Platteville School District -

Last week, our 1st Grade Students had a VERY special visitor at Westview! Mrs. Sue Kies, a published author and former Platteville High School teacher, talked to the group about the book they are reading, "Sassy's Vacation"! 🐢 . Students got the opportunity to ask Mrs. Kies about the different parts of the book and what it was like writing it. The book is even based on the Rountree Branch Trail right here in Platteville! 🤩 . THANK YOU, Mrs. Kies, for visiting Westview and for the support the Platteville Optimist Club and a group of local community members who donated copies of "Sassy's Vacation" for each 1st grade student to take home with them! 👏 . #thehillmenway

To celebrate & give THANKS, our Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center students wrote cards to local heroes such as police officers and firefighters to show their appreciation for all they do for our Platteville Community! . They talked about how these individuals make our community better and keep us safe! ❤🤍 . #thehillmenway

Last week, we had the honor of welcoming Nedallas Hammill, a World Champion Native American Hoop Dancer, to perform at our schools! ✨ . This was an AMAZING experience to learn more about hoop dancing and also Nedallas, who is currently a UW-Platteville Student and who also performed at last year's Super Bowl! 🤩 . HUGE thank you goes out to the Platteville High School Diverse Student Alliance (DSA) for sponsoring this event! 👏 . #thehillmenway

Congratulations to Platteville High School's Rowan Chmielewski for receiving 1st Place in the UW-Platteville Business Challenge! 🏆 . 👉 She was challenged to serve as a business manager and make decisions about launching a product with a focus on the company's marketing mix! . Rowan received a $500 scholarship to UW-Platteville -- congratulations! ✨ . #thehillmenway

Jessica Puls, our district Occupational Therapist, recently partnered with Dr. Harold (Hal) Evensen, an Engineering & Physics Professor and the Holiday Toy Hack at UW-Platteville to switch adapted toys for one of our students to purposefully engage the student in classroom activities! 🤩 . Dr. Evensen leads the university's efforts towards providing these adaptive toys for students and yesterday he brought over a donation of 3 toys and a switch -- we are so grateful for this gracious donation! ❤🤍 . 👉 Read more about this AMAZING project here >> https://www.uwplatt.edu/.../students-participate-annual... . #thehillmenway

Platteville High School Marching Band Director, Kevin Cooley, has been selected to march in 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® with The Band Directors Marching Band! 🥁 . The Saluting America’s Band Directors project brings together band directors from across the country to New York City on November 23, 2023, for the parade! This year's theme is “America’s band directors: We teach music. We teach life.”! 🎶 . 👉 Mr. Kevin Cooley has been selected to join a marching band of 400 band directors -- tune in to the broadcast on Thanksgiving to see him! . Congratulations Mr. Cooley! ✨ . #thehillmenway

We are SO grateful for our friends at Southwest Health & Ruby's Pantry for their recent donation of food supplies and multi-purpose drawstring bags! Through this donation, the district is able to provide supplemental nutrition to students in need during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Breaks.❤ . 👉 Ruby's Pantry has graciously donated excess food supplies from their most recent events while members from Southwest Health have generously provided bags that will be utilized in a variety of ways amongst the student body! . 📸 Pictured here (L to R): Meghan Skemp (School Social Worker), Kelly Jo Fassbinder (Southwest Health), Mr. Drake (Ruby's Pantry), and Taylor Sorrentino (School Social Worker) . The need for providing take-home food for our students is increasing. If you or someone you know would like to donate to this program, please feel free to reach out to our a member of our social work team! ✨ . #thehillmenway

Check out this group of 3rd Grade Students in Mrs. Robert's class! 🌷 . They are learning all about how and why flowers are pollinated. In the activity, students made flower models out of paper and bee models out of pipe cleaners. Students flew their bees from flower to flower and observed what happens to the flower’s pollen during this process! 🐝 . #thehillmenway

THANK YOU to our friends at Delta Dental of Wisconsin for awarding 400 water bottles to our Platteville Middle School students as part of your Sack Plaque Program! 💦 . For every Sack the Green Bay Packers make this year, Delta Dental draws one school as the lucky winner of these water bottles! 💚💛 . 👉 Special THANK YOU to our School Nurse, Mrs. Curry, for entering to win these! . #thehillmenway

Congratulations to all Platteville Activities on a successful and memorable Fall Season! ✨ . Please help us congratulate this group of amazing students and THANK YOU to the Seniors -- Go Hillmen! ❤️🤍 . 📸: ann gorgen photography . #thehillmenway

Yesterday, our friends from UW-Platteville, Paul Erickson (Chief Communications Officer) and Dr. Kristina Navarro (Director of Athletics), delivered the Game Ball to Platteville School District Athletic Director, Mike Foley, celebrating the 51 years of partnership with the Hillmen Football Team! ✨ . 🏈 From 1972 to 2023, the Platteville Hillmen have played at the Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium and we are eternally grateful for the university's decades long patronage towards our school! . #thehillmenway

