April 2014

Colfax-Mingo Community School District Newsletter

Tigerhawk TalkThe Colfax-Mingo Spring Dance Team Show was held at the Colfax-Mingo

HS Sunday, March 16 and was enjoyed by many. Sydney McLaughlin began the event by singing the “National Anthem.” The weather cooperated for all attending. Baxter and PCM Drill Teams both performed and entertained the crowd. Many parents and grandparents alike attended to watch the children perform. Pre-K, Kindergarten and First Graders performed to “Do You Believe in Magic?” Second, Third & Fourth Graders performed to “This Ole Boy,” with some young gentlemen joining in on that performance. The Fifth & Sixth Graders performed to “Cruising for a Bruising.” Willa Colville entertained the crowded gymnasium singing, “Rollin In The Deep.” Colfax Mingo High School students Eva Donnermayer and Chris Stuva also provided some stand up entertainment to the evening event with their speech and poetry. The only senior of the Drill Team, Jade Lewis, was spotlighted by the Drill Team and Coach Lori Pease. The Drill Team’s fathers wowed the crowd when joining their daughters in a routine, “Sharp Dressed Man!” The event was videoed by Ethan Opfer and Rachel Savage took the photographs. Cameron Lantry announced the show. Thanks to all who participated, along with the parents and relatives who worked hard on decorations and tear down. Thank you also to Mr. Grife and Mr. Jones who both were in attendance and added support in many areas. (See photos on pages 8 and 9.)

Students attend South Central District FFA convention

(Front, from left) Kayley VanMaaren, Mahayla Hill, Jessica Albright, Amy Russell, Brooke Nicholson, Alexis Bucklin, Carley Hodgson; (back, from left) Breawna Schroder, Logan Derry, Gabe Simpson, Trent Owens, Ty Carlson, Keagan Smith, Nate Smith, Jacob Lietz, Jared Myers, MaCauley Mosher, Colin Lourens, Anna Baldwin (See story on page 5).

Colfax-Mingo HS Dance Spring Show a great success

Colfax-Mingo high school stu-dents are be-coming more familiar with the German language and culture t h a n k s t o exchange student Eva Donnermayer. Eva is from Puchheim, Germany which is a suburb of Munich. She arrived in Colfax on November 20, 2013 and became a student at Colfax-Mingo at the start of the second semester. Eva is

Willkommen Eva

WillkommenSee Page 7

February Kids of Character (Preschool-First Grade) Krissy Snow, Charlie Stadelmann, Bennie Lind, Victoria Woods, Luke Padgett, Aiden Lewis, Jacob Riddle, Teagan Webb, Malik Nettles, Myli McDonald, Tristian Lewis, Addalyn Bruns, Andrew Cordova, Berkley Jobe, Aryana Johnson, Owen Ament, Karmylia Snyder, Shae Wilkins, Cheyenne Vanderleest.

(Second-Fourth Grade) Trys-tin Anderson, Jase McDon-ald, Quentin Noftsger, Jaxson Kerby, Jared Lewis, McK-enna Heisler, Andrew Tweed-ale, Dylan Zuck, Abi Rawlins, Quinlin Smith, Dawson Parks, Nevaeh Danley, Lynn Lincoln, Tanner Gorman, McKinzie Brosdahl, Colton Lind, Brayden Bill, Samantha Smith, Peyton Wright.

(Fifth & Sixth Grade) Eliza-beth Collins, Avery Lees, Isaac Wood, Lillie McKee, Jared Gorman, Dylan Miller, Judd Pierce, Kolbe McKee, Elizabeth McGruder, Andrew Meinhart, Austin Wilkins-Elliott, Eli Steen-hoek, Summer Weber

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News and NotesColfax-Mingo Elementary By Principal

Brian Summy

What’s happening in Profes-sional Development: The theme for March has been technology and reading. Thursday, March 6th was a full day of professional develop-ment. Steven Hopper from the AEA came out and spent the entire morning with the staff talking about instructional technology. Topics included:

• How do we begin to prepare for a 1:1 teaching environment?

