Vet Fishing
by: Barbara Salverson
The Waunakee High School Fishing Club will be conducting a fund-raiser to help with the "Take A Vet Fishing" event on Lake Waubesa in June 2018. In addition to donating on-line through the Classmunity website, the Club wants as many people as possible to come to the Waun-A-Bowl on April 14th, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and take advantage of the 50/50 Raffle, Bucket Raffles, Meat Raffle, $2.00 bowling, (includes shoes), and some food/drink specials. Bring the KIDS!! Please become involved and help these kids "Give Back" to a great organization by donating online AND attending the event at the Waun-A-Bowl on April 14th, 2018.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
2018 Penny War
by: TERRI MILLER
WCMS Student Council will be hosting a penny war to raise money for a bottle refilling station on the second level of the building. Students are understanding the importance of drinking more water rather than sports drinks and soda, along with promoting a healthier environment by refilling their water bottles.
Waunakee Community Middle School
Waunakee, WI
Project Graduation 2018
by: Barbara Salverson
Project Graduation is the culminating celebration hosted by parents and the community for the Waunakee High School graduating class. Studies have shown that the highest number of teen drunk driving fatalities occurs on graduation nights. Project Graduation is the alternative to keep our kids safe. Graduation is a time of celebration, high hopes, lasting memories and is fast approaching! Project Graduation is an ALL NIGHT, SUBSTANCE FREE Party for WHS Seniors held at the high school following the graduation ceremony. Project Graduation boasts a variety of activities and entertainment including a DJ, games, a music venue, crafts, and much more. In addition, food is served and prizes are awarded throughout the night. As always, adult volunteers will chaperone. We hope you will demonstrate your support of this event by making a tax deductible financial contribution. We are grateful that the Waunakee community and surrounding area businesses have traditionally endorsed our efforts to provide a safe environment in which seniors can celebrage graduation night together. Thank you in advance for helping to continue this endeavor!!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
WCSD Marching Percussion Renewal
by: JAMES SERCOMBE
The purpose of this campaign is to replace and refurbish our marching percussion equipment for Waunakee Community Middle and High School. Our percussion instruments are used throughout the year and are shared between the High School in the summer and fall, and Middle School in the spring. Many of our instruments are in disrepair and require continual maintenance to be functional. We are hoping to purchase more light-weight equipment that will be easier to carry, especially for our Middle School students. This campaign will replace our primary set of marching snares, quad toms and bass drums. We would be able to replace our oldest equipment, and refurbish our current equipment for extended use with our increasing enrollment. For more information about this campaign, and the current state of our marching percussion, please visit our Music Boosters website at https://sites.google.com/waunakee.k12.wi.us/waunakeemusicboosters/marchingpercussionrenewal Donations by check be made payable to WCSD and delivered to the Waunakee High School main office.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Prairie Stomp
by: Susan Brown, PTO
The Prairie Stomp is a school wide welcome back activity that serves as the major fundraiser for Prairie Elementary School. The 2018 Stomp will be on Friday, September 28th, with the rain date on October 5th. This approach to fundraising avoids selling products and directs ALL profits (less Stomp expenses) back to the school by encouraging students to get pledges and run laps to raise money for the PTO programming. Money raised through this year’s Prairie Stomp will be used to purchase classroom materials (classroom library books, book room collections, flexible seating), technology devices (iPad's or Chromebook's per WCSD standards and guidelines) and for shade canopies (~$10,000) on the school playgrounds. Students are encouraged to collect either a flat donation or per lap pledge. On the event day, students run/walk a looped track on the school field for 20 minutes. The students gain an appreciation of teamwork, a sense of strong school unity, and the importance of being healthy and exercising all while having fun with their fellow classmates. The PTO provides each child with a FREE Prairie Stomp t-shirt and a healthy snack on the event day. The students also work together, as a school, to achieve school wide fundraising goals and earn prizes: Level 1 ($20,000): School program featuring Carl "Energizer" Olson Level 2 ($25,000): Extra Recess with Sno-Cones Level 3 ($30,000): Principal/Vice Principal on the school roof for a day In addition to the school wide fundraising goals, there are other running goals: 1. Individual: The top lap running boy(s) and girl(s) in each grade level will receive a special recognition award for their strong performance. 2. Classroom: The classroom within each grade level with the highest average lap per student will earn an extra recess equipped with a bouncy house. 3. NEW THIS YEAR, we will have a Prairie Spirit Award for the boy and girl from each grade whom our teachers and staff feel demonstrates the best effort, teamwork and attitude on the day of the Stomp. We want everyone to know that the success of this event is not possible without your support and the tremendous efforts of perseverance, determination, and will-power of each student to do their very best. We will celebrate the collective effort of every student! Thank you for supporting Prairie in such a positive way. As a sponsor, you can donate a set amount (flat donation) prior to the event. If you prefer to make a per lap donation, we ask that you wait to enter your donation until after the event. The student you are pledging will let you know after the event how many laps he/she completed so you may calculate the total amount to be donated. Donations can be made anytime beginning August 14, 2018 through October 12th, 2018. We cannot have a successful event without our amazing volunteers! You can sign up to help out on the day of the Stomp through the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b45a5a62da0f94-2ndannual If you’re unable to volunteer, we still encourage you to stop by, watch and cheer on your student. Signs are welcome!
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Heritage Hustle Fun Run
by: Lisa Byczek
What is the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? • A school wide event on Thursday, October 4 in which all students and staff participate. • A new approach to fundraising that avoids selling products and directs ALL profits back to the school. • Heritage PTO’s Fundraiser, where students are encouraged to get pledges and run laps to raise money What are the goals of the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? • To fund Heritage PTO programming, including assemblies, field trip opportunities, technology needs, birthday books, new playground equipment, and academic needs that might not otherwise be available. • To include the entire Heritage Elementary community in a fun and healthy "welcome back" activity. • To be successful enough to make this the only Heritage PTO fundraiser of the year. What about pledges? • Sponsors can donate an amount per lap or a set amount. If you choose to motivate your child with a per-lap donation, please manually calculate your pledge and enter your donation after the run is complete. • All donations are tax-deductible. • For the safety of our children, please only ask family and friends for pledges. We do NOT promote or encourage door-to-door solicitation. • If your family prefers not to solicit pledges from family and friends, please consider making a donation to Heritage PTO. You are always welcome to complete the paper pledge form (rather than online) and send checks payable to WCSD. Incentives! * $18,000 = Everyone earns a popcorn party! * $20,000 = Mr. Carter will spend a school day on the roof of the school! * $22,000 = Inflatable day! We will rent a bounce house obstacle course to be used either during recess time or during PE class over a 2 day time period.
