Iowa-Grant School District

Information/Press Release ~ District Administrator ~ June 29, 2022 Additional Information Contact: Ross Leix, Board President Iowa-Grant School Board President, Ross Leix, announced today that Michael Shimshak was selected as the new District Administrator of the Iowa-Grant School District effective July 1, 2022. Michael’s contract will be acted on by the Board of Education pending finalization of contract details. The search process, beginning in May, 2022, included a rigorous application and several interviews. Finalists completed an extensive interview process that allowed the Board of Education the opportunity to meet with candidates two different times and allowed the public to meet the finalists through a public forum. Michael Shimshak is a former Head of School at the Beijing Haidian Kaiwen Academy, former Tigerton and Lodi, Wisconsin superintendent and Carbondale, Illinois superintendent. Before his years as superintendent, he taught instrumental music at Hillsboro and Auburndale, Wisconsin and Butterfield, Minnesota. Michael obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree at Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, his Master of Education (principal certification) and Specialist in Education (superintendent certification) at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota.

Football season is fast approaching! Represent your Iowa-Grant Football Team this year by ordering some awesome new IG Football apparel! Click on the link to order your apparel now! Store closes July 17th @ 11:59 PM https://iowagrantfootball-22.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Football season is fast approaching! Represent your Iowa-Grant Football Team this year by ordering some awesome new IG Football apparel! Click on the link to order your apparel now! Store closes July 17th @ 11:59 PM https://iowagrantfootball-22.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Reminder: The Superintendent Public Search Forum is TODAY, 6/28, in IGEMS starting at 5:30P. See https://5il.co/1a1x1 for details.

Monday night's Board Meeting Agenda can be viewed at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EV-tHTm9aamjxMagkFOxFLquweboj5a7AcjSK4Fes20/edit?usp=sharing

Iowa-Grant Volleyball Apparel Store is now open! Deadline: July 6, 2022 Find items specifically for our team. There is also spiritwear available for your family and friends. Check out the shop details below. OUR SHOP DETAILS - Shop Now: https://iowagrantvb22.itemorder.com/ - Store Open: June 22, 2022 - July 6, 2022

It was a beautiful week for practicing softball skills during summer school. Students took to the field and practiced throwing, pitching, catching, and hitting skills.

Our last science lesson was all about density. We used water, oil, and food coloring to create our very own lava lamps!

#3 What a great gardening week we had at summer school! We ended our time together by making fairy gardens. Thank you to the Schultz family for donating the beautiful flowers. They were the perfect touch!

#2 What a great gardening week we had at summer school! We ended our time together by making fairy gardens. Thank you to the Schultz family for donating the beautiful flowers. They were the perfect touch!

#1 What a great gardening week we had at summer school! We ended our time together by making fairy gardens. Thank you to the Schultz family for donating the beautiful flowers. They were the perfect touch!

It is a GREAT day to be a Panther! Join our Iowa-Grant Team!

Two superintendent candidate forums will be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in the IGEMS cafeteria at the Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School. The Candidate Forums are designed to provide citizens of the school district an opportunity to ask questions of final candidates for the position of District Administrator of the Iowa-Grant School District. These forums are open to the public and will be moderated to comply with hiring guidelines for candidate questions. It is our hope that individuals attending these forums would be able to attend both forums for the two candidates. The schedule is as follows: 5:30 p.m. Michael Shimshak-former Head of School Beijing Haidian Kaiwen Academy and former Tigerton and Lodi, Wisconsin Superintendent, and Carbondale, Illinois Superintendent. 6:45 p.m. Jennifer Gallagher-current Iowa-Grant Elementary and Middle School Principal, former Wauzeka-Steuben K-12 Pupil Services Director, and former Southwestern School District Elementary and Middle School Principal and Pupil Services Director. After the candidates present brief information about themselves, there will be opportunity to ask questions. You may submit a potential question in advance by sending the question to Cathy Kohlenberg at ckohlenberg@igs.k12.wi.us or by calling her at (608) 943-6311, extension 3014. Questions must be submitted by noon on Monday, June 27, 2022. Note: A majority or negative quorum of the Iowa-Grant School Board (and/ or committees of the board) may be in attendance at this meeting, in which case the gathering would constitute a meeting of the school board (and/or of board committees).

IGHS has a Head Varsity Volleyball Coach opening! Apply at https://wecan.waspa.org/Vacancy/132389 It's A Great Day To Be A Panther!!!!

Iowa-Grant is offering Sports Physical days in July. All fall athletes need to have physical or alternate card paperwork loaded in PowerSchool or to the school office before August 1st.

Today's science class was all about water! One of the questions we explored, was how polar bears and other arctic animals stay warm in the ice cold water.

LAST CHANCE to pick up your IGEMS yearbook. We have yearbooks available until Thursday in the IGEMS office.

We made topsy turvy tomato plants in our garden class. Thank you to the Rech family for donating tomato plants.

Iowa-Grant Volleyball Apparel Store is now open! Deadline: July 6, 2022 Find items specifically for our team. There is also spiritwear available for your family and friends. Check out the shop details below. OUR SHOP DETAILS - Shop Now: https://iowagrantvb22.itemorder.com/ - Store Open: June 22, 2022 - July 6, 2022

Due to their busy schedules, DACR Photography has decided to step down from doing sports photography in Iowa-Grant this upcoming school year. 😞 Thank you Don and Carley Rider for investing your time, being flexible with busy team and individual schedules, and working hard to complete photo orders efficiently and effectively every time. This job is not easy and you rocked it. We were lucky the past few years to have a great, hometown service. Thanks again for all you have done!! You are much appreciated!!👏🎉😃 This upcoming school year Lindsey Ludvik Photography has decided to try and fill the void. Welcome Lindsey Ludvik Photography to Iowa-Grant!! See some of her work below: http://www.lindseyludvikphotography.com/