FOR WEEK 36 ---- May 4, 2009
GO BIG
BLUE !!!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the
end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” Mary Anne Radmacher
Birthdays:
May 3 –
David Romo
May 3 –
Johnathan Romo
Recess Duty:
M - Leerar,
Tu – Huntington, W – Twait, Th – Lockrem, F – Sime
Monday, May 4
● First full week
of May, 2009
● Today begins
Teacher Appreciation Week – all employees are teachers in the lives of our
students – THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS
● The Behavior
Referral process is going well ---- stay consistent.
● Bicycle Safety
Week
● Bus Evacuation
Drill --- p.m.
● Muffins With Mom
---- 8:30 a.m. --- Commons
● G/B Golf @
Garner-Hayfield – 4:00
● V G/B Track
@Britt – 5:00
● Baseball
practice begins
● Elementary
Spring Concert --- 7:00
● Little Bison
Childcare Center bake sale—prior to and following the concert
Tuesday: Mary 5
● Bus Evacuation
Drill --- a.m.
● FFA Banquet
● Mr. Hill attends
a noon meeting in FC
● AFTER
SCHOOL SPECIAL ---- 3:30-4:30 --- Elementary
● 7/8 B Track @
Wednesday: May 6
● AEA 267
Superintendent’s Meeting
● 1st grade
to
● Church Night
---- all students out of the buildings by 6:00 p.m.
● Behavioral Referral Detention --- 3:30
Thursday: May 7
● Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon ---
2:30 --- Commons
● Head
Start/Preschool end of the year program ----
● Administrative
Team meeting
● G/B Golf – home
4:00
Friday: May 8
● Classroom budget
requests due in the near future---- work as a team to organize purchases.
● Kindergarten to
● HS State Large
Group Music contest - Algona
●
Retirement/Appreciation party – Commons – 4:15-5:30
● 7/8 B Track - @
Garner – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 9
● School ‘MAKE AN
OFFER” auction of unused school items --- 9:00-10:30 --- north gym
ADDITIONAL ITEMS:
Board Goal
It is the
goal of the
Science Achievement Goals
Annual Goal: The percent of students in grades 6, 8 and 11 that
score at the intermediate level or higher (ITBS, ITED) will increase or the
percent of students scoring proficient (3 or higher) will increase from fall to
spring on the District Science Test (grades 5-8 and 10).
●
The Behavior Referral assemblies are a way to make sure every student fully
understands the importance of GOOD
CITIZENSHIP and those we will hold
every student and adult responsible for their actions and words. RESPECT ---- RESPONSIBILITY.
●
Behavior Referral detention will always be Wednesday night 3:30-4:00 - no shuttle bus for detention students.
● TOTALLY AWESOME professional development day last Wednesday - the
work on Higher Order
Thinking verbs is important as we raise the rigor in our benchmarks. SAVE
the handouts from April 29 - it will help you next year as you begin to
implement the Iowa Core Curriculum.
● Keep in mind the master contract
allows for only 2 teachers per building per day to be gone for Personal Leave.
●
Transition Night for special education students in grades 3 through 12 was a
huge success -THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO
HELPED MAKE IT SO SUCCESSFUL for
students and families.
● We will be hosting
several interviews over the next few weeks.
Keep your classroom in “tip-top” shape for tours and making a good
impression.
● Thank you to Mr. Twait for securing funding
for “short” elementary field trips. Each
class needs to draft thank you notes from students to NextEra Engery for the
funding
● Monday, May 4 - ELEMENTARY SPRING CONCERT - 7:00
● May 6 – 1st grade
to Thorpe Park 12:30 – 3:15
● North Iowa Community Schools Volunteer Appreciation
luncheon will be Thursday, May 7, 2:00 p.m. --- COMMONS ---- a few students
will be performing for our volunteers.
● May 7 - Head Start/Preschool end of the year activity - program in
the park -
● May 8 – Kindergarten to
Thorpe Park – 9:00 -1:30
●
Saturday, May 9 we will hold a
“MAKE AN
OFFER” auction for unused school
equipment - the auction will be in the north gym - oak Kindergarten chairs,
desks, commercial kitchen mixer, antique brass post office mail boxes from the
1922 building, and much, much more.
●
May 11 Last
day for district library check out all materials due to return to all media
centers by Monday, May 18th.
● Wednesday May 13
Little Bison Relays - 11:30 - sack lunch day provided by the cooks - rain date -
Friday, May 15 - same time.
● May 15 - 4th grade - Grant
School experience 8:45-noon
●
May 15 - 5th grade
Transition Day
●
May 19 - Awards Night
●
May 20 - Baccalaureate
●
May 21 - District Advisory Committee meeting
●
May 24 - Graduation
●
May 27 - 2nd Grade to
● Tuesday, June 2 is a professional development
day due to snow days.
● After School
Special for students in grades 4 or 5 each Tuesday night from 3:30-4:30 in the
● We have missed
several days due to snow or dangerously cold temperatures. Listed below are the days missed and the
make-up days.
December 9 (Friday, February
13)
December 19 (Thursday, April 9)
January 13 (Thursday, May 28)
January 14 (Friday, May 29)
January 15 (Monday, June 1)
February 26 (Monday, April 13)
If I had five coconuts
and I gave you three, how many would I have left?
I don
Why not?
In our school we do all our arithmetic in
apples and oranges.
Teacher: Now
class, whatever I ask, I want you to all answer at once. How much is six plus
4?
Class: At once!
I failed every subject except for algebra.
How did you keep from failing that?
I didn
Teacher: How much
is half of 8?
Pupil: Up and
down or across?
Teacher: What do
you mean?
Pupil: Well, up
and down makes a 3 or across the middle leaves a 0
If you had one dollar and you asked your father for another, how many dollars
would you have?
One dollar.
You don
You don