Pewaukee parent raises over $500 in food drive
AVA WESTERMAN, Writer
May 22, 2020
On Friday, May 8, Shawn Hake, a Pewaukee parent, organized a food drive throughout the city and village to support Pewaukee families in need during the summer. Her team of organizers asked those who live in Pewaukee to leave labeled non-perishable food donations near their mailboxes. Volunteers went...
PHS Administration continues to search for graduation solution
BOBBY DIERINGER, Writer
May 19, 2020
Due to the Coronavirus, the class of 2020 has to graduate differently than how they normally do. Most of the class joked about how they have to graduate over a zoom call at the start of quarantine. But after all their joking, it looks like they won’t be having their graduation ceremony. To start,...
Road tests waived for new Wisconsin drivers
AVA WESTERMAN, Writer
May 18, 2020
The Division of Motor Vehicles in Wisconsin is suspending the previously necessary road test for new drivers due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The decision was effective starting May 11, 2020. Many Wisconites are concerned with this decision. Teens who have completed the required training to become...
PHS Cheer team hosts virtual tryouts
AVA TIUTCZENKO, Writer
May 18, 2020
With the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic causing everyone to have to quarantine themselves at home, this means more and more events and functions are being held virtually. One of those was Pewaukee High School cheer tryouts. On Saturday, May 2, the PHS cheerleading team held tryouts via Zoom. The two days...
Students document quarantine experience
ARIEL BEZOENIK, Writer
May 11, 2020
What we are going through with this pandemic will go down in history. Future students will study and make DBQ’s about this virus. We can tell our children and grandchildren about how we dealt with it and what we did during quarantine. Planning her new virtual assignments, Christine Thoma started...
Return to ‘normal’ will be a slow, steady process
AVA TIUTCZENKO, Writer
May 11, 2020
As hard as it is to believe right now, COVID-19 is not going to last forever. As of April 30, 2020, the United States lockdown was lifted and it is up to states’ governors to decide what the next steps are for their states. As of right now, a few states have begun reopening such as North Dakota,...
Pewaukee High School art students create hope journals in quarantine
ASHLEY ANDERSON, Writer
May 7, 2020
Starting on April 27th, 2020, drawing and painting students at Pewaukee High School have been keeping busy during quarantine by making hope journals. Each week, students are given a new prompt and a skill that they are required to work on for their artmaking during that week. For the first week of...
PLE promotes new lead from within
AVA WESTERMAN, Writer
May 7, 2020
Pewaukee School District announces that the current Associate Principal of Pewaukee Lake Elementary School, Brain Siegel, will become the new Principal for the 2020-21 school year. Siegel, a UW-Madison graduate, has taught at the elementary level for 12 years. 10 of these years were spent at the Hamilton...
Coronavirus reshapes traditional education
May 6, 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has left millions of people across the globe out of school, but most schools have learned to adapt to everything going on to ensure students are still receiving an education. Millions of students have moved from classroom learning to virtual learning in their own homes. Teachers...
A look into the construction at PSD
April 16, 2020
Here are some images of the construction progress on the district renovations.
Experiencing Wisconsin and Culinary classes explore supper clubs
Emery Bigler, Writer
April 15, 2020
The Experiencing Wisconsin class is taking leaps and bounds in their journey to experience all that Wisconsin has to offer. On Friday, November 22nd, the class kicks off the 2 week-long experience called Supper Clubs. They will head to the culinary room for a lesson from PHS culinary teacher, Mr. ...
Shawn Hake and her volunteers gather donations outside of the Pewaukee School District office on Friday, May 8.
Shawn Hake
Senior Demi Dieringer displays one of the yard signs that were passed out to the class of 2020.
Bobby Dieringer
Mrs. Bjork’s art students were encouraged to experiment with new media and each student had to work with the materials they had at home. Art student, Hailey Maynard, took Mrs. Bjork’s advice and used coffee to paint her piece.
Hailey Maynard
Examples of different layouts and formats of how students are personalizing and creating their own “How I Survived the Coronavirus Pandemic” journals.
Christine Thoma
A thank you note to all essential workers on the sidewalk in a Pewaukee neighborhood. Kids all around the the village have been leaving encouraging notes for those going out on walks.
Emily Groszczyk
Mia Bolyard, junior art student at Pewaukee High School, creates art for the hope journal assignment to show her gratitude towards service workers on April 30th, 2020.
Mia Bolyard
The New York Times is one of the many sources working to stay on top of the COVID-19 coverage.
Ava Tiutczenko
Middle School Student, Megan Mosgaller, engages in distance learning during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic.
One of the most demanded products in the past months, a N95 mask, alongside what allows Americans to put food on the table, their wages. Representations of heath and the economy, it seems that they are battling against each other for the top priority during the coronavirus pandemic, but a balance must be achieved for the sake of the livelihood of all Americans.
Emily Groszczyk