• What does it mean to practice “grounded technology integration”?

• What are some strategies for effectively managing behavior in a 1:1 classroom”?

• How do we expand the walls of the classroom using digital com-munication tools?

• How can I use technology to gather formative assessment data about students?

The staff learned about differ-ent websites and tools to use in the classroom. Staff were to choose a resource to use in their classroom before spring break. After that, talk with a teammate about how it worked, what went well, and how did it enhance learning in their classroom.

The afternoon of March 6th in-cluded presentations from two read-ing companies. We are planning a K-6 adoption for the 14-15 school year. I am hoping the staff can make a decision before spring break.

Professional development on March 12th included additional training on using Smart Boards in the classroom.

Elementary Track & Field Day is Friday, May 9th (Rain Date is Monday, May 12th)

Grades 3-6 will be in the morn-ing and Kindergarten-second in the afternoon.

Track & Field Day will be at the Jr/Sr High School.

The last couple of years the special education pro-gram has been working with Vocational Rehabilitation to help our students out after they leave high school. One thing that has been pointed out to us is that this program is not just for special educa-tion students so we would like to share this resource with the community so more students may be considered

eligible for the type of help they provide. If you feel your child might qualify, Voc Re-hab suggests that they do the eligibility forms sophomore year in high school.

The purpose of Voc Rehab is to work with individuals who have disabilities to reach their employment goals. These disabilities need to be documented physical, men-tal, or emotional disabilities

which make it difficult for you to get, keep, or prepare for employment. Age is not a factor when it comes to be-ing eligible for their services either so you don’t need to be in high school to seek as-sistance.

Examples of the physical, mental, or emotional dis-abilities include but are not limited to:

• ADD/ADHD

• Anxiety disorders (OCD, PTSD, Panic)

• Arthritis• Asthma• Autism• Cancer• Diabetes• Drug abuse or de-

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A look insideJunior-Senior High School

ReHABiliTATionSee Page 5

Jade Lewis# of year involved in

track: 3 yearsEvents: Shot PutGreatest track mem-

ory: Running the 4x100 with all of the throwing girls at Newton

High School Activi-ties: Volleyball, Bas-ketball, Softball, Track, Dance Team, NHS, Spanish Club, & Student Council

Future Plans: Attend Southeastern Commu-nity College and play volleyball

Anna Baldwin# of year involved in

track: 4 yearsEvents: 100m, 200m,

Sprint medley, 4x100, 4x200, & Distance med-ley

Greatest track memo-ry: Making it to state in 3 events my freshmen year

High School Activi-ties: FFA, 4-H, Basket-

ball, Volleyball, & TrackFuture Plans: Go to

Iowa State and major in agronomy

Donita Fatland# of year involved in

track: 2 yearsEvents: 4x800, Open

800, & 1500Greatest track mem-

ory: Being the only one who loves falling down the pool hill and tripping Kennedi during practice. + RUNNING!

High School Ac-tivities: Spanish Club, Speech, Piano, NHS, Band, Choir, Cross Coun-try, & Track

Future Plans: Go to McNally-Smith College of Music

Jena Teed# of year involved in

track: 4 yearsEvents: DiscusGreatest track memo-

ry: Holding the blocks for

Hailey Summy, Meghan Parman, and Katie Stuva

High School Activi-ties: Basketball, Track, Softball, NHS, Spanish Club, & Speech

Future Plans: Attend Iowa State University and major in elementary education

Kayla VanDusseldorp# of year involved in

track: 4 yearsEvents: Shot PutGreatest track memo-

ry: Climbing trees during practice

High School Activi-ties: Band, Choir, NHS, Spanish Club, Volleyball, Basketball, & Track

Future Plans: Attend Coe College

Tessa DeKock# of year involved in

track: 4 yearsEvents: 4x800, Shut-

tle Hurdle, & Shot PutGreatest track memo-

ry: Running hurdles as a joke and having it become a reality.

