*Most recent announcements will be at the top of this page*

1/16

• Attention all volleyball players - tryouts will be held on Tuesday, Jan 20th for 7th grade from 3:30-5pm and 8th grade from 5-6:30pm, and on Wednesday, Jan 21 for 8th grade from 3:30-5pm and 7th grade from 5-6:30pm. All athletes must be registered on Arbiter Sports and have a current physical uploaded onto that sire in order to tryout. For questions, contact Mr. Hoogester in room 212.
• This is your reminder to turn in your Badger Pride cards to win the January house raffle which includes coupons for Pizza Ranch, a Squishmallow, and family membership to the YMCA!
• The Badger School Spelling Bee will be held on Tuesday, January 20th at 8am in the library. Students who are participating in the Spelling Bee should report to the library at that time!

1/13

• Get your Badger Pride cards stamped and turned in to your house's raffle box today to win the January raffle which includes:
  A free household membership to the YMCA, 2 Pizza Ranch coupons, and a small Squishmallow!
• Congratulations to the 8th grade B team for their amazing win against Cedarburg! Coach owes you donuts!

1/12

Our Staff of the Week is a kind and friendly teacher. She makes sure her students know what is expected of them and clearly explains their lessons. She always has a smile on her face and a very positive attitude. Congratulations to Mrs. Reisdorf - Phy Ed Teacher!

Badger staff are proud to recognize this week's Students of the Week:
7th Grade - Nathan Moser, Liam Noreika, Lilliana Simon
8th Grade - David Ogorek, Pearl Plassmeyer, Jazmine Schoenbeck

• Please remember to return your 6 week winter clubs forms to the counseling office or Mrs. Jackson by Friday. All clubs still have openings, except D&D and Clay Club which are both already filled. Speaking of Clay Club, the first meeting will be THIS Friday, Jan 16. All other clubs will start next week.
• The Badger Wrestling Team wrapped up their season at a tournament in Burlington on Saturday. Based on overall points, our score was enough for 7th place out of 15 teams. All wrestlers gave it their all! Coming in 6th place in their weight class were Ethan and Bentley. Coming in 5th place was Prudence and Aiden. Coming in 4th place was Isaac and Mack. And WAY TO GO Ronald for winning a second place medal. And the BIGGEST CONGRATULATIONS to our 4 FIRST place champions: Calex, Willow, Fiona, and Layla. See you all after school today for our party.

1/9

• The Badger wrestling team showed a lot of team effort last night in their final duel of the season. Congrats to Aiden, Calex, Kaylin, and Bentley for their pins, and shout outs to Prudence and Mikhail for their huge wins. We also want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to Mr. Gauthier for being our scorebook helper the entire season for all of our meets! Your support and encouragement means so much!
  Wish us luck tomorrow as we head to our tournament in Burlington.

1/7

• The votes have been tallied and results are in for the Annual Holiday Door Decorating Contest - congratulations to Mrs. Reisdorf's Resource Class! Honorable mention to Mr. Gauthier's Resource for their fishing Santa design!
• The Badger Wrestling Team battled hard against Slinger last night. Congrats to Braeden, Calex, Ethan, Ronald and Prudence for their pins, and to Odin and Aiden for exciting wins. Go Badger.

12/19

• The badger wrestling team had some thrilling wins on the mat last night!

  Congrats to Ben Kedroske for his exciting reversal with just seconds to spare to win his match, to Willow Kleiss for battling hard and finishing with a win, and to Ben Mackey for his first pin of the season! Mack, Bentley, and Liam showed great leadership as captains! 

12/18

• Congratulations to Badger's 7th and 8th grade orchestras for a fantastic concert. Mr. Cicero is very proud of you!

12/16

• Badger FCA will be meeting on Wednesday, Dec 17th at 3:30 in room 212. Mr. Pionkowski will be presenting to the group. Any and all students are welcome to attend, and enjoy the snacks! See Mr. Hoogester with any questions.
• Congratulations to the 8th grade "B" team for their win over Webster!
• Tomorrow is Holiday Character Day - if you spot Frosty wandering the halls, please remind him we are indoors and melting is frowned upon. Santa, reindeer, elves, gingerbread people, Grinches - all are welcome.

12/15

Our Staff of the Week is a very patient and kind teacher. He does what's best for students and knows how to be funny and bring laughter into the classroom. He makes sure to teach at a level to make sure his students understand the lessons. 
Congratulations Mr. Thuecks - 8th Grade Science

Badger Staff are proud to recognize this week's Students of the Week:
7th Grade - Morgan Zick & Ava Nordby
8th Grade - Caitlin Cox

• This past weekend, 4 teams represented Badger at the Regional First Lego League competition at Golda Meir high school in Milwaukee.  All teams did a fantastic job representing our school as they displayed their extensive knowledge and hard work about archaeological topics and completing robot missions as well.  Congratulations to all members of the Badger Middle School Robotics team!

  A special congratulations to members of the Chrono-bots team: Griffin Pauli, Miles Riemer, Marshall Wulf, James Wegner, Mikhail Rizvanovic, Zekrom Jenkins and Tucker Garrett for taking 1st place out of 19 teams and qualifying to move on to sectionals next week in Waukesha.  Way to go, boys!

