ELEMENTARY WEEKLY BULLETIN
FOR
WEEK 29--- MARCH 12, 2007
QUOTE
OF THE WEEK:
Never despair;
but if you do, work on in despair.
Edmund Burke
(1729 - 1797)
BIRTHDAYS
Mon., March 15: Hunter Gelhaus, Noah Paulson
Sun., March 18: Ashley Baumann
RECESS DUTY
Mon.-Oldenkamp, Sime,
Tues.-Jutting,
DATES TO REMEMBER
MONDAY, MARCH 12 (Day 3)
a) School Board Meeting-7:00
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
(Day 4)
a) Elementary Faculty Meeting POSTPONED until March 20 --- 3:30 ---
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 (Day 5)
a) Elem. Banking Day
b) NIEA Meeting-3:45 in
c) Wednesday evening --- no activities or students in the building after 6:00 p.m.
d) Special Education Team Meeting is POSTPONED and will take place at the Friday, March 23 training
e)Mr. Hill speaks to
Daisy Scouts --- 3:45
f)North Iowa Conference Superintendent’s meeting
THURSDAY, MARCH 15
(Day 6)
a) NIHS Blood Drive-BC 2-7:00
b) 5/6 Concert-7:00
c) FCCLA/FFA Mtg. 7:00
d) Mr. Hill meets with clergy at noon.
e) Transition Night for grades 7-12 Special Education students and parents
FRIDAY, MARCH 16 (Day 1)
a)Mr. Hill meets with
HS science teachers --- 9:45
b)Staffing
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
a) √ State Speech
Contest --- Mr. and Mrs. Hill work at the event
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A) ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS
*express needs and ideas so others
understand,
*interprets experiences,
*evaluates and analyzes information,
*listens and perceives information from
others.
B) ANNUAL PROGRESS
GOALS
Math
Long Term Goal: All
K-12 students will achieve at high levels in mathematics, prepared for success
beyond high school.
Annual Goal: The
percent of students scoring proficient (70%) on the district computation test
(grades 2-8) and the district Algebra Test (grade 10) will increase using
two-year averaging.
C) “Each day
you live you are drafting your legacy.
What do you want to be remember for?
Which ‘you’ do you want people to remember when you are gone? ”
D) March 5 and
March 6 we had our AEA Special Education Compliance audit. Our Special Education staff, our
paraprofessionals, our teachers, our Board Secretary, and our administrators
all got very high marks and I want to thank each of them for their dedication
to students. The climate in our buildngs among employees and students was a high mark for
us. Our programming was held up as a model. We have a few things to work on but we passed
with flying colors. Well done.
E) MAKE – UP
DAYS:
November 10 was made-up on February 16.
January 15 will be made-up on April 5.
March 1 will be made-up on April 9.
March 2 will be made-up on May 29.
F) “Beauty and Beast” will be appearing on
our auditorium stage in just two short weeks.
Get your tickets early.
G) Our “DINNER
WITH DAD” meeting with parents has been a wonderful
experience.
Super attendance
and super enthusiasm. I am very proud of
these fathers and their commitment.
H) “Oh Lutefisk ---- Oh Lutefisk!” ----- Great
crowd ----- great example of volunteerism.
I) Next
School Board meeting is March 12.
Committees meet at 6:30 and the regular meeting is at 7:00.
J) Pancake Days at Lakota Saturday, March 17
------- GREEN PANCAKES???!?!?!?.
K) Remember to record your reading and technology strategies.
L) The Local Option Sales Tax passed
overwhelmingly in Kossuth county last Tuesday.
Thank you to everyone who took time to exercise their civic
responsibility.
.M) The North Iowa Elementary Winter Olympic
planning continues. Friday, March 16 is
our day.
N) Thursday, March 15 we will host a Transition
Night for middle school and high school students and parents who have IEPs.
O) Our next
Elementary Faculty meeting is Tuesday, March 20 -------- I apologize for having
to postpone the meeting for a week.. We
will meet in the
Tentatively the dates for our spring meetings
will be March 28, April 10, May 1, and May 15.
Remember when you
are presenting with your group around
the book study.
P)
Q) BOOK STUDY FORMAT: 10-15 minutes of team-led discussion regarding the chapter followed by an activity which challenges us to implement something learned in that portion of the book. Each elementary faculty member will share their implementation.
Every faculty member will take part in the book study.
Those
taking the book study for credit will have extra things to complete.
R) PHONICS
---- PHONICS ----- PHONICS
S)Personal
leave is dependent on the availability of
a substitute. Plan ahead.
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