Here is a livestream link for the 8th grade girls basketball game at Oelwein tonight: https://youtu.be/Nyx1xIx5oVA via
@YouTube Tip off 4:15 p.m.
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Morgan Riha, Abigail Holschlag, Cael Leistikow, Erik Heeren, and Mr. Adam performed a brass quintet at the Veteran's Day ceremony yesterday at the courthouse. They performed The Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, and Abigail performed Taps as part of the program.
Winter Meet the Team Night - attendance limited to 2 wristbands per athlete.
Physics students Cael Leistikow, Avery Throndson & Cody Shultz are measuring their verticals in order to determine their hang time. Grace Burrett, Gabe Zweibohmer and Colton Rochford are learning about vectors, which are determined by magnitude and direction. They are not simply rolling or walking around aimlessly around the gym!! :
Here is the video link of the National Honor Society induction ceremony! Congratulations to all who were honored!
https://youtu.be/IROcsHlJKFo
introducing the Fall Fitness challenge using Splats in 1st grade Computer Science!
Coding + Exercise + STEM= Learning Fun!
Parents of students in 1st-4th grade watch for a letter coming home on an optional way to get involved at home!
(It works best using the Chrome browser on computers, or the app on mobile devices)
Congratulations to our newly inducted National Honor Society members. Each has demonstrated outstanding character, integrity, service, and leadership to our school and community. A lot of no of the ceremony will be shared shortly.
Special thanks to Reicks View Farms on hosting a virtual farm tour for our class! We had so much fun learning about the pigs and how everything works!
Just a reminder of the two hour early out tomorrow Wednesday, November 11th. Elementary bus students at 1:18, town kids to follow after the bus departures.
Last Friday, Mrs. Feldman's class played happy birthday on guitars to Mrs. Dunagen while Mr. Erlandson's class sang. It was Mrs. Dunagen's birthday yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4xEc5C7e_c
5th Grade Literacy students had fun reading in the foyer "picnic style" under the guidance of Mrs. Laures and student teacher Mrs. Kloster.
8th grade girls basketball parents, please see that the game @ Oelwein on 11/12 will have limited seating capacity due to having 4 rows of bleachers. Each Player will get 2 wristbands to hand out to a parent/guardian. Thanks, wristbands must be worn prior to entering the building for the contest.
High School Pictures have been placed on hold from Lifetouch at their facility. They should be printed soon and sent to us. Thank you for your patience.
The NHHS drama department will be performing "Once Upon a Zoom" on Friday, November 13th & "You're "Virtually" Driving Me Crazy!" on Saturday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. These will be ticketed events and not open to the public. Each cast member has the ability to purchase up to 8 tickets for family/friends. Tickets must be presented at the door and masks are required throughout the performance. There will be a link shared at a later date to watch a recording of the one-act-plays.
Middle school and high school students getting a chance to enjoy the library for a little reading and maker space time.
The school board approved at the October 19th board meeting the following early out/late starts through the end of the school year for teacher work time. Thanks for your cooperation. #We are all in this together #NHTribe
November 11th: 2 hour early out
January 13th: 2 hour early out
February 10th: 2 hour Late Start
March 10th: 2 hour Late Start
April 14th: 2 hour Late Start
Wanted to remind everyone there is an elementary book fair and a middle/high school book fairs going on! The books are at the school to be purchased by students. There are times each building can go purchase books. Both book fairs go until Nov. 6th.
**NO TAX
--A check made out to New Hampton Schools
--Cash
--eWallet (info on wishlist sheet)
Email her s_throndson@new-hampton.k12.ia.us and we can set up a curbside delivery time.
The school earns scholastic dollars which helps keep both libraries stay up-to-date on books students want to read. It is for a great cause!
If you have any questions, please contact her at s_throndson@new-hampton.k12.ia.us.
Thank you for your support!!
In our elementary Literary Villian Contest- students have to view a literary villain and write down what book it came from and who it was. There were 16 villains to identify. We had a tie in the elementary. Congratulations to Ethan and Anna! #NHtribe
Our elementary winner of "Guess the number of pumpkins" was Ayden. Congratulations! His guess was right on! #NHTribe
All students will receive free meals until the end of the school year in May. It covers both breakfast and lunch. Students only have to pay if they have doubles, ala carte, extra milk/afternoon milk, or only get milk. Originally that was supposed to end at the of December and has now been extended!