FOR
WEEK 6 ---- September 22, 2008
GO BIG
BLUE !!!
QUOTE OF
THE WEEK:
Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Birthdays:
September
23 – Keegan Anderson
September
25 – Samantha Sevley
September
25 – Katelin Adams
September
26 – Austin Haisman
September
36 – Dstin Olson Jr.
Recess Duty:
M – Lockrem,
Tu – Sime, W – Giesking, Th –
Monday, September 22
● School Bus
evacuation drill ----- a.m. shuttle buses
● Classroom
observations
● Cross Country @
Rockwell-Swaledale – 5:00 p.m.
● JV Football @ Northwood
– 6:30 p.m.
● First Day of
Fall
Tuesday: September 23
● Mr. Hill attends
an ICN session most of the a.m.
● School Bus
evacuation drill ----- p.m. rural route students
● JV/V Volleyball vs
● 7/8 Football vs
● 7/8 Volleyball @
Forest City 4:15 p.m.
Wednesday: September 24
● 1:30-1:50
Dismissal for Staff Development
● Tornado Drill ----- 10:00 a.m.
● Family Night ---- ALL
students are to out of the building by 6:00 p.m.
● Skill Tutor Training ----- MS (2:00-2:45) Elem/HS (3:15-4:00)
● “READING BUDDIES”
RSVP program volunteer kick-off --- 3:30 –
Thursday: September 25
● Support Staff Update meeting ---
Middle School --- 8:30 a.m.
● Administrative Team meeting --- 2:00 – Mr.
Embrock’s office
● School Board committee meets --- evening
● 7/8 Volleyball
vs Lake Mills 4:15 p.m. – home
Friday: September 26
● Support Staff Update meeting --- Elem/HS
--- 8:30 a.m.
● Mr. Hill and Mrs. Benn meet with representatives from the
Iowa Department of Education at the middle school --- 11:00
● Varsity Football @ Rockwell City 7:30
p.m.
Saturday: September 27
● SOARING
AND EXPLORING -- NIACC
ADDITIONAL
ITEMS:
Board Goal:
It is the
goal of the
Reading Achievement Goal
Annual Goal: To increase the percent of students in grades 3-8 and 10
scoring at or above grade
level on the vocabulary sub-test of the Gates MacGinitie
Reading Assessment.
● Remember as a General Education
teacher you are required to attend special education staffings and GEI
brainstorming sessions.
● Individual Professional Growth Plan and
Team Professional Growth Plan----- all should be turned into Mr. Hill.
● District-wide assessment ------- Please return to
● LESSON PLANS ----- everyone needs to have them
on-line by the end of the day on Friday.
● “Soaring and Exploring” conference
----- Saturday, September 27 ---- NIACC ---- this is a wonderful conference
focused on early childhood issues.
● September 24 and 25 we will have
hearing screening for K-Prep, Kindergarten, First, Second, and Eighth grade
plus all new students to the district.
Both days will begin at 8:30.
● Respect and
Responsibility.
● ZERO TOLERANCE
on the playground for fighting, arguing, teasing, or rough play.
●
Your webpages should now contain your daily schedule, a link to your lesson
plans, helpful links/hints for parents to use when working with their children.
● Support
Staff Update meetings ---- Sept. 25 (Thompson) and 26 (BC)
● We are offering a pep bus to away games. Students in middle school and high school
are encouraged to sign up.
● Training for Skills Iowa (Skills
Tutor) will be September 24. 2:00 at the Middle School and 3:15 at the BC
Building. If any of the elementary teachers
would like to attend the M/S secession and then work with the teachers at the
middle school on the district wide assessment scoring you are welcome to do
so. Please let Mike Evans know ahead of
time.
● Be
sure your child abuse training is up to date.
If your certificate was 2005 or prior you will need to complete the
on-line training within the next two weeks.
● Friday, September 26 is SPIRIT DAY ----- Wear your Bison shirts !!! GO
BIG BLUE !!!!