Sunday Staff Spotlight
Meet Mr. Hummel ~ Physical Education Teacher
How long have you worked in the district?
This is my 20th year at Walworth Joint School District #1 as our K-8 Physical Education teacher.
What activities do you enjoy outside of school?
I enjoy snowmobiling, seeing winter’s
landscape,and being a youth coach for my daughter Kate’s softball and basketball teams.
What’s the best thing about working in the district?
Having the ability and flexibility to teach a wide range of students each day.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
The experience of bringing our child into this world, my educational degree/certifications, and the smiles on my
youngest student faces.
What are you passionate about?
Being involved within our community...from being involved with Big Foot Ball and Glove for 20 years, volunteering on committees/projects, coaching youth, coaching high school baseball for 10 years, the current head softball coach at Big Foot, and being a certified DNR snowmobile safety instructor.
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Miss Koltes' kindergarten students put their STEM skills to good use at home with their family in order to build a leprechaun trap. The boys and girls came up with some very creative traps, but unfortunately we did not catch a leprechaun. 😉 🍀🌈
Sixth grade students spent the early release day working on a Pi Day Webquest. They also worked on an Albert Einstein Pi Day coloring activity where they had to learn and practice new addition strategies to choose the colors. #PiDay #WalworthJ1
Today is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 12:30 PM. #WalworthJ1
Each student in Ms. Boldger’s junior kindergarten class has a Big Foot High School student work with him/her on a weekly basis. This is a wonderful collaboration made possible through the Parent Education/Child Development Class offered at Big Foot. #WalworthProud #WalworthJ1M
Early release tomorrow, March 15, 2019. Students will be released from school at 12:30 PM. #WalworthJ1
Congratulations to the first ever Fancy Nancy Book Fancier Award and the Extraordinary Specialist! For the Fancier Award students need to read 20 Fancy Nancy books and pass all the quizzes. The Extraordinary Specialist need to read 31 additional Margaret Hillert books. Way to go readers! 📚 #WeLoveReading #WhatAreYouReadingWednesday #WalworthProud #WalworthJ1
Shoot for the stars Wildcats! 🌠
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Mrs. Hajewski's sixth graders practiced writing with similes, metaphors, and imagery in acrostic poems. Each student used their desk as a canvas. (Don't worry; dry erase marks can be wiped off of the desks!) #WalworthJ1
Sunday Staff Spotlight
Meet Ms. Schwaegerl - Seventh Grade Math Teacher
How long have you worked in the district? What is your background in education?
I have worked in the district since 2006. I have a degree in Elementary Education with a math minor.
Where is your hometown?
I grew up in Madison, Wisconsin
What activities do you enjoy outside of school- I like to horseback ride and play video games with my kids.
What’s your favorite food or restaurant?
My favorite restaurant is Chili’s and I love the Molten Chocolate Cake.
What’s your favorite book?
My favorite book is Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff...and it’s all small stuff.
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Remember tomorrow, March 10, 2019 is day light savings. Don’t forget to put your clocks FORWARD before you go to sleep tonight! #WalworthJ1
Sarah Krusinski and friends had fun playing Jenga and Ring It with Mrs Weborg today!
Guest speaker, Mr. Gutierrez, visited 6th grade guidance classes during our Diversity Unit. Students played "Simon Says" in Spanish. This activity allowed for discussion and education about world languages, as well as acceptance of different tradition and cultures. #WalworthJ1
Second-graders from Mrs. Cruz's and Mrs. Cullen's class are being taught safety around water through the Geneva Lakes Family YMCA Splash program. They also get some fun time in the gym. Students will be traveling to the YMCA five times throughout the next two months. #WalworhJ1
Grace won a special teacher experience with Mrs. Ott-Wilson during Winterfest raffle that included a "Donuts & Dance Party" for all of her classmates in the guidance room. #WalworthJ1
Mrs. Cullen's class is problem-solving using Legos! #WalworthJ1
Do you know anyone who was in Mrs. Gregory's third grade class in 1994-1995? #TBTWalworthJ1 #TBT #WalworthJ
Abigail won a special teacher experience with Mr. K during Winterfest raffle that included a "Donuts & Dance Party" for all of her classmates in the guidance room. #WalworthJ1
The sixth grade reimagined Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" with new poems, using the same words from the original, just in a different order. #WalworthJ1
Congratulations to these Biscuit Book Hotshot, Author Specialists, and this Henry and Mudge Expert. To be a Biscuit Book Hotshot students need to read all 19 Biscuit books and pass the quizzes! To be a Henry and Mudge Expert students need to read all 32 Henry and Mudge books and pass the quizzes. To be an Author Specialists students need to read 25 Margaret Hillert books and passed all the quizzes. Way to go readers! 📚 #WeLoveReading #WhatAreYouReadingWednesday #WalworthProud #WalworthJ1
