WAVE 12-19-25 – North Lake School District

December 19, 2025

Dr. Ackley’s Message . . .

HERO ALERT

Western Lakes Fire Department honors Elijah Lenling, 7th grader at North Lake School, and described him as “A quick thinking young hero who proved that bravery comes in all sizes.” Elijah kept his family safe in the threat of a potential fire and put into practice his fire safety education. Elijah’s response is exactly what fire safety experts hope for in a fire emergency.

STAYING ALIVE

North Lake School District’s nurse, Beth Gatzow, recently taught CPR to 7th graders as part of the Health curriculum. Students enjoyed hands-on practice with the mannequins named Mini Anne and learned how to operate the AED machines.

PRIDE IN OUR COUNTRY

Quartermaster Mike Steger of VFW Marshall-Johnson Post 5158 and North Lake School District 2025 Community Award winner presented the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest Winners with $100 on Thursday, December 11th. Congratulations to 7th grade students, Aubrey Hoffman and Halle Hinrichs.

SLATE

Michael Shannon, our IT Director, attended the SLATE Conference (School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education) this December. Mike enjoyed networking at the state-wide level and is building relationships with new and existing vendors.

WINTER BREAK REMINDER

North Lake School will be closed for Winter Break December 22nd through January 2nd.

School will resume on Monday, January 5th.

LITERACY LIGHTS THE NIGHT SIGN UP

We want to COUNT your child in for this year’s Literacy Lights the Night! Please complete the sign up form by TODAY, Friday, December 19th to participate. See the WAVE attachments for additional forms.

Writing workshops will be held after school every Tuesday in January beginning January 6th. We look forward to COUNTING YOU IN on Thursday, February 5th for the 16th annual Literacy Lights the Night from 5:00-6:30 p.m.

LET IT SNOW…SKI CLUB INFO!

Good news, Sara & Mike Kretschmer are once again working with Little Switzerland for the North Lake Ski Club. Sign up links are listed below.

Sign up link: https://shop.littleswitz.com/groups

Group Code: NORTHLAKE2526

See the Ski Club Flyer located at the end of the WAVE

Wishing Everyone a Safe & Happy Holiday Season!

Holiday Concerts Photo Gallery

Holiday Concerts Photo Gallery located at end of WAVE

Upcoming WAVE Dates

January 16

January 30

A Note from Ms. Meister...

Wishing all a wonderful Winter Break

Counseling Corner

Hello North Lake Families!

Happy Holidays to all of you! As the school year pauses, I hope you and your family enjoy some well-deserved, relaxing family time. This season is a wonderful opportunity for a slower pace and meaningful connection with those you love.

We are always focused on nurturing the whole child. Building strong relationships with peers and adults is an important part of developing resiliency and self-confidence in our students.

Here at school, I try to create opportunities to foster these connections through things like leadership group activities, lunch bunches and working together for a common goal in the classroom.

A recent, wonderful example of this was the 3rd Grade Game Day, hosted by our very own “Kindness Club.” Students learned new games, practiced good sportsmanship and developed leadership skills while having fun!

I look forward to continuing these valuable relationship-building initiatives in the new year. If you would like me to work on connections with your child, please let me know. There are a lot of ways that we can do that in a fun way.

As always, please let me know if there are any ways that I can support your child!

Take care-

Jill Lesch