Wisconsin Association for Middle Level Education, Inc.

October is the
Month of the Young Adolescent!

State Superintendent Tony Evers named Rachel Rydzewski of Waunakee Community Middle School the Wisconsin Middle/Junior High School Teacher of the Year. See complete story.

Congratulations, Rachel!

As the Swine Flu Season approaches, check out this Wisconsin resource!

ReadyWisconsin is our state's counterpart to the national Ready.gov campaign. ReadyWisconsin asks individuals to do four key things:

• Get an emergency supply kit
• Make a family emergency plan
• Be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses
• Get involved in emergency preparedness and response in their own communities

The ReadyWisconsin campaign, launched in September 2008, is a joint initiative of Wisconsin Emergency Management and the Wisconsin Citizen Corps. It is funded by the US Department of Homeland Security.

In addition to customizing existing Ready.gov materials, ReadyWisconsin creates an abundance of new materials such as:

• Hazard-specific fact sheets for both adults and children, with puzzles, games and other original materials
• Localized hazard-specific public service announcements
• Posters

Unlike the national Ready.gov resources, all ReadyWisconsin materials can be replicated and branded by any organization that has a role in individual and family emergency preparedness.

ReadyWisconsin serves as a one-stop shop for citizen preparedness information by also providing links to other relevant national, state and volunteer agencies.

Sincere thanks to our 2009 Conference Exhibitors!

Big Ideas Learning
Mike Raub
www.bigideaslearning.com
Middle School Math Textbooks.

Holt-McDougal
Kent Berger and Amanda Fjerstad
www.hmhpub.com
Holt-McDougal, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing combins a tradition of excellence with a commitment to innovation, providing comprehensive best-in class pre-K-12 educational solutions, research-based assessments and award-winning literature and reference materials.

Junior Great Books
Christ J. Sakelaris, Fred Hang and Cedric Lewis
www.greatbooks.org
The Junior Great Boos program is a research-based K-12 reading program that provides a superb framework for teaching reading comprehension, critical thinking, and writing, all in the context of students sharing their ideas about great literature.  We provide professional development and materials for teachers to teach essential literacy skills – reading carefully, thinking critically, listening intently, and speaking and writing persuasively.

LEAF: Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Education
Kelly Mortenson
www.uwsp.edu/env/leaf
LEAF is the Wisconsin K-12 Forest Education Program.  Learn how LEAF’s K-12 interdisciplinary curriculum makes it easy to teach about environmental education using Wisconsin’s urban and rural forests as the backdrop to life-long stewardship.

Lifetouch National School Studios
Chad Schnyder and Jeff Cochard
www.lifetouch.com
School Photography

Marian University
rmarianuniversity.edu
Education – Masters and PH. D

OASYS LLC
Allan Unger
www.oasys-llc.com
OASYS provides a complete solution for managing school districts special education and RtI data.  Offering a fully integrated, user-friendly special education and RtI management program, district wide IEP forms, Medicaid reimbursement, student management interfacing, report processing and much more!

The Pampered Chef
Julie Schnell
www.pamperedcheff.biz/julieschnell
The Pampered Chef offers high-quality, multifunctional products to help people feed their families and entertain their friends conveniently and affordably.

Renaissance Learning
Jackie Hamelink
www.renlearn.com
Renaissance Learning is the world’s leading provider of computer-based assessment technology for K-12 schools.  Adopted by more than 73,000 North American schools, Renaissance Learning’s tools provide daily formative assessment and periodic progress-monitoring technology to enhance curriculum, support differentiated instruction, and personalize practice in reading, writing and math.

Scholastic Reflections
Chuck Bolduc and Jeff Edwards
www.wcholasticreflections.com
School photos, school yearbooks, school planners, Jeff Edwards Studio, Taylor Yearbooks.

School Datebooks
Chelsie Kilmer
www.schooldatebooks.com
School Datebooks creates fully customized datebooks.  From our PolyFusion^TM covers to formatted handbooks to events listed on the day, our standard custom creations are unmatched.  All this is backed up by the best customer service in the school market.  Find out today why we are simply the best.

Simply Fun
Julie Schnell
www.anthonyschnell.simplyfun.com
Games, puzzles, puppets and activities for people of all ages.  Simple Fun products bring families and friends together through play while fitting into busy lives and schedules.

Signal Press
Claire Josten, James Josten, Thelma Capps, and Velma Tobias
www.signalpress.org
Pamphlets on information for educational purposes concerning drugs, alcohol and tobacco – our youth today.

Triple M Promotions
Mike Muscanero
Reward Party – Team Building

Walsworth Yearbooks
Shelley Mosley
www.walsworthyearbooks.com
Your memories matter to us.  No other yearbook publisher can surpass the online technological edge and superior production methods that we utilize to make the yearbook process simpler for our schools.  But more than that, as times changes, so do we.  In addition to partnering with you to print a yearbook that your school can be proud of for year to come, we can help you form a memory collection network with your entire school community that goes beyond the yearbook.