Senior Spotlight
Senior Spotlight
Student of the Month
May 2025
Summer Block
Class of 2025
Summer Block, daughter of Brady Block, has
been selected as the Winter High School
Student of the Month for May 2025!
Summer is a high school senior, graduating
this month. She is a diligent student who
always completes high quality work. While in
High School she has been a three-season
athlete, participating in volleyball, basketball,
track and softball. Summer is an outstanding
volleyball player, as evident by her earning
the East Lakeland Conference Volleyball
Player of the Year. Summer is also a member
of the East Lakeland National Honor Society
and helped at Project Northwoods Nature
Center through the science internship.
After high school Summer plans on attending
the University of Wisconsin- Lacrosse to
pursue a degree in Psychology.
Mr. Suralski, Winter High School’s Social
Studies teacher, says, “Summer has always
been a very conscientious, polite, and high
achieving student. She is very dedicated and
self motivated, definitely not someone I have ever had to remind about missing assignments or
deadlines.”
Congratulations to Summer for earning Student of the Month for May 2025!
Craig and his wife Deb moved to the Hayward area in June of 2001. Craig spent the first six
years of his administrative career as the Hayward Middle School Assistant Principal. Craig then
moved into to the Principal role at the middle school where he spent four years. He was then
asked to move into the Superintendent role where he has spent the last 14 years.
Before moving to Hayward, Craig was a teacher and football, wrestling, and baseball coach at
Freedom, Merrill, and Mosinee. Throughout his career, Craig has had the privilege to serve on
numerous elected boards. Currently Craig is serving on the Wisconsin Association of School
District Administrators Board of Control and also the WIAA Advisory Committee. Craig also is
currently serving on the WIAA Conference Realignment Committee.
Craig is both excited and humbled to be part of the Winter School District and is looking
forward to serving this great community. His official start date is July 1 st and he can’t wait to
meet everyone in the community and get to WORK! on assuring every student has the best
opportunity to accomplish their individual goals.
Reminder about the upcoming Middle School/High School Band Concert. This includes 5th grade.
Youth apprenticeships allow students to gain real-world experience in their chosen field. This practical approach provides them with the skills and knowledge needed to perform tasks effectively in a professional environment. We are proud to be having this experience for our students! Thank you Ashley and Madison for bringing your work into our school!
Please give a warm welcome to our new Superintendent, Craig Olson. Welcome to the Winter School District!
Last night at Birchwood both JV and Varsity had strong performances. The varsity had their best team score of the year, aided by Dakota's 4 conference points, Jared's 10 and
Adam's 24. This puts both Adam and Jared on the first team-all conference points list. On the JV side Noah Shannon tied his best round of the year, on his 16th birthday - nice job!!
Reminder to get those Summer School forms in
Reminder about Evacuation Drill tomorrow
The varsity team played the Cumberland invitational yesterday, competing against 12 other tough teams. It was one of our better teams performances. Justin Kinsley made his first varsity appearance, and played really well - consistent on both 9's. Dakota had his best front 9 of the year, but struggled on the back. Jared played very strong on both, and Adam placed 10th overall out of 65 golfers. Great job Warriors!
On May 13, we will be having a Triple P Workshop on Healthy Screen time routines. This will be held in-person and virtually. Dinner and childcare will be provided.
Register here https://forms.gle/YA7xpxxmEjbqGBWn8
Winter 4th and 5th Grades were lucky enough to once again be invited to Hidden Acres Dairy for a farm tour. The day was packed with learning all of the ins and outs of a dairy farm. The teachers and kids are very thankful and grateful to have been invited and to have the opportunity to experience life on the farm! We were even spoiled with ice cream, ice cold milk, string cheese, and a goodie bag! Part 2
Winter 4th and 5th Grades were lucky enough to once again be invited to Hidden Acres Dairy for a farm tour. The day was packed with learning all of the ins and outs of a dairy farm. The teachers and kids are very thankful and grateful to have been invited and to have the opportunity to experience life on the farm! We were even spoiled with ice cream, ice cold milk, string cheese, and a goodie bag!
Main Street looks amazing with our Senior Banners up!! Part 2
Main Street looks amazing with our Senior Banners up!!
Today, Mrs. Corbett had two classes at a time, Life Skills and Elementary Guidance, so the High Schoolers read to the Kinders and we had so much fun! Before the Kinders arrived, we picked out books and practiced mini lessons we could teach with the stories so each group could read a book and teach a mini lesson. When they were done reading, the Kinders taught the high schoolers what they were learning about Mindfulness in guidance class. It was a great time for the high school to practice being role models and for the kinders to practice re-teaching skills they are learning.
We had a lot of fun. One of the many great things about being a small school and all in one building is that we can have all different ages interact and learn from each other.
Last Parent Teacher Conference night, a visitor from out of town came to bring our school a bunch of cute little hearts to pass around and pass along for something called The Little Heart Project.
It is a really neat thing - you can read more about it here : https://www.thelittleheartproject.org/
Today the 5th grade got to receive some little hearts with a little Guidance lesson on empathy and being mindful of our choices with what we think, do, and say. How a little kindness can have a huge impact.
Please see the letter below regarding the Evacuation Drill scheduled for Friday, May 2, 2025. This is only a drill.
Please note, that the Community Interview Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2025 has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.