Heritage Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
No One Fights Alone: Support Research to find the Newest & Best Treatments for ALL Cancer Patients
by: Amy Frank
Stand Up to Cancer reports, "Today alone, 4,754 people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. Progress against one type of cancer is progress against ALL cancer." Recently, several staff members in our district were diagnosed with cancer. We know cancer has touched all our lives and want to show support by wearing these "No One Fights Alone" wristbands. Each wristband will be sold for $2. All proceeds will be donated to Stand Up to Cancer. They are working hard to find "scientific breakthroughs by funding collaborative, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional scientific research teams and investigators". Additional donations are welcome.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Zoozort - 5th grade educational program
by: SHEILA FEMAL
See, touch, smell, observe, hear, LEARN. Hands on experiences are what 5th graders at Waunakee Intermediate School are able to have as they learn about rain forest animals in April and May in Spanish class. Watching videos of animals is fun, but nothing like the real thing right in front of you. Your donation will help bring in Noelle with her animals from Zoozort.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Post Prom 2019
by: Barbara Salverson
The Post Prom Party is a safe and fun alternative to private parties. WHEN: Saturday, April 13, 2019, (immediately following the high school dance until 3 a.m.) WHERE: Waunakee Village Center, 333 South Street, Waunakee WI Your donations will provide food, entertainment, and games. In addition, all Junior students who pre-register for the party will receive a prize! This is a popular event with over 270 kids attending last year. We ask that you support the Post Prom event and make it a safe and fun night for all! Please use the DONATE button or send your check made out to "WHS Post Prom" to the High School office, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee, WI. 53597 marked POST PROM. Members of the Post Prom Committee will stop in to pick them up. Thank you SO MUCH! Checks should NOT be written out to Waunakee High School as this is an event sponsored by parents, not the school.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Project Graduation 2019
by: Barbara Salverson
Project Graduation is the culminating celebration hosted by parents and the community for the Waunakee High School graduating class. Studies have shown that the highest number of teen drunk driving fatalities occurs on graduation nights. Project Graduation is the alternative to keep our kids safe. Graduation is a time of celebration, high hopes, and lasting memories! Project Graduation is an ALL NIGHT, SUBSTANCE FREE party for WCHS Seniors held at the high school following the graduation ceremony on June 1st, 2019. Project Graduation boasts a variety of activities and entertainment including a DJ, games, a music venue, crafts, and much more. In addition, food is served and prizes are awarded throughout the night. As always, adult volunteers will chaperone. We hope you will demonstrate your support of this event by making a tax deductible financial contribution. We are grateful that the Waunakee community and surrounding area businesses have traditionally endorsed our efforts to provide a safe environment in which seniors can celebrate graduation night together. Thank you in advance for helping to continue this endeavor!!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Girls' Golf Team
by: PAUL MILLER
Through this fundraiser, our goal is to provide equipment and tools for all of our players to help them develop outstanding opportunities to achieve their very best skills. This year, instead of asking families to put in hours of fundraising, we would like to offer the opportunity to contribute to the needs of the team through a Classmunity donation. An example of some of our most recent expenditures include: Team golf bags Rain suits Range balls for tournaments Accommodations for overnight stays Team snacks/subs during rounds Practice rounds for WIAA tournament series Practice Sticks (ball retrieval tubes) Practice balls for the Practice Sticks Team poster Senior Night gifts Food and gifts for the end of the season banquet Many of these expenses are recurring from one year to the next. Items we need to purchase this year include off-season strength/conditioning equipment, short game training devices, 6 to 8 golf bags, 2 to 3 push carts, and team umbrellas as well as most of the other consumables mentioned above. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Area Public Arts Committee Sculpture Campaign
by: WCSD Classmunity Administrator
How do we celebrate the Waunakee Community School District's accomplishment of being on the leading edge academically and performing above state and national averages for generations? Would you like to be a part of symbolically honoring all Waunakee Community School District (WCSD) teachers and staff for their hard work and dedication in making WCSD one of the state's top school districts? Would you like to help create a legacy of "excellence in education" that has significantly benefited our community's children/families, growth and economy? In researching other communities around the world, we, the Waunakee Area Public Arts Committee, along with active and retired business leaders, educators and volunteers have come together to ask for your support in commissioning a major art work/sculpture to be placed at the Waunakee High School Southwest plaza entrance. The WCSD Board has approved the site. This is a location that thousands of families and residents in the school district and community pass, annually, attending school and community events and meetings. It is, of course, the high school students' daily path. The sculpture's theme is to celebrate teachers/staff and education excellence in WCSD. It may consist of bronze, metal, stone, etc., and will include LED or other light features. It will be a daily dedication for decades to come. Advised by CODAworx and art and sculpture professors at the UW- Madison, we have completed a national request for qualification and selected three sculptor artist finalists. These artists were recently interviewed and visited Waunakee. They will submit their final proposals by the end of November 2017. The finalists will consider seven conceptual ideas drafted by Waunakee High School advanced art workshop students. Students (art, English, engineering, marketing, economics, horticulture, Innovation Center) and teachers will interact with the finalist artist during on-site visits and via social media. There will be field trips to any local company fabricators. Working with a world class sculptor artist will be life transforming for some students. Our goal is to raise $100,000 for the project, inclusive of site work. We are at half of our goal with pledges and monies received. If you would like to donate to this fund, go to the WCSD's crowd funding site www.classmunity. com/waunakeewi and become part of preserving our excellence in education legacy and honoring the people that have helped make this community a place our great grandparents are proud of and our great grandchildren will benefit and enjoy. Thank you for your time, consideration and support! We hope your support will bring you much joy, reward and satisfaction, now, and for years to come. Waunakee Area Public Arts Committee Kevin Laffey and Nick Mischler, Co-Chairs, Kathy Bartling, Melanie Trainor-Burton, Tim Burton, Al Dassow, Brenda Endres, Randy Guttenberg, Kayla Proctor, Harriet Statz, Mark Weller
Waunakee Community School District
Waunakee, WI
Brody Koslowski Fundraiser (Brody's Roar)
by: LORRIE JENSEN
Intermediate School phy ed teacher and WHS football coach's nephew, Brody Koslowski, has a rare, fatal, and genetic disorder called CLN2. Intermediate School is joining Waunakee Middle School and High School students in a coin drive from October 14-18 to help pay for his medical treatments.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Prairie Stomp
by: Susan Brown, PTO
The Prairie Stomp is a school wide welcome back activity that serves as the major fundraiser for Prairie Elementary School. The 2019 Stomp will be on Friday, September 27th, with the rain date on October 4th. This approach to fundraising avoids selling products and directs ALL profits (less Stomp expenses) back to the school by encouraging students to get pledges and run laps to raise money for the PTO programming. Money raised through this year’s Prairie Stomp will be used to purchase two Ga-ga-ball Pits (~$7300 each), birthday books for students, and classroom materials (classroom library books, book room collections, & flexible seating). Students are encouraged to collect either a flat donation or per lap pledge. On the event day, students run/walk a looped track on the school field for 20 minutes. The students gain an appreciation of teamwork, a sense of strong school unity, and the importance of being healthy and exercising all while having fun with their fellow classmates. The PTO provides each child with a FREE Prairie Stomp t-shirt and a healthy snack on the event day. The students also work together, as a school, to achieve school wide fundraising goals and earn prizes: Level 1 ($20,000): Matt Wilhelm (BMX anti-bullying message) Level 2 ($25,000): All School PJ Day Level 3 ($30,000): Principal/Associate Principal on the School Roof In addition to the school wide fundraising goals, there are other running goals: 1. Individual: The top lap running boy(s) and girl(s) in each grade level will receive a special recognition award for their strong performance. 2. Classroom: The classroom within each grade level with the highest average lap per student will earn an extra recess equipped with a bouncy house. 3. Prairie Spirit Award: For the boy and girl from each grade whom our teachers and staff feel demonstrates above and beyond effort, teamwork and attitude. We want everyone to know that the success of this event is not possible without your support and the tremendous efforts of perseverance, determination, and will-power of each student to do their very best. We will celebrate the collective effort of every student! Thank you for supporting Prairie in such a positive way. As a sponsor, you can donate a set amount (flat donation) prior to the event. If you prefer to make a per lap donation, we ask that you wait to enter your donation until after the event. The student you are pledging will let you know after the event how many laps he/she completed so you may calculate the total amount to be donated. Donations can be made anytime beginning August 13, 2019 through October 11th, 2019. We cannot have a successful event without our amazing volunteers! You can sign up to help out on the day of the Stomp through the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b45a5a62da0f94-2ndannual If you’re unable to volunteer, we still encourage you to stop by, watch and cheer on your student. Signs are welcome!
