Greetings Hawk Fans!
The Fall sports season is coming to an end. Congratulations to all of the MS/HS Volleyball Players, Football Players and Cheerleaders. The HS Football and Cheerleading teams are still competing. See the events schedule below for the dates, times and locations of upcoming Football and Cheerleading events.
Next Monday’s Football playoff game was moved to the UNI Dome due to the distance between W-G and St. Ansgar. Kick-off will be at 6:15. Buy your tickets here @ WG. Cost: $6.00. We will get a cut of the proceeds!
We will be taking a pep bus Monday. EVERYONE IS WELCOME!! Adults, kids, community members. Any elementary students riding the Pep Bus must have adult supervision. You must be signed up by 2:15 Friday so we know how many busses we will need. Call Pam in the MS/HS Office @ 515-438-2115 to sign up. Time: The Pep Bus will leave @ 3:15 SHARP. Cost: $5.00.
As we enter into the Winter Sports season, please be sure your student athlete has their physical and all of the sports forms completed. The physical can be downloaded from the web site. The other forms will be available at conferences or your student can pick them up from Kathy Walton or Kevin Thiele. Students will NOT be allowed to practice or compete until all forms are on file. Kathy will be available at conferences if you have questions about the forms.
Parent – Teacher conferences are next week from 3-8 PM on Tuesday and Thursday. Please make every effort to attend with your student. For those of you with ELL and ELP students, Mr. Evans will not be available on Tuesday but will be available to meet with you on Thursday.
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Donations for the gift card fund for the Chapman family are still being accepted. Send your donation to the HS office and we will get it to Pat Verrips who is coordinating this.
Thank you to everyone who has stepped up to sponsor the t-shirts. We hope to have the design completed and the shirts ordered soon.
I inverted the numbers on the school address last week. If you would like to send Mr. Chapman a note or card, the correct address is W-G High School at 306 West Third Street, Woodward, Iowa 50276.
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Please see the note at the bottom of this e-mail regarding the Great American Smoke Out event.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, 10/29 –
*** MS Dance from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in HS Commons. Cost is $5. Customs encouraged but not required. NO HS Students!
Saturday, 10/30 –
*** Competition Cheerleaders @ Ia. Central Comm. College Triton Challenge in Ft. Dodge. 8:00 AM.
Monday, 11/1 –
*** 2:15 Dismissal
*** Pep bus to the dome leaves at 3:15 sharp! ($5.00)
*** 1st Round of State Football Playoffs. W-G vs. ST. Ansgar @ the UNI Dome. Kick-off 6:15 PM
Tuesday, 11/2 ––
***1:30 Dismissal
*** Parent Teacher Conferences, 3-8 PM
Wednesday, 11/3 –
***2:15 Dismissal
Thursday, 11/4 ––
***1:30 Dismissal
*** Parent Teacher Conferences, 3-8 PM
*** Junior Parents: College Planning Session in the Auditorium @ 6:30 PM
Friday, 11/5 –
***No School
Saturday, 11/6 –
***State Cheerleading Competition at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. The Stunt Group will be competing at 10:00 AM. The Cheer/Dance Group will compete at 1:35 PM. These times can vary as much as ½ hour either way.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The Fall Play will be performed on Friday & Saturday, November 12 & 13 at 7:00 in the Auditorium.
Enjoy your weekend!
Go Hawks!
Jodi Bermel
W-G MS/HS Principal
jbermel@woodward-granger.k12.ia.us
Are you looking to quit smoking?
Do you have a loved one you’d like to encourage to quit?
Great American Smoke-Out
November 18, 2010
Students from Woodward Granger are assisting the
Dallas County For Positive Choices Coalition (DC4PC)
to encourage Dallas County residents to be smoke-free.
Students will have information to help you quit and quit kits
on November 18th during morning drop off.
The Great American Smoke-Out is an annual event that
encourages tobacco users to make a plan to quit,
or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.
For more information on quitting smoking,
visit www.tobaccofreepartnership.com or call 800.QUIT.NOW.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
W-G Parent Email(10-22-10)
Greetings Hawk Fans!
Congratulations to our W-G Knowledge Bowl teams! W-G had TWO teams make it through preliminaries and qualify for the State Competition to be held Tuesday, Oct. 26th at Merle Hay Mall.
We are hoping that the trouble with the phone system has been fixed. When calls are transferred to a teacher’s room, they should be able to retrieve the message. We apologize for any problems this has caused.
Watch the website for information regarding football playoffs. The pairings and host sites will be announced by the state just after midnight tonight. It is highly likely that W-G will be hosting a first round game next Wednesday, but confirmation of that as well as who the opponent will be is not known at this time.
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All of us in the Woodward-Granger family have been touched by the news of Scott Chapman’s diagnosis of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The concern and support shown by students, parents, former students and staff has been wonderful. Thankfully, he is doing well and the prognosis is good.
Many of you have asked how you can help, what they need, etc. The staff at the MS/HS are providing a meal one night a week at this time. A collection is also being taken to purchase various gift cards that the Chapmans can use. Pat Verrips is organizing this. If you would like to donate to this fund, you are welcome to. Just send your donation to the school office and it will be added to the gift card fund.
The HS Student Council used some of their funds to purchase an air purifier for Mr. Chapman’s office and is going to be selling wrist bands for him as well.
Other fund raisers are in the works and ideas/help are welcomed.
I am hoping to get t-shirts made to sell. The idea is to encourage every student in the MS/HS building to wear it the day before Mr. Chapman goes in for his Chemo treatments to show him support. Because we would like to sell these to students at a low price so that every student will be able to get one, we are looking for businesses to sponsor the shirts. Any business or individual willing to donate $100 or more toward the production of the t-shirts will be listed as a sponsor on the back of the t-shirts. Any funds donated beyond the cost of the shirt production will be added to the “gift card donation fund” for the Chapmans.
If you would like to send Mr. Chapman a note or card, you can send it to the High School at 603 West Third Street, Woodward, Iowa 50276.
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Please see the note at the bottom of this e-mail regarding the Great American Smoke Out event.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, 10/22 –
***HS Football vs. Ogden at Ogden, Kick-off at 7:00
Saturday, 10/23 –
Monday, 10/25 –
*** Wear a Cap for Chap(man) Students pay $1 to wear a hat at school. Funds split between Cancer Research and the Chapman family.
Tuesday, 10/26 ––
*** Varsity Volleyball vs. Bondurant Farrar @ Bondurant, 7:00. 2A Regional Quarter finals.
Wednesday, 10/27 –
*** Possible Football playoff game
Thursday, 10/28 ––
*** W-G Cheer Expo @ 7:00 in the MS Gym.
Friday, 10/29 –
***Last day of the first quarter.
*** MS PTO Dance in the HS Commons, 7-9PM
Saturday, 10/30 –
*** Competition Cheerleaders @ Ia. Central Comm. College Triton Challenge in Ft. Dodge. Time to be determined.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Junior Parents: there will be a college planning presentation on November 4th at 6:30 in the auditorium. The information provided is very helpful as you start to make the very important decisions regarding your student’s college choices.
The State Cheerleading Competition is Saturday, Nov. 6th at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. W-G is competing in two divisions this year. The Stunt Group will be competing at 10:00 AM. The Cheer/Dance Group will compete at 1:35 PM. These times can vary as much as ½ hour either way. Make plans to go support the girls who support all the other athletes.
The Fall Play will be performed on Friday & Saturday, November 12 & 13 at 7:00 in the Auditorium.
Enjoy your weekend!
Go Hawks!
Jodi Bermel
W-G MS/HS Principal
jbermel@woodward-granger.k12.ia.us
Are you looking to quit smoking?
Do you have a loved one you’d like to encourage to quit?
Great American Smoke-Out
November 18, 2010
Students from Woodward Granger are assisting the
Dallas County For Positive Choices Coalition (DC4PC)
to encourage Dallas County residents to be smoke-free.
Students will have information to help you quit and quit kits
on November 18th during morning drop off.
The Great American Smoke-Out is an annual event that
encourages tobacco users to make a plan to quit,
or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.
For more information on quitting smoking,
visit www.tobaccofreepartnership.com or call 800.QUIT.NOW.
Congratulations to our W-G Knowledge Bowl teams! W-G had TWO teams make it through preliminaries and qualify for the State Competition to be held Tuesday, Oct. 26th at Merle Hay Mall.
We are hoping that the trouble with the phone system has been fixed. When calls are transferred to a teacher’s room, they should be able to retrieve the message. We apologize for any problems this has caused.
Watch the website for information regarding football playoffs. The pairings and host sites will be announced by the state just after midnight tonight. It is highly likely that W-G will be hosting a first round game next Wednesday, but confirmation of that as well as who the opponent will be is not known at this time.
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All of us in the Woodward-Granger family have been touched by the news of Scott Chapman’s diagnosis of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The concern and support shown by students, parents, former students and staff has been wonderful. Thankfully, he is doing well and the prognosis is good.
