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By Lauren Anderson Freeman Staff WALES — The Kettle Moraine School District's top leader has been named the state's Superintendent of the Year by the Wisconsin Asso- ciation of School District Administrators. In her decade of leading the district, KMSD Superin- tendent Patricia Deklotz is credited with advancing the district's personalized learn- ing and competency-based education efforts. During Deklotz's tenure, the district has launched three instrumentality char- ter high schools, a multiage project-based elementary charter school, an interdisci- plinary project-based middle school house, 4K with com- munity partners and a part- nership that allows students to earn an advanced manu- facturing certificate diplo- ma. The Kettle Moraine district also recently renovated all six of its school buildings and updated its technology infrastructure, thanks to a $49.6 million referendum approved by voters last April. WASDA Executive Direc- tor Jon Bales said Deklotz's "passion and vision" for see- ing students succeed set her apart. "She's what good leaders aspire to be — she has the ability to gather diverse voic- es around a table and to cre- ate common vision an moti- vate action from those peo- ple," he said. "...She's an exemplary choice — we couldn't be happier." The Kettle Moraine School Board voted unanimously to nominate Deklotz for the honor. In their nomination, board President Gary Vose noted Deklotz's "extraordi- nary leadership." "Pat has always been moti- vated by what is in the best interests of our students," Vose said. "Her demonstrat- ed leadership of being com- mitted to the right motives, with unquestioned integrity, has created success for the Kettle Moraine School Dis- trict." Vose said Deklotz has encouraged staff members to be innovative and has gar- nered community support for district schools with the goal of helping students be successful, "not only in aca- demics, but in life after Ket- tle Moraine." Deklotz said she is honored by the recognition. "This honor is a reflection of the amazing work of our school board and our educa- tors," she said. "I am very proud of our team and the personalized learning opportunities we provide students." She also noted Kettle Moraine parents and com- munity members as helping the district's successes. "Our culture of continu- ous improvement and inno- vation allow us to cultivate academic excellence, citizen- ship and personal develop- ment for all students," she said. Deklotz took a non-tradi- tional route to her current position, having previously worked for 20 years in finan- cial software development and with nonprofit organiza- tions before becoming a teacher in 1996. She earned each of her degrees, including her doc- torate, while doing home- work alongside her children. Before joining the Kettle Moraine School District as an employee, Deklotz served as a parent volunteer and for five years on the School Board. Deklotz and her husband Joe live in Delafield. They are parents of three children and grandparents of five grandchildren. Currently, Deklotz is vice chair of the Waukesha Coun- ty Technical College Board, sits on the state's Coordinat- ing Council for Educator Effectiveness, is president of the GPS Education Partners Board, participates in the Carroll University Presi- dent's Advisory Council and is co-chair of Southeast Wis- consin Schools Alliance. Thee Wisconsin Associa- tion of School District Administrators will present Deklotz with the 2016 Wis- consin Superintendent of the Year award at a conven- tion in Milwaukee in Jan- uary. Email: landerson@conleynet.com Kettle Moraine district leader is Wisconsin's Superintendent of the Year Deklotz praised for 'passion and vision' Charles Auer/Freeman Staff Kettle Moraine School Superintendent Patricia Deklotz. Charles Auer/Freeman Staff Martina, left, and Carly Spiro, who perform as the duo of Carly & Martina, play a show for students at North Shore Middle School. Teen duo speaks out against bullying By Lauren Anderson Freeman Staff HARTLAND — To hear an anti-bullying message at an all-school assembly is fairly routine. To hear it coming from teenagers, however, isn't quite so common. Yet that was the case recently at North Shore Middle School, where stu- dents enjoyed a concert and inspirational message coming from two fourteen- year-olds. Twins Carly and Marti- na Spiro, a musical duo hailing from a Chicago suburb, visited the school to guide sixth-graders through a discussion about the issue of bully- ing, followed by a perfor- mance for the entire stu- dent body, where they played both their own orig- inal work and covers of pop hits. One of their original pieces, called "Make You Happy," was Carly's response to her experience of being bullied. It's since become a sort of middle school anthem that the duo uses as a platform to discuss the issue. Throughout the school day, sixth-graders had can- did conversations about their experiences of being picked on and the divi- sions they see among the student body. "It was really cool," sixth-grader Hainsley Reichert said. "They had a really great message to share. My favorite mes- sage that they shared was don't let people get you down. Even if they contin- ue to bully you, they don't get to make you happy — like the song said." Sixth-grader Austin Pur- ney said the discussion showed him the impor- tance of not turning a blind eye to bullying. "It was cool because I haven't been bullied much — it was probably back in 5K — so I haven't experi- enced it much," he said. "But learning about it from other people, I've learned how to stop it before it even happens." Those lessons are among the ones Martina and Carly hope students gain form their presentation. "This is a message we want to get out," Martina said. "This is a big prob- lem in all schools. And I don't know if we can fix it completely but we can def- initely do our best to fix it as much as we can." She added that, being teenagers, they are in a unique position to deliver such a message. "I feel like any 'bullying expert' isn't really an expert because they're not in the situation," Martina said. "I feel like the actual expert is the people in the school witnessing it, being a victim of it ... So I think being closer in age and having the same experi- ences really helped." Both girls were enthusi- astic about the opportuni- ty following Friday's per- formance, calling the expe- rience one of the "best days of their lives." "I could see that there were separate friend groups and somehow we were able to bring them together," Martina said. "And that's what meant the most to me because I know at my school there are separate friends groups, and they're nice to each other but they're defi- nitely separate." "It was cool to bring everyone together," Carla added, "at least for a little bit." Email: landerson@conleynet.com Shares message, music at Hartland middle school Pewaukee officers awarded honor for bravery during structure fire PEWAUKEE— Two vil- lage police officers were honored with Distin- guished Service Citations during a recent Village Board meeting. Nathan Wright and Brian Foth received the award, which is the second highest award an officer can receive in the department. Wright and Foth respond- ed to a structure fire on Sept. 4. The fire erupted at 12:57 a.m. in an eight-unit apartment building. Both officers went in and out of the burning building sever- al times to bring other resi- dents to safety. Two people in an upstairs apartment were unable to get out because of flames in the hallway. The officers backed one of the depart- ment's SUV-style squad cars up to the building and helped them escape through their 2-story win- dow onto the roof of the squad. The people who were rescued attended the board meeting and said the officers saved their lives. — Freeman Staff WAUKESHA — Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train, its annual way of spreading Christmas joy and fighting hunger, is scheduled to stop in Hartland from 9:10 p.m. to 9:35 p.m. Dec. 4 near the parking lot at Cottonwood and Pawling Ave.. The decorated train annually makes it way across the United States, stopping in several cities and towns. A musical per- formance is also featured. Billed as a festive treat, the train also attempts to raise awareness for area food banks. This year's theme for the train is "CP Has Heart," and the effort is focusing on improving heart health for people across North Ameri- ca. It's free to see the train, but a donation of a nonper- ishable food item or cash donation is encouraged. All funds and food raised stays in the community. — Freeman Staff Holiday train to roll through Hartland

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