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Heritage Hustle Fun Run 2019
by: Tiffani Drake
What is the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? • A school wide event on Thursday, October 3 in which all students and staff participate. • A new approach to fundraising that avoids selling products and directs ALL profits back to the school. • Heritage PTO’s Fundraiser, where students are encouraged to get pledges and run laps to raise money What are the goals of the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? • To fund Heritage PTO programming, including assemblies, field trip opportunities, technology needs, birthday books, new playground equipment, and academic needs that might not otherwise be available. • To include the entire Heritage Elementary community in a fun and healthy "welcome back" activity. • To be successful enough to make this the only Heritage PTO fundraiser of the year. What about pledges? • Sponsors can donate an amount per lap or a set amount. If you choose to motivate your child with a per-lap donation, please manually calculate your pledge and enter your donation after the run is complete. • All donations are tax-deductible. • For the safety of our children, please only ask family and friends for pledges. We do NOT promote or encourage door-to-door solicitation. • If your family prefers not to solicit pledges from family and friends, please consider making a donation to Heritage PTO. You are always welcome to complete the paper pledge form (rather than online) and send checks payable to WCSD. Incentives! * $18,000 = Everyone earns a popcorn party! * $21,000 = Mr. Carter will spend a school day on the roof of the school! * $23,000 = Inflatable day! We will rent a bounce house obstacle course to be used either during recess time or during PE class over a 2 day time period.
Heritage Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
2019 Snuggle Up & Read
by: LORRIE JENSEN
Our goal is to provide a tie-blanket and at least one book for each first grader at Westside Elementary School in Sun Prairie. Westside is a community school that relies on help from its neighborhoods to help make a difference in the lives of several children that have families that may struggle from time to time. We’d like to remind and share with these first graders the joy found in reading; especially when snuggling into a comfy blanket. Each fifth grade homeroom will be making six or seven tie blankets. This will allow each of the 80 first grade students at Westside to have his/her own blanket as well as to have at least one book. We will work in homerooms to make the blankets, but we need some help in purchasing material for the blankets. It costs about $12 to make one 4 x 6 tie-blanket for each student. The blankets and books are delivered prior to the first graders going on their winter break so they can have a book and a blanket to snuggle up and read with. Thank you for your support of this worthwhile service project. Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Post Prom 2020
by: Barbara Salverson
The Post Prom Party is a safe and fun alternative to private parties. When: Saturday, April 18, 2020, (immediately following the high school dance until 3 a.m.) Where: The Waunakee Village Center, 333 South Street, Waunakee, WI. Your donations provide food, entertainment, and games. In addition, all Junior students who pre-register for the party will receive a prize! This is a popular event with over 270 kids attending last year. We ask that you support the Post Prom event and make it a safe and fun night for all!! Please use the DONATE button OR, alternatively, send your check made out to "WHS Post Prom" to the Waunakee High School office, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee, WI. 53597 and mark the envelope "POST PROM". Members of the Post Prom Committee will stop in to pick them up. Thank you so much!! NOTE: Checks should NOT be written out to Waunakee High School as this is an event sponsored by parents, not the school.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Zoozort 2020
by: SHEILA FEMAL
See, touch, smell, observe, hear, LEARN. Hands on experiences are what 5th graders at Waunakee Intermediate School are able to have as they learn about rain forest animals in May in Spanish class. Watching videos of animals is fun, but nothing like the real thing right in front of you. Your donation will help bring in Noelle with her animals from Zoozort into our classroom on May 20th, 2020.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Scholarship Fund
by: Sara Bliefernicht
This year marks the 54th anniversary of the Waunakee Scholarship Fund! Since its inception in 1966, the fund has awarded $1,215,852 in scholarships to 5,715 students pursuing higher education following graduation. Last year alone, $52,455 in scholarships was awarded. This has been possible only because of the generosity of our wonderful community. As the community grows, so does our student population and the need for ongoing support of those students. The 2020 Waunakee High School graduating class consists of 317 students. It is anticipated that 85-90% of these students will attend a post-secondary education institution. As we are not able to conduct the traditional door-to-door drive this year, participating students will be reaching out to the Waunakee Community the week of May 11-17 through social media platforms, emails, texts, or distribution of flyers in mail slots. Donations can either be mailed in or given online. All money is collected and distributed to seniors who have participated in the drive and applied for this scholarship. If you would prefer to write a check, please make check payable to: Waunakee Scholarship Fund and mail to: Waunakee Scholarship Fund, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee WI 53597 Thank you!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Project Graduation 2020
by: Barbara Salverson
Project Graduation is the culminating celebration hosted by parents and the community for the Waunakee High School graduating class. Studies have shown that the highest number of teen drunk driving fatalities occurs on graduation nights. Project Graduation is the alternative to keep our kids safe. Graduation is a time of celebration, high hopes, and lasting memories! Project Graduation is an ALL NIGHT, SUBSTANCE FREE party for WCHS Seniors held at the high school following the graduation ceremony on May 30th, 2020. Project Graduation boasts a variety of activities and entertainment including a DJ, games, a music venue, crafts, and much more. In addition, food is served and prizes are awarded throughout the night. As always, adult volunteers will chaperone. We hope you will demonstrate your support of this event by making a tax deductible financial contribution. We are grateful that the Waunakee community and surrounding area businesses have traditionally endorsed our efforts to provide a safe environment in which seniors can celebrate graduation night together. Thank you in advance for helping to continue this endeavor!!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Music Boosters 2019-20 Fundraising
by: JAMES SERCOMBE
The Waunakee Music Boosters serve to encourage and maintain an enthusiastic interest in all phases of the music programs in the Waunakee Community School District. This includes supporting, both moral and financial, the music programs in the schools. This may include, but is not limited to, parent volunteers, enrichment activities, and equipment maintenance and funding. Anyone interested in the progress and development of the music program of Waunakee Schools is eligible for membership. Parents of pupils enrolled in music organizations are considered members. This campaign welcomes any donations to the Music Boosters general account, as well as funds raised through fundraisers including the Waunakee Fruit Sale
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Food Pantry
by: Jay Farnsworth
As our new school year starts off @home, please consider helping those in our community who continue to have struggles making ends meet. You can help by joining Waunakee Middle School's students, staff and families in making a contribution to the Waunakee Food Pantry. Thank you for considering!
Waunakee Community Middle School
Waunakee, WI
Community Giving PPE Project
by: Aaron May
This is not a traditional “fundraiser” in that the Cheerleading team is NOT banking any money raised. All dollars raised will be used to purchase face-masks and the contributor will receive a face-mask and a 2nd face-mask will be donated to one of three Charitable organizations in Waunakee (Waunakee Neighborhood Connection, Waunakee Food Pantry & St Vincent De Paul) to be able to distribute free of charge to their clients.
Athletic Department
N/A
STOMP YOUR YARD
by: Christen Pothof
Each year the PTO has organized the Prairie Stomp Fun Run for Prairie Elementary School. The Prairie Stomp raises money for the school, promotes healthy habits, and builds community! Each grade would run laps together outside, doing their best to run or walk as many laps as they could in about 20 minutes with a DJ playing fun music. This year, due to COVID-19, we are unable to have the Prairie Stomp at school. However, we would love for Prairie Elementary students to participate at home for Stomp Your Yard!! Students and staff can choose to run, walk, bike, rollerblade, play basketball, jump rope, or whatever exercise that you enjoy and gets you outside! Our goal is to raise $10,000. This year the money will be used to get supplies out to all students, both hybrid and remote learners. Safety protocols such as quarantining and sanitizing books makes it harder for kids to get the books they want in a timely manner. We would like to help build up classroom libraries so there are more books available to students. We also strive to help teachers continue with the ongoing project of adding more culturally inclusive books to their collections. Other supplies that could be purchased with the money raised could be materials & resources to support virtual/hybrid learning and social emotional learning. Classmunity is a safe and easy way to donate to the Prairie PTO online. However, we know some families prefer sending cash and checks. Families will have the option to donate cash and checks using a collection envelope that will be sent home with hybrid students. Virtual students will receive their collection envelopes during the supply pick up on Oct. 7. The collection envelopes can be returned to the building during the following supply pick up on Oct. 28 or mailed back to the school address anytime during the month of October. Thank you for your support!
