WALTHILL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT:
I
really want to thank everyone who attended the Parent / Teacher conferences in
October. The school success depends on
your involvement in your child’s education.
Continue to share with your child the value of good attendance and
importance of an education.
I
encourage you to take time to visit our school and continue supporting our
students in their activities. The
school website is http://walthweb.esu1.org/ I encourage everyone to take time to visit
our website to check on your student’s grades and the success stories of our
students. The school has purchased some
interactive boards for the classroom to help with our academic progress. One of our school goals is to focus on our
reading and math skills. The
interactive boards allow the students to be active in the learning process and
demonstrate their skills without feeling pressured or discouraged about giving
an incorrect answer. The teachers use the boards to see which students have
mastered the objective being taught.
December
and January are busy months for activities in the school. The girls and boys basketball seasons have
begun. Our drama and music departments
are busy in contests. All of this is
going on along with our students finishing up their semester work in the
classrooms. Parent encouragement about
academics is very important at this time.
The
month of December and January can bring about more inclement weather. Continue to watch the local news stations
for any cancellations, early dismissal or late starts.
I hope everyone has a great holiday season with your
children. Put time into your schedule
to play with your child. Listen to
their thoughts and ideas to be a part of their lives.
Sincerely,
Ed Stansberry
The University of Nebraska at Kearney invited our students to assist in their opening ceremonies in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
Thursday,
November 5 three students, Kourtney Merrick, Cameron Freemont, and CJ Free;
drumming teacher, Sam Grant; and administrators, Ed Stansberry and Carol Hilker
were greeted in Kearney by UNK’s multicultural group, the SKINS. We took a short tour of the campus before we
were featured at a Multi-Cultural Event held at the universities downtown
museum. Sam, CJ, and Cameron opened the event with the Flag Song. Then, Mr.
Stansberry and Sam joined two others on a panel discussion. The topic was related to what we as
educators can do to increase the number of Native American students who attend
college. Following the panel discussion
Sam, CJ, and Cameron sang and drummed an Honor Song. We concluded the evening event with Kourtney leading the students
in a round dance.
Friday
morning we met with the director of admissions, had an extended tour of the
campus before meeting in the center of campus at their Bell Tower. Members of the SKINS group read stories and
poems giving honor to the Native Americans of Nebraska. The opening ceremonies were concluded with
Sam playing and singing an Honor Song.
Positive connections were made between UNK students and ours. Members of the SKINS group were making plans before we left for us to join them in the spring for their multi-cultural celebration. They would also like to spend a day with us here in Walthill. This was a rewarding experience for all who attended.
By Carol Hilker
The Walthill Elementary Student Council hosted a Veterans Day Program on Wednesday, November 11th. Several Veterans and community members attended the program as well as the entire school. Veterans brought in the flag to the Umonhon Flag Song, played by the Walthill Alumni Drum Group. Rodney Morris said a prayer and Gary Davis read a story to the students about the Vietnam Wall. The Elementary classes sang the Star Spangled Banner and lead the flag Salute. Mrs. Modlin’s 4th grade class read letters that they wrote to the Veterans and the Student Council read the names of Veterans (that students had turned in to be honored at the program). The program ended with an Honor Song.
Student Council Mrs. Modlin’s 4th Grade
Community members and Teachers that are Veteran’s
Mrs. Burcham’s 2nd
Grade
WOW does the year fly by when you are having fun. We had a
great time on our field trip to Vala’s Pumpkin Patch. Everyone brought
pumpkins back to school. We tried to guess how many seeds were in our
pumpkins, by cleaning them out and counting the seeds. We were all surprised.
Our twelve pumpkins had 7,620 seeds. Our class has studied the life cycle of a butterfly and a
frog. We learned about landform, fossils, dinosaurs, and many other things in
Science. We have studied about communities, neighborhoods, (rural and urban)
and laws in Social Studies. We are awesome at regrouping in Math. Our whole
class likes working on the flipcharts that Mrs. Burcham puts on the board
with the computer. We like going to the board and doing the cool things that
you can do with the flip charts. It doesn’t even seem like we are doing work. |
AUTHORS'
ASSEMBLY
The first Authors' Assembly of this year was held October 31, at 8:15 a.m. in
the school gymnasium. Young authors in grades kindergarten through
sixth grade participated. Students were selected by their teachers to
read their Halloween stories to the audience. Compared to last year's
assemblies, I noticed a huge improvement in the students' ability to project
their voices. We could actually hear them speaking loudly and
clearly. It was so nice to see so many parents attending the assembly and
giving the students their support. Congratulations to all students
and teachers for working so hard and writing so well!
