November 19, 2021

    

Happy Friday! Only 2 more teaching days to go (not including today) before our break for Thanksgiving. I won't be writing a Friday Focus for next week, so I hope you are able to rest and relax during the break. When we come back, we will only have 14 days of instruction and 3 days of semester test. 

Hopefully you all have seen the email from Mr. Ludwig regarding toner and copies. Please plan accordingly for semester tests. If you can give it using Schoology, I am sure it would be appreciated.

Now that we are pass our 2nd quarter midterm, I will be meeting with Seniors that are in jeopardy for graduation. Mr. Formanek is also pulling opens from seniors who are failing classes. 

We will start our registration process for next school year in January. I do not want to take away first semester days since it is shorter. The plan is to do our 8th grade career day mid-January and the 8th grade parent's night around that same time. Mrs. Hill and Mr. Kopperud will come around to different classes to talk to the other grade levels.

When we get back from break we will have our last extra hour meeting of 2021. That will be on Dec. 1. The district in-service day is on December 8. On the 8th, you will fill out a Midterm evaluation of our PD/PLC process. From 3:00 to 4:00, everyone will meet with their middle school counterparts. The meetings will take place in the following rooms.

ELA - Mrs. Permeswaran's Room
Math - Mrs. Carter’s Room
Science - Mrs. Sadoski’s room
SS - Mr. Milledge's room
CTE - Mrs. Kruse's room
Art - Mrs. Anderson’s room
Spanish - Ms. Bomgaars' room         PE - Mr. Bork's room

Semester tests will be on Dec 17 - Periods 1, 3, 5, & 7 and December 20 - Periods 2, 4, 6, & 8. December 21 will be the make up date. Students will report to all classes except study hall. They may be excused from Success Center or Resource Room if they are caught up. Students that choose to stay in the building will need to report to the commons. 

Like last year, final grades will be due on December 21 before you leave for the day. You will need to make sure you put all comments into the S1 comment slot. Report cards will not go until January 4.

Enjoy your weekend!

Mark

Assistant Principal's Happenings

I've been busy updating Attendance Contracts and tardy discipline.  Today, I will run another tardy report and give out the rest of the detentions for those that haven't received them yet.  Out of the 50 original students, 75% have completed their time- some still have quite a bit and I will add that to an Attendance Contact if they continue to not complete it.  

While the overall number of F's is up, our Seniors have been doing pretty well.  I know several have been working hard to get their grades back up as well and those that have plans I gave until Tuesday to go over grades again and come up with a plan to finish the semester.  I did take several students' Opens yesterday.  Please make sure we continue to make sure they are focused on finishing the semester so they are in good shape for graduation.

Looking ahead a bit- I will be completing training over Special Education Law Dec. 1st-3rd from 1-3 each day.  We have more numbers and more needs so we are working to make sure we are accommodating to each student.

Please enjoy your Thanksgiving break!  



 


Upcoming Activities

Friday, November 19
7:00 am LeadDog
All State Music - Ames

Saturday, November 20
All State Music Festival - Ames

Monday, November 22
5:30 pm Girls JV Basketball @ Spencer
7:00 pm Girls Varsity Basketball @ Spencer

Monday, November 29
1:00 pm JV/Varsity Bowling @ Plaza Bowl - Sioux City
6:00 pm Girls Wrestling Dual vs Humboldt
6:30 pm Boys Freshman Basketball @ Sioux Center

Tuesday, November 30
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball vs. Unity
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball vs. Unity
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball vs. Unity

Thursday, December 2
5:30 pm JV/Varsity Wrestling vs. Heelan and C.B. A.L.

Friday, December 3
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ SBL
4:30 pm JV/Varsity Wrestling @ Hinton
5:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball @ SBL
7:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball @ SBL

Saturday, December 4
TBD - Boys Freshmen Basketball @ SBL
NWI Honor Orchestra Auditions

Monday, December 6
4:45 pm JV Wrestling @ MOC

Tuesday, December 7
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball vs. C.B. A.L.
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball vs. C.B. A.L.
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball vs. C.B. A.L.

Thursday, December 9
3:30 pm Bowling vs. OABCIG
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball vs. Western Christian
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball vs. Western Christian
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball vs. Western Chritsian

Friday, December 10
12:30 pm Bowling @ Thunderbowl vs. C.B. T.J.
1:00 pm Wrestling @ Mid-American Center Council Bluffs
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ Heelan
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ Heelan
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ Heelan

Saturday, December 11
9:00 am Boy Freshmen Basketball vs. Sioux City West
10:00 am Wrestling @ Mid-American Center - Council Bluffs

Monday, December 13
7:30 pm HS Holiday Concert - MS Auditorium

Tuesday, December 14
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ C.B. T.J.
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ C.B. T.J.
5:30 pm Wrestling vs. Akron Westfield, Western Christian, & MVAOCOU
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ C.B. T.J.

Thursday, December 16
3:30 pm Bowling vs. Sioux City East
5:30 Wrestling @ Sioux City North
6:00 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball vs. Sioux City North

Friday, December 17
Day 1 Semester Tests
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ Sioux City North
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ Sioux City North
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ Sioux City North
6:30 pm Madrigal Dinner

Saturday, December 18
TBD - Girl Varsity Basketball @ USD
9:00 am Boy Freshmen Basketball @ Heelan
10:00 am Wrestling @ Spencer
6:30 pm Madrigal Dinner

Monday, December 20
Day 2 Semester Tests

Tuesday, December 21
Semester Test Make Up Day
2:30 pm Dismissal
4:00 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball vs. Harrisburg, SD
5:30 pm Boy JV Basketball vs. Harrisburg, SD
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball vs. Harrisburg, SD

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