The fifth grade class collected lots and lots of garbage today in areas surrounding the middle and high school as they celebrated Earth Day!
2nd grade students in the innovation lab created a toy or game! They had to try to think of something that was not invented yet.
Here are our winners from our first round of the elementary book raffle!
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Congratulations to these classroom winners! They won the Reading Challenge for the month of March in elementary.!
The TK/K winner was Mrs. Lester's class.
The 1st grade winner was Mrs. Wickham's class.
The 2nd grade winner was Mrs. Martinek's class.
The 3rd grade winner was Mrs. Reicks's class.
The 4th grade winner was Mr. Pagel's class.
Colin Larson from Larson Landscaping taught the students a few things about grass and edging. Students helped bring the softball infield edge to life with new makeover
Good Luck to our Girls’ and Boys’ Soccer teams!! The Varsity Girls Soccer game against Charles City will start at 5 pm this evening at Charles City High School. The Varsity Boys Soccer game against Charles City will follow at 6:30pm. Go Chickasaws!!
Good Luck to our Trap Shooting team!! They are going to travel to Turkey Valley Range for the Trap Shooting meet. The meet will start at 4 pm. Go Chickasaws!!
Good luck to our 7-8 Grade Boys Track & Field team. They are hosting their first track meet at home. The meet will start at 4:15pm this evening. Go Chickasaws!!
Good luck to our Varsity Boys Golf team!! They are hosting Waukon at New Hampton Country Club. The golf meet will start at 4 pm. Go Chickasaws!!
Students are making good progress on their projects. Students are building confidence in tying knots and using the running stitch and backstitch.
Algebra students recently used their knowledge of exponential functions to calculate the costs associated with credit cards. Students purchased an item of their choice and calculated the costs associated with not paying off a credit card balance for one year by either making no payments or the minimum payment. Students then wrote a short summary about credit cards and the actual costs of carrying a monthly balance.
Mr. Joel Wisner, the student teacher in the art room with Ms. Nelson, joined Spanish class to present to us about the different painting styles and some Spanish-speaking painters. Our PBL is a cultural experience learning about painters. Be watching for more photos as the project unfolds into writing a presentation in Spanish, painting and presenting in Spanish.
Thank you Ionia locker for allowing our Hot Diggity Dog class tour and talk about different cuts of meat, running a meat locker, and how different products are made.
Don't miss your chance to see if residents find Bigfoot tonight in NHHS Play. Doors open at 6:00 with performance starting at 7:00 in the Auditorium. Matinee was a great fun with lots of laughter.
Thursday was the UIC Art Show, congratulations to the following artists:
Megan Schilling, 1st Place in 3D Sculpture for her Jimmy Carter clay piece.
Karla Pickar, 3rd Place in Mixed Media for her Girl with the Pearl Earring piece.
Paige Steinlage, People’s Choice for her Koi Fish drawing.
Capri Lester, Honorable Mention in Mixed Media for her “Head Off “ Clay piece.
Edgar Rodriguez, Honorable Mention for his Music Man collage.
17 Art pieces were entered, and 8 schools met for this show! Thank you to everyone who entered!
Students enjoyed a brisk walk this morning rejuvenating the mulch beds along the trail.
The Rooftop BBQ team is quite excited with how their ribs turned out. And yes, they were DELICIOUS!!
Good luck to our Varsity Boys Track & Field team. They are going to travel to Waukon High School for their track meet. The meet will start at 5 pm this evening. Go Chickasaws!!
Good luck to our Varsity Boys Golf team!! They are hosting Crestwood at New Hampton Country Club. The golf meet will start at 4 pm. Go Chickasaws!!
Rooftop BBQ has been busy. They visited the Ionia Locker where Kyle Neitzke taught them about butchering Upper Iowa Beef stopped in to teach about meat grading and how to grow outstanding beef. They even put a set of ribs on the smoker! It's gonna be a tasty afternoon!
