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Shout out to one of our many amazing staff!
Tuesday with Tim!
Homecoming week
If you are at the Vernon County Fair, check out our booth in the Education building. The kids in grades K-5 worked so hard to each create their portion. Kindergarteners made sunflowers, 1st graders made themselves farmers, 2nd graders made cows, 3rd graders did the farm stand, 4th graders made the giant cow, carrots and merits. 5th graders worked collaboratively to create their portion background farm scene.
The kids enjoyed a new breakfast item this morning banana split parfaits!
No School Friday!
🎡 Are your kids exhibiting at the Vernon County Fair?
Our staff will be spending part of next Friday's in-service visiting the fair and checking out our students' hard work!
We'd love to know what your student is exhibiting and where we can find it so our teachers can stop by and see as many student projects as possible.
Please take a minute to fill out this short form by Monday evening:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwHFs7-63mYUgFgt5634JQPcxHqWP459EaIA5tIJD-CyxIww/viewform?usp=header
Thank you and Good Luck Exhibitors!
Our staff will be spending part of next Friday's in-service visiting the fair and checking out our students' hard work!
We'd love to know what your student is exhibiting and where we can find it so our teachers can stop by and see as many student projects as possible.
Please take a minute to fill out this short form by Monday evening:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwHFs7-63mYUgFgt5634JQPcxHqWP459EaIA5tIJD-CyxIww/viewform?usp=header
Thank you and Good Luck Exhibitors!
3rd graders had a great start to Fruit of the Week by learning all about one of the most popular summer fruits—watermelon. The goal of Fruit of the Week is to help students learn more about fruits they already enjoy, while discovering new fruits they may not have tried before. Here are a few of students favorite watermelon discoveries: “Watermelons can be grown in squares!” “There are lots of different colors of watermelon!” “Watermelon gives you some of the vitamins that help protect you from sunburn!” “Watermelons weren’t always seedless!” The learning didn’t stop there! Students learned that people eat watermelon rind stir-fry and that watermelon seeds can be roasted and eaten. Everyone had the opportunity to try roasted watermelon seeds. While the seeds didn’t beat the fruit itself, five students became roasted watermelon seed fans! The best part was sharing an orange watermelon together.
What a great first day! Here are a few snapshots from across our buildings. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by Tuesday with Tim to meet our new superintendent, Mr. Fergot! He had a great morning visiting with families, welcoming students, and getting plenty of knucks 👊 from our Pirates along the way!
Tuesday with Tim!
National School Nurse Day
National Lunch Heros Day
🍎 Staff Spotlight of the Week 🍎
Each week, we're featuring a staff member to help you get to know the amazing people who make De Soto School District such a special place.
This week, in honor of National Principal Day, we’re proud to recognize our outstanding principals:
🏫 Middle & High School – Tim Fergot
🏫 Prairie View – Scott Kelly
🏫 Stoddard – Derek Fuglsang
Each week, we're featuring a staff member to help you get to know the amazing people who make De Soto School District such a special place.
This week, in honor of National Principal Day, we’re proud to recognize our outstanding principals:
🏫 Middle & High School – Tim Fergot
🏫 Prairie View – Scott Kelly
🏫 Stoddard – Derek Fuglsang
District Calendar for 2026-2027 School Year
Each week, we're featuring a staff member to help you get to know the amazing people who make De Soto High School such a special place. This week is Elisa Trussoni, kindergarten teacher at Stoddard.
🏴☠️This is her 13 year teaching.
🏴☠️Elisa is originally from Mt. Horeb, WI.
🏴☠️She has five kids, live on a farm with cows, horse, chickens, rabbit, dog, and cats.
🏴☠️Her hobbies include photography and sewing.
🏴☠️One fun fact about her is that she doesn't like gum.
🏴☠️When asked what excites her most about De Soto, Elisa says I love the people and the small community. I love getting to know the families not just the kids that I teach.
🏴☠️This is her 13 year teaching.
🏴☠️Elisa is originally from Mt. Horeb, WI.
🏴☠️She has five kids, live on a farm with cows, horse, chickens, rabbit, dog, and cats.
🏴☠️Her hobbies include photography and sewing.
🏴☠️One fun fact about her is that she doesn't like gum.
🏴☠️When asked what excites her most about De Soto, Elisa says I love the people and the small community. I love getting to know the families not just the kids that I teach.
Prairie View Star Students!
Each week, we're featuring a staff member to help you get to know the amazing people who make De Soto High School such a special place. This week is Heather Stenslien, first grade teacher at Prairie View and PV PTO President.
🏴☠️This is the start of her 21st year teaching.
🏴☠️Heather was born and raised in the beautiful town of Genoa.
🏴☠️She has been married to her husband, Steve, for 18 years and lives in De Soto. Her daughter is in 8th grade at middle school, and her son is in 5th grade at PV.
🏴☠️She loves watching her children participate in sports and other hobbies. She enjoys being active in our community by volunteering for our PTO, singing and teaching CCD at St Charles Church and being involved in our local 4H club.
🏴☠️One fun fact about her is that she is a 2 time Wild West Days Pig Wrestling Champion.
🏴☠️When asked what excites her most about De Soto, Heather says building relationships with the families is the most important and exciting thing about working in our district. Having been here for more than 20 years, I’ve been lucky to teach many siblings and have gotten to know families on a more personal level. Prairie View has become a second family for me.
🏴☠️This is the start of her 21st year teaching.
🏴☠️Heather was born and raised in the beautiful town of Genoa.
🏴☠️She has been married to her husband, Steve, for 18 years and lives in De Soto. Her daughter is in 8th grade at middle school, and her son is in 5th grade at PV.
🏴☠️She loves watching her children participate in sports and other hobbies. She enjoys being active in our community by volunteering for our PTO, singing and teaching CCD at St Charles Church and being involved in our local 4H club.
🏴☠️One fun fact about her is that she is a 2 time Wild West Days Pig Wrestling Champion.
🏴☠️When asked what excites her most about De Soto, Heather says building relationships with the families is the most important and exciting thing about working in our district. Having been here for more than 20 years, I’ve been lucky to teach many siblings and have gotten to know families on a more personal level. Prairie View has become a second family for me.
Prairie View Star Students!
📚 De Soto Public Library – Hours & Services 📚
📍 111 Houghton Street
De Soto, WI 54624
📞 (608) 648-3593
🕒 Library Hours
Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturdays: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
🚗 Curbside Pickup: Available by request! Just give us a call.
🔎 Search our catalog online:
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(Need your card info? Contact us!)
🌐 Visit us online:
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Facebook: DeSotoWIPublicLibrary
Come visit us — in person or online — and discover all your library has to offer!
📍 111 Houghton Street
De Soto, WI 54624
📞 (608) 648-3593
🕒 Library Hours
Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturdays: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
🚗 Curbside Pickup: Available by request! Just give us a call.
🔎 Search our catalog online:
https://17751.rmwebopac.com
(Need your card info? Contact us!)
🌐 Visit us online:
Website: https://desotolibrary.wrlsweb.org
Facebook: DeSotoWIPublicLibrary
Come visit us — in person or online — and discover all your library has to offer!