ELEMENTARY WEEKLY BULLETIN
FOR
WEEK 19--- JANUARY
1, 2007
QUOTE OF THE
WEEK:
The best way to
escape from a problem is to solve it.
BIRTHDAYS
Tues., Jan. 2: Sidney Walton (Half)
Sun., Jan. 7: Isaiah Walk, Haley Engeseth (Half), Jacob Koppen (Half)
RECESS DUTY
Thurs.-Leerar, Jacobson, Fri.-Huntington, Keil
DATES TO REMEMBER
MONDAY, JANUARY 1
a) NO
SCHOOL
b) New Year’s
Greeting
c) Have a blessed
2007
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
a) NO SCHOOL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
3
a) No School-Staff Dev.-8:00—4:00 Middle School Cafeteria
b) 3:00 Special Education Team meeting in the North Iowa Middle School ICN room
THURSDAY, JANUARY
4 (Day 2)
a) School Resumes
b)
JV/V Wr. @ Newman-6:00
c) JV G/B BB @Garner-6:30
d)Special guest tour in the early p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 (Day 3)
a) V G/B
BB @ Belmond-6:30
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6
a) JV/V Wr. @ Graetinger-10:30
b)
School Board Retreat 1:00-5:00
c) HS
Bowling @ BC-1:00
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A) OUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
*We believe all
children can and will learn.
B) ANNUAL PROGRESS
GOALS
Culture Climate for Learning
Long Term Goal:
Annual Goal: The
percent of students responding 3 or higher on question 6 of the Building
Tomorrow Survey will increase.
C) “We carry
around our
attitude like a pack on our back.
Everyone who follows up can see it yet at times we are not fully aware
of how it appears to others.”
D) HAPPY NEW YEAR
E) Faculty
Forum ---- January 9 ---- 4:00 – 4:45 ---- HS Media Center
F) ALL elementary teachers are required to have lesson plans posted electronically every week.
G) Monday, January 15 we will host ALBORADA in an all-school assembly --- 8:30 a.m.
H) January 3 Staff Development
Day will be held at the middle school.
The bulk of the day will be spent working on standards and
benchmarks. Each teacher will be
working on a curriculum team. While on
your team you will make decisions regarding benchmarks in that area and help
map out the scope and sequence of those benchmarks. This is a “POWER OF
ATTORNEY” approach and by working on one team you are entrusting all
other curriculum content to your colleagues. The decisions they make will be
presented to the whole group BUT we will all honor their work and support it.
The Elementary Curriculum Teams are:
MATH: L.Hagedorn, G.
Eichenberger, C. Lockrem, J. Jutting, L. Huntington
SCIENCE: D. Jacobson,
C. Blodgett, M. Leerar
SOCIAL STUDIES: A. Twait,
S. Keil, S. Sime
LANGUAGE ARTS/READING: L. Oldenkamp, C. Brooks, D.
You will want to bring with your materials
so you are ready to make decisions regarding K-Prep-Grade 4 benchmark decisions
in your specific content area. This is
an awesome responsibility.
I) SPECIAL EDUCATION teachers meet with Sarah Knudson at 3:00 on
January 3 in the
J)First semester ends
January 12, 2007. That is a 1:10
dismissal with 1:30 rural routes.
K)PHONICS ---- PHONICS ----- PHONICS
L) Personal
leave is dependent on the availability of a substitute. Plan ahead.
M) TIMES TO BE
AWARE OF:
A.M. RECESS: 15 minutes in length …. K-2 =
9:45-10:00 …. Grades 3-4 = 10:05-10:20
NOON RECESS: 30 minutes in length
END OF THE DAY: Thompson shuttle students dismissed at 3:25
(no sooner)departure at 3:33 ------Rural Route and town students released to go
home or the playground at 3:28 (no sooner) ---- After
school recess supervisors will blow the whistle to line up at 3:44
(set your watch by the atomic clocks) departure at 3:48.
N) North Iowa Community School District All
District—All School Reunion will take place July 8, 2007. This is the 110th anniversary of
the First Consolidation of a school district west of the