Many of you have asked how you can help, what they need, etc. The staff at the MS/HS are providing a meal one night a week at this time. A collection is also being taken to purchase various gift cards that the Chapmans can use. Pat Verrips is organizing this. If you would like to donate to this fund, you are welcome to. Just send your donation to the school office and it will be added to the gift card fund.
The HS Student Council used some of their funds to purchase an air purifier for Mr. Chapman’s office and is going to be selling wrist bands for him as well.
Other fund raisers are in the works and ideas/help are welcomed.
I am hoping to get t-shirts made to sell. The idea is to encourage every student in the MS/HS building to wear it the day before Mr. Chapman goes in for his Chemo treatments to show him support. Because we would like to sell these to students at a low price so that every student will be able to get one, we are looking for businesses to sponsor the shirts. Any business or individual willing to donate $100 or more toward the production of the t-shirts will be listed as a sponsor on the back of the t-shirts. Any funds donated beyond the cost of the shirt production will be added to the “gift card donation fund” for the Chapmans.
If you would like to send Mr. Chapman a note or card, you can send it to the High School at 603 West Third Street, Woodward, Iowa 50276.
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Please see the note at the bottom of this e-mail regarding the Great American Smoke Out event.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, 10/22 –
***HS Football vs. Ogden at Ogden, Kick-off at 7:00
Saturday, 10/23 –
Monday, 10/25 –
*** Wear a Cap for Chap(man) Students pay $1 to wear a hat at school. Funds split between Cancer Research and the Chapman family.
Tuesday, 10/26 ––
*** Varsity Volleyball vs. Bondurant Farrar @ Bondurant, 7:00. 2A Regional Quarter finals.
Wednesday, 10/27 –
*** Possible Football playoff game
Thursday, 10/28 ––
*** W-G Cheer Expo @ 7:00 in the MS Gym.
Friday, 10/29 –
***Last day of the first quarter.
*** MS PTO Dance in the HS Commons, 7-9PM
Saturday, 10/30 –
*** Competition Cheerleaders @ Ia. Central Comm. College Triton Challenge in Ft. Dodge. Time to be determined.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Junior Parents: there will be a college planning presentation on November 4th at 6:30 in the auditorium. The information provided is very helpful as you start to make the very important decisions regarding your student’s college choices.
The State Cheerleading Competition is Saturday, Nov. 6th at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. W-G is competing in two divisions this year. The Stunt Group will be competing at 10:00 AM. The Cheer/Dance Group will compete at 1:35 PM. These times can vary as much as ½ hour either way. Make plans to go support the girls who support all the other athletes.
The Fall Play will be performed on Friday & Saturday, November 12 & 13 at 7:00 in the Auditorium.
Enjoy your weekend!
Go Hawks!
Jodi Bermel
W-G MS/HS Principal
jbermel@woodward-granger.k12.ia.us
Are you looking to quit smoking?
Do you have a loved one you’d like to encourage to quit?
Great American Smoke-Out
November 18, 2010
Students from Woodward Granger are assisting the
Dallas County For Positive Choices Coalition (DC4PC)
to encourage Dallas County residents to be smoke-free.
Students will have information to help you quit and quit kits
on November 18th during morning drop off.
The Great American Smoke-Out is an annual event that
encourages tobacco users to make a plan to quit,
or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.
For more information on quitting smoking,
visit www.tobaccofreepartnership.com or call 800.QUIT.NOW.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Greetings Hawk Fans!
We are currently having trouble with the phone system. It seems that when calls are transferred to a teacher’s room, they are unable to retrieve the message. We apologize for any problems this has caused. Until this is fixed, you may contact the teachers directly through e-mail. Each teacher’s e-mail address is listed on the web site ( www.woodward-granger.k12.ia.us ) under directory. The directory is listed on the District, High school and Middle School drop down menus.
You may also access your student’s teachers through the JMC Parent portal where you check your student’s grades. When you bring up your student’s schedule, there is a list of their teachers on the right side of the screen. You may check the box in front of the name of the teacher you want to e-mail. You may also check multiple names if you need to message several teachers the same information or question. Then, at the bottom of the teacher list, hit “e-mail” selected teachers.
You may also call the office and leave a message with the secretary.
Coach, George Ashman, will be the guest on channel 5’s Friday Night Blitz which starts at 10:30. Let’s Go Hawks! Get another strong victory for him to talk about tonight.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, 10/15 –
***HS Football vs. BCLUW at HOME, Kick-off at 7:00. (Parent’s Night)
Saturday, 10/16 –
*** MS State Cross Country @ Saydel, 11:00 AM
***Varsity Volleyball @ Home, 9:00AM. W-G Invitational.
Monday, 10/18 –
*** JV Football vs. SE Webster @ Burnside, Kick-off at 6:00 PM
Tuesday, 10/19 ––
*** W-G vs. Colfax – Mingo at Woodward, 7:00 PM. 1st round of the 2A Regional Volleyball
Wednesday, 10/20 –
Thursday, 10/21 ––
Friday, 10/22 –
***HS Football vs. Ogden at Ogden, Kick-off at 7:00.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
W-G has been selected to host the 1st round of the 2A Regional Volleyball tournament on Tuesday, Oct 19. W-G will play Colfax – Mingo at 7:00 PM.
W-G Cheer Expo will be Thursday, 10/28 @ 6:00 PM in the MS Gym. This is an opportunity for the Competition Cheerleaders to perform their state routine in front of an audience before they compete at the state championships.
The State Cheerleading Competition is Saturday, Nov. 6th at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. W-G is competing in two divisions this year. The Stunt Group will be competing at 10:00 AM. The Cheer/Dance Group will compete at 1:35 PM. These times can vary as much as ½ hour either way. Make plans to go support the girls who support all the other athletes.
The Fall Play will be performed on Friday & Saturday, November 12 & 13 at 7:00 in the Auditorium.
Enjoy your weekend!
We are currently having trouble with the phone system. It seems that when calls are transferred to a teacher’s room, they are unable to retrieve the message. We apologize for any problems this has caused. Until this is fixed, you may contact the teachers directly through e-mail. Each teacher’s e-mail address is listed on the web site ( www.woodward-granger.k12.ia.us ) under directory. The directory is listed on the District, High school and Middle School drop down menus.
You may also access your student’s teachers through the JMC Parent portal where you check your student’s grades. When you bring up your student’s schedule, there is a list of their teachers on the right side of the screen. You may check the box in front of the name of the teacher you want to e-mail. You may also check multiple names if you need to message several teachers the same information or question. Then, at the bottom of the teacher list, hit “e-mail” selected teachers.
You may also call the office and leave a message with the secretary.
Coach, George Ashman, will be the guest on channel 5’s Friday Night Blitz which starts at 10:30. Let’s Go Hawks! Get another strong victory for him to talk about tonight.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, 10/15 –
***HS Football vs. BCLUW at HOME, Kick-off at 7:00. (Parent’s Night)
Saturday, 10/16 –
*** MS State Cross Country @ Saydel, 11:00 AM
***Varsity Volleyball @ Home, 9:00AM. W-G Invitational.
Monday, 10/18 –
*** JV Football vs. SE Webster @ Burnside, Kick-off at 6:00 PM
Tuesday, 10/19 ––
*** W-G vs. Colfax – Mingo at Woodward, 7:00 PM. 1st round of the 2A Regional Volleyball
Wednesday, 10/20 –
Thursday, 10/21 ––
Friday, 10/22 –
***HS Football vs. Ogden at Ogden, Kick-off at 7:00.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
W-G has been selected to host the 1st round of the 2A Regional Volleyball tournament on Tuesday, Oct 19. W-G will play Colfax – Mingo at 7:00 PM.
W-G Cheer Expo will be Thursday, 10/28 @ 6:00 PM in the MS Gym. This is an opportunity for the Competition Cheerleaders to perform their state routine in front of an audience before they compete at the state championships.
The State Cheerleading Competition is Saturday, Nov. 6th at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. W-G is competing in two divisions this year. The Stunt Group will be competing at 10:00 AM. The Cheer/Dance Group will compete at 1:35 PM. These times can vary as much as ½ hour either way. Make plans to go support the girls who support all the other athletes.
The Fall Play will be performed on Friday & Saturday, November 12 & 13 at 7:00 in the Auditorium.
Enjoy your weekend!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
W-G Parent Email(5-24-10)
Another busy week. Looking back we had a great time at the 5 and 6th grade mixer. A lot of energy! (Maybe Mr. Bermel is getting old??) The students seemed to have a fun time! Thanks to the staff and parents who were able to help put this on.
The 5th graders then visited the Middle School and went to a class and lunch with a MS Student. It is a little nerve racking going to a new place but I think at the end the 5th graders felt comfortable being here. We will also have a time in the fall were the student can come in and walk around to the different rooms and open their lockers.
The Middle school concert was a hit. I am not sure but the sixth grade band seemed to steal the show. Everyone did a great job!! I appreciate the support you as parents give to the fine arts programs. The auditorium was almost full! Thanks to everyone who attended on a beautiful spring night!
Again continue to encourage you sons and daughters to stay up with their studies. They get pulled many different directions this time of year.
