Shawano Holiday Stroll Parade

Kathi Beyer and Beth Bartz

 

 

 

 

 

Junior Achievement Board Member Kathi Beyer and Shawano Middle School teacher Beth Bartz helped kick off the holiday season with an entry in the Holiday Stroll Parade.  It is never too early to put the JA Taste of Shawano - Food & Culture event on your calendar - Monday, March 26, 2012!

Shawano USB Wristbands for sale!

Shawano Small Business Development Students

Shawano Community High School

Small Business Development Class of 2011

Junior Achievement Small Business Development class sells USB wristbands.

The Junior Achievement Small Business Development class at Shawano Community High School is selling USB wristbands. A percentage of the wristbands sales will be donated to Dollars for Scholars. Our class surveyed the community to determine the needs and wants. We have had the privilege of working with local business people who assisted in developing product ideas, surveying target markets, working out a break-even analysis and creating a marketing plan.

The USB wristbands our class is offering are unique. The wristbands come in black and have a bold white lettering on the front center reading “Shawano”. A unique feature of these wrist bands is the USB drive. It is the latching component of the wristband and it is hidden when worn. This USB drive has a 2GB memory which provides plenty of storage for students and is ideal storage for traveling business persons.

The Small Business Development class will be selling the USB wristbands throughout the Shawano Community. USB wristbands will be sold before school, during lunch and after school in the Hawk’s Nest, located in the High School commons. Students from the Small Business Development class will also be selling wristbands after school at Hillcrest, Olga Brener and the Middle school on select days. They will also be available by contacting Sara Oberhart, Business teacher, at Shawano Community High School. There will be posters advertising the NEW USB wristband throughout the high school. There is also a surprise if you buy the winning USB wristband! One wristband will have a golden ticket on it! If you buy the winning wristband, you will receive a red fleece blanket with the Shawano Hawks emblem.

Shawano Community High School

220 County Road, Shawano, WI 54166

Phone: 715-526-2175

www.ssd.k12.wi.us

 

Poinsettia Sale

Support Shawano Community High School Advanced Horticulture students by purchasing a poinsettia grown by the students!

Tuesday, December 6th, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm at the SCHS greenhouse - Entrance I

Red - $8.00
Large Red - $20.00
Other - $10.00 - white, burgundy, jingle bell, pink

Selling daily while supplies last.

JA Excellence through Ethics

Shawano County Sheriff Randy Wright spoke to Shawano High School students in Mart Grams Civics class as part of JA Excellence through Ethics.  The program is designed to address the importance of ethics in business, work and in life. Local business and community leaders will visit with students all week to discuss and provide examples of the role ethics plays in their day-to-day decision making.

2011-2012 Shawano JA Board Leadership

Meet the 2011-2012 Shawano JA Board Leadership:

Herb Rycroft - Chair

Melissa Moore - Vice Chair

Dawn Kelley - Secretary/Treasurer

 

Herb Rycroft was born and raised in Western New York.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 from Cornell University.  He is Vice President of Support Services for Cooperative Resources International.  The CRI Support Services Division is responsible for employee training programs, product and supply distribution, transportation and fleet activities, mating programs, international customer support, resale products and special projects.

Rycroft is Chairman of the Shawano District of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin and Treasurer of the Shawano Area Community Foundation. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Shawano County Arts Council, the Shawano Optimist Club and Boy Scout Troop 32.  He is a Past President of the Shawano Country Chamber of Commerce and the Shawano Optimist Club. He is involved with various other community activities and school advisory and planning committees. He is a member of the Shawano United Methodist Church and serves on the Finance Committee and the Church Growth Management Team.  His interests include gardening, bicycling, hiking, camping and cross country skiing.

Herb’s wife, Marisa, is Community Support Coordinator for the Shawano County Department of Community Programs. Their daughters Kelly and Kristin live in Ithaca, New York and their son Adam is a senior at Shawano Community High School.

Melissa Moore has been an Account Manager for Employment Options Inc. since 2006. In 2007 Moore was also promoted to the position of Sales and Marketing Coordinator for the Employment Options Inc. branch offices, covering the Marinette, Rhinelander, Waupaca, and Shawano areas. Moore has been an active public speaker throughout the community on subjects relating to the recruiting, interviewing and hiring processes. In addition to her membership on the Junior Achievement Board of Directors, Moore also sits on the Shawano Country Chamber’s Board of Directors and is a co-chair for the Government Affairs Committee.  Moore holds her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) from the Human Resources Certification Institute as well as her Human Resources Management Certification from UWGB. 

 

Dawn is the Branch Manager of Premier Community Bank in Shawano.  Dawn is grateful to work for a community bank that supports employee community involvement.  She is married to Tim and they are blessed with three children, Linda, Joe & Ryan. She was born & raised in Shawano, where she & Tim continue to live. The Kelley’s enjoy camping, watching their children play sports and visiting their kids at college; they feel Shawano has been a wonderful place to raise their family.

Dawn is active in a variety of local community groups and enjoys teaching financial literacy through volunteerism. Some of the activities she participates in are:

Junior Achievement-Board of Directors and treasurer

Committee member for Taste of Shawano Food & Culture Fest

Co-Chair American Cancer Society Shawano/Menominee Relay for Life

Teach Children to Save-Volunteer

Menominee Indian School District, Reality Check Stimulus Program volunteer

Shawano Job Center, teaching Financial Wellness Workshops

YESS teacher (Youth Employment Success Solutions)

Smart Money Week volunteer

Junior Achievement of Wisconsin awards Summit Award to JA in Shawano

 Herb Rycroft and Melissa Moore from the Shawano JA Board of Directers receiving the Wisconsin JA Summit Award from Tim Greinert, President of JA of Wisconsin.

Junior Achievement in Shawano received the Wisconsin JA Summit Award for the 2010-2011 school year.  The Summit  Award, developed by Junior Achievement of Wisconsin State Headquarters, provides incentives to district offices to achieve the goals set in their strategic plan and recognizes each operation for their areas of excellence.

Stars are awarded in the following categories:  Program Quality, Program Growth, Program Impact, Management Effectiveness, and Financial Stability.  Shawano received all five for the 2010-2011 school year!  This award represents the hard work of our volunteers, teachers, administrators, board members, and staff as well as the commitment of the community!

Aaron Rodgers voted FedEx Air Player of the Week: Week 5

Week 5: Rodgers and Peterson

Two touchdowns for Aaron Rodgers and three first-quarter scores for Adrian Peterson earned the
two honors for Week 5.

Thanks for voting for Aaron Rodgers and supporting JA of Wisconsin!  Two weeks in a row for Aaron Rodgers earning Air Player of the Week and counting!  $2,000.00 per week donated by FedEx - $4,000.00 to date!  Go Pack Go!

JA started a blog!

Hey JA friends in the Shawano Area - we started a blog!  If you like us on facebook, you will get notification of blog entries!

JA is partnering with FedEx for its “Air & Ground NFL Player of the Week” Program.  FedEx will make a $2,000.00 donation to JA Areas during the NFL season, based on the winning weekly Air & Ground Players as determined by votes at www.nfl.com/fedex. Last week Aaron Rodgers won and JA of Wisconsin will receive $2,000.  JA in Wisconsin wants to win again!!!  Aaron Rodgers is nominated again and you can help by voting for Aaron Rodgers again before Friday!

Players of the Week

www.nfl.com

Watch videos of all nominees,but vote for Aaron Rodgers!