Deb Modlin
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The 5th grade class has been working on their Native American Village projects. The class chose the tribe they wanted to research, read books and looked on the Internet for information. Students used the information to create villages that included the types of homes the tribes lived in, food, weapons, clothing, transportation, and landscapes. Jaeclyn, a fifth grader, stated, “It was kind of hard but once you knew about your tribe it was easier to do it. It is fun to show off what you know by building stuff.” The villages will be on display the first part of December.
The 6th grade class is currently working on their
Egypt projects. This year is different
from other years because on the introduction of flash drives, purchased by the
school. All 5th and 6th
grade students have been provided with a flash drive to use for school
projects. This is important because few
items are saved to a disc or a CD now, and flash drives are being used to
transfer information from one computer to another. The 6th graders researched their topics on the
Internet and also looked for pictures to go along with their facts. The students saved their pictures and their
data on their flash drives and were able to access them from any computer in
order to make edits and changes on their projects. Some students even used them to create the projects. Some students created magazines, baseball
type cards, and even report cards to share the information they gained. Students are also allowed to check out the
flash drives and use them at home.
DeAndre said, “They are cool. We can
save all of our stuff and we don’t have to go back on the same computer if we
need it.” Marguel stated, “I used mine
to create a magazine. It was easier to
go back to print and edit my pages and every thing.”
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Junior
High is a buzz with change and projects. We have recently changed our schedule
to allow two certified teachers in each of the core classes. This is to better
attend to students’ needs at all academic and behavior levels.
Next
week we will be displaying our “Vacation/Favorite Spot” projects in the Junior
High hallways. Please stop in and check them out.
We
would also encourage parents to stop into visit our classrooms. We have new
Promethean boards in two of our rooms. The students really seem to enjoy using
these interactive white boards.
I
am very excited to be working with the Walthill students. They have presented
me with many challenges but more joy than I thought possible. My first several weeks here have been great!
I look forward to what each day will bring. Ask the students I am always
smiling and most of the time I don’t realize I am until they tell me J
Hope
to see you in our classrooms for a visit soon.
Mrs.
Bobbi Mehrer
7/8
Language Arts
School
Psychologist
This year’s varsity volleyball team had a good year,
with a lot of adversity thrown their way. The girls worked hard to overcome the
breaking in of a new setter, and all kinds of illness the 2nd half
of the season. When not sick and even sometimes when they were, they practiced
hard and continued to improve as the season progressed. Several teams on our
schedule this year had a whole starting line-up taller than any one of our
girls, but this did not stop the girls from competing and believing that they
could play with and beat many of these teams. This team should be proud of what
they have achieved and the strides they have taken to improve.
We finished the season with a record of 7-14. Season
highlights include a great 5 set win versus Winnebago, a sweep of Santee
avenging an earlier loss to them, a 5th place finish at the
All-Indian Conference Tournament; two great games at the Gayville-Volin
Tournament, and a season sweep of Omaha Nation. Individually, Sonjra Sheridan
and Chelsea Grant made all tourney at the AIC tournament, Marcel Grant and
Angel White also made all tourney for our 2nd team at the AIC
tournament. Chelsea Grant also earned an honorable mention award for the Lewis
and Clark Conference and Danna Miller received first team all conference for
the Lewis and Clark Conference.
Congratulations to all volleyball participants for a
terrific season. Thanks to all students, staff, administration and parents for
all the support given to the girls this past season.
Varsity Volleyball
Jr. High Volleyball
The 2009 Addition of
Walthill Blujays closed out the year with a 0-8 record. Much progress was made,
as there were several close games. There were also 3 players chosen honorable
mention in district play. They were
Sinjin Sheridan, Thaddeus Roundstone on defense and David walker on offense.
The players who finished
the season were freshmen Manuel Moniz, Hugo Rodas, Miguel Moniz, and Shaquille
Grant. Narcisse Wood and Kendal McCauley represented the sophomore class. The
junior class included Wesley Moniz, Sinjin Sheridan, Kylan Dale and David
Walker. Anpetu Freemont, Cameron Freemont, and Thaddeus Roundstone led the
senior class, which showed good leadership throughout the year.
The Blujays were coached
by John Singer, Glenn Randel, and Gary Redden.
The Walthill Blujays Junior High team
finished the year with a 0-3 record. The Blujays saved their best game for the
last one against Winnebego by scoring two touchdowns. Finishing, the year were Lee Cline, Devon Moniz, Trey Hundley,
Sheldon Sheridan, Maura Moniz Morris, Jalise
Randol, Jonathan Olson and Bernie Jackson.
