Gladbrook – Reinbeck K-8 Newsletter
August 26, 2010
Mr. Parker’s Message:
Wow! Here we are already a week into the school year and things are going extremely well. Sure we had a hot day, but in Iowa and our multi-level buildings that is to be expected. Actually, one of the most difficult things is figuring out what to title my newsletter. For now, I am going to just leave it as the K-8 newsletter. Mr. Kuehl and I will both be contributing information into this one newsletter.
I would like to thank the Gladbrook Legion and Auxiliary for giving the Gladbrook campus flags to be raised to start the new school year. This was the 69th year they have contributed to getting the school year off to a flying start. I would also like to thank the many people that came to “Open House.” I am sorry if I did not get a chance to greet everyone, but we had a great turnout and I know that the time spent with the fifth grade students appears well spent as they are moving through their new building and schedule very well.
There have been many changes as we begin this year. Let me update you on everything going on. First and foremost, we have added 10 minutes to the school day. We have started five minutes earlier (8:30 instead of 8:35) and are staying five minutes later (3:35 instead of 3:30 – 3:25, as opposed to 3:20 for the shuttle bus.) The shuttle buses also leave at 7:50 am in the morning, five minutes earlier than the 7:55 am they left last year. This has been one of the few problems we have had to start, getting kids to the buses on time. Good rule of thumb is if you are there a little early, like 7:45, you will never be late.
I am now in Gladbrook the whole time as both the building administrator and also teaching some classes. Mr. Kuehl will be the site administrator in the Reinbeck Elementary building along with his position as Superintendent. We will share some things as far as evaluations, special education meetings, and such. Generally, if there is a question about what is going on in Gladbrook you would contact me, and daily operation questions about the Reinbeck Elementary building should be directed to Mr. Kuehl. Of course, you can still call Candi and Carla and get the answer you need.
We live in an age of technology. We started last year emailing the newsletter out to everyone we had an email address for to save paper costs. We have put the elementary and middle school handbooks on the school website this year. If you want a hard copy, let Carla or Candi know and we will send one home with your child. Mr. Kuehl, Mr. Teckenburg, and myself also have blogs, but we will continue the newsletter as many people still look for that and it will continue to be posted on the website.
For fifth grade parents, your child will now begin with letter grades in their classes. Through the use of JMC you can follow your child’s progress throughout the quarter. The password and username for your child is the same as what you use to check your lunch accounts. If you do not have a username and password contact the middle school and we will get you going. All middle school teachers post their lesson plans on their Iowa Pages. Go to the website and building, click on the teacher’s picture, and that will take you to their web page with the assignments on it.
The IMPACT and PTO met on Monday for the first of five meetings this year. Both groups do excellent things for our students and staff. They will be kicking off their joint fundraiser on September 10th. The next meeting is October 18 in Gladbrook at 7:00 pm. You can keep up with what’s happening by going to www.grptoimpact.blogspot.com. Also please remember that both groups collect Box Tops for Education, Hy-Vee receipts, and Soup Labels to bring in extra resources without doing fundraising.
Mr. Parker
Mr. Kuehl’s Message:
Each year I enjoy the excitement and anticipation of the beginning of the school year. While a productive time around the office, it starts to get a little too quiet and routine after a number of weeks without students and staff in the buildings. So, it was enjoyable when teachers all returned on the 16th and students on the 18th.
The first few days of school have gone well. The custodians did a great job this summer in preparing the building for the start of the school year. The teachers worked to plan and prepare for the beginning of the year, and then….in came the kids! I guess it makes sense that kids are what really make me love my job as an educator. The opportunity to work more closely with the students and teachers makes serving as the principal of Reinbeck Elementary appealing this fall. It will be a challenge to balance the time demands of my superintendent role with those of the principalship, but I’m looking forward to the challenge.
It was great to see so many families at Open House on the 16th. We know that parent involvement in their students’ education is critical to student success. So, please don’t be a stranger to what is going on with your child in school. We encourage you to visit with your child each evening about school, visit the school if/when possible, and contact myself and the teachers when you have questions about something at school.
You can reach me through the elementary office, or the district office, my email is: tkuehl@g-r.k12.ia.us. You can find this newsletter, along with other communication from me on my blog, which is linked off the district website: www.gladbrook-reinbeck.k12.ia.us.
I’m looking forward to a GReat school year. Go REBELS!
Mr. Kuehl
Calendar of Events
Aug. 26 School Pictures
Aug, 31 JH Volleyball/Football Pictures @ 3:30 in GB
Sept. 1 JH/HS Cross Country Pictures @ 4:00 in RB
Sept. 6 Labor Day – No School
Sept. 7 School Picture Retake Day
First JH VB Game @ Home vs. East Marshall
Sept. 9 First JH FB Game @ Home vs. Grundy Center
Sept. 13 District Advisory Committee Mtg. in RB @ 7:00 pm
Sept. 15 MAP Testing starts grades 3-8
Sept. 16 School Board Mtg. @ RB at 6:30 pm
Sept. 30 Homecoming Happenings: 6:00 Powder Puff; 7:30 Coronation
Oct. 1 Homecoming FB Game vs. BCLUW
Box Tops For Education
Welcome to the start of a new year. PTO/IMPACT would like to take this time to remind you that we collect Box Tops. Box tops can be found on hundreds of products that you probably already buy. We would like to encourage you to clip them and send them to school with your child. Each box top you clip is worth 10 cents for our school. The money we raise through box top collections helps us to provide things for our teachers and students. Throughout the year we will be having some friendly competitions between classes to help us collect box tops. For more information on what products contain box tops and to register for a chance to win our schools additional box tops go to www.btfe.com
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