Sorry about any typos or misspelling (I do not have any proofreaders here at school on Sunday Mornings!)
Have a great week!
Congratulations to the State track participants and all participating in Spring Sports‼
Good Luck to the Baseball and Softball teams‼
Activities for the week:
Monday, 5-24 - JV/V baseball @ Slater, starting at 5:30.
Tuesday, 5-25 - V/JV softball @ Grand Junction (Varsity plays first with JV to follow.)
Tuesday, 5-25 - JV/V baseball At St.Marys, starting at 6:00.
Wednesday, 5-26 - Baccalaureate (5:45pm), Senior Dinner(6:30 pm) and Senior Awards Program (7:00 pm)
Thursday, 5-27 - Senior Trip (Exact time will be in the announcements)
Friday, 5-28 - JV/V softball @ Harcourt, starting at 4:30.
Saturday, 5-29 - Graduation 7:00 pm in the High School Gym
The 5th graders then visited the Middle School and went to a class and lunch with a MS Student. It is a little nerve racking going to a new place but I think at the end the 5th graders felt comfortable being here. We will also have a time in the fall were the student can come in and walk around to the different rooms and open their lockers.
The Middle school concert was a hit. I am not sure but the sixth grade band seemed to steal the show. Everyone did a great job!! I appreciate the support you as parents give to the fine arts programs. The auditorium was almost full! Thanks to everyone who attended on a beautiful spring night!
Again continue to encourage you sons and daughters to stay up with their studies. They get pulled many different directions this time of year.
Sorry about any typos or misspelling (I do not have any proofreaders here at school on Sunday Mornings!)
Have a great week!
Congratulations to the State track participants and all participating in Spring Sports‼
Good Luck to the Baseball and Softball teams‼
Activities for the week:
Monday, 5-24 - JV/V baseball @ Slater, starting at 5:30.
Tuesday, 5-25 - V/JV softball @ Grand Junction (Varsity plays first with JV to follow.)
Tuesday, 5-25 - JV/V baseball At St.Marys, starting at 6:00.
Wednesday, 5-26 - Baccalaureate (5:45pm), Senior Dinner(6:30 pm) and Senior Awards Program (7:00 pm)
Thursday, 5-27 - Senior Trip (Exact time will be in the announcements)
Friday, 5-28 - JV/V softball @ Harcourt, starting at 4:30.
Saturday, 5-29 - Graduation 7:00 pm in the High School Gym
Friday, May 14, 2010
W-G Parent Email(5-14-10)
W-G Parents:
Project Lead the Way Grant(PLTW). I wanted to let everyone know that W-G received a $50,000 grant to start a PLTW program. The shortest way to describe the PLTW program is a High School Pre-Engineering program. This program will start at W-G in the fall of 2011. We need to buy some supplies for the classroom and have some pretty extensive training for our teacher who is teaching the class. The class will be open to ninth through twelfth graders. We will teach two classes here on campus with the last two classes being taught at the DMACC campus in Perry(Which is not built yet!) It is very exciting for our students it is also very exciting for me since I am a Math teacher by trade and a 40 page Grant application was not a favorite thing for me to tackle.
Attached is a graduation letter for SENIOR PARENTS!! I want everyone to know we have a dress code at graduation for Seniors that the boys need to wear a shirt and tie, dress pants and dress shoes. This year, not one senior said one thing negative about the graduation dress code. In the 10 plus years of doing graduations, I have always heard students saying negative things about the dress code –even to the point that they weren’t going to attend their own graduation if they had to dress up! I thought that this years’ responses from students says a lot about them as the mature and responsible adults they’ve become and says something about you all as parents. Senior parents, a reminder that you were mailed a letter about the awards night on May 26th.
Again thank you for encouraging your sons and daughters to finish the year strong. I am probably the only person in the district who likes the weather rainy and overcast. The students and teachers are able to focus a lot better than when it is 75 and sunny. With the nicer weather and college students returning home, students sometimes do not make the best choices with underage drinking! Please check up on your students‼! I have been hearing rumors about "bonfires" and other outings that turn into underage drinking. We need to all work together on this!
Spaghetti Supper-- Thanks to all the people who volunteered their time and money for last night’s event. This includes parents, students, staff, and alumni. What a wonderful event! Thanks also to the many people who stopped in and ate spaghetti in support. Love to see that Hawk Pride!!! Check the Hawk Stadium Website for more info on that project!! http://wgstadium.webs.com/
Events are winding down for the year here at school!
Activities:
Today, Friday May 14, 2010:
5th and 6th Grade Mixer tonight in the HS Commons (Enter in the West Doors!)
HS Conference Track at Guthrie Center starts at 4:00pm
Boys Sectional Golf at Boone 9:00 am
Monday, May 17, 2010
Girl’s District Golf at Coon Rapids
5th Graders to visit the Middle School and Eat Lunch.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
5th Graders to visit the Middle School and Eat Lunch.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 20-22) is State Track at Drake.
Have a safe weekend!!
May 5, 2010
Dear Senior Parent:
Wow! What an exciting time for your son/daughter, you and the school! I wanted to keep you informed of the upcoming activities that are planned and encourage you to encourage your son/daughter to finish the year strong.
Activities –
Wednesday, May 26 –
Baccalaureate 5:45 p.m. in the Auditorium
Senior Banquet 6:30 p.m. in the HS Gym
Senior Awards Night 7:00 p.m. in the new HS Gym. Please wear casual dress clothes. Please call the school to RSVP by May ???, 2009.
Thursday, May 27 – Seniors Last Day This will be a normal day of school until 3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 28 – Senior Check out at 7:45 am in the Library
Graduation Practice at 8:00 a.m.
Your son/daughter is to bring his/her cap and gown and tassel for the class picture to be taken at practice. The boys need to bring a dress shirt that they will be wearing on Saturday. Also, he/she is to wear the shoes he/she will be wearing Saturday; we will practice walking in several times
Saturday, May 29 - Commencement at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gym. All graduates need to be at the school dressed and ready no later than 5:30 p.m. We will gather in the auditorium.
Boys are to dress in a dress shirt, dress pants, socks, and dress shoes. No jeans or shorts please. If you do not have a dress shirt and tie see Mr. Bermel immediately. Girls should wear appropriate dress shoes. Graduation is an honor and milestone in your life. Let’s look sharp for our families and the community that will be in attendance!
Sincerely,
Jodi A. Bermel
Secondary School Principal
Project Lead the Way Grant(PLTW). I wanted to let everyone know that W-G received a $50,000 grant to start a PLTW program. The shortest way to describe the PLTW program is a High School Pre-Engineering program. This program will start at W-G in the fall of 2011. We need to buy some supplies for the classroom and have some pretty extensive training for our teacher who is teaching the class. The class will be open to ninth through twelfth graders. We will teach two classes here on campus with the last two classes being taught at the DMACC campus in Perry(Which is not built yet!) It is very exciting for our students it is also very exciting for me since I am a Math teacher by trade and a 40 page Grant application was not a favorite thing for me to tackle.
Attached is a graduation letter for SENIOR PARENTS!! I want everyone to know we have a dress code at graduation for Seniors that the boys need to wear a shirt and tie, dress pants and dress shoes. This year, not one senior said one thing negative about the graduation dress code. In the 10 plus years of doing graduations, I have always heard students saying negative things about the dress code –even to the point that they weren’t going to attend their own graduation if they had to dress up! I thought that this years’ responses from students says a lot about them as the mature and responsible adults they’ve become and says something about you all as parents. Senior parents, a reminder that you were mailed a letter about the awards night on May 26th.
Again thank you for encouraging your sons and daughters to finish the year strong. I am probably the only person in the district who likes the weather rainy and overcast. The students and teachers are able to focus a lot better than when it is 75 and sunny. With the nicer weather and college students returning home, students sometimes do not make the best choices with underage drinking! Please check up on your students‼! I have been hearing rumors about "bonfires" and other outings that turn into underage drinking. We need to all work together on this!
Spaghetti Supper-- Thanks to all the people who volunteered their time and money for last night’s event. This includes parents, students, staff, and alumni. What a wonderful event! Thanks also to the many people who stopped in and ate spaghetti in support. Love to see that Hawk Pride!!! Check the Hawk Stadium Website for more info on that project!! http://wgstadium.webs.com/
Events are winding down for the year here at school!
Activities:
Today, Friday May 14, 2010:
5th and 6th Grade Mixer tonight in the HS Commons (Enter in the West Doors!)
HS Conference Track at Guthrie Center starts at 4:00pm
Boys Sectional Golf at Boone 9:00 am
Monday, May 17, 2010
Girl’s District Golf at Coon Rapids
5th Graders to visit the Middle School and Eat Lunch.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
5th Graders to visit the Middle School and Eat Lunch.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 20-22) is State Track at Drake.
Have a safe weekend!!
May 5, 2010
Dear Senior Parent:
Wow! What an exciting time for your son/daughter, you and the school! I wanted to keep you informed of the upcoming activities that are planned and encourage you to encourage your son/daughter to finish the year strong.
