College Park

Fifth Grade students at College Park recently completed a science unit on Ecosystems. The students built terrariums and aquariums and learned about how an ecosystem is self sustaining. Students also had the opportunity to observe crickets, isopods, fish and snails in their habitat.

Greendale students Max, Grant, and Ana have been training on the high school track for this season’s Special Olympics track meets. The students are preparing for running and field events, including the 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter races, standing long jump, and softball throw. Max and Ana participated in the Special Olympics Regional Track Meet last weekend with excellent results! Max earned first place in standing long jump, first in 100-meter dash, and seventh place in the 200-meter dash. Ana placed second in the standing long jump, second in the 50-meter dash, and third for her softball throw. Congratulations and best wishes to these special athletes!

College Park held its first Try-It Club on Wednesday, April 24. Mr. Zei and members of the Hurling Club taught over 30 students the basics of the sport. It was a great afternoon to spend time outside and take part in a new and healthy activity.

On Thursday, April 18, College Park held its 2nd Annual Museum Night. The exhibits were based on our theme of "Building a Strong Community - Celebrating 75 Years in Greendale." After a brief opening and ribbon cutting, families were free to view exhibits throughout the school. We closed with a brief history of Greendale and an invitation to families to attend the Village's 75th Anniversary Events! Students also prepared videos to preview the night's events. Video 1. Video 2.

Students at College Park have begun working with "Kayla's Krew" to raise money for a playground accessible to children of all abilities. The group formed in memory of "Kayla" who was born with cerebral palsy and passed away last year. Her family worked to include Kayla in all activities available to children and they are honoring her life by building a playground in her memory. The playground, to be built in Franklin, will be accessible to all children. The College Park Krew sold butterfly clips at Museum night and donated its popcorn sale money to the group. All together, over $728 was raised for the playground fund. Students will be selling the clips, and taking donations, again at the Spring Concert and the district Nourish Event.

College Park 2nd graders are enjoying a variety of projects in art class this year! The students have created items using techniques like sewing, molding clay, and printmaking. Many of these materials and methods were new to 2nd graders and they had great fun exploring the possibilities. Recently, they discussed how artists make a printing plate and use it over and over to create a variety of prints. They were thrilled with the interactive and messy qualities of this lesson.

The past few weeks, the second graders at College Park have been preparing for their Museum Night, which is coming up on April 18. They have been studying the history behind our Village in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary. As they researched, they learned from special guest speakers including Village President John Hermes, Cathy and Jim Davenport from the Shoppe Around The Corner, and Betty Ferchoff from Frech’s. These amazing guest speakers shared their excitement and passion for Greendale. The students were amazed at the facts they shared. Stop by and ask any College Park second grader and you will be impressed.

Buenas noticias! Second trimester came to an exciting close as 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students at College Park worked with partners to prepare and present skits about food! Students asked and answered the question "Qúe vas a comer?" (What are you going to eat?) and got creative making props or puppets. Many pairs added extra Spanish to their scripts or made their classmates laugh with goofy acting skills. Creating skits is a challenging task, and it was excellent to see students using lots of Spanish!

Greendale Schools teachers, Colleen Korpal, from College Park, and Dan Rogaczewski, from Greendale High School, were recognized by the Herb Kohl Foundation for innovation in the classroom at a luncheon at Greenfield High School on March 23. Greendale High School Senior Katharine Loomis received a Kohl Excellence Scholarship. The Kohl Teacher Fellowship program recognizes and supports teaching excellence and innovation in the State of Wisconsin.Annually, the Foundation awards 100 Wisconsin teachers this honor.Kohl Excellence Scholarship program recognizes student leadership, citizenship, school and community involvement, and academic achievement.