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🌟 Shoutout to March's School Nutrition Superhero, Tiffany May from Peace Lutheran School! Through her leadership and dedication, she successfully transitioned to a high-quality in-house meal program which resulted in higher participation from both students and staff.

After earning back-to-back national first-place titles in FCCLA competitions, Mosinee High School junior Sophia Knetter embraced the organization’s emphasis on leadership and community service for her newest project. Read more in our latest ConnectEd: dpi.wi.gov/news/dpi-conne…

For Youth Art Month, @wisconsinarted showcases student artwork (K-12) within the 2026 Youth Art Month exhibit, hosted at East Towne in Madison, WI! Go check it out until the end of the month and support the talented student artists who submitted their work.

🥕🫐 Bake Local: Celebrate Muffin MAYnia! Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or à la carte, Muffin MAYnia is a fun and creative way to bring local fruits, vegetables, eggs, and grains from Wisconsin farms straight to students’ trays. Register here: dpi.wi.gov/school-nutriti…

Paul saw firsthand how the area has transformed the way students learn by incorporating opportunities like auto shop, culinary classes, TopFlight leadership program, and a relationship with Gateway Technical College. Keep up the great work!

During #CTEMonth in February, Assistant State Superintendent Paul Manriquez returned to his old stomping grounds to see the red-carpet treatment students get in Elkhorn Schools.

It's Middle-Level Education Month in Wisconsin

🍌🥕 The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) application is open! The FFVP provides an opportunity for elementary students to try unique fresh fruits and veggies! For more info on the program, eligibility, and the application process, please visit: dpi.wi.gov/school-nutriti…

The Wisconsin DNR invites all Wisconsin libraries to participate in the Check Out Wisconsin State Parks at Your Library program in 2026! Learn more: dpi.wi.gov/news/dpi-conne…

Braille Fest was a blast! Thank you to Dan and Maria from the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired for giving us an amazing tour of your school and giving us an inside perspective on what you're all working on!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the WEOP Precollege Fair! Giving students resources to make informed decisions to follow whatever path best suits them is how we support students before they leave public education.

🧠⭐ School Social Work Week Shoutout to Kassandra Lepak from @sasdschools! Kassandra loves that social workers can help students in all aspects of their lives, "[we] bridge gaps, amplify student voices, and foster environments where every child is seen, safe, and can succeed."

Protecting children always comes first. I am glad I was able to collaborate with the bill's author to clearly define grooming behavior in Wisconsin law.

🧠⭐ School Social Work Week Shoutout to Jeanna LeFevre (and therapy dog, Ruby) from Seymour Community Schools! "My favorite things to celebrate with students and families is school attendance success, healthy living goals and finding stable housing." Thank you, Jeanna!

🧠⭐ National School Social Work Week shoutout to Michelle Frichette from @BowlerSchool! What Michelle loves most is uniting her community, "School Social Workers play a unique role as they unite the larger community to bring resources and information to the school family."

🧠⭐ National School Social Work Week shoutout to Kendra Clement from @HSSD! "It's not just about support, it's about empowerment and we ALL need support in different ways and areas of our lives."

For the 2024-25 school year, 92% of Wisconsin high school students graduated on time, marking the highest rate since the four-year adjusted cohort was introduced in 2009-10. Read more here: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIDPI…

🎨 Thank you, art educators! We see you and appreciate all that you do to teach your students through the arts. You inspire creativity and foster self expression for kids all over Wisconsin and we're thankful for the next generation of artists.

Reporting from North Crawford to celebrate school breakfast week! The kid-designed menu included Cosmic Berry Muffins and Scrambled Meteorite Eggs. The muffins are baked from scratch using flour from Great River Organic Milling in Fountain City, Wisconsin.

🧠⭐ National School Social Work Week shoutout to Hannah Shuster from @OnwardBSD! Hannah believes social work can add to the holistic health of students, "School social workers unite by acting as the essential connective tissue between a student’s home life." Thank you, Hannah!