School Closing
2/9/10 - The High School, Middle School, Alternative School, and City Elementary Schools in the Beaver Dam Unified School District will be closing at 1:30 p.m. today and the Rural Schools (Prairie View, South Beaver Dam, and Trenton) will be closing at 2:00 p.m. The Jefferson Junction and Lincoln Station After-School Programs are canceled. All evening events and activities are canceled.
Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten Registration will be held on February 18, 19, and 22 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please register your child at your neighborhood elementary school. Contact any elementary school to confirm which one is your neighborhood elementary school or for more information. Children who are 5 years-old on or before September 1, 2010 are eligible for Kindergarten during the 2010-2011 school year.
Open Enrollment
The open enrollment application period for the 2010-11 school year is from February 1-19, 2010. Please click here for application information.
Health Alerts
1/14/10 - Beaver Dam Unified School District Student Health Services continues to monitor the level of illness present among our students. BDUSD reported illness levels are presently starting to increase slightly. Primary symptoms include nausea/vomiting with headaches.
Schools of Promise
Jefferson and South Beaver Dam Elementary Schools have been recognized as Schools of Promise by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction!
The Beaver Dam Middle School was recognized as a School of Promise during the 2008-09 school year.
To be recognized, schools must be either a Title I school or Title I-eligible, be in the top quartile of the state poverty rate as identified by free/reduced lunch percentages, have above-average student academic performance scores on the 2008-09 Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations (WKCE) in reading and mathematics when compared to schools of similar size, grade configuration, poverty level, and district size, and have met adequate yearly progress (AYP) indicators for the last two consecutive years.
