February 23, 2018

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Happy Friday! We made it through another crazy week. With the upcoming girls appearance at the state tournament, be prepared for another crazy week.

 Teachers should have received the web link instructions for requisitions for next year. Please note the due date as March 12. Your budget will be the same as in past years, so far our total has not been reduced. Please email me if you need me to add money to your budget for items that may not be ordered at the beginning of the year. I will then see where our budget stands and if I can do that.

 I had a conversation earlier this week about our PASS Plans and some of the stress some of you may be feeling. Please don't think of PASS Plans as the first intervention you try. You may call home and talk to the parents and express your concern about their child's grade, you can have the student come in before or after school, we can look at putting the student in the Success Center, or we can find them a peer tutor if appropriate. You do have other options than doing the PASS Plan right away. If all of that fails, then the PASS Plan would be appropriate. Remember the purpose of the PASS Plan is to put the ownership back on the student and parent. You shouldn't be the one that has to work harder, you may have to provide extra instruction, but it shouldn't become a burden on you. 

 Our girls basketball team will be playing on Tuesday in Des Moines at 10:00 am. Good luck to Coach Kopperud and the girls as they beat Lewis Central. They will play Thursday then at 3:15 pm. Dr. Webner will make a decision on what we will do for school on those days. If we have no school, the time missed does count against us. As of this morning we have missed 19 hours of school. 

 Good luck to Coach Irwin and the boys team as they take on Heelan tonight. When we win, we will play Monday night at the Tyson Event Center. 

 Please watch the announcements regarding the Orchestra and Choir concerts on Monday and Tuesday nights respectively, they could be moved or combined depending on how other activities do. 

 Have a good weekend!
Mark

Staff News

Please keep Sherri Permswarn's daughter, Yashila, in your prayers as she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Also, keep Joann Johnson's father in your prayers as he continues to heal. Finally, please keep Doug Martin in your prayers as he battles a new fight.

Staff as Learners


Students as Leaders

Good luck to the Robotics team competing at state today and tomorrow. Members participating are: Annie Carver, Chloe Evans, Robby Hodson, Summer LaPato, Luke Sudtelgte, Justin Tyler, Kyle Herbst, Ethan Hulinsky, Hunter LaPato, and Jack Masuen.

 Good luck to the students and coaches at IE District Speech contest. Districts are Saturday at Woodbury Central. 

 Congrats and good luck to the girls basketball team and coaches at the State Basketball Tournament.

 Congrats to Travis Theisen for his 8th place finish at State Wrestling last week.

Congrats to the FFA members who competed at Sub District FFA CDEs in Lawton: Conduct of Meetings CDE - Claudia Probst, Layla Searl, Madison Sargisson, Jorden Berkenpas, Mia Haage, Donovan Daggett, and Jenna Laughton. They earned a Silver rating. Jada Tirre placed 3rd and advanced to Districts in FFA Creed Speech. Brayden Utesch, Claire Ohlrichs, Whitney Ten Napel, Christian Koch, and Angela Conover placed 2nd and advanced to Districts in Parliamentary Procedures. Districts are in Lake View on March 3rd.

 Good job to our Jazz Band as they competed in the NWI Jazz Festival here on Wednesday. They placed 5th in 3A.

 Congrats to the Boys Bowling team for finishing 8th place as a team. Trey Whiddon finished in 8th place, Kody Koerselman 32nd, Blake Rush 43rd, Riley Augustine 48th, Lane Poulson 50th, and Brady Poulson 51st. 

 Congrats to the Girls Bowling team for placing 2nd. Lexi Schroeder placed 7th, Caitlynne Peters placed 11th, Siarah Augustine placed 25th, Brook Westhoff placed 26th, Abigal Widdon placed 27th and Stephanie Williams placed 44th.

Assistant Principal's Happenings


Librarian's News

I have started working on putting together orders for the library for next school year. If you have titles that you would like to see in the library to supplement your curriculum, please let me know as soon as possible. I will definitely try to purchase them for you. 

 Computer science and coding are considered to be essential for students in today's world. Do you want to know what it is all about and how to do it? Try https://code.org/ to give it a try. There are many options and levels available. 

Success Center Update


Instructional Coaches Corner


Article Worth Reading

Upcoming Events

Friday, February 23
- Robotics at Iowa Championships @ Coralville
- 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Heelan

Saturday, February 24
- Crimson and Black @ Bishop Heelan Show Choir Invite
- Robotics at Iowa Championships @ Coralville
- 8:00 am IHSAA Individual Events Speech Contest @ Woodbury Central

Monday, February 26
- 7:30 pm MS/HS Orchestra/Choir Concert

Tuesday, February 27
- 10:00 am Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Lewis Central

 Thursday, March 1
- 3:15 pm Girls Varsity Basketball vs. TBD

Saturday, March 3
- Crimson and Black @ Clash of Titan Show Choir - Lewis Central

Tuesday, March 6
- 6:00 pm Spanish Club @ El Ranchito

Saturday, March 10
- 8:00 am IHSAA Individual Speech State Contest @ Kuemper Catholic

Tuesday, March 13
- 4:30 pm Varsity/JV Boy/Girl Track @ Buena Vista University

Wednesday March 14
- 1:00 pm Assembly

Thursday, March 15
- 6:30 pm Speech/Drama Banquet

Friday, March 16 
- End of 3rd Quarter
- 6:30 pm Dance Exhibition
- 9:00 pm Swinter Dance

Saturday, March 17
- Hinton Show Choir Competition

Sunday, March 18
- Show Choir Banquet

Monday, March 19
- TBD Varsity Boy/Girl Track @ USD - Vermillion

Wednesday, March 21
- 7:00 pm Athletic Booster Club Meeting

Saturday, March 24
- TBD Varsity Boy/Girl Track @ SDSU - Brookings
- 8:00 am State Solo/Small Ensemble Festival

Monday, March 26
- IHSAA Individual Events Speech All-State Festival @ Cedar Falls

Tuesday, March 27
- 5:00 pm Varsity Boy/Girl Track @ Unity Christian

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