Welcome to Altoona Intermediate School

AIS  is made up of 4th and 5th grades and is an innovative, and progressive learning community in which all students engage in a rigorous curriculum and are held to high academic expectations. All students are provided an encouraging, safe and supportive learning environment and each child’s social and emotional growth is nurtured to prepare students for their future.

Altoona Intermediate School

Meet Cale Zuiker, our AIS Principal!

Principal Cale Zuiker

Hello AIS Families and Students!

What an exciting time to serve in the role of building principal in education right now. To say I am very excited to be serving our students in Altoona would be an understatement. This is a district that is heading in the right direction with progressing, transforming, and moving the needle regarding public education. I have felt incredibly welcomed during my time in Altoona, meeting a lot of the students and families we serve . I look forward to working alongside all of you in serving our students, empowering them to see themselves as the confident, empathic, and smart humans that they are!

 

From a personal side, my wonderful family consists of myself, my beautiful wife, Tatum, and our ‘queen of everything’ Yorkie dog, Sudsy. In December of 2022, we also welcomed our first 'human' addition to our family, with our daughter Millie! Tatum and I couldn't be more thrilled to have the opportunity to live in a wonderful community while starting our family. When I am not at school, I love to read, workout, eat, spend time with my family and friends, and take in events around the community. I also officiate quite a bit of youth basketball, so you might see me in the black and white stripes on the court in the Winter!

If you would like to learn more about me, please do not hesitate to reach out via phone or email and we can schedule a time to sit down and talk. Additionally, you may want to follow my Twitter and YouTube accounts where they are both dedicated to my career in education. You can find me on Twitter @CaleZuiker and on YouTube through my channel Principal Zuiker. Through those avenues, you’ll be able to find out quite a bit about me as an educator and what I value!

Lastly, thank you. Thank you for being fantastic parents, guardians, and most importantly, role models for your children. I greatly value your partnership and truly look forward to serving your child in this chapter of their educational journey. My communication lines are always open. Please see my phone number and email below and don’t hesitate to reach out to me at any time!

We are so proud of you at AIS. We are here to help guide you through struggle and celebrate your wins with you. Every single one of you plays an important role at AIS, YOU ALL MATTER to our school community. Just in case someone didn’t tell you they love you today, you matter, you belong, and you are LOVED at AIS! Have a FANTASTIC day everyone!

Best,

Cale Zuiker
Altoona Intermediate School Principal
czuiker@altoona.k12.wi.us
715-838-7111 ext. 309
“It takes years to build a culture, and you will always be looking to improve it”

ALTOONA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (AIS) MISSION:
AIS is an innovative and progressive learning community in which all students engage in a rigorous curriculum and are held to high academic expectations. All students are provided an encouraging, safe and supportive learning environment and each child’s social and emotional growth is nurtured to prepare students for their future.

OUR COMMITMENTS:
We Live It, We Breathe It, We Do It…

  • We commit to creating a partnership with our students, families and community members.
  • Excellence isn’t a destination because excellence continues to shift. Our world is changing and shifting. We commit to being a culture of continuous improvement and growth mindset. Students and staff in our school are a collaborative community of learners.
  • We commit to providing student-centered, flexible, personalized learning for all students and to become innovators in public education in order to prepare each student for a rapidly changing future.
  • We commit to designing and delivering a guaranteed and viable curriculum that enhances student ownership in the learning process. Along with staff, students set learning goals and reflect on and monitor progress to reach high levels of mastery.
  • We commit to fostering meaningful personal connections, fostering character development and to providing a positive and safe learning environment to enable students to learn, grow, lead and succeed.
  • We value the partnership between you, the parents/guardians, and our school. This is essential for the success of our children. You know your child best and our partnership will help ensure that we create a safe/nurturing environment and help us to set high expectations for his/her success. Communication is important to us. In addition to communication from your child’s classroom teacher, we will send out communication to everyone from the main office through our monthly newsletter, SchoolNow (email), and on our school webpage. https://www.altoona.k12.wi.us/schools/intermediate/index.cfm

I can’t speak highly enough of our staff! They are truly a community of learners. Our staff values continuous professional development and engages in learning and discussion of best teaching practices, which in turn leads to continuous improvement for our students. We also value and continue to grow in our ability to provide personalized learning and project based learning and take pride in the progress we have made in these engaging instructional methods.