March 31, 2017

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Happy Friday and one more week closer to spring break. 

 On April 3 during advisory, Youth on Main Street will be here to speak to the sophomores in the Little Theater. Please have the sophomores report down there. I also will need the teachers that have sophomores for advisory to report there. Please sit with the students around the little theater.

 Iowa Assessments will be on April 4-6. We will run the formative assessment schedule that is in the student handbook on those days. 

 We have our building in-service times on April 5 and 19. Like the past meetings, please work on curriculum work. The district professional development day is April 26. 

 Congrats to the music students for their performance at individual small group ensemble Saturday. They had numerous students earn division 1 ratings.  Band students earned 27 I's, 7 II's, and 1 III. Choir students earned 28 I's, 24 II's, and 2 III's. Orchestra students earned 5 I's, 3 II's, and 3 III's.

 On Tuesday night, 60 students were inducted into the National Honor Society. The guest speaker was Darrin Raymond. Mrs. Addison and Mr. Borchers did a great job organizing the officers and putting on the ceremony. Thank you to those who serve on the Faculty Council. They are Rhonda Beach, Tami Dunn, Terry Fitzgerald, Shawn Starr, Mary Westhoff, and Mark Zeka. With two of these members leaving please consider helping with this group.

 Looking ahead, the spring play is April 20-22. Please take the time to reserve one of these nights to check out the production. Mrs. Ohrlund and crew always put on an excellent show. 

 On Wednesday night the Board of Education decided May 25 will be the last day of school for the students. Semester test will then be May 24 and 25. 

 One last item, during one of our evacuation drills, Chief Schipper noticed some teachers did not take their attendance books with them. That led to Neal and I discussing the evacuation procedure and what safety checks we actually have in place to ensure all students are out of the building. I am looking for volunteers to serve as lead teachers at the different evacuation points. I would need someone at the main entrance, guidance entrance, student parking lot, behind weight room, and behind new addition area (practice football field). The lead teacher would be informed about who is missing and who they have extra from the other teachers. They would then text Mrs. Davis who they are missing and who is extra. From there we can then start to account for students. In order to do this, we need to make sure everyone stays with their teacher/class. I ask that you inform students of this and when we have a drill enforce this procedure. Neal and I will be pulling students to spot check that attendance is being taken and communicated with the leaders and then to Mrs. Davis. If you are interested or willing to be one of the leaders, please let me know. I will also use the leaders to communicate instructions, like you may re-enter or if we need to move students to another location because there is a fire.  
Have a great weekend!

Students as Leaders

On April 6 the Orchestra students will be attending a clinic/festival at Cedar Falls.

 Also, on April 6 the Robotics team will be presenting at the ISEA Delegate Assembly. 

Librarian's Corner

Math and science teachers: need an extension to help you type all of those symbols and expressions in Google docs/classroom? Try this extension: EQUATIO. 

 Fake news continues to be in the spotlight, especially after the 60 Minutes episode Sunday night on CBS. While I teach the basics in 6th grade, it is something we all need to remphasize to our students. A webpage with great tips is on Easybib. 


Instructional Coaches' Tid Bits

From Mr. Collins - "This is Easy": The Little Phrase that Causes Big Problems


Articles Worth Reading

Embracing Failure: Building a Growth Mindset Through the Arts
Advisory: 22 Ways to Build Relationships for Educational Success

Upcoming Events

Friday, March 31
- National History Day District Contest
- Blood Drive @ LCHS

 Monday, April 3
- 7:00 pm DLIIT Meeting

Tuesday, April 4
- 4:00 pm Boy Tennis vs. Sioux City East
- 4:30 pm Girl Track vs. Cherokee, OABCIG and SBL
- 4:30 pm Boy Track @ MOC

Thursday, April 6
- Sine Nomine Honor Band @ MS Auditorium
- Orchestra Festival @ UNI
- 9:30 am Robotics @ Des Moines
- 4:00 pm Boy Golf vs. Western Christian
- 4:00 pm Girl Tennis vs. Cherokee
- 4:00 pm Boy Tennis @ Cherokee
- 5:00 pm Boy Track @ Cherokee

Friday, April 7
- Music Booster Auction
- 4:30 pm Boy Golf @ Hinton
- 5:00 pm Music Booster Pancake Supper
- 5:00 pm Girl Track @ Cherokee

 Saturday, April 8
- 9:00 am Boy Varsity/JV Golf @ Sibley-Ocheyedan

 Monday, April 10
- 4:00 pm Girl Varsity/JV Tennis @ Spirit Lake
- 4:00 pm Boy Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Spirit Lake
- 4:30 pm Boy/Girl Varsity/JV Track vs. Heelan, East, North, West, & Spencer
- 7:00 pm Music Booster Meeting

 Tuesday, April 11
- 4:00 pm Girl Varsity/JV Golf @ Estherville
- 4:00 pm Boy Varsity/JV Golf vs. ELC & Storm Lake
- 4:00 pm Girl Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Spencer
- 4:00 pm Boy Varsity/JV Tennis @ Spencer

 Wednesday, April 12
- 2:30 dismissal

 Monday, April 17
- 9:00 am Boy Varsity/JV Golf @ Spencer
- 5:00 pm Boy Varsity/JV Track @ Unity Christian

 Tuesday, April 18
- 4:00 pm Girl Varsity/JV Golf @ Western Christian
- 4:00 pm Boy Varsity/JV Golf vs. Western Christian
- 4:00 pm Girl Varsity/JV Tennis @ Storm Lake
- 4:00 pm Boy Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Storm Lake
- 4:30 pm Boy/Girl JV Track @ Boyden-Hull

 Wednesday, April 19
- 7:00 pm Athletic Booster Club meeting

 Thursday, April 20
- 4:00 pm Girl Varsity/JV Tennis vs. ELC
- 4:00 pm Boy Varsity/JV Tennis @ ELC
- 4:30 pm Girl Varsity/JV Track @ SBL
- 4:30 pm Boy Varsity/JV Track @ Sheldon
- 7:00 pm Spring Play

 Friday, April 21
- 12:00 pm Girl Varsity/JV Golf vs. Heelan, Cherokee, Gehlen, Sioux Central, and East.
- 5:00 pm Boy/Girl Freshmen Track @ Sioux City Relays
- 7:00 pm Spring Play

 Saturday, April 22
- 8:00 am Boy/Girl Varsity Track @ Sioux City Relays
- 7:00 pm Spring Play 
Be Extraordinary!
Mark

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