Grappling with Success Posted on December 12, 2012October 1, 2014 by Jeremy Burgard Complete coverage: multimedia website The wrestling mats are laid out, swept off, bleached and taped down at Greenfield High School. Tables are set at each mat with the typical red versus blue scorecards and the ubiquitous stopwatch you might see hanging from your gym teacher’s neck. Competitors line up to weigh in and pick a […]
Students for Teachers Posted on March 2, 2011November 29, 2013 by Jeremy Burgard Bob Burkart-Lemke couldn’t help but smile as he heard the sound of makeshift drums and the faint buzzing of a vuvuzela. The retired science teacher of 30 years and UW-Milwaukee alum doesn’t mince words when it comes to his beliefs. And Lemke believes it is a good thing that students are responding en masse. Lemke […]