October 28, 2016

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Happy Friday! We have completed first quarter, where has the time gone? Just a reminder grades will be due on Monday morning at 8:30. Report cards will be run and mailed home that morning. 

 Thank you to the English teachers for giving the 2nd round of STAR assessments this week. During your next PLC time, please look at the data and see how your students are doing. We need to continue to push the students to increase their reading comprehension skills. 

 I have seen some great lessons the past couple of weeks where the students are being pushed outside their comfort zones. One activity that I saw was in Ms. Bomgaars room where she had the students give a speech. Now many of us have the students give a speech, but this was in her Spanish 4 class where they had to do it in Spanish. In the few that I heard, you could tell they had to have a good grasp of the Spanish language. 

 Remember, if you are doing something new or a lesson you would really want me to come and see, please let me know.

 During advisory on Monday please have your students do the 1st quarter reflections. There will be no Harbor video that day.

 Have a great weekend!
Mark

Staff News

Congratulations to Ms. Bowmaster on her engagement!

Staff as Learners

Doug Martin, Adam Moss, Tami Dunn, and Kyle Gerdes are attending a NGSS workshop today.

Students as Leaders

Congrats to the following students for making All-State Band - Sarah Benton (horn), Tessa Hansen (trumpet), Drake Oswald (tenor sax), and Anna Vacura (percussion).

 Congrats to the following students for making All-State Choir - Anrea Barrett, Arlinna Bowen, Megan Connor, Kyle Dunn, Dalton Glawe, Madisen Parker, Alex Pick, and Caden Washburn.

 Congrats to the following students for making All-State Orchestra - Kajsa Hallberg (violin) and Sarah Meis (violin)

 Congrats to Lauren Tabbert who won the 200 freestyle and was part of the winning 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams at the Missouri River Conference swim meet. Lauren swims with the Sioux City Metros as we have a sharing agreement with them.

Assistant Principal's Corner


Librarian's News

Tracy W. had shared briefly about hyperdocs. While at edcamp, I learned more about them and ways to incorporate them. I created one a bit more specific to the research the sophomores and juniors do in English class as seen with this link: Research Hyperdoc  However, if you want, I can revise it or help you create one that will fit with your research requirements. Just let me know! 

Student Council Project Support Siouxland Soldiers: We will be gone to the state convention on Monday, October 31, so we will start picking up items in your rooms November 1. The middle school leadership group collected non food items and those will also be packed into the care packages. Thank you for encouraging students to help our troops. This year, all extra items will be taken to the armory in Le Mars where the National Guard will make sure it is distributed to veterans and troops' families in need from the area. We also would like to send a small thank you gift and acknowledgement to all LCHS alumni that are currently enlisted. If you know of someone, please email me the address. 

Instructional Coaches' Tips

Success Center Update

Articles Worth Reading

19 Big and Small Classroom Management Strategies

Upcoming Events

Friday, October 28
- End of 1st Qtr
- 7:30 pm Indoor Marching Band Concert

Saturday, October 29
- Robotics Competition - Olsen League in MS Commons and MS Gym

Monday, October 31
- State Student Council Convention - Des Moines

Tuesday, November 8
- 7:00 pm CTE Advisory Meeting 

Thursday, November 10
- 7:00 pm High School Musical

Friday, November 11
- 7:00 pm High School Musical

Saturday, November 12
- 7:00 pm High School Musical


Be Extraordinary!
Mark

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