
TK students creating in the innovation lab! The lesson started off with a story then they went into the innovation lab to try to build the biggest snowman! They worked on building, counting, teamwork, and perseverance!





Students in the Chickasaw Pride J-term class created videos highlighting notable New Hampton graduates.
Erika (Anderson) Billerbeck currently works for the Department of Natural Resources. She wrote a column in Iowa Outdoors Magazine for several years and recently published a book titled Wildlife Sentinel.
Video courtesy of Caleb and Carlos.
https://youtu.be/kemEJGmtkVo

What a fantastic group of 4th graders that shared a focus on perseverance at our Elementary TRIBE Assembly this morning! We love to recognize students showing a great effort in all areas and are proud to share our January TRIBE winners!




There are 20 students in Mrs. Schmitt's Advanced Foods Class! We are finishing a Beverage unit where the students learned about coffee, tea, and other drinks. They made homemade hot chocolate mix (Mrs. Schmitt's mom's recipe), hot cocoa "bombs" that are a current food craze and prepared smoothies for a contest.




Advanced Foods Class had a Smoothie contest. They had to use milk or yogurt and fresh or frozen fruit. They were judged on nutrition, taste/flavor, unique ingredient combination, and appearance/ presentation. Thank you to our three judges: Mrs. Maas, Mrs. Popken, and Mr. Manson. (Mr. Manson does so much every day and he covered in the office, so the students took in a cart with the smoothies and rubric for judging.) A representative from each lab group also explained to the judges about their ingredients and answered any questions.
Winners: 1st place Peach, 2nd place Raspberry Mango Sunrise, and 3rd place was Blueberry Crumble. Thank you to the judges for making time for our amazing students.




Bus #3 and #12 are running a bit late this morning due to trains blocking routes.

This Saturday, January 29th our New Hampton Dance Team will be featured on Iowa PBS for their 1st place Prop Routine! See their performance and those of more than 5,000 dancers for the 2022 Iowa State Dance Team Championships, exclusively on air January 29 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS.

Good luck to the New Hampton basketball teams tonight! The JV girls will play against North Fayette Valley at 4:15pm at home. Go Chickasaws!!

Elementary phones are currently not working, please email Shawn at s_hulbert@new-hampton.k12.ia.us

The first graders utilized time with Mrs. Throndson in the innovation lab to plan, design, and build a way to make their Valentine hearts waterproof. Through patience and discovery, it was found that either aluminum foil or plastic wrap were the two best options!





Mrs. Knutson's Preschool Class have been enjoying visiting the "Ice Skating Rink" in the comfort of their own classroom! It has been a fun way to enjoy wintertime fun while staying warm!!




Fourth graders are completing the Rock Cycle Lab using Starbursts. We are learning how the different types of rocks are formed and properties of each type.





5th grade students present their STEM Jet Toy project with classmates. We are so lucky to be able to open the wall and combine 2 classrooms for more presenting space!




Since the school has an investment in our baseball diamond at Mikkelson Park, I thought you may want to hear some positive news. At this past Saturday night's IHSBCA annual awards banquet in Cedar Rapids, our ballpark was honored as "Diamond of the Year." For context, New Hampton received the award while in competition with ballparks like 3A Independence's new approx. 2+ million all-turf field and 4A Cedar Falls' newly renovated approx. quarter-of-a-million-dollars facility. In total, New Hampton was amongst the top 2 vote-getters of every single high school ballpark in the entire state of Iowa, regardless of class size. A lot of people have contributed to this honor in a lot of different ways over the course of a lot of years. It's pretty dang special recognition for little ol' New Hampton from coaches & umpires in literally every corner of the state. GO CHICKASAWS!


Check out all the amazing things in the middle/high library! Keeping students engaged! So many opportunities to learn and have a little social time!





First grade students learning about research in the library! They used online resources to research reindeer. Their research will be displayed in the hallways!




Mrs. Schmitt received the McElroy Excellence in Education Enrichment Grants for the project “Baking and Food Production Class”. Keystone AEA has partnered with the R.J. McElroy Trust for approximately twenty years to provide teachers with grant money to fund innovative classroom projects. Keystone provides administrative support for the application/selection process while McElroy Trust provides $29,000 for the grant awards.
In the project “Baking and Food Production Class, high school students will run a business. This project will create a Take-N-Bake business where staff and community members could purchase homemade meals and pizzas.


Good luck to the JV/V girls basketball team tonight at home vs. Wapsie Valley. JV at 6:15 followed by varsity at 7:30 pm.

Congratulations to the Large Group Speech Team for an outstanding day at District Contest this past Saturday! Those groups receiving a district 1 rating and moving on to State contest on Saturday, February 5, are:
Ensemble Acting - Annala Elliott, Kelli Jirak, and Luca Moody
Ensemble Acting - Natalie Marr and AJ Vetter
Ensemble Acting - Isaiah Eike, Lily Hackman, Kelsey Klassen, Emily Manweiler, and Catherine Pethoud
Choral Reading - Kaylee Baker, Taylor Claussen, Sarah Eiler, Lily Hackman, Kelli Jirak, Hailey Klassen, Kelsey Klassen, Emily Manweiler, and Chloe Reicherts
Group Improv - Madi Dreckman, Elleri Eike, and Devon Snyder
Group Improv - Anthony Blazek, Isaiah Eike, Catherine Pethoud, and Izabel Willadsen

New Hampton Schools will be 2 hrs late on 1/26
