Sheldon Community School District

There will be NO SCHOOL Wednesday, November 23 Thursday, November 24 Friday, November 25 Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break! #LeadOn #Orabs #Thanksgiving

What do you see when you look underwater? The 5th graders have been working on an art project showing what you would see if you looked underwater. The students had the option to draw or paint what they would see. Some students showed what it would look like in the ocean, while others picked what you would see if you looked in a lake. It is great to see how creative and talented our students are. #LeadOn #Orabs #art

This week at Sheldon Community School District. Reminder there will be no school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving Break. We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #Thanksgiving

The 6th graders focused on an activity this week that practiced Habit 6: Synergize, from the book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," by Stephen Covey. Students had to see which group could work together to build the tallest “Leaning Tower of Feetza.” The tallest tower was 72 centimeters tall! Throughout the year, our students continue to learn more about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and apply the habits to everyday situations. #LeadOn #Sheldon #Orabs

Our High School Students have an option to take Community Service as a class for some of the year. These students can pick different areas in the community to do this class. Many students choose to help out at the Elementary and Middle School during this class. Some of the tasks the students help out with include helping our teachers prep class materials, work with students on homework and skills or just have a few minutes to hang out and form relationships with underclassmen. #LeadOn #Orabs

Our High School Staff toured local businesses on Wednesday afternoon to learn more about the operations at these businesses in town and the skills local employers are looking for in their employees. Thank you to Rosenboom, Maintainer, Village Northwest Unlimited and Rome for speaking with our High School Staff and helping us prepare our students for the workforce! #LeadOn #Sheldon #Orabs

Congratulations to our new National Honor Society Members that were inducted to the Sheldon High School National Honor Society on Tuesday! New senior members include: Akoya Cabanas, Isabelle Freeman, Madison Olson and Reese Strouth. New junior members include: Zachary Brinkman, Katelyn Dykstra, Tori Elgersma, Ethan Frangenberg, Macy Jager, Dana Konz, Brinda McCabe Nuckols, Matthew Meyer, Madison Nunes and Paige Weber. New sophomore members include: Valerie Cook, Preston Crawley, Charlotte Lode, Douglas Nilles, Christian Richards and Alison Wolf. Congratulations to our new members! #LeadOn #Orabs #NHS

8th Graders presented their Science Fair Projects last night to the judges and public to be evaluated. Many weeks ago, students came up with a hypothesis and spent weeks testing, recording and evaluating their hypothesis. Once students were done with their testing and recording, they created a science report in the form of a board to display and explain their findings. Great job 8th grade! #LeadOn #Orabs #sciencefair

In P.E our Kindergarteners have been learning and practicing their dribbling, passing and shooting skills in their basketball unit. Mr. Fischer has been working on the fundamentals of basketball in P.E over the past few weeks with the Elementary students. It is amazing to see how far our students have come in their dribbling and shooting in just a few short P.E classes! #GoOrabs #LeadOn #Sheldon #PE #Basketball

This last Sunday & Monday some of the Sheldon High School FBLA students along with Mrs. De Grote, attended the business club's United Fall Leadership Conference in Des Moines. This was attended by students involved in FBLA, BPA & DECA in Iowa. It was an opportunity for our students to learn more about business, leadership & about our various business clubs. #Orabs #LeadOn #FBLA

Pottery students are in the beginning stages of working on their clay tripod vases. Once they are formed students will be able to paint them to their liking and take them home. Some of our student's parents might be getting new vases for Christmas! #LeadOn

This week at Sheldon Community School District! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon

The Sheldon Middle School will be hosting a Food Drive from November 14-18. Donations can include non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products. The images have examples of what would be acceptable to bring. Items an be sent with your child throughout the week. #LeadOn #Orabs #fooddrive

Did you know that East Elementary is a 1-1 School? This means that each of our elementary students, K-4 has their own device to use at school for different learning assignments, research and assessments. Some of the things our students do on their devices allow for teachers to see immediately how the students are performing, teachers can easily tailor work at different levels for specific students, students can each actively engage in the lessons and students are able to learn the valuable computer skills that many of them will need in their future careers. #LeadOn #Orabs #technology

Congratulations to Natilie Schmith on being selected as this year's winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Iowa's Fourth Congressional District! Natilie created a mental health app and was selected as a winner! As a winner, Natilie will be invited to the Day of Code at the US Capitol building, in Washington DC, in the spring. Her app will also appear on the US House's Website alongside winners from across the country. Congratulations Natilie for your work and selection! #LeadOn #Orabs #DayofCode

Preschool students at the Little Orabs Learning Center are currently doing a pumpkin study. They made a pumpkin salt painting using glue, salt, and watercolor paints! The pumpkin was drawn on the page and students had to put the salt and glue on the lines and then paint the pumpkin. This was not only a good way to help our students see what happens when you mix the glue, salt and paint, but it was also great way for our students to practice their fine motor skills. Didn't they do a great job? #Orabs #LeadOn #Preschoolactivity

7th and 8th graders attend class daily in the technology lab. These students are currently learning how to build a robot that moves. Throughout the year students rotate to different "Expeditions" to learn more about that specific content area. At the "Expeditions" students participate in hands on learning, building, testing and more. Some of the Expeditions that students rotate to include: Rolling Robots, Optical Solutions, Flight Dynamics, Design Time, Communication, Tower Power, Thermal Physics and more. This is an awesome opportunity for our students to learn more about different content areas that they otherwise might not be exposed to and could potentially lead to some future career interests. #LeadOn #Orabs #Technology #STEM

The Sheldon Middle School will be hosting a Food Drive from November 14-18. Donations can include non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products. The images have examples of what would be acceptable to bring. Items an be sent with your child throughout the week. #LeadOn #Orabs #fooddrive

Students in Family Consumer Science are working on their sewing unit. Their current project is making baby blankets for babies that are in the NICU. Once the students are done with the blankets, they will be donated to a hospital to use for their NICU babies. Not only are students working on their skills in this project, but the finished project will be used for a great purpose outside of our school! #orabs #LeadOn #NICU

Congratulations to our East Elementary Book Mark Contest Winners! 1st grade: Brynley Cooke from Mrs. Sandbulte's class 2nd grade: Melody Adame from Mrs. Fischer's class 3rd grade: Makinley Vermeer from Ms. Wittrock's class 4th grade: Kailey Jorgensen from Mrs. Naser's class All students at East Elementary designed a bookmark to enter the bookmark contest. A special committee then narrowed down the bookmarks to a few finalists. Each grade level and teachers voted for their favorite bookmark from their grade. Congratulations to those that won! These bookmarks will be printed and used by students at East Elementary for the year. #Leadon #Orabs #bookmarks #reading #elementary