• Saturday morning the Badger wrestling team showed up in Waukesha ready to give it their all. They battled for 8 straight hours, and despite some injuries and the bitter cold bus ride at 6:30 in the morning, they came home with several medals! Please congratulate Odin White on his 1st place Championship! Please congratulate Prudence Fry, Mack George, and Ronald Berkebill for making it to the championship match and winning 2nd place medals! More big wins on Saturday came to Fiona, Aiden P, Aiden N, Aiden B, Calex, Layla, Willow, Mikhail, Dylan, Braeden, and Liam. We are so proud of you all, win or lose every time you give it your all on the mat! Please come cheer us on at our next home meet, this Thursday after school!

12/11

• Last night the wrestling fought hard in their duel against Menomonee Falls. Special shout out to Braeden for winning both of his matches, to Layla for her come from behind pin, and to our wrestler of the week, Mack! Mack showed toughness and resilience, losing a close match, but then coming back and pinning his next two opponents. Good luck this weekend to all at your individual tournament in Waukesha.
• There is no Homework Help Club today.
• Badger Builders Club - don't forget that we will be ringing for the Salvation Army after school today. Meet at 3:25 in Mrs. Jackson's room before heading to Pickn'Save South.

12/8

Our Staff of the Week is a fantastic teacher. He is always ready to teach with positivity and kindness. He makes sure class is fun, and is a patient teacher who helps to lift kids up when they may be struggling!
Congratulations to Mr. Gehrman - Choir Teacher

Badger Staff are proud to recognize this week's Students of the Week:
7th grade - Alice O'Neill, Emily Belger, Brinna Hoerchner
8th grade - Richard Aguirre, Prudence Fry, Ethan Boeker

12/5

• The Badger Wrestling team battled hard last night for 2 hours against Hartford. Special shout outs to Layla, Fiona, and Prudence for earning pins. To Isaac for his over-time win, Ben for his first win of the season, and Liam for being the wrestler of the week! See you tonight for our bowling event!
• Badger Pride recognizes Ms. Zancanaro for winning a $10 sweet treat gift card for sharing her self-regulation tips with staff.
• Congratulations to Melanie Schneider for being a WBSD Way Community winner! She was caught being a respectful, responsible, and safe leader in our community. Way to represent Badger, Melanie!

12/1

• Starting Wednesday in your Language Arts classes then Math, you will be taking the STAR test. 

  This important test helps us to understand you as a learner and make sure teachers have the ability to adjust their teaching as needed. For example, the results may tell us you need more specific help in a subject area, or that adjustments to what is being taught are needed. Maybe you need a review of more material from this year next year .

  Don’t worry, all we need from you is to try your best. Results of this test will be sent home and shared with your teachers’ to help adjust plans for your learning. Thanks for using your best test taking strategies and trying your best. 

• Also a friendly reminder that everywhere on school grounds, at all times, Snow stays on the ground. Thanks for remaining responsible, ready, respectful, and safe!

• The November Badger Pride Raffle results are in, congrats to the following students for winning some cozy gear and treats:
  Vada G - House 7A
  Rylin K - House 7B
  Preston W - House 78B
  Ethan B - House 8A
  April S - House 8C

11/21

• Good job to those of you in the band concert last night. You sounded great. 
• Have a great time to our students on a field trip today to the folk fair and thanks for representing Badger while you’re there by being safe, responsible, respectful and ready. 
• Congratulations to the Badger Wrestling team for their come from behind victory last night against Port Washington! The match ended with a score of 65 to 57. Shout out to: Ethan, Fiona, Layla, Calex, Dylan, Aidan, Mack, and Isaac for earning their first pins. Odin had an explosive win, Liam and Layne showed great determination, and Layla is the wrestler of the week!
• Blown away by the generosity on the food drive. Thank you all for giving when you can. 
• And lastly, it’s Friday. Let’s make it a great one with another high five Friday!

11/17

Our Staff of the Week is a sweet, caring, and fun teacher. The students love how she teaches and that she is so passionate about her job. She makes reading and writing fun, and keeps the students engaged. Congratulations to Mrs. King - 7/8B Language Arts Teacher!

Badger staff are proud to recognize this week's Students of the Week:
7th grade - Cori Kramer & Grace Goldback-Maniscalo
8th grade - Caffrey Stoltz

• Tomorrow's raffle ticket food donation item is stuffing! Bring in a box of stuffing or two to help support local families with a Thanksgiving meal. Don't forget about the resource fundraising challenge as well!

11/14

• Today is Friday- let's make it an awesome one. Introducing high five friday! This is a simple way to- stay positive, and optimistic. Research shows that giving and receiving a high five can increase motivation by boosting dopamine. So give a high five, receive a high five today. 

  Of course, we are going to be safe, ready, responsible and respectful while high fiving at appropriate times with willing participants! Have a great high-five Friday!

• The Scholastic Book Fair is returning to the Badger Middle School library Nov. 17-21. Students and staff are welcome to shop the fair during the school day. The book fair will be open until 5pm on Wednesday, Nov. 19, for families to shop the fair. Families should enter through the southeast door on Main Street if they are shopping after school on Nov. 19. Visit the book fair homepage for more information or to shop the fair online.

11/11

• Happy Veterans day! We are proud to have several veterans on staff. If you see them, be sure to thank them for their service!
• We have a lot to celebrate right now. Last week we were awarded one of the Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin by US News and World Report. Today, our school report card was released which presents and scores data on multiple indicators across four priority areas: Achievement, Growth, Target Group Outcomes, and On-track to Graduation. Badger's score improved in 3/4 areas, meaning we grew from the last two years. Way to go to the amazing students and staff, Badger!
• Congrats to Paige S. in House 7/8B. Paige is the winner of the annual fall coloring contest. Paige, stop down in the Counseling Office to claim your prize!