Daily Announcements

5/18/2012

8th- 11th gradeVolleyball girls please check your email that you wrote down on the sheet in the office.  There is some information pertaining to the summer volleyball league.  If you did not get an email come see me.  I might have put your email in wrong because truth is... some of them are hard to read even with glasses!!!  Thanks!! Kathy

West Harrison Special Olympics won 1st place in their Bocce Ball competetion.

Team members are, Quinton Viereck, KariAnn McCall, Chris Davenport, Corbin Pavlik, and Vivian Stolz

Way to go Hawkeyes!

There will be a football meeting for 8^th – 11^th grade Monday at 11:05 in media center. Report to your SSR class and then go to the meeting.

PE lockers need to be cleaned out by the end of the day Tuesday (5-22).  Mr. Maasen will be here on Monday to check in locks.  If you don't have him for class you may check yours in any other period during the day on Monday besides open gym time.  Anything left in your lockers after Tuesday will be given to good will as lockers will be wiped down and disinfected over the summer.  You will be issued new locks/lockers in the fall.  

The weight room will be closed on Friday.  The weight room will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next week at the regular time.

7th & 8th Grade art students: Please come and pick up your artwork before the last day of school!

Reed money is needed from the following people:  Darby R., Owen S., Dezi S., Courtney F., Tia P., Maggie L., Cody D., and Erik E.,

8^th-11^th grade boys interested in going out for football next fall there is a sign up sheet in the office.

Jr. High track boys need to get their sweats and uniforms turned in as soon as possible. 

Summer Weightlifting Program will begin Thursday, May 24^th at 5:30 p.m. and run through July 27th.  Check information sheets posted throughout the school and the school website for more info.

There is a sign up sheet for any 6th - 11th grader who might be interested in going out for Cross Country next year.  If you are even thinking about it but not sure yet, please sign up!  Information will be sent during July.  Any questions ask Coach Kandi Baxter

Students:  You are invited to a graduation party for Ashton Rhodes following graduation ceremony at 204 North Vine St. Mondamin.

Monsanto Corn Research Station located in Blair Nebraska is now taking applications for summer work.  As a summer employee of Monsanto you will be pollinating corn NOT detasseling. If you are 14 and older and interested in earning $7.50 per hour working 3 to 4 weeks starting in July, pick up an application in the school counselor's office.  Or you may stop by at 124 East Grant Street in Blair to pick up an application. For more information call Monsanto at 402-533-2003 ext 35.

Good luck to the high school boys’ track and field team at the State Track and Field Championships today, Friday and Saturday!  We are all very proud of you and your accomplishments.  GO HAWKEYES!!

April Golden Hawkeye Winners

Front L-R: Isaiah, Evan, Ben, Jessica

Back L-R: Michael, Tabi, Emilee, Chance

(Absent: Stephanie)

There will be an academic award assembly at 2PM on Wednesday, May 16 in the gym for grades 7-12.  Perfect attendance and citizenship awards will be awarded and teachers will be presenting awards to students in their classes.  Parents are welcome to attend.  

Click here for more pictures.

Lunch Slips

Charging for lunch or breakfast is not allowed during the month of May. Payment reminders are being sent before your child runs out of money.

If your child is out of money a cheese sandwich and milk will be offered for lunch.

You can check your child’s lunch balance on Power School by clicking on the $ sign on the page where you check grades.

If you are unable to send the money when needed, please let one of the secretariesknow when you can send it. We are always willing to work with you if you call.

3rd Quarter Honor Roll

The West Harrison Board of Education would like to make all patrons of the district aware that on the advice of legal counsel from the Iowa Department of Education, students will no longer be doing door-to-door fundraising related to any activities for the West Harrison Community Schools. Door to door fundraising has become a major safety and legal issue for schools; as such we can no longer support this type of fundraising for our programs. There may be other groups who continue door-to-door sales, but no group sanctioned by the school will be selling in this manner.

We would like for our patrons to know some of our programs still rely on fundraising to support them. As such, we will still be providing for fundraisers that patrons may choose to attend, however we would like to provide a different approach also. One of the recommendations that we have received from the public was to accept donations, which could be earmarked for specific programs by the donor, and provide a receipt for tax purposes.

Included with this letter you will find a list of the organizations that have raised funds in the past, and the amounts that they believe they will need to raise for this school year. You may make a donation for a particular group or groups, or a general donation that will be split amongst all organizations.

Thank you for your understanding. Please feel free to contact the school should you have any questions regarding this matter.

Respectfully,

Joel Foster
Superintendent

Post Prom meetings will be held the 1st Wednesday of every month in the commons at 6:30 all juniors parents/grandparents/kids are welcome to attend.

The West Harrison Booster Club is looking for new members. In the past the club has worked at the football, softball/baseball concession stands and sold West Harrison clothing.  The money earned through these functions has been spent on uniforms, athletic equipment, elementary activities, and many other items that the students have needed.  If you are interested in joining, please contact any of the below members.

Jeff and Danya Anderson 646-2205
Kent and Jeanette Beebe 645-2914
Matt and Patricia Earlywine 646-2531

WEST HARRISON ALTERNATE BUS ROUTES

In case of inclement weather, West Harrison bus drivers will sometimes use alternate bus routes. This will be announced on the website, TV, and radio when drivers are only using the alternate routes. Please click on the following attachment so you know where your pickup or dropoff spot is for your child(ren) when the use of the alternate bus routes goes into effect.

WEST HARRISON AND NO FRILLS ARE WORKING 

TOGETHER TO IMPROVE EDUCATION!

Once again we are asking for your support.  Please send your No Frills “Our Family” product labels to school.  Make sure to include the UPC bar code when you cut or tear them from the product.  The 6-12 Life Skills classroom is collecting labels that we can turn into cash.  For every 500 labels collected West Harrison will receive $25.00 (.05 cents per label) to purchase needed materials (At times, the labels are worth .15 cents per label.)  Our class is also able to use the labels for sorting, cutting, and functional daily living skills activities.  The money we receive will allow us to work on functional skills within our community.  Thank you for working together to build a better education for our children.