Sheldon High School

Sheldon Community Schools will be running a 2-Hour Late start on Monday, December 5. No AM Preschool.

Across all of our buildings and classrooms chances are that if you walk into a classroom, you will see a "Bell Ringer" posted or being discussed at the beginning of class. Bell Ringers are used to engage students in short assignments or assessments, review key concepts that have already been taught, stimulate classroom discussion or used to find misconceptions and misunderstandings students may have before the new lesson starts. Whether its a number sorting activity in Kindergarten, identifying which words are verbs in 5th grade, asking your partner to make a list of pros and cons to a new school rule in 8th grade or completing a sample math problem at the high school our teachers do a great job of starting class off with Bell Ringers to get our students focused on the learning target for the day. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon

Congratulations to Mr. Letsche for being an Iowa Teacher of the Year Finalist! Mr. Letsche teaches Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Pre-Algebra and Foundations of Geometry at the Sheldon High School. This is his 6th year in this position for the district. Mr. Letsche is also a Leader in Me High School Coordinator, Fellowship of Christian Athletes huddle leader, Assistant Track and Field Coach and Offensive Line coach at Northwestern College. When asked what his favorite part of Sheldon is he said, "My favorite part(s) would be the outstanding staff and students that I get to interact with each day! Also, I would like to have say the support that our school systems gets from community and businesses. This support allows our education system to give our students an excellent education and experience." Mr. Letsche mentioned that, "My favorite part of teaching would have to be growing relationships with students. Also, leading students to believe in themselves and to discover their full potential of who they are intended to become!" Congratulations Mr. Letsche on this honor! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #teacher #Iowa

Sheldon High School students are having a friendly competition amongst TA's to see what TA can collect the most toys for the FFA Toy Drive. All toys will be donated to Love Inc. If you would like to donate and help a TA out, feel free to send any toys to the school for this great cause. #FFA #Orabs #LeadOn #Christmas #Toydrive

UPDATE: Due to weather, there will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 29.

Sheldon Community School District will be running 2 hours late today due to weather. There will be no AM preschool.

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

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

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

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

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

Students in Family Consumer Science are working on their sewing unit. Their current project is making baby blankets for babies that are in the NICU. Once the students are done with the blankets, they will be donated to a hospital to use for their NICU babies. Not only are students working on their skills in this project, but the finished project will be used for a great purpose outside of our school! #orabs #LeadOn #NICU

Tickets for the Sheldon Fall Play "Did Someone Say Murder?" will go on sale Monday morning starting at 8:00 AM in the HS office. Student tickets are $6 and adult tickets are $8! You can also purchase your tickets in the High School Office before the show on Friday and Saturday starting at 6:45 pm.

Reminder, there will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 4. Enjoy the day off and we will see you Monday!

This past week twelve of our Sheldon High School FFA members headed to Indianapolis for the 95th National FFA Convention. They attended many sessions and convention activities. FFA members participated in National Days of Service, toured many businesses and museums including the John Deere Museum, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum and The Fair Oaks Dairy. Our members had an amazing time and experience at the National FFA Convention. #LeadOn #Orabs #FFA

The Sheldon High School Dance team is hosting a Friends and Family Show this Friday, November 4 at 6:00 pm in the High School Gym. There will be no admission, rather the Dance Team wants to encourage those attending to bring at least one donation items for Love Inc. Items include: aluminum foil, parchment paper, gallon size zip lock, quart size zip lock, trash bags, plastic wrap, dish detergent, and dish soap is needed) #Leadon #orabs #dance

Happy Halloween from Mrs. Miller's Classroom! #leadon #orabs #pumpkins

Happy Halloween from some of our high school students who brought some "Halloween Spirit" to P.E class! #orabs #pe #LeadOn