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Donations for Waunakee Food Pantry
by: Dean Kaminski
Prairie Elementary students, staff, and families are hosting a Waunakee Food Pantry collection to help support our Waunakee families during this time of need. The generosity and outpouring of community support is a long held practice of our Prairie families. We will be collecting goods and cash donations at the entrance of our doors Monday, January 11 - Friday, January 15, 2021 and during the supply pick up on Wednesday, January 13 from 2:00-5:00pm. In addition to food, we will also be collecting monetary donations (virtually via Classmunity) to support our Waunakee Food Pantry. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of our Waunakee families. Highest Needs: canned carrots and beets applesauce side dishes - pasta and rice mayonnaise sugar canned dinners - sloppy joe, beef stew, Spaghettios, Chef Boyardee boxed pasta - no spaghetti or egg noodles Jell-o and pudding dish soap tissues - Kleenex, Puffs paper towel Thank you for your continued support.
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
FFA 'Frozen Cheesecake on a Stick'
by: RHONDA KNAPP
The Waunakee FFA is selling "Frozen Cheesecake on a Stick", (as seen at The Taste of Madison). Our friends at 'Little Shop of Cheesecakes' are going out of business and have offered their inventory to the Waunakee FFA for a fundraiser. The Cheesecakes are crustless and dipped in chocolate. You will be emailed a link to sign up for a pick-up time. Drive-thru, contactless pick-up from the HS Greenhouse. The date will be the week of March 4th, the same as our Fruit Sale Pick-up. Funds will be used to offset the cost of leadership development and career development events and leadership training for our FFA members. Any extra money raised will help to pay the FFA membership dues
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
WMS Student Council's Teacher Appreciation Week
by: SAMANTHA PILSNER
Teacher appreciation week is May 3- May 7th. We would like to thank our AMAZING teachers and staff for ALL they do for our students, especially with all the challenges of this school year. We would like to raise enough funds to sponsor and supply a lunch. (The plan is to have Taher cater the lunch to also support our school.) Any donations are greatly appreciated!
Waunakee Community Middle School
Waunakee, WI
Time Capsule Kits
by: Christen Pothof
The Prairie PTO is pleased to announce a unique spring fundraiser: DYI Time Capsule Kits! Our children are living through history right now. In order to capture this moment in time the PTO has created a time capsule kit for children to complete and look back on sometime in the future. The basic kit comes with everything listed below. There is also an option to request a premium kit which includes a water resistant dry box. The premium kit is perfect for those who wish to bury their time capsules and protect the contents from the elements. There is a suggested donation of $10 per basic kit (no box) and $15 per premium kit (includes dry box). You may pay now via credit card or through cash or check at time of pick up (make checks payable to WCDS). Pick up will take place in the south parking lot of Prairie Elementary School (near the cafeteria) from 2:00-5:00 on May 26. Please follow the same procedure used for virtual supply pick up. Other arrangements can be made by contacting the PTO (pes_pto@waunakee.k12.wi.us). Feel free to order for older and younger siblings or as gifts for friends and family members whether they are enrolled in the Waunakee Community School District or not! If your Prairie student would like a time capsule kit but you are unable to pay the suggested donation price, the PTO will make up the difference. When ordering choose the "unable to make a donation" option. The Basic Time Capsule Kit includes: 4x6 photo album Photo from your grade level team & specialists Activity pages (all about me, memories, etc.) Covid-19 timeline Daily Health Self Check Form 5ft. length of ribbon (to measure height) Letter template and envelope Article from the Waunakee Tribune Cardstock card, paint, and foam brush for handprint Disposable face mask 2 colored stickers for outside of your own box CONTENTS COME IN A ZIPLOC BAG - FIND YOUR OWN BOX/CAPSULE The Premium Time Capsule Kit includes the above PLUS: 1 dry box with water resistant o-ring seal, 4.25in wide x 9.5in length x 6.5in depth 1 surprise trinket to remember the 2020-2021 school year The money raised through this campaign will be used to pay for online subscriptions. Additional funds will be used to purchase t-shirts for STOMP 2021.
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Home Run Club Softener Salt Fundraiser
by: Berta Parker
We are excited to start our Softener Salt Fundraiser! The baseball players will be delivering your salt right to your home on Sunday, June 6th. Be sure to indicate which player you are purchasing from so they know who to deliver to and they get the credit for the sale. We are offering two options to purchase: Solar Salt 40# $12.00 per bag Pellet Salt 40# $12.00 per bag All proceeds will help continue to upgrade the Waunakee High School baseball fields and facilities.
Athletic Department
N/A
Heritage Hustle Fun Run 2020 - 2021
by: Gina Wherley
What is the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? *A School wide event on Thursday, June 3 in which all students and staff participate. *A new approach to fundraising that avoids selling products and directs ALL profits back to the school. What are the goals of the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? *To fund Heritage PTO programming, including assemblies, field trip opportunities, technology needs, birthday books, new playground equipment, and academic needs that might not otherwise be available. *To include the entire Heritage Elementary community in a fun and healthy "end of the Year" activity. *To be successful enough to make this the only Heritage PTO fundraiser of the year. What about pledges? *All donations are tax-deductible. *For the safety of our children, please only ask family and friends for pledges. We do NOT promote our encourage door-to-door solicitation. *If your family prefers not to solicit pledges from family and friends, please consider making a donation to Heritage PTO. You are always welcome to complete the paper pledge form (rather than online) and send checks payable to WCSD.
Heritage Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Scholarship Fund 2021
by: Sara Bliefernicht
This year marks the 55th anniversary of the Waunakee Scholarship Fund! Since its inception in 1966, the fund has awarded $1,245,071 in scholarships to 5,842 students pursuing higher education following graduation. Last year alone, $38,100 in scholarships was awarded. This has been possible only because of the generosity of our wonderful community. As the community grows, so does our student population and the need for ongoing support of those students. The 2021 Waunakee High School graduating class consists of 330 students. It is anticipated that 85-90% of these students will attend a post-secondary education institution. As we are not able to conduct the traditional door-to-door drive this year due to continued health and safety reasons, participating students will be reaching out to the Waunakee Community at the end of April through social media platforms, emails, texts, or distribution of flyers in mail slots. Donations can either be mailed in or given online. All money is collected and distributed to seniors who have participated in the drive and applied for this scholarship. If you would prefer to write a check, please make check payable to: Waunakee Scholarship Fund and mail to: Waunakee Scholarship Fund, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee WI 53597 Thank you!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Project Graduation 2021
by: Barbara Salverson
Typically, Project Graduation is the culminating celebration hosted by parents and the community for the Waunakee Community High School graduating class. As nothing about this year has been typical, we are still committed to finding unique ways to celebrate our seniors. A committee of parents is working to provide a variety of prizes, gifts, events, and community-wide recognitions for our 2021 senior class. Every dollar donated will be used to celebrate our seniors! We hope you will demonstrate your support of this event by making a tax deductible financial contribution. We are grateful that the Waunakee community and surrounding area businesses have traditionally endorsed our efforts to provide for our seniors. Thank you in advance for helping to continue this endeavor!!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Dance Team
by: Aaron May
The Waunakee High School Varsity Dance team provides dancers the opportunity learn various competitive dance routines to compete with the WACPC (Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches, Inc) organization in Regional, State and National dance competitions. In addition to competition, the Varsity Dance team performs dance routines and sidelines at various Waunakee High School athletic and student events. They also perform at Waunakee Community Events, such as the Waunafest Parade. Each year the Dance team hosts dance clinics, teaching dance routines to aspiring young dancers in our community and giving those young dancers the chance to perform in front of a hometown crowd at a high school sporting event. The Waunakee High School Varsity Dance team is currently responsible for 100% of their operating fees. Like many others, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced our ability to conduct our traditional fundraising efforts this season. Funds raised will be used to pay for competition fees, costume fees, as well as other ancillary costs. Past fundraising efforts have also resulted in the installation of a padded marley dance floor, moving our dancers off of a concrete dance surface an aiding in the reduction dance related injuries. Please consider supporting your Waunakee High School Varsity Dance team, so that we can continue to provide an opportunity for area dancers to represent the Waunakee Warriors.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Support WHS Theatre and The Pirates of Penzance
by: MOLLY WEISS PETROFF
We hope you enjoyed our production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance." as much as we enjoyed putting it together. The performing arts have had a difficult year, but we, like many, have found ways to keep the lights on. The Waunakee High School drama department relies heavily on tickets sales to support our programming. In fact, the district supplies only the salaries for the directors. We had many costs this year including costumes, music scores, props, choreographer stipend, and general production costs. Without ticket revenue, financing this project will be difficult. Your donation helps us maintain a balance in our accounts so that we can continue to provide programming for our students and for our community in the years ahead. Thank you for your support!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Music Boosters 2020-21 Fundraising
by: JAMES SERCOMBE
The Waunakee Music Boosters serve to encourage and maintain an enthusiastic interest in all phases of the music programs in the Waunakee Community School District. This includes supporting, both moral and financial, the music programs in the schools. This may include, but is not limited to, parent volunteers, enrichment activities, and equipment maintenance and funding. Anyone interested in the progress and development of the music program of Waunakee Schools is eligible for membership. Parents of pupils enrolled in music organizations are considered members. This campaign welcomes any donations to the Music Boosters general account, as well as funds raised through fundraisers including the Waunakee Fruit Sale.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee/DeForest Gymnastics Wreath Sale
by: Aaron May
Waunakee/DeForest Gymnastics team is selling wreaths and holiday decorations from Hanns Tree Farm. This annual fundraiser includes: Wreaths, table center pieces, poinsettias, and garland rolls.
