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May 12, 2017

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Happy Friday! Next week really gets busy for us in the office as Beth and Amy work on the final senior awards, Neal is making sure all the seniors have their time made up, and I am getting ready for the graduation ceremony. Seniors last day of class is Monday. If you want Mr. Martin to administer your senior semester tests, please get him the materials by Monday so he is ready for them. Make sure you put the student's name on the test. So when I ask Mr. Martin who has not taken their test yet, he will be able to tell me. Most seniors will have their testing done on Tuesday; those that have more than 4 classes may take some on Wednesday morning. The Senior Awards night is Wednesday at 6:30 pm in the competition gym. Finally, senior breakfast is at 9:00 am on Thursday, followed by practice at 10:00 am.  Next week Wednesday we have our final district in-service of the year. We will meet in the Library to go over our Iowa Assessment data. I will send out the sheet I want each gr...

May 5, 2017

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Happy Friday! Only 2 more editions of the Friday Focus left to write. As we wrap up teacher appreciation week, I would like to thank everyone again for what you do and sacrifice for the students in the Le Mars School District. The success of our students and school are due to the great staff we have in the district.  Lunch will be provided in the lounge today. The menu is pulled pork, baked beans, chips, dessert, and water/pop.  We have our last extra hour meeting next week. Please continue to work on the Iowa Core work your group has done all year. During our district in-service on May 17, your group will look at the Iowa Assessment data and fill out the form identifying our strengths and weaknesses. If your department has an assessment, please use that assessment, all other areas please use the reading data. Once you are done looking at your assessment data, use the reminder of the time to wrap up your curriculum work for the school year. Make sure you make a no...