February 3, 2011

Please welcome to Nancy Doughty! She starts this afternoon in Kelli's

room as her long term sub!

Conference Scheduler window opens on Monday, February 6th and will be open until February 17th. Our office will encourage parents to complete the signing up for conference from home and we hope to have a spare laptop in the office starting Monday morning. If you have questions during this process - do not hesitate to ask! After February 17th, teachers should contact remaining parents to set up any needed appointments.


Thanks-a-Latte! - Horace Mann will be selecting a teacher at our February staff meeting (2/24 @ 8am) to win their "Thanks-a-Latte" prize. Please take time before then to pat your colleagues on the back by filling out a note and putting it in the box. Following the drawing, we will post the kind notes! Thank you in advance for filling your colleagues buckets during the month of February.


Valentine's Party - We wil run an early out schedule on Thursday, February 9 (work day 2/10). Please ensure your parents are aware of the date/time of party (2:30-3:15p) and any other communication that goes along with the party for your classroom/grade level.


Tuesday is our 4th grade music program. 4th and 2nd grade are swapping lunches to allow 4th grade to get to the high school. Lunch duty would remain the same time (i.e. 2nd grade lunch duty staff would help with 4th grade lunch). We would need one volunteer to help with 2nd grade lunch from 12:55-1:15pm.


Iowa Assessment begins February 14th. Everyone should be aware that we will be assessing students Feb 14-16 from 9:00-10:15am. Please limit disruptions to our 3rd-5th grade classrooms and in the hallways as we will have students testing all over the building in our extra rooms.


Money Smart Kid Contest - Money Smart Week Iowa sponsors a poster contest for children in grades 2-6 in order to help students improve their financial literacy skills. The winner of the poster contest will receive a $200 prize. More information can be found online.

Some of you Simpson fans had asked to see the entire video

we showed last Friday. Here it is... gotta love Bart.

February At-Bat Songs!

The office team had a banner month in January with 8 correct matches plus

the bonus point for getting their card in on time! Results found here.

Although February is our last month on the recording card, we will do

a bonus month (March) with all new staff and staff who didn't get in the first round! 

Winner takes all! Losing team sings in front of all!!
This month's contestants include:

Miller, Steenhoek, Whipps, Schleisman
Arp, Goerend, Millsap, Marron

A couple flash-backs to get us going this month!

Regulate - Warren G

Don't Stop Believing - Journey