LCHS Friday Focus

        Happy Friday! This will be my last Friday Focus for the 20-21 school year. I know some of you are cheering right now.  First off, thank you for all you have done this year. I know words can't express how much I appreciate working with a great staff. You really do make my job easy as I can be there to support you. This has been the year if you were ever going to throw in the towel you would do it. Each and everyone you have made sacrifices and worked more extra hours than anyone on the outside will ever know or understand.  As we draw near the end of the year, just some reminders of things that will need to happen before you leave for the summer. 1. Make sure all grades are entered and you have finalized your gradebook. If you don't remember, I had shared a video made by an old wise man, Adam Moss. Make sure you tell him I said old.  2. Make sure you fill out the textbook inventory form. I shared this document with you so you can start working o...

      Happy Friday! I hope everyone had an enjoyable week. Today is the last day for regular class for the seniors. They will need to sign out today if they are not taking semester tests. Seniors will take their semester tests on Monday and Tuesday. I am going to request that all test be completed by the end of 4th period on Tuesday, so you can get grades entered that afternoon/night and then Amy can finish figuring out the awards right away Wednesday morning. I will store grades Wednesday when I get here at 6:50.  The awards ceremony is Wednesday at 6:30 pm in the middle school auditorium. At this time, there is no attendance restrictions, but masks will be required. The early forecast for the 23rd looks good, 75 and partly cloudy. Hopefully, I don't jinx anything.  Please continue to be visible between classes in the hallway. We have seen an increase in school is about over behavior. Masks are still required to be worn in the buildings when you are not by your...

    Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week! We were able to get the ISASP out of the way. Melissa and Judd will be working on getting the students that were absent scheduled to take the tests next week.  I wanted to take take one more moment to thank you for all you have done this year. The 2020-2021 school year has been a different and sometimes stressful year. According to the news, the Pfizer vaccine is set to become available to students ages 12 and older. Hopefully, this will allow us to put this year behind us and move to a new sense of normal.  These last 14 days of school will go by fast. Just to review dates, the seniors last day of normal class is May 14, semester tests will be on the 17 and 18th. Seniors will need to take the test during your class period. I do not have someone available to proctor them. They do need to be taken on Monday or Tuesday. They can not take them on Friday so they don't have to come to school on those days. Grades will be...

  Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week! As we close out April, we begin the last month of the school year. These last 19 days of school will go by fast. Just to review dates, the seniors last day of normal class is May 14, semester tests will be on the 17 and 18th. Grades will be due May 19 at 7:30 am. Graduation breakfast is at 9, with practice to follow at 10. The senior awards ceremony will also be on the 19th at 6:30 pm in the MS Auditorium. Just a reminder about he PLC workshop in August. Please respond to Mrs. Leavitt's email about attending. PLC's will be the focus for our PD activities again. You will learn about classroom data collection and using that data to drive your instruction, guide our PLC discussions, and help identify department level PD needed. I can't stress the importance of us being on the same page, so please try to attend the 2 day workshop.  This is your last call to turn your contracts into me. I will take them today, But on Monday and T...

Happy Friday! On Tuesday, I was discussing what was left for us to get done this year with Mrs. Hill, it hit me how close we are to the end of the year. I do believe this is one year all of us will be glad to close out. But as I look forward to the end of year, I reflect back on what we have accomplished. We are probably one of the few schools in Iowa that can say we had live instruction every day we had school. This is in large part due to your efforts to help enforce our social distance, mask rules, and just making sure that our students and ourselves are being safe. For a time there during first semester, it seemed like this time of year would never come. We have also pushed our students and provided a somewhat sense of normal. Minus a few of our mitigation efforts, we were able to educate the youth of Le Mars.  Just a couple of reminders,  you can put your signed contracts on the basket on my desk and I'll send them over to Central Office. They are due on May 4. Senior sem...

                  Happy Friday! Well we survived prom! Thank you to Mrs. Isebrand and Mrs. Ludwig for organizing the grand march and dance. Thank you to Mr. Wingert for streaming the event. And thank you to those that helped supervise. For the most part the kids did a decent job with keeping their masks on. I am sure the ones that give you trouble in the classroom with them were the same ones that we had to talk with at the dance.  Reminder you can put your signed contracts on the basket on my desk and I'll send them over to Central Office. They are due on May 4.  ISASP Info The writing test will be taken in advisory on Tuesday, May 4. This will be for grades 9-11 only, Seniors will have an open during the writing test. The reading, math, and science exams will be taken in the English, Math, and Biology classes. We will run a block schedule on Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7. Even classes will be on Thursday, odd classes will be F...

                Happy Friday! I hope everyone had an enjoyable short week, back to normal weeks from here on out. I have had a few questions about the ISASP. The writing test will be taken in advisory on Tuesday, May 4. The reading, math, and science exams will be taken in the English, Math, and Biology classes. We will run a block schedule on Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7. Even classes will be on Thursday, odd classes will be Friday. All students will have an open lunch on Thursday and Friday.  On April 28, we will be giving the annual Conditions for Learning survey to the students. This is a requirement by the state. Please encourage the students to give honest feedback on the survey. We will be running a different schedule that day. We will want to make sure the students are aware that they need to pick up their computers before heading to 1st period. They will be considered late at 8:25. Pick up Computers  Period 1 - 8:25 - 9:06 ...