8th grade extracted DNA from strawberries this week as a fun way to wrap up their lessons on the structure of DNA, DNA replication, transcription, and translation.
The Elementary Art students have been busy creating Haunted Houses for the StuCo Haunted House contest! The winners are: Kindergarten - Tatum, 1st Grade - Novella, 2nd Grade - Madelyn, 3rd Grade - Garrett, 4th Grade - Juan Carlos, 5th Grade - Gaines, and 6th Grade - Norah. Congrats to all! And thanks to Stacy for organizing so many fun Halloween activities this week!
HS Art had our annual Pumpkin Carving/Painting contest, voted on by K-8. Best Painted Pumpkin was by Baileigh Peters and best Carved was by Evelyn Meier!
The Bulldogs look to knockoff the undefeated Lebo Wolves on the road!
Freshmen finished up their pond labs this week. Students examined the relationship between abiotic and biotic factors while building food chains and webs, as well as a biogeochemical cycle out of pictures they took as they explored the biodiversity that this habitat has to offer. They were also able to explore the microscopic organisms in the pond by viewing samples of pond water under our microscopes.
No School Friday...Good Luck to Football on Thursday, and Volleyball on Friday/Saturday!!!
Gretchen Oehmke is picking up ALL state shirt orders this afternoon. She will be at Angie’s farm stand between 6:30-7:30 tonight, so please stop and pick up your order! Thank you!
Information for the Bulldog Backers Youth Basketball Tournament!
Child Check Information for the District.
The playoff football game in Lebo will start at 6:30 pm on Thursday!
There will be a JH Boys Basketball parents meeting Tuesday, October 27 at 5:30 PM in the Old Gym.
Sub-State Champs!
Congratulations to the volleyball teams on their state berths! Consequently, there will be no school on Friday, October 30 for USD 223 so that students, parents and staff can support their teams. Good luck to both teams on Friday and Saturday!!!
State info
http://www.wtkdesigns.com
Here is the link for sub state volleyball shirts, orders must be in my Sunday at 9 pm!
Gameday! Sub-state in the pound! Thank you to Meenen farms sponsoring the entrance of all k-12 students!
Gameday!
Junior High girls basketball will start Tuesday, after school in the Old Gym. There will be a parent meeting in the Old Gym following practice at 5 pm.
Free House
P/T Conferences tonight! All JH/HS teachers will be in the gym. Seniors will present in the library. Elementary conferences will be in the respective classrooms.
