ELEMENTARY WEEKLY BULLETIN

FOR WEEK 16 --- DECEMBER 4, 2006

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

If you can't be funny, be interesting.

Harold Ross

BIRTHDAYS

Mon., Dec. 4: Alex Frommie (Half)

Tues., Dec. 5: Dakota Brass, Lexis Julsrud-Wertjes, Terri Ree (Half)

Wed., Dec. 6: Cassidy Sachs, Natalie Sachs

Thurs., Dec. 7: Molli Joens, Colton Albrant

Sat., Dec. 9: Rachel Hassebroek (Half), Samuel Hassebroek (Half)

WORKERS

Fri., Dec. 8: Sell: Rita Salazar, Take: Dee Hobbs, Cheri Mayland

Sat., Dec. 9: Sell: Connie Lockrem, Take: Loree Huntington, Cherri Mayland

RECESS DUTY

Mon.-Keil, Huntington, Tues.-Hagedorn, Twait, Wed.-Brooks, Lockrem, Thurs.-Oldenkamp, Sime, Fri.-Jacobson, Hobbs

DATES TO REMEMBER

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 (Day 1)

a) 1:10/1:30 Dismissal-Staff Dev.

b) JV G/B BB @ Newman-6:30

c) School Board Workshop 1:30 - 4:00 ---- Room 2

d) Teacher Inservice at Thompson beginning promptly at 1:50.

e) Did everyone survive Mr. Hill grilled hotdogs last week?

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 (Day 2)

a) 7/8 B BB @ WCLT-4:15

b) JV/V Wr. @ Osage-6:30

c) V G/B BB @ Newman-6:30

d) Clover Kids

e) Early Childhood Christmas --- 6:30

f) Teacher Evaluation

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 (Day 3)

a) Admin. Mtg. 9:30

b) Support Staff Update meeting at the middle school ---8:30

c) Mr. Hill attends North Iowa Conference Superintendents meeting.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 (Day 4)

a) 7^th B BB @ FC-4:00

b) 8^th B BB (H) FC-4:00

c) Elementary Christmas Concert-7:00

d) Technology Committee

e) Classroom observation

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 (Day 5)

a) JV Wr. @ Algona-5:00

b) V G/B BB (Home) Britt-6:30

c) Did all your Christmas lights light up?

d) How did you find that one burned out bulb?

e) BC Support Staff Update-- 8:30

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9

a) Music Boosters Soup Supper-4:00-8:00

b) JV/V Wr. @ Garner-9:30

c) V G/B BB (H) Northwood-5:00

d) HS Holiday Dance 8:30-11:30

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

A) BOARD GOALS

It is the goal of the North Iowa Community School District to expect all district employees and elected officials to reflect fiscal responsibility and long-term fiscal planning .

B) ANNUAL PROGRESS GOALS

Reading

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) “School needs to be that place where there is a consistent routine and there are defined lines between what is acceptable here and what is not acceptable. ” Murray Banks, October 11, 2006

D) The internal Technology Committee will meet again in early December.

E) Next Elementary Faculty Meeting is Monday, December 11 --- 3:45--- Elem. Media Center

F) All grades will have Christmas parties.

G) Elementary Christmas Concert ---- December 7 ----- You will be humming all the way home.

H) District Wellness Committee will re-convene on Thursday, December 14 at 4:30 p.m.

I) Staff Development December 21 and January 3, 2007 ---- both days are from 8:00 – 3:30. Would these be good days to share some holiday treats with co-workers?????

J) PHONICS ---- PHONICS ----- PHONICS

K) Personal leave is dependent on the availability of a substitute. Plan ahead.

L) BELIEVE IT OR NOT !

Ø Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

Ø Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S.Treasury.

Ø Coca-Cola was originally green.

Ø The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

Ø The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

Ø The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000

Ø People with above average IQ scores have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Ø The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

Ø The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.