Miss J's Spanish classes just finished reading the novel El Capibara con Botas before Thanksgiving. Since the novel is about animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest and Galapagos Islands, students decided to raise money to adopt animals from Ecuador! 3rd hour adopted a blue-footed booby, and 6th hour chose a jaguar. Students raised $120 during the unit in order to symbolically adopt these animals through the World Wildlife Fund!
Drama Club is excited to present this year's Christmas play, "What Could Go Wrong the Night Before Christmas?" coming up soon on December 15th! Check out the flier for more info!
Please help welcome our two newest staff members! Mr. Carson Iserhoth is our 8th Grade Boys Basketball Coach. He has already begun working with the boys to build their skills, helping them become a strong team, and showing them how to have fun doing it.
Also welcome Mr. Wade O'Dell as our Custodial/Maintenance Supervisor. Wade will start working with Mr. Mike Huss for the next month, prior to Mr. Huss' retirement. Mr. O'Dell comes to us from Harrison Schools, is a Comet graduate and has many years of experience, expertise and certifications in these areas. We are excited to have him on board.
While Mr. Huss will be with us another month and we are excited for him to spend time with his wife and grandkids, he will be greatly missed. Mr. Huss has so many skills in the area of maintenance, transportation and custodial work, but our favorite times to see him were when he was working with kids. The boys especially at the elementary school connect so well with Mr. Huss and when one was having a bad day, he sometimes was the first person they would listen to. We watched him tie ties for elementary kids who've come dressed up for picture day or a special lunch in their rooms. He is hard working, diligent and dedicated and his time here is so appreciated. Thank you, Mr. Huss!
There will be a Facilities Input Meeting at the Jr./Sr. High at 6:30 p.m. tonight, November 29th. Please consider attending to learn where we have come from, where we are currently, and to give input to future planning for all district facilities including capital improvements of buildings, arts, athletics, Career-Technical Education (CTE), vehicles and district grounds. If you can't make it to this one but would like to participate, there is another meeting planned for January 18th. We hope to see you there!
Before the snow started to fly, students spent time working in the Agriscience Outdoor Land Lab. Students are seen here near the compost pile and raised garden beds our K-12 and County Ag students have built and tended. Photo credit to Nathan Clarke from the seat of a combine during corn harvest at the Land Lab.
6th graders and their parents learned the fine art of pie making by assembling apple pies with the Elementary PTO last weekend. Thanks to everyone for a great fundraiser!
These are some of the posters that the elementary classes made to show their school what kindness looks like for the elementary school's week of kindness, which was sponsored by the NEHS students. Judges will decide which one is the best at getting the kindness message across and that class will win an ice cream sandwich party!
From Mrs. LeFevre: Last week during Kindness Week, NEHS members were getting ready to deliver apple cider and donut holes to all of the classrooms. It was a great opportunity for classes to have a snack together in celebration of Kindness Week and for the NEHS group to work together as a team.
There will be a Facilities Input Meeting at the Jr./Sr. High at 6:30 p.m. next Tuesday, November 29th. Please consider attending to learn where we have come from, where we are currently, and to give input to future planning for all district facilities including capital improvements of buildings, arts, athletics, Career-Technical Education (CTE), vehicles and district grounds. If you can't make it to this one but would like to participate, there is another meeting planned for January 18th. We hope to see you there!
Tonight’s awesome Pledge Leaders at the Board Meeting were 4th graders Aubrey Lincoln and Brantley Lattimer! They did a great job reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to kick off the beginning of the meeting. They earned this special honor by submitting the leadership tickets they won by exhibiting leadership skills in school. Thank you for your hard work, Comets! We are so proud of how well you represent our school.
Feel free to stop by at December's Athletic Boosters meeting!
The Sanford American Legion Riders Post 443 is hosting their annual open-to-the-public Toyz for Kids dinner on Friday, Dec. 2nd! Please refer to the flier or visit their Facebook page for more information regarding this special giving holiday event.
These 6th graders were having a blast playing in the snow! Thanks to Mrs. Lynch for sharing these pictures.
Mrs. Lynch reports: The 6th grade used their Math classes last week to help the PTO with the Apple Pie and Scrip card orders! Students worked in teams to check orders, count money and tabulate totals with paper/pencil. Each order was then double checked for accuracy with a calculator. Students had to initial each order to prove they agreed with what was on the paper. Every year the Coleman Elementary PTO works hard to provide field trip bussing for all classrooms along with family events and end of year activities. PTO also pays for all 6th graders to attend Mystic Lake Camp.
Thank you to our Jr./Sr. High School Counselor, Emily, for applying for a grant that we were just awarded! This grant will help cover costs of college advising events that we host throughout the school year. Thank you for helping our students explore their futures and find success!
The Coleman Watch D.O.G.S. program (Dads of Great Students) was recently featured in the Midland Daily News! A huge thanks to Mr. Templeman for organizing this positive news coverage for our school! It was printed in yesterday's newspaper, or you can read the article here with a subscription: https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Coleman-Watch-D-O-G-S-program-increases-parental-17581681.php (Pictured is WATCH D.O.G.S Taylor Jardas, back left, and Matt Sysak, back right, with their children: Avery, front left, Jaxon, middle, and Crase, front right (photo taken by Tess DeGayner)).
Next week is Kindness Week! Here is the Jr/Sr High School's schedule of themes and events. Let's remember to always be kind to ourselves and others, not only next week, but every day! Help spread the love, Comets!
The elementary school had their first Habit Huddle run by the Student Lighthouse team! According to our Dean of Students, Karly Larsen, the students were really excited for this leadership opportunity. The kiddos pictured here turned in the 'I Spy a Leader' tickets that they earned and won some awesome rewards! Great job, Comets!
Drama Club is still seeking a couple of props for the upcoming Christmas play on December 15th! Please let Mrs. Shumaker know if you'd like to donate, or if you know of someone who can!
Thank you to our anonymous donors whose generosity has allowed us to purchase new scientific calculators and microscopes at our Jr./Sr. High School. Here's just a few pictures of students using some of the calculators. We greatly appreciate our community members!
