June 2020

Recently, officials from the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSC) announced the names of the 2020 scholarship winners. Adam Nelson, a senior from New Glarus High School, was named a National Merit Scholarship winner. Adam is one of 7,500 scholarship winners throughout the United States, and one of only 47 high school seniors in the state of Wisconsin to be awarded a scholarship in the second round. The scholarship is a one-time scholarship, and is worth $2,500.

Each year since 1853, the Green County Fair has come together with the greater community to provide educational displays, showcase exhibitors, and provide vendors and sponsors an outlet for their businesses. More importantly, it has given our community a place to gather, greet friends, spend family time, and get caught up on each other’s lives.

The New Glarus High School Class of 2020 Graduation was a celebration! Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the ceremony could not be held in the gym as it normally is.
On Sunday, June 7, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., the Commencement Ceremony was streamed on YouTube. Anyone who would like to watch it can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8M9Hk4XjpI
At 4:00 p.m., a graduation car parade was held with Co-Parade Marshalls Dan Ziegler and Irene Ruegsegger, both of whom are retiring.

On Monday, May 11th, the Capitol Conference Principals were scheduled to honor the top ten academic seniors from each high school at the Capitol Conference Honors Banquet. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the banquet was canceled. While it is unfortunate that we were not able to celebrate this accomplishment in person, the staff at New Glarus High School is proud of this year's honorees.