Bringing Social Studies Alive!

In 2017-18 CJ Hansen, social studies teacher, and Michael Soehl, English teacher, will be implementing a double block course that integrates...

In 2016-17 Jeff Bergstrom piloted his Action Civics authentic learning course in one of his American Institutions classes.  Rather than tr...

John Muraski, who created one of the only Forensic Fundamentals high school courses in Wisconsin has now successfully created a dual en...

The social studies department also began experimenting with elements of personalized learning We began with implementing the Genius H...

During the past three years the D. C. Everest Social Studies department has brought elements of personalized learning into several of its ...

This year 8 th grade students participated in the 6th annual D.C. Everest Civil War Day. Students spend a day learning about the life o...

Jeff Bergstrom was the keynote speaker on Thursday, August 16th at the Intech Conference. His presentation was outstanding; it was infor...

 Several social studies teachers attended the four day Intech 2012 Conference held at Edgar High School. The Intech Conferences began man...

Since 2009 each grade level PLC has selected historical fiction novels and non-fiction history texts to increase students literacy oppo...

1.   Authentic Literacy (Reading , Discussion & Writing) ·          Strategic (Close) Reading strategies ·  ...

 Two of our Psychology teachers, Bree Sandquist and Glenn Olstad experimented with standards based grading. They used a 4-3-2-1-0 gradin...

Two very popular elective courses are offered to juniors and seniors at DC Everest.   The first is Crime & Justice which provides a ...

In the 1989-90 school year Roger Dodd, the Senior High Principal, and myself attended an AP workshop at CESA 9 in Tomahawk , WI.   The ...

Anchor charts or anchor posters are visual aids to help students remember previously studied ideas.One blog, Coaching Chronicles describes a...

Two teachers, Nancy Gajewski and Patty Mayo (English teacher) attended a Whole Brain Teaching Conference on July 17th and 18th in Union...

The Mock Congressional Hearings program comes from We The People and is implemented by the American Institutions teachers: Gus Grosskla...

The 2012 Mock Trial season was a successful one for DC Everest,  and the program continues to grow with the help of the Wausau legal comm...

We have always prided ourselves in creating active learning experiences in social studies. Julie Klinner, Middle School Teacher expl...

Our Social Studies staff are involved in so many different extra-curricular activities that benefit students. One of those activities in...