High School Activi-ties: NHS, Student Coun-cil, Speech, Band, Soccer, Track, & Volleyball

Future Plans: Attend the University of Min-nesota and major in phar-macy

Bryanna Bill# of year involved in

track: 3 yearsEvents: Hurdles &

SprintsGreatest track mem-

ory: When I fell over the hurdle and just walked off the track because I didn’t know what to do next.

High School Activi-ties: Spanish Club & Track

Future Plans: Attend DMACC and become a surgical tech.

Colfax-Mingo: Girls Track & Field2014 Senior Spotlight

2014 Girls Track & Field Seniors (back row, from left) Bryanna Bill, Jade Lewis, Kayla VanDusseldorp; (front row) Jena Teed, Tessa De Kock, Donita Fat-land, Anna Baldwin

Should You Consider Vocational Rehabilitation?

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On Thursday, February 20th, the Colfax-Mingo 7th and 8th graders had their an-nual Science Fair. The Sci-ence Fair was judged in the two areas of physical and biological science. 74 projects were entered into this year’s fair. Judging was based on 5 categories of creativity, sci-entific method, experimental procedure, board design and oral presentation. Judges came from Central College of Pella, DMACC of Newton, Iowa State Extension Office, Iowa Science Center and Rehabili-tation Acceleration. 7th and 8th grade science teacher, Tim McCloud, is quoted as saying, “This was a great Science Fair! We had a great number of proj-ects and really great judges. Today was a great success for our junior high students.”

Colfax-Mingo Junior High Science Fair

Seventh grade placed Eighth grade placed

Seventh grade Eighth grade

The Iowa Legislature passed the Iowa 2013 Education Reform Legislation during the 2013 legisla-tive session. Part of that legislation included the Teacher Leadership and Compensation Plan. The legislature has appropriated $50 million each year for the next three years so that all schools in the state will have an approved plan by the 2016-17 school year. $150 million will be appropriat-ed after the initial three year period to sustain the legislation. Colfax-Mingo Community Schools will receive ap-proximately $230,000 each year. The additional funding can only be used for the implementation of the Teacher Leadership and Compensation Plan.

The intent of the legislation is to:• Collaboratively create a

transformative system of teacher leadership and accompanying com-pensation that will…

• improve classroom instruc-

tion through professional growth• raise student achievement• attract promising new teach-

ers to the district and profession• retain effective teachers with

enhanced career opportunities• foster more collaboration

among professionals

5 “Must – Haves” for Local Plans• Minimum salary of $33,500• For new teachers: additional

coaching, mentoring, and opportuni-ties for observing instructional prac-tice

• Differentiated, multiple, meaningful teacher leadership roles

• Rigorous selection process for leadership roles

• Aligned professional devel-opment

Requirements to Hold a Leader-ship Position

• Hold a valid Iowa teaching license

• Have a minimum of three years of teaching experience

• Have worked as a certified employee for a minimum of one year in the district

We have been working to develop our district plan for the past several months. In order to develop a plan that best meets the needs of our stu-dents and staff we are asking that you fill out a very brief survey* so we have parent and community input in order to appropriately focus our planning. The paper copy of the survey can be dropped off at any school office or mailed to the central office at 204 N. League Rd., Colfax, IA 50054. There is also a Survey Monkey link on our website at www.colfax-mingo.k12.ia.us if you would like to complete the survey electronically. Thank you for your help with this project.

Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC)

* Survey inCLuded in THiS newSLeTTer

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O n M a r c h 8, CM sent 19 m e m b e r s t o compete at dis-trict convention i n C h a r i t o n . There were 37 schools compet-ing at this event. There were nine teams or indi-v idua l s com-peting in every contest, with the top two in each contest qualify for state.

