January 13, 2023

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Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great full week of school. I will be out of the building today as Tanner was selected to represent Midwestern swimming at the All-Star swim meet in Des Moines this weekend. He will be swimming against other all-star teams from Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. 

As we move forward in second semester our district inservice time will have a little different focus in February. Steve McHugh, from Northwest AEA will be presenting strategies the our CIA team thought would be valuable after attending the SIOP training. SIOP stands for Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol. This is the framework for planning and delivering instruction to English language learners as well as other students. The special education teachers started on a new journey on Wednesday, learning more about SDI (Specially Designed Instruction). CIA will come out with more details regarding the February inservice date closer to that time.

I am going to allow you to carry over PASS plans from 1st semester, but I do expect you to contact parents to let them know what needs to happen. For those that did not have a PASS Plan first semester, please don't wait too long before you get those started. 

Have a Great Weekend!

Mark

Assistant Principal's Happenings

We made it a full week for the first time in a month!  If you have me as your evaluator for this month, send me some dates for your second or third evaluations.  I would like to have every done with their second one by the end of February and the third one completed by early April.  

Going along with Pass Plans, please do not let that be the only communication with parents.  I've had a couple phone/email conversations with parents about not knowing grades or not receiving updates.  I know how easy it is to check grades on Powerschool for parents but many do not do it.  Some also simply do not know how or what they are looking at when they do.  I believe we will get many more parents to hold their children accountable the more we contact them.

We are still working on clearing up about 5 students from Powerschool.  We need to receive transcripts for a few and need a couple of things to fall into place for the others but hopefully, we can have them off the attendance soon.  Please keep those updated each day so we don't have students on the Finals list if they didn't actually skip class.

Hopefully, everyone has been attending some games, we are getting down to the final opportunities this season!  




Upcoming Activities


Friday, January 13
5:30 pm Boy JV Basketball @ SC East
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ SC East

Saturday, January 14
10:00 am Girl Wrestling Tournament - Le Mars
10:00 am Boy Wrestling Tournament - Le Mars

Monday, January 16
NWI HS Honor Choir @ Dordt
6:00 pm Girl Freshmen Basketball vs. Unity Christian
7:15 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball vs. Unity Christian

Tuesday, January 17
3:30 pm Bowling vs. SBL @ Sweet 16 Lanes
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ SBL
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ SBL
5:30 pm Boy/Girl Wrestling @ Spencer
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ SBL

Thursday, January 19
6:00 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball @ MOC

Friday, January 20
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball vs. CB AL
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball vs. CB AL
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball vs. CB AL
9:00 pm OCOH Dance

Saturday, January 21
Iowa Lakes Jazz Band Contest
8:00 am Large Group Speech District Contest
9:00 am Girl Freshmen Basketball @ SBL
9:00 am Boy Wrestling @ Heelan
10:15 am Boy Freshmen Basketball @ SBL

Monday, January 23
State Jazz Band Festival @ Middle School Auditorium
3:30 pm Bowling vs. CB TJ @ Sweet 16 Lanes
6:30 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball @ Storm Lake

Tuesday, January 24
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ Heelan
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ Heelan
5:30 pm Girl Wrestling @ SC West
6:00 pm Boy Wrestling @ West Sioux
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ Heelan

Thursday, January 26
NWI HS Honor Orchestra Festival
1:00 pm Bowling @ Sioux City East - Rush Lanes
4:00 pm Boy Wrestling - Le Mars
4:45 pm Girl JV Basketball @ Western Christian
6:15 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ Western Christian

Friday, January 27
TBD - Girl Wrestling Regionals
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ CB TJ
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ CB TJ
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ CB TJ

Saturday, January 28
9:30 am Boy JV Wrestling @ Kingsley Pierson
10:00 am Bowling - Le Mars Invite
7:30 pm Show Choir Clinic and Showcase

Sunday, January 29
2:00 pm Large Group Speech Showcase

Monday, January 30
State Show Choir Contest
3:30 pm Bowling vs. MMCRU & West Sioux
5:45 pm Boy JV Basketball @ Western Christian
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ Western Christian

Tuesday, January 31
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ SC North
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ SC North
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ SC North

Thursday, February 2
5:30 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball @ SC East

Friday, February 3
Cyclone Honor Band
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball @ SC West
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball @ SC West
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball @ SC West

Saturday, February 4
8:00 am Large Group Speech State Contest - LCHS

Monday, February 6
1:00 pm Bowling @ Thunderbowl - MRC Conference Tournament
6:00 pm Boy Freshmen Basketball @ Western Christian

Tuesday, February 7
TBD Boy Wrestling Regional Duals
4:00 pm Boy/Girl JV Basketball vs. SC East
5:30 pm Girl Varsity Basketball vs. SC East
7:00 pm Boy Varsity Basketball vs. SC East



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