Athletic Department
N/A
Prairie Stomp 2021
by: Christen Pothof
The Prairie Stomp is a school wide welcome back activity that serves as the major fundraiser for Prairie Elementary School. The 2021 Stomp will be on Thursday, September 30th with a rain date of October 1. This approach to fundraising avoids selling products and directs ALL profits (less Stomp expenses) back to the school by encouraging students to get pledges and run laps to raise money for PTO programming. Yearly PTO programming includes staff appreciate dinners, RAZ kids online library, and funding for special events and field trips when they become available again. In addition to our yearly programming, the 2021 Stomp will raise money for a new projector and screen for our gym! The projector and screen will connect to our current sound system and can be used to enhance lessons and allow for multimedia presentations. Students are encouraged to collect either a flat donation or per lap pledge. On the event day, students run/walk a looped track on the school field for 20 minutes. The students gain an appreciation of teamwork, a sense of strong school unity, and the importance of being healthy and exercising all while having fun with their fellow classmates. The PTO provides each child with a FREE Prairie Stomp t-shirt and a healthy snack on the event day. The students also work together, as a school, to achieve school wide fundraising goals and earn prizes. The prize levels are as follows: $10,000 - School wide PJ Day $15,000 - Movie and Popcorn in your Classroom $20,000 - Admin. in an Igloo (students can spy on their administrators as they spend a day working from an igloo in the hallway) In addition to the school wide fundraising goals, there are two running goals: 1. Individual: The top lap running individuals in each grade level will receive a special recognition award for their strong performance. 2. Classroom: The classroom within each grade level with the highest average lap per student will earn an ice cream party. We want everyone to know that the success of this event is not possible without your support and the tremendous efforts of perseverance, determination, and will-power of each student to do their very best. We will celebrate the collective effort of every student! Thank you for supporting Prairie in such a positive way. As a sponsor, you can donate a set amount (flat donation) prior to the event. If you prefer to make a per lap donation, we ask that you wait to enter your donation until after the event. The student you are pledging will let you know after the event how many laps he/she completed so you may calculate the total amount to be donated. REMEMBER, Prairie PTO is a 501(3)c organization and any donation you make to the Prairie Stomp is tax-deductible. Donations can be made anytime beginning September 1, 2021 through October 15, 2021. We cannot have a successful event without our amazing volunteers! You can sign up to help out on the day of the Stomp through the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4FABA82BA0FD0-prairie. If you’re unable to volunteer, we still encourage you to stop by, watch and cheer on your student. Signs are welcome!
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee/DeForest Gymnastics Wreath Sale
by: Aaron May
Waunakee/DeForest Gymnastics team is selling wreaths and holiday decorations from Hahns Tree Farm. This annual fundraiser includes Wreaths, table centerpieces, poinsettias, and garland rolls. Order Pick-up Information Customer Pick-up Dates, Times, and Location 1. Friday, Nov 19th 5pm - 8pm 2. Saturday, Nov 20th 10am - 3pm Location: WCSD District Office, 905 Bethel Circle, Waunakee, WI 53597 Questions? Email boosterswreathsale@gmail.com or call 608-516-9548
Athletic Department
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2021 Snuggle Up and Read
by: LORRIE JENSEN
Our goal is to raise $1200 to provide a tie-blanket and at least one book for each first-grade student at Westside Elementary School in Sun Prairie. Westside is a community school that relies on help from its neighborhoods to help make a difference in the lives of several children that have families that may struggle from time to time. We’d like to remind and share with these first graders the joy found in reading; especially when snuggling into a comfy blanket. Each fifth-grade homeroom will be making five or six tie blankets. This will allow each of the 80 first-grade students at Westside to have his/her own blanket as well as to have at least one book. We will work in homerooms to make the blankets, but we need some help in purchasing material for the blankets. It costs about $15 to make one 4 x 6 tie-blanket for each student. The blankets and books will be delivered prior to the first graders' winter break so they can have a book and a blanket to snuggle up and read with.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
CHOIR/DRAMA CLUBS Poinsettia Sale
by: Barbara Salverson
Please help us get to New York to learn about musical theatre! Students in the Drama Club and the high school Choirs are selling poinsettia plants that will be used to decorate the stage when the choirs make their long awaited return to live performances in the high school PAC on Monday, Dec 13th. Purchased plants will then be available for pick up, (at the concert), or delivery to decorate our homes for the winter holidays. The plants will come in 6 inch pots and the money will be used to offset student costs for a March trip to New York City!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Middle School Dance Team Fundrasier
by: Aaron May
The Waunakee Middle School Dance Team is a newer extracurricular activity offered to 7th and 8th graders. We had our first season in 2019 with 12 dancers! Sadly we didn't have a season in 2020 due to Covid-19. But we're back in 2021, and to celebrate all the good things coming back this year we're hoping to raise $2021 for our team! We welcome students that love to dance or want to learn how to dance. Nobody is cut during tryouts; there is a place for everyone! Throughout our season we'll learn a hip-hop and pom routine, work on strength and flexibility, as well as dance tricks and skills. The team will showcase their hard work by performing at local middle school basketball games and competitions across WI. We're lucky to have a strong high school dance team that will offer mentorship and encouragement to our dancers along the way. This program will also help prepare dancers that are interested in trying out for the high school team. As a new organization, we do not get school funding for the first three years outside of bus transportation. Funds raised will help the middle school team offer this newer program at a low cost to those who are interested. Our goal is to cover the cost of competition fees, poms, dance uniforms/costumes, shoes, garment bags, team backpacks, one team potluck, etc. We want to make the middle school dance team accessible and sustainable. Please consider donating to help us offer this creative outlet for middle school students where they can express themselves, make new friends, be part of a team, and build confidence. Go Warriors!
