Now his schoolmates are going to battle with him. They've launched a "penny war." Each grade level is trying to out-do the others, raising funds for his mounting medical expenses. "It's very ...

"They used to do penny wars amongst the grades — a battle between K through six — and it was always really funny and she always would talk about it," Bennett said. "I thought, if you can get a ...

Who collected those coins -- and what were they planning to do with them? Students at Walden III Middle and High School in Racine are at the center of this story. They held a "Penny War" competition.

She was on the roof. Knierim spent the entire school day on the roof as a prize for students raising more than $5,000 in a penny war fundraiser for a new public address system at the school ...

“I wanted to do something for the people who couldn't ... food from the student body during November and held a “penny war” competition between the high school’s four houses.