Hartland Lakeside Superintendent’s Spotlight Blog

District Mission

The Hartland/Lakeside School District’s Mission is to provide a diverse and dynamic educational program that meets the unique learning styles of all students.

District Vision

The district identifies seven key themes that represent our views and beliefs in how we will provide high quality education for our students.

Our district will provide:

• A rigorous and consistent curriculum emphasizing an accountability of high expectations and quality instruction that educates the whole child (skills and talents not measured on standardized tests) and demonstrates the importance of
the fine arts.

• A climate and culture of a highly collaborative and productive staff that take ownership of student performance, encourages parental involvement, displays a positive responsiveness to student issues, and meets the expectations of the
district’s business model.

• High quality teachers, administrators, and support staff and ongoing professional development to ensure excellence in teaching and learning.

• An understanding that children have different learning styles and that the educational program, instructional delivery, and assignment of resources must vary for the benefit of individualized learning needs.

• Aesthetically appealing and well maintained physical areas that have a productive influence on student learning.

• Frequent and clear communication to parents, staff, and the community pertaining to our educational operations and objectives by utilizing multiple venues.

• An engaged community where the district seeks connections and expresses the view that “We are more than a school system, we are the community”.

The above themes outline the district’s three year vision, each of these include a comprehensive action plan.

State of the Art Facilities

As of 2002, Hartland-Lakeside offers newly remodeled and renovated elementary schools at Hartland North and South. North Shore Middle School was constructed in 1997. The original Lakeside School, now called “The Little Red Schoolhouse,” has been updated and renovated to its original look.

High Test Scores

Our students consistently score well above the state average on the WKCE (Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination) in Reading, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

Smaller Class Sizes

Hartland-Lakeside offers a low student/teacher ratio, making class sizes smaller than state requirements.

Athletics

Hartland-Lakeside offers interscholastic and intramural sports programs in all grade levels. Middle school offerings include basketball, volleyball and cross country. Students in Kindergarten through 5th grade  participate in soccer, basketball, flag football and track and field.   All students in good standing are able to participate.

Arts

Hartland-Lakeside offers a variety of programs geared towards the arts, including drama, creative writing, music, band, choir, and art classes.

Leadership Programs

Student leadership clubs such as Student Council, the Builders Club (a service club sponsored by the Kiwanis Club) and the Buddies club offer students in grades 6 – 8 the chance to develop and display leadership capabilities within their peer group.

Over the past several years, Hartland/Lakeside has worked hard in providing a quality well rounded educational program for our students. In meeting the objectives of our strategic vision, our district understands the value and importance of sound and meaningful instructional practices. Our district emphasizes the value of hiring and retaining quality teachers. We know that in order to meet the challenges of state mandates and changes in educational expectations our teaching staff will need to be highly skilled and knowledgeable.

Our teachers participate in intensive training and professional development throughout the summer and school year. All of our teachers have received in-depth professional development, based on Columbia University’s Teacher College. In addition, teachers in the primary, intermediate, and middle schools assist in facilitating the Arrowhead K-12 math initiative and have received accolades for their work with all the feeder schools in Lake Country.

As a result of our supportive community and support for teachers, we have been fortunate to be able to recruit highly skilled and experienced teachers that desire to work in the Hartland/Lakeside district. Our innovative and unique pay for performance model is a tier promotional advancement process that recognizes teachers’ curricular knowledge, experience, and instructional skills. In visiting our classrooms, you will see teachers constructing many enriching and creative methods in teaching high-level curricular objectives. We are proud of the fact that our teachers seek every opportunity to collaborate and continually monitor student learning to evaluate their instructional practices.

Val Wisniewski
President
Phone: (262) 369-8733
Email: vwisniewski@hartlake.org


John Reichert
Vice President
Phone: (262) 367-2869
Email: jreichert@hartlake.org

Shannon Foley
Treasurer
Phone: (262) 737-6015
Email: sfoley@hartlake.org

Tom Harter
Clerk
Phone: (262) 695-0104
Email: tharter@hartlake.org

Ken Patterson
Member
(current term 2016-2019)
Phone: (262) 369-6700
Email: kpatterson@hartlake.org

Board Meetings and Agenda

Public Notices

Curriculum

The Hartland Lakeside School District is dedicated to nurturing the natural curiosity and love of learning that all children possess. We are committed to educating the whole child by supporting the intellectual, social, and emotional growth of each individual. We believe that students’ needs are best met in the classroom alongside their peers. Our rigorous curriculum sets high standards for all students in reading, math, science, social sciences, and the arts. Technology is utilized in classrooms to enhance communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity. Our students develop the ability to transfer learning to new situations, a necessary skill for success in the every changing global economy.

Research demonstrates that the single most important in-school factor in student achievement is the expertise of the teacher. The Hartland Lakeside School District understands this and invests in the professional development of its teachers to improve classroom instruction. We have created a learning community in which teacher teams come together on an ongoing basis to analysis student work and plan instruction that meets the needs of all learners.

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Technology

Our technology plan includes state of the art hardware and software that encompasses technological resources into our student learning goals as well as expanding resources for our instructional staff. Technology is only one tool that is used to differentiate instruction to address needs for all levels of learning. All of these resources transform our classrooms into 21st Century learning environments to prepare our students for becoming contributing members of the global society.

Apple Distinguished School District

The selection of Hartland Lakeside School District as an Apple Distinguished Program highlights its successes in enhancing and extending teaching and learning with thoughtful and innovative implementations of technology.