Author: nickeld

Weekly schedule
January 18-22, 2010
Bus duty: Ms. Barb Goering

Volume 13, issue 17

COMING:
MONDAY, JANUARY 18 Martin Luther King Day—NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
MONDAY, JANUARY 21
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 Hearing Rescreens and Scoliosis Screening

January 15, 2010

UPCOMING EVENTS:
▪January 22—Hearing Rescreens and Scoliosis Screening.
▪January 27—Dismiss at 12:30 p.m. for Teacher Inservice.
SCHOOL NEWS:
▪Three community meetings have been scheduled for the Goessel area in the weeks to come to help address questions about education finances. The dates set are: Jan. 17 at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Jan. 31 at Goessel Mennonite Church, both at 7:00 pm, and Feb. 8 here at school at 6:30 prior to the regular BOE meeting. School personnel,
parents, and patrons are encouraged to attend.
▪Scoliosis screening will take place on Friday. If a parent does not want their 5th grade daughter to have this screening, please send a written note before that date.
▪Check our voice mail to keep up to date with GES news and changes caused by weather, 367-2818. Website: USD411.org.
COMMUNITY NEWS:
▪GRC t-shirt forms went home last week. They are due by January 22.
▪GRC basketball sessions for grades 1-2 will be on Feb. 6, 13, 20, and 27 at the grade school. Girls play from 9-10 and boys play from 10-11 in the morning. Forms were sent home earlier this week. Contact Dale Wiens at school if you have questions.
PTO NEWS:
▪Continue to collect
Boxtops.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

5th graders built rockets and set them off with the help of Rod Abrahams.