May 6, 2016

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Happy Friday! The first week of May is done! Great job on keeping the students learning. I know we have had lots of distractions this week with all the activities and the science room remodeling. This coming week, the science rooms will have the asbestos removed, then the real noise will begin.

Next Wednesday we will have our second to last extra hour meeting. You will meet in your department PLCs and work on your local assessment or discuss curriculum changes for next year or how your strategy from you last SMART goal turned out.

The seniors will be done with regular class on May 16. On that day, any senior who doesn't need to take a semester test will check out. Semester test will be on May 17 and 18. Mr. Martin has agreed to proctor those test. If you want him to proctor your test for seniors, please give him the test with the students name on it and scantron if needed by May 13. We have told the seniors if they have to take fewer than 4 exams they need to be done on Tuesday. If they have more than 4, they can take the extra ones Wednesday morning. Amy and Beth will be pushing to get senior awards done for Wednesday night. So they may be contacting you to find out a senior's grade so we can finalize the top 10% of the class. Thank you for your assistance in doing this. Senior grades will be stored Wednesday at 3:00 pm. I know this is a short turnaround, but with the awards that night, it needs to be this way. I also will need to notify parents if their child is not going to be able to walk on Sunday.

Place May 18th on your schedule for a 7:45 am meeting with Sandy. She will be going over insurance and other business items for next year. I don't have a location for the meeting yet, but wanted you to be aware of it. Also, don't forget contracts are due May 17th. I will be happy to collect them from you and then turn them into Central Office.

Finally, I will be gone next Tuesday and Wednesday, so if you need a sub please call Neal.

Have a great weekend!

Staff News

Congrats to Jeanne Rust for being named the Senior Divsion Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award for Iowa for her work with National History Day! She will now be in  the running for the National award. After having a son particiapate in this for the first time, she has to have a lot of patience and show a lot of guidance to help the students as they progress through  the semester with their projects.

Students as Leaders

Congrats to the coaches and the Girls Tennis team for finishing in first place in the Conference Tennis Tournament on Wednesday. Elizabeth Ihrke finished in 1st place in #1 singles and Danielle Martin finished in 1st place in #2 singles. The #2 doubles team of Jessica Eisma and Emily Van Otterloo   also finished in 1st place.




Congrats to the coaches and the Boys Tennis team for finishing in first place in the Conference Tennis Tournament on Wednesday. Dylan Harms finished in 1st place in #1 singles and Jake Thompson finished in 1st place in #2 singles. The #1 doubles team of Kyle Marek and Thomas Havey finished 1st and the #2 doubles team of Austin Rieken and Alex Mahan finished in 2nd.


Congrats to coaches and the Boys Track team for their first place finish at the Lakes Conference Track meet last night. They had several individual champions.


Congrats to the coaches and the Girls Track team for their second place finish at the Lakes Conference Track meet last night.

Librarian's Corner

Please congratulate the following students when you see them: Austin Parrott, Ross Curry, Dacia Buss, Samantha Ten Napel, and Riley Eppinga. These 5 students were among 23 students (12 from the middle school), I took to the Book Bash competition in Sioux City April 29. Their team placed 2nd out of 17 high school teams that competed. Book Bash consists of reading titles from a selected list and then answering questions about them to gain the highest scores. The top four at each level go on to the final round. All rounds are timed. 

Instructional Coaches' Corner

Google recently added a Q&A feature to Google Slides. Click here to read about what it can and can't do in iOS. Here is a link to the Google Docs blog. 

I came across a unique way to use Kahott in a PE class. Click here to see a 12 second clip a teacher took of her PE class. 

Assistant Principal's Corner

Articles Worth Reading

Upcoming Events

Friday, May 6
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Golf vs Western Christian @ Le Mars
  • 4:00 pm State Large Group Contest @ Le Mars
Saturday, May 7
  • 8:00 am Boys Varsity/JV Golf Invitational @ Le Mars
  • 5:30 pm Promenade in Carey Gym
  • 9:00 pm - 12:00  Prom @ Convention Center 
Sunday, May 8
  • 12:30 am - 3:00 am After Prom @ Middle School
Monday, May 9
  • 10:00 am Girls Golf Lakes Conference Tournament @ Spencer
  • 10:00 am Boys Golf Lakes Conference Tournament @ Storm Lake
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Tennis vs Storm Lake @ Le Mars
  • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity/JV Tennis @ Storm Lake
  • 4:30 pm Boys Varsity/JV Track @ Spencer
Tuesday, May 10
  • 4:00 pm Boys Varsity/JV Golf @ Spirit Lake
  • 7:30 pm HS Vocal Concert in the Middle School Auditorium
Wednesday, May 11
    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 State Qualifiying @ Spirit Lake
    • 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Track State Qualifiying @ Spirit Lake

    Be Extraordinary!

    Mark

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