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Fox Cities Schools
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Education was, and continues to be, a
priority in Appleton. In 1850, Daniel Huntley taught in the first free
public school. The St. Mary Catholic Church opened the first parochial school
in the community in 1864. The first 4-year high school began operating in 1876
in the Hercules School and Kindergarten was initiated in 1898 in Lincoln
School. With population growth came the need for additional facilities. Today
there are 24 public and 13 parochial schools.
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PUBLIC EDUCATION |
 Appleton West High School |
Appleton Area School
District
www.aasd.k12.wi.us
After
passing an $18 million technology and equity referendum in 1998, the Appleton
Area School District spent most of 1999 and early 2000 updating buildings and
equipment, enhancing technology and adding 16 reading teachers in the early
grades where youngsters can benefit most.
As part of its goal to put more
resources in the primary grades to ensure student success, Appleton is also
lowering class sizes at several schools through SAGE (Student Achievement
Guarantee in Education) and federal class size reduction funds.
Appleton, which recorded an official
enrollment of 14,664 for 1999-2000, is the largest school system in the Fox
Valley. Along with three high schools, the alternative high school and middle
school programs housed in the Morgan Building, the district has four middle
schools for grades 7 and 8 and 16 elementary schools.
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Kimberly School
District
The Kimberly School District is the fastest-growing school
system in the Fox Valley and one of the fastest-growing districts in the state.
With an enrollment of more than 3,000, the district is expecting to continue
adding at least 100 students a year for the foreseeable future.
Among Kimberly's major initiatives are
raising student achievement, and working with parents and teachers to promote
adopted board policies on the community values of respect, responsibility,
honesty and kindness that came out of a character education task force survey.
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Little Chute School
District
Thanks to a $15.8 million school building project, Little
Chute School District has doubled the size of its facilities. The complex
consists of a new middle school, renovated high school and a connecting wing
that includes an auditorium, gymnasium, commons areas and some classrooms.
Community residents also are invited to use the facilities.
Little Chute has close to 1,400 pupils
and projects little growth, with the exception of an increase in open
enrollments.
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Menasha Joint School
District
By all accounts, the Menasha Joint School District's
infusion of technology has been an unqualified success. When school started up
in the fall of 1999, students in Menasha schools began using the $2.7 million
in technology improvements implemented since the passage of $5.5 million
referendum in April 1998.
A high-speed fiber optic
communications network that links nine district buildings and 800 new classroom
computers have brought state-of-the-art instructional technology to the
district.
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Neenah Joint School
District
The Neenah Joint School District will add the equivalent of
4.5 elementary teachers this fall despite a slight decline in the pupil
enrollment. The Board of Education added the teachers to help lower class sizes
and eliminate all split classes in the district. Split classes are those that
have pupils from two grades in one classroom.
The average class size of kindergarten
this fall will be 20 pupils, and the average class size of grades 1-5 will be
about 21.5 pupils. Officials expect the smaller classes to improve learning and
save remedial education costs.
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 Roosevelt Middle School
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Kaukauna School
District
The Kaukauna School District has undergone a number of
changes since the passage of a $28.9 million referendum that was narrowly
passed by district residents in 1997. The main portion of the referendum was to
build a new high school and convert the old one into a middle school.
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PAROCHIAL EDUCATION |
ACES Xavier Educational System,
Inc.
The ACES Xavier Educational System, Inc. is the largest
Catholic school system in the Green Bay Diocese. It is focused on developing
educational excellence rooted in our Catholic faith. Centered in Appleton, ACES
Xavier is composed of Xavier High School, the St. Joseph Middle School and four
preschool through fifth grade elementary schools. The System offers a broad
curriculum, small class sizes and a devoted Catholic Ministry program. Extra
curricular activates include as sports, band, orchestra and fine arts. ACES
Xavier is accredited by the Northcentral Association.
Central Office: 101 E. Northland Ave,
Appleton, WI 54915 Tel: 735-9380
Website www.acesys.org
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Kaukauna Catholic School
System
The school system, which is five years old, is made up of
two elementary schools that serve children in preschool through grade five and
a middle school. The schools offer specialties in the subjects of art, music,
computer and physical education as well as guidance program. An athletic
program is offered to pupils in grades five through eight. Band and orchestra
lessons are available through the public school system.
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Twin City Catholic Education
System
TCCES is made up of three elementary schools in Neenah and
Menasha, a middle school and a high school. All teachers are certified. The
schools offer experience in foreign language, computer instruction, reading
programs, forensics, band and athletic programs.
Central Office: 312 Nicolet Blvd.,
Menasha, 722-7922.
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HIGHER EDUCATION |
Cardinal Stritch
University
www.stritch.edu/adultbus
Cardinal Stritch University (CSU) is a four-year private Catholic
liberal arts institution with its main campus in Milwaukee. In Appleton, CSU
offers business programs at associate, bachelor's and master's degree
levels.
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Fox Valley Technical
College
www.foxvalleytech.com
Fox
Valley Technical College is one of 16 schools in the Wisconsin Technical
College System. It serves Outagamie, Winnebago, Waupaca, Calumet and Waushara
counties. Campuses are located in Appleton and Oshkosh, and regional centers
are in Chilton, Clintonville, Neenah, Waupaca and Wautoma.
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 Lake Land College
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Lakeland College
www.lakeland.edu
Lakeland College offers Lifelong Learning classes in the evening and on
weekends at the Kellett Center, located off the Breezewood exit in Neenah. A
complete bachelor's degree can also be earned through Lakeland College's Online
Program.
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 Lawrence University
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Lawrence University
www.lawrence.edu
Lawrence University's 84-acre campus, with 32 instructional, recreational and
administrative buildings, 1200 students drawn from 45 states and 38 foreign
countries, and a faculty of 114 men and women, lies east of the city's
attractive, lively downtown. Students and faculty members supply the community
with an endless array of music, drama and sports activities. The school was
ranked in "U.S. News & World Report" in 1999 as a "Top Tier" National
Liberal Arts College, the highest rated liberal arts college in Wisconsin.
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Marian College
www.mariancollege.edu
Marian College, a private, liberal arts, co-educational college, offers a wide
range of courses during evening and weekend hours. Courses are available at
Marian's main campus in Fond du Lac or in Appleton and Green Bay. Programs
include business, nursing, arts and sciences, and organizational communication.
Graduate studies are offered in Business and Education.
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 UW-Fox Valley
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UW-Fox Valley
www.uwfoxvalley.uwc.edu
The
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley is one of 13 freshman and sophomore campuses
of the UW Colleges, and part of the 26 campus UW System network. As the best
start to a University of Wisconsin degree, the curriculum at UWFV facilitates
transfer to any baccalaureate campus within the UW system, or any other
college/university offering a bachelor's degree.
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UW-Green Bay
www.uwgb.edu
The
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus embraces 700 bay shore acres that
include 12 major academic and support buildings, student housing, the Cofrin
Arboretum, the Weidner Center for Performing Arts and a wooded nine-hole golf
course. Enrollment exceeds 5500 students from throughout Wisconsin, more than
25 other states and 35 other countries.
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