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Mukwonago High students report successful homecoming, new female flag-football team and school goals to boost ACT and family communication
Summary
Student council reps and a school presenter told the board about a successful homecoming, a start-up female flag-football team, three National Merit Scholars and two school goals: raise the composite ACT toward 22 and increase teacher–family communications to 50%.
Katie Schwarr, a senior and student-government member, opened the Mukwonago High School student report by calling homecoming “exceptionally beneficial,” noting increased ticket sales, strong club participation and wide teacher involvement in hosting spirit events. “We had an exceptionally beneficial homecoming experience,” Schwarr said.
Sammy Weibelhouse, a junior, said the school’s phone policy has “been going very well” and that students and teachers are more focused, with “a lot more conversations” in halls and lunchrooms. Elizabeth, the student-government president, described Upper Commons math and writing labs that students use during study halls to make up tests or get academic help, calling them a helpful replacement for Flex. Senior class vice president Ricky Grblewski urged the community to attend upcoming athletic and theater events and highlighted student enthusiasm.
Later in the meeting, Stephanie Blue presented Mukwonago High’s two primary school goals for 2024–25: raise the building’s composite ACT score toward a target of 22 (the school rose to 21.4 in 2024) and boost parent–teacher communications so more families receive regular feedback. Blue outlined action steps including data-driven professional learning teams, common formative assessments, freshman conferences and weekly parent newsletters. “We are on a drive to hit a composite score on our ACT of 22,” she said, adding that staff have been using EduCLIMBER and targeted SLOs to identify students who need support.
Blue said the communication goal responds to a spring survey in which only about 12% of parents reported they regularly received feedback from teachers; the school set an initial target of 50% while acknowledging that number should be higher. She described practical steps — standardizing gradebooks into practice/formative/summative categories, logging positive communications and scheduling freshman conferences so families have an early contact point with counselors.
The presentation closed with board members asking details about teacher caseloads, parent outreach logistics and early evidence of change. Blue noted some teachers already report reciprocal positive feedback that has improved morale and described administrators and counselors assisting with the outreach work.
