GALLERY: Beaver Dam Middle School students participate in community service day

Students from Beaver Dam Middle School were working hard cleaning up the community on Friday during the school’s annual community service day.

Seventh-graders at Beaver Dam Middle School were able to learn about future opportunities during the second annual career exploration days when community members come to the school to share the good and the bad about their careers with the students.

The fundraising campaign to upgrade the first major upgrade ever for the 40-year-old Beaver Dam Community Library has officially begun with naming rights available for different areas of the building.

Students at Wilson Elementary School were evacuated on Wednesday morning due to a gas leak near the school.

Beaver Dam Middle School and Washington Elementary School will be open on Saturday morning for those who want to see the schools before voting on the fall referendum.

About 50 people strolled around the halls of Beaver Dam Middle School and Washington Elementary School on Saturday morning as administrators and teachers waited to answer questions from those attending open houses to learn about the district's fall referendum.

Planning for a proposed new Beaver Dam middle school on the edge of the city includes making sure students arrive safely if voters approve a referendum on the November ballot.

Residents got a chance Wednesday to share suggestions for the new Beaver Dam Middle School and learn about the building process from the architects designing it.