Second grade students collected the most coins during our coin drive for the book fair. They were treated to an ice cream party with lots of syrup, sprinkles, whipped cream, cherries and sticky goodness.
Just a reminder...
There is no school on Monday, October 31st!
Enjoy your weekend!
Students in our after school program enjoyed painting pumpkins this week!
Our third grade class attended Maquoketa's Ag Safety Day last week. Students were able to visit different stations to learn about things such as mower safety, farm equipment safety and animals, just to name a few. They enjoyed the hands-on activities and had a great day!
Students were busy last week in our after school program. They made pumpkins and life-size fall-inspired drawings.
Two of our students collected hats and gloves with their church group and generously donated some of them to our school! We appreciate the donation and are proud of our students for helping their community and their school!
Last week, we had our first PBIS activity of the year. Students braved the cold to do a color run!
PTO's Prep, Freeze, Cook Fundraiser is back! Orders forms can be turned into the school through Monday, October 24th.
Mrs. Flanigan caught these students showing good character during the month of September.
REMINDER: Parent-teacher conferences are next week - Wednesday, October 12th & Thursday, October 13th. If you have not yet signed up for a conference time, please do so at your earliest convenience. Conferences will NOT be held for three year old preschool students. Emails with instructions on signing up were sent out on Friday of last week. If you need assistance scheduling conferences for your students, please call the school at 563-674-4164.
Last week Deputy Lange spent some time with our kindergarten class, teaching students about safety, street signs and stranger danger.
Maquoketa Community School District asked us to share this document about expectations for their activities.
Our preschool students enjoyed having the Iowa PBS STEAM trailer at Delwood last week. Students had a great time exploring all of the different items and activities in the trailer.
Jenna Stevens visited our school last week for Ag in the Classroom. Our first grade class learned about different types of chicken farms. One type of chicken they learned about was silkie chickens. One of our first grade students has some silkie chickens and brought one for his class to see!
Our second grade class worked with Jess Wagner from the Hurstville Interpretive Center last week to tag monarch butterflies.
Our maintenance staff is the best! They volunteered to cover recess duty yesterday. Thank you Rick and Michelle for helping out and for everything else you do for our school!
In support of the local schools that are celebrating Homecoming next week, we decided to have some fun and have our own dress-up days!
Monday, September 12 - Pajama Day
Tuesday, September 13 - Tie Dye Day
Wednesday, September 14 - Jersey Day/Favorite Team Day
Thursday, September 15 - Class Colors
Preschool - red 3rd Grade - blue
Kindergarten - orange 4th Grade - purple
1st Grade - yellow 5th Grade - pink
2nd Grade - green 6th Grade - black
Friday, September 16 - School Spirit Day
Another day, another introduction...Mr. Skogen is teaching PE at Delwood this year. Here is a note from Mr. Skogen:
I am from Mason City, IA. I attended NIACC (North Iowa Area Community College) and then Grand View University after that where I played basketball. My parents are Jeff and Tracy Skogen, and I have two younger brothers named Mac and Jeffrey. Outside of school, I like to run, golf, coach basketball, and attend sporting events. I am a huge Iowa Hawkeye and Minnesota Viking fan.
The new staff introductions continue...
Hello, I am Charley Ohnemus and I am the new art teacher at Delwood and can't wait to get started! A little about myself: My husband, Tyler, is a police officer and we have four kids: Makenna (14), Tenley (11), Gable (10), and Lawson (19 months). I spend most of my time watching or coaching my children in their various sports, but I also really love to travel! I grew up in DeWitt and am the youngest of 12 kids. I was an aunt before I was even born and growing up I spent most of my time babysitting, so being surrounded by kids all day feels just like home! I am looking forward to a great year here at Delwood!
