Spartan Scoop Dec 9

Our CTE team is so excited to be bringing back our Career Expo with a fresh new approach on Tuesday, December 17. This was an annual event pre-pandemic and is a great event for all students to begin to uncover career interests. For more information, click the button below.

Congrats to senior Tyler Braukhoff for being awarded the Student Employee Excellence Award! This award is sponsored by the McFarland Chamber of Commerce's Business & Education Partnership to recognize a student who demonstrates wonderful employee traits in the workplace.

Tyler was nominated by @QBC LLC. "Tyler is an exemplary employee. He's always punctual, works very hard, gets along great with his coworkers, learns tasks easily, and asks questions so he completely understands the task at hand. He just just an all around great person."

MHS induction ceremony 6:00 pm.

MHS and IMMS combined choir concert at 7:00 PM in the PAC

• No School December 23rd - January 1st
• Classes resume January 2nd

Schedule Changes:

Students will have until December 16th to fill out the schedule change request form.

24-25 Schedule Change Request Form

FAQ's:

For more information on schedule changes, work & senior release, TA's and other frequently asked questions, please read this document.

24-25 Schedule FAQs

Applications (Juniors/Seniors):

Work Release Application

Senior Release Application

Teaching Assistant Application

Thank you!

MHS Student Services

Parents, PLEASE REPORT ALL ATTENDANCE IN INFINITE CAMPUS. You are able to enter your request directly into IC at any time of day, even for short notice or late requests. (Instructions). If you are concerned that the office staff is not receiving your IC absence request, please make sure you allow push notifications for the Infinite Campus app on your phone. Once the IC request is processed you will get a notification.

As a back-up, you can leave a message on the attendance line, 608-838-4657, or email mhsattendance@mcfsd.org.

• McFarland United Church of Christ Community Christmas Meal - December 25

• ACT Prep Plus - Registration Open

• Badger Bots School Day Off Camps - October 24-December 31

• Free Triple P Positive Parenting Online Program for WI Families

Does your child have a food allergy? Reminder, if they take hot lunch please visit NutriSlice for menu/ingredient information. Menus are subject to change based on product availability but families will be notified in advance. Please reach out to School Nutrition with any questions.

If your child has a Life Threatening Food Allergy and EpiPen Prescription please send their Epipen to school. This can be kept in the health office or if your student is in grades 6-12, they can self carry it. All prescription medications, including emergency medicine, must have an MD order and Parent Signature, even if self-carrying. Consent forms are required every year and are available here, in the health office and on the District website. An Emergency Health Plan is then created and shared with all staff, including the Kitchen staff. Please reach out to Health Services with questions.

Is your student missing school due to illness, injury or health-related appointments? Providing a medical note or appointment card will prevent these types of absences as counting towards your students' allotted 10 days of excused absences for the school year. Please reach out to School Nurse, Lauren Neesam at NeesamL@mcfsd.org or mhsattendance@mcfsd.org if you have additional questions about this process. You can also find more information about absences and attendance in the MHS parent handbook located on the school website.

Girls Basketball: Opened up their Badger Small Conference play with a very competitive game vs. Stoughton on Friday, but came up a little short.

Boys Basketball: Had two non conference competitive games vs Oregon and Watertown but came up a little short in both.

Boys Hockey: Opened up conference play with 2 nice wins over Stoughton and Oregon. On Saturday the boys team won the Jerry Swenson Cup (a trophy game between McFarland and Oregon). This is the first time since 2020 that we have won the Swenson Cup. On Saturday Jerry Swenson, a longtime McFarland resident, was in attendance to be recognized. Please access THIS link for more information Jerry's commitment, and dedication to not only McFarland hockey but hockey around the area.

Girls Hockey: Has competed well their first 3 games of the season and are improving.

Boys Wrestling: Had a very competitive dual match vs. Watertown on Friday, but lost in the tie breaker. They competed extremely well at the Reedsburg duals on Saturday taking 3rd place overall.

Girls Wrestling: Competed in the same events this week as the boys team.

Boys Swimming: Has been working hard, and they are getting ready for their first meet on Dec. 10th which is the Badger Small Conference Relays.

MHS Dance: Had a very good day on Saturday at the Ashwaubenon Invite. They took 4th place in D2 Jazz and 2nd place in D4 Pom.

Summary from the 12/2/24 School Board Meeting:

In addition to their regular duties of approving minutes, staffing, and expenses, here are some highlights from the meeting:

• Melissa Pfohl, Kiley Ogodogu, Sheila Fay, Lucas Franklin, Joan Evans, and Amie Martin presented the district library plan.

• Evie Vidrio presented a report from the MHS student body.

• Melissa Pfohl, Kiley Ogodogu, and Sheila Fay provided a presentation on artificial intelligence.

• Melissa Pfohl presented the pupil non-discrimination summary report prepared by Lauren Arango.

• Jeff Mahoney presented the 2025-26 budget calendar.

• Action items that were acted upon included:

• The Board approved the 2025-26 McFarland School District and McFarland 4K Calendars

• The Board set an annual meeting date of October 20, 2025

COMING UP:

The next School District of McFarland School Board meeting is scheduled for December 16, 2024.

Click HERE for a link to the McFarland School Board agendas and minutes.

Click HERE for a link to the McFarland School Board meeting recordings and upcoming YouTube live streams.

December is...

• Spartan Diversity and Difference

December 10 - Human Rights Day