This week the freshman Info Tech class played "trash-ketball" in the beginning steps of gathering data. Later they will use the data gathered to learn how to use spreadsheets to manipulate and chart the data.
What an amazing day. We had 5 students earn RARE Awards. One student was a first grade student and this is his 4th RARE award. It was for Empathy for helping his classmate catch up with his work. The other four were all 4th grade students. Mrs. Frey gave two of the awards. The first was to a young man who got his award for all four RARE areas. She said he was patient and kind. The second award from Mrs. Frey was to a young lady for being Empathetic. She is kind toward others. The last two award were given by Mrs Dailey. The first was for a young man who cleaned up his area at lunch then went over and cleaned the first grade area. The second award from Mrs. Dailey was to a young man who helped a kindergarten student pick up something off the floor then helped another kindergarten student find his silverware in the trash can. This is a long post but when you have the amazing students that we do at Stapleton you want everyone to know! Have a great weekend.
A group of students attended a Transition to College event at McCook Community College today. They learned about some of the differences between high school and college, what college life can be like, they enjoyed a tour of the campus, met current students, and were able to explore various academic programs.
Yesterday, a group of seniors spent the day on the north campus of MPCC, taking part in the Applied Tech Day. The students were able to attend a career fair and tour the tech programs available at MPCC. Fields such as HVAC, Diesel Mechanics, Autobody, Electrical, and Building and Construction were all represented. The students gained some valuable career information, chatted with current teachers and students within the programs, and even jumped into some hands-on opportunities.
JH Volleyball players/parents: Please remember to bring all JH VB uniforms to school on Monday Nov 18th. You will receive basketball uniforms only after volleyball uniforms are turned in. Thank you
SUPERINTENDENT'S DESK - You can access this month's article at the link herein: https://www.stapletonschools.org/article/1873710
Winter Sports Picture Day is next Wednesday - See flyer from Nebraska Portraits for details
JH WRESTLING UPDATE: St Patrick's JH Wrestling invite (Monday, November 18th) has been moved to a 3pm start time. Students will leave from Stapleton at 1:15pm on Monday
Third grade is learning all about our community's history. Last week Marcia and Kendra at Creative Printers shared the history with the class. Marcia took us on a walk down Main Street and then we stopped in Creative Printers to take a look at historical articles and photographs. The class loved it! Thank you to Marcia & Kendra for taking time out your day to teach us!
There were six young men and ladies from the 6th grade that stayed after the assembly to clean up and put up chairs. The six of them earned RARE awards for being empathetic to the adults that were there to clean up the gym and to help out the older students who were also helping clear the gym. They worked hard and we had the gym cleared in 20 minutes. They were amazing.
I would like to give a shout out to all the junior high and high school students who stayed after the assembly and helped put up chairs and tarps. We had the gym back to normal in 20 minutes. I was very impressed with these young men and ladies.
Events for the week of Nov 11-16;
Monday, Nov 11:
—Veterans Day Program—10:00 am in main gym
—School Board Meeting in Library—7:00 pm
Tuesday, Nov 12:
—JH WR at Hershey—3:00 pm, vans leave at 1:00 pm
Thursday, Nov 14:
—Bloodmobile at Community Building, 11:00 am — 5:00 pm
—JH WR at South Loup—1:00 pm, vans leave at 11:30 am
GO MAVERICKS!!!
This past summer electrical drops were added to the business lab. This eliminated having computers plugged into floor outlets where they were frequently kicked and operating computers would be unplugged. The drops have allowed for a much more organized working environment for the students.
This young man was recognized by an adult in the building for being Empathetic. Miss D noticed this morning that he was very helpful to his brother who is on crutches. He carried his brothers books, got his breakfast tray and helped him with his crutches. When he was receiving his award he told me that this is his second RARE award for being empathetic. I think that is wonderful!
We had 3 RARE awards earned today. The first one was a sixth grade student who is Accountable because he helped a classmate carry things and is always volunteering to help in the classroom. The next two are third grade students . The first one is Respectful because he follows directions right away and uses his manners in class. The second student is Accountable because he uses his class time wisely.
JH Wrestling starts this week and runs through the month of November. Here is a list of events and "current" set times: All times listed are CST Sutherland Invite - Thursday Nov 7th - 2:00pm Hershey Invite - Tuesday Nov 12th - 3:00pm South Loup Invite - Thursday Nov 14th - 1:00pm NPSP Invite - Monday Nov 18th - 4pm Mullen Invite - Friday Nov 22nd - 11:00am (10:00 mst) Perkins Co Invite - Monday Nov 25 - 2:30pm( 1:30 mst) *Please note that times may change - any changes to start times will be sent out as soon as possible*
This week in biology we studied the wonder of the cell membrane. Students were exposed to several different demonstrations and labs to show what happens when you build a consentration on both sides of a semipermiable membrane. In this lab students made a starch water solution and placed it inside a small ziplock and then placed it an iodine solution. Starch will turn purple in the presence of a stach. Stach is a large molecule that cannot penetrate theough the ziplock. Iodine however is small and due to the high concentration of particles in the bag iodine went into the baggie and turned the solution purple.
The Elementary Halloween Parade was held today. Each class took turns marching around the gym and the Stapleton Junior Chamber Members selected the best costume out of each class. Winners received $5 Chamber Bucks.
Kindergarten: Tiernee Martin--Unicorn Ballerina
1st Grade: Trace Stewart--Michael Jackson
2nd Grade: Otis Weekly--Ghostbuster
3rd Grade: Wyatt Daly--Sweedish Chef
4th Grade: Rokker Sierks--Thor
5th Grade: Liam Barnhill--Among Us
6th Grade: Rikki Schaeffer--Hippo Ballerina
Events for the week of Nov 4:
Monday, Nov 4:
—MNAC Choir Festival at Arnold—Concert at 5:30, Van leaves at 8-15 am
Wednesday, Nov 6:
—ASVAB Testing—8:00 am
Thursday, Nov 7:
—JH WR at Sutherland—2:00 pm
Friday, Nov 8:
—Nebr Youth Beef Leadership Symposium at Lincoln
GO MAVERICKS!!
Congratulations to our Red Ribbon Week Coloring and Poster Contest Winners!!!
