Northern Lights highlights student clubs, social-emotional work and summer offerings
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Northern Lights Elementary principal Danielle Perich presented student activities (Snow Club, Spanish club), a kindness retreat and instructional progress tied to PLCs. Teaching & Learning staff outlined staff‑development sessions and expanded summer-school offerings, including intensive reading to meet Act 20 requirements.
Danielle Perich, principal of Northern Lights Elementary, used the Committee of the Whole meeting to showcase recent student programs and classroom progress and to highlight ongoing instructional work.
Perich described a new Snow Club—an after‑school program that provides ski and snowboard lessons in partnership with local vendors—and summer grants from the city that funded cross‑country skis, skates and sleds for winter activities. "We started our snow club… they get 3 hour lessons to learn how to ski or snowboard," Perich said.
Counselor Krissy Plasch and several fourth‑grade students described a recess‑time Spanish club started by students. Students explained the club meets weekly to learn numbers, colors and conversational phrases; one student said learning Spanish helps her communicate with relatives at family gatherings.
Perich also reported instructional initiatives aimed at raising student achievement: teacher PLCs focused on math and reading interventions and an explicit goal to increase the percent of students at or above the 40th percentile in math and reading. She said staff have seen winter growth trends and will continue tracking through spring assessments.
Separately, Crystal (director for community instruction) described the upcoming staff‑development days with 32 afternoon choice sessions, community partners and College of St. Scholastica facilitators, and a district student‑perception survey teachers will analyze next week as part of building CPR cards (strategic plan measures for student engagement).
Teaching & learning staff also previewed summer programming: two‑week secondary camps, elementary sessions at Bryant and Northern Lights (June 15–20; July 6–16), intensive reading to comply with Act 20 for students on personal reading plans, credit‑recovery offerings, and afternoon wrap care coordinated with YMCA and University of Wisconsin‑Superior. Registration opens Feb. 26 via PowerSchool.
Board members thanked staff for the breadth of offerings and for community partnerships that expand student opportunities.
No board action was required; these items were presented as informational reports.
