Park View Elementary just received the New Wisconsin Promise School of Recognition award for the 7th year in a row!

To be recognized as a School of Promise, student achievement on statewide reading and mathematics assessments must outperform the state average for similar schools. Congratulations to all students and staff at Park View!  The award will be presented next month at a ceremony at the State Capitol.

Special congratulations go out to -

• Cudahy High School 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year - Kevin Plath

• Cudahy Middle School 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year - Jenny Blunt

• Cudahy Elementary Schools 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year - Kathy Lewis
  

These awards were presented on behalf of the Cudahy Education Association.

From July 27 to July 30, the Cudahy Varsity Cheerleaders attended a UCA Summer Camp at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells.  There were 14 teams and over 300 girls.  The girls had a great week of team bonding and fun. 

The numerous Cudahy awards were:

* Overall Champ Champions Xtreme Routine
* 1st Place Varsity Xtreme Routine
* 2nd Place Varsity Cheer
* 2nd Place Varsity Home Dance
* Superior Squad Trophy
* Traditions Plaque
* Spirit Sticks Nighly
* Top Bananna Squad
* Becky Goss, Amber Kitchens and Desiree Roberts were named All Americans
* Becky Goss Jump Off Camp Champ

Congratulations to the 2009 Cudahy High School Scholarship and Award Winners.
This year Cudahy High School reached almost $700,000 in scholarships.

Amarildo Ademaj Valedictorian; Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Patrick Cudahy, Inc. Scholarship; N.H.S.; Franciscan Villa;  Rotary Club of Mitchell Field; Park View Alumni; Bus. Ed. Dept. Outstanding Senior Award; Woodland Conference All-Academic Scholar Award Jonathan Braunsdorf Cudahy-St. Francis Kiwanis Club Vocational Ed. Scholarship  Kamille Bustos Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Woodland Conference All-Academic Scholar Award; Marquette Ignatius Scholarship; Marquette Ignatius Magis Award Joe Caruso Caesar Chavez Scholarship

Emily Casey
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Student Council; Cudahy-St. Francis Kiwanis Club-Key Club Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Board of Education Service Award; Woodland Conference All-Academic Scholar Award; Marquette Ignatius Scholarship; Marquette Ignatius Magis Award

Nicholas Casper
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; General Mitchell Elem. Alumni; Southshore Credit Union Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Augie Listinsky Award

Elizabeth Comp
Cudahy Lions Vocational Education Scholarship

Alisa Damitz
Salutatorian; John W. Steiner Athletic Scholarship; National Honor Society; Student Council; Marge Shirley Math Award; Foreign Language Dept. (Spanish) Outstanding Senior Award; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; WIAA Scholar Athlete Award; Board of Education Service Award; Woodland Conference All-Academic Scholar Award; MARTA (Milwaukee Area Retired Teachers Association); Ladish Foundation Children of Employees Scholarship; UW-Stevens Point Neale Alumni Honors Freshman Scholarship; Robert C. Byrd All State Scholar

Luke Demos
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Joe Kukor Football Scholarship; Cudahy Baseball Booster Club Scholarship; Physical Education Dept. Outstanding Senior Award; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; WIAA Scholar Athlete Award; Woodland Conference All-Academic Scholar Award; Robert C. Byrd All State Scholar; AHEPA Scholarship

John Dishinger
P.L.A.V. Scholarship

Blase Dombrowski
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Foreign Lang. Dept. (German) Outstanding Senior Award; President’s Award for Educational Excellence

Danielle Dounar
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Junior Miss; Junior Miss Talent Scholarship

Alissa Franco
Patrick Cudahy, Inc Scholarship; Arrow Award

Kelly Gavin
Cudahy Education Association Scholarship; Spectacle City Drum and Bugle Corps Scholarship

Jayme Gawrych Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Cudahy Baseball Booster Club Scholarship; U.S. Marine Corps. Distinguished Athlete Award; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Ladish Foundation Children of Employees Scholarship Ryan Gerek M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank Scholarship Julie Gestwicki South Shore Masonic Lodge #3; Park View Alumni; Pom Pons Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Junior Miss Award

Laura Hintze
McDonald’s Scholarship; Arrow Award; Lang. Arts Dept. Outstanding Senior Award; Cardinal Stritch Writing Award; Cardinal Stritch Academic Award

Samantha Homa
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Lincoln PTA Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award; Woodland
Conference All- Academic Scholar Award; UW-Parkside Foundation Award

