You are invited to the Whitetails Unlimited Banquet this Saturday

Note from Brent Seamans, PdC Public School Archery Club Advisor :

Pete Adkins wanted me to let everyone know that the Whitetails Unlimited Banquet is Saturday, 11/3/12, 5:00 pm at Huckleberry's Restaurant and Banquet Facility, PdC.

This group is a sponsor of our archery club.

Teaching opportunity in China

Teach in China during Summer 2013: experience Chinese culture, schools, teaching, and travel

The Sino-American Bridge for Education and Health is offering a five-week travel opportunity with Chinese teachers of English while sharing American methods of teaching English based heavily on oral interchange. Many of the costs are covered or shared.

Click here to learn more about this opportunity and to view the application process; deadline: December 31, 2012

Let us know if you are interested, as we can attempt to get more information from the Confucius Institute and the other sources that we work with.

PdC Holiday Parade December 7

The Prairie du Chien Chamber's Annual Holiday Parade will be held on Friday, Dec 7 at 5:30 pm.

Celebrate the Holiday Season, & promote our Chamber businesses and shop in the Prairie du Chien Area!

All local businesses and organizations are invited to participate in the parade. If you were not a part of the event last year, plan to do so this year. We expect all those who participated last year to be on hand for another special evening. Your participation will help to make this a fun event for people in our area. Lighted floats and other entries will begin lining up on St. Feriole Island near the Blackhawk Street entrance at 5:00 pm. Someone will be on hand to position entries in the parade.

Mr. and Mrs. Santa will lead off the parade. Plan to dress in warm clothing whether you are a participant or an observer. This promises to be a great event for the area no matter the weather!

Number of adolescents that smoke drops

Good News: Nationwide data compiled by AASA reports that the percentage of adolescents who smoke regularly has reached its lowest level since data was first collected. 

In 2011, about 2 percent of 8th-graders reported smoking cigarettes daily, a decline from the peak in 1996, when over 10 percent of 8th-graders reported daily cigarette smoking. 

Similarly, declines in daily smoking were reported for 10th-graders—6 percent in 2011, down from a peak of 18 percent in 1996; and for 12th-graders—10 percent, down from a peak of 25 percent in 1997.

The graph on the left shows the trends in smoking since 1995. In the mid 1990's there were high percentages of children smoking and the rates have been dropping since then. 

The graph on the right shows the trend back to the 1980's. Again, it shows the peak in the mid 1990's and the declines since then. 

Liz Mullarkey, coach of the first State girls championship team at Prairie du Chien H.S. in 1975 is honored

The 1975 PdC Public High School team is shown at approximately 7:40 of the video. To view the video, click on the link: http://www.wiaa.tv/events/44080

This is the full release from Todd C. Clark, Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Director of Communications:

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the State Cross Country Meet with a program in conjunction with the traditional pasta dinner held the evening before the meet Friday, Oct. 26. The special event featured a 17-minute video narrated by Jay Wilson recounting the highlights and history of the State Meet and its outstanding individuals and teams. 

To view the video, click on the link: http://www.wiaa.tv/events/44080

The program included an introduction of dignitaries, a special video message from Suzy Favor-Hamilton, an Olympian and four-time State champion, and a short message of well-wishes from Chris Solinsky, a three-time State champion and former American record holder. It was a great evening for attendees

In addition to Solinsky, a three-time State cross country champion at Stevens Point Area Senior High from 2000-2002, other dignitaries in attendance at the event were:

Athletes
Cathy Branta-Easker, three-time girls champion at Slinger H.S. from 1978-80
Jim Brice, three-time boys champion at Wrightstown H.S. from 1975-77
Phil Downs, three-time boys champion at Madison Memorial H.S. from 1989-91
Don Gehrmann, oldest living male champion from Milwaukee Pulaski H.S. in 1945
Suzie Houston-Steel, first female State champion at Tomahawk H.S. in 1975
Paul Voss, three-time boys champion at Clinton H.S. from 1977-79

Coaches
Liz Mullarkey, coach of the first State girls championship team at Prairie du Chien H.S. in 1975
Bill Smiley, oldest living boys coach of a championship boys team at Wausau H.S. in 1956

WIAA Executives
Doug Chickering, former executive director
Karen Kuhn, former associate director administering cross country

Congratulations on the 100th anniversary of the member’s cross country championships!

Health Insurance issues?

Patti, Vicki and I will be meeting with representatives of WPS Insurance Company on November 15. Covered employees on the WPS plan may forward any non-confidential concerns, or general questions, that you may have concerning the health insurance coverage or service to Patti, Vicki or me. For this meeting we only can cover general items.

If you have specific medical questions, please call WPS directly or one of our Brokers. If you need any of those contacts, Patti can help you out. We most likely can not help you with specific items and the conversation most likely should be confidential, especially if it deals with a personal medical issue.

UW Platteville graduate offerings

PdC Public Schools do not endorse these programs. The following note from Julie Moore and offering list is posted as information for staff and as a courtesy to UWP.

Here are our graduate course offerings for Spring 2012. Please pass along to your faculty and staff. We offer courses in Cross Categorical Special Education, Reading, ELL, and just a straight Master's degree.

Julie Moore
Education Office of Special Programs (EOSP) Coordinator
134 Doudna Hall
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
1 University Plaza
Platteville, WI 53818
Phone: 608-342-1294
Email: moorej@uwplatt.edu

Click here to view the flyer for these programs