Sheldon Community School District

Sheldon will be running a 2 hour late start on Friday, December 9. There will be no AM preschool.

The Sheldon High School Students are getting some real life job training thanks to Rosenboom in Sheldon. The Manufacturing Class has been working with a group of Rosenboom CI team members. These team members have been working with the students to teach them skills and techniques that they uses in manufacturing daily. Thank you Rosenboom for this opportunity and experience for our students!

Due to the weather Sheldon Community Schools will be dismissing early. No PM Preschool 1:15 - East 1:20- High School 1:30 - Middle JV/V Wrestling @ MOC-FV is postponed to tomorrow, Dec. 9th with a 6:00 start time. bus time will remain 4:15 7/8th Boys BB vs. Central Lyon-cancelled, no make-up planned 9th Boys BB vs. Central Lyon-postponed, make up date TBD 5/6th Band/Choir Concert-postponed

The 5-6 Middle School Concert is TONIGHT December 8 - 5th &6th grade Band & Vocal 7pm HS Auditorium Please have your musician dress up for this event. Students will meet at 6:40pm the night of their concert. 5th graders should report to the HS Choir room and 6th graders meet in the HS Band Room. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their belongings during the concert. The concert will begin promptly at 7pm. Both bands will perform first. A short intermission will follow while the stage is reset. The concert will end with our vocal students. There is no admission cost for this concert.

The snow and cold might be sticking around, but it has given our students a lot of fun at recess. The 4th graders worked together to build a snowman during their recess time! Will this snowman last all winter, or will he melt before Christmas Break? #snowfun #LeadOn #winterfun #Sheldon #Orabs #4thgrade

The staff members at the Middle School are always up for some fun and a challenge. This week they played a day long game of Human Scrabble. Each teacher had a different set of letters that they wore throughout the day. The challenge was that they had to make words with the other staff members as they met them throughout the day! Prizes were awards to the top point earners. Our students love to see their teachers and the enthusiasm and competitive edge that comes out in the school day. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #Staff

Preschool students did a Star Search during their Space Study. Students had to walk around the preschool building and find stars with letters on them. They then colored that letter on their paper. Students love doing interactive activities where they are both playing and learning at the same time! #Orabs #Learning #LeadOn #preschool #SheldonOrabs

Last night our 1st and 3rd Graders had their Winter Concert. So many great voices and songs were heard last night! We have a talented group of performers. Thanks to Mrs. Davis for getting these students ready for their performance and her dedication to making our music program great for our students. **2nd and 4th grade will be having their Winter Concert on December 15th** #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #Musi

The 5-6 Middle School Concert is coming up! December 8 - 5th &6th grade Band & Vocal 7pm HS Auditorium Please have your musician dress up for this event. Students will meet at 6:40pm the night of their concert. 5th graders should report to the HS Choir room and 6th graders meet in the HS Band Room. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their belongings during the concert. The concert will begin promptly at 7pm. Both bands will perform first. A short intermission will follow while the stage is reset. The concert will end with our vocal students. There is no admission cost for this concert.

Kindergarten spent time with some Gingerbread focused activities last week. In Math, students focused on counting and identifying buttons on their gingerbread man, as well as did a graphing activity on the different colors of buttons the gingerbread men had. In writing, students wrote about what they would name their gingerbread man, where he/she would live and who he/she would be running from. At the end of the week students got to go on a scavenger hunt to look for the gingerbread man around East Elementary. Once they found them, they got to frost and decorate them for their snack that day! Such a fun week in Kindergarten. #Kindergarten #LeadOn #Orabs #holidayactivities #schoolactivities

The Middle School is lucky to have some amazing staff members that go above and beyond for their students. The Middle School Custodian, Stephanie Madsen, decorated the lunch and commons area at the middle school for some holiday cheer. She does so much to bring joy to students! Thank you Stephanie for your work and dedication to our students! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon

Reminder that the Elementary Christmas Concerts are coming up! December 5 - 1st & 3rd grade Concert, 7pm HS Auditorium (TONIGHT) December 15 - 2nd & 4th grade Concert, 7pm HS Auditorium Please have your musician dress up for this event. Students will meet at 6:30pm the night of their concert. A high school classroom will be assigned for each section to use as a homebase. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their hats and coats. Each night, the youngest grade will begin promptly at 7pm. Once they are done there will be a short intermission before the older grade level performs. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #concert

Sheldon Community Schools will be running a 2-Hour Late start on Monday, December 5. No AM Preschool.

December 5-10 at Sheldon Community School District. This week is full of activities, Christmas Concerts, a Blood Drive and more! Be sure to come see our students in action this week! #Sheldon #LeadOn #Orabs

2nd Grade had some fun in the snow this week sledding at recess. Sledding at recess is one of the student's favorite things to do once there is snow on the ground! #snowday #LeadOn #recessfun #snow #orabs #Sheldon

Our TK students stay busy and engaged in many different learning activities throughout the day. Students have been learning more about sea life this week in class. During center time, students have done different learning activities that relate to the sea. Some centers included a water table with different sea animals in it, sea animal matching game, fishing for numbered fish and more! #Learning #LeadOn #Orab #Sheldon #activities

Reminder that the Elementary Christmas Concerts are coming up! December 5 - 1st & 3rd grade Concert, 7pm HS Auditorium December 15 - 2nd & 4th grade Concert, 7pm HS Auditorium Please have your musician dress up for this event. Students will meet at 6:30pm the night of their concert. A high school classroom will be assigned for each section to use as a homebase. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their hats and coats. Each night, the youngest grade will begin promptly at 7pm. Once they are done there will be a short intermission before the older grade level performs. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #concert

Congratulations to Mr. Letsche for being an Iowa Teacher of the Year Finalist! Mr. Letsche teaches Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Pre-Algebra and Foundations of Geometry at the Sheldon High School. This is his 6th year in this position for the district. Mr. Letsche is also a Leader in Me High School Coordinator, Fellowship of Christian Athletes huddle leader, Assistant Track and Field Coach and Offensive Line coach at Northwestern College. When asked what his favorite part of Sheldon is he said, "My favorite part(s) would be the outstanding staff and students that I get to interact with each day! Also, I would like to have say the support that our school systems gets from community and businesses. This support allows our education system to give our students an excellent education and experience." Mr. Letsche mentioned that, "My favorite part of teaching would have to be growing relationships with students. Also, leading students to believe in themselves and to discover their full potential of who they are intended to become!" Congratulations Mr. Letsche on this honor! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #teacher #Iowa

Sheldon will be having a Pink Out at the home basketball game on January 9 and home wrestling meet on January 10. Order forms need to be turned in to the office no later than noon next Wednesday, December 7. Students will be coming home with the slips this week, or you can print off the order form and return it to one of the buildings BEFORE December 7. All proceeds will be given to Sanford Sheldon. #Orabs #Sheldon #Pinkout #basketball #wrestling #leadon

We know some of you enjoyed the snow day yesterday, but it was great to be back at school today to see the students and staff again! #Sheldon #Orabs #middleschool #LeadOn