ELEMENTARY WEEKLY BULLETIN
FOR WEEK 28—MARCH 3, 2008
QUOTE OF THE
WEEK:
Better by far
you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti
(1830 - 1894)
BIRTHDAYS
Tues., March 4: Seth Huitt
Thurs., March 6: Jed Ree
Sun., March 9: Jessica Goodnight
RECESS DUTY
Mon.-Eichenberger,
Jutting, Tues.-Leerar, Brooks, Wed.-Huntington, Keil, Thurs.-Twait, Jacobson,
Fri.-Lockrem, Hagedorn
DATES
TO REMEMBER
MONDAY, March 3 (Day 1)
a) NCICDA Choral
Festival
b)Mr. Hill presents at the Winnebago County Farm
Bureau in the late p.m.
c)Will March come in like a Lion or a Lamb ?????
TUESDAY, March 4(Day 2)
a)
b)Grilled Hotdogs Is On Everyone’s Mind
c)
d)
WEDNESDAY,
March 5(Day 3)
a) Dr. Seuss “Cat In The Hat” Hat Day
b)
c) Wednesday nights
are Family Nights --- no students can be in the buildings or at school
sponsored activities after 6:00 p.m.
THURSDAY, March 6(Day 4)
a) National Honor
Society-7:00
b)Elementary Parent Advisory Committee Meeting
c)Administrative Team Meeting ---- 2:00 --- Mr. Embrock’s office
FRIDAY,
March 7 (Day 5)
a)Professional Development Day
--- 1:30/1:50 dismissal
b)Character Education ---- What is the
latest lesson you have presented?
SATURDAY, March 8
a)
b)Lakota Pancake Day
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A) BROAD PROGRAM GOALS
We must produce
students who can adapt to change, respect others, and work cooperatively to
become contributing members of society.
B) ANNUAL PROGRESS
GOAL
Long Term Goal: All
K-12 students will achieve at high levels in reading comprehension, prepared
for success beyond high school.
Annual Goal: To
increase percent of students in grades 3-8 and 10 scoring at or above grade
level on the vocabulary subtest of the Gates MacGinitie
Reading Assessment.
C) Next elementary faculty meeting
is March 17 in the
D) Spring Pictures with Lifetouch will be taken
Monday, March 17.
E) March 20
---- the first day of Spring 2008.
F) Parent-Teacher conferences will be held March
25 and March 27.
G) TENTATIVE Easter break
is from March
19 – 24. Days lost to weather may
shorten that break.
H) Blood Center of Iowa blood drive here at NICS
on Thursday, March 27
I) Thank you to all those who helped and
supported DINNER WITH DAD.
This program was a huge success.
J) March 5 is Dr. Seuss Read-a-thon -------- HAT DAY !!!!
K) Faculty Forum ---- March 12 ----
4:00-5:00 p.m.----- HS Media Center
L) ZERO TOLERANCE on the playground for fighting, arguing,
teasing, or rough play.
M) Special Education Team meeting --- Thursday,
March 13 --- AEA meeting room in BC
N) Rake Lutefisk ------- February 23 (3:00-7:00) IT
WAS AWESOME !!!
Lakota Pancake
Day ----- March 8 (11:00-1:00)
Thompson Lions
Club Pancake (
BC Pancake Day
---- March 22
O) Weather
announcements are listed on the following radio stations:
KIOW, KJLY, KFMC, KGLO, KLSS/KRIB, KLGA, KBEW.
KIMT- TV 3 is the television
station we notify.
We also utilize the parent
alert system (e-mail or text message) and the district Homepage to notify
parents, students, employees and the public regarding weather announcements.
Pasta Salad
For Salad: For
Dressing:
10 oz dried or 12 oz fresh farfalle (bow pasta) 1
cup mayonnaise
˝ lb. thin green beans 4
tbs. lemon juice
9 oz can of tuna a
pinch of salt and of ground black pepper
10 cherry tomatoes 4
fresh chives
Store in the refrigerator and
eat on the day you make it.
1. Half-fill a large saucepan
with water. Heat it until it boils, then
add the pasta and stir it with a wooden spoon.
2. Cook the pasta for as long
as it says on the package. Drain it
through a colander, then pour it back into the pan to
cool.
3. Mix a little butter into the
pasta. Snip the ends off the beans and
cut them in half. Then, half-fill a pan
with water.
4. Boil the water, then add the beans.
Cook the beans for 5 minutes, then drain
them. Rinse them with cold water.
5. Open the can of tuna and
drain it through a sieve. Put the tuna
on a saucer and use a fork to break it up a little.
6. Cut the tomatoes in
half. Then, put them into a large bowl
with the pasta, beans and tuna. Mix
everything well.
7. For the dressing, put the mayonnaise,
lemon juice, salt and pepper into a bowl.
Mix everything together with a fork.
8. Pour the dressing over the
pasta mixture. Use a fork to toss the
mixture in the dressing so all of the pieces are covered.
9. Cut the chives into tiny
pieces, then scatter them over the salad. Serve the salad right away or put it into the
refrigerator.
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