Come visit Percy's Pro Shop to purchase the latest Bulldog spirit wear and Bulldog novelty items! Percy's Pro Shop will be open from November 1-January 31 at its Familiar Grounds location at 206 North Pearl Street, New London.
Thank you to the community for the level of support shown to address the long-term physical, functional, and educational needs of the District. The results were as follows: 4072 votes or 61.3% supported proposed investment and 2570 votes or 38.7% were against the investment as presented.
Family Outreach and Education
Community partnerships continue to bring New London together as Staff Sergeant Josh Wilson of the New London Police Department presented on Student Safety. In this presentation he highlighted some of the issues with increased access provided by technology and the Internet. He shared advice and caution to parents and their children on how to build safe boundaries and strong expectations for our students. New London continues in its community partnerships to provide opportunity and support for students as they learn to be responsible, contributing citizens.
Families who were unable to attend this session can also look to the following resources for guidelines regarding technology.
This year, 11 New London High School instructors offer 24 courses in our dual credit partnership with Fox Valley Technical College. New London is proud to have this opportunity for our students. A number of the courses offered serve foundational to a variety of different program career clusters and easily transfer to other 2 and 4 year programs as well as prepare students for career options.
National Blue Ribbon Schools
Parkview Elementary School earns National Blue Ribbon Schools award! U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized 349 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018. The recognition is based on a school's overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. The coveted National Blue Ribbon Schools award affirms the hard work of educators, families and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging and engaging content.
National Alliance on Mental Illness to Host Classes
Waupaca County’s resource homeless shelter hopes to help eliminate the stigma of mental illness by offering the public free educational outreach this fall. The Mission of Hope House (MOHH), 520 N. Shawano St., New London, partnered with NAMI Fox Valley, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, to host three classes at the MOHH building.
The class lineup is:
• Thursday, Oct. 4: “Breaking the Mental Illness Stigma.”
• Thursday, Nov. 8: “Is it Teenage Moodiness or More?”
• Thursday, Dec. 6: “Stress Free Holiday Tips: Care for the Caregiver.”
More than half of people utilizing Fox Valley area homeless shelters disclose they have a mental illness. These classes are open to anyone wishing to learn more about mental illness. To register for a class, call MOHH at 920-249-4705 or email class.signup.mohh@gmail.com.
