Big Foot Union High School Class of 2025 seniors Emily Zimmerman (left) and Scout Giroux (right) were featured guests of the Geneva Lake West Rotary Club at its Nov. 14
noon luncheon meeting at Abbey Springs Yacht Club in Fontana, recognized with club Outstanding Senior honors. Zimmerman, of Delavan, a Sharon Community School alumnus, is a National Honor Society and High Honors student at Big Foot, where she is involved in a variety of extracurricular activities including Future Farmers of America (FFA), Bowling Team, and the Equestrian Horse Riding Team.
Zimmerman offers after-school tutoring
through the Big Foot Chapter of the National Honor Society and volunteers with Darien-based nonprofit equine-assisted therapy program SMILES, Inc., a therapeutic horseriding center that serves individuals with physical, emotional and cognitive disabilities through a powerful partnership with horses, helping people with special needs improve their skills and attain therapeutic goals to move them ever closer to their maximum potential + of capability and self sufficiency. Zimmerman plans to major in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater next fall with a career goal of performing lab work in a hospital or veterinary setting. Fontana resident Giroux, an alumus of Fontana Elementary School, is a National Honor Society and High Honor Roll student at Big Foot, active in Student Council, soccer and tennis, serving the latter as a former team co-captain last year. In the community, Giroux is a volunteer at Covenant Harbor Bible Camp in Lake Geneva. Next fall, Giroux plans to study mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
ERIC A. JOHNSON PHOTO, EJOHNSON@LAKEGENEVANEWS.NET
Spreading holiday cheer 🎄, the Big Foot High School Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Choir performed Christmas tunes 🎶 for the Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce during a luncheon meeting. Many tunes were played like Feliz Navidad, Charlie Brown Christmas, Silver Bells, and more!
🎁✨ Get ready for the holidays! Shop for your Christmas gifts at our link: https://www.rokkitwear.com/school/56638-big-foot-high-school! 🎄 With 15% of the proceeds going to Big Foot's School Store, you can give back while you shop! Items take 3-5 business days to process and 1-3 days to ship. What are you hoping to find this holiday season? 🎅💖
Teaming up with the Big Foot High School Student Council, the National Honor Society held a Thanksgiving food drive at Daniel's Foods. Members of the two clubs volunteered their time to collect donations from generous community members. $2,070 in cash donations were received to be given to Big Foot Food Pantry, Chiefs Closet, Sharon Food Pantry.
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving from Big Foot High School. Hope all students and families enjoy their Thanksgiving break and can't wait to see all back on Monday, December 2.
Big Foot High School's School Store now has an online website for apparel and more! Some new Chief gear for the holidays could be the perfect gift this holiday season! All items take 3-5 business days to process and then 1-3 days to ship, with 15% of the profits going to support future School Store activities. Use the link below to order your extremely customizable Big Foot clothes, bags, hats, and much more!
https://www.rokkitwear.com/school/56638-big-foot-high-school
This year, Big Foot FFA Pizza with Santa event isn't just about great food and festive fun it is also an opportunity to give back to those in need! As part of our Living to Serve initiative that our chapter Vice President, Evan Henningfeld created while attending a leadership conference, we’re hosting a Toy Drive, and we need your help to make it a success.
This is a fantastic opportunity for our chapter to give back to the community and bring some holiday cheer to children in need.
If you can bring along a gift to drop at our event, they will be distributed to area families!
Details:
- Friday December, 6th
- 4:30pm-7pm
- Big Foot High School Commons
Santa Claus is coming to town!
🎉Congratulations to the November Section 10 Member of the Month, Alex Bender from Big Foot!🎉
Students in Mr. Raskin's Guitar class had the opportunity to build their own ukuleles! Receiving a kit, students had to put the many different components together before they could play their creations!
This week, in Mr. Pitassi's Sculpture class, students worked hard to create a three-dimensional cardboard sculpture of their choosing. Some of the many designs featured were a dragon🐲, a guitar🎸, and a skull💀. What kind of sculpture could you create?
🎉 At Big Foot High School, we take pride in celebrating our amazing staff! This month, we highlight the fantastic work of our Tech Ed, Science, and Business & Computers Departments. 🌟 Here are just a few comments from their peers: "Inspiring," "Innovative," and "Dedicated." We are so blessed to have you all serving our students! What do you love most about our staff? Share your thoughts! 💬❤️
National Honor Society is working with the Wisconsin DNR to promote the Hunters Fight off Hunger Challenge. Big Foot is competing against Badger and Delavan-Darien to have the most weight of donated food by December 13th. The winner gets to choose which community food bank will receive the food. Big Foot has won the past few years and we would like to win again. If you'd like to help us please bring in your items to donate and bring them into the main office. Thank you so much.
This week, we're celebrating National American Education Week! Thank you to all the dedicated teachers and staff for your hard work and commitment to shaping young minds.
BIG FOOT UNION HIGH SCHOOL
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Monday, November 18, 2024
Closed Meeting: 5:30 PM
Regular Meeting: 6:00 PM
Location: Board room in the library
Quick on the link below for the agenda
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3869/BFUHSD/5026508/BFHS_Agenda_for_11-18-2024.doc.pdf
Click on the link below for a new Big Foot sports network episode!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GVl59Jub00
🎉 Big Foot teachers are thrilled to recognize our incredible students! Each month, we nominate two shining stars for our Student Spotlight program, showcasing those who exemplify our Portrait of a Graduate characteristics. 🌟 This month's winners are here! Have you seen the nominations on the bulletin board across from the district office? 👇 #StudentSpotlight #CelebrateSuccess
C - Luca Perez
H - Lainie Esser
I - Kennedy Burton
E - Benjamin Lavariega
F - Gabe Zapeda
S - Gavin Baxter
Big Foot FFA members attended the state leadership conference in Stevens Point this weekend Students examine the influence they have on others and use it to build healthy relationships. Students will be introduced to the theme of the conference by evaluating their role in helping others feel connected.
