Free Parent Webinar WCRIS has teamed up with university experts, College Inside Track, to offer a free webinar on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. about recent changes to the college application process, from admission trends, financial aid insights and the importance of ACT/SAT scores. This webinar is free to all parents at WCRIS schools. Go here for a [...]
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Parents Fear Social Media Use, Thankful for Private Schools
October 12, 2023
A September poll of K-12 parents nationwide found that over half are concerned about the impact of social media on children’s mental health. But private school parents were most likely to report that their school offers students the mental health resources they need. Further, parents reported wanting their children’s schools to prioritize values of respect, [...]
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Last Call: Submit Your PI-1207 by Sunday
October 12, 2023
Schools’ Private School Report (PI-1207) is due to the DPI by Oct. 15. Submit your report on-time to avoid an “inactive” status from the DPI. Learn more here.
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Health & Safety Resource Round-up
October 05, 2023
Annual School Safety Submissions At a quarterly Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) Advisory Committee meeting this week, OSS staff asked WCRIS to remind schools that the deadline for annual safety submissions is 90 days away and that the submission platform has been updated from Sharefile to SharePoint. Find details here. WCRIS staff [...]
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Share Your School’s Statistics
October 05, 2023
Be on the lookout for an invitation to respond to the national Private School Universe Survey (PSS) or National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Though private schools are asked to respond every year, NCES indicated that private school data is now a high priority as more parents [...]
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Dealing with Data Webinar
October 05, 2023
Don’t forget to save your seat for WCRIS’ Oct. 11 Lunch & Learn, “Dealing with Data,” featuring data experts from Sycamore Education. Tune in next Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. to learn best data practices, requirements for Wisconsin Information System for Education (WISE) reporting (see the story below) and other private school data insights. See you there! [...]
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Data Deadlines: PI-1207 Private School Report; Choice Data
October 05, 2023
For All Private Schools: PI-1207 Due This Month The DPI’s private school report, called the PI-1207, is now open. Be sure to file your school’s report by Oct. 15 to avoid being designated as “inactive” by the DPI, which could hinder your school’s eligibility for the K-12 tuition tax deduction, state and federal programs and [...]
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Expect Emergency Alert on Oct. 4
September 28, 2023
A test emergency alert will be sent to all personal mobile phones nationwide on Wednesday, Oct. 4 around 1:20 p.m. CST from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The test message, accompanied by an alert tone and vibration, will display on all cell phones that are switched on and connected to a wireless provider that participates in [...]
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Bring the World to Your Classroom
September 28, 2023
Wisconsin educators are eligible for a $1,000 grant to travel to Sri Lanka this summer in partnership with UW-Madison Center for South Asia and the Global Exploration for Educators Organization. The trip is meant for teachers to travel (without students) and bring the world back to their classrooms. The trip’s organizers told WCRIS that travelers can also bring [...]
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New Reporting Feature for Tip Line
September 28, 2023
The state’s Speak Up, Speak Out tip line (SUSO), operated by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS), is now accessible via text message by texting “SUSO” to 738477. Students and school staff can confidentially seek help for themselves or others as well as report suspicious behavior on the SUSO website, mobile app and now [...]
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