Participating in the Agricul-ture Issues and Perception con-test were the following members: Anna Baldwin, MaCauley Mosher, Nate Smith, Alexis Bucklin, Amy Russell and Brook Nicholson . The i r 12 minute presentation was on caged chickens vs. free range. They placed third, received a gold rating, and are an al-ternate to state conven-tion. The parliamentary procedure team consist-ing of Carley Hodgson, Keagan Smith, Breawna

Schroder, Logan Derry and Trent Owens placed fourth and also received a gold rating. They per-formed five abilities and items of business. The junior conduct of meet-ings team included the following seven sopho-mores: Mahayla Hill , Jacob Lietz, Colin Lou-rens, Ty Carlson, Kayley Van Maraan, Gabe Simp-son and Jessica Albright. They performed FFA opening ceremonies, two

items of business and abilities, and closing cer-emonies. They received a silver rating and placed sixth overall. Serving as a chapter delegate was sophomore Jared Myers. Unable to participate in Ag Broadcasting because of an illness was junior member Cameron Lantry.

The Colfax-Mingo FFA chapter will be hav-ing their 65th annual banquet at 6 p.m., May 25 at the fairgrounds.

South Central district FFA convention

pendence• Eating disorders• Hearing impairments• Learning disabilities• Mental Health (anxi-

ety, depression, bipolar, bor-derline)

• Vision disordersSome of the services they

provide include Assessments, Career Counseling and Guidance, Training Options, Employment Assistance, and Assistive Tech-nology. For Assessments they do on the job evaluation, arrange job shadowing, and arrange informa-tional interviewing. For Career Counseling and Guidance they help you research employment and college options and help with self-advocacy. For Training Op-tions they provide assistance with community colleges, universities, vocational schools, Job Corps, etc., and help with financial as-sistance for post-secondary edu-cation. For Employment Assis-tance they will assist you finding employment, writing resumes, filling out applications, arrange on-the-job-training, help in a job search, assist with purchasing tools/equipment needed for work, and arrange job coaching and supported employment services. For Assistive Technology they can help with financial assistance purchasing assistive technology like hearing aids, prosthetic de-vices and mobility aids.

As a special education depart-ment, we can easily refer our students to voc rehab because of the IEP but we don’t necessarily know who else we can refer that might fall under any of the above categories.

For more information you can visit their website: http://www.ivrs.iowa.gov/. Next fall at Par-ent Teacher Conferences we plan on inviting Voc Rehab to come and talk to anyone that may be interested in their services.

RehabilitationContinued from Page 3

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The Colfax-Min-go High School is excited to announce the students that were recognized as January and February’s Stu-dents of the Month. Teachers from each department were asked to nominate a student they felt was deserving of this rec-ognition. The criteria for the award is based on academic success, good citizenship and positive leadership in the classroom. In addition, a Principal’s Award has been es-tablished and is de-signed to recognize those students who go above and beyond through community service projects, help-ing other students, or by doing special projects that help those in and around our community. The Principal’s Award is selected by members of the administrative offices.

Winners for the months of January and February are:• Agriculture- Ma-Cauley Mosher &

Anna Baldwin• Art- Cheyenne Lloyd & Cassidy Booher• Business- Kennedi Hostetter & Dakota Hostetter• English- Brandon Byal & Kathryn Vry• Family and Con-sumer Science- Chey-enne Lloyd• Industrial Technol-ogy- Ashley Pierce & Jaden Rusk• Math- Libby Cooper & Amy Russell• Music- Kayla Van Dusseldorp & Chris Warner• Physical Education- Nate Smith & Blake Summy• Science- Jaden Rusk & Marcus Maple • Social Studies- Dustin Vanderweide & Kelsi Young• Spanish- Cole Sch-roder-Kelly & Rea-gan Nichol• Principal’s Award- Kendra Young, Brit-tany Garrett, & Rya Anderson

Congratulations to these students on their achievements. Keep up the good work Ti-gerhawks!

Students of the Month Announced

January High School Students of the Month

February High School Students of the Month

(Left) January Jr. High School Students of the Month

(Right) Febru-ary Jr. High School Stu-dents of the Month

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staying with junior Olivia Maggard and her family until the end of May.

When Eva was asked about how her experience has been so far she replied with, “I like everything here! The school and the things inside of it like the choir, teachers, students, and the track team. I love my host family and enjoy visiting Des Moines also!” One thing that Eva does not like is that she doesn’t have a driver’s license so she always needs to get a ride from someone. Eva says that the biggest difference between the United States and Germany is the cities and towns are built differently. In Germany there are more old build-ings and they are closer together while the towns and buildings are spread out more in the United States.

