Kindness Week is next week! Staff and students are invited to participate in the dress up days. Students will also get to enjoy some fun activities each day!
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Students in Mrs. Fox's room at East Elementary had some hands on fun during art time. The students had so much fun getting to be creative and see their finished work!
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Preschool had some surprise visitors this week from the Dental Office in Sheldon. Two dental hygienists came to teach our students all about taking care of their teeth. Students got to learn about foods that are good and bad for their teeth as well as practice brushing their teeth.
Thank you to The Dental Office in Sheldon for the visit!
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We Are Hiring!
Part-Time Food Service Position at East Elementary.
2.5 hours per day.
If you are interested in the position please, pick up an application at the District Office (1700 East Fourth St. Sheldon) or call (712) 324-2501 for more information.
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East Elementary 2nd graders have been learning about how to be good volunteers in their communities.
The 2nd grade students practiced their volunteering skills by traveling to Village Northwest Unlimited in town and took some time to play games with some of the residents. Our students and residents had fun doing a variety of different activities together.
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Today is National Read Aloud Day!
The High School Library Club visited East Elementary to celebrate and read aloud to each classroom.
Tonight would be a great night to sit with your child and read aloud to them. Reading aloud is one of the most important things parents and teachers can do with children. Reading aloud introduces vocabulary, shows students how to read fluently, allows students to hear expressive reading, and helps children recognize what reading for pleasure is all about!
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Congratulations to Mrs. Dykstra at East Elementary for being award the McTeacher Award from McDonalds!
Mrs. Dykstra was nominated by one of her student's parents. She was nominated because of her care and dedication to her students and the excitement she brings to making school fun for her students.
Thank you to McDonalds and the nominating parent for making this possible.
Congratulations again to Mrs. Dykstra! Thank you for all that you do for our students.
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Reminder that the K-6th grade Dance Clinic forms are due on Tuesday, January 31. Please make sure to turn your forms into the office by the end of the day Tuesday.
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1st graders in Mrs. Sandbulte's class got to get a little messy as they practiced their spelling words. Students put shaving cream on their desk and then practiced writing each of their spelling words in the shaving cream.
The students had so much fun practicing their words this way!
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Our Kindergarteners are loving their Bee-Bots.
Bee-Bots are a perfect starting point for teaching control, directional language, and programming for our Kindergarteners at East Elementary.
Students have been learning how to work with the Bee-Bots throughout the year and are already learning how to program the Bee-Bots in more complicated ways.
Way to go Kindergarten!
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1st graders led the school wide assembly today at East Elementary.
The 1st graders talked about how important it is to work together to get a job done. The whole 1st grade class built a large snowman during the assembly to demonstrate how everyone could work together and do their part to get the job done.
Great work 1st grade!
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East Elementary students got to enjoy some fun activities of their choice after learning more about Habit 7 from the book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People."
Habit 7 talks about Sharping the Saw, which means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have—you! It means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual.
Our students got to practice Sharpening the Saw, by taking some time to do some activities that they enjoy and have some fun with their friends.
Each classroom had a different activity that the kids could pick from. Some of the activities included Legos, free drawing, playdough, board games, puzzles, darts, and more!
It was so fun to see our students get to Sharpen their Saw and enjoy some fun activities of their choice!
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Mrs. Buenger's 1st graders made some winter snowmen during their art class. The students did so well with this very large art project.
It's safe to say that the students could make a real snowman outside, just as big or bigger with all the snow that we have had this year!
If you drive by East Elementary, you can see these snowmen waving to your from the window!
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Sheldon CSD will have a 2-hour late start on Friday, January 20. There will be no AM preschool.
Sheldon Community Schools will have NO SCHOOL on Thursday, January 19. High School term tests scheduled for today will now be on Friday. Evening activities TBD.
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Sheldon CSD will have a 2-hour late start on Thursday, January 19 due to weather. There will be no AM preschool.
Preschool students are doing a Transportation Study this week and they are having so much fun and learning a lot!
In dramatic play, students have been pretending to be mechanics working on different cars. They even have got to dress up like mechanics. We might have some future mechanics in this class!
Preschool students have also learned about different types of transportation vehicles and the jobs that they do.
Our students are having so much fun learning about transportation this week!
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The students in 1st grade got to experience the Star Lab last week.
1st graders were able to go inside of the lab and see how the night sky looks during different seasons. Such a great experience for our students to learn more about the stars.
Thanks to O'Brien County Conservation for making this possible for our students.
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What is a Leader?
The Sheldon CSD School Board was able to learn from the East Elementary students and teachers what it means to be a leader at school.
Some of our Kindergarten through 4th grade students came to the board meeting last night and answered some questions from board members and building principals about how they work to be a good leader in their school each day.
The teachers also shared with the board how they implement leadership skills in their teaching each week to help the students grow their leadership skills.
We are proud of our students and teachers for their leadership work for our district!
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The School Board approved the snow make-up days last night at the board meeting. See below for a more detailed breakdown of the snow make-up day plan. Reminder we WILL have school next Monday, January 16 and all Wednesdays moving forward will be full days.
Wednesdays, starting January 18, will be full days of school for the remainder
of the school year, to allow us to reclaim lost instructional time. Teachers will
have Wednesday professional development starting at 3:30pm and they will
make up some additional professional development during Flex PD
Days. This adjustment will account for our first five snow days.
• Snow Day #1 – November 29 .... No Make-up Day Required
• Snow Day #2 – December 9 .... No Make-up Day Required
• Snow Day #3 – December 13 .... No Make-up Day Required
• Snow Day #4 – December 15 .... No Make-up Day Required
• Snow Day #5 – December 16 .... No Make-up Day Required
• Remaining three snow days already missed:
• Snow Day #6 – December 22 .... January 16 Make-up Day
• Snow Day #7 – January 3 .... February 20 Make-up Day
• Snow Day #8 – January 4 .... March 31 Make-up Day
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