Congratulations go out to Sandra Dollen!!! At the 5/8/23 school board meeting Dr. Lang recognized Sandra Dollen, Coordinator for GCSD Teammates School-Based Mentoring for her efforts in growing the Teammates chapter to the largest in Iowa!
Mrs. Finn's class had their last family event of the school year. It was held at a local farm where kids and families had an up-close and personal look at farm animals, including feeding them treats!
Save the Date: Cultivate Community Hosted by the Glenwood Police Department! August 9th, 5-8 pm
Thanks to all the Glenwood families who shopped at the West Elementary Buy One, Get One free book fair! If you would like to continue to shop and support the West students, you may shop the book fair website here - https://www.scholastic.com/bf/westelementaryschool9 until Tues, May 16.
Online purchases are not BOGO, but do offer a greater range of book titles. Thank you again for all your support. Enjoy your summer reading!
Congratulations to our Class of 2023 THRIVE graduates! Great job on all your hard work! The Glenwood Community School District wishes you the best in your future endeavors!
Coach Sloth, Children's Author and former College and Arena Football player, got the chance to come to West and share his books and past life experiences with students. Students were also able to help act out one of his most popular books, Hank the Bully. Thank you Coach Sloth!
The month of May means that middle school students are talking about the importance of integrity. Mr. Miller's class meeting group was able to participate in a balloon challenge this week. Students were tasked with keeping the balloons in the air as long as they could. The only catch is that they could not use their hands to keep the balloons up! It was up to students to act with integrity and not use their hands to help. This proved to be a fun challenge for all.
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Student Sunshine Committee is hosting FUN morning games in the gym before school starts. Today was "Wrap up the School Year!" Mr. Berke, Mrs. Buckingham, Ms. Miller and Mrs. Mitchell selected four students to race against each other in who could wrap up the teacher the fastest.
Reminder that 2023-2024 Registration is open. Please see the following site for detailed instructions: https://www.glenwoodschools.org/attend/returnregistration/
Or start with your Parent PowerSchool Account at: https://glenwood.powerschool.com/public/home.html and find "Forms"
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you to all the teachers for everything they do and their continuous hard work and dedication throughout the year!
In Ms. Prucka's High School English Class, the students learned what themes and topics are earlier in the unit. Now the students are collaborating together to teach what these terms are by creating an "academic poster." Within the poster, the students are teaching the definitions, examples, how the theme develops throughout a text, and how to determine a theme.
West Elementary has their Buy One, Get One FREE Book Fair happening May 3-May 11!!! Kids shop during school, community members are invited to shop Wednesday, May 10th from 1:30-7 pm!!
Website link: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/westelementaryschool9
Super Hero Food Service Workers!!! Between preparing delicious food, adhering to strict nutrition standards, navigating student food allergies, and offering service with a smile, Glenwood school nutrition professionals have a lot on their plate. Last Friday we celebrated all their hard work and commitment. This day, celebrated annually since 2013, was designated by The School Nutrition Association and Jarrett Krosoczka, author of the “Lunch Lady” graphic novel series. School Lunch Hero Day provides an opportunity for parents, students, school staff and communities to thank those who provide healthy meals to nearly 30 million of America’s students each school day.
School nutrition employees must balance many roles and follow numerous federal, state and local regulations to ensure safe and healthy meals are available in schools. School Lunch Hero Day provides the opportunity for the community to thank these hardworking heroes for their dedication to fueling our students for success.
Federal nutrition standards ensure that school cafeterias always offer low-fat or fat-free milk, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean protein. School meals also meet limits on calories, sodium and unhealthy fats. The importance and nutritional value of school meals are well documented. For many children, school lunch is the most important and nutrient-rich meal of their day.
Get the details about School Lunch Hero Day at www.schoollunchheroday.com.
Congratulations to all the students that entered the Iowa Western Art Show. This was a show students had to be judged to get into, very competitive. Congratulations to all our students, they were competing against bigger schools like Bellevue West, and Bellevue East High Schools.
Award Winners were - Quin Richardson Gold, Evan Belt Gold, Lacy Clark Gold,
Chelsea Vang Silver, and Addison Mitchell Silver
West Elementary has their Buy One, Get One FREE Book Fair happening May 3-May 11!!! Kids shop during school, community members are invited to shop Wednesday, May 10th from 1:30-7 pm!!
Website link: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/westelementaryschool9
Mrs. Tallmon's 5th Grade TAG students and their parents attended the middle school's after-school TAG Robotics Extension Program! Multiple students signed up for next year's program already! There is a second TAG Robotics Orientation on Fri., May 5 from 3:45 - 4:30.
19 students from West Elementary were chosen to help plant trees in honor of Arbor Day. Thank you to Mid-American and Asplundh for helping with this and for teaching our students more about trees.
Congratulations to all of the artists in the Hawkeye 10 Art Show. It was a great show with a lot of awesome Artwork. A special congratulations to Addison Mitchell, Ashley Aust, and Chelsea Vang for their All-Conference Artist of the Year awards.
First place awards- Caitlan Hebel, Addison Mitchell x4, Madelyn Berglund, Quin Richardson, Ashley Aust x2, Sway Wilson, Chelsea Vang
Second place- Lacy Clark x2, Chelsea Vang, Avery Joyce, Madelyn Berglund, Averie Kendal, Caitlan Hebel, Quin Richardson, Addison Mitchell,
Ashely Aust x2
Third place- Chelsea Vang x2, Addison Mitchell x3, Quin Richardson,
Abigail Harlan, Avery Joyce, Evan Belt
West Elementary has their Buy One, Get One FREE Book Fair happening May 3-May 11!!! Kids shop during school, community members are invited to shop Wednesday, May 3rd from 1:30-3:30 pm AND Wednesday, May 10th from 1:30-7 pm!!
The PTA sweatshirt blanket fundraiser has officially kicked off! Online ordering is open until August 10th!
Order yours now! These will be back before homecoming so you have them before those fall sports and events really start to get chilly!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Chanda Goodsell 712-216-1205
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