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Screening 7th Grade- Proof of Current Tdap ( Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis) Vaccine 9th Grade- Certificate of Dental Screening.

Audits will be scheduled soon. Please act promptly if we are still awaiting your child s documentation.

of painting and community at Letts Library & Community Center November 11 from 5:30-7:30 Lead artist: L-M teacher Barb Noble

Each L-M parent with access to the internet can update the contact information we have for your child(ren) through the

You will be able to update phone numbers, your current place of employment, emergency contact information and much more.

at school and so you can receive the SchoolMessenger calls with important info about school.

1 Louisa-Muscatine October/November 2015 Newsletter From the nurse... A reminder to parents of mandatory requirements for attendance: These requirements were to be turned in prior to the first day of school! Kindergarten- Up to date vaccine certificate Certificate of Dental Screening Blood Lead Level 3rd Grade- Certificate of Vision Screening 7th Grade- Proof of Current Tdap ( Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis) Vaccine 9th Grade- Certificate of Dental Screening. Reminders have been sent out to parents for those students that are not current on these requirements. Audits will be scheduled soon. Please act promptly if we are still awaiting your child s documentation. Parent/Teacher Conferences November 3rd p - 8:00p November 5th p - 8:00p Parents & student encouraged to attend Enjoy a night of painting and community at Letts Library & Community Center November 11 from 5:30-7:30 Lead artist: L-M teacher Barb Noble Cost: $35 -- Bring a snack to share! Contact kemke@lmcsd.org for more details. Update info with E-Registration! Each L-M parent with access to the internet can update the contact information we have for your child(ren) through the E-Registration feature on PowerSchool. You will be able to update phone numbers, your current place of employment, emergency contact information and much more. It is important for the school to have accurate information so we can reach you in case your child gets sick or injured while at school and so you can receive the SchoolMessenger calls with important info about school. There are complete instructions on how to do this on the Louisa-Muscatine School website. If you need assistance accessing your child s information in PowerSchool, Homecoming 2015 in Review *Payton Beers & Aaron Bohling were crowned 2015 queen & king. *L-M defeated Central Lee 14-6 in the big game. *Aaron Bohling set a new single game record for tackles at LM with 18.5! *215 high school students attended Saturday s dance Queen P a y t o n Beers & Aaron B o h l i n g King Record Breaker!

National Council of Youth Leadership (NCYL) We had several seniors participate in NCYL along with 7 other area high schools. L-M was well represented, 2nd only to Muscatine.

The winner this year was our very own Stacy Peterson!! L-M English teacher, Stacy Peterson displaying her community award.

Guldenpfennig, Haily McClanahan, Jordan Ennis, Alyssa Stecher, Marisol Medina BLOOD DRIVE NOVEMBER 11, 2015 Student Council will be holding their fall blood drive on Wednesday, November 11 from 7:30

PBIS Fundraiser October 19th from 5pm - 8pm at Pizza Ranch in Muscatine. L-M JH/HS staff will be working for your tips! 10% of the proceeds & 100% of all tips will go to PBIS.

2 National Council of Youth Leadership (NCYL) We had several seniors participate in NCYL along with 7 other area high schools. L-M was well represented, 2nd only to Muscatine. Bradley Wachtel was a scholarship award winner! Culminating the evening was the community award given each year to a person in the community that promotes youth leadership. The winner this year was our very own Stacy Peterson!! L-M English teacher, Stacy Peterson displaying her community award. Back Row: Carter Williams, Jon Van Sickle, Kyler Bemis, Bradley Wachtel, Tevin Hernandez, Seth Keiser, Ben Chapman Front row: Hattie Spies, Olivia Zaehringer, Allison Steahr, Payton Beers, Caitlyn Guldenpfennig, Haily McClanahan, Jordan Ennis, Alyssa Stecher, Marisol Medina BLOOD DRIVE NOVEMBER 11, 2015 Student Council will be holding their fall blood drive on Wednesday, November 11 from 7:30 am to noon in the high school gym. To set up an appointment please contact Debbie Steahr at: dsteahr@lmcsd.org One pint of blood can save up to THREE lives! PBIS Fundraiser October 19th from 5pm - 8pm at Pizza Ranch in Muscatine. L-M JH/HS staff will be working for your tips! 10% of the proceeds & 100% of all tips will go to PBIS. NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY It is the policy of the Louisa-Muscatine CSD not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national orgin, gender, disability, religion, age, political party affiliation, socioeconomic status, or actual or potential parental, family or martial status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code. OPEN ENROLLMENT DEADLINES Pursuant to the laws that govern open enrollment, applications filed after the March 1, 2015 for the school year will not be approved unless the reason for late filing qualifies for good cause. Good cause means a change in the status of a child s resident district for any of the reasons listed below. The deadline for kindergarten students is September 1. *Family moved to a new district of residence *Change in the marital status of the student s parents *Placement of the student into foster care resulting in new resident district *Adoption resulting in new resident district *Participation in a foreign exchange program *Participation in a substance abuse or mental health treatment program resulting in new resident district *Failure of negotiations for reorganization or rejection of proposed reorganization plan *Failure of negotiations for whole grade sharing or rejection of whole grade sharing *Loss of accreditation or revocation of a charter school contract *Severe health and/or pervasive harassment (If the application is being made in response to an alleged severe health need or pervasive harassment of student, the RESIDENT district will notify the applicant of status. The applicant must provide resident district with status of health concern or history of harassment occurring after March 1 deadline.)

