2009-10 Yearbook - School Management Services

Sauk Prairie School
District
Craig Bender
213 Maple Street
(608) 643-5990
www.saukpr.k12.wi.us
Sauk City, WI 53583
Est. 2006
Sidnee M. Malek
360 School Street
Merrimac, WI 53561
(608) 493-2217
maleksi@staff.saukpr.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: KG-05
152. Merrimac Community Charter School
Utilizing a community-based model, Merrimac combines the principles
of place-based education with its existing multiage instruction (grades
K-2 and grades 3-5), involving parents and the community in curriculum
development, education, and governance. The curriculum is inspired by
and derived from the diverse community that it serves, utilizing the local
history, culture, and natural resources surrounding Merrimac to expand
the classroom beyond school grounds and to relate classroom education
to the outside world. MCCS has a strong focus on literacy and
mathematics skills achievement and integrates core material with Project-
Based learning. With a project-based learning component, MCCS
supports a constructivist learning approach where students are
encouraged to use skills taught in the class-room to construct their own
knowledge for various projects, both within the school and in extramural
opportunities.
Sheboygan Area
School District
Joseph Sheehan
830 Virginia Avenue
(920) 459-3511
www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us
Sheboygan, WI 53081
Est. 2007
Lynn Walters
2530 Weeden Creek Road
Sheboygan, WI 53081
(920) 459-0949
lwalters@sheboygan.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: 04-05
153. A2 Charter School
The Accelerated Academic (A2) Charter School will provide an
educational, social, and emotional environment that is appropriately
suited to the unique needs of students in grades 4-5 whose level of
academic and intellectual abilities place them at risk, and whose needs
are not adequately being met by the traditional school setting.
The A2 Charter School experience will feature an innovative parallel
curriculum designed by the College of William and Mary. This researchbased
curriculum is designed to provide maximum enrichment in concert
with a solidly standards-based content that has a strong emphasis on the
classics and higher-order thinking skills. The pace of instruction and
learning will be much more rapid and in-depth than could be expected in
the regular classroom setting.
Est. 2007
Marty Steinbruecker
1528 North 5th Street
Sheboygan, WI 53081
(920) 459-3626
msteinbruecker@sheboygan.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: KG-05
154. Elementary School of the Arts and Academics
The Elementary School of the Arts and Academics (ESAA) is a
Kindergarten through 5th grade Charter School serving a socioeconomically
and culturally diverse student population in the Sheboygan
Area School District (SASD). Through a curriculum that integrates the
arts and academics students with diverse learning styles will be able to
engage content in a manner that best fits the full spectrum of learning
needs. Local artists, community arts agencies, parents and staff work as a
team to create a learning environment that fosters creativity and learning
in all students.
Providing a learning environment where students are able to go into
greater depth is accomplished through thematic units where dance,
drama, language arts, math, music, science, social studies and visual arts
are integrated in a manner that sees learning as a problem to be solved
64