Athletic Department
N/A
Sending a Little Love to Venezuela Students
by: LORRIE JENSEN
We have a student in our village who recently moved to Waunakee from Venezuela. The family has shared that the school they came from was lacking many daily classroom supplies, making it incredibly difficult for the children to learn. Therefore, this February, the Earth South Village has decided to collect many of the needed school supplies to send to the students in Venezuela. Please consider donating towards the cost of shipping. We received an estimate that the shipping cost will be over $140 a box. Thank you in advance for helping us with our service project and making a difference in the lives of others.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
WHS Student Council support for Tyler Hoffman.
by: Barbara Salverson
Tyler Hoffman, an alumnus of Waunakee High School, who now attends Purdue University Northwest, was back in town to visit with friends. Unfortunately, his car was struck head-on. Tyler has been in the hospital for over a month with severe brain injuries. His mother is out of work and looking to transfer him to a facility that is closer to home. All proceeds donated through the Student Council’s THREE basket raffle events, and other funds collected, will be given directly to the Hoffman family for use to pay for hospital bills, transportation, and comfort during this painful time. You can donate by participating in the basket raffles or by donating directly on this Classmunity website. We will calculate the total donation from the raffles at a future date and give the proceeds directly to the family after entering the total into Classmunity.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Post Prom 2022
by: Barbara Salverson
The Post Prom Party is a safe and fun alternative to private parties. Your donations provide food, entertainment, and games for students to enjoy. This is a popular event with around 300 students in attendance. We ask that you please support the Post Prom event and make it a safe and fun night for all! When: Saturday April 23rd, 2022, (immediately following the high school dance until 3 a.m.) Where: The Waunakee Village Center, 333 South Street, Waunakee, WI. Please use the DONATE button OR, alternatively, send your check made out to "WCSD" to the Waunakee High School Office, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee WI 53597 and mark the envelope "POST PROM".
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
COINS FOR A CURE - 2022
by: Gina Wherley
Heritage Elementary is hosting a school wide fundraising competition. The object of this fundraiser is for your child's grade level to raise the most money by collecting loose change! The money raised from this drive will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) - the world's largest non-profit health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing patient education services. Today, Leukemia is the most common cancer in children and teens, accounting for almost 1 out of 3 cancers. With the help of charitable contributions, survival rates are increasing. The coins your child donates will help support researchers who are working at the forefront to finding a cure for blood cancers. Any donation you make is tax-deductible as Heritage is a 501(3)c organization. If you donate on-line, please include your child's grade level in your donation. THE GRADE THAT RAISES THE MOST MONEY WILL GET A SPECIAL CLASSROOM SURPRISE! Please contact jeanascharpf@waunakee.k12.wi.us with any questions.
Heritage Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Staff Appreciation Week 2022
by: Christen Pothof
Our FTO is hard at work planning our Staff Appreciation Week for May 2-6. We are looking forward to sharing all the plans in the upcoming weeks, and for your children to surprise their teachers will some sweet gestures (chalk the walk). This week, our main goal is to start collecting funds to make the week extra special for our staff. We would like to provide a pizza luncheon, a donut breakfast, a mailbox gift and new Prairie t-shirts for everyone if there are enough funds. If you are able to donate any amount, we have provided this link to donate. We greatly appreciate your help, and if you have any questions, please feel free to email Mandy Hague at mandyhague27@yahoo.com
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Prairie Staff Appreciation 2022
by: Christen Pothof
Hello PES families! We are looking forward to celebrating our wonderful staff this year for Staff Appreciation Week, May 2-6. We are hoping to collect donations to purchase items for the week, and any amount would help! We would like to provide a pizza luncheon, a donut breakfast, a mailbox gift and special Prairie t-shirts for all staff! We look forward to showering our staff with treats, gifts, and surprises! More details to come on how you can participate as well! Thank you for your supporting our staff and FTO!
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Simple Self-Defense Class for Ages 12 and Up
by: Aaron May
Simple Self-Defense Class for Ages 12 and Up Learn useful tips and a few simple moves to stay safe Tuesday, May 17th from 6pm - 7pm Waunakee Middle School Gym Taught by the owners of Moh’s Martial Arts, this event is a fundraiser for the Waunakee Middle School Dance Team. The cost is $20 per person and the class size is limited to 50 participants. CLICK ON THE GREEN "REGISTER FOR EVENT" BUTTON ABOVE TO REGISTER AND SECURE YOUR SPOT! FAQ’s: Do I need to register? Yes! Please register yourself and any family members or friends that would like to come. We are limiting participation to 50 people and registration is the only way to secure your spot. There is a $20 fee per person which benefits the Waunakee Middle School Dance Team. Thank you in advance for your support! Can anyone take this class? Anyone age 12 and up is welcome! Class discussions will be kept appropriate knowing there are younger participants in the audience, but don’t worry about your age or fitness level… all will learn something and be able to follow along. What should I wear? Wear clothes and shoes you are comfortable moving in. This is not a workout class and we don’t anticipate getting sweaty, but it’d be helpful to wear something you’d go for a walk or do yoga in. What should I bring? Bring yourself in comfortable clothes and shoes! Bring your registered family or friends! Also bring a water bottle. :-) What will I learn? This class is scheduled for one hour. A large portion of time will be spent talking about ways to stay safe as being aware of your surroundings is a great form of defense. We will also teach a few very simple moves that should be easy to remember long-term. We’ll have time for questions at the end. Where do I go once I get to the middle school? The class is being held in the Waunakee Middle School Gym at 1001 South St, Waunakee, WI. Please enter through the gym entrance at Door #11, on the side of the building that faces the High School. There is plenty of free parking (lot C is the closest), but note there is a Boys Lacrosse home game that evening in the nearby stadium. How can I learn more about Moh’s Martial Arts? Moh’s Martial Arts offers classes for those ages four through adult. They also offer adult kickboxing classes! Visit their website at https://www.mohsmartialarts.com/ to learn more. How can I learn more about the Waunakee Middle School Dance Team? Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WaunakeeMSDT and/or e-mail the coaches at kristinamaher@waunakee.k12.wi.us for more information.
Athletic Department
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Heritage Hustle 21-22 Fun Run
by: Gina Wherley
What is the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? Used to fund Heritage FTO programming, including assemblies, teacher appreciation, field trip opportunities, technology needs, birthday books, equipment, and academic needs that might not otherwise be available. Includes the entire Heritage Elementary community in a fun and healthy activity. The hope is to be successful enough to make this the only Heritage FTO fundraiser of the year, by raising $15,000. What do students do for the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? Use online pledges through Classmunity website to collet sponsors for the Heritage Hustle Fun Run. Run/walk on the school track for 10 minutes (2 - 5 minute sessions) on the Heritage Hustle Fun Run day. On the run, wear your class color to promote unity. Have FUN, regardless of personal pledges! What do families do for the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? Help your student approach sponsors during the open window of the Heritage Hustle fun Run. Please note, we do NOT promote door-to-door solicitation of sponsors. Friends and family are the best sponsors! Volunteer the day of the Heritage Hustle Fun Run (volunteer background check required). Dress your student appropriately for running and the weather the day of the Heritage Hustle Fun Run. Send water bottle the day of the run. What do students get from the Heritage Hustle Fun Run? They will get an understanding of the fun and importance of exercise. An appreciation of teamwork and the strong school unity of Heritage Elementary. A fun day in the sun - hopefully! What about pledges? Sponsors can choose the amount they wish to pledge. Online pledges can be made through the district-approved Classmunity campaign. All donations are tax-deductible. Please use your online receipt for tax purposes. If your family prefers not to solicit pledges, please consider making a donation. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Botham at 608-212-9084 or Botham.Julie@gmail.com.
