Congratulations to the Iowa-Grant FFA Chapter! They were recognized at the 95th Wisconsin State FFA Convention on Tuesday for earning the 10+ P.R.I.D.E. membership award this past school year. The P.R.I.D.E. Award recognizes specific Wisconsin FFA Chapters that demonstrate continual recruitment and member retention. The 2024-2025 I-G FFA President, Carter R., accepted the award.
If you are interested in participating in IGHS Fall Sports, please contact Mrs. Havens at dgarcia-havens@igs.k12.wi.us. Go Panthers!!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Correction- The Fall Sports meeting is at 6:00 PM.
During the last week of school, five Iowa-Grant 5th-grade students were acknowledged for their excellence in the classroom. Brantlee H., George L., Connor G., Hannah N.. and Ezzy W. were awarded the Summers Award for being in the top 10% of their class. Great job! Keep up the amazing work. To learn about the history of the Elizabeth Summers bequest, continue reading below.
Elizabeth Summers (1918 – 2008) was born in Fennimore, Wisconsin to a
farming family. Her parents, John & Rose Kalile, had emigrated from the country of
Lebanon. Elizabeth met her husband, Norbert Summers, in La Crosse. She worked as a
secretary & receptionist at a business in La Crosse for 34 years. Her older twin sisters
Josephine and Genevieve Kalile attended the Platteville Normal School and were rural
school teachers in the Iowa & Grant counties. Since neither Josephine nor Genevieve had
married, they left their inheritance to Elizabeth. When Elizabeth died, her Trust (est. 2010)
made gifts totaling over $1.1 million. In addition to the Iowa-Grant bequest, the Summers trust made gifts to several other public schools plus, among others, the Boscobel
Health Care Foundation, Fennimore Community Scholarship Foundation, Great Rivers
United Way, UW-Platteville Foundation, and Caritas Lebanon Catholic Charity. This
bequest continues to fund the Iowa-Grant top 10% of the fifth-grade class for their
achievements for now & years to come.
High School Football Open Gym will begin on Tuesday, June 11th and will be every Tuesday until July 16th from 6pm-8pm. The location is at the IGHS Practice Field. Bring water and the only equipment you need is cleats! If you have any questions please reach out to Coach Link at hlink@igs.k12.wi.us
Monday night's School Board Meeting agenda can be viewed at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ANOmQn_cNYZyGzNe1tFXmhh9ytC8P9BwMckwUsdCsv8/edit?usp=sharing
Congratulations to the Baseball players who earned SWAL All-Conference Recognition!
Brach H. - First Team
Gavin H. - First Team
Everett Z. - Honorable Mention
#WE ARE IG🐾
Enjoy the June Edition of the Panther Press!
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Go Panthers!!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾
Our 5th and 6th graders had the wonderful opportunity to work with the UW-Madison Extension Office on various dates in April and May with mental health presentations. There was a series that introduced mental health and well-being to our students. Some of the topics covered were stress, handling anger, and self-talk. We appreciated the activities Dan Brandt led with students.
Thank you, PTC for providing IGEMS with Bounce Houses for gym class last Thursday. The students had a great time.
Good luck at State Bret!
Thank you to Cobb, Livingston, Montfort, and Rewey Fire Departments for coming out early in the morning for the State Send Off! Also, thank you to those that showed up to show your fellow Panther support!
Go Panthers! 🐾
Good luck to Bret as he competes in the 1600M run at State Track! We will have a send off tomorrow, Saturday June 1st for Bret. They will depart at 6:15am! Come out and support Bret's journey at State!
State Track takes place at UW-Lacrosse.
Bret competes Saturday, June 1st in the afternoon.
Spectator Tickets $11.00: https://gofan.co/event/1492436?schoolId=WIAA2
Spectator Parking (Day permits - $10 per car; Meet permits - $25 per car): https://www.uwlax.edu/wiaa/spectators/parking/permits/ #GoPanthers 🐾
Summer Fitness/Weight Room will begin on Monday, June 3rd! There will be temporary lighting in the high school weight room. We ask for you to park in the back parking lot and enter through Door 17. You will see signage saying "Weight Room Entrance", please use that door to access the weight room.
These are the dates and times:
Boys- Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 6am-8am
Girls- Tuesday/Thursday/Friday from 6am-8am
The weight room will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm-9pm for boys and girls to attend.
Thank you Grab-A-Cone and sponsors for the special treat on Wednesday. The IGEMS students loved eating outside with their classmates.
IG would like to send a sincere thank you to all our Senior Athletes! Our programs would not be the same without your hard work and dedication. You will be greatly missed by your teammates and coaches, but your lasting impact on our school will be felt for years!
Thank you, and best of luck in your next adventures!
#PantherPride
Iowa-Grant 8th-Graders wrapped up their IGEMs careers Wednesday night by having a promotion ceremony. Your IGEMs teachers are very proud of all of you and your hard work. We hope that you continue that hard work over at the high school and that you keep making IG a better place.
Congratulations to the IGEMs class of 2024 and future high school grads of 2028!
#PantherProud
In May, Iowa-Grant FFA members attended the Kiwanis meeting at Dodger Bowl and listened to a very special guest speaker, Alice in Dairyland! Ashley Hagenow is serving as the 76th Alice in Dairyland. As Wisconsin's agriculture ambassador, her goal is to educate audiences across Wisconsin about the $104.8 billion economic impact and importance of our state's diverse agriculture industry in our daily lives. Thank you for the invite, Dodgeville Kiwanis!
We have decided to extend our Summer School Sign-Up to hopefully increase enrollment. We have a wide selection of classes for students who are entering 1st Grade through 8th Grade. Classes are separated by grade level. Please choose the sections based on the grade your student is entering for the 2024-2025 School Year. We were able to add a couple of new classes to the July Session 2 - July 15th - 18th so take a look. We have a few classes that are still lower in enrollment and are looking for some creative students to join them. For questions please contact dhasburgh@igs.k12.wi.us
July Session 1: July 8th - 11th - 8:15am - 9:45 am Early Class & 10:15 - 11:45 Late Class
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48A5A928A2FBC61-48739060-july#/
July Session 2: July 15th - 18th - 8:15am - 9:45 am Early Class & 10:15 - 11:45 Late Class
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48A5A928A2FBC61-48741724-july#/
August Session 3: August 12th-15th - 8:15am - 9:45 am Early Class & 10:15 - 11:45 Late Class
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48A5A928A2FBC61-48742107-august#/
In May, the Iowa-Grant FFA Chapter and members hosted their annual petting zoo for IGEMS students. Elementary students were quizzed on their farm animal trivia and got to meet a variety of animals such as chicks, rabbit, horse, goats, calf, steer, turkey and guinea fowl. Thank you to the FFA members for their preparation and planning to make this event possible.
The Band received a HUGE donation this morning! We are now 60% of the way to our goal. Thank you ALLETE Clean Energy!
Mrs. Hammerly's Food Science class is ending the school year on their sweets units. Students learned all about sugars, chocolates, sweeteners, frostings, fats, and oils. They learned how to make a variety of sweet treats like pudding cookies, sugar cookies, chocolate bark, stain glass candy, and MORE! 🍬🍫🍭
