The Black River Falls School Board will be seeing three new faces in the near future. Board Treasurer Lois Corey who has served on the board since 2002 announced her resignation at the annual board meeting on April 16. In a letter she read aloud at the board meeting, Corey stated there were multiple factors [...]
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High school prepares for emergency weather
With spring in the air, there are a lot of different weather conditions that can change quickly. Assistant Principal Mark Weddig gives some insight on what he does for weather emergencies. When there is a weather emergency, Weddig gets the school organized and ready with a plan that he and the teachers know. “We have [...]
Congressman Kind visits high school students
Some 21st Century World students were visited by United States Congressman Ron Kind on April 11. Kind was in the area for a listening session in the Lunda Theatre and after the listening session, Kind stopped by the high school and spoke to students about foreign policy. “There’s a lot of different approaches to the [...]
Physics students learn science in a “real-world sense”
Science teacher Donna Wojciechowski created a new science project in which students must plan out, design and test a boat that can carry three tootsie rolls across a water trough. “The goal, first of all, is to have kids actually design,” said Wojciechowski. “To work and design a boat that can make it across an [...]
High school students visit elementary and middle schools to teach kids about important life lessons
Peer Educators is a group of volunteer high school students that perform short skits about bullying, drug and alcohol use, eating healthy, exercising and peer pressure. They perform live for the community elementary schools.“We are split into groups of six or seven, we are told what skit we will be doing, and what grade we [...]
Received grant inspires BRFHS to get healthy, to get well
Though school was cancelled Wednesday, February 29, the Leap Day activities were rescheduled for the following day Thursday. The idea for the health and wellness mini-courses stemmed from an email Principal Tom Chambers received regarding a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant. “I had received an email for the Fuel Up to Play 60 grant, [...]
TABO alerts student body of the dangers of violence
Teens against bullying others, otherwise known as TABO, is one of the newer clubs at BRFHS. TABO gives participants a chance to make a change, against bullying. TABO has been putting up posters, trying to get the message around the school to stop bullying and dating abuse. Each poster tells about a different kind of [...]
Holocaust Survivor tells his story to the students of BRFHS
Holocaust survivor Henry Golde visited the Black River High School Thursday February 9. Golde discussed his life growing up in Poland, when his life drastically changed at the beginning of the war. He went into depth his experience in numerous concentration camps and the impact discrimination and prejudice had on his life. After the presentation, [...]
Schjeldahl strives for EMT at 17
Becoming a certified EMT at 17 is something no one has ever accomplished in Wisconsin. However, senior Audra Schjeldahl is currently in the process of accomplishing that feat, and according to certified EMT Amy Appel, what Audra’s doing requires a lot of drive and dedication.“She’s a go-getter. She doesn’t give up, she doesn’t whine. You [...]
FCCLA blood drive a success
Every year at the high school, FCCLA students and staff help out to organize a blood drive for those who are at loss without a donation. “We’ve held a blood drive here for eight years plus. We start a year in advance to give Red Cross time to get ready to come to our school,” [...]
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