Activities –
Wednesday, May 26 –
Baccalaureate 5:45 p.m. in the Auditorium
Senior Banquet 6:30 p.m. in the HS Gym
Senior Awards Night 7:00 p.m. in the new HS Gym. Please wear casual dress clothes. Please call the school to RSVP by May ???, 2009.
Thursday, May 27 – Seniors Last Day This will be a normal day of school until 3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 28 – Senior Check out at 7:45 am in the Library
Graduation Practice at 8:00 a.m.
Your son/daughter is to bring his/her cap and gown and tassel for the class picture to be taken at practice. The boys need to bring a dress shirt that they will be wearing on Saturday. Also, he/she is to wear the shoes he/she will be wearing Saturday; we will practice walking in several times
Saturday, May 29 - Commencement at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gym. All graduates need to be at the school dressed and ready no later than 5:30 p.m. We will gather in the auditorium.
Boys are to dress in a dress shirt, dress pants, socks, and dress shoes. No jeans or shorts please. If you do not have a dress shirt and tie see Mr. Bermel immediately. Girls should wear appropriate dress shoes. Graduation is an honor and milestone in your life. Let’s look sharp for our families and the community that will be in attendance!
Sincerely,
Jodi A. Bermel
Secondary School Principal
Friday, April 30, 2010
W-G Parents
W-G Parents:
The MS-HS staff is participating in professional development opportunities to increase their awareness of available technological applications for teaching and learning (Web 2.0 tools). This was enlightening for all and generated a buzz around a new way of delivering instruction and learning. I learned about what teachers need to know to incorporate technology into the classroom. First they need to know what content(Content Knowledge) they are teaching. It may be fractions in math or compound interest or some form of poetry or some time in history. The next thing they need to know is their pedagogy. (Pedagogical Knowledge)(pedagogy is a fun sounding term of how they are going to teach something. It may be through lecture, cooperative learning, individual practice....) Then the last knowledge is the knowledge of technology. We have been focusing on the last knowledge of technology. We also have to pick and choose some that we learn because of what technology we have to use.
Next week is Staff Appreciation Week. If you would like to shock a MS or HS teacher, have your student send them a note or an email thanking them for something the teacher did. Maybe even send one to an elementary teacher they respected!
Important Dates:
3rd – HS WCAC Boys Conference Golf @ Woodward 9:00am
MS Boys and Girls WCAC Track Meet @ Panorama 4:00pm
4th – HS Boys & Girls WCAC Track Meet @ Guthrie Center 4:00pm
5th –
6th – 5th Grade Orientation at Elementary 1:15 – 2:15
Boys & Girls Golf vs. Ogden & Madrid @ Woodward 3:15pm
HS Boys Track @ Guthrie Center
Mark your calendar for May 10th, the 52nd Modern Music Concert will be held that evening. This event was inadvertently left off the Monthly newsletter so I wanted to give everyone a "heads-up." Details next week.
We are winding down the year and the weather is getting nice! Please continue to encourage your daughters and sons to stay up on their studies.
Thanks and have a great weekend!
GO HAWKS!!!
The MS-HS staff is participating in professional development opportunities to increase their awareness of available technological applications for teaching and learning (Web 2.0 tools). This was enlightening for all and generated a buzz around a new way of delivering instruction and learning. I learned about what teachers need to know to incorporate technology into the classroom. First they need to know what content(Content Knowledge) they are teaching. It may be fractions in math or compound interest or some form of poetry or some time in history. The next thing they need to know is their pedagogy. (Pedagogical Knowledge)(pedagogy is a fun sounding term of how they are going to teach something. It may be through lecture, cooperative learning, individual practice....) Then the last knowledge is the knowledge of technology. We have been focusing on the last knowledge of technology. We also have to pick and choose some that we learn because of what technology we have to use.
Next week is Staff Appreciation Week. If you would like to shock a MS or HS teacher, have your student send them a note or an email thanking them for something the teacher did. Maybe even send one to an elementary teacher they respected!
Important Dates:
3rd – HS WCAC Boys Conference Golf @ Woodward 9:00am
MS Boys and Girls WCAC Track Meet @ Panorama 4:00pm
4th – HS Boys & Girls WCAC Track Meet @ Guthrie Center 4:00pm
5th –
6th – 5th Grade Orientation at Elementary 1:15 – 2:15
Boys & Girls Golf vs. Ogden & Madrid @ Woodward 3:15pm
HS Boys Track @ Guthrie Center
Mark your calendar for May 10th, the 52nd Modern Music Concert will be held that evening. This event was inadvertently left off the Monthly newsletter so I wanted to give everyone a "heads-up." Details next week.
We are winding down the year and the weather is getting nice! Please continue to encourage your daughters and sons to stay up on their studies.
Thanks and have a great weekend!
GO HAWKS!!!
Friday, April 16, 2010
W-G Parent Email(4-16-10)
Busy Week‼
Thank You’s:Thanks to all the students and the effort on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills(ITBS) and Iowa Test of Educational Development(ITED) tests. We just have a few students left who have to make them up! Thanks also to all the parents who took off work to help decorate the MS-HS for Prom. Please be talking to your kids about good choices!
Head Lice: Make sure you check your students checked for lice. We have had some cases at the school. Attached below is a good brochure for dealing with head lice.
Great Job: to the MS track teams. Boys had two # 1 finishes and the girls had two third place finishes. A high point for me as a Principal was watching the fans cheer on one of our students who was running the mile. When he got to the finish line his team mates were there to congratulate him and pat him on the back‼ Also Congratulations to the Girls’ HS Track team. Several records were broken at the meet last night. Congratulations to the Distance Medley, The Sprint Medley, The 4x400 and the Shuttle Hurdles teams.
"Our Night to Shine", 2010 prom is this weekend, Saturday, April 17th. All events take place at the HS in Woodward.
---5:30 Doors open to the public for Grand March.
---5:30-5:45 Grand March participants gather in the lunch room
---6:00 Grand March - in the HS Auditorium.
---7:00 Dinner
---8:00 - 12:00 Dance
12:30 - 5:00 AM Substance free After Prom Party.
*** PLEASE NOTE: The paved parking lot east of the High School is reserved for PROM PARTICIPANTS ONLY. Please park in the gravel lot or along the street if you are only coming as a Grand March Spectator.
Activities next week:
Monday, 4/19
Leadership Conference in Ames
Boys & Girls HS Track @ SE Webster, 4:30 PM
8th Grade Scheduling Night 6:30 PM MS-HS Auditorium
Tuesday, 4/20
Boys & Girls HS Golf vs. Madrid & CR-B at Woodward, 4:00 PM
Boys & Girls MS Track @ Van Meter, 4:30 PM
Boys HS Track @ Ballard, 5:00 PM
Thursday, 4/22
Girls HS track @ CMB, 5:00 PM
Saturday, 4/24
Boys HS Golf @ Perry, 9:00 AM
Thank You’s:Thanks to all the students and the effort on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills(ITBS) and Iowa Test of Educational Development(ITED) tests. We just have a few students left who have to make them up! Thanks also to all the parents who took off work to help decorate the MS-HS for Prom. Please be talking to your kids about good choices!
Head Lice: Make sure you check your students checked for lice. We have had some cases at the school. Attached below is a good brochure for dealing with head lice.
Great Job: to the MS track teams. Boys had two # 1 finishes and the girls had two third place finishes. A high point for me as a Principal was watching the fans cheer on one of our students who was running the mile. When he got to the finish line his team mates were there to congratulate him and pat him on the back‼ Also Congratulations to the Girls’ HS Track team. Several records were broken at the meet last night. Congratulations to the Distance Medley, The Sprint Medley, The 4x400 and the Shuttle Hurdles teams.
"Our Night to Shine", 2010 prom is this weekend, Saturday, April 17th. All events take place at the HS in Woodward.
---5:30 Doors open to the public for Grand March.
---5:30-5:45 Grand March participants gather in the lunch room
---6:00 Grand March - in the HS Auditorium.
---7:00 Dinner
---8:00 - 12:00 Dance
12:30 - 5:00 AM Substance free After Prom Party.
*** PLEASE NOTE: The paved parking lot east of the High School is reserved for PROM PARTICIPANTS ONLY. Please park in the gravel lot or along the street if you are only coming as a Grand March Spectator.
Activities next week:
Monday, 4/19
Leadership Conference in Ames
Boys & Girls HS Track @ SE Webster, 4:30 PM
8th Grade Scheduling Night 6:30 PM MS-HS Auditorium
Tuesday, 4/20
Boys & Girls HS Golf vs. Madrid & CR-B at Woodward, 4:00 PM
Boys & Girls MS Track @ Van Meter, 4:30 PM
Boys HS Track @ Ballard, 5:00 PM
Thursday, 4/22
Girls HS track @ CMB, 5:00 PM
Saturday, 4/24
Boys HS Golf @ Perry, 9:00 AM
Thursday, April 1, 2010
W-G Parent Email(4-1-10)
Dress Code: Please review with your student the Dress Code. With the warmer weather the clothes are shrinking!!!! We want everyone to be in proper attire to learn without distractions! Let me know if you have questions. I can send the dress code to you or you can get on the website and look in the handbook!
