November 2021

Crafts With Santa, sponsored by the New Glarus Youth Committee, will be held Saturday, December 4, 2021, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., at the New Glarus Elementary School cafeteria. Masks are required for everyone over 2 years old. Admission is $3.00 per child.

In October, a Ribbon Cutting was held at The Duke's Stash, a quilt shop at 13 7th Avenue In New Glarus. The bright and engaging store provides quilting fabric and other essentials, including some sewing classes.

Santa Claus is coming to town!! Santa will make his annual pre-Christmas visit to Monticello on Saturday, December 11, 2021, at the Monticello Fire Station, from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. While Santa greets the children there and hears their wishes for Christmas, his elves are working hard to set up a special shop for the children to buy gifts for their family members. Children can catch a ride to Santa’s Workshop at Zwingli Church on a fire truck, and will ride it back to meet back up with their parents at the fire station.

Monticello School District Administrator Al Brokopp announced last week that, “In the face of a pandemic, while dealing with school closures, hybrid teaching models, and an unprecedented amount of absences, our district currently Exceeds Expectations.” According to the 2020-2021 Wisconsin DPI School Accountability Report Card. Brokopp noted, “However, make no mistake, Monticello elementary drives the success of our district by Significantly Exceeds Expectations. Respectively, our high school Meets Expectations and our middle school has shown great growth and Exceeds Expectations.”