Heritage Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee HOSA Future Health Professionals to compete at the International Conference in Nashville, TN this June!
by: CHRISTINA GASCHO
Our Waunakee High School HOSA chapter had 6 students compete at the Wisconsin State Leadership Conference this past April and qualified to represent our school and state at the HOSA International Leadership Conference in Nashville, TN this June 21st - June 26th. We have a 2 person EMT team and a 4 person HOSA Bowl team that are seeking help in raising money to travel to Nashville to compete at this event. Our students will be selling Right Response First Aid Kits to family members, neighbors, friends and businesses that may need them. Right Response will provide our students with 50% of the proceeds from these sales. You may also contact christinagascho@waunakee.k12.wi.us if you would like to place an order. You may also make a direct donation to support our local future health professionals on this page. We sincerely appreciate your support.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Project Graduation 2022
by: Barbara Salverson
ABOUT THIS FUNDRAISER: Project Graduation is the culminating celebration hosted by parents and the community for the Waunakee High School graduating class. Studies have shown that the highest number of teen drunk driving fatalities occurs on graduation nights. Project Graduation is the alternative to keep our kids safe. Graduation is a time of celebration, high hopes, and lasting memories! Project Graduation is an ALL NIGHT, SUBSTANCE FREE party for WCHS Seniors held at the high school following the graduation ceremony on June 4th, 2022. Project Graduation boasts a variety of activities and entertainment including a DJ, games, a music venue, crafts, and much more. In addition, food is served and prizes are awarded throughout the night. As always, adult volunteers will chaperone. We hope you will demonstrate your support of this event by making a tax deductible financial contribution. We are grateful that the Waunakee community and surrounding area businesses have traditionally endorsed our efforts to provide a safe environment in which seniors can celebrate graduation night together. Thank you in advance for helping to continue this endeavor!!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Scholarship Fund 2022
by: Barbara Salverson
This year marks the 56th anniversary of the Waunakee Scholarship Fund! Since its inception in 1966, the fund has awarded $1,276,561 in scholarships to 5,977 students pursuing higher education following graduation. Last year alone, $31,490 in scholarships was awarded. This has been possible only because of the generosity of our wonderful community. As the community grows, so does our student population and the need for ongoing support of those students. The 2022 Waunakee High School graduation class consists of 338 students. It is anticipated that 85-90% of these students will attend a post-secondary education institution. On Wednesday, April 27, the WHS Senior Class participants will canvass the Waunakee Community to raise scholarship money. You can also donate online through this Classmunity page or if you prefer to send in a check, please make the check payable to: Waunakee Scholarship Fund and mail to: Waunakee Scholarship Fund, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee WI 53597. Our goal this year is to raise $40,000. All money collected is distributed to seniors who apply for this scholarship AND participate in the Fund Drive. Checks are made payable to the college/university that the student plans to attend. Any questions can be directed to waunakeescholarship@gmail.com or please visit the Scholarship website at www.waunakee.k12.wi.us/high/scholarship.cfm
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
MS Dance Team Yard Sign Sale
by: Aaron May
The Waunakee Middle School Dance Team is spreading a positive, unifying message through our yard sign fundraiser! Proceeds help offset the team's cost of costumes, poms, competition fees, team activities, and more. We hope our Wauna Stand Together signs will go viral in our community's front yards! Orders received before August 16th will be: - Available for pick up on Tuesday, August 24th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm in the Middle School Cafeteria (1001 South St, Waunakee); OR - Delivered the week of August 23rd to the Waunakee address you provide (if delivery option is purchased) Orders received between August 16th and September 19th will be: - Available for pick up on Thursday, September 30th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm in the Middle School Cafeteria (1001 South St, Waunakee); OR - Delivered the week of September 27th to the Waunakee address you provide (if delivery option is purchased) THANK YOU for showing your support for our dance team and this wonderful place we call home. Questions? Contact kristinamaher@waunakee.k12.wi.us.
Athletic Department
N/A
Waunakee Music Boosters 2021-22 Fundraising
by: JAMES SERCOMBE
The Waunakee Music Boosters serve to encourage and maintain an enthusiastic interest in all phases of the music programs in the Waunakee Community School District. This includes supporting, both moral and financial, the music programs in the schools. This may include, but is not limited to, parent volunteers, enrichment activities, and equipment maintenance and funding. Anyone interested in the progress and development of the music program of Waunakee Schools is eligible for membership. Parents of pupils enrolled in music organizations are considered members. This campaign welcomes any donations to the Music Boosters general account, as well as funds raised through fundraisers including the Waunakee Fruit Sale.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Prairie Stomp 2022
by: Christen Pothof
The Prairie Stomp is a school wide welcome back activity that serves as the major fundraiser for Prairie Elementary School. The 2022 Stomp will be on Thursday, September 29th with a rain date of September 30. This approach to fundraising avoids selling products and directs ALL profits (less Stomp expenses) back to the school by encouraging students to get pledges and run laps to raise money for FTO programming. Yearly FTO programming includes staff appreciation dinners, RAZ kids online library, and funding for special events and field trips. In addition to our yearly programming, the 2022 Stomp will finish raising money for a new projector and screen for our gym! The projector and screen will connect to our current sound system and can be used to enhance lessons and allow for multimedia presentations. Last year's Prairie Stomp kicked off the fundraising for the exciting new system. Students are encouraged to collect either a flat donation or per lap pledge. On the event day, students run/walk a looped track on the school field for 20 minutes. The students gain an appreciation of teamwork, a sense of school unity, and the importance of being healthy and exercising all while having fun with their fellow classmates. The FTO provides each child with a FREE Prairie Stomp t-shirt and a healthy snack on the event day. The students also work together, as a school, to achieve school wide fundraising goals and earn prizes. The prize levels are as follows: $10,000 - Teachers dress in costume for a day! $15,000 - All-school assembly with guest performer $20,000 - Administrators will work in an "igloo" outside the library for a day! For each grade, the classroom with the highest AVERAGE laps per student will earn an extra recess with music. We want everyone to know that the success of this event is not possible without your support and the tremendous efforts of perseverance, determination, and will-power of each student to do their very best. We will celebrate the collective effort of every student! Thank you for supporting Prairie in such a positive way. As a sponsor, you can donate a set amount (flat donation) prior to the event. If you prefer to make a per lap donation, we ask that you wait to enter your donation until after the event. The student you are pledging will let you know after the event how many laps he/she completed so you may calculate the total amount to be donated. REMEMBER, Prairie FTO is a 501(3)c organization and any donation you make to the Prairie Stomp is tax-deductible. Donations can be made anytime beginning August 29 through October 14, 2022. Who is managing the campaign? Prairie FTO
Prairie Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
Big Cat Rescue of Wisconsin Intermediate School Fundraiser
by: LORRIE JENSEN
In our 5th grade classes, we are reading the book The Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo, which features a tiger who is mistreated and in need of rescuing. In helping students understand the relevance and to connect our curriculum to a global problem, we would like to raise awareness and funds to help the local nonprofit, Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue in Rock Springs, Wisconsin. This nonprofit has a close connection with Waunakee, as many people in the community have donated their Christmas trees for the tigers to play with! As many of the tigers surrendered are older, they have increased medical needs. We would like to work towards raising $900 to contribute to the vet bills of these tigers, as well as provide them with some Boomer Balls to help keep them agile! Donations can be made online Classmunity website or to the main office at Waunakee Intermediate School between now and October 31st. Thank you for helping bring awareness to the needs of animals in our community. If you’d like to learn more about this organization, feel free to visit their website or facility. Waunakee Intermediate 5th Grade Students & Staff
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee/DeForest Gymnastics Wreath Sale
by: Aaron May
Waunakee/DeForest Gymnastics Team is selling wreaths and holiday decorations from Hanns Tree Farm. This annual fundraiser includes wreaths, table centerpieces, porch pots and poinsettias. Order Pick-up Information: Customer Pick-up Date, Time, and Location: Friday, Nov 18th 3:30pm - 9pm Location: WCSD District Office, 905 Bethel Circle, Waunakee, WI 53597 Questions? Email wdhsgymnasticsbooster@gmail.com or call/text 262-930-9482.