Matthew Hooper
UW-Parkside Art Scholarship

Ciera Johnson
V.F.W. Certificate

Kristin Kasper
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Lincoln PTA Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; UW-Whitewater Music Scholarship

Abigail Larson
Patrick Cudahy, Inc.; Friends Of The Cudahy Library Scholarship; Carroll University Hilger Tradition Award

Amanda Lemke
Family and Consumer Education Dept. Outstanding Senior Award

Amanda Lepkowski
Turnaround Scholarship

Audrey Lewis
McDonald’s Scholarship; Art Dept. Outstanding Senior Award; UW-Parkside Art Scholarship

Gerald Ligocki
Harold Emme Scholarship; Ray Kroc Award; U.S. Marine Corps. Semper Fidelis Award (Band); Augie Listinsky Award; MSOE Academic Scholarship

Jennifer Lowe
Turnaround Scholarship

Kamaja Lundh
Lawrence P. Kelly Scholarship

Samuel Marvell
P.L.A.V. Scholarship

Manuel Mercado
Chamber of Commerce Scholarship; Science Dept. Outstanding Senior Award

Christina Mosur
P.L.A.V. Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence

Jessica Nemeth
P.L.A.V. Scholarship

Ryan Ohlendorf V.F.W. Certificate Justin O’Neil Technical Education Dept. Outstanding Senior Award Wayne Paliwoda V.F.W. Certificate; U.S. Army Jamie Peplinski Cudahy Lions Club Scholarship, $1,500

Sara Plumb
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship

Chelsea Puetz
Patrick Cudahy, Inc.; Lincoln PTA Scholarship

Andre Reyes
MYSO Youth Arts Scholarship; MYSO Carter Simmons Award

Alex Rejniak
Patrick Cudahy, Inc.; Cudahy Baseball Booster Club Scholarship

Marlene Ridgway
Pom Pons Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Carroll University Charels Award; Carroll Leadership Award

Abraham Sanchez
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; U.S. Marine Corps. Scholastic Excellence Award

Larry Savage
Cudahy Baseball Booster Club Scholarship

Ryan Schmidt
Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; Joe Kukor Football Scholarship; Cudahy Baseball Booster Club Scholarship; Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award

Matthew Schultz
Cudahy-St. Francis Kiwanis Club

Egli Spaho
Cudahy Lions Club Scholarship

Donnavon Swirth
Cudahy-St. Francis Kiwanis Club; V.F.W. Social Studies Award; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; Woodland Conference All-Academic Scholar Award; MSOE Academic Scholarship; MSOE Presidential Scholarship

Anthony Tadych Music Department Outstanding Senior Award Nathan Tratnik Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarship; V.F.W. Citizenship Award, Principal’s Outstanding Senior Award; President’s Award for Educational Excellence James Trudeau Wisconsin Lutheran Scholarship

Ricardo Vallejo
Chic Fojtik Vocational Ed. Scholarship

Devon Weber
Cudahy Baseball Booster Club Scholarship

Ethan Wilke
Cudahy Lions Club Scholarship; President’s Award for Educational Excellence; UW-Parkside Emerging Leaders Scholarship

Ka Xiong
McDonald’s Scholarship

Mary Yang
Cudahy Dental Associates Scholarship; Hana Ruzicka Science Scholarship; Friends Of The Mitchell Gallery of Flight

On Thursday, May 28 at 9 a.m., Cudahy High School will be celebrating its annual Renaissance Assembly in the high school auditorium.  At the assembly, more than 300 Cudahy High School students will be honored for their work in the classroom throughout the 2008-2009 school year.  To receive an invitation to the assembly, students must have either earned a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) or achieved perfect attendance for each of the first three quarters of the school year.

Winners of the Renaissance student of the month awards during this school year will also receive an invitation to the assembly.  Renaissance students of the month are nominated by Cudahy High School faculty and staff members.  Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded student of the month at some point during the 2008-2009 school year:

• Seniors: Alisa Damitz, Larry Savage, Samantha Polfer, Samantha Homa, Kamille Bustos, Nickie Brister, and Amanda Janik
  
  
• Juniors: Alex Hernandez, Alexis Rivera, Derek Puczylowski, Nick Burmester, Lynn Sobota, Virginia Kibler, and Samantha Farvour
  
  
• Sophomores: Maricruz Sanchez, Ken Bustos, Matt Richardson, Katie Lutomski, Zach Plachinski, Mitchell Stahl, and Thong Xiong
  
  
• Freshmen: Ken Ewert, Jose Lopez, Ina Tahiraj, Samantha Hoeft, Kyle Leannah, Joey Rogers, and Gillian Miner
  

The mission of Cudahy High School’s Renaissance Program is to recognize the efforts of students in the classroom.  In addition to the year-end assembly, Renaissance rewards students every quarter if the students earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher, if they achieve perfect attendance, or if they improve their GPA by .5 or more from the previous quarter.

