February 24, 2017

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Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great three day weekend and you were able to enjoy the nice weather. It is hard to believe that this is the last Friday in February. 

 I have scheduled meetings with each group next week to go over numbers for next school year. You also will need to get your requisitions in for next school year by March 13. When filling out the online requisitions, please make sure you use all caps. This makes it easier for Kim when she has to order. If you need to attach a quote with a requisition, please email the quote to me with the requisition number in the email so it can be matched up. The requisition number will be something like RQ0000. 

 Looking ahead, I won't be able to approve any more leaves for March 3. We have 7 people that will be gone that day. 

 I have been asked about our local assessments and when we will be giving them this year. I will sit down with those who are impacted by this soon and try to find a date in late April, early May to get these done. 

 Our next building in-service will be on March 8 and the second one is on March 22. 

 Have a great weekend! Make sure you warm up your muscles before moving all the snow that we are supposed to get.

Staff News

Congrats to Judd Kopperud for being named 4A West District Girl's Basketball Coach of the Year!

 Congrats to Barry Borchers for being named 1A West District Bowling Coach of the Year for boys and girls!

Students as Leaders

Good Luck to the Robotics team as they compete at the state contest.

Good Luck to those performing at the Individual Speech Contest tomorrow.

 Congrats to Cody Ott for his 10th place finish at state swimming in the 50 free and 3rd place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay.

 Congrats to the Jazz Band for their 4th place finish at the NW Iowa Jazz Festival we hosted on Monday.

 Congrats to the boy's bowling team for their 4th place finish at state. Kody Koerselman finished 7th, Brady Kommes finished 19th, Riley Augustine 20th, Noah Holder 24th, Blake Rush 25th, and Deyton Augustine 30th. 

 Congrats to Brady Kommes for being named West 1A District Bowler of the Year. He was also first team all West 1A District along with Noah Holder, Riley Augustine, and Kody Koerselman. Deyton Augustine was named to the second team. Brady and Noah were both named 1st team All-State and Riley was named 2nd team All-State. 

 Congrats to the girl's bowling team for their 4th place finish at state. Sydney Landis finished 9th, Abby Whiddon 11th, Steph Williams 23rd, Lexi Schroeder 28th, Caitlynne Peters 36th, and Siarah Augustine 41st.

 Congrats to Lexi Schroeder for being named West 1A District Bowler of the Year. She was also first team all West 1A District along with Steph Williams, Abby Widdon, and Sydney Landis. Caitlynne Peters was named to the second team. Lexi and Steph was also name 1st team All-State. Abby was named to the 2nd team.

 Congrats to Madison Dreckman and Jenn Schneider being named to the 4A West All District Team.

Assistant Principal's News

On March 3rd, Mrs. Isebrand and myself will be traveling to Lewis Central High School with some of our Junior representatives from student council to attend the START leadership conference.

 Reminder to be consistent with your classroom rules and don't be afraid to make a phone call home to parents.  These phone calls can and should be positive calls home, as parents do not usually get those and it can make it nice to hear from your child's teacher when something good is going on.  I challenge you all to make a positive phone call this next week to a student's parent who may need encouragement to get through the rest of the quarter.

 A you begin to look ahead to the end of the school year, take the time in your PLC groups to analyze the effectiveness of your meeting time.  Developing a routine way to meet as a group that keeps all members of your team focused and engaged can be a great way to make progress happen as you look at your essential learning's and develop strategies to reach all students in your content area.  Holding each other accountable in your meetings will bring value to your time and effectiveness in your planning.  Attached are some ideas to explore by Mike Schmoker.

 http://mikeschmoker.com/norms.html

Librarian's Corner


Instructional Coaches' Tid Bits

My first topic this week is about the "unlimited" data offerings that many of the cell phone companies recently rolled out. NW Iowa is a heavy Verizon area so I thought I would share a few of the catches to their plan.

Success Center Update

Article Worth Reading

A warning from Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Stephen Hawking.

Upcoming Events

Friday, February 24
- Iowa State Championships (Robotics)

Saturday, February 25
- Bishop Heelan Show Choir Invite
- 8:00 am IHSSA Individual Events Speech District Contest @ West Lyon
- Iowa State Championships (Robotics)

Sunday, February 26
- 3:00 pm Dance Expo
Tuesday, February 28
- 7:30 pm MS/HS Orchestra Concert

Thursday, March 2
- 7:30 pm HS Vocal Concert

Saturday, March 4
- Show Choir @ Sioux City East Invite

Monday, March 6
- Spanish Club trip to El Ranchito

Saturday, March 11
- IHSSA Individual Events Speech State Contest @ SC East

Tuesday, March 14
- 4:30 pm Boy/Girl Track Lakes Conference Indoor Meet @ Buena Vista University

 Saturday, March 18
- Show Choir @ Hinton

 Monday, March 20
- TBD - Girl/Boy Track @ The University of South Dakota

Be Extraordinary!
Mark

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