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Beloit jazz band takes top honors

Posted on April 21, 2010 and seen 1283 times

The Beloit Memorial High School jazz band recently performed at the Bob Kames Jazz Festival held at South Milwaukee High School.

BMHS Jazz Band too top honors, scoring 298 out of 300 points awarding them a $1,000 grant and the opportunity to perform with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Additionally, jazz band member Kevin LeBaron took home a $500 grant from the competition being named outstanding soloist.

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Filed under  //   Beloit   entertainment   jazz   kids   music  

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450 Wisconsin students sing the National Anthem for the Arizona Diamondbacks [video]

Posted on April 13, 2010 and seen 1607 times

450 students from 21 WELS Lutheran high schools sing the National Anthem for the Arizona Diamondbacks during Opening Week 2010 (Pittsburg Pirates vs. AZ DiamondBacks, April 10, 2010).

Additionally, 40 of these kids are from Wisconsin Lutheran High School.

Thanks to Jeff Scheibe for sending us this story/link!

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Filed under  //   baseball   kids   video  

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Racine children's choir sings "Still Alive" from Portal video game

Posted on April 12, 2010 and seen 1042 times

Check out this children's choir from Racine singing the song "Still Alive" from the video game "Portal".

Here's a link to the choir director's blog.

Many thanks to Chad Davis for sending us these links!

 

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Filed under  //   kids   Portal   Racine   singing  

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40% of Wisconsin students qualify for lunch aid

Posted on March 21, 2010 and seen 1224 times

The head of the state's Department of Public Instruction says last year's rate was about 36 percent, this year's rate is nearly 40%. DPI Superintendent Tony Evers says the increase is among the highest he's ever seen.

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Filed under  //   economy   food   kids  

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Rock County case has statewide implications on maternity coverage

Posted on March 3, 2010 and seen 1526 times

A Rock County Court case is raising a question that could have statewide implications: Should insurance carriers be required to provide maternity coverage to surrogate mothers?

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Image: Clare Bloomfield / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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Filed under  //   kids   law   money   parents   Rock County  

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Ex-treasurer says lost receipts account for $60K missing from youth football fund

Posted on March 1, 2010 and seen 946 times

The former treasurer of a youth football program in Sauk Prairie says that lost receipts would prove that she didn't steal the $60,000 missing from the organization.

She said she'd often write large checks to herself for cash.

"I did it for convenience sake, for me," Weinke said. "I’d take big chunks of money out if I had to go to several places."

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Filed under  //   crime   football   kids   Sauk Prairie  

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Oregon Teacher On Leave After Alleged Threat

Posted on February 23, 2010 and seen 1628 times

Yep, a teacher in my hometown or Oregon, WI is on "administrative leave" after allegedly making a threat involving the use of a weapon during a phone conversation while at work. Several teachers felt targeted by the threat. No other details are being made public.

Not the kind of hometown news I like to find out about....

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Filed under  //   crime   kids   Oregon   school  

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8 Luxemburg-Casco students disciplined for Facebook drinking photos

Posted on February 19, 2010 and seen 1851 times

Quote from the principal, Steve Okoniewski:

“I mean, Facebook is — anybody can get on it. It isn’t that tough. … These kids have to understand that within social networking, that there is no real privacy out there. And no. 2 is that here they are — every one of these kids had signed a co-curricular code of conduct.”

Insert your own comment here about:
  1. Kids shouldn't drink underage
  2. Kids shouldn't put pictures of themselves doing illegal activities on Facebook / the internet
  3. Kids should get 2nd chances, especially if they participate in school activities
  4. Schools have no business monitoring what happens on Facebook, et al.
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Filed under  //   drinkin'   Facebook   kids   Luxemburg-Casco   school  

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Schools block most of the web on student laptops

Posted on February 15, 2010 and seen 1073 times

Students at Ben Franklin Jr. High in Stevens Point are upset that school district provided laptops block social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, chat rooms, et al.

One student was quoted as saying ""I think that we should at least be able to use stuff like chat rooms. You can't even look up music,"

**Opinion: If the kids are getting freebie computers from the school, they have no room to complain that they cannot be used for anything other than school work.

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Filed under  //   computers   internet   kids   Stevens Point  

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Beer and Baby Bottles at the Bar

Posted on February 15, 2010 and seen 1135 times

A friend posted this picture to their wall on Facebook.
Beer and baby bottles at the bar...

Caption: "That's how we roll in Wisconsin!!"

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Filed under  //   beer   drinkin'   kids  

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