Together, we celebrate with and recognize the accomplishments of our students. 

Each year, high schools in Wisconsin nominate graduating seniors of their choice for a very prestigious distinction title, The Wisconsin All-State Scholars award. Over one hundred students traditionally receive scholarships. Recipients are chosen based on their overall grade point averages and ACT/SAT test score.

This year, the nominees for the Wisconsin All-State Scholars Program at Cudahy High School are Alisa Damitz and Luke Demos! 

Both of Alisa and Luke were honored with the All-State Scholars award given at a very nice ceremony at the Monona Terrace in Madison.  Congratulations and Good Luck!

At the end of April, the Woodland Conference recognized its top eight students from each school at its annual academic banquet. Representing Cudahy High School were Amarildo Ademaj, Kamille Bustos, Emily Casey, Alisa Damitz, Luke Demos, Rebecca Heian, Samantha Homa, and Donnavon Swirth. These students finished with the top eight grade point averages in this year's graduating class. Congratulations!

Congratulations to:

Brandon Mikolajczak
Nicholas Audi
Garrett Klecha
Cody Labensky
Joshua Nelson

Their video, “Shoe Sale,” has won the “Time Warner Cable Hang Tough Video Contest.”  There were over 1,500 students involved from 65 schools.  600 entries were submitted and out of the twenty finalists General Mitchell won first place. The winners were announced on April 30 at the Coulee center in MATC.  Way to go guys!  Have fun in New York!

Kudos to Mrs. Mendola and Mrs. Palkowski for the extra time and effort they put in helping the students achieve these great things.

Congratulations to the 37 students at Lincoln school who were awarded perfect attendance awards for the second quarter.  For their accomplishment, the students received a gift certificate for a free small pizza at Papa Luigi's.

Great job!

Cudahy High School is proud to announce the valedictorian and salutatorian for the 2009 graduating class:

Valedictorian - Mario Ademaj
Salutatorian - Alisa Damitz

Both of these students have done a wonderful job over the past four years in the classroom and out. Congratulations Mario and Alisa!

Carly Ademi, of Cudahy, WI has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was presented by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.  Carly, a junior at Cudahy High School, participated in the Spirit of Community program this year as a representative of Cudahy High School.

“The recipients of these awards vividly demonstrate that young people across America are making remarkable contributions to the health and vitality of their communities,” said John R. Strangfeld, chairman and CEO of Prudential Financial.  “They truly deserve all of the praise and encouragement we can give them.”

Diane Hoblitzell, third grade teacher at J.E. Jones, will receive the Chamber of Commerce's 2009 Educational Advancement Award.  This award will be presented on March 20, 2009 at the Annual Cudahy Chamber of Commerce dinner.

Diane was selected for the award because she exemplifies the best of all of us.  She is an outstanding educator who recently completed her 40th year in the District.  Congratulations!

Each quarter, students at Kosciuszko school win Eagle Awards. This award recognizes outstanding performance and citizenship. 

Congratulations to Mr. Josh Beck, Cudahy High School English teacher. Not only was he voted by his peers as the 2007-2008 school year Teacher of the Year, he was also recently named the 2008 Wal-Mart teacher of the Year. For his efforts he received a generous gift card from Wal Mart, and the company also donated $1,000 to Cudahy High School.

At Cudahy High School, senior student Luke Demos was recently awarded the National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student award.

Congratulations Luke!

Every month, the Renaissance Program at the Cudahy High School recognizes one student from each grade as the student of the month. The first Renaissance Students of the Month winners of this school year were recently selected. They are:

Senior - Amanda Janik
Junior - Samantha Farvour
Sophomore - Thong Xiong
Freshman - Gillian Miner

Cudahy High School is proud to announce the valedictorian and salutatorian for the 2008 graduating class:

Valedictorian - Colleen Woyach
Salutatorian - Amber Wesela

Congratulations Colleen and Amber for this tremendous accomplishment!