Sheldon Community School District

Do you know how to calculate the density of a liquid? (Density = mass/volume) The sixth grade science students first learned how to find the mass of a liquid so they then could calculate the density of the liquid. After all calculations were complete, they poured the liquids into a beaker and checked to see if the way the liquids layered matched their calculations. They did! Excellent calculations! #Orabs #sheldon #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #science

Congratulations to the following high school students who received awards for their art at the Northwest Iowa Community College Art Show. Best of Show - Grace Gomez (Mestizo Peruvian, Acrylic Painting) Student Choice Award* - Grace Gomez (Overwhelmed, Graphite Drawing) *(voted on by all of the students at the show) DRAWING 3rd Place Drawing Category Overall - Grace Gomez (Overwhelmed, Graphite Drawing) CERAMICS 1st Place Ceramics Category Overall - Matthew Meyer (Abstraction, Clay Vase) 2nd Place Ceramics Category Overall - Melany Leon (Carved Tripod Vase, Clay Vase) PHOTOGRAPHY / DIGITAL MEDIA 2nd Place Digital Media Category Overall - Gage Haan (Portrait of Andrew, Computer Illustration) Honorable Mention Digital Media Category Overall - Michael Strehlow (Ready or Not, Computer Illustration) PAINTING Honorable Mention Painting Category Overall - Jessie Baker (Death's Hold is a Heartbeat Away, Acrylic Painting Series) MIXED MEDIA 2nd Place Mixed Media Category Overall - Sheldon HS Students (Neurographic Group Totem Sculpture, Paint and Cardboard) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUB-CATEGORY AWARDS (voted on by all of the regional art teachers) Ceramics: Ceramics Decorative - 2nd Place “Breakfast” Katelyn Grady (clay sculpture) Ceramics Functional - 2nd Place “Tea Set” Sylvia Decker (clay tea set) Digital Media: 1st Place Tie “Halloween Date” Akoya Cabanas (graphic illustration) “Ferocious” Tucker McCabe Nuckols (graphic illustration) Digital Media: 2nd Place Tie “Ready or Not” Michael Strehlow (graphic illustration) “Cerunnos” Tucker McCabe Nuckols (graphic illustration) Photography: 3rd Place “Magical” Akoya Cabanas (photography) Drawing Graphite: 1st Place “Overwhelmed” Grace Gomez (pencil drawing) Painting Acrylic: 1st Place “Mestizo Peruvian” Grace Gomez 3rd Place "Death's Hold is a Heartbeat Away", Jessie Baker (Acrylic Painting Series) #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #art #painting #highschoolart

7th grader Aftyn Dietrick created the winning pixel art for the second semester at Sheldon Middle School. As a winner, her art was then enlarged into a mural that will hang in the Middle School. Aftyn and and number of seventh graders worked together to enlarge and transfer the grid, match colors, and paint every square. The team included Ana Chavez-Morales, Estrella Chavez-Morales, Justina Van Regenmorter, Lesly Ramos-Morales, Addisyn Kavanagh, and Bailey Harn. Congratulations on their creativity, collaboration and leadership! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #art #pixelart #artclass #middleschool

The Sheldon High School Choir and Band performed their Spring Concert last night and did a wonderful job! Thanks for sharing your talents with us. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #music #concerts #musicconcert #band

Students in Food and Nutrition had a friendly cook-off to test their soup making skills. Groups had to decide on a soup, get the ingredients and then make it to be tested by the guest judges. #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #foods #orabs #sheldon #highschool

The sixth grade students were given four mystery liquids and had to test the chemical property of flammability. They dipped strips of paper into each of the four mystery liquids and then held the strip of paper over an open flame. As you can see in the pictures, they were surprised to find that one of the liquids was flammable!!!! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #science #sheldon #sheldonmiddleschool

Happy National Principals' Day to our Sheldon Community School District Principals! Thank you for your leadership to make our schools a great place. Sherrie Zeutenhorst- High School Principal Eric Maassen- Assistant High School Principal Cindy Barwick- Middle School Principal Jason Groendyke - Elementary Principal #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #nationalprincipalsday #schools #administration

This week at Sheldon Community School District! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #weeklyupdate

Spanish IV students celebrated a successful week of class with making tostadas! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #spanishclass #Sheldonhighschool

During Wellness Day at the Middle School, students had Mrs. Cabrera's dog, Rafa, come in to visit. The students learned how to draw and paint pet portraits of their own. These students did an amazing job with their paintings. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #pets #art #painting

Students in Food and Nutrition Class have been learning how to make many different kinds of food this semester. This week the students learned how to make homemade mac and cheese! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #foodandnutrition

The 2nd and 4th graders performed their Spring Concert last night and did a great job! Thank you to Mrs. Davis for helping the students get ready for their performance. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #music #elementary

In High School Industrial Tech, Connor Kruse has been working on building a live edge river epoxy bench for one of his projects this semester. Great work Connor, we are excited to see the finished product! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #woodworking

The 7th and 8th graders finished up their Pickleball Unit in PE by holding the annual Pickleball Championships. Congratulations to Jack Brink (7th Grade) and Levi Lang and Caiden Jager (8th Grade) for winning 1st place this year! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonmiddleschool #pickleball

2nd graders are working on their throwing accuracy in PE with a game called, Monster Ball. On the command students attempt to throw the small balls at the Monster Ball in order to make it move. Their goal is to try and get the Monster ball to cross the line on the opposing team’s side of the line. If the Monster Ball rolls outside of the designated area – the opposing team’s side will receive one point. Our students have had such a fun time working on their throwing skills with this upbeat and intense game! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #PE #sheldon #2ndgrade #throwingskills

6th graders explored the densities of water and cooking oil. They measured predetermined volumes of each liquid, poured them into jars, made observations, shook them for two minutes and then let them settle for ten minutes to see if the liquids would separate back into two layers. #LeadOn #orabs #science #learning #sheldonmiddleschool

Happy Administrative Assistant Day! Thank you Shantel, Pam, Amy, Shairi, Deanna, Melinda, Amber, and Steph for all that you do for our schools! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #sheldon #administrativeday

The Sheldon Middle School Art Class has been creating Floating Chalk Prints. Students work together to plan, add color, and pull their unique prints from the surface of the water. Way to go! #LeadOn #art #middleschoolart #artclass #chalkprints #sheldonorabs

Spanish II students have been studying Spanish terminology for different directional words and places found in a city. To practice these terms, students created a city map in Spanish and then wrote directions in Spanish on how to get from one place to another. Students then tested their Spanish speaking and listening skills and directed their classmates around their city map. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #spanish #learning #sheldon #sheldonhighschool

First grade had a fun field trip to the Summit Dairy as part of the Adopt-A-Cow program. Our students loved getting to see the cows and learn more about how a dairy operates. A big thank you to the Westra Family and Kate Stewart for teaching us about dairy farming! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #dairy #dairyfarming #cows #farming #iowafarming #schoolvisit