America seems to live up to a common stereotype with Eva noting that everything is bigger here from our stores and malls, to the meals, and even the drinking cups (the biggest cup size in Germany is about twenty ounces.) America also has more fast food chains which also holds true to the stereotype that even American’s themselves are bigger! One common stereotype of Americans is that they are rude to strangers but Eva says that is not true from her experience as all Americans she has come in contact with have been very helpful and welcoming.

Eva noted that the difference be-tween school in America and school in Germany is that Germany is harder and the students cannot choose the classes they take throughout the school year. She loves how teach-ers and students in America have a more personal relationship than in Germany. Also, in Germany they do not have all the sports in school that we do in America, which Eva enjoys. She is taking advantage of this by participating in track this spring. The students and teachers enjoy having Eva here at the Colfax-Mingo and want to tell Eva “danke” for sharing your experiences with us!

WillkommenContinued from Front Page

FFABy Carley Hodgson

Throughout the year the Colfax-Mingo FFA students have been attending vari-ous conferences and competitions. Since January the chapter has been working and preparing for their sub-districts competition. Sub-districts were held at Newton High School on Monday, February 24th and had about thirteen schools competing. Colfax-Mingo sent fourteen students to the competition to represent the local chapter.

The chapter had students participate in parliamentary procedure, junior conduct, ag broadcasting, and exempt speaking. Parliamentary procedure and junior conduct are contests in which the contestants act as if they are in an official meeting to demonstrate proper procedures such as bring up and disposing of motions. Keagan Smith, Logan Derry, Trent Owens, Carley Hodgson, and Breawna Schroder are the students that participated in parliamentary procedure while Kayley Van Maaren, Jacob Lietz, Mahayla Hill, Jessica Albright, Colin Lourens, Ty Carlson, and Gabe Simpson were all on the junior conduct team. Cameron Lantry represented the chapter in the individual category of ag broadcasting. Participants in this category are given agricultural related news stories and are required to read them as if they were radio broadcasters. Brandon Byal also competed individually in the exempt speaking category. Exempt speaking is when participants are given 30 minutes to prepare a persuasive speech on one of three assigned agricultural topic and deliver that speech to a panel of judges.

All participates did a great job representing the Colfax-Mingo FFA chapter with the parliamentary procedure team, junior conduct team, and ag broadcasting team all advancing to districts on March 8th in Chariton. If students in these events receive a gold rating at districts the teams will advance on to the state competition which is held in Ames this year. Good luck at districts!

Nineteen students from the biol-ogy class at Colfax-Mingo were given the chance to attend the Iowa Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, which was held in Iowa City on Febru-ary 27th and 28th. Students started out the day by hearing from keynote speak-ers and then participated in various labs that were available on campus from the science, technology, engineering, phar-macy, and mathematics departments. Students also had the opportunity to hear research projects that were pre-sented by other high school students, which provided a chance to learn more about how high school students can make a difference through science. This educational trip was a great chance for students to acquire information on future scientific fields that they may be considering. Many students that at-tended said they would like to go again next year and recommended this trip

to the freshmen, who will be given the opportunity to attend the symposium next year.

C-M students search for career paths at Science Symposium

By Gabe Simpson

Community Service day Projects Needed

The PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Supports) team at the high school is focused on helping students become respectful and responsible citizens. Because of this, the PBIS team is again organiz-ing the annual spring community service day to help teach students the importance of giving back to their community. The cleanup day is scheduled for the morning of April 23 and the team is working with the city to coordinate projects for students and staff to complete.

Last year students completed several projects at Lewis Park, the cemetery, fair grounds, and numerous other places around Colfax as well as Mingo and Valeria. In the past the high school has had great success with cleaning yards for the senior citizens in the district and that is the hope again this year. If you are interested in having a group of students come to your house to work or you know of a senior citizen that could benefit from this service you can contact the Colfax-Mingo Jr. Sr. High School office at 674-4111 with your name, address, and phone number and a member from the PBIS team will contact you for more details. Other clean up ideas from community members are welcome as well. We look forward to providing this valuable experience again for our students and are excited for the opportunity to give back to our community.

