Sheldon Community School District

Biology students have been learning about DNA in class. Students performed a strawberry DNA extraction lab to see what DNA actually looks like. Many people assume that because DNA is so small, that you can't see it without powerful microscopes. But in fact, DNA can be easily seen with the naked eye when collected from thousands of cells. Through this lab students were better able to see the DNA of a strawberry and better understand the structure of purpose of DNA. #Orabs #Biology #LeadOn

Happy Thanksgiving Orab Nation! We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving with friends and family. The Sheldon Community School District is thankful for all of our staff, students, parents and community members that support our district! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #Thankful #Thanksgiving

Kindergarteners reviewed their number recognition with a fun Turkey review activity before Thanksgiving break. Kindergarteners have been working hard to learn all of their numbers 1-20 by recognition, counting, grouping, writing and sorting the numbers in various ways. Before long they will be adding and subtracting basic facts!

Our 1st and 3rd graders are thankful for their reading buddies! Each week the 1st and 3rd graders get together to do a different reading activity. This week they did a fun turkey activity with with their reading buddies after reading a book about turkeys! #LeadOn #Orabs #thanksgiving

The 5th through 8th grade students each got a feather today to write something that they are thankful for. Once everyone had their feather done, students brought together their feathers to create a "Thankful Turkey." We have so much to be thankful for at the Sheldon Middle School! We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! #Thankful #LeadOn #Orabs #Thanksgiving

Today from 3-6 PM, the Sheldon Community Schools will have their garage sale items available for purchase and viewing. Items will be available in the East Elementary basement and in the shop space on the north end of the preschool building at The Little Orab Learning Center. See more information and some of the items for sale on our website under the "Garage Sale" tab. #LeadOn #Orabs #School

What do you see when you look underwater? The 5th graders have been working on an art project showing what you would see if you looked underwater. The students had the option to draw or paint what they would see. Some students showed what it would look like in the ocean, while others picked what you would see if you looked in a lake. It is great to see how creative and talented our students are. #LeadOn #Orabs #art

There will be NO SCHOOL Wednesday, November 23 Thursday, November 24 Friday, November 25 Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break! #LeadOn #Orabs #Thanksgiving

This week at Sheldon Community School District. Reminder there will be no school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving Break. We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #Thanksgiving

The 6th graders focused on an activity this week that practiced Habit 6: Synergize, from the book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," by Stephen Covey. Students had to see which group could work together to build the tallest “Leaning Tower of Feetza.” The tallest tower was 72 centimeters tall! Throughout the year, our students continue to learn more about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and apply the habits to everyday situations. #LeadOn #Sheldon #Orabs

Our High School Students have an option to take Community Service as a class for some of the year. These students can pick different areas in the community to do this class. Many students choose to help out at the Elementary and Middle School during this class. Some of the tasks the students help out with include helping our teachers prep class materials, work with students on homework and skills or just have a few minutes to hang out and form relationships with underclassmen. #LeadOn #Orabs

Our High School Staff toured local businesses on Wednesday afternoon to learn more about the operations at these businesses in town and the skills local employers are looking for in their employees. Thank you to Rosenboom, Maintainer, Village Northwest Unlimited and Rome for speaking with our High School Staff and helping us prepare our students for the workforce! #LeadOn #Sheldon #Orabs

Congratulations to our new National Honor Society Members that were inducted to the Sheldon High School National Honor Society on Tuesday! New senior members include: Akoya Cabanas, Isabelle Freeman, Madison Olson and Reese Strouth. New junior members include: Zachary Brinkman, Katelyn Dykstra, Tori Elgersma, Ethan Frangenberg, Macy Jager, Dana Konz, Brinda McCabe Nuckols, Matthew Meyer, Madison Nunes and Paige Weber. New sophomore members include: Valerie Cook, Preston Crawley, Charlotte Lode, Douglas Nilles, Christian Richards and Alison Wolf. Congratulations to our new members! #LeadOn #Orabs #NHS

8th Graders presented their Science Fair Projects last night to the judges and public to be evaluated. Many weeks ago, students came up with a hypothesis and spent weeks testing, recording and evaluating their hypothesis. Once students were done with their testing and recording, they created a science report in the form of a board to display and explain their findings. Great job 8th grade! #LeadOn #Orabs #sciencefair

In P.E our Kindergarteners have been learning and practicing their dribbling, passing and shooting skills in their basketball unit. Mr. Fischer has been working on the fundamentals of basketball in P.E over the past few weeks with the Elementary students. It is amazing to see how far our students have come in their dribbling and shooting in just a few short P.E classes! #GoOrabs #LeadOn #Sheldon #PE #Basketball

This last Sunday & Monday some of the Sheldon High School FBLA students along with Mrs. De Grote, attended the business club's United Fall Leadership Conference in Des Moines. This was attended by students involved in FBLA, BPA & DECA in Iowa. It was an opportunity for our students to learn more about business, leadership & about our various business clubs. #Orabs #LeadOn #FBLA

Pottery students are in the beginning stages of working on their clay tripod vases. Once they are formed students will be able to paint them to their liking and take them home. Some of our student's parents might be getting new vases for Christmas! #LeadOn

This week at Sheldon Community School District! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon

The Sheldon Middle School will be hosting a Food Drive from November 14-18. Donations can include non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products. The images have examples of what would be acceptable to bring. Items an be sent with your child throughout the week. #LeadOn #Orabs #fooddrive

Did you know that East Elementary is a 1-1 School? This means that each of our elementary students, K-4 has their own device to use at school for different learning assignments, research and assessments. Some of the things our students do on their devices allow for teachers to see immediately how the students are performing, teachers can easily tailor work at different levels for specific students, students can each actively engage in the lessons and students are able to learn the valuable computer skills that many of them will need in their future careers. #LeadOn #Orabs #technology