Athletic Department
N/A
Heritage Hustle Fun Run 22-23 Family + Friends Fundraiser
by: Gina Wherley
ABOUT THE FUNDRAISER Our 8th Annual Heritage Hustle Fun Run is just around the corner, October 20, 2022 (rain date is October 21). This is our most important fundraiser hosted by the Heritage Family Teacher Organization (FTO). Besides asking for business sponsors, we are hoping to raise $15,000 through family and friend donations. 100% of the proceeds to directly to Heritage Elementary, improving the experience of teachers, students, and families. Funds are used for Heritage FTO programming, including assemblies, teacher appreciation, field trip opportunities, technology needs, birthday books, equipment, and academic needs that might not otherwise be available. WHAT IS THE HERITAGE HUSSLE FUN RUN? The Fun Run is a highly anticipated event that students, teachers, staff, and families participate in. The students are put on teams and run laps around the track as they are cheered on by the many spectators and friends. The purpose is to promote school pride and healthy lifestyle choices while raising funds necessary to cover our expenses for the school year. WHAT DO FAMILIES DO FOR THE HERITAGE HUSTLE FUN RUN? Please help your student approach sponsors during the open window of the Heritage Hustle Fun Run. Please note, we do NOT promote door-to-door solicitation of sponsors. Friends and family are the best sponsors! Families are encouraged to attend to cheer on the students. Volunteers are also needed the day of the event - a volunteer background check is required. Please remember to dress your student appropriately for running and the weather and send them with a water bottle the day of the run. WHAT ABOUT PLEDGES? Sponsors can choose the amount they wish to pledge. Online pledges can be made through the district-approved Classmunity campaign. All donations are tax-deductible. Please use your online receipt for tax purposes. If your family prefers not to solicit pledges, please consider making a donation. All students are welcome to participate in the Fun Run regardless of making a donation. If you have any questions, please contact Amy and Kelly at waunakeeheritagefto@gmail.com
Heritage Elementary School
Waunakee, WI
2022 Snuggle Up & Read
by: PAUL MILLER
Our goal is to provide a tie-blanket and at least one book for each first grader at Westside Elementary School in Sun Prairie. Westside is a community school that relies on help from its neighborhoods to help make a difference in the lives of several children that have families that may struggle from time to time. We’d like to remind and share with these first graders the joy found in reading; especially when snuggling into a comfy blanket. Each fifth grade homeroom will be making five or six tie blankets. This will allow each of the 75 first grade students at Westside to have his/her own blanket as well as to have at least one book. We will work in homerooms to make the blankets, but we need some help in purchasing material for the blankets. It costs about $15 to make one 4 x 6 tie-blanket as well as provide a student-decorated gift bag for each blanket and book. The blankets and books are delivered prior to the first graders going on their winter break so they can have a book and a blanket to snuggle up and read with. Thank you for your support of this worthwhile service project. Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
2022 Snuggle Up and Read Campaign
by: PAUL MILLER
Our goal is to provide a tie-blanket and at least one book for each first grader at Westside Elementary School in Sun Prairie. Westside is a community school that relies on help from its neighborhoods to help make a difference in the lives of several children that have families that may struggle from time to time. We’d like to remind and share with these first graders the joy found in reading; especially when snuggling into a comfy blanket. Each fifth grade homeroom will be making five or six tie blankets. This will allow each of the 75 first grade students at Westside to have his/her own blanket as well as to have at least one book. We will work in homerooms to make the blankets, but we need some help in purchasing material for the blankets. It costs about $15 to make one 4 x 6 tie-blanket as well as provide a student-decorated gift bag for each blanket and book. The blankets and books are delivered prior to the first graders going on their winter break so they can have a book and a blanket to snuggle up and read with. Thank you for your support of this worthwhile service project. Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee Middle School Dance Team is Feeling 2022
by: Aaron May
We don’t know about you, but we’re feeling 2022!! The Waunakee Middle School Dance Team is a newer extra curricular activity offered to 7th and 8th graders. We had our first season in 2019 with 12 dancers! Sadly we didn't have a season in 2020 due to Covid-19, but we made a come-back in 2021 with a team of 17. This year we’ve had a lot of interest- we’ve seen about 17 new faces and have 14 potential returners. It’s very exciting to see a desire for our program and offer an activity where middle schoolers can express themselves, make new friends, be part of a team, and build confidence. We welcome students that love to dance or want to learn how to dance. Throughout our season we'll learn a hip-hop and pom routine, work on strength and flexibility, as well as dance tricks and skills. The team will showcase their hard work by performing at local basketball games and competitions across WI. We're lucky to have a strong high school dance team that will offer mentorship and encouragement to our dancers along the way. This program will also help prepare dancers that are interested in trying out for the high school team. As our team size increases, so do our overall expenses. We are raising funds to cover the cost of competition fees, poms, dance uniforms, team bonding events, and an end-of-season celebration for all. Fundraising for these team costs offsets the team fees and we truly want to keep our program accessible for everyone! To reflect our high hopes for a great season this year, we’ve set a goal of raising $2,022. Please consider donating to our fun online fundraiser. Go Warriors! ~Coach K (Kristina Maher) ~Coach P (Petra Mallon)
Athletic Department
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CHOIR SHOWCASE 2022-23
by: MOLLY WEISS PETROFF
If you enjoy this event, or liked what you saw and heard at this concert, please consider a donation to take the place of ticket sales to help support next year's show! Donations will help us hire professional musicians, sheet music and other production purchases. Any leftover funds will be used for choir travel or field trips.
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
Sending a Little Love to Venezuela Students
by: PATRICIA NEWTON
We have a student in our village who moved to Waunakee last year from Venezuela. The family has shared that the school they came from was lacking many daily classroom supplies, making it incredibly difficult for the children to learn. Therefore, our classrooms have decided to collect many of the needed school supplies to send to the students in Venezuela. Last year, we were able to collect 7 boxes, but this year we are on track to double, or even triple, that amount! Please consider donating towards the cost of shipping, as it will cost approximately $200 a box. If we are able to raise money beyond the cost of the shipping, we would like to purchase some playground equipment to send along with the supplies. Thank you in advance for helping us with our service project and making a difference in the lives of others.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI
End Period Poverty
by: Barbara Salverson
Please join the Waunakee High School Justice League in their fight to remove the heavy stigmatization often associated with menstruation and the lack of education surrounding period poverty. We hope to raise awareness of those that are struggling due to inadequate access to products and education as well as provide supplies to those in need at Waunakee High School and in the community. Additionally, we would also like to break the stigma and embarrassment often associated with menstruation by making it more visible. On November 4th, 2022, from 3:45 to 7:15 p.m., Justice League will be collecting menstrual products, (tampons, pads, menstrual cups). Drop off bins will be located outside the high school main office AND outside Warrior Stadium. For those who would prefer to donate directly to the purchasing of products, you can donate right here at this Classmuity site. We hope to see you on November 4th and we hope to end Period Poverty. Menstrual Hygiene is a Human Right. PERIOD!
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee, WI
WMS Parent/Teacher Conferences Meal Campaign
by: SAMANTHA PILSNER
We are trying something new for Parent Teacher Conferences this spring! Instead of bringing individual items in for drop off, we would like to make it easier on you! We are raising funds and we will coordinate beverages/desserts for Monday, March 13th and catering in a breakfast for staff on Friday, March 17th at the Middle School. Any donations are greatly appreciated!
Waunakee Community Middle School
Waunakee, WI
Turkey Earthquake Relief
by: PATRICIA NEWTON
About this Fundraiser In light of the recent earthquake in Turkey, the 5th grade village of Earth North wanted to support fundraising efforts. Turkey is the homeland for some of our classmates’ families and we wanted to show our care and concern for the people of this region. Our village has decided to conduct a read-a-thon with flat donations or pledge-per-minute for up to 2 hours of reading. All the donations collected will go to support the established organization of Direct Relief in Turkey. We chose this organization based on the fact that 100% of all donations are used solely on expenses related to supporting the earthquake. We will hold the read-a-thon in school on Thursday, February 23rd. Donations can be made via Classmunity before our scheduled date or anytime through the end of February. Thank you in advance for supporting our service project and making a difference in the lives of our friends and family in Turkey.
Waunakee Intermediate School
Waunakee, WI