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OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME XVIII, NUMBER 53 OABCIG The newsletter of the Odebolt-Arthur and Battle Creek-IdaINSIGHTS Grove Community School Districts From the Superintendent WHAT’S INSIDE ... Mr. Matt Alexander, Superintendent Homecoming 4 It is hard to believe that mid-term of the first with these needed projects in order to be a quarter has come and gone, and that the quarter future-ready district with quality facilities. Senior Information 5 will be ending this month on October 25 th . Having an excellent school system with quality Students and staff have been doing great things facilities that are modern, safe and secure can both in and out of the classroom. Our students serve as a draw for potential families, employees, Health Education 8 are enjoying many extra-curricular activities and businesses to our communities. The district and are practicing and competing in activities is committed to these projects, as can be seen Book Fair 10 that they enjoy. Seeing their dedication and by the recent model classroom renovations and commitment to all areas of their education the accessibility projects (elevator & stair lifts in Menus 13-14 makes me proud of them and proud to be a Odebolt) that were completed this past summer Falcon! If you haven’t had the opportunity to at a cost of over $1.5 million. The remaining JMC Corner 15 visit one of our buildings or attend one of our projects will require a bond issue to complete events, I would like to invite you to do so. Come them, and the goal is for it to have the smallest Falcon Pride 16 see for yourself the great things our kids are impact on taxpayers as possible. doing. I encourage all of our district patrons to be Facilities Planning informed about the projects the district needs ADMINISTRATION to complete, and how they are proposed to be The OABCIG Facilities Committee continues to funded. If you have questions, or would like evaluate the facilities plan developed by the information, please feel free to call or email me. Mr. Matt Alexander School Board. They have reviewed feedback If you would like to meet instead, please set [email protected] from district patrons through surveys and up a meeting time with me. I would be glad to Superintendent conversations and are committed to moving share our plans and information with any district forward with plans to meet the needs of the patron. Mr. Patrick Miller district and fund those needs in a fiscally [email protected] responsible manner. If you have any questions throughout the year, or OABCIG HS Principal need information about any issue related to the When the comprehensive facilities study was school, please don’t hesitate to contact me at Mr. Alan Henderson completed in 2017, and cost estimates were [email protected] or by phone at (712) [email protected] attached to each part of the plan, the total cost 364- 3687. You can also visit our district website OABCIG Elem. Principal was over $31 million. Utilizing the information at www.oabcig.org to help find information you gathered by the committee and input from may need. Mr. Doug Mogensen several stakeholder groups that amount was [email protected] prioritized and absolute needs were determined OABCIG K-5 & to be in the range of $16 million. Those needs Go, Falcons! OABCIG 6-8 Principal still exist. We must find a way to move forward ....continued on page 2 For Up-To-Date Information, Please Visit: http://www.oabcig.org October 2018 OABCIG High School Happenings Mr. Patrick Miller, Principal Attendance: In the case of missing due to illness, students are allowed to Research shows that there is a positive correlation between good bring a doctor’s note which will appeal the day, in essence not attendance and good achievement. Our goal is to have every counting as an absence, at least toward the 10 day policy. A day student here every day. can only be appealed if a note from a doctor is presented to the office. It seems as though we have had more than our share of students missing due to illness early this year. Because of that it may Student who miss more than 10 days and are not under a be appropriate to detail our attendance policy. First, according doctor’s care will be required to make up time with teacher to school policy there are two types of absences, excused and before receiving a passing grade. These days must be made up unexcused. Examples of an excused absence would include, prior to the first days of semester tests. but not be limited to, illness, doctor appointments, legal appointments, college visits, and family emergencies. Examples Please promote positive attendance with your children. As you of unexcused absences would be car trouble, haircuts, personal may, or may not know, the new mission statement for OABCIG errands, oversleeping, senior pictures, and missing the bus. is “Educating Every Student Every Day”. That can only occur if we are fortunate enough to see them every day. OA-BCIG Nurse Notes Mrs. Tiffany Lindberg RN Nurses Notes: The weather seems to be all over the place lately. The weather will The Lions Eye Bank will be at the Odebolt Elementary on October start to remain cold, so please assure your students are dressed for 10th and Ida Grove Elementary on October 11th. The Lions Eye school appropriately. For elementary students who go outside for Bank does vision screening on preschool and kindergarten students recess, please send coats, gloves, snow pants, boots, and hats. If you with a signed consent form. Consent forms will be sent home with are in need of any of these items, please let me know. the students. And last but not least, the dreaded head lice is always something to The Northwest AEA will doing hearing screenings in Ida Grove on be aware of. The general rule is “always assume it is in your students October 22nd and 23rd, and in Odebolt on October 24th and 25th. classroom”. Best practice is to check your students a few times a Hearing screenings are provided to all elementary students yearly, month to potentially discover a case of head lice sooner than later. unless the parent/guardian has stated they do not want their student Here is a link to information on the Center for Disease Control screened. If you would like to exclude your student, please email me website. and let me know. They will screen middle school students if they are new to the district, or have not passed in prior screenings. If you have https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/treatment.html questions, please let me know. 2 For Up-To-Date Information, Please Visit: http://www.oabcig.org October 2018 OABCIG Elementary & OABCIG Middle School Happenings Mr. Doug Mogensen , Principal Multipurpose Room Update: We started out the school year having Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:00 - 7:30 -- Please mark your calendar: Oct breakfast and lunch in the MPR with lunch tables on a tarp over OSB 29 and NOV. 1 - 2:30 dismissal both days. boards because the new floor was not installed. A couple of weeks later, we moved breakfast and lunch to the gym as the floor was being installed. Elementary Fall Harvest Party will be held on Oct. 31. Teachers will be We found out that the new floor installation had some flaws. We are now sending more information. back down in the MPR for awhile until the new materials arrive. In a few weeks we will be back up in the gym for breakfast and lunch. Throughout Middle School News these transitions the staff and students have been nothing but flexible and We have had an excellent start to the year; students and teachers are positive and that is great to see and hear. Soon we will permantly be back excited to be back in the classrooms. In an effort to meet the needs of in the MPR. We are all looking forward to that! students, the middle school has implemented a Extra Learning Time (ELO) three days a week. The ELO time is for all students. Students who Elementary School news need extra math and reading help are divided among teachers who can The students have finished their STAR and FAST testing for the fall. assist them. Students who do not need extra help in math and reading We use these assessment groups to match the teaching to students needs get extra learning time in areas that peak their interest. The students in math and reading. As I observe classrooms, I witness our students have a choice of extra learning in physical education courses (exercise or engaged in learning all kinds of new things and reviewing some of the dance), music (ukuleles), writing ( newspaper), or science and technology old. Students and teachers are off to a great start especially with the new (exploration, aeronautics, coding). As part of their learning students science curriculum. learning in these areas will have a product, performance, or a presentation which highlights their learning. Our elementary students have had a few chances to learn outside of the classroom. Our kindergarten students spent a day at the “outdoor Middle School ASSIGNMENT PAGE - The middle school teachers keep classroom” learning about nature. Fifth grade spent the day at the country you updated with the day’s assignments on the Middle School Assignments school in Ida Grove to understand how education has changed over the link found on the left hand side of the Middle School webpage. Please years. check it out.