In preparation for Winterfest, our cheerleaders hosted their second cheer clinic; students in grades K-6 joined them over the weekend to learn cheers, stunts, and a performance they will show-off this Friday at the home basketball games!
Our elementary students were excited to get their t-shirts signed by our Winter athletes!
9-12 graders kicked off Winterfest Week with a Snowshoe Challenge and a S'mores Contest! Seniors won the judges over during the S'mores contest with their sweet strawberry addition. Thank you to all of the students who participated, great job!
Dr. Steven Siegel, Director of Bands and Trumpet at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, made the trek to Ironwood on Friday, January 20th, giving a Pre-Festival Clinic with the Luther L. Wright High School Band. A big thank you to Dr. Siegel for working with the students as they prepare for Concert Festival, which takes place on February 15th at Hurley High School. Both the High School and Middle School Bands will be performing for ratings that day. Specific performance times to be released soon, so stay tuned!
Students enrolled in woodworking have adopted a new community project dedicated to the local veteran community. This work began many years ago, when retired shop teacher Dave Paynter started making the shadow boxes for the local VFW. Ironwood Area School Shop Program has pledged to continue the project. These shadow boxes house the shells of the shots fired at the funerals of veterans as well as the American flag. The shells reference the practice of firing three shots on the battlefield to signal a pause in fighting to remove the bodies of fallen soldiers. They also represent the three words, duty, honor, and country. The boxes are gifted to the families of veterans who have passed.
Students from Mrs. Lavinder's 4th grade class created marshmallow masterpieces yesterday. They started by creating igloos, and were so successful, that they added on to build larger structures. Excellent work!
Miss Ceci's Life Fitness class takes on snowshoeing. A great way to start the day!
Breakfast is served every school day from 7:15-8:00 a.m.
A HUGE congratulations to the 2023 Valedictorian, Lauryn Ramme, and the 2023 Salutatorian, Jazlynn Oja. Excellent work, ladies!
Ironwood Schools asks our students to show RISE expectations: Respect, Integrity, Safety, and Excellence. Our K-6 classes earn tickets as a class each month and compete to get the highest number of tickets. Lieutenant Sterbenz gave out the winning December certificate to each class today. Here is Mrs. Sommer's 3rd grade class, Mrs. Lavinder's 4th grade class, and Miss Alonen and Miss Stanczak's 5th grade classes, who tied.
Ironwood Schools asks our students to show RISE expectations: Respect, Integrity, Safety, and Excellence. Our K-6 classes earn tickets as a class each month and compete to get the highest number of tickets. Lieutenant Sterbenz gave out the winning December certificate to each class today. Here we have Mrs. Wolfe's 1st graders, Mrs. Boyd's 2nd graders, and Mrs. McRae's 2nd graders.
Ironwood Schools asks our students to show RISE expectations: Respect, Integrity, Safety, and Excellence. Our K-6 classes earn tickets as a class each month and compete to get the highest number of tickets. Lieutenant Sterbenz gave out the winning December certificate to each class today. This is Mrs. Wangelin's Kindergarten class and Miss Samardich's sixth grade class.
Jada Jenkins, 7th grade, and Lexi Aspinwall, 8th grade, were the Spelling Bee winners last Friday, January 13. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Rex Thomas, Kindergartner, who was the top fundraiser for the PTO! He won lunch and a movie with Mrs. Nigh, and he chose Morgan Anderson and Jocelyn Swiatnicki to join him. Congratulations, Rex!
Check out the fun for WinterFest!
Sergeant Sterbenz stopped for a moment of fun on the playground with some third graders on Thursday.
Congratulations to our December Student of the Month recipients! Thanks for doing things the Wright Way!
Tristin Laabs completed his flower stand today in Metal Fabrication class. Fantastic job, Tristin!
Congratulations to Luther L. Wright band students who attended the NWMA All-Conference Band Festival in Maple, WI. Under the direction of Dr. Steven Siegel, students from 10 participating schools across the U.P., Wisconsin, and Minnesota spent their day rehearsing, followed by a concert the same evening. Link to the performance can be found here: https://youtu.be/a4lMr-nrByg. Congratulations to Madeline Kane, Breanna Freeman, Adrianne Balchik, Skyleigh Pulkas, McKayla Jackson, and Ashlen Kangas!
The first Friday of each month is 4-H for all of the 4th grade. This month, the students learned how to make bouncy balls.
