New Hampton Community Schools

We will start middle school boys basketball practice on Monday, January 4, 2021. Coach Brian Schmitt has had both the seventh and eighth grade boys who are interested sign up for basketball. Coach Schmitt and Coach Rommes have scheduled a meeting with the players on Friday, December 18th after school from 3:15 - 3:45 pm. They are working on a practice schedule for the month of January. This schedule will be made available to the public when finished. Scott Frerichs New Hampton 7-12 Activities Director

Good luck to the girls basketball team tonight in Oelwein!! Good luck to the boys basketball team tonight at home vs. Oelwein!! You can watch these events by subscribing to the NFHS network at www.nfhsnetwork.com and searching New Hampton Community School.

Further clarification on the Governor's mandate: Only households of participating athletes/cheerleaders/coaches may attend scheduled events. All family members of participates should arrive as a group with a conference pass.

Tonight's Double Dual between NH/TV, Charles City, and Oelwien will allow members of the same household into the event with conference issued passes. Masks and social distancing are required in the gym. Spectators will only be allowed in the gym when their team is wrestling. When not wrestling, spectators will be sent to the cafeteria to wait for the next dual. NH/TV fans should not arrive until 6:50 as NHTV does not wrestle in the first dual. We will be clearing the gym between duals to allow for sanitization. Oelwein fans are asked to sit on the south bleachers (furthest from entry) and Charles City fans are asked to sit on the north bleachers for the first dual. We will have a concession stand available, but all food and drink must be consumed in the cafeteria and cannot be brought into the gym. Here is the YouTube livestream link for tonight's duals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWgPKlWwLTE&feature=youtu.be

A reminder that pop tabs can be sent to school with your child. They will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. You can check out how your donations help others by clicking on this link: https://www.rmhca.org/how-can-you-help/pop-tab-recycling-program/.

Happy Holidays from NH Elementary! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NEoFu2VVHT6Sp4hExShmx9cuiw_hN6Bu/view?usp=sharing

Mrs. Demaray and her class donated pajamas for students in need. Their kindness and generosity had made a difference to many children this Holiday season!!

Good luck to the Chickasaws tonight: Wrestling at Maquoketa Valley (107 South St. Delhi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfn3YwQayI&feature=youtu.be Boys basketball at Cresco: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/crestwood-high-school-cresco-ia/gamc19fdf3a23 Girls basketball at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6RQYuc5rek&feature=youtu.be

FFA fruit has been delivered to the school today! It will be delivered as scheduled. Paid customers should begin seeing it by Wednesday!

The Middle School is getting festive for the holidays.

Schedule for tonight's basketball quad at NFV: JV girls-4:30 p.m. JV boys-6:00 p.m. (in new gym) V girls-6:15 p.m. V boys-7:45 p.m. Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nfv+hoops No outside food. NFV asks that parents do not come prior to their child's game & that players and parents leave after their son/daughter is finished playing if possible.

Mrs. K's Preschool Class has been reading lots of different versions of the classic Gingerbread Man story, and they even created one of their own! Please enjoy! https://youtu.be/6-D2LRIOhLU

Second graders enjoyed a Zoom visit from the Grinch on Grinch Day this past Wednesday!

Mrs. Schmitt's 7th Grade FCS (Family & Consumer Science) Class is learning about Prep Term Vocabulary. They had a competition with two teams. She would describe a prep term and they had to figure out what the vocabulary word was and then spell it. It was called "Spell" My Feet Activity. An example: It is located on the top of your oven and burns very bright. It is used to brown or toast food. Answer: Broiler.

Iowa Big North students in the Teen2Teen initiative are meeting with freshman discussing opportunities in high school and how to be involved. Working on building connections between freshman and upperclassman.

Mrs. Hoskins' third graders have been working very hard on their Global Ambassador projects with Mrs. Throndson and Mrs. Hoskins. Students explored different topics affecting the world. They then choose a topic that interested them. The next step was to research their topics. Each group then created a video to educate people about their topics. Here are the amazing videos the students created! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v687695_TGcEU1kECnyzYEwDAAIXNUn

A couple 6th graders got into Grinch Day today for the holiday fun!

Foods One students making cake without a recipe. It was a learning lab on the importance of measuring, correct ingredients, and following a recipe. "Most of them turned out to be edible!" said Mrs. Schmitt (FCS teacher)

Second graders have been studying Holidays Around The World. One of the countries that we have been visiting this week is Germany. We learned the tradition of the Christmas tree or Tannenbaum comes from Germany. Today, students completed a STEM assignment where they needed to work together to create a tool that they could use to stack Solo cups in the shape of a Christmas tree. They were given paper, pipe cleaners, and rubber bands. They had 7 minutes to create their tool and 10 minutes to build their trees.

Tonight's live stream of the girls basketball games vs. W-SR will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the following link: https://youtu.be/1tEtk93ahSM Here are the links to watch the boys basketball games on the NFHS network: Freshman game: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/waverlyshell-rock-high-school-waverly-ia/gamaf5f30cadc JV game: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/waverlyshell-rock-high-school-waverly-ia/gamb916bf162a Varsity game: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/waverlyshell-rock-high-school-waverly-ia/gam64c35ed9e7