It's Throwback Thursday! This photo is from the cover of the Ironwood High School yearbook, The Hematite, of the Senior Class of 1985. They honored the 100th year anniversary of the beginning of education in Ironwood. The Township of Ironwood was formed in 1885 when the area was part of Ontonagon County. The first school building was located on West Vaughn Street with 40 students taught by Miss Fitzsimmons. Ironwood Public Schools grew to 80 teachers in multiple schools across the community with 2900 pupils by 1907. Many photos have been taken by various groups on the front steps of our historic school! If you have any to share, please post!
Prom was a huge success! Landon Buerger was crowned King, and Madelyn Smith was crowned Queen. Thank you to Mrs. Bissell and all of the volunteers who made this big event happen!
The IAS Area Schools Board of Education will be holding a workshop on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 6 pm to 7 pm in Study Hall 230 of LLW. The purpose of the workshop is to give parents and community members an opportunity to provide input into the new superintendent search.
Happy School Principal Day! A big thank you to Mrs. Nigh for her work here at Ironwood!
Check out the fun from the Ironwood After-School Program!
The middle school choir and band performed on stage at the HIT on Friday night. The HIT is a fantastic place for a concert, and the students did an excellent job. Congratulations to all middle school musicians!
The 5th grade choir and band students performed last week for an audience. Great work, students!
The 6th grade choir and band performed last week for an audience. Nice work, students! You all sounded great!
Check out the 2024 John Jarvi Memorial Run coming up on May 25! Registration opens at 7am, with the run (5k or 10k) to follow starting at 8:30am. All proceeds support the MS and HS Cross Country team at Ironwood. Come join the fun! Send an email to benjamin.schmandt@ironwoodschools.org with any questions.
IAS is accepting applications for a Full-Time, Full Year SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. A detailed Superintendent Profile and Job Description is available at: https://www.ironwoodschools.org/page/employment-opportunities
Thank you to the Ironwood Carnegie Library, the Wakefield Public Library, and Gogebic Community College for bringing Angeline Boulley, author of "Firekeeper's Daughter", to Ironwood on Thursday afternoon. The Ironwood juniors and seniors were able to attend a talk by Ms. Boulley at GCC, followed by a book signing. A big thank you to Ms. Winn for organizing this field trip!
Red Devils in the news!
Thank you for making our Book Fair amazing and creating memories that will last a lifetime! Thank you to the volunteers that helped make our book fair successful
The following student were inducted into the National Honor Society on April 17: Anneka Anderson, Aubrey Balduc, Madelena Braucher, Alexis Carland, Camilla DeGrave, Itziar Diaz, Ethan Gallo, Jada Godfrey, Noah Hofstede, Logan Holm, Talon Hughes, Mark Jaunzems, Hailey Johnson, Jacinta Lauzon, Hailey McRae, Lily Nolan-Couillard, Morgan Nowicki, Genesis Rady, Alexandreya Schiiller, Alexis Tibaldo, Kali Traczyk, and Emma Worden. Congratulations, students! A big thank you goes to Cheryl Jacisin as the NHS Advisor, for all of her hard work to make this ceremony happen!
Spotlight on Ironwood Seniors!
Athletic Physicals: On Friday, May 3rd Dr. Rocco will be here to perform physicals at 10:30am which will be held in the 1st floor girls locker room. The physical will cost $25.00, please pay by cash or check. Checks can be made out to Dr. Rocco. Physical forms can be picked up outside the 2nd floor main office.
Congratulations to the March Students of the Month who were awarded a certificate at the April school board meeting! Parker Salo, 2nd grader, Tegan Linn, 6th grader, Morgan McRae, 7th grader, and Jada Godfrey, 10th grader, thank you for showing excellent RISE expectations and doing things the "Wright" Way!
Throwback Thursday!
It’s prom weekend here at Luther L. Wright. Our junior class is preparing for their special evening this Saturday at Powderhorn. Our photo today captures the King & Queen of 1957, Karen Helgren and Peter Pertile. If you have a special memory or photo of your prom at LLW, please share and repost!
Spotlight on Ironwood Seniors!
Eight members of Accent had an extraordinary experience, thanks to the Red Devil Education Foundation! These students traveled to Wausau to take part in the Jazz Festival hosted at UW-Stevens Point. The professional jazz vocal group, MPACT, listened to all participating groups and gave each group a professional clinic. In addition, two of our students, Aidan Bach and Arianna Sabec, sang solos and received a clinic with one of the members of MPACT. The day-long event was followed by a performance by MPACT in the evening. A huge thank you to the Red Devil Education Foundation for funding such an outstanding event!