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Open for BusinessBy Corey Jones

Since the beginning of the semester the students in the entrepreneurship class have been learning how to run their own busi-nesses. During the week of March 10th, the students got to apply what they have been learning by operating their own businesses. The students broke up into five groups with each group coming up with their own ideas of what they thought would be a success with the high school students. One group sold breakfast foods like pancakes, bacon, and eggs while other groups sold various desserts like oreo balls, peanut butter balls, puppy chow, and drinks. When Gabe Simp-son, one of the boys selling the breakfast items, was asked what he thought about this project he said, “It was interesting to see how things would work out, we didn’t know how many people would show up, so it was hard to plan how much food we would need for the day. I learned that it is a big commitment to have to get up in the morn-ing and run a business to make sure things run smoothly. We had to spend a lot of time comparing prices before we even opened to make sure we were getting the best deal possible so that we could still make a profit while providing our customers with a quality product at a reasonable price.”

In past years the most successful student-run businesses have made around $70 for the week but “The Breakfast Club”, consisting of sophomores Jacob Lietz and Gabe Simp-son, crushed the previous record by profiting almost $300, which the students get to split. When entrepreneurship teacher Mrs. Snyder was asked why she let the groups keep the money that they made she said, “I wanted this experience to be as close to running their own business as possible. The biggest moti-vator of owning your own business is getting to keep the profits. Students had to pay for any expenses that they had, but if they came up with a good idea and were successful I felt that they should be rewarded like they would in the real world.” Mrs. Snyder jok-ingly said, “Maybe next year I should be like Uncle Sam and make the students pay taxes on their profits to make it even more similar to how business ownership really works.” Several students are already talking about taking the class next year and are thinking of products they could sell to set a new record!

Spring Show

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Communicable and infectious diseases

If you divide the circumfer-ence of the sun by its diameter, what will you have? Pi in the sky! Did you know “I prefer pi” is a palindrome? And to date, the record for calculating pi, as of 2010, is to 5 trillion digits.

March 14 (3/14), my class-es took a break from their love

of Saxon math and celebrated “Pi Day”. It’s become a tradi-tion over the years and the kids seem to enjoy it.

During class, we did a project that revolves around Pi. The upper level classes did a project to determine why a pop can is the size and shape it is and my other classes did a

project in which they discover Pi. They measure the circum-ference and diameter and then they use a ratio of the measure-ments to see that it creates Pi.

To make the day even more enjoyable, I provided each class with a pie from Village Inn. They will usually chip into to buy more pies or they

made their own pie to share with the class.

It is a fun day and I’m glad that we take a break from the normal ins and outs of the math. They get to see how Pi impacts everyday life and is such an interesting number as well as enjoy some good ol’ pie! Happy π Day to all!

Pi dayby Merilee Fenton

Congratulations to the 2014 C-M Speech Team members, who compiled one of their best records ever, at the state level. Sixteen of their twenty-three acts earned #1 ratings Saturday at

north Scott High School. Leading the way were Sydney McLaughlin and Cole Schroder-Kelly with double #1 ratings. Joining them were donita Fatland, Juan Gonzales, Chris Stuva, Jena Teed, Cassie Craig,

Cameron Lantry, eva donnermayer, Olivia Ginther, Olivia Maggard, Kelsi young, Jacob Lietz, and emily Taylor.

All speakers can be very proud of their performances. Great Job!

