Wisconsin Charter Schools Yearbook - School Management Services

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Robert Holzem
5915 Erie Street
Racine, WI 53402
(262) 939-2489
rholzem@racine.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: 06-12
Rhinelander School
District
Janet Bontz
9086 County Road K
Harshaw, WI 54529-9731
(715) 365-9720
bontzjan@rhinelander.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: KG-05
Janet Bontz
511 South Pelham Street
Rhinelander, WI 54501
(715) 365-9660
bontzjan@rhinelander.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: 06-12
staff and students. Staff and students are engaged within the community
collecting and analyzing data that connect to indicators of sustainability.
High levels of accountability and empowerment in the parents, teachers, and
students are cornerstones of the program.
Est. 2000 REAL School
The Racine Educational Alternative Learning Experience (the REAL School)
was established in 2000 and represents the creation of an educational family
with the purpose of stimulating lifelong emotional, mental, and physical
development. The REAL School philosophy respects the need for flexibility
in determining how students in grades 6-12 of various intelligences and
abilities are best served. The REAL School provides a strong alternative
program that tailors meaningful assignments to individuals and challenges
students to think and apply academic learning to real-life problems. Every
student is linked to an adult teacher or mentor and a student tutor in different
academic areas of need and reports regularly to a co-director.
Roger Erdahl
665 Coolidge Ave Suite B
(715) 365-9703
www.rhinelander.k12.wi.us
• Rhinelander, WI 54501-2814
Est. 2005 Northwoods Community Elementary School
Northwoods Community Elementary School (NCES) is a school that creates
a variety of project-based learning opportunities students in grades K-5 to
achieve academic success and deepen community roots. By establishing
strong and collaborative student, teacher, parent, and community
partnerships, a Northwoods Elementary student learns, from an early age,
how lifelong learning is building knowledge with others. Northwoods
Community Elementary School has a rich history of education at its rural
site. Located in a region of Wisconsin's northern lake and woodland
countryside, NCES reflects the small farms, forestry practices, and tourist
recreation economy, all of which are centered on the natural resources
abundant at the students' doorsteps. Environmental education is emphasized
throughout the curriculum. The project-based pedagogy takes full advantage
of the surrounding area for students to develop an understanding of their
community: its social structure, its history, its economy, its music, its art, and
its ecology. In short, community projects and field study opportunities
abound. By studying the watershed, participating in community projects,
raising and caring for animals, designing and sustaining a productive garden,
interviewing elders about the cultural heritage of home, and helping to serve
the needs of others, these students are engaged both academically and
socially in the life of the community.
Est. 2005 Northwoods Community Secondary School
Northwoods Community Secondary School (NCSS) is located in north
central Wisconsin. The school offers an innovative choice for School District
of Rhinelander students attending grades 6-12 to become part of a smaller
learning community in a technology-enriched environment distinctive for its
positive school culture, rigorous project-based curriculum, diverse
assessment techniques, shared school governance, and dynamic communityenhanced
learning opportunities. This environment strives to combine high
expectations and a meaningful course of study with sustained involvement of
caring adults who mentor, advise, and support students throughout their
educational careers.