North Iowa Elementary

February 15-20, 2010

GO BIG BLUE !!!

Monday, February 15

● No School

● School Board committee meetings 5:00

● School Board meeting 5:45

Tuesday, February 16

● Elementary Faculty meeting 7:50

● Wall of Fame Photo – 8:30

● 7/8 Wrestling @ Belmond 4:15

● 7/8 Girls Basketball vs Garner 7^th there, 8^th home 4:15

● V Girls Basketball vs WCLT at Ventura 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 17

● Mr. Myer out of district

● Ag in the Classroom – see schedule below

● Presidents on Parade – 4^th grade - 2:00

Thursday, February 18

● Ag in the Classroom – see schedule below

● Administration meeting – 1:00-3:00 p.m.

● 7/8 Girls Basketball vs Lake Mills 7^th there, 8^th home 4:15

● V Boys Basketball vs Northwood home 7:00 p.m.

Friday, February 19

● HS Faculty meeting 7:45

Saturday, February 20

● All-State Speech - Ames

Birthdays this week:

February 14 – Jacob Swearingen August 14 – Nick Sabin - half

February 14 – Jared Swearingen August 14 – Chelsey Armstrong - half

February 15 – Kiaya Wales August 14 – Aleigh Gross - half

February 15 – Eber Lopez

February 16 – Clayton Henn

February 16 – Brandon Roth

February 19 – Nicole Kirschbaum

Recess Duty:

Lower Elementary: M – No School, T – Twait, W – Lockrem, T – Hobbs, F - Eichenberger

Upper Elementary: M – No School, T – Richardson, W - Oldenkamp T - Jutting, F – Jacobson

Monday, February 8^th is the kick off of the “Pennies for Patients” fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Iowa.  This is the 3^rd year for the program at our school and hopefully we can have another successful fund drive.  Last year we raised over $3500 as a school and were able to help many families affected by blood cancer diseases.  Once again our honor student for our school is Garrett Asmus, who successfully battled Hodgkin’s Disease last year.  A letter was sent home with all Elementary and Middle School students explaining the program.  Also all the elementary students and most of the middle school kids will receive collection boxes to aid in this years fund raising. 

Collection boxes will be sent home on Monday, February 8^th.  Also, every classroom, advisor group, or seminar group will be given a larger collection box to aid in the process.  Again this year, a pizza party will be given to the groups raising the most funds in the elementary, middle school, and high school levels.  Good luck and let me know if you have any questions. Brad Huntington

Please inform the school if you have cancelled your landline or changed your cell phone number since filling out registration forms at the start of school so we can keep student records current. Thank You!

If your children are not riding the school bus in the morning, please try to notify the driver

the night before.

Lifetouch will take spring photos February 23^rd. These photos will be available for purchase at Spring Conferences.

â Cancellations, late starts or early dismissals will be announced on the North Iowa Community School website, television, radio email/text messages. Sign up to receive emails or text messages on the North Iowa home page, bottom right hand corner under “North Iowa Alerts” and follow directions. If you were previously signed up for text alerts on your phone and were an Alltel customer who is now Verizon customer and have purchased a new phone from Verizon your phone’s email address has changed and you will need to sign up for the text alerts again. The standard address is - YOURPHONENUMBER@vtext.com

● Parents – Please remember to contact the school if your child is going to be absent for any reason.

Looking Ahead

February 23 - K-8 Spring Pictures with Lifetouch-8:30

February 25 - HS Pep Band Fundraiser Concert 7 PM

March 10 – Make up day for February 9^th

March 10 – Save For America Banking Day

March 31 - Make up day for December 10^th snow day

April 1 – Make up day for January 7^th snow day

April 5 – Make up day for January 8^th snow day

April 14 – Save For America Banking Day

April 26 – ITBS given this week

May 12 – Save For America Banking Day

May 28 – Make up day for January 19^th snow/ice day

June 1 – Make up day for January 25^th snow day

June 2 – Make up day for January 26^th snow day

June 3 – Make up day for February 15^th snow day

Menu for the Next Two Weeks

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
15 Snow Day – No school	16 B: Muffin, yogurt L: Chicken fajita, lettuce, cheese, corn, cinnamon apple slices	17 B: Cereal, toast L: Tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich, crackers, pears	18 B: Breakfast pizza L: Hamburger -bun, baked beans, apple half, cheesecake	19 B: Breakfast bites L: Cheese pizza, broccoli, banana half
22 B: Cereal, toast L: Goulash, garlic bread, pineapple slices, peas	23 B: Breakfast omelet L: BBQ chicken sandwich, mixed fruit, corn, apple crisp	24 B: Biscuits/gravy L: Chicken nuggets, cheesy broccoli Normandy, pears, sandwich	25 B: Cereal, toast L: Chili, crackers, applesauce, cheese slice, cinnamon roll	26 B: Egg patty, toast L: Shrimp poppers, peaches, carrots, sandwich, chocolate cake

Quote: “People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt

Ag in the Classroom schedule– multi-purpose room

Wednesday February 17

8:30 - 9:00 Lockrem K-Prep Food and Nutrition

9:00 - 9:30 Geisking 4th grade Where Does It Come From?

9:35 - 10:05 Richardson 4th grade Where Does It Come From?

10:05 - 10:30 break/recess

10:30 - 11:00 Leerar 2nd grade Gardens vs. Farms

11:00 - 12:30 lunch

12:30 - 1:00 Eichenberger 2nd grade Gardens vs. Farms

1:05 - 2:05 Andersen 5th grade The Trade Game

Thursday, February 18

8:30 -9:00  Twait kindergarten sheep

9:00  - 9:30 Sime kindergarten sheep

9:35 - 10:05 Webb preschool animals/corn

10:05 - 10:30 break/recess

10:30 - 11:00 Jacobson 3rd grade A Day Without Ag

11:00 - 11:30 Keil 3rd grade A Day Without Ag

11:30 - 12:40 lunch

12:40 - 1:10 Huntington 1st grade Dairy

1:10 - 2:10 Price 5th grade The Trade Game