April 29, 2016

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Happy Friday! We made it to another weekend. As we get closer to the end of the school year, students are going to test our patience. Remember to take a deep breath before reacting to something. We do not want to get into arguments or power struggles with students, especially if their is an audience. In these instances nobody wins.

I hope you all commended your students on their behavior at the assembly on Wednesday. I was very impressed with the students. I do think this is something we need to do more of and I will look for more ways to recognize our students. I think an assembly like this should become the norm next school year during our advisory time.

Wednesday night at the annual Foundation Banquet, we had several staff members recognized for 25 years of employment. I would also like to recognize these people, they are: Brett Oetken, Sherri Permewaran, and Kevin Westhoff. Thank you for your years of service and hard work to help educate the youth of Le Mars! Also that night, Employees of the Month were recognized. We also had several of them, they are: Tracy Wingert (November), LeAnn Hobson (January), Joann Johnson (February), and Gale Horan (April). Mr. Wingert was also recognized as the Decades of Excellence Crystal Bell Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to all!

Mr. Utesch will be having a Junior class meeting during advisory to go over opens for next school year. We are scheduled to do the week 15 reflection on Monday, but we will push that back a week to May 9. The back side of the week 15 reflection will be completed on May 23rd, but the Semester reflection will be completed on May 31. On May 31, you can hand back the students reflections so they can see how they progressed throughout the semester.

Finally, I need to apologize to Mrs. Cronin as I forgot to include her in recognizing staff members who are retiring at our assembly. I am sorry that happened and by no means do I not appreciate all you have done for the students, the school, and the district.

Have a great weekend!

Staff News

On Monday night, the board approved the hire of David Den Herder as our new Special Education Teacher.

They also approved the resignation of Stacey Nelson. Stacey will leaving us at the end of the school year. I would like to thank her for all her work with Josh and with the other students in Mrs. Klingbeil's room. I know she will be missed by many.

Students as Leaders

Congratulations to Kelli Susemihl who qualified for the NHD national contest.

Good luck to the following students as they compete at the Skills/USA Contest: Abraham Cerda, Tyler Holzman, and Tyson Weiler.

Assistant Principal's Corner

Congratulations to our newly elected representatives for student council.  If you see these students tell them congratulations!  We had a great turn out for voting and a number of eligible candidates in our election this year.  In total with our carried over representatives from this year, we will have 42 representatives for our council in 2016-2017!  Our newly elected members are:

 Freshman: Kara Albrecht, Eric Spieler, Maddi Pippett, Kenny Ung, Chloe Calhoun, Tate Westhoff, Emily Carlson, Alex Collins, and Anthony Lamoreux 

 Sophomores: Joey DeBoer, Haleigh Allyn, Kiara Chesteen, Christian Koch, Kristen Heimgartner, Emily Koonce, Tylon Chapman, and Annie Ellis 

 Juniors: Gretchen Adams, Elizabeth Ihrke, Halie Schwartz, Luke Sudtelgte, Trevor Renken, Ote Albrecht, Caden Washburn, Allaina Kessenich, Maddy Mahan, JT Engebretson, Katie McAllister, and Grace Milbrodt

 Seniors: Sydney Rand, Emily VanOtterloo, Makena Masuen, Madison Parker, Cole Berkenpas, Walker Raymond, Bryce Frentress, Kelli Susemihl, Krista Zenk, Trent Hilbrands, Jeff Ahlers, and Gretchen Dodge.  

 Next years class officers were also nominated for next year and they include the following:

 Freshman: Maddie Pippett (President), Anthony Lamoreux (Vice President), and Chloe Calhoun (Sec/Treasurer)

 Sophomores: Joey DeBoer (President), Christian Koch (Vice President), and Tylon Chapman (Sec/Treasurer)

 Juniors: Katie McAllister (President), Trevor Renken (Vice President), and Caden Washburn (Sec/Treasurer)

 Seniors: Sydney Rand (President), Kelli Susemihl (Vice President), and Jeff Ahlers (Sec/Treasurer)

Articles Worth Reading

Mastery Learning and Grading: Changing our Approach to Outcomes and Grading
What the "End of Average" Means for K-12
Personalized Learning: Why Your Classroom Should Sound Like a Coffee Shop

Upcoming Events


Friday, April 29
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Tennis @ Cherokee
Saturday, April 30
  • 8:00 am State Honor Orchestra @ Waterloo West High School
  • 9:00 am Boys Varsity/JV Golf @ Storm Lake
  • 9:00 am Girls Varsity/JV Tennis - Lakes Conference Meet @ Le Mars
  • 9:00 am Boys Varsity/JV Tennis - Lakes Conference Meet @ Spencer

Monday, May 2
  • Boys Varsity/JV Golf vs. Cherokee
  • 2:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Golf @ Sibley-Ocheyedan
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Spirit Lake
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Tennis @ Spirit Lake
  • 5:00 pm Girls/Boys Varsity/JV Track @ Storm Lake
Tuesday, May 3
  • CPT Exams
Thursday, May 5
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Golf @ Five Island Golf Course
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Spencer
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Tennis @ Spencer
  • 5:00 pm Girls/Boys Varsity/JV Track - Lakes Conference Meet @ Le Mars
Friday, May 6
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Golf vs. Western Christian @ Prairie Rose in Brunsville
  • 4:00 pm State Large Group Contest
Saturday, May 7
  • 8:00 am Boys Varsity/JV Golf - Le Mars Invite
  • 8:30 am Girls Varsity/JV Tennis @ Spencer
  • 5:30 pm Promenade
  • 9:00 pm Prom
Monday, May 9
  • 10:00 am Girls Varsity/JV Golf @ Spencer (Lakes Conference Meet)
  • 10:00 am Boys Varsity/JV Golf @ Storm Lake (Lakes Conference Meet)
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Storm Lake
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Tennis @ Storm Lake
  • 4:30 pm Boys Varsity/JV Track @ Spencer
Tuesday, May 10
  • 7:30 pm HS Vocal Concert - MS Auditorium
Thursday, May 12
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Golf @ Storm Lake
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Golf @ Storm Lake
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Track Districts
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Tract Districts
Saturday, May 14
  • Boys Varsity Tennis Substate
  • 9:00 am Girls Varsity/JV Golf @ Storm Lake

Be Extraordinary!

Mark

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