Sheldon Community School District

Sheldon Middle School students can bring any type of tape to be collected for LOVE INC from April 24-28th. All tape will then be donated to LOVE INC. The Middle School will compete with grades 5/6 vs. 7/8. and the winning group will get to have an Ice Cream Sunday Party! #LeadOn #Orabs #giving #sheldonorabs #loveincofsheldon #LOVEINC

Our Kindergarteners at East Elementary created some beautiful spring flowers in art. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #flowers #spring

Congratulations to our 2023 5th Grade DARE Graduates! D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Our 5th graders go through this education program to learn about drug abuse, the consequences of abuse, and skills for resisting peer pressure to experiment with drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Thank you to the Sheldon Police Department for leading this training. #LeadON #orabs #sheldonorabs #DARE #sheldonmiddleschool

Our sophomores attended the O'Brien County Career Day today where they were able to learn more about careers available right here in O'Brien County. Students spent the morning touring different businesses throughout O'Brien County learning about what employees do, training required, and career advancements available. Students also were able to listen to a variety of panel speakers who shared more about the careers they do. Students were able to ask them questions about their career in O'Brien County and why they choose to work there. Thanks to all of the businesses that welcomed our students into their buildings, O'Brien County Economic Development for hosting the event, the panelist for answering questions, NCC for allowing this event to be held in their buildings, and everyone else who helped make this possible for our students! #LeadOn #careers #learning #obriencounty #sheldonhighschool #sheldonorabs

All smiles for partner technology time! Sheldon Community School District is a one-one school district, which means each of our students has a device to use at school to enhance their learning. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #technology

Who knew spring cleaning could be so competitive? Sheldon Middle School students competed in a grade level Spring Cleaning Relay Race at their schoolwide assembly this week. 6th graders took the title as the Fastest Spring Cleaners for 2023! #LeadOn #sheldonmiddleschool #orabs #sheldonorabs

1B students earned “Lunch in the Classroom” as a fun reward for working doing their best in the classroom. Our students enjoyed this special lunch experience! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #lunch #elementaryschool

Congratulations to high school student Valerie Cook on her selection to be part of the 2023 Naval Academy Summer Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Program this summer in Annapolis, Maryland. The program is designed for students to explore, create, build, and expand their critical thinking, and collaboration skills. Additionally, she will have the opportunity to experience the Naval Academy education, while interacting with like-minded students who share an interest in STEM. Valerie was selected out of over 5,000 applications to participate in the Summer Camp. Congratulations Valerie! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #navalacademy #STEM #congratulations

Sheldon High School's Physics Class hosted Physics Day for the 4th graders at East Elementary. The physics students were responsible for creating a physics themed mini lesson to teach the 4th grade students. The 4th graders were able to rotate to different physics lessons throughout the day. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #physics #elementary #highschoolscience

Congratulations to the Sheldon Middle School Students of the Month Aylah Sauer, Blessing Matsiko, Evalyn deBoer, and Oscar Herrera! Thank you for your leadership at Sheldon Middle School. #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #orabs #sheldonorabs #leadership

Congratulations to 5th grader, Avi Kamstra! Avi memorized 107 digits of pi (3.14159..............) She is now officially on website that keeps track of the World Rankings for the digits memorized! Congratulations Avi on this accomplishment! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #worldrecordholder #congratulations #pi

Congratulations to our Sheldon FFA Members who competed at State FFA Convention this week! Iowa Degrees Zach Brinkman Kourtney Dekker Macade Holz Mason Parks Gracia Scheaffer Ashley Schmidt Agriculture Mechanics, Maintenance and Repair - 2nd Place Overall, Advances to Nationals (Mason Parks) Poultry Evaluation - Gold Rating (Coby Fischer, Dana Konz, Anthony Courtney, Maddy Nunes) Greenhand Quiz - Gold Rating (Paige Boone), Bronze Rating (Mitchel Fischer) Chapter Display - Silver Rating (Kadee Honkomp) Team Ag Sales - Silver Rating (Damon Van Beek, Landon Siestra, Jack Leng, Brayden Pomerenke) Ag Broadcasting - Silver Rating (Douglas Nilles) Experience the Action - Bronze Rating (Addison Beckman, Alison Wolf, Maddy Nunes, Ella Holz, Coy DeBoer, Ashley Schmidt) #FFA #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #sheldon #orabsFFA

7th graders have been busy learning about the properties of 2-dimensional shapes. Their final activity was to create a stained glass window design made from the shapes they learned. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #math #mathproject #middleschool

The Sheldon High School Prom is this Saturday. Here is the scheduled of the evening. Grand March is open to the public with tickets available at the door. #LeadOn #highschool #grandmarch #prom #prom2023

Friday, May 26 will be the last day of school for the 2022-2023 school year. El viernes 26 de mayo será el último día de clases para el año escolar 2022-2023.

Students in Mr. Maggert's Computer Science class are learning how to properly code to create their own app! #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs #coding #computerscience #appdesign

Thanks to Peoples Bank of Sheldon for coming to visit our first grade students to teach them about money, saving, and banking. Our students learned so much and enjoyed having you visit their classrooms. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #banking #peoplesbank #sheldon

For National Volunteer's Week we want to start off our week with a thank you to all of our volunteers that help in our schools by reading with our students, helping them with homework, making snacks, tutoring and more! You make a difference in our students lives, as well as make our school a better place. Thank you to those that also volunteer their time to take tickets at events, run scoreboards, help out at the concession stand and more. You are the reason we can host so many great events! We appreciate you volunteering your time to help in our district! THANK YOU! #LeadOn #thankyou #sheldonorabs #sheldon #orabs #volunteers #thankyouvolunteers

Happy National Librarian Day to our amazing school librarians! Thank you for all that you do to help our students find their favorite books, books for research projects and for always knowing the perfect book for everyone! #LeadOn #orabs #nationallibrarianday #sheldonorabs #reading #lovereading #librarians #sheldon #library

2nd graders reviewed their reading vocabulary words with a Quizlet Live game this week. They had to synergize and work together to be the first team to correctly match their vocabulary words with the definitions. It's so fun to see our students get excited and competitive in their review games! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #elementarystudents #elementary