Browse past news stories for Onalaska Middle School in Onalaska, WI.

• Four local middle schools honored (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 05:29:11 am
  State Superintendent Tony Evers recognized 83 middle schools for being named an Exemplary Middle School in Wisconsin based on student academic achievement.
• Message on fire dangers hits home for kids (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 06:33:52 am
  Alex Goyette thinks he made an impression. It wasn’t the impression he was trying to make back in 2005 when he thought it was cool to play “hot soccer” with his brother and friends. Goyette suffered second- and third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body after playing a dangerous game that changed his life at the age of 12. He was bedridden for six weeks, had to relearn how to move his ...
• School flu closings not on radar ... yet (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 04:34:23 pm
  Luckily for the Onalaska School District, students had a four-day weekend and didn’t come to school because of parent-teacher conferences. Otherwise, there could have been a lot more empty desks for teachers to face.
• State, local schools look for ways to prevent bullying before it can lead to worse problems (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 05:16:42 am
  The birthday party invitation felt like a new beginning to the 10-year-old after months of tension with a classmate. But those hopes sank when the verbal invitation was yanked away in front of other s
• Enrollment stability is good for Onalaska School District (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 12:48:47 pm
  The all-important school district enrollment is stable in Onalaska, according to district Finance Director Larry Dalton.
• Coulee Open comes down to father-and-son playoff (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 01:05:48 pm
  ONALASKA — Talk about drama. Scott Skogen was on the tee. So was Ben Skogen, Scott’s 14-year-old son.
• Holmen School Board members decry Obama slight (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 01:04:22 pm
  Holmen School Board members Monday expressed dismay and disappointment that a recent televised speech by President Obama on the importance of education was not shown universally in the district schools.
• Local Students Listen to Obama's Educational Pep Talk (WKBT La Crosse)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 04:42:25 pm
  President Obama helped kick off the school year by giving a nationwide educational speech
• Grant helping schools keep kids safe from traffic (WEAU Eau Claire)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 11:03:50 pm
  Grant money is helping police and schools keep your kids safe this year.
• Police aid in walk-to-school effort (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 01:48:02 pm
  The city of Onalaska will kick off the new school year with increased police patrols around Northern Hills Elementary and Onalaska Middle School, courtesy of a Wisconsin Department of Transportation grant.
• New program in Onalaska helping make sure kids get to school safely (WKBT La Crosse)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 04:42:25 am
  The Onalaska police department will be posted at both the Northern Hills elementary and Onalaska middle school.
• Safe routes to school (WXOW 19 La Crosse)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 06:58:53 pm
  Onalaska, WI (WXOW) - The Onalaska Police department helped kick off the new school year.
• News in brief (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 01:11:41 pm
  Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
• NFdL gets new middle school principal (Fond du Lac Reporter)
  posted on July 19, 2009 at 09:32:31 am
  William Bill Paris has been selected as the new principal of Bessie Allen Middle School in North Fond du Lac.
• Coaching runs in the family (West Salem Coulee News)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 06:19:10 pm
  WEST SALEM — Chuck Ihle thought for a moment, but he couldn’t come up with an answer.
• New parade route, new events set for Sunfish Days (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on May 17, 2009 at 05:46:49 am
  ONALASKA — If you traditionally have staked out a spot on Main Street to watch the annual Onalaska Sunfish Days parade, consider yourself warned: That parade has passed you by.
• Girl Scouts plan Walk Against Hunger (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on April 24, 2009 at 06:41:22 pm
  Any youngsters who think they can’t make a difference in their community might want to talk to Caitlynn Hinytzke, Alex Carlson, Eryn Eade and Casey Kruse.
• News in brief (West Salem Coulee News)
  posted on April 14, 2009 at 11:28:52 pm
  Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.
• Onalaska youth wins Pokemon title (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 03:38:41 pm
  A youth from Onalaska won another state championship in Pokemon competition, but it wasn’t the one people likely expected. Danyelle Simon, a seventh-grader at Onalaska Middle School, went 7-0 to win the Kansas state championship in Pokemon’s senior division on March 21, topping a field of 24 players.
• Week remains before dodge ball deadline (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 03:38:10 pm
  Teams are being sought for the Onalaska Recreation Department’s first-ever Corporate Dodge Ball Challenge to be held Saturday, April 18, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Onalaska Middle School gym.
• Students compete with research projects during National History Day competition (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on March 27, 2009 at 04:44:38 am
  Much of Eleanor Roosevelt’s life was a mystery to 11-year-old Hannah Baumgartner.
• Area students heading to state geography bee (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on March 21, 2009 at 05:16:01 am
  Seventh-grade students from Onalaska and Holmen middle schools have qualified to compete April 3 in the 2009 Wisconsin Geographic Bee at the American Family Insurance National Headquarters in Madison.