They were coached
by Gary Redden & Glenn Randel.
Varsity Football
Jr. High Football
Business Education News
By Mrs. JoAnn Schmedding
The 7th grade computer students have completed going over the alphabetic keys and have learned the 10-key numeric keypad. They are ready to move on to bigger and better things. The first unit we are going to cover is doing presentations with PowerPoint. Next year with the help of Mrs. Paula Low, hopefully the elementary students will have mastered the keyboard before entering junior high so I can begin the year with activities other than teaching the keyboard!
In 8th grade the students are designing flyers, posters and creating business cards using the picture and drawing tools of Word. They also created their own version of a 44-cent stamp.
The personal finance class has completed a simulation, which covered financial management of a single person, single parent and married couple. After completing the simulation the class went on a field trip to the local Charter West Bank. The class is concluding the quarter with a career’s unit. Each student has registered on the Nebraska Career Connection website.
Computer applications are completing a unit on setting up gridline tables. These tables were formatted with boarders, color coding, merging of cells, splitting of cells, sorting of text, alignments, and adjustments of widths and heights of column and rows.
Second semester pod casting and desktop publishing will be offered. We will continue to take pictures of school activities so they can be documented as a pod cast online and in the 2010 yearbook. If you are interested in purchasing a 2009 yearbook, there are still a few available. Contact Mrs. Schmedding or Mr. Van Etten.
WAIT stands for “Why Am I Tempted” and is a 6-week program based on Abstinence Education, and teaches the students that the choices they make not only affect themselves, but their family and loved ones. It also teaches the teens that staying true to themselves and their beliefs is more important then peer pressure and abstinence is the only thing that is 100% effective against teen pregnancy.
The class performed a Traditional Native Wedding Ceremony, where some students pledged to practice abstinence until marriage.
A: Yes, the CDC has
determined that this Novel Influenza A (H1N1) strain is contagious and can
spread from human to human.
A: Take these everyday steps to protect your health:
A: Germs can be spread when a
person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his
or her eyes, nose, or mouth. Droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected
person move through the air. Germs can be spread when a person touches
respiratory droplets from another person on a surface like a desk, for example,
and then touches their own eyes, mouth or nose before washing their hands.
During
winter there will be some days when it is questionable whether to have school
or not due to inclement weather. If
possible, a decision about the next school day will be made by 9:00 p.m. for
announcement during the 10:00 p.m. news.
An early decision is not always possible because of uncertain weather
conditions. School officials will make
periodic assessments of conditions during the night and will decide early in
the morning (by 6:30 a.m. if possible).
Occasionally,
weather conditions will deteriorate during a school day to the point where
early dismissals are necessary. We try
to give a 1-hour notice prior to early dismissal, watch the stations listed
below for an announcement.
The
following is a list of where announcements about school closing, late start and
early out can be heard:
Television Radio
KTIV Ch. 4 Sioux City KMNS
620 AM Sioux City
KCAU Ch. 9 Sioux City KSCJ
780 AM Sioux City
KMEG Ch.14 Sioux City KTCH
1590 AM Wayne
KTIC
840 AM West Point
A Winter Weather Alert service. Any delays, cancellations, or
postponements will appear on the website:
http://snowcaponline.net/siouxland.php
You can also subscribe to receive alerts via email or text message for
Walthill Public Schools.
To subscribe
to this service, visit SNOWCAP's website at: http://www.snowcaponline.net/main.php
Just search for Walthill Public Schools and follow the online instructions.
During the winter months, all children are
expected to go outside during recess unless it is raining or extremely cold
(wind chill factor of 0 degrees or below) or a temperature below 20 degrees. During cold weather, students should be
dressed warmly including hats, scarves, tennis shoes or boots and mittens. No Shorts, or Sandals.
Child Find
The Walthill Public School
requests your help in locating handicapped children. The school implements
the Federal Handicapped Children's Act (PL 94-142) which guarantees a free
appropriate public educational program for all children between the ages of 0
and 21 years of age. If you have a student or know of any young person
with special needs between 0-21 years of age that is not enrolled in an
appropriate public education program, please call 402-846-5432 or write to:
Shannon Burgett
Special Education Coordinator
PO Box 3C
Walthill, NE 68067
K-6th Grade and
High School
December 9, 2009
7pm
In the Big Gym
EVERYONE IS INVITED!!
Students need to be at the school and in their classrooms at 6:45 pm.
