Gladbrook – Reinbeck K-8 Newsletter
January 2011
Gladbrook Campus News – Mr. Parker
It seems like I just finally got used to writing the year as 2010 and here we are now at 2011. Where did this year go? I remember we had a seemingly short summer as winter never let go and school continued into mid-June. This fall has gone very quickly with the football and volleyball teams doing very well and the effort the students and staff has put in on improving test scores. It is true I guess, time flies when you’re having fun.
After being identified on the School In Need of Assistance list in Reading, we spent a great deal of extra time during homeroom working on building reading comprehension skills. The time spent on finding main ideas, suffixes, root words, prefixes, topic and supporting sentences, and other fundamental skills appear to have paid off as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills scores in reading came back showing great improvement from last year.
Just like in athletics, you can do all the coaching you want, but in reality it comes down to the performance of the athletes during the game that makes the difference. The same is true of the high-stakes testing. We did better because our students gave their best effort when we took the ITBS. Our students deserve all the credit for the improved scores, so be sure to let them know what a great job they did this year. The end of the semester for the middle school is Friday, January 7. Report cards and ITBS results will be sent home the following Friday.
Reinbeck Campus News – Mr. Kuehl
Report Cards and ITBS Scores: Your student(s) will be bring report cards and ITBS Scores home with them on January 14th. The second quarter ends on January 7th. Half way through the year! Not sure how that can be. Our students and staff have learned a lot and worked hard, pushing through January, February, and March always seems a challenging time. Your continued encouragement of students and teachers is much appreciated.
Our 5th – 8th graders made great improvement, as relayed by Mr. Parker above, on their ITBS scores, especially in the area of reading comprehension. I’d like to thank the students, parents, and teachers for the work they put in to helping these student achievement scores improve. It’s truly a team effort and you were quite successful. Now the challenge is to keep those scores going up!
Winter Weather: Please make sure that your students are dressed appropriately for the winter weather. We’ve been very fortunate in regards to weather related delays and cancellations to this point. I encourage you to sign up with School Alerts, https://schoolalerts.iowa.gov/, this site will be the first one I make announcements on and is very quick at sending out text and email notifications.
Read, Read, And Read: Reading is probably the all around best activity for your child to encourage overall success and academic achievement. People who read tend to be good thinkers, have a broad knowledge base and have a very deep knowledge base in areas of interest. Keep you students reading, it’s one of those things that can actually be fun AND good for you.
After School Pick-up
Congestion in the parking lot is becoming quite an issue again. Please use the following procedures to ensure things go as smoothly as possible.
Parking lot procedures:
- Please do not drive through the horseshoe area in front of the school.
- Please do not pickup/drop off students in the actual parking lot area. This practice creates a lot of congestion in an already congested area. If you must go in to pick your child up after school, please park legally. Several people have started leaving their vehicle unattended in the center of the parking lot. This practice is inconsiderate and unsafe.
- Please do drop your student(s) off on the west or east side of the horseshoe. This allows the student to exit the vehicle directly to the sidewalk, eliminating the need for students to cross the street.
Thank you for all the support you provide to your children in their development. We are fortunate to work with such a great group of kids.
Educationally yours,
Tim Kuehl
Calendar for January 2011
Jan 3 Classes Resume
IMPACT/PTO meeting @ RB Elem. 7:00 pm
Jan 6 JHWR @ Jesup
Jan 7 JHBB vs DNH: B@NH; G @ GB
Jan 10 Advisory Committee Meeting @ RB 7:00 pm
Jan 11 JHBB vs West Marshall: G @ State Center; B @ GB
Jan 13 JHBB vs AGWSR: G @ Wellsburg; B @ GB
JHWR @ Union (Dysart)
Jan 17 No School (1st Snow Make-up Day)
Jan 18 JHBB vs BCLUW: B @ Union; G @ GB
Jan 20 JHBB vs S. Hardin: B @ Hubbard; G @ GB
School Board Meeting @ RB 7:00 pm
Jan 21 JHWR @ Dike-NH
Jan 25 JHBB vs East Marshall: G @ Gilman; B @ GB
Jan 27 JHWR @ RB 4:15
Jan 31 JHBB vs A-P: G @ Aplington; B @ GB
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