MHS Ocean Science Bowl Four-peat as National Champs

They did it again! And It’s a FOUR PEAT—a fourth straight National Championship for Marshfield High School's Ocean Science Bowl Team. The team includes Michael Josephson, Rahul Pathak, Jack Gellerman, Laura Josephson, Christine Tyler and Coach Paul Herder.

The 15th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl Final, was held April 19 – 22, in Baltimore, Maryland.  The NOSB is an ocean science education program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership based in Washington, D.C. Approximately 2,000 students from over 300 high schools across the nation participated at regional events to become mermbers of one of the 25 teams competing at nationals.

The theme for this year’s Finals Competition was “A Sea of Change:  Development and Evolution.”  The theme encompassed both biological evolution and the adaptions of humans to the changing oceans.

As national winners Marshfield students and coach won an expense paid trip to Hawaii to participate in ocean science exploration programs.

For more on the NOSB finals and programs click here

For video of the NOSB finals click here

School Focus Program

In this Marshfield Cable TV/Marshfield Public Schools program, Marshfield Superintendent of Schools Peg Geegan talks with School Focus host Dean Markwardt about current school issues.

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Wisconsin Open Enrollment for 2012-2013 School year Feb. 6 to Apr. 30

Do you live or will you be moving outside the boundaries of the School District of Marshfield and are you interested in having your children attend or continue Marshfield Schools? The Open Enrollment window for the 2012-2013 school year is February 6-April 30, 2012. Open Enrollment applications should be submitted online at http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/psctoc.html. If you do not have access to a computer in your home, computers are available in school libraries and at Central Office. The website answers many questions. The submission dates are February 6-April 30. Early or late applications cannot be accepted for any reason. Please contact Anne or Tacey at (387-1101, Ext. 1101) with any questions. Feel free to share this information with family and friends in our area.

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Marshfield High School receives top WI ranking

The Washington Post has ranked Marshfield High School as number one in Wisconsin in its National High School Challenge rankings. The Post ranks MHS as number 437 nationally among 1900 high schools rated.The list includes schools that the newspaper says do the best job in preparing graduating students for college in 2011.

Read more on the Washington Post High School Challenge.

Click here for the list of Wisconsin High School ranked in the Challenge.