FOR WEEK 30 ---- March 23, 2009
GO BIG
BLUE !!!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking." -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Birthdays:
March 22
– Joseph Weringa
March 23
– Megan Kirschbaum
March 25
– Tess Ree
March
26 – Brenna Paulson
Recess Duty:
M - Giesking/Andersen,
Tu –
Monday, March 23
● Superintendent
Interviews
● Staffing
● Elite Stars Soup
Supper and Show
Tuesday: March 24
● After School Special --- 3:30-4:30 ---
● Parent – Teacher
Conferences 4:00-8:00
● Public Hearing
on the District-wide Published Budget for 2009-2010 – 5:00 --- Commons
● Mr. Hill meets
with a benefit provider in the p.m.
Wednesday: March 25
● District
Technology Committee Meeting in the afternoon
● Church Night
---- all students out of the buildings by 6:00 p.m.
Thursday: March 26
● PANCAKE DAY ----- Davids and Hill Show !!!!!
● Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:00-8:00
Friday: March 27
● NO SCHOOL
---- COMP DAY
Saturday: March 28
ADDITIONAL ITEMS:
It is the
goal of the
Culture Climate Goals
Annual Goal: At least 70 percent of students will respond 3 or
higher on the average of Section A of the Building Tomorrow Survey.
● After School Special for students
in grades 4 or 5 each Tuesday night from 3:30-4:30 in the
● “In
reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never
a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or
settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted — for those
who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.
Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some
celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have
carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom” President Barack Obama, January 20, 2009.
● Spring has
officially arrived.
● Lakota Pancake Day ----
Saturday, March 21 ----10:00-1:00 --- fire station.
● Parent-Teacher
Conferences will be March 24 and March 26.
● March 26 ----- Pancake
Day at the Elementary/Middle School
● North Iowa RSVP will
honor volunteers in our Reading Buddies and Reading Coaches program at
● March 30 is a full day
for staff development ----- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS.
● Kindergarten Round-up will take place March 31. Students attending Round-up will arrive at
8:30 and parents may pick them up at 11:00.
Parents meet with teachers at 5:30.
● District Technology
Committee meeting ---- Tuesday, March 31
● April 1 the
Conference-wide Inservice planning team will meet.
●
● Tuesday, June 2 is a
professional development day due to snow days.
● Monday, March 30 is
a Professional Development Day.---- NO
SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS--- Staff Development 8:00-4:00
● 1. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the
sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, "Who was that masked man?"
Invariably, someone would answer, "I don't know, but he left this behind
????."
What did he leave behind?________________.
2.When the Beatles first came to the
3 'Get your kicks, __________________.'
4. 'The story you have seen is true. Only the names have
been changed to ___________________.'
5. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'
6. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a
stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the
'_____________.'
7. Nestle's makes the very best . . . . _______________.'
8. Satchmo was
9. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always
ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________ ________. '
11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning
their______________.
12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front
was called the VW. What other names did it go by?
___________ & _______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.'
This was a tribute to ___________________.
14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it.
It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that
we twirled around our waist It was called the ______________.
ANSWERS ARE AT
THE END OF
THIS PAGE
● “PROCEDURES
MUST BE PRACTICED.”
Harry Wong ------ Recess rules need to be practiced. Lining up when the whistle blows is a
procedure. Practice it ---- explain the
purpose for the rule. Be consistent in
how the rule is enforced. Now that we
have returned from Christmas it is especially important to review procedures
and practice them over and over again.
● We host several varsity and middle
school track meets this spring. Please
sign up in the office to assist on running an event or helping in the “crow’s
nest.” Our track meets are a real
showcase for our communities and our district.
●
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)
●
ANSWERS (because I know it will drive you nuts, if you can't remember the
answer):
1. The Lone Ranger left
behind a silver bullet.
2. The Ed Sullivan Show
3. On Route 66
4. To protect the innocent;
5. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
6. The limbo
7. Chocolate
8. Louis Armstrong
9. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11. Draft cards (bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnit
15. Hula-hoop