FOR WEEK 33 --- APRIL 10, 2006

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

John Atkinson

BIRTHDAYS

Mon., April 10: Justin Hassebroek

Fri., April 14: Jozi Flynn

Sun., April 16: Brandy Bendickson

RECESS DUTY

Mon.-Twait, Hagedorn, Tues.-Lockrem, Brooks, Wed.-Sime, Oldenkamp, Thurs.-Jutting, Hobbs

DATES TO REMEMBER

MONDAY, APRIL 10 (Day 5)

a) V B Track @ Britt-5:00

b) V Golf @ N. Kossuth-4:00

c) State FFA Convention

d) Juile Olson will pick up coloring contest entries in the a.m.

e) School Board meeting --- 7:00 – Commons

f) School Board committee meetings --- 6:30

g) Mr. Hill is tutoring after school

TUESDAY, APRIL 11 (Day 6)

a) V G Track @ Clarion-5:00

b) State FFA Convention

c) 7/8 Concert-7:00

d) Administrative Cabinet meeting --- 10:00 --- NIMS

e) Mr. Hill attends FFA awards ceremony at Iowa State University

f) FIRE DRILL --- 1:00 (weather permitting)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 (Day 1)

a) Mr. Hill meets with Technology Help Desk team at KIOW

b) Julie Olson will stop by classrooms to award coloring contest winners --- 2:15-2:30

c) Classroom observation

d) Mr. Hill attends North Iowa Conference Superintendent’s Meeting --- 9:00-1:30

e) Calendar planning meeting --- 1:00 ---- NIMS

f) Elem. Banking Day

THURSDAY, APRIL 13 (Day 2)

a) MAKE-UP DAY for snow day on Feb. 16.

b) MR. HILL GRILLED HOT DOGS ARE ON THE MENU

FRIDAY, APRIL 14

a) N O S C H O O L ----- Good Friday

THERE IS A FULL DAY OF SCHOOL ON MONDAY, MARCH 17

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

A) BROAD PROGRAM GOALS

We must help students understand and acquire the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values necessary to participate in a democratic society.

B) ANNUAL PROGRESS GOALS

Culture Climate for Learning

Long Term Goal: North Iowa students will treat each other respectfully.

Annual Goal: The percent of students responding 3 or higher on question 6 of the Building Tomorrow Survey will increase.

C) I’m still not sure I have all the copies of report cards that I need for non-custodial parents, if you still need to give me your’s please do so immediately so I can mail those off. Rena

D) Over the next few weeks we will conduct fire evacuation drills ---- review the procedures with students and check the times.

E) Fire Drill --- Tuesday, April 11 --- In the case of a real fire we would load buses and be transported to the emergency centers around the town.

F) SAVE FOR AMERICA coloring contest this week and awards on Wednesday.

G) Kindergarten Round-up is scheduled for April 20.

H) APRIL IS ASSESSMENT MONTH ---don’t get behind ---- get the results to Mike Evans ASAP.

I) Thursday, February 16 was a snow day with the make-up day as Thursday, April 13.

Monday, March 13 was a snow day and the make-up day is Monday, April 17.

Mark your calendar.

J) DID YOU KNOW in 1905:

Ø Ninety percent of all U. S. doctors had no college education

Ø Sugar cost 4 cents per pound

Ø Eggs were 14 cents a dozen

Ø Coffee was 15 cents per pound

K) “I was very fortunate to be born where I was born, born when I was born, and to be born into the family in which I was born.” Simon Estes, October 12, 2005.

L) April 26 is an early dismissal for staff development. Shuttles will depart at 1:10 and rural route buses will leave at 1:30.

M) Do you enjoy playing Scrabble.

If you do you will enjoy the following:

DORMITORY

When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM

ASTRONOMER

When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER

THE EYES

When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH

When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE

When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES

When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME

ELECTION RESULTS

When you rearrange the letters: LIES – LET S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS

When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z S

A DECIMAL POINT

When you rearrange the letters: I'M A DOT IN PLACE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO

When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE

We see things one way----- the person or child sitting next you may see the same thing in vastly different ways. Interesting.

N) What math skills will your students MASTER while having you as their teacher? “MASTER” is the key phrase.

O) “Please” and “Thank You” are still important to stress in the hallways, your classroom, and even on the playground.

P) Criteria are the specific items which define what a benchmark is. The descriptors describe what mastery/proficiency of the criteria looks like. We are currently only focusing on the criteria.

Q) Here is schedule for heights and weights, so mark your calendars as this is your only notification.  Please send 10 students at first as it does not take long to do their measurements and then one at a time as one student returns. If you have a Para, could she/he bring down the first group to help with supervision?   Bring your special report cards and I will get ht/wt recorded on those records.  Thanks,  Deb

April 24 Mon. (Day A) April 25 Tues. (Day B) April 26 Wed. (Day A)

9:15 am preschool 8:45 am K-Prep 9:45 am 3K

9:45 am 3J 2:00 pm 4H 11:25 am 1H

11:20 am KL 2:35 pm 4B 11:45 am 1T

11:40 am KS

12:40 pm 2E

1:00 pm 2L

April 27 Thurs. (Day B)

9:15 am preschool