Activities:
Monday, April 5:
Boys and Girls Golf at East Greene, 4:00
Boys and Girls Track at Panorama, 4:30
Friday, April 9:
Girls Track at Ballard, 5:00
Spring Play, “Once Upon a Teen”, 7:00 PM High School Auditorium
Saturday, April 10:
Spring Play, “Once Upon a Teen”, 7:00 PM High School Auditorium
Mark Your Calendar:
Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 in the HS Auditorium. The Concert Band and Choir will be performing. Fine arts awards will be given out that night. This includes the band, Choir and Drama/Speech awards.
Enjoy the long weekend!
Below is the Hawk Stadium Minutes. Please take a look they are looking for volunteers on April 17th to work a ISU FB game.(Which is PROM!)
March 31, 2010
Follow our progress at our website....
Hawk Stadium Website: http://wgstadium.webs.com/
Jim Uthe brought the meeting to order.
The first item up for discussion was the T-Ball field. We need to make certain the field is put back into the same condition it was left since T Ball practice is beginning this weekend. We will be meeting at the T Ball field southeast of the football field tonight at 5:30 to clean up any material left by contractors and make sure the field will be ready. We are asking any volunteers to meet at the field at 5:30 tonight to help clean up. There are still bleachers that belong to Perry we used for the football playoff that will be moved and hauled away this Friday.
Jim asked about ordering the bleachers. He spoke with the bleacher company and gave them a verbal agreement. They could be delivered by July 24th. We still need to raise money to pay for these bleachers. He has not yet signed a contract at this time.
Dick Boies with the George Long company spoke with Jim about the Goalposts. He is honoring his sale price from last December of $2895. Jim asked if we wanted to go ahead with purchasing new goalposts. Th subject remains under discussion. Dick also mentioned to Jim about getting a quote for the irrigation from Bob Lenc Landscaping, as he has worked with them on other complexes. We will review a bid from Bob Lenc Landscaping. He also mentioned he could possibly get us a discount on our bleacher price of about 20%. He also mentioned he has a contact at Wells Fargo that may help us with a new scoreboard. At this point, we are considering using the old scoreboard. All these items are still under review and discussion to see what bids come in and if they are under our current bids and will be directly influenced by funds we still need to raise to cover these items.
The third week in May is when Fisher Tracks will be working on putting the rock and asphalt down for the track. The Polymat will NOT be put down at that time unless we have raised additional funding to cover the cost by then.
Committee Updates
Approval of bills ~ Amy submitted a bill to be paid and there may be a bill coming for the installation of the lights on the poles.
Finance ~ Total amount raised: $449,122.00 We still have outstanding pledges of $171,600 of that total that need to be collected. We currently have $51,000. in the bank as of 3/31/10
Fundraising ~ The Raffle is still ongoing. Lance is still working to determine an event and place to wrap up the Raffle and draw the winning entry on May 28th. You can still buy Raffle tickets by contacting a committee member or going to the Hawk Stadium website here: http://wgstadium.webs.com/fundraisers.htm
The Carnival and Pancake breakfast we held the past two Saturdays brought in some funds. A brick was purchased at the Carnival and a few hurdles. We hosted a free face painting booth and had our information for the stadium project on display hoping to get interest from parents of our younger athletes and raise more funds.
The pancake breakfast was successful as we sold three bricks and several Raffle tickets, along with the freewill donations for the breakfast.
We discussed further fundraising events. We are looking into a Spaghetti Supper. Details to follow.
Donation Committee ~ Bridget went over the Business and Alumni contact list. Follow up from various members and who they contacted and the outcome was discussed. Many people say they are going to do something, but now is the time to follow up and collect funds.
General Contractor Update ~ Nathan said the lights are up and McAninch will be coming to finish up the work that was part of our bid with them. We are developing a timeline and responsible party to keep the project on track and have it football ready for the inner squad game on August 20th, 2010. Our first home game is August 27, 2010
Irrigation is nearly ready to be installed, but we decided to wait on the bid from Bob Lenc Landscaping before proceeding.
Press Box : Nathan is getting pricing for steel for the pressbox priced and footings will need to be poured soon for the press box and scoreboard.
We need to do some seeding with rain coming this weekend. Jim will look into getting the detention pond sodded when the football field is done.
We are in need of parents of the elementary and middle school kids to work the Spring ISU game as a fundraising effort for the stadium project. We need 25 adults to work two concession stands. The spring game will begin at 2:00, so work time will probably be noon. Since this is the day of Prom, many committee members and highschool parents will not be able to work. We are asking the younger athletes parents to step up and volunteer to work this event. Contact Jeanette Boderman mjboder@earthlink.net or Beth Krehbiel bak@tometichengineering.com to sign up to work.
Our next meeting will be April 14th in the Granger school library at 6:00 pm.
If you know of anyone wishing to be a part of this email list, please contact tlmay11@gmail.com and we will get your name added to keep you informed of the project.
Activities:
Monday, April 5:
Boys and Girls Golf at East Greene, 4:00
Boys and Girls Track at Panorama, 4:30
Friday, April 9:
Girls Track at Ballard, 5:00
Spring Play, “Once Upon a Teen”, 7:00 PM High School Auditorium
Saturday, April 10:
Spring Play, “Once Upon a Teen”, 7:00 PM High School Auditorium
Mark Your Calendar:
Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 in the HS Auditorium. The Concert Band and Choir will be performing. Fine arts awards will be given out that night. This includes the band, Choir and Drama/Speech awards.
Enjoy the long weekend!
Below is the Hawk Stadium Minutes. Please take a look they are looking for volunteers on April 17th to work a ISU FB game.(Which is PROM!)
March 31, 2010
Follow our progress at our website....
Hawk Stadium Website: http://wgstadium.webs.com/
Jim Uthe brought the meeting to order.
The first item up for discussion was the T-Ball field. We need to make certain the field is put back into the same condition it was left since T Ball practice is beginning this weekend. We will be meeting at the T Ball field southeast of the football field tonight at 5:30 to clean up any material left by contractors and make sure the field will be ready. We are asking any volunteers to meet at the field at 5:30 tonight to help clean up. There are still bleachers that belong to Perry we used for the football playoff that will be moved and hauled away this Friday.
Jim asked about ordering the bleachers. He spoke with the bleacher company and gave them a verbal agreement. They could be delivered by July 24th. We still need to raise money to pay for these bleachers. He has not yet signed a contract at this time.
Dick Boies with the George Long company spoke with Jim about the Goalposts. He is honoring his sale price from last December of $2895. Jim asked if we wanted to go ahead with purchasing new goalposts. Th subject remains under discussion. Dick also mentioned to Jim about getting a quote for the irrigation from Bob Lenc Landscaping, as he has worked with them on other complexes. We will review a bid from Bob Lenc Landscaping. He also mentioned he could possibly get us a discount on our bleacher price of about 20%. He also mentioned he has a contact at Wells Fargo that may help us with a new scoreboard. At this point, we are considering using the old scoreboard. All these items are still under review and discussion to see what bids come in and if they are under our current bids and will be directly influenced by funds we still need to raise to cover these items.
The third week in May is when Fisher Tracks will be working on putting the rock and asphalt down for the track. The Polymat will NOT be put down at that time unless we have raised additional funding to cover the cost by then.
Committee Updates
Approval of bills ~ Amy submitted a bill to be paid and there may be a bill coming for the installation of the lights on the poles.
Finance ~ Total amount raised: $449,122.00 We still have outstanding pledges of $171,600 of that total that need to be collected. We currently have $51,000. in the bank as of 3/31/10
Fundraising ~ The Raffle is still ongoing. Lance is still working to determine an event and place to wrap up the Raffle and draw the winning entry on May 28th. You can still buy Raffle tickets by contacting a committee member or going to the Hawk Stadium website here: http://wgstadium.webs.com/fundraisers.htm
The Carnival and Pancake breakfast we held the past two Saturdays brought in some funds. A brick was purchased at the Carnival and a few hurdles. We hosted a free face painting booth and had our information for the stadium project on display hoping to get interest from parents of our younger athletes and raise more funds.
The pancake breakfast was successful as we sold three bricks and several Raffle tickets, along with the freewill donations for the breakfast.
We discussed further fundraising events. We are looking into a Spaghetti Supper. Details to follow.
Donation Committee ~ Bridget went over the Business and Alumni contact list. Follow up from various members and who they contacted and the outcome was discussed. Many people say they are going to do something, but now is the time to follow up and collect funds.
General Contractor Update ~ Nathan said the lights are up and McAninch will be coming to finish up the work that was part of our bid with them. We are developing a timeline and responsible party to keep the project on track and have it football ready for the inner squad game on August 20th, 2010. Our first home game is August 27, 2010
Irrigation is nearly ready to be installed, but we decided to wait on the bid from Bob Lenc Landscaping before proceeding.
Press Box : Nathan is getting pricing for steel for the pressbox priced and footings will need to be poured soon for the press box and scoreboard.
We need to do some seeding with rain coming this weekend. Jim will look into getting the detention pond sodded when the football field is done.
