East Elementary School

Save the Date for the East Elementary Winter Concert December 5 - Grades 1-4 Concert, 6:30pm HS Gym Please note the date, time and location!! There was a typo when the district calendar was printed! What to wear Please have your musician dress up for this event. Concert Format Students will meet at 6:00pm the night of their concert. A high school classroom will be assigned for each section to use as a homebase. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their hats and coats. All students will all perform in the gym for one BIG concert! *Image made by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #winterconcert

Kindergarten students at East Elementary created macaroni necklaces along with Native American headbands and vests. They got to wear them for their day of Thanksgiving fun! *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Lizeth Cabrera-Bautista* #LeadOn #thanksgiving #orabs #thankful #learning #elementary

Reminder there will be NO SCHOOL on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week for Thanksgiving Break. Have a great break! *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Landon Sietstra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #thanksgiving

East Elementary received their Blue Ribbon Award on Friday in Washington DC at the National Blue Ribbon Ceremony. Congratulations again to East Elementary for being named a Blue Ribbon School and the positive impact you are making on our students. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #blueribbon congratulations #blueribbonschool

All smiles for snack time at Little Orabs Preschool! *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Layla Russel* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #littleorabspreschool #snacktime

2nd Graders at East Elementary completed a collaborative art project this week as a way to say thank you to all that have served. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #eastelementary #veteransday

East Elementary Students were able to see a sneak peak of the Sheldon High School Musical, Skrek, today at the High School before the public showings on Friday and Saturday night! Musical tickets are on sale now! All ticketing will be done online this year, but those wishing to attend may also come into the HS office to purchase tickets with a card. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/sheldon/tickets When purchasing tickets, please make sure you select the correct day you would like to attend (Friday or Saturday). #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #musical #skrek #sheldon

2nd-4th graders at East Elementary participated in a Book Mark Contest! Students designed a book mark and then the winning designs were printed for the students in the library to use for the rest of the school year. Winners in the picture include from left to right: Vincent Day (2nd grade), June Schilling (3rd grade), and Skylar Hoekstra (4th grade). *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #bookmarks #reading

Voting Day! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs

Save the Date for the East Elementary Winter Concert December 5 - Grades 1-4 Concert, 6:30pm HS Gym Please note the date, time and location!! There was a typo when the district calendar was printed! What to wear Please have your musician dress up for this event. Concert Format Students will meet at 6:00pm the night of their concert. A high school classroom will be assigned for each section to use as a homebase. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their hats and coats. All students will all perform in the gym for one BIG concert! *Image made by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #winterconcert

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Roozeboom's class are busy using sounds they have learned to build CVC words! Thanks to Edgar and Shirley Jager for making 80 wooden card holders for the students to use while learning! *Images created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Heather Honkomp* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #learning #CVC

Tomorrow's voting locations. #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs #voting

4th grade students at East Elementary are working on learning their number place values. *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #math

Registered voters in O'Brien County can vote early today at East Elementary School! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #bondissue

Mrs. Fischer’s 2nd graders and Mrs. Fitzgerald's classrooms get together weekly to do reading buddies. Students get to listen and read to their buddy each week. Our students love getting to meet with their reading buddies to show off their skills and enjoy good books together. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #reading #read #readingbuddies

The Monsters are Done! The Sheldon High School FCS class practiced their sewing skills by creating monsters for students at East Elementary. Elementary students created a monster drawing and then the high school students took that drawing and turned it into a stuffed monster. Thanks to Mrs. Popkes FCS class for this fun collaborative project! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #monsters #FCS #sewing

Third graders worked on their teamwork, creativity, and problem solving skills during a marshmallow and toothpick challenge in Ms. Whittrock's room! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #building #STEM

Congratulations to the East Elementary October Student's of the Month! *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Gerardo Vieyra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #studentofthemonth

Don’t forget if you are registered voter in O'Brien County you can vote early at East Elementary School today and Thursday! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldon #voting #schoolbond

Updated lunch menu for this week. We are sorry for any confusion.