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“Glorify God…Serve Others”
JANUARY 16, 2015
North Iowa Christian School
811 N Kentucky Ave || Mason City, IA 50401
[email protected] || 641-423-6440
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Today is a noon dismissal, the end of 2nd semester!
There will be no hot lunch on Monday, due to Newman not having school.
JANUARY 16
Next week is HAT WEEK! See Student Council Announcement below!
Welcome to Mr. Jared Callison, who will be teaching High School Bible and P.E. in
the afternoons starting second semester (January 19 th)!
We will have school on President’s Day (February 16) as a make-up day for
snow/cold.
Auction Update: Thanks to everyone who made it to an auction meeting. If you
did not make it to one of the meetings, an informational folder is being sent
home with one of your kids today. Please look through the folder right away and
contact one of the members of the committee if you have questions. It is
important to start making contacts to obtain items for the auction soon. Don't
procrastinate - do a few this week! There are flyers in your folder to advertise the
auction. Please place those in your church and any other businesses/locations
that will allow postings. Auction Committee Members - Jani Dahlin, Becky
Whitehurst, Stacey Davis, Stacey Ryal & Tracie VandenBerg
The updated amount raised from the Fall Banquet is $27, 236! Awesome job,
everyone!
Noon Dismissal/End of 2nd Qtr.
JANUARY 17
Game vs. Ames Vision @ Boone 10 a.m.
Game vs. Floyd Lighthouse @ Boone 2 p.m.
JANUARY 23
Basketball Game vs. Floyd Lighthouse
JANUARY 30-31
Basketball Tournament in Cedar Rapids
February 3
Basketball Game @ Hardin County
February 6
Basketball Game @ Independence
February 9
Soup Supper | 5-7 pm.
February 10
Board Meeting 6 p.m.
February 17-20
FROM THE TEACHERS
Grades 3 & 4
Memory Verses: Psalm 27:1-3
Bible Topic: Saul and David (1Sam:16-19)
Wednesday: Reading Test
Thursday: Science Test
Friday: Social Studies Test
Grades 5 & 6
Memory Verse: Philippians 2:1-4
Bible Topic: Renewal of the
Covenant (Nehemiah 9-10)
Grades 7 & 8
Bible Topic: Matt. 26-28
MV Quiz on Wednesday
Iowa Assessments Testing
Bring 50¢ and wear a hat to
support our World Vision child,
Al Santos!
January 19-23
Monday: Cowboy Hat
Tuesday: Baseball Cap
Wednesday: Crazy Hat
Thursday: Animal Theme Hat
Friday: Choice of Hat
March 7
Annual Auction @ Willowbrook Mall
March 10
7-12th Grade Science Fair
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January 26-30
Monday: Choice of Hat
Tuesday: Favorite Storybook Character
Wednesday: History Character
Thursday: Super Bowl Day
Friday: School Colors/Apparel
»Pep rally after lunch to send off basketball team for their
tournament. Coach Zach Lewison will speak.
“Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
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Chapel Report by Miss Tabitha Ryal
Speaker: Rev. Meester
He spoke about sin and how men see our appearance, but God sees our
heart. I thought it was interesting how he said we all have different types of
sins but God still judges them the same.
Next Week’s Speaker: Pastor Greg Gosnell
FROM THE BOARD
IN THE COMMUNITY
The NICS School Board met on Tuesday evening, January 13.
We welcome Jared Callison as a teacher’s aide for the high school.
He will be teaching Bible and PE in the afternoons. We are excited
to have him join our staff.
Due to all the time off last week with the snow and cold, we will be
having school on President’s Day, Feb 16. This will leave us with 3
1/3 hours for another late start or early dismissal. Any further time off
will need to be made up.
The site visit for accreditation has been moved to April 14-16. This
was a request by Christian Schools International, not wanting to
have to travel to Iowa from Michigan in February. Our site visit chair
is Alice Spaanstra.
