ESU #11» Wilcox-Hildreth

20th Annual Elementary Quiz Bowl Results

wgibson@esu11.org — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:44 +0000

ESU #11 sponsored the 20th Annual Elementary Quiz Bowl at the Nebraska Prairie Museum in Holdrege on Wednesday, January 9th. Teams attending were Alma, Arapahoe, Axtell, Bertrand, Cambridge, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Franklin, Holdrege, Loomis, Minden, Southern Valley, and Wilcox-Hildreth.

1st Place – Holdrege

2nd Place – Alma

3rd Place – Wilcox-Hildreth

Educational Service Unit #11 Coordinates Cyber-Safety Workshop for Students

smahalek@esu11.org — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:20:50 +0000

On October 31, 2012, the ESU #11 Staff Development Department coordinated a cyber-safety presentation for Wilcox-Hildreth and Loomis Public School students. The presenter for the day was Kevin Honeycutt. Kevin is a technology integrationist and a staff developer from Central Kansas. He spent 13 years teaching K-12 art, and now travels the country and the world sharing ideas with both students and educators. During the presentation, Kevin taught students and teachers about Internet safety and bullying prevention.

Wilcox-Hildreth Artwork

smahalek@esu11.org — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:53:22 +0000

For the month of May both Loomis and Wilcox-Hildreth artwork is on display at ESU #11. The following are Wilcox-Hildreth pieces of artwork.

ESU 11 Learning Web Team Presents at NETA

smahalek@esu11.org — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:25:38 +0000

Three members of the 2011-12 ESU 11 Learning Web Team presented their social studies projects and student activities at the recent NETA conference. Justin Patterson of Wilcox-Hildreth, along with Brett Webster and James Blex of Cambridge presented their project focused on technology applications in the Social Science classrooms.

Invention Convention 2012

wgibson@esu11.org — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:32:40 +0000

The 21st Annual Invention Convention hosted by Educational Service Unit #11 of Holdrege, and organized by Tim Burke, Director of Gifted Education was held Monday, April 16, 2012 at Pioneer Village in Minden. 145 inventors in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 participated. Participating schools included: Alma, Cambridge, Franklin, Holdrege, Minden, and Wilcox-Hildreth.

This year’s winners of the Harold Warp Memorial Inventor’s Choice Award were Cydney Hoskins and Konnor Nielsen from Minden. Their invention was the “Squeaky Clean Brush”. They received a certificate as well as a trophy that will be displayed at their school. Each inventor at Invention Convention casts one vote for their favorite invention to determine the winner.

Students were first judged in their grade level which was divided into groups called “Inventor’s Circles”. There were 14 different Inventor’s Circles which each had a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner.

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