Last week we held our end-of-year celebrations with some delicious treats for all staff members throughout the district. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate another great school year!! Good luck to those leaving the district for retirement and other future endeavors!
🎉🎓 Congratulations, Kaytlin Harder, on an incredible achievement! 🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Kaytlin, a recent 2023 graduate of Glenwood High School (GHS), has been accepted as the very first inaugural future teacher in the Glenwood R.O.A.R. (Raising Our Aspiring Rams) grow-your-own teacher program in Glenwood. 🍎✏️
Starting this fall, Kaytlin will embark on her educational journey at Iowa Western Community College, pursuing her passion for teaching. Simultaneously, she will also be undertaking a full-time educational associate position at a Glenwood elementary school. This incredible opportunity will allow her to gain hands-on experience in the field she is so passionate about. 📚👩🏫
Kaytlin has set her sights on majoring in secondary math education, all while working as an educational associate during her A.A. and B.A. coursework at Glenwood Community Schools. Her dedication and commitment to education are truly inspiring! 💪💙
Attention all current GHS juniors! If you're interested in learning how you can prepare to apply for this exceptional program, starting in your senior year, we encourage you to reach out to Dr. Chad Lang, Assistant Superintendent of School Improvement and HR, at langc@glenwoodschools.org. Dr. Lang will provide you with valuable information and guide you through the application process. 📩✨
Let's all join together to congratulate Kaytlin Harder on this remarkable accomplishment and wish her the very best as she begins her journey towards becoming an exceptional teacher! 🎉👏👩🏫 #ProudGHSGraduate #FutureTeacher #RaisingOurAspiringRams
Ms. Phillip's class enjoyed their last community outing by practicing their map reading skill while on a scavenger hunt around the square. Some of their stops included the Glenwood Library, Young Vision, Round Table, Bucksnort & Sugar Makery. It was a great way to end a fantastic year of learning!
May 10th-12th, 10 teachers and 2 district administrators visited Berkshire Schools in Ohio as well as Inventionland in Pittsburg to learn more about how problem-solving and design thinking can be integrated into both curriculum and school design.
Teachers were able to tour both spaces and ask questions from teachers, superintendent John Stoddard of Berkshire, and meet the CEO and Founder of Inventionland, George Davison as well as lead product designer Nathan Field
Part 2- Photos from Inventionland
May 10th-12th, 10 teachers and 2 district administrators visited Berkshire Schools in Ohio as well as Inventionland in Pittsburg to learn more about how problem-solving and design thinking can be integrated into both curriculum and school design.
Teachers were able to tour both spaces and ask questions from teachers, superintendent John Stoddard of Berkshire, and meet the CEO and Founder of Inventionland, George Davison as well as lead product designer Nathan Field
Part 1- Photos from Berkshire Schools in Ohio
Open Teaching positions for the 2023-2024 school year!
Big Shoutout to the K-Kids Club (grades 3-5) of our local Kiwanis chapter who were at work during Teacher Appreciation Week decorating and delivering potted flowers to teachers. This year, the K-Kids had a special additional task of surprising Principal O'Grady by decorating her office to congratulate her on her retirement from West Elementary.
The Glenwood Kiwanis Club has active student chapters from grades 3-12, K-Kids at West, Builder's Club at the middle school, and Key Club at the high school.
Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Diekmann's writing classes partnered with the Sugar Makery to finish out their persuasive writing unit. Students came up with a new Monday Munchie idea and wrote a letter explaining the name of their munchie, ingredients, and reasons why their munchie was the best idea. Sugar Makery owners, Alexis and Malcolm McCue, read all of the letters and selected two winners. Liam will have his munchie "Devils Popcorn" featured as the Monday Munchie on May 22nd. Kynlee's munchie "Caramel Delight" will be the Monday Munchie on May 29th. They will be available at both Sugar Makery locations (Glenwood & Council Bluffs).
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
