EGGstavaganza! You must be familiar with the Egg Harbor EGGstravanga sale that supports their Public Arts Initiative, right? There are only two student-created eggs in the County, and our Gibraltar Middle School Art class is one of them! They only include students every 5 years, so this is pretty special. The eggs will be unveiled on May 25th and auctioned off in August. Part of the proceeds of this egg will go to the Middle School Art Club for fieldtrips. The project started last April and has just been completed! Congratulations Mrs. Mike and the 8th Grade Art Students!
On Monday we started our 2nd annual 8th grade Art Class party for K, 1,2 students.
This year's theme is Cinco de Mayo! The art students make their own festive decorations, crowns or funny hats. Then they invent and build unique games for the kids to play and face painting. We even had students invent a dunk tank! Mrs Mike's personal favorite was the treasure hunt hopscotch that runs down the hallway!
The Fiesta runs through next Monday.
Mrs. Mike took the 8th graders to Hands-on Art Studio! We had a picnic, made ceramics and played outside whiffle ball And games. It was a blast!! Egg sculpture celebration and awesome students award!!🤩
Although it is Teacher Appreciation Week, we at Gibraltar know it takes a village. We appreciate our team! Thank you all for your dedication and hard work in keeping Gibraltar Area Schools amazing.
Spanish high school students visit UWGB’s Spanish Department, sit at an advanced Spanish class (Spanish 325), tour the campus, and finish the morning with a Mexican lunch!
First grade students toured the hospital last week learning about many topics such as hospital workers, emergency care, procedures, and healthy choices. This visit was designed to make students comfortable and knowledgeable in a hospital setting. Shout out to Door County Memorial Hospital for providing an afternoon of onsite learning!
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Mrs. McCormack’s ELA 6 class was lucky enough to have Murphy visit this morning. While the class learned more about the Space Race, students took turns hanging out with Murphy. What an excellent way to regulate and feel ready to take on a Monday!
The Middle School Sign Language Club wishes you a Happy National Sign Language Day! April 15th was picked for ASL Day because it is the anniversary of the founding of the American School for the Deaf that opened in 1817.
We celebrate this day to recognize the importance of ASL as a language and a means of communication for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community, as well as to honor the cultural diversity of Deaf communities.
To honor this day our club took a trip to Blue Horse.
Our members practiced their signs as they ordered!
A great time was had by all. 🤟
The second-grade students celebrated their hard work at their Pollinator Celebration. They started by performing a song and then they shared the oral presentations that they created to teach about a pollinator that they learned about. Their posters included flower models and scientific drawings showing the pollination process. They did an amazing job teaching their audience!
THREE yes THREE Gibraltar High School students were accepted into the WSMA State Honors Band! It is an amazing accomplishment for any school but truly noteworthy for a school our size! Congratulations to Mia Glocke, Clara Carriere, and Olive Wisniewski for this astounding recognition!
Give it a Try at the Y!
Recently, all Juniors and Seniors were able to take part in the "Give it a Try at the Y" fitness exploration day where they had the opportunity to be introduced to different activities that promote a healthy, active lifestyle and can be done through adulthood. Mrs. Winker reports that there were a lot of smiling and sweaty faces during and after the event, and besides the high schoolers losing to the instructors in pickleball, fun was had all around!
Shoutout to Holly and Bailey at the YMCA for organizing the space, volunteers, and snack, as well as the following instructors who led classes for the students:
Amie Brey (yoga), Chris Heil (body pump), Eric Schroeder and Stephan Reynolds (spin/cycle), Owen Alabado (cardio kickboxing), Bill Reifsnyder and friends (pickleball). Also thank you to Rob Rericha who transported us unexpectedly due to the rain, snow, and ice. Thank you!
The Gibraltar 8th grade class (in partnership with the Door County Parks Department) will be building two Bat Condos during the 2025 spring semester. The first one is almost across the finish line! This project is considered "construction light" and students get first-hand experience following plans and working with common building materials and tools. Each of the condos will be installed at a county park over the summer. Exact dates and locations coming soon. Participating students are Kaia Barris-Sunstrom, Ema Collak, Azucena Jauregui, Kimberly Robertoy, Mylo Sherman, Amerlai Van Boxtel, Brady White, Eternity Cunningham, Rocket Donohue, Ellie Knapp, Ashlyn Lautenbach, Avery Roets and Kenzie Thomas
Basic Home Construction has hit the 9-week marker on our class projects. Students started with model making to learn the fundamentals foundation and framing codes/ requirements.ng, and siding. In the next 9 weeks, we will tackle flooring (wood and tile) hanging doors, and finish carpentry. Participation students Sunny Benzow, Meranda Fletcher, Xavier Gaddes, Fendando Jauregui, Bairen Lhost, Josie Martin, Gio Mercier, Sean Neal, Vince Toneys, Athony Widen So when you hear "they should teach that in school", you can say "Gibraltar does!"
CONGRATULATIONS KAYIN AND MIKALA!
First graders and their families enjoyed an info-packed program called Hunters of the Sky. Sandor Bittman of Open Door Bird Sanctuary taught the students about birds’ adaptations for survival. Mrs. Hoyerman shares, "Students connected their recent classroom learning with new information. The guest birds were a hit as they screeched and hooted for the audience."
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Plan ahead to bring everything hom you'll need over spring break! Books, shoes, gear, etc.
Commitment to Academics and Athletics
Happy National Athletic Training Month!
Gibraltar High School is fortunate to have Dave Stahlke as its full-time athletic trainer. Thanks to an incredible partnership with Door County Medical Center, this collaboration provides student-athletes with FREE athletic training to maintain health, prevent injuries, and perform at their best.
Dave holds a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a Master's in Athletic Training from Illinois State. He is a nationally-certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA.
Gibraltar Principal and Athletic Director, Jim DeBroux, shares, “Dave Stahlke brings experience, expertise, passion and dedication to his athletic training role at Gibraltar! He has experience at the olympic, collegiate and professional level and yet seamlessly makes connections with small school high school students! He builds connections with students by sharing a story and a laugh and always offering his insightful expertise. He scoffs at the idea of a three hour bus trip to a tournament game being TOO long to come and join and support the Gibraltar Vikings! This happens when you are used to being a minor league hockey trainer and bus rides that are twice that long! Dave is an amazing member of our athletic department! Thank you for keeping our student athletes safe, strong and growing!”
Thank you, Dave, for keeping our athletes strong!
Last week the Gibraltar K-12 Musical Programs united in an all-school concert. Students in K-2 sang "Blue Skies". Our 3rd-5th graders sang "This Pretty Planet" The Secondary Choir Sang and then the 6th and 7th grade band performed. Our 8th through 12th band performed, also. The concert concluded with everyone, K-12 choirs and bands, performing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Photos by Mrs. Winker!