5th-6th
Grade will be hosting a BAKE SALE starting at 6:30 and will continue after the
Christmas Program.
Proceeds will go towards 6th
Grade Graduation and to their sponsor child from Kenya, Imeida.
Miss Aubrey Loera has been student teaching with the fifth
grade class. She began working with the
school in September and will complete her student teaching on December 18th. Aubrey will be graduating from the
University of Nebraska Lincoln with her BS in Education along with an ESL
endorsement. Aubrey has enjoyed working
with the students at Walthill and said, “I like the connections and the
relationships that I’ve built with the students. I think you have to have that in order to be an effective
teacher.” Mrs. Wood, her cooperating
teacher, stated, “I think Aubrey is going to make a great teacher. She has been an asset to our classroom and
we are really going to miss her come January.”
Family Fun Reading Night
Monday Dec. 7. 2009
5:30-6:30
At the Walthill Library
“Sights and Sounds of
Christmas”
Preschool-4th
Grade
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ENCLOSED
DECEMBER and JANUARY
Calendars for Activities, lunch
And Project are enclosed
Important Dates to remember
December 1~Picture Retakes
December 7~Student dismissal 1:30
December 9~Christmas Program
December 18~Students and Staff dismissal 1:30
December 21-Jan 1~NO SCHOOL
January 4~ School Resumes
Walthill Public Schools Walthill Public School
District 13
Bulk Mail Permit #4
602 Main St
Presorted Standard
P.O. Box 3C
Walthill, NE 68067
Phone: 402-846-5432
Fax: 402-846-5029
Boxholder
Walthill, NE 68067
December 2009
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1JHBBB at Emerson at 2:30 |
2 |
3VGBB & VBBB at Santee at 5:00 & 7:00 |
4VGBB
& VBBB at Winnebago at 6:15 & 8:00 |
5 |
6 |
7 Student
Dismissal at 1:30JHGBB & JHBBB
home vs. Omaha Nation at 2:30 |
8 |
9Christmas Concert at 7:00 pm |
10 |
11VGBB & VBBB home vs. Bancroft at 6:15 &
8:00 |
12VGBB & VBBB 9/10 Bancroft Tourney at
Bancroft. Time: TBA |
13 |
14JHGBB at Winnebago at 3;00 |
15 |
16 |
17JHBBB at Winnebago at 3:00 |
18Student/Staff Early Dismissal at 1:30 End of 1st
Semester/2nd Quarter |
19VGBB & VBBB home vs. Freeman Academy at 5:00
& 7:00 |
20 |
21No School |
22No School |
23No School |
24No School |
25 No School Merry Christmas! |
26 |
27 |
28No School |
29No School VGBB & VBBB Mead Holiday Tourney at Mead
Time: TBA |
30No School VGBB & VBBB Mead Holiday Tourney at Mead Time:
TBA |
31No School |
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January 2010
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1No School JHBBB at Emerson at 2:30 |
2 |
3 |
4School Resumes3rd Quarter Begins |
5VGBB & VBBB home vs. Winside at 6:15 &
8:00 |
6 |
7JHGBB & JHBBB home vs. Santee at 2:30 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11JHGBB home vs. Winnebago at 3:00 |
12VGBB & VBBB at Omaha Nation at 6:15 &
8:00 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 VBGG & VBBB at Newcastle at 6:15 & 8:00. JHBBB Homer Tourney at Homer at 9:00 |
17 |
18 |
19VGBB at Leigh at 5:15 |
20 |
21 VGBB & VBBB All Native Tourney at Winnebago
Time: TBA |
22 VGBB & VBBB All Native Tourney at Winnebago
Time: TBA |
23 JHGBB & JHBBB Bancroft Tourney at Bancroft at
9:00. VGBB & VBBB All Native
Tourney at Winnebago Time: TBA |
24 |
25VGBB & VBBB at Allen at 6:15 & 8:00 |
26JHGBB & JHBBB home vs. Bancroft at 2:30
& 4:00 |
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29 |
30VGBB & VBBB Lewis & Clark Tourney Time:
TBA Site: TBA |
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December
Breakfast: Offered Daily
Walthill
Public School
Milk
and Juice The USDA is an equal opportunity employer and
provider
Lunch: Offered Daily
Milk and Salad Bar 7-12
Mon
