03 April 2012

Elmbrook Schools announces Dana Monogue as the district's new Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services; and Tanya Fredrich's promotion to Director of Special Educaton. Monogue and Fredrich will assume their new roles with Elmbrook on July 1.

Monogue is currently Deputy Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer in the School District of Waukesha, a position she has held for four years. For two years prior, she was principal of Horning Middle School in Waukesha, which followed her six-year position as Waukesha's Department Chair for Special Education.

Fredrich is the Assistant Director of Special Education for Elmbrook Schools. For the past five years she has been director of the Waukesha County Special Education Cooperative and Fairview South School. Prior to her time in Elmbrook she was Assistant Director of Special Education for CESA #1.

29 March 2012

29 March 2012

Mrs. Teresa Curley has been selected as Burleigh Elementary School's principal beginning next school year. She will succeed Principal Bil Zahn, who is retiring effective June 30th. Mrs. Curley is currently the principal of a 4K-second grade school in the Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated Grade School District (near the Wisconsin-Illinois border between Kenosha and Lake Geneva), a position she has successfully held for five years. Mrs. Curley was an assistant principal and reading specialist in Trevor-Wilmot the year prior to being promoted to principal; and also has 12 years of teaching experience.

23 March 2012

Two Wisconsin news organizations recently ranked the School District of Elmbrook number one among the state’s largest K-12 school districts and third among Southeast Wisconsin districts.

Elmbrook was at the very top of the MacIver Institute’s rankings of the state’s 50 largest school districts on its “Large School District Report Card.” It received the only “A” in the group.

Metrics used by MacIver were the George W. Bush Presidential Center Global Report Card, WKCE performance in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, ACT scores and participation, AP scores and participation, four-year graduation rate, district attendance, concentration of students from economically disadvantaged families, and concentration of students with limited English proficiency. Elmbrook was number one in the area of student achievement and student attainment. For the complete report, visit http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/03/maciver-large-school-district-report-card.

In addition, Milwaukee Magazine ranked Elmbrook third among 33 K-12 and 21 K-8 school districts in the five-county Milwaukee area. These rankings took into consideration WKCE, ACT and AP performance. The full report is available at http://www.insidemilwaukee.com/Article/392012-BestSchools.

“While methodologies for ranking school districts vary, it is validating to be competitively ranked by two different news organizations at the same time,” said Superintendent Dr. Matt Gibson. “We appreciate the positive recognition and the performance that prompted it.”

Dr. Gibson said the district’s WKCE performance, highest-ever ACT scores and participation in 2011, and extensive Advanced Placement offerings and participation all contributed to the high rankings. “These recognitions are made possible by a learning community of inspired staff, engaged students, and supportive parents—all focused on our mission to educate and inspire every student to think, to learn, and to succeed.”