Sheldon Community School District

Kindergarteners have been exploring all things underwater this week. Students have learned about different types of animals that live in the ocean. They even researched and wrote a report about whales! Great work kindergartners! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldon #sheldonorabs #underwater #sealife #ocean

High School Spanish IV celebrated Cinco de Mayo with helado frito! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #cincodemayo #heladofrito #spanishclass

Kindergarteners at East Elementary worked with teams in music class to write their own music patterns using robins and nests. Then they played their patterns with egg shakers. They showed excellent musicianship and teamwork skills! Great work Kindergarteners! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #music #makemusic #patterns #writingmusic #musicclass

The MS Conference Track meet scheduled for this afternoon here at Sheldon has been cancelled due to weather. No make-up is planned.

When we say our school lunch ladies are heroes, we mean it! Happy School Lunch Hero Day to our amazing school lunch ladies! These ladies are some of the best and we are lucky to have them in each of our buildings. THANK YOU! #LeadOn #lunchheroday #schoollunchheroday #lunchladies #sheldonorabs #thankyou

Student in Biology are learning about cellular respiration, which is the breakdown of food, specifically glucose, to make chemical energy for our cells. In this lab, students are testing their carbon dioxide output, breath rate, and heart rate. Students were able to test how much carbon dioxide is removed by breathing into a pH indicator that changed colors based on the acidity from the carbon dioxide. The quicker the change in color, the more carbon dioxide that was removed and thus the more cellular respiration that occurred. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #science #biology #sheldonhighschool

Do you know how to calculate the density of a liquid? (Density = mass/volume) The sixth grade science students first learned how to find the mass of a liquid so they then could calculate the density of the liquid. After all calculations were complete, they poured the liquids into a beaker and checked to see if the way the liquids layered matched their calculations. They did! Excellent calculations! #Orabs #sheldon #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #science

Congratulations to the following high school students who received awards for their art at the Northwest Iowa Community College Art Show. Best of Show - Grace Gomez (Mestizo Peruvian, Acrylic Painting) Student Choice Award* - Grace Gomez (Overwhelmed, Graphite Drawing) *(voted on by all of the students at the show) DRAWING 3rd Place Drawing Category Overall - Grace Gomez (Overwhelmed, Graphite Drawing) CERAMICS 1st Place Ceramics Category Overall - Matthew Meyer (Abstraction, Clay Vase) 2nd Place Ceramics Category Overall - Melany Leon (Carved Tripod Vase, Clay Vase) PHOTOGRAPHY / DIGITAL MEDIA 2nd Place Digital Media Category Overall - Gage Haan (Portrait of Andrew, Computer Illustration) Honorable Mention Digital Media Category Overall - Michael Strehlow (Ready or Not, Computer Illustration) PAINTING Honorable Mention Painting Category Overall - Jessie Baker (Death's Hold is a Heartbeat Away, Acrylic Painting Series) MIXED MEDIA 2nd Place Mixed Media Category Overall - Sheldon HS Students (Neurographic Group Totem Sculpture, Paint and Cardboard) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUB-CATEGORY AWARDS (voted on by all of the regional art teachers) Ceramics: Ceramics Decorative - 2nd Place “Breakfast” Katelyn Grady (clay sculpture) Ceramics Functional - 2nd Place “Tea Set” Sylvia Decker (clay tea set) Digital Media: 1st Place Tie “Halloween Date” Akoya Cabanas (graphic illustration) “Ferocious” Tucker McCabe Nuckols (graphic illustration) Digital Media: 2nd Place Tie “Ready or Not” Michael Strehlow (graphic illustration) “Cerunnos” Tucker McCabe Nuckols (graphic illustration) Photography: 3rd Place “Magical” Akoya Cabanas (photography) Drawing Graphite: 1st Place “Overwhelmed” Grace Gomez (pencil drawing) Painting Acrylic: 1st Place “Mestizo Peruvian” Grace Gomez 3rd Place "Death's Hold is a Heartbeat Away", Jessie Baker (Acrylic Painting Series) #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #art #painting #highschoolart

7th grader Aftyn Dietrick created the winning pixel art for the second semester at Sheldon Middle School. As a winner, her art was then enlarged into a mural that will hang in the Middle School. Aftyn and and number of seventh graders worked together to enlarge and transfer the grid, match colors, and paint every square. The team included Ana Chavez-Morales, Estrella Chavez-Morales, Justina Van Regenmorter, Lesly Ramos-Morales, Addisyn Kavanagh, and Bailey Harn. Congratulations on their creativity, collaboration and leadership! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #art #pixelart #artclass #middleschool

The Sheldon High School Choir and Band performed their Spring Concert last night and did a wonderful job! Thanks for sharing your talents with us. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #music #concerts #musicconcert #band

Students in Food and Nutrition had a friendly cook-off to test their soup making skills. Groups had to decide on a soup, get the ingredients and then make it to be tested by the guest judges. #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #foods #orabs #sheldon #highschool

The sixth grade students were given four mystery liquids and had to test the chemical property of flammability. They dipped strips of paper into each of the four mystery liquids and then held the strip of paper over an open flame. As you can see in the pictures, they were surprised to find that one of the liquids was flammable!!!! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #science #sheldon #sheldonmiddleschool

Happy National Principals' Day to our Sheldon Community School District Principals! Thank you for your leadership to make our schools a great place. Sherrie Zeutenhorst- High School Principal Eric Maassen- Assistant High School Principal Cindy Barwick- Middle School Principal Jason Groendyke - Elementary Principal #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #nationalprincipalsday #schools #administration

This week at Sheldon Community School District! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #weeklyupdate

Spanish IV students celebrated a successful week of class with making tostadas! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #spanishclass #Sheldonhighschool

During Wellness Day at the Middle School, students had Mrs. Cabrera's dog, Rafa, come in to visit. The students learned how to draw and paint pet portraits of their own. These students did an amazing job with their paintings. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #pets #art #painting

Students in Food and Nutrition Class have been learning how to make many different kinds of food this semester. This week the students learned how to make homemade mac and cheese! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #foodandnutrition

The 2nd and 4th graders performed their Spring Concert last night and did a great job! Thank you to Mrs. Davis for helping the students get ready for their performance. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #music #elementary

In High School Industrial Tech, Connor Kruse has been working on building a live edge river epoxy bench for one of his projects this semester. Great work Connor, we are excited to see the finished product! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #woodworking

The 7th and 8th graders finished up their Pickleball Unit in PE by holding the annual Pickleball Championships. Congratulations to Jack Brink (7th Grade) and Levi Lang and Caiden Jager (8th Grade) for winning 1st place this year! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonmiddleschool #pickleball