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Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
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1 Cheese Omelet/w/w
Toast
Chicken Noodle Soup Carrots/Celery/Crackers P.B.&Jelly Sandwich Diced Peaches |
2 Sausage
Gravy/Biscuit
Chicken in Gravy Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Blueberry Crisp Roll |
3 Yogurt/w/w
Toast/Cereal
Crispito w Cheese Sauce Spanish Rice Corn Pineapple Tidbits |
4 Pancakes/Sausage
Chicken
Fajita Garnishes Chocolate
Pudding Banana |
7 Raised
Donut/Cereal
Tavern on Bun Tri Taters Baked Beans Rosie Applesauce |
8 Bacon/Egg/Cheese Sand. Tater Tot Casserole Green Beans Diced Peaches Roll |
9 Sausage
Gravy/Biscuit
Sweet&Sour Chicken Oriental Rice California Blend Egg Roll Orange Jell-o Cup |
10 Pop Tart/Cereal/Fruit
Teriyaki Beef Blasters Mac & Cheese Peas Apricots Roll |
11 Waffle/Sausage
Soft Shell Taco Garnishes Corn Chips/Salsa Apple Cookie |
14 Breakfast
Bites/Fruit
Brd. Chicken Sandwich Potatoes Wedges Glazed Carrots Pineapple Tidbits |
15 Scrmbld.Eggs/Bacon/Toast
Goulash w Meat Sauce Garlic Bread Peas Diced Pears |
16 Sausage
Gravy/Biscuit
Ham Slice Potatoes/Gravy Corn Cranberry/Apple Jell-o Cherry Crisp Roll |
17 Cinnamon
Roll/Cereal
Hot Dog on Bun Mac & Cheese Green Beans Diced Peaches |
18 French Toast/Bacon
Sausage Pizza Lettuce Salad Banana Ice Cream Christmas Cookie |
No School!
Christmas Break See you January 4,2010 |
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Merry Christmas!
Wakonda Izhinga Onba
Ida Idathe
(The
birth day of God’s son)
January
Breakfast: Offered Daily Walthill Public School
Milk
and Juice The USDA is an equal
opportunity employer and provider
Lunch: Offered Daily
Milk and Salad Bar 7-12
Mon
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Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
4 Breakfast Bites
Cheese Burger on Bun French Fries Baked Beans Apricots ` |
5 Breakfast
Burrito/Fruit
Chili/Crackers Cinnamon Roll Carrots/Celery Apple |
6 Sausage
Gravy/Biscuit
Roast Turkey in Gravy Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Diced Peaches Roll |
7 Muffin/Cereal
Lasagna w Meat Sauce Garlic Bread Peas Diced Pears |
8 Pancakes/Sausage
Enchilada Spanish Rice Corn Sour Apple Jell-o |
11 Raised
Donut/Cereal
Crispito w Cheese Sauce Spanish Rice Corn Pineapple Tidbits |
12 Sausage/Egg/Cheese
Biscuit
Hamburger Gravy Over Biscuit Mixed Vegetables Orange Jell-o Cup |
13 Sausage
Gravy/Biscuit
Roast Pork in Gravy Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Diced Peaches Roll |
14 Yogurt/Cereal/w/w
Toast
Southwest Mac & Cheese Peas Diced Pears Roll Cookie |
15 Waffle
Sticks/Sausage
Sausage Pizza Lettuce Salad Banana Banana Pudding |
18 Breakfast
Bites/Fruit
Tavern on Bun Tri Taters Corn Rosie Applesauce |
19 Scrmbld.Eggs/Bacon/Toast
Chicken & Noodles Over Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Tropical Fruit Roll |
20 Sausage Gravy/Biscuit
Orange Chicken Oriental Rice California Blend Egg Roll Jell-o Fruit Cup |
21 Cinnamon
Roll/Cereal
Turkey Tetrazzini Broccoli Diced Peaches Roll |
22 French
Toast/Bacon
Fish/Cheese Sandwich Mac & Cheese Peas Pineapple Tidbits |
25 Breakfast Pizza
Chicken Nuggets French Fries Corn Rosie Apple Sauce |
26 Bacon/Egg/Cheese Sand. Vegetable Beef Soup Biscuit/Cheese Slice Apricots Cookie |
27 Sausage
Gravy/Biscuit
Chicken Fried Steak Potatoes & Gravy Green Beans Diced Peaches Roll |
28 Pop Tart/Cereal
Spaghetti w Meat Sauce Garlic Bread Peas Diced Pears |
29 Pancake/Sausage
Hot Dog on Bun Mac & Cheese Broccoli Orange Smiles Rice Crispy Bar |
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Toys for Tots
For
ages 0-12
Applications
need to be turned in by December 2nd
For
an application, please call:
Diane
Phillips 846-5202
or
Jeanette
Clark
837-4150