We are in need of parents of the elementary and middle school kids to work the Spring ISU game as a fundraising effort for the stadium project. We need 25 adults to work two concession stands. The spring game will begin at 2:00, so work time will probably be noon. Since this is the day of Prom, many committee members and highschool parents will not be able to work. We are asking the younger athletes parents to step up and volunteer to work this event. Contact Jeanette Boderman mjboder@earthlink.net or Beth Krehbiel bak@tometichengineering.com to sign up to work.
Our next meeting will be April 14th in the Granger school library at 6:00 pm.
If you know of anyone wishing to be a part of this email list, please contact tlmay11@gmail.com and we will get your name added to keep you informed of the project.
Friday, March 26, 2010
W-G Parent Email(3-26-10)
HAPPY 40th B-day to My Wife!!
I am tempted to just put my email on my blog only and just send the link. I will not do that to you yet!!!
All-State Speech is Monday at UNI. Good Luck Amber! Maybe we can You-Tube her speech for all to see. We might have to rate it (PG-13) but it is very good! I will try to figure out how to do that and get that on my blog.(I will ask a student!!!)
Schedule Change: The Board voted Tuesday to go to a Seven Period day next year where two days are Blocked. So Tuesday only periods 1,3,5, and 7 will meet, but they will be longer. On Wednesday, only periods 2,4, and 6 will meet, but they will be longer. Since we have professional Development on Wednesday it will work out very nicely. We hope to have the schedule on paper early next week. I am very excited. I think we can do some good things with this schedule. The tricky part right now is figuring out the Middle School. It is going to be a lot of work for the teachers, changing their classes to fit the time, but I am confident they can do it!
Sorry about changing the scheduling nights this week but it was suggested to wait until the decision on next year's schedule was made. Our new Dates are Thursday, April 8th for current 9-11 graders and Monday, April 19 for the Freshman orientation (Current 8th Graders). Both meeting will be held at 6:30 pm and in the MS/HS auditorium.
End of the quarter: Please make sure your students are getting in any work that they have missed!
A Big Thank You! Thanks to our MS Student Council students who volunteered to help at Kindergarten round up. I know the elementary appreciates their help. I know they will be great representatives of our Middle School.
Prom: Reminder Prom is April 17. There is a charge for the Dinner and Dance, but the After Prom is free and open to all Juniors and Seniors. The Prom is open to all Current Juniors and Seniors and their dates. The dates must be in grades 9 -12 or less than 21 years of age. If your student's date does not meet these requirements they need to have that student approved by the administration. (this was not a problem last year!) The goal of prom is that everyone have a fun safe evening. Please if you have any questions please ask!
Google Phone Number for me is 515-999-0029. This allows you to leave a voice message. When you are done leaving a voice message Google texts my phone the translation of your message. Please do not over use this but it may be a more reliable way to get a hold of me!!
Pancake Breakfast: THE HAWK STADIUM PROJECT AND TRACK TEAM ARE HOSTING A PANCAKE BREAKFAST IN THE WOODWARD SCHOOL CAFETERIA THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 27TH FROM 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM.
PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND ENJOY A DELICIOUS PANCAKE BREAKFAST.
VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED TO HELP COOK AND SERVE.
SEE YOU SATURDAY!!
Thanks to our 2009-2010 Yearbook Advertisers:
Tiger Bowl, A.J.’s Grocery, NuVu Windows, Finer Cuts Lawn Care, Edible Arrangements, Des Moines Imports, Kia of Des Moines, Spellman Photography, Cayannes Café and Gifts, Perry Chief, Granger Motors, Siglin Realty, MAFCO, Bob Brown Chevrolet, Alice’s Beauty Shop, Mid National Graphics, Liberty Bank
I am tempted to just put my email on my blog only and just send the link. I will not do that to you yet!!!
All-State Speech is Monday at UNI. Good Luck Amber! Maybe we can You-Tube her speech for all to see. We might have to rate it (PG-13) but it is very good! I will try to figure out how to do that and get that on my blog.(I will ask a student!!!)
Schedule Change: The Board voted Tuesday to go to a Seven Period day next year where two days are Blocked. So Tuesday only periods 1,3,5, and 7 will meet, but they will be longer. On Wednesday, only periods 2,4, and 6 will meet, but they will be longer. Since we have professional Development on Wednesday it will work out very nicely. We hope to have the schedule on paper early next week. I am very excited. I think we can do some good things with this schedule. The tricky part right now is figuring out the Middle School. It is going to be a lot of work for the teachers, changing their classes to fit the time, but I am confident they can do it!
Sorry about changing the scheduling nights this week but it was suggested to wait until the decision on next year's schedule was made. Our new Dates are Thursday, April 8th for current 9-11 graders and Monday, April 19 for the Freshman orientation (Current 8th Graders). Both meeting will be held at 6:30 pm and in the MS/HS auditorium.
End of the quarter: Please make sure your students are getting in any work that they have missed!
A Big Thank You! Thanks to our MS Student Council students who volunteered to help at Kindergarten round up. I know the elementary appreciates their help. I know they will be great representatives of our Middle School.
Prom: Reminder Prom is April 17. There is a charge for the Dinner and Dance, but the After Prom is free and open to all Juniors and Seniors. The Prom is open to all Current Juniors and Seniors and their dates. The dates must be in grades 9 -12 or less than 21 years of age. If your student's date does not meet these requirements they need to have that student approved by the administration. (this was not a problem last year!) The goal of prom is that everyone have a fun safe evening. Please if you have any questions please ask!
Google Phone Number for me is 515-999-0029. This allows you to leave a voice message. When you are done leaving a voice message Google texts my phone the translation of your message. Please do not over use this but it may be a more reliable way to get a hold of me!!
Pancake Breakfast: THE HAWK STADIUM PROJECT AND TRACK TEAM ARE HOSTING A PANCAKE BREAKFAST IN THE WOODWARD SCHOOL CAFETERIA THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 27TH FROM 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM.
PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND ENJOY A DELICIOUS PANCAKE BREAKFAST.
VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED TO HELP COOK AND SERVE.
SEE YOU SATURDAY!!
Thanks to our 2009-2010 Yearbook Advertisers:
Tiger Bowl, A.J.’s Grocery, NuVu Windows, Finer Cuts Lawn Care, Edible Arrangements, Des Moines Imports, Kia of Des Moines, Spellman Photography, Cayannes Café and Gifts, Perry Chief, Granger Motors, Siglin Realty, MAFCO, Bob Brown Chevrolet, Alice’s Beauty Shop, Mid National Graphics, Liberty Bank
Friday, March 19, 2010
W-G Parent Email(3-19-10)
6-12 Parents:
• GO GREEN!!! To help with the cabin fever and the end of winter (maybe) we had a Fire Drill on Thursday when the weather was in the sixties. After the fire drill we met in front of the school and handed out ice cream treats to the HS and MS student body and staff. We had gluten free and sugar free treats available for everyone who needed those, as well! This idea was conceived by the Building Leadership team as a small "Thank You" for the students’ behavior during the flooding of the HS. The MS was invaded by the HS, the rooms were open, everyone seemed to take it in stride and made the best of the situation. The students were very appreciative, maybe even a little shocked!!! Thanks again to all the staff and students!!
• 8th Grade Science Fair: The 8th grades had their science fair in the Cafeteria and Auditorium Thursday during 1st and 3rd hours. I was unable to make the 1st period fair but was able to go 3rd hour. It was very interesting for all involved. Many hours of work were put into their projects. The HS science students were able to listen to the presentations as well.
• Scheduling Night for the HS students (Current 8-11 graders): We had dates scheduled but we are postponing those dates. We try to have these meeting early in the spring when there are not activities happening every night of the week. We will keep you posted!
• Speech Competition Very Successful: This past month, 9 of our students participated in the District Individual Speech competition. We had 7 students qualify for state competition. Amber McNeil qualified in two events. At state, 6 of those events received a I rating. Amber McNeil received a I on both of her events and was chosen to go to All-State for her Literary Program. She will be performing on Monday, March 22nd at UNI.
• MS Dance tonight from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm put on by the MS Student Council.
Have a great weekend!!! Go Green!
• GO GREEN!!! To help with the cabin fever and the end of winter (maybe) we had a Fire Drill on Thursday when the weather was in the sixties. After the fire drill we met in front of the school and handed out ice cream treats to the HS and MS student body and staff. We had gluten free and sugar free treats available for everyone who needed those, as well! This idea was conceived by the Building Leadership team as a small "Thank You" for the students’ behavior during the flooding of the HS. The MS was invaded by the HS, the rooms were open, everyone seemed to take it in stride and made the best of the situation. The students were very appreciative, maybe even a little shocked!!! Thanks again to all the staff and students!!
• 8th Grade Science Fair: The 8th grades had their science fair in the Cafeteria and Auditorium Thursday during 1st and 3rd hours. I was unable to make the 1st period fair but was able to go 3rd hour. It was very interesting for all involved. Many hours of work were put into their projects. The HS science students were able to listen to the presentations as well.
