Saturday, May 19, 2012
Preparing to travel soon to two national tournaments, East Forensics team members performed their competition pieces Friday night at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts.
For the seniors it was their chance to shine at home — performing the speeches and acts they will use to compete in two upcoming national tournaments. The award-winning Brookfield East Forensics team put on a 2 1/2-hour show at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Friday night. Acts ranged from Archit Baskaran's four-minute informative about the benefits of "Laughter," to Kyle Wessel's moving performance of Michael J. Fox's "Lucky Man," to senior Jennifer Vosters' dramatic interpretation of Sunny Jacobs, a woman falsely convicted and left on death row in "The Exonerated." Team members will travel to compete in the National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) Grand National Qualifiers in Baltimore, MD, from May 25 to 28. Some also will …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Students from Elm Grove and Brookfield are honored for their recent graduations and degrees.
Here are some graduations and degrees conferred to Brookfield and Elm Grove students: Mark Wickstrom, of Elm Grove, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing degree with a Business Communications certificate from the Business College of the Univerity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Commencement is Saturday in Zorn Arena and can be viewed online. Nathan Krause, associate's degree Sophia Miranda, associate's degree, chemistry emphasis, cum laude, Kelly Redmond, associate's degree Richard Smeltzer, associate's degree Commencement was held Thursday in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. UW-Waukesha confers associate of arts & science degrees and prepares students to transfer to a baccalaureate institution for a bachelor's degree.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Brookfield area students are honored for their recent graduations and degrees.
Here are some graduations and degrees conferred to Brookfield students: Marie Dreyer earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, magna cum laude Annemarie Hengel earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, cum laude Bryan Klauk earned a doctor of medicine degree. Kelsey Schmidt earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, magna cum laude Creighton University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution located in Omaha, Neb. Commencement was May 12. Hannah Cooper graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree, with a minor in Spanish Samuel Du Mez graduated with a Bachelor of Science - Engineering degree Mark Van Weelden graduated with a Bachelor of Science - Engineering degree Dordt College is a …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Doctors didn't think the Pilgrim Park eighth grader would survive, but Kerwin is recovering with the help of family, friends and strangers. A benefit Saturday with car wash, auction and dance, will help medical bills.
After Pilgrim Park eighth grader Kerwin Hackett hit his helmeted head on a ski run in South Korea during winter break and was rushed to a hospital with a severe brain injury, his friends were pulled out out of class and told that doctors said he probably wouldn't make it. About 90 percent of people with severe diffuse axonal injuries never regain consciousness, a doctor told Kerwin's father, Nathan, at the hospital on Dec. 30, handing him the injury's Wikipedia definition. But less than two months after the accident, Kerwin was a medical miracle, waiting at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin for his first visitors: his best friend since kindergarten, Nick Davies, and Nick's mother Sara and sister Lauren. "When we got off the elevator Kerwin …
See new information and photos of eighth grader Emily Oberst, who is battling Ewing's Sarcoma, at 'Run For the Hills' 5K Run/Walk. Emily was honored as the race-starter and wheeled around the course.
In a new program created by the Elmbrook Parent Leadership Council and the Elmbrook Education Foundation, graduating seniors nominate teachers who made a significant impact on their education.
Twenty Elmbrook teachers have been named a 2012 Most Influential Educator in a new program created by two local education groups. The teachers were selected by graduating seniors at Brookfield Central and East High Schools, under a program sponsored by the Elmbrook Parent Leadership Council (EPLC) and the Elmbrook Education Foundation (EEF). It was developed by parents Jane Peavler and Kristin Urban and honors teachers who have made a significant positive impact on students' K-12 education. These 20 educators will be honored at special banquets in coming weeks (student nominator listed in parentheses). Mr. Matthew Aslakson – BCHS (Daniel Buck) Ms. Sandra Aslakson – BCHS (Derek Schmidt) Mr. Patrick Coffey – BEHS (Aditya Trivedi) Ms. Jill …
Monday, May 14, 2012
With Hillside Elementary School closing in June, the popular 'Hillside Hawk Walk / Run' transformed to a new event that raised money Sunday for a Hillside scholarship and Wisconsin Hills Middle School needs.
Though the closing of their school building is imminent, the Hillside Elementary community is not willing to let go of everything they've built together there. On May 6, 431 walkers and runners took off at Mitchell Park to keep alive the tradition of the annual Hillside Hawk Walk/Run, this year re-dubbed as Run For the Hills and hosted by Wisconsin Hills Middle School. "It’s bittersweet because we have wonderful memories of doing it for Hillside," said Jenny Schweinert, a parent who organized the event. "But it’s great that we can continue the legacy of the event because so many families will go to the middle school, and we have all these new families that will benefit." Though the final numbers have not been tallied, Schweinert said she …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Studies suggest that the difficult-to-enter workforce is getting harder for college grads, with a higher percentage of recent grads taking longer to find a job than in years past.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Spartans' captain led team to WIAA state tournament in 2010 and 2011, and also won a state club championship with Elm Grove SC.
Brookfield East boys soccer standout Mark Heydt has signed a letter of intent with NCAA Division 1 UW-Milwaukee, according to a release from Brookfield East. Heydt helped Brookfield East qualify for the WIAA state tournament both as a junior and as a senior. He was team captain in 2011 and named first-team All-Greater Metro Conference. “Mark Heydt was a huge part of our success this season and I am confident he will excel at the college level,” said Brookfield East coach Herbert Dundun. “All 3 years with the varsity program, Mark remained an outstanding player and demonstrated a thorough grasp of the game.” UW-Milwaukee is in the market for a new men’s head coach after Chris Whalley was terminated earlier this spring. Assistant coach Ben …
Studies suggest that the difficult-to-enter workforce is getting harder for college grads, with a higher percentage of recent grads taking longer to find a job than in years past.
College graduates' struggle to find a job in their fields has been a trend for some time now, but according to a Rutgers University study released Thursday, more recent grads are in worse shape. Of students who have graduated college since 2006, 51 percent have a full-time job, according to a HuffingtonPost.com report on the study. "The situation is even more dire for those who have graduated since 2009," the article said. "Fewer than half of college graduates from those years found their first job within 12 months of graduating, much less than the 73 percent of those who graduated from 2006 to 2008. Those who graduated since 2009 are three times more likely to not have found a full-time job than those from the classes of 2006 through 2008…
Lisa Sink
6:39 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I'll see what I can find out and update, thanks! more ›