Amy Markham has agreed to help out with grant writing for the
school. Thank you, Amy!
The basketball team has had a donation of five game basketballs
and a portable basketball hoop. Be sure to check it out next time
you are at school. We are grateful for the support of our
community here in Mason City.
Our administrator, Janna Voss, gave a written evaluation of each of
the teachers. She plans to return this spring for another round of
observations.
The next school board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February
10, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
Dar Veach
Head Teacher
“Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
January 17: Annual Ice
Fishing Derby
Lester Milligan Park (Blue Pit) South Pierce
Ave. Bring the family ice fishing! MC
Recreation Department will provide
refreshments to those in attendance and
there will be IA DNR volunteers on hand to
help. This is a free event, but anglers must be
properly licensed. Children under 16 years of
age are not required to have a license if
fishing with a licensed adult and together
their daily limit is five trout.
January 22: 13 Week Winter
Chess Club
Every Thursday starting January 8th through
March 26th, 2015 from 4:00-5:00pm Faith
Baptist Church offer a 13 week chess club.
Third grade and above who already knows
how to play chess can come. The cost is
free. Bring your own chess set. Please call
(641) 423-5793 if you have questions. Faith
Baptist Church is located at 1807 S. Kentucky
Ave., Mason City, Iowa 50401.
January 24: Kid's Karnival
Southbridge Mall, 100 South Federal Carnival
activities including crafts, games, door
prizes, and entertainment. Lots of indoor fun
for the family from 11am to 2pm.
January 31 Winter Festival
Lime Creek Nature Center, 3501 Lime Creek
Road, 641-423-5309; 1 - 4 pm. Beat the
winter blahs with an adventure-packed
afternoon. Enjoy cross-country skiing,
snowshoe hikes, a winter scavenger hunt,
crafts, games, woodcarving demonstrations
and marshmallow/hot dog roasting over a
campfire. Pre-registration required, children
must be accompanied by an adult. Free for
members, $3 for non-members
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For January 19-23
***Remember: Anything on this page is an idea for the MYSTERY BAG! ***
NO TAKE HOME FOLDERS AT END OF SEMESTER
ALL GRADES
WELCOME KINDERGARTENERS TO 2ND SEMESTER AND EVERY DAY KINDERGARTEN!
Starting Monday, January 19, we will see you Monday-Friday! Oh, what fun we will have!
WELCOME KIARRA HESTON, who will be working in our classroom every day from 11:15 to 11:50. Kiarra
is a ninth grader who has future plans to be an elementary teacher. Kiarra helped with the art clubs last
year and did a fantastic job working with the K-2 group and all the young children.
BIBLE
Memory Verse: Romans 8:28
Topic: God’s Plan for His people – Freedom from Slavery
GRADE-SPECIFIC STUDY TOPICS
Kindergarten:
 Writing and identifying sounds of G, l, ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ
 Word families: _ag, _eg, _it, _ip, _et, _ick, _id, _and
 Story of Queen Esther
1st Grade:
 Learning to write descriptive sentences
 Nehemiah’s journey
 Review sounds of long and short vowels
 Service words: great, another, watch, America,
very
 Learning soft “c” and hard “c” words
2nd Grade:
 Please help your child choose an appropriate
book that has never been read by them for a
book report. It needs to be at least 15-20 pages
long. We will be working on it during English
class at school.
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Service Word: good
Math: counting objects to 20 and writing numbers
10-20
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Singular and plural words
Math: money 50¢ and $1.00
o Finding ¼ of a group
o Adding three single digit numbers
Spelling: Review test over lessons 12-16, only one
test this week on Thursday
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Math: borrowing from the hundreds digit, counting
by ½, reading a pictograph, borrowing from tens
and hundreds digits
Spelling: List #17 saw, draw, pause, lawn, ought,
paws, taught, bought, straw, thought, because,
caught, brought, August, sure, goes
o Challenge words: energy, divide
“Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
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