Paw Prints

Throughout my 19 years of teaching, I have had hundreds of students enter my room. This class is the cream of the crop! They work hard, problem solve, and work towards building lifelong friendships with one another. They have been diligently working on mastering their muliplication facts. In fact, we just had an ice cream sundae celebration to commend their hard work. It is evident that this class is full of self motivated learners! In reading, they continue to make gains toward proficiency in necessary comprehension and word solving skills. They have also been working to improve their writing and grammar skills. All of this hard work will pay off when they show that they know on the upcoming state assessments in April. I am blessed to spend each day with these growing learners. -Mrs. Rother

• January 30
• Courtwarming Dress-up Day: Pajama Day
• Cub Clinic practice from 5:30-6:30 PM in main gym
• January 31
• Courtwarming Dress-up Day: Hiking/Winter Gear
• February 1
• Courtwarming Dress-up Day: Hawaiian Attire
  
• Cub Clinic practice from 5:30-6:30 PM in main gym
• February 2
• Class Pictures / Organization Pictures / Picture Retakes
• Courtwarming Dress-up Day: Western Attire
  
• February 3
• Courtwarming Dress-up Day: Panther Gear and "anything but a backpack"
  
• Sweetheart Cookie volunteer slips due
• Ms. Henggeler will be painting faces before school, after school, and during JV games. $0.25 and up depending on design.
• 2:10 Courtwarming pep assembly - Parents/community welcome!
• Courtwarming at home basketball game tonight!

• February 5
• Cub Clinic practice from 5:30-6:30 PM in main gym
• February 6
• No School - Teacher In-service
• February 7
• Superbowl Spirit Week - Hats off to the Chiefs! Wear your favorite hat or headband.
• Cub Clinic and Senior Night - Pep assembly at 2:10. Parents and community welcome!
• Cub Clinic groups will perform at the home basketball game tonight! A letter will be given out at practice on Feb. 5 with performance times and other details.
• February 8
• Superbowl Spirit Week - Rest-up to cheer loud! Wear active wear, lounge wear, or pajamas.
  
• 7th Grade Hunter education course from 8:00 to noon
• Holt County Spelling Bee (grades 5-8) at 1:00 PM
• February 9
• Superbowl Spirit Week - Sock it to the Eagles! Wear crazy socks (or lucky socks).
  
• Hugs and Kisses forms due - $1 per bag of Hershey kisses
• 8th Grade Hunter education course from 8:00 to noon
• February 10
• Superbowl Spirit Week - Red Friday! Wear red. Go Chiefs!
  
• February 14
• Volunteers: please bring cookies to elementary office by 7:30 AM
• Sweetheart Cookies Sales today! $0.50/cookie or $5/dozen
• February 17
• Middle School Sweetheart Dance from 6-8 PM in cafeteria; Grade 6-8, Mound City students only!
• February 20
• No School - President's Day

• March 1
• Third grade will visit nursing home.
• March 8
• Last day of Quarter 3
• Middle School History Fair
• 12:30 dismissal
• March 9-10
• No School - March Madness Break
• March 13
• Quarter 4 begins
• March 14
• 7-12 Band Contest
• March 15
• PK and Senior cap and gown pictures
• March 17
• 7th and 8th grade field trip to emPowerU
• March 22
• PK Nursery Rhyme Program
• March 24
• EL and MS Quarter 3 awards assembly
• March 31
• MS Class Parties

• Please dress your child according to the weather. Students go outside for recess unless the temperature or wind chill drops below 20 degrees or if there is wintery percipitation.
• Please do not linger in the hallways after 8:00 AM. All classes (PK-12) begin promptly at 8:00 AM.
• Please do not drop off students before 7:40 AM. Students are NOT supervised before 7:40 AM at the school.
• Breakfast is served between 7:40-7:57. Breakfast is NOT served after 8:00 AM.
• Please share an active email address on the enrollment form and with your child's teacher for easy communication.

• Student absences will be limited to seven (7) total absences (excused and unexcused) per semester. The unused portion will not be carried into next semester. Students’ time spent out of school during scheduled instructional time for any reason (to arrive late, to leave early, or to be absent an entire day, whether excused or unexcused) is considered time absent from instruction. This time accumulates toward the total absent limit.

• Letters will be sent to notify parents/guardians when a student reaches five (5) absences to serve as a warning notice.

• Upon eight (8) total absences (excused and unexcused) per semester, the principal will send a second letter to parents/guardians as notification that the student has exceeded their absenteeism limit.

• Make-up work for credit will be required for any absence. One day for each day of absence, with a maximum of five (5) days, will be allowed to make up work.

• The administration has final discretion in all attendance decisions.

• Upon eight (8) total absences (excused or unexcused) per semester, students may be referred to the juvenile office for further action.

• Students missing 20% or more of the year (approximately 30 days) will be under consideration for retention and promotion to the next grade level will be reviewed before the administration.

• Middle School: 3 tardies = 1 hour detention. Excessive tardies and absences may result in your child’s case being referred to the juvenile officer.

Being truthful in what you say and do

A few examples of how to demonstrate honesty:

• Telling the truth
• Choosing not to cheat
• Admitting when you were wrong
• Telling important information (instead of purposely leaving out selective information)
• Returning something that belongs to others
• Doing the right thing (when you didn't have to)

Honesty is worth THREE PBS points during the month of February.

These students were chosen by their teachers for being shining examples of tolerance.

A very important part of the Title 1 Reading and Math programs is parent involvement. One

organization that involves parents is the PTO. The PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) is a group of

teachers and parents that work together to enrich the educational experiences of our Mound City

Students. The organization raises money to provide supplies to teachers’ at all grade levels. The PTO is currently in the process of assisting the elementary and middle school with planning a Family Fun Night.

If you are interested in being a part of this, the PTO is having a meeting on Monday, February 6 th in the main gym. The meeting will follow our annual fundraiser, a jersey auction. Walking tacos begin at 5pm, with jersey auction to follow. The meeting will begin at approximately 6:15.

• The K and 1st grade students did an AWESOME job on their Middle of the Year (MOY) testing! Both classes have worked hard and many students in the first grade were able to count to 100 or more in one owake subtraction equations, and then making an addition equation using the same numbers. This is known as a Fact Family. They are continuing to work on counting and writing their numbers to 100.
• 1st--They will be learning how to use tally marks and taking surveys. They will look at data and learn how to organize it into categories, and then how to interpret the results using picture graphs and charts.
• 2nd--Keep encouraging your child to count money and tell time, especially on an analog clock. They are doing a great job! This month they will be working on place values through 1,000. They are learning different ways to say the same number. For example: standard form is 234, word form is two hundred thirty-four, and expanded form is 200+30+4.
• 3rd--They will be using partial differences to subtract three digit numbers. They will be using regrouping to subtract, and will continue to use estimation to see if their answers are reasonable. They will also be learning to multiply by 10's.
• 4th--They will continue learning about and working with fractions. They will understand addition and subtraction of fractions and apply multiplication concepts to fractions.

Have FUN with numbers!

Mrs. Asher

You subtract the "S."