Welcome to Johnson Creek Public Schools

The school board, administrators, and staff would like to extend their sincere welcome to all of our young learners. We hope that all of our students and their families will become involved in our school community.  

Photo by Paris Knox

School Staff and Administrators Kiss Pigs in Celebration of a Job Well Done
 

The Johnson Creek School District held a celebration today recognizing the accomplishments of the students in providing for members of the community who are less fortunate than themselves.
The District partnered with the Jefferson County Christmas Neighbors program.  Christmas Neighbors provided food and gifts to 429 Jefferson County families yesterday, as well as coordinated the adoption of another 244 families.  That represents 1700-1900 children who benefited from this year’s drive.
The students of the Johnson Creek Schools collected 2527 food items that were donated to the Christmas Neighbors program for distribution.
In recognition of their work, the elementary students voted on a favorite teacher to “kiss a pig”.  After a weeklong competition, fourth grade teacher Sam Hett was the teacher that the student body selected.  In addition, the elementary students challenged the Jr/Sr high to see which school could donate a greater number of food items.  The elementary won that challenge which resulted in Jr/Sr high principal Eric Ranzen also kissing a pig.
The additional incentive was realized when Superintendent Dr. Mike Garvey made good on his promise to kiss the pig if the students donated more than 2000 items.
In addition to the Christmas Neighbor program, the Johnson Creek School District worked with the Friends of the Doherty Family Farm and the Wisconsin Pork Producers and presented the Johnson Creek Food Pantry with 220# of ground seasoned pork.  Through the kiss a pig incentive and this donation, the District demonstrated that the pig and the pork producers can feed the community.

Watch the event below.

 Educators Nominated for Kohl Fellowship

The Johnson Creek School District is proud to announce that three educators  have been nominated for the Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award. The nominees are; Angie Hoffman, who has been with the district for 17 years, Paula Wolter, who has been with the district for 10 years and Fritzi Heckel who has  also been with the district 10 years. Both Hoffman and Wolter are third grade teachers and Heckel teaches Jr. High Science and 8th grade Health.

The Kohl Teacher Fellowship recognizes and supports innovation and excellence in the field of teaching.  It is a statewide program started by Senator Herb Kohl.  Each year 100 teachers are honored for their role in the classroom and awarded a $1,000 grant.  Each grant recipient’s school also receives a matching $1,000. The Fellowship recipients will be announced in the spring. Good luck to these to very deserving educators.
 

MISSION STATEMENT:

WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF JOHNSON CREEK, BELIEVE IN THE POTENTIAL OF ALL AND ARE COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING LIFE-LONG LEARNERS WHO VALUE THEMSELVES; CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY; AND SUCCEED IN A CHANGING WORLD.