Sheldon Community School District

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

7th grader, Natilie Schmith was able to present her winning app design from the Congressional App Challenge in Washington DC last week for Day of Code at the US Capital Building. Natilie created a mental health app and was selected as a winner this past fall. While in DC she was also able to sit in on congressional keynote speakers, presentations focusing on STEM, hear from previous winners, tour DC and more. Congratulations Natilie on your accomplishment with your app design! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #middleschool #sheldonmiddleschool #appdesign #app #washingtondc #tours

Congratulations to Mrs. Johnson for being nominated for the McTeacher Award! Thank you for all that you do for our students and school. We are lucky to have you. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldon

Preschool students were dreaming of summer during their camping study last week! They went on a bear hunt, roasted marshmallows over a fire, and created caves for forest animals. Such a fun week at Little Orabs Preschool. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #learning #camping #summer

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

Sheldon Middle School students can bring any type of tape to be collected for LOVE INC from April 24-28th. All tape will then be donated to LOVE INC. The Middle School will compete with grades 5/6 vs. 7/8. and the winning group will get to have an Ice Cream Sunday Party! #LeadOn #Orabs #giving #sheldonorabs #loveincofsheldon #LOVEINC

Our Kindergarteners at East Elementary created some beautiful spring flowers in art. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #flowers #spring

Congratulations to our 2023 5th Grade DARE Graduates! D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Our 5th graders go through this education program to learn about drug abuse, the consequences of abuse, and skills for resisting peer pressure to experiment with drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Thank you to the Sheldon Police Department for leading this training. #LeadON #orabs #sheldonorabs #DARE #sheldonmiddleschool

Our sophomores attended the O'Brien County Career Day today where they were able to learn more about careers available right here in O'Brien County. Students spent the morning touring different businesses throughout O'Brien County learning about what employees do, training required, and career advancements available. Students also were able to listen to a variety of panel speakers who shared more about the careers they do. Students were able to ask them questions about their career in O'Brien County and why they choose to work there. Thanks to all of the businesses that welcomed our students into their buildings, O'Brien County Economic Development for hosting the event, the panelist for answering questions, NCC for allowing this event to be held in their buildings, and everyone else who helped make this possible for our students! #LeadOn #careers #learning #obriencounty #sheldonhighschool #sheldonorabs

All smiles for partner technology time! Sheldon Community School District is a one-one school district, which means each of our students has a device to use at school to enhance their learning. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #technology

Who knew spring cleaning could be so competitive? Sheldon Middle School students competed in a grade level Spring Cleaning Relay Race at their schoolwide assembly this week. 6th graders took the title as the Fastest Spring Cleaners for 2023! #LeadOn #sheldonmiddleschool #orabs #sheldonorabs

1B students earned “Lunch in the Classroom” as a fun reward for working doing their best in the classroom. Our students enjoyed this special lunch experience! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #lunch #elementaryschool

Congratulations to high school student Valerie Cook on her selection to be part of the 2023 Naval Academy Summer Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Program this summer in Annapolis, Maryland. The program is designed for students to explore, create, build, and expand their critical thinking, and collaboration skills. Additionally, she will have the opportunity to experience the Naval Academy education, while interacting with like-minded students who share an interest in STEM. Valerie was selected out of over 5,000 applications to participate in the Summer Camp. Congratulations Valerie! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #navalacademy #STEM #congratulations

Sheldon High School's Physics Class hosted Physics Day for the 4th graders at East Elementary. The physics students were responsible for creating a physics themed mini lesson to teach the 4th grade students. The 4th graders were able to rotate to different physics lessons throughout the day. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #physics #elementary #highschoolscience

Congratulations to the Sheldon Middle School Students of the Month Aylah Sauer, Blessing Matsiko, Evalyn deBoer, and Oscar Herrera! Thank you for your leadership at Sheldon Middle School. #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #orabs #sheldonorabs #leadership

Congratulations to 5th grader, Avi Kamstra! Avi memorized 107 digits of pi (3.14159..............) She is now officially on website that keeps track of the World Rankings for the digits memorized! Congratulations Avi on this accomplishment! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #worldrecordholder #congratulations #pi

Congratulations to our Sheldon FFA Members who competed at State FFA Convention this week! Iowa Degrees Zach Brinkman Kourtney Dekker Macade Holz Mason Parks Gracia Scheaffer Ashley Schmidt Agriculture Mechanics, Maintenance and Repair - 2nd Place Overall, Advances to Nationals (Mason Parks) Poultry Evaluation - Gold Rating (Coby Fischer, Dana Konz, Anthony Courtney, Maddy Nunes) Greenhand Quiz - Gold Rating (Paige Boone), Bronze Rating (Mitchel Fischer) Chapter Display - Silver Rating (Kadee Honkomp) Team Ag Sales - Silver Rating (Damon Van Beek, Landon Siestra, Jack Leng, Brayden Pomerenke) Ag Broadcasting - Silver Rating (Douglas Nilles) Experience the Action - Bronze Rating (Addison Beckman, Alison Wolf, Maddy Nunes, Ella Holz, Coy DeBoer, Ashley Schmidt) #FFA #LeadOn #sheldonorabs #sheldon #orabsFFA

7th graders have been busy learning about the properties of 2-dimensional shapes. Their final activity was to create a stained glass window design made from the shapes they learned. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #math #mathproject #middleschool

The Sheldon High School Prom is this Saturday. Here is the scheduled of the evening. Grand March is open to the public with tickets available at the door. #LeadOn #highschool #grandmarch #prom #prom2023

Friday, May 26 will be the last day of school for the 2022-2023 school year. El viernes 26 de mayo será el último día de clases para el año escolar 2022-2023.