• Scheduling Night for the HS students (Current 8-11 graders): We had dates scheduled but we are postponing those dates. We try to have these meeting early in the spring when there are not activities happening every night of the week. We will keep you posted!
• Speech Competition Very Successful: This past month, 9 of our students participated in the District Individual Speech competition. We had 7 students qualify for state competition. Amber McNeil qualified in two events. At state, 6 of those events received a I rating. Amber McNeil received a I on both of her events and was chosen to go to All-State for her Literary Program. She will be performing on Monday, March 22nd at UNI.
• MS Dance tonight from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm put on by the MS Student Council.
Have a great weekend!!! Go Green!
Friday, March 12, 2010
W-G Parent Email(3-12-10)
Seniors have been making their Senior Project presentations. They have been wonderful!!! This is something our students, parents and community can be very proud of!!!! The students have been doing great work! Things that would bring a tear to your eye!
The parts for the spring play have been cast & rehearsals will start next week. The play is set for April 9th & 10th at 7 PM.
Prom plans are in full swing: April 17th is prom this year!
Announcement: There will be a Junior Class meeting for all Junior
parents/students in the commons area on Monday, March 15th at 6:00 pm.
State Speech tomorrow at Glendwood start at 8:00 am. The students are going tonight and staying overnight! Should be a fun time for the kids.
Jazz Band to perform tomorrow at 4:30 pm in Charles City. Some students are doing both which is great for the kids! Good luck to both groups!
MS had a fun week this week! Nerd day was my favorite. A lot of great out fits for the day. A lot of kids had smiles on their faces. Pie day today!!
3.14 (March 14th)
Hope everyone has a great weekend! It sounds like next week is going to be nice weather-wise!
The parts for the spring play have been cast & rehearsals will start next week. The play is set for April 9th & 10th at 7 PM.
Prom plans are in full swing: April 17th is prom this year!
Announcement: There will be a Junior Class meeting for all Junior
parents/students in the commons area on Monday, March 15th at 6:00 pm.
State Speech tomorrow at Glendwood start at 8:00 am. The students are going tonight and staying overnight! Should be a fun time for the kids.
Jazz Band to perform tomorrow at 4:30 pm in Charles City. Some students are doing both which is great for the kids! Good luck to both groups!
MS had a fun week this week! Nerd day was my favorite. A lot of great out fits for the day. A lot of kids had smiles on their faces. Pie day today!!
3.14 (March 14th)
Hope everyone has a great weekend! It sounds like next week is going to be nice weather-wise!
Friday, February 26, 2010
W-G Parent Email(2-26-10)
Dodge Ball Tourney is tonight Feb. 26 from 6 to 8 in the MS gym. Please come out and support the MS PTO. They do a lot of great things for our kids!!
Jim Coffin will be tomorrow Saturday from 8 to 4 pm our Jazz Band performs at 8:15. We have some great bands here from all over and should be a another Great Show.
Individual District Speech competition is at Earlham tomorrow. Our first student performs at 10:12, the last is at 1:21.
Schedule Changes Starting Monday March 1st. School will start 15 minutes earlier (8:15 on a regular day) and end 15 minutes later (3:45 pm on a regular day).
Wednesday's will start at 8:15 am and end at 2:30.
NEXT WEEK ONLY - Monday and Tuesday the days will start at 8:15 and end at 1:45 conferences are still from 3:00 pm to 8 pm.
If we have a 2 hour late start because of weather we will start school at 10:15 am.
Conferences - Remember Parent teacher conference next Monday and Tuesday Mar. 1st and 2nd from 3 to 8 pm in the HS Gym. We changed the way conferences are done to accommodate parent wishes. Please make it a point to attend this year's conferences. We love to see all the parents!!
Middle School Sound systems for the classrooms. We have put four sound systems in the MS where the teachers wear a microphone around their necks and the their voice is projected throughout the room. As parents we all get the "I didn’t hear you" selective hearing from our middle schoolers. I am not sure this is going to help that all together but we hope it will help those students with hearing issues. As a parent of a student who is deaf in one ear, I hope this will help all the students. The nearly $5,000 of funding came from our special education fund. We may purchase three or four more in the future.
What makes my job great is when I meet a (very) veteran teacher in the hallway who is so excited to tell me about their class and how well it went and how impressed they were with the students and how creative and on and on. It had to do with choosing characters in a book and connecting them to current people. I loved how the teacher was so excited! Those are the things that make our weeks and sometime months!
Have a great weekend! Go HAWKS!
Jim Coffin will be tomorrow Saturday from 8 to 4 pm our Jazz Band performs at 8:15. We have some great bands here from all over and should be a another Great Show.
Individual District Speech competition is at Earlham tomorrow. Our first student performs at 10:12, the last is at 1:21.
Schedule Changes Starting Monday March 1st. School will start 15 minutes earlier (8:15 on a regular day) and end 15 minutes later (3:45 pm on a regular day).
Wednesday's will start at 8:15 am and end at 2:30.
NEXT WEEK ONLY - Monday and Tuesday the days will start at 8:15 and end at 1:45 conferences are still from 3:00 pm to 8 pm.
If we have a 2 hour late start because of weather we will start school at 10:15 am.
Conferences - Remember Parent teacher conference next Monday and Tuesday Mar. 1st and 2nd from 3 to 8 pm in the HS Gym. We changed the way conferences are done to accommodate parent wishes. Please make it a point to attend this year's conferences. We love to see all the parents!!
Middle School Sound systems for the classrooms. We have put four sound systems in the MS where the teachers wear a microphone around their necks and the their voice is projected throughout the room. As parents we all get the "I didn’t hear you" selective hearing from our middle schoolers. I am not sure this is going to help that all together but we hope it will help those students with hearing issues. As a parent of a student who is deaf in one ear, I hope this will help all the students. The nearly $5,000 of funding came from our special education fund. We may purchase three or four more in the future.
What makes my job great is when I meet a (very) veteran teacher in the hallway who is so excited to tell me about their class and how well it went and how impressed they were with the students and how creative and on and on. It had to do with choosing characters in a book and connecting them to current people. I loved how the teacher was so excited! Those are the things that make our weeks and sometime months!
Have a great weekend! Go HAWKS!
Friday, February 5, 2010
2-5-10 Parent Email
What are we doing about the snow days??? I just want to thank everyone for their input from the survey and emails. A parent asked why did we not go to school for a full day on Wednesdays and not have professional development for the teachers. The main reason was because we thought we could not do that since Wednesdays are already counted as a day. We have since found out that this may be allowed. We would then plan to have professional development after the students leave (Whatever time that is!). When we created the survey we thought we could add a half hour or hour to the day. We found out that a special exception was made two years ago so schools could do that! Later in the week we received information from the State Department of Education that we could potentially do that again. We are working on the details and will be coming out with those soon. Going to school on Saturday's was at the bottom of my list and of the survey as well. SO no need to change your Saturday plans. (yet)
Let's Dance!! The High School Winter Formal was very well attended last Saturday. Most everyone had a great time and it seemed to go well. The dress of the night was a strapless short dress. A lot of tugging going on by the girls! Tugging the top of the dresses up or tugging the bottom of their dresses down. Also high heal shoes which lasted about five minutes on their feet! The attire for the men was black pants with black shirts and solid colored ties. I thought everyone looked very formal. Thanks to you all, as parents, for supporting this event. Next week is the middle school formal. I know this is going to be a big event as well. Thanks to both the HS Student Council and the MS PTO for putting on these fun events.
This week has been very busy with home activities about every night and sectional wrestling here on Saturday. Jazz band to Earlham and State Large Group Speech in Ankeny on Saturday. Also Middle School Citizenship Trip today to Sleepy Hollow in Des Moines.
Please remind you sons and daughters to drive safely to and from school! More snow today and over the weekend.
The boy's basketball team playing at Well's Fargo Area in February 9th. The dance team will also perform during 1/2 time of the game. The cost of the tickets in $10 per person and will include watching the Iowa Energy play after. Tickets will be available at the high school office or at basketball games.
2009 Yearbook Advertisers:
Tiger Bowl, A.J.’s Grocery, NuVu Windows, Finer Cuts Lawn Care, Edible Arrangements, Des Moines Imports, Kia of Des Moines, Spellman Photography, Cayannes Café and Gifts, Perry Chief, Granger Motors, Siglin Realty, MAFCO, Bob Brown Chevrolet, Alice’s Beauty Shop, Mid National Graphics, Liberty Bank
Let's Dance!! The High School Winter Formal was very well attended last Saturday. Most everyone had a great time and it seemed to go well. The dress of the night was a strapless short dress. A lot of tugging going on by the girls! Tugging the top of the dresses up or tugging the bottom of their dresses down. Also high heal shoes which lasted about five minutes on their feet! The attire for the men was black pants with black shirts and solid colored ties. I thought everyone looked very formal. Thanks to you all, as parents, for supporting this event. Next week is the middle school formal. I know this is going to be a big event as well. Thanks to both the HS Student Council and the MS PTO for putting on these fun events.
