Have a Great Summer!

Each and every day, we - our students and our staff - come through the big brick front doors of Sugar Creek with hope and anticipation for a day for learning, for friendship, and for a sense of belonging.

We can tell you, our staff give it their all to provide the very best learning environment for your children! They want each and every student to create new projects, visit new sites, participate in new activities, make new friends, meet new teachers, attend new school events, sing new songs, play new games, create new art projects, read new books, and even eat new foods. Our mission at Sugar Creek - that learning is engaging, is safe, and is rewarding, and is an “all staff for all kids” endeavor - will set your children off on a lifetime of success with a positive attitude.

To our Fifth Graders, we will miss you, and know you will do so well in middle school. You have a lot to be proud of, and so much to look forward to.

To all of our other students, and their families, we wish you a great summer, and are so looking forward to next year!

~Mr. Brunner and Ms. Houghan

Monday, June 9th-NO LATE START

Monday, June 9th- 5th Grade Promotion, 1 PM

Tuesday, June 10th-Last day of school! Release at 11:30 am!

Please check your students’ backpack tomorrow for a copy of their Spring STAR test results (1st-5th grade only) as well as their Spring Report Card. If you don’t see their report card, that means you opted in for digital report cards. Please see the directions below for how to access your student’s report card. If you need your child’s login information, please email Kirstin Houghan houghank@verona.k12.wi.us for help!

1. In a browser (google, safari) go to the PowerSchool link on the VASD website.

2. Click "Create an Account" with your (parent) information:

3. Enter student information

Name:

Access ID:

Access Password:

4. Go to your email and look for the PowerSchool email and confirm your account.

5. Go back to the browser and sign in to your new account.

6. Now you can see your student's PowerSchool profile.

Once you have your account set up, you can download the app but you can only see the report cards in a browser.

Our Reading teachers, super-duo Ms. Doberstein and Ms. Hoffman, planned and implemented a Path of Picture Books activity (see pictures) in which every student was able to walk through the path, carefully laid out behind our school, and pick at least three books to keep. We gave out over 2,000 books! A big thank you to our staff and family volunteers, and thank YOU families, for your donations of children’s books to Sugar Creek! We work hard to get as many (high quality) books into the hands of our students as we can.

One of the great things about Sugar Creek is our PTO's annual all-family Fun Run. This event celebrates good health and wellness, while functioning as our main fundraiser of the year. EVERY Sugar Creek student receives a free Fun Run T-shirt, and funds raised benefit EVERY student and staff member in our school. Next year's Fun Run will be held on Saturday, October 4th, 2025.

We'd like to thank our PTO President, Sarah Wirtz, for her kindness and dedication to our school! Mandy Auger will be our PTO President next year!

VAFFY Birth - to - 5 Play Group is a FREE open play activity room staffed by trained volunteers, and will be based at Sugar Creek on the following Mondays.

On Thursday, May 22nd, Sugar Creek Elementary School and VAHS' FFA Club partnered to host Agriculture Day! FFA Club members set up outdoor hands-on educational stations related to such Wisconsin agricultural components as: Farm Equipment, Pollination, Cranberries, Corn, Fish, Cattle, Sheep and Poultry. Students learned real-world applications for the science topics they study in VASD's elementary science curriculum that directly connected to their life experiences as residents of Wisconsin.

Each year at our opening days for staff, we acknowledge staff for their dedication and longevity at Sugar Creek. We are honored to have many skilled and experienced educators here, at a time when it is increasingly challenging to find and retain teachers in our country.

Ms. Jaehn and Ms. Van Handel, both great colleagues, are retiring from their respective roles as First Grade teachers. They have a combined 58 years of teaching experience in VASD. Superintendent Dr. Clardy recently delivered his best wishes and a gift on behalf of VASD (see pictures.

Our Back to School landing page has been up and ready since mid-May. See here for such great information about 2025-26, including our school Supply List. Thank you!

Our school sends a special welcome packet to our incoming Kindergartners each summer! Meanwhile, you can call or email us at any time with questions so we can assist you with this most exciting stage of parenthood! Also, don't forget the play dates at school. They are 5:30 – 7:00 pm on these Thursdays: August 7th,, 14th, and 21st. These are held at Sugar Creek's Kindergarten playground area, behind our school, and include an opportunity to come in and see the school.

When the stars align (calm winds, no hot sun, pleasant temperatures, no messy lunches, etc.) we have picnic lunches. As you can see from these smiling Second Graders, they are a great way to spend time eating and relaxing.

May Golden Award Winners

Golden Lunch Tray-2nd Grade TWI

Golden Shoe- 4th Grade TWI

Golden Recess- Ms. Peterson's Class

Golden Dustpan-Kindergarten TWI

All classrooms will be open and teachers will be here to meet and greet you to our school. You can drop off any school supplies you may have as well, and there will be a school bus here for younger students to learn what a bus is like. The event is Wednesday, August 27th, 2025:

4:00 - 5:00 for students with last names A - M.
5:00 - 6:00 for students with last names N - Z.

Late on August 8th, 2025, the four VASD neighborhood schools will send out messages to families to notify you of your child's new teacher. Not long after you receive this email, you'll hear a welcome message from your teacher along with information about how you, your child, and the teacher can have a special opportunity (“Family Contact Time”) to meet and get to know each other.

Our school enrollment number as of June 2 was 646, and next year we are predicting about the same. In a welcoming school and growing district like ours, with many move-ins and move-outs annually, our enrollment numbers can be a challenge to predict.