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April

PLEASE NOTE: Updated notices and district school corrections & changes will be placed on the ‘District’ website under the NOTICE link. The posting date will also appear there.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Spring Break

2

3 5th & 6th Grade Honor Choir to Indianola leaving at noon

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5 State HS Small Group Festival @ Colfax-Mingo

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7 Registration for incoming 7th & 8th graders 6:30 pm in Jr/Sr HS Cafeteria

8 6th Grade Honor Band to PCM HS B&G Track @ Monroe 5 pm

9 Professional Development Early Dismissal

10 HS TAG students to Iowa State

11 HS Boys Track @ Baxter 4:30 pm HS Girls Track Ballard @ Huxley 5 pm

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13 HS National Honor Society Induction 2 pm HS Cafeteria

14 Elementary Springbrook Field Trip HS B&G Track @ Baxter 4:30 pm

15 Elementary Springbrook Field Trip

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17 HS Boys Track @ Saydel 5 pm HS Girls Track @ Ogden 4:30 pm JH Track @ Baxter 4:30 pm

18 Good Friday NO SCHOOL

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20 Easter Sunday

21 HS Boys Track @ VanMeter 4:30 pm School Board Mtg 7 pm Jr/Sr HS Media Center

22 HS Girls Track @ Montezuma 4:30 pm

23 Drake Relays Professional Development Early Dismissal

24 Drake Relays HS Boys Track @ Martensdale 5 pm HS Girls Track @ Baxter 4:30 pm JH Track @ Bondurant-Farrar 4:30 pm

25 Drake Relays

26 Drake Relays HS PROM

27 Drake Relays

28 HS Girls Track @ Monroe 5 pm

29 HS Boys Track @ Eddyville- Blakesburg Fremont 4:30 pm JH Track @ No Polk Alleman 4:30 pm

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April Colfax-Mingo Menu K-12 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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No School Spring Break

1

2 B-Cereal/Toast

Cheeseburger

Potato Wedges Baked Beans

Rosy Applesauce Milk

3 B- Bagel

Meat Ball Sub Seasoned Peas

Vegetable Choice Mandarin Oranges

Rice Crispy Bar Milk

4 B-Breakfast Pizza

Salisbury Steak

Two Potato Mash Green Beans Biscuit & Jelly

Pineapple Milk

7 B-Cereal Bar

Quesadilla

Tossed Salad w/ Romaine

Fresh Broccoli Mixed Fruit

Milk

8 B-French Toast Sticks

Pizza Burger

Green Pepper Sticks & Carrots

Baked Beans Banana

Milk

9 B-Biscuit & Gravy

Chicken Nuggets Mashed Potatoes Vegetable Salad

Wheat roll Pears Milk

10 B- Yogurt & Granola

Soft Shell Taco (Elem) Walking Taco (MS/HS) Lettuce/Tomato/Cheese

Green Beans Rice

Applesauce Milk

11 B-Cooks’ Choice

Pizza Corn

Vegetable Choice Mandarin Oranges

Milk

14 B-Omelet/Toast

Chicken Patty w/ Bun

Tater Rounds Mini Carrots

Peaches Milk

15 B-Coffee Cake

Cavatini

Garden Salad Green Beans

Breadstick (7-12) Apple Milk

16 B-Sausage & Pancake

on a Stick

Hotdog Curly FF

Broccoli w/ Cheese Grapes

Milk

17 B-Waffles

Crispito w/ Cheese

Refried Beans Corn

Pineapple Cookie

Milk

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No School

21 B-Bagel

Cooks’ Choice

22 B- Breakfast Sandwich

Spaghetti

Mixed Greens Salad Seasoned Peas

Garlic Bread Pears Milk

23 B- Yogurt & Granola

Chicken Wrap

Lettuce & Tomato Mini Carrots

Hawkeye Salad Rice

Banana Milk

24 B- Cooks’ Choice

Shrimp Poppers

Mashed Potatoes Corn

Wheat Roll Orange Wedges

Milk

25 B-Cereal/Toast

Chicken Melt

Tri Tater Green beans Applesauce

Milk

28 B- French Toast Sticks

Corndog

Potato Salad Baked Beans

Mandarin Oranges Milk

29 B-Granola Bar

Bean & Beef Burrito

Tossed Salad Corn

Rice (MS/HS) Mixed Fruit

Milk

30 B-Combo Bar

Cheeseburger

Lettuce & Tomato French Fries

Broccoli Salad Peaches

Milk

*Additional fruit choice is offered daily at the HS *Milk (skim, chocolate skim & 1%) *Menu is subject to change

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