Congratulations to Platteville High School Seniors, Nicolas Rohou & Andrew McGuire, who have been named to the list of Semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program! 👏👏👏 . 👉 Students from across the nation are being recognized with this honor for demonstrating outstanding potential for academic success -- semifinalists are the highest scoring entrants in each state! . Congratulations, Nic & Andrew, for your exemplary academic performance throughout your career here in Platteville! 🥳 . #thehillmenway #2024meritscholar

This group of Platteville High School Students made their way to the American Players Theatre today to catch a performance of "The Merry Wives of Windsor"! 🎭 . Special Thank You to PHS English Teachers, Mrs. Keleher & Mrs. Zachary, for making it happen! ✨ . #thehillmenway

Congratulations, Davyn Edge, for being named WSN's Jolly Good Player of the Week! 🏆 . 👉 Through resounding support from the Hillmen Community, Davyn received 4,662 votes from his performance on September 22nd in the Platteville vs. Lancaster thriller game! . Way to go, Davyn! ✨ . #thehillmenway

Help us show some ❤ to the Platteville High School Tech Team! . The PHS Tech Team is a student led organization that provides tech support and tech repairs for students across the district! . Did You Know? There are approximately 1,300 Student Chromebooks in use across the district and this team is in charge of performing repairs on them when needed -- they save so much time and resources! . THANK YOU PHS Tech Team! . #thehillmenway

October 1st-7th marks Wisconsin School Board Week! ✨ . 👉This week, we want to shine the light on those individuals who volunteer their time and effort to making our schools better for students! They make tough decisions, work collaboratively, and advocate for the success of all students! . Pictured (L to R): Front - Curt Timlin (Treasurer), Colleen McCabe (Vice President), Josh Grabandt (President), Matt Zielinski (Clerk) Back - Jen Kasper, Kecia King, Betsy Ralph-Tollefson, Benjamin Grossman, and Steve Obershaw . THANK YOU to our School Board and all school boards across the state -- we celebrate your passion and dedication this week! ❤️🤍 . #thehillmenway #WISchoolBoardWeek

TODAY is National Custodian Appreciation Day! ✨ . 👉 This amazing group of Custodians/Housekeeping/Maintenance Staff are the backbone of our schools! They work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that our students have a safe and clean environment every day! . >> George Trentz (Custodian - Middle School) >> Scott McCabe (Custodian - High School) >> Lori Brown (Custodian - Neal Wilkins) >> Ray Kress (Custodian- Westview) >> Mike Steckling (Weekend Custodian - District Wide) >> Jen Roepsch (Housekeeping - Middle School) >> Austin Clarke (Housekeeping - Middle School) >> Pete Carroll (Housekeeping - High School) >> Chase Bellmeyer (Housekeeping - High School) >> Shawn Schute (Housekeeping - Neal Wilkins) >> Michael Fansler (Housekeeping - Westview) >> Mike Bradley (Housekeeping - Westview) >> Bill Wagner (Maintenance/Custodial - District Wide) >> Brad Kettler (Maintenance/Custodial - District Wide) >> Becky Heins (District Maintenance Director) . If you see any one of these individuals today, let's say THANK YOU for their impact to the Platteville School District! ❤️ . #thehillmenway

Students in Mrs. Johnson's 4K Class had a VERY special visitor this week in their classroom! 📖 . 👉 UW-Platteville Men's Basketball player, Miles Hettinger, read "The Day the Crayons Quit" -- a class favorite! . These students participated in the Reading with Pioneers program put on every year by the UW Platteville Men's Basketball team & Coach Jeff Gard. Every student they read to receives a complimentary ticket to a regular season home game! 🏀 . THANK YOU for visiting Neal Wilkins, Miles! 🧡💙 . #thehillmenway

We are SO excited to be the recipient of a Wisconsin Local Foods for Schools Program grant because it means we can bring FRESH & LOCAL fruits & vegetables to our lunch program! 🥦 . Our district has chosen to partner with Blue Barrell Produce (Cuba City, WI) to have new, colorful, organically-grown local veggies available for our students! 🥕 . THANK YOU to our amazing Food Service Staff for their ongoing commitment to student nutrition (and their smiling faces 😁)! . #thehillmenway

Last week, students from the Platteville High School Intro to Education Class completed a set of classroom observations at Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center! 🍎 . 👉 This class is new to the high school this year and serves as a dual credit (high school & college) credit through our partner, UW-Platteville! . Students in this class have expressed an interest in a career in education and had a blast observing what being a teacher is really like! ✨ (Pictured L to R: Owen Griffin, Madi Freed, Delaney Johnson, Seth Wilson, Hailie White, Michael Vorwald, Addyson Popp, Jaxcyn Berntgen, Natalie Jentz, and Maizie Lyght) . #thehillmenway