Sheldon Community School District's Free Summer Lunch program starts on Monday, June 2.
This program is free for children 18 and under and parents are welcome to join. It runs Monday-Friday from 11:30am-12:45pm. Bus pick up is available.
Thank you to our Sheldon Community School District administrative professionals for all you do to keep our offices running smoothly and efficiently. We appreciate your hard work and positive attitude each and every day!
Sheldon Community School District's last day of school will be Friday, May 23.
Happy Easter from the Sheldon Community School District! Reminder, there is no school on Monday. See everyone on Tuesday!
Sheldon Middle School and High School students had another successful year at the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa (SSTFI) on March 27 and 28, at Hilton Coliseum on the Iowa State University Campus, in Ames, IA. All students had a chance to present their projects to the judges and members of the general public.
Pictured (left to right): Douglas Nilles, Teacher/Sponsor Jim Gude, Ashley Brinkman, Ava Honkomp, Andie DeGroot, Taylor Stellinga, Makaiah Vermeer and Brooke Jonas.
Thursday evening Special Awards Ceremony
•Douglas Nilles - 2nd place in the FFA’s Division 5 Plant Sciences.
Friday evening Grand Awards Ceremony
•Brooke Jonas and Taylor Stellinga - 3rd in the Junior High Plant Sciences Division
•Brooke and Taylor - 3rd place honors in the 8th grade Biological Science Seminar Competition, a special competition that required them to submit their research for prior consideration to qualify
•Andie DeGroot and Makaiah Vermeer - honorable mention recognition in the Animal Sciences Division
•Andie and Makaiah, plus Brooke and Taylor also qualified to have their project entered in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a nationwide competition for Junior High level research projects.
Sheldon Middle School's Annual Night of the Noteables. A beautiful night, a great turn out, incredible costumes, and so many awesome speeches! Congrats 6th grade!
Sheldon Middle School's Annual Night of the Noteables. A beautiful night, a great turn out, incredible costumes, and so many awesome speeches! Congrats 6th grade!
Join Our Team!
Apply online through IowaWORKS.gov
or contact the Superintendent’s office:
Sheldon Community School District
1700 E. Fourth Street, Sheldon, IA 51201
Sheldon Middle School 6th grade students helped create three life-sized Periodic of Table of Elements. Each student researched an element from the table. They reported on its atomic number, symbol, what it is used for, melting point, who discovered it and how it earned its name.
Nineteen students also memorized all 118 element symbols. They celebrated with a "Cyclone Party." A special thanks to Dairy Dandy for helping us out with this reward!
National School Librarian Day is observed on April 4th each year, a day to recognize the important contributions of school librarians who help students succeed academically and foster a love of reading.
Thank you for creating such a welcoming and inspiring space for learning and reading!
Sheldon Middle School staff dressed in blue in honor of "Inclusion is True Blue" day as part of Inclusion Week.
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day is celebrated annually on the first Wednesday of April each year. A huge thank you to our paraprofessionals for your incredible dedication and hard work. Your support makes a real difference in our students' lives and your guidance is instrumental to their success!
Sheldon Middle School 6th grade math class used proportions to find out how many sugar packets are in our favorite drinks. It was an eye-opening project!
Sheldon Middle School 6th graders learned about different carbon molecule arrangements. One pattern will make a diamond and the other will make graphite.
Sheldon Middle School will celebrate inclusion next week! Students and staff are invited to enjoy dress up days.
March 3-7th, 2025, Special Olympics Iowa and Best Buddies are partnering for Inclusion Week to promote and celebrate inclusive efforts in schools and communities.
Sheldon Middle School 6th graders learned to calculate the density of various liquids in science class. First they had to measure a specific volume and then find the mass of the liquid.
Sheldon Middle School 8th graders had a great time completing a Poetry Escape Room!
Sheldon High School students competed in a space design competition at SDSU. Their task was to design and pitch the first major settlement on Mars- a port city called Argonom.
Students are given a press release describing the task in a very general way and a request for proposal (RFP) with much more detail when they arrive. They were responsible for designing a city for 1500 full-time residents and 2500 transients, including the structural design, operations and infrastructure, human factors and safety, and automation on a planet with relatively no atmosphere, intense dust storms and winds, and 1/3 the gravity of Earth. They had 21.5 hours to complete this task, and many students worked all night. Their final products were impressive!
Feel free to ask these students about their experience!
Rachel Besaw, Gage Haan, Olivia Prewitt, Cohen Bruns, Jordan Verburg and Kylie Robinson.
Rachel, Gage, and Jordan were on the company that won the bid. Rachel and Gage were invited to participate in the national competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this July!
Thank you for your support of these students and the programs that give these students these kinds of opportunities!
No School Wednesday, March 19.
Help the Sheldon Middle School replace their piano by “purchasing” one or more of its keys!
Check may be mailed to:
ORAB Music Boosters, PO Box 204, Sheldon, IA 51201.
Venmo at @orabmusicboosters!
Make sure to include who to honor with your purchase.
