January 17, 2020

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Happy Friday and beginning of 2nd semester. Just a reminder that students have 5 days to add a class, so the last day to add is the 21st. Students also have 10 days to drop. However, only students with 7 classes can drop a class after the 21st as they can not add another class. The last day to drop is the 28th. 

 Just some semester 1 stats for you. We had 56 students that had a PASS Plan meeting. Those 56 students represented 179 classes. 3 of these students either moved or transferred to the Alternative School sometime during the semester. Of the 53 students that were here, 25 of them failed at least one class. Removing the 3 students that left us, 101 of 172 grades improved after the PASS Plan meeting. 12 of the 172 grades are listed as incomplete. 

During advisory on 1/20, please have the students complete the end of semester reflection and the semester 2 goal setting. On 1/27, Mrs. Isebrand will need to have a Junior class meeting to discuss everyone's favorite topic, Prom. Mrs. Isebrand will send out the location of the meeting, Junior class sponsors should attend this as well. 

Our next extra hour meeting is on January 22. We will meet in the Library as an whole group to go over what CIA was going to present on the 13th. Our next shelter drill is on January 22 also. I will be out of the building on January 30 as I attend a college and career readiness workshop/visit in Sioux Falls. 



Have a great Monday!
Mark

Assistant Principal's Happenings

Going along with the theme of stats above, we had 43 students on an attendance contract of which 17 still need to complete their time.   12 of those have made up significant time already.  57 Students had 7 or more tardies in a single class.  And only 17 new students added to the ineligible list for extracurriculars at the end of the semester.  If you think about the percent of kids that is only around 2.5% of our students.  While not perfect, that statistic is very impressive.

Now that the semester has started, please reaffirm your expectations to all your students, new ones, and the ones you have had all year.  Don't let one student's choices impact your classes or you personally.  If that is happening, I want to help address it before it becomes a bigger issue.

Finally, we had a few issues with schedules.  Mostly, the issue was students had a Trimester and Semester class that was at the same time.  Please make sure you are looking over your rosters and letting us know if you see any issues.
Enjoy your Snow Day!

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Upcoming Activities

Friday, January 17
Iowa Lakes Jazz Festival

Saturday, January 18
10:00 am Wrestling - LeMars Invite
5:30 pm JV Boy Basketball vs Sioux City East
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. Sioux City East

Monday, January 20
NWI HS Honor Choir
3:30 pm Bowling vs. SBL
5:00 pm JV Wrestling @ Storm Lake
6:00 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball @ Unity
7:15 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball @ Unity

Tuesday, January 21
4:00 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball vs. SBL
5:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. SBL
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. SBL

Thursday, January 23
NWI HS Honor Orchestra Festival
6:00 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball @ MOC
6:00 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball vs. MOC
7:15 pm JV Girl Basketball @ MOC
7:15 pm JV Boy Basketball @ MOC

Friday, January 24
4:00 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball @ CB AL
5:00 pm Girl Wrestling IWCOA Girls State Tournament @ Waverly
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ CB AL
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ CB AL

Saturday, January 25
8:00 am IHSSA Large Group Speech District Contest @ Sioux City East
9:00 am Freshmen Girl Basketball vs. SBL
9:00 am Girl Wrestling IWCOA Girls State Tournament @ Waverly
9:00 am Wrestling @ Heelan
10:15 am Freshmen Boy Basketball vs. SBL

Monday, January 27
State Jazz Band
3:30 PM Bowling vs. CB TJ
6:00 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball @ Storm Lake
7:15 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball @ Storm Lake

Tuesday, January 28
4:00 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball vs. Heelan
5:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. Heelan
6:00 pm Wrestling @ West Sioux
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. Heelan

Thursday, January 30
4:00 pm Wrestling @ Heelan
6:00 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball vs. Western Christian
7:15 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball vs. Western Christian

Friday, January 31
4:00 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball vs CB TJ
5:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. CB TJ
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. CB TJ

Saturday, February 1
Show Choir Clinic
9:30 am JV Wrestling @ Kingsley
10:00 am Bowling LeMars Invite

Sunday, February 2
2:00 pm Large Group Speech State Performers Showcase

Monday, February 3
3:30 pm JV/Varsity Bowling vs Multiple Schools

Tuesday, February 4
4:00 pm JV Boy and Girl Basketball vs. Sioux City North
5:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. Sioux City North
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. Sioux City North
7:00 pm Varsity/JV wrestling @ MOC

Wednesday, February 5
TBD - IHSMA Show Choir Festival

Thursday, February 6
5:30 pm Boy JV Basketball @ Cherokee
6:00 pm Girl Freshmen Basketball @ Sioux City East
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ Cherokee
7:15 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball @ Sioux City East

Friday, February 7
TBD - Morningside Jazz Festival
4:00 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball vs. Sioux City West
5:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. Sioux City West
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. Sioux City West

Saturday, February 8
8:00 am IHSAA Large Group Speech State Contest

 Monday, February 10
1:00 pm Bowling @ Thunderbowl 
6:00 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball @ SBL
7:30 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball @ SBL

 Tuesday, February 11
4:00 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball vs. Sioux City East
5:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. Sioux City East
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. Sioux City East

 Thursday, February 13
7:00 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. Storm Lake

 Friday, February 14
4:00 pm Freshmen Boy/Girl Basketball @ Vermillion
5:15 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball @ Vermillion
6:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball @ Vermillion
8:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball @ Vermillion

 Saturday, February 15
8:00 am Robotics Super Qualifier
9:00 am Freshmen Girl Basketball @ Sioux City West
10:15 am Freshmen Boy Basketball @ Sioux City West

Monday, February 17
TBD Freshmen Girl Basketball
TBD Freshmen Boy Basketball
TBD HS NWI Jazz Festival

 Tuesday, February 18
TBD Freshmen Girl Basketball
TBD Freshmen Boy Basketball

 Thursday, February 20
TBD Freshmen Girl Basketball
TBD Freshmen Boy Basketball
7:30 pm HS Band Winter Concert

 Friday, February 21
Dance Exhibition

 Saturday, February 22
8:00 am IHSSA Large Group Speech All-State Festival - Ames

 Thursday, February 27
7:30 pm HS Orchestra Winter Concert

 Friday, February 28
7:30 pm HS Show Choir Home Performance

 Saturday, February 29
TBD - Show Choir @ Heelan
8:00 am IHSAA IE Speech District Contest - TBD

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