This week has been very busy with home activities about every night and sectional wrestling here on Saturday. Jazz band to Earlham and State Large Group Speech in Ankeny on Saturday. Also Middle School Citizenship Trip today to Sleepy Hollow in Des Moines.
Please remind you sons and daughters to drive safely to and from school! More snow today and over the weekend.
The boy's basketball team playing at Well's Fargo Area in February 9th. The dance team will also perform during 1/2 time of the game. The cost of the tickets in $10 per person and will include watching the Iowa Energy play after. Tickets will be available at the high school office or at basketball games.
2009 Yearbook Advertisers:
Tiger Bowl, A.J.’s Grocery, NuVu Windows, Finer Cuts Lawn Care, Edible Arrangements, Des Moines Imports, Kia of Des Moines, Spellman Photography, Cayannes Café and Gifts, Perry Chief, Granger Motors, Siglin Realty, MAFCO, Bob Brown Chevrolet, Alice’s Beauty Shop, Mid National Graphics, Liberty Bank
Friday, January 29, 2010
GO HAWKS!!!!!
Where do I start???
Last Monday Snow, Tuesday Snow, Next Monday MORE SNOW!!!!!
I appreciate the flexibility of students, staff and parents in these times of snow and rain and flooding!!!
End of the Semester/quarter is today! HS Parents please double check your students schedules to make sure they are the way you want them. Students have three days to change their schedules.
I may have mentioned my crazy idea for wanting to move to one to one computers for all students 6-12 next year. Mr. Elliott and I visited a school yesterday and saw how they rolled their program out. One thing a person there said that stuck with me is, “It is not a question of if your school is going to have one to one computers it is a question of when!” It is getting to be more and more common for schools to move to this set up. Van Meter and South Hamilton are schools that are close that have one to one computers. One benefit is that we would no longer need computer labs. (Our computer labs are in need of upgrading at this time!) Some of the controls are that each computer is filtered from school and home. The school we visited had the control of logging off the machines at 1:00 am until 5:00 am. The students screens can be brought up at anytime. Would students be able to handle this responsibility? I think so. Maybe keep the sixth graders computer at school for the first semester or have them take them home on limited days starting out! One thing the school said that was interesting was that the students take very good care of the machines because they are the one’s responsible for them. Of course the big question is how are we going to pay for this? Or where is the money going to come from. The SILO fund is where a lot of the schools are getting their money. The SILO fund is the one cent local option sales tax money that schools receive. The money can only be spent on infrastructure. The best way to describe that is buildings, buses, and items costing more than $500.00. That is the short version. They lease the computers over a three or four year period. We also receive some Microsoft settlement money at the HS which comes to about $50,000. Then I wanted to look at the schools website thinking the school must be really cool. I looked at the sports schedules and they were from 2008-2009!
I know it is scary thinking about having 365 kids all with a lap top, especially for us parents who cannot figure out how to get our cell phones off speaker phone when we receive a call in a meeting!! (If you have not had that happen you know someone who has had that happen to them!!)
Student engagement is the big plus when going one to one. The opportunities are unlimited!!!!
They had t-shirts that said 1- Community, 1- Vision, 1 Mission, 1 Computer for every Student.
Please send me any questions or concerns on this one to one topic!!!
Secondly thanks for all the input on the survey (Last time I heard it was up to 328 responses). We are in contact with the Dept. of Education. The Dept. of Ed. is coming out with new information daily!!!! We will keep you posted as soon as we know! The school board is the ones who would need to vote on any changes.
My apologies to the MS Girl’s BB Parents, there was a mix up on the start time. The old conference had a rule all MS games start at 4:30. The new conference likes to start the games at 4:00 but there are exceptions!!! We will try to get these out each Monday morning on the announcements.
Have a great weekend!
Last Monday Snow, Tuesday Snow, Next Monday MORE SNOW!!!!!
I appreciate the flexibility of students, staff and parents in these times of snow and rain and flooding!!!
End of the Semester/quarter is today! HS Parents please double check your students schedules to make sure they are the way you want them. Students have three days to change their schedules.
I may have mentioned my crazy idea for wanting to move to one to one computers for all students 6-12 next year. Mr. Elliott and I visited a school yesterday and saw how they rolled their program out. One thing a person there said that stuck with me is, “It is not a question of if your school is going to have one to one computers it is a question of when!” It is getting to be more and more common for schools to move to this set up. Van Meter and South Hamilton are schools that are close that have one to one computers. One benefit is that we would no longer need computer labs. (Our computer labs are in need of upgrading at this time!) Some of the controls are that each computer is filtered from school and home. The school we visited had the control of logging off the machines at 1:00 am until 5:00 am. The students screens can be brought up at anytime. Would students be able to handle this responsibility? I think so. Maybe keep the sixth graders computer at school for the first semester or have them take them home on limited days starting out! One thing the school said that was interesting was that the students take very good care of the machines because they are the one’s responsible for them. Of course the big question is how are we going to pay for this? Or where is the money going to come from. The SILO fund is where a lot of the schools are getting their money. The SILO fund is the one cent local option sales tax money that schools receive. The money can only be spent on infrastructure. The best way to describe that is buildings, buses, and items costing more than $500.00. That is the short version. They lease the computers over a three or four year period. We also receive some Microsoft settlement money at the HS which comes to about $50,000. Then I wanted to look at the schools website thinking the school must be really cool. I looked at the sports schedules and they were from 2008-2009!
I know it is scary thinking about having 365 kids all with a lap top, especially for us parents who cannot figure out how to get our cell phones off speaker phone when we receive a call in a meeting!! (If you have not had that happen you know someone who has had that happen to them!!)
Student engagement is the big plus when going one to one. The opportunities are unlimited!!!!
They had t-shirts that said 1- Community, 1- Vision, 1 Mission, 1 Computer for every Student.
Please send me any questions or concerns on this one to one topic!!!
Secondly thanks for all the input on the survey (Last time I heard it was up to 328 responses). We are in contact with the Dept. of Education. The Dept. of Ed. is coming out with new information daily!!!! We will keep you posted as soon as we know! The school board is the ones who would need to vote on any changes.
My apologies to the MS Girl’s BB Parents, there was a mix up on the start time. The old conference had a rule all MS games start at 4:30. The new conference likes to start the games at 4:00 but there are exceptions!!! We will try to get these out each Monday morning on the announcements.
Have a great weekend!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Flood
I am starting to feel like this school year is a little like the US post office. We are working through snow, sleet, flood and so on.
The Flood – We had a major malfunction of the new heating and cooling in the High School. We had six coils freeze and burst. We found this on Sunday Jan. 4th at 1:00 pm. The classrooms have since been dried out and are now in the process of redoing. Which includes re-dry walling and repainting. Cleaning carpets and re installing base. The hallways were re waxed over the break and are now in need of re waxing again. I will try to post some pictures to my blog.
The new HS is on the road to recovery. We will be able to get back into five rooms on Monday. Five more the next Monday and completely finished “again” on February 1st. The students and staff have been very good at making the best of a not so good situation.
I was talking to a painter who was setting up to start in repainting. I said let us know when we need to block off areas and close corridors and stuff. Then I asked about where they were going to leave their paint and I told them that our students are pretty good and that their paint should not cause a problem. To which they replied, “Ya, we know, we had students holding doors open for us as we were bringing the paint in! They would never do that when we were in Des Moines.” Hats off to our students and you as parents!
Hopefully we can look back at this and laugh.
Snow Days - Please encourage your students to finish the semester strong. We are moving the end of the semester back to Friday Jan. 29. The school board is deciding Monday night about making up some days. It looks like we will go to school on Monday Jan. 25. Also we might be going to school on March 4th as well and that will make our last day of school June 8th. Again nothing is set yet but that is the recommendation.
Have a great weekend! Go Hawks!
The Flood – We had a major malfunction of the new heating and cooling in the High School. We had six coils freeze and burst. We found this on Sunday Jan. 4th at 1:00 pm. The classrooms have since been dried out and are now in the process of redoing. Which includes re-dry walling and repainting. Cleaning carpets and re installing base. The hallways were re waxed over the break and are now in need of re waxing again. I will try to post some pictures to my blog.
The new HS is on the road to recovery. We will be able to get back into five rooms on Monday. Five more the next Monday and completely finished “again” on February 1st. The students and staff have been very good at making the best of a not so good situation.
I was talking to a painter who was setting up to start in repainting. I said let us know when we need to block off areas and close corridors and stuff. Then I asked about where they were going to leave their paint and I told them that our students are pretty good and that their paint should not cause a problem. To which they replied, “Ya, we know, we had students holding doors open for us as we were bringing the paint in! They would never do that when we were in Des Moines.” Hats off to our students and you as parents!
Hopefully we can look back at this and laugh.
Snow Days - Please encourage your students to finish the semester strong. We are moving the end of the semester back to Friday Jan. 29. The school board is deciding Monday night about making up some days. It looks like we will go to school on Monday Jan. 25. Also we might be going to school on March 4th as well and that will make our last day of school June 8th. Again nothing is set yet but that is the recommendation.
Have a great weekend! Go Hawks!
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