Academic News... From the Desk of Amy Lantigua It s that time of year again, accountability time. Yep, you guessed it! I ve been working on the School Improvement Plan.

3 Academic News... From the Desk of Amy Lantigua It s that time of year again, accountability time. Yep, you guessed it! I ve been working on the School Improvement Plan. In the various plans we write for the State Department of Education to demonstrate what our students know, we account for our assessment results, report on improvements we made last year, and whether or not we met our goals. Additionally, we set new goals for this year. In this newsletter, I would like to share some of the information about how we did with meeting our goals last year. Our general, long term goals are to have our students achieve at high levels in reading, math and science. Specifically, we set a goal in each area, regarding a group of students who need improvement. Last year we set a goal for our 3rd graders to increase their reading scores on the Iowa Assessments. We met that goal and that group of students raised reading scores from 71% proficiency, up to 86%! The math goal was for our 10th grade students to improve their proficiency on the Iowa Assessment Math test. They also were able to raise their proficiency from 69% up to 72.5%! Our science goal was to increase proficiency of the 11th grade students on the Iowa Assessment Science test. They increased 11% from 76% up to 87%! News like this is a VERY good indicator that we are making strides towards increased achievement. To meet the federal No Child Left Behind requirements, each year our Iowa Assessment scores are reported to the state to demonstrate whether or not our students are making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). If we do make adequate progress, hurray! If we don t make adequate progress, we receive a designation of School in Need of Assistance. This year is the first year that the Elementary building has been designated SINA for Math. We are working hard on a plan to address this need to improve. On a more positive note, we DID make adequate progress in Reading last year! We will continue to focus on both reading and math during our professional development days this year. In the next newsletter, I will share with you some of our goals for this year s academic achievement. If you would like to contact me regarding any of the information contained in our School Improvement Plans, please call my office at (319) School Board News School Board Elections were held on September 8th. We had 3 seats open. Pam Lee was the only member running for re-election. Official results show that Pam Lee received 102 votes, Barbara Thompson received 90 votes and Tom Berryman received 69 write-in votes. There were 17 scattered votes, for a total of 278 total votes cast L-M School Board Members Scott Wilson - President Pam Lee - Vice President Eric Schlutz Barbara Thompson Tom Berryman HS Chess Club Thursdays, after school in the Spanish room. Bring a board, if you have one!...pay ONLINE... If you need to put lunch money in your child s meal account or pay registration fees, you can do this from your computer at home or work, using your credit/debit card. Simply go to the Louisa-Muscatine School website and click on Pay Online in the black section on the left. To sign in, the User Name is your child s lunch number and the Password is their last name - it is case sensitive, so be sure to use a capital letter when needed. Then you will be able to select the items you would like to pay and be led through the steps to complete the transaction. If you need assistance with this be sure to call the school. Please be sure to keep a positive balance in your child s account! The balances that appear in PowerSchool are updated every evening. If your child s balance falls below $5, you will receive a SchoolMessenger phone call in the evening to remind you to add money to their account.

4 Iowa AEA Online is a virtual library that provides access to 14 web-based resources. Students and staff have access at school and home. Contact the library in the elementary or high school for bookmarks with these Passwords to the databases. Note: High School and Elementary buildings have different logins and passwords. They must be used separately when in your buildings. The building logins are the same for home usage. The AEA9 is keeping track of usage by school building. To access most of these online databases bookmark this page: Online link is also on our library webpages. Just go to L-M Homepage ( and under Schools go to our Library Media Center webpages. 1. AEA Digital Library (grades PreK-12): Digital downloads for curriculum resources with a diverse collection of related videos and images. 2. AP Images (grades K-12): AP Images offers access to Associated Press photos to be used to enhance curriculum and/or support multimedia productions. The Photo Archive is an electronic library containing the AP s current photos and a selection of pictures since Each photo includes an informative caption with photo details. 3. Atomic Learning (grades K-12): Atomic Learning is a training system for computer software applications. Includes access to over 50,000 tutorials. It covers all standard applications like Office and many popular K-12 applications. 4. Biography Reference Online (grades 7-12): Presents notable personalities from past to present. Needs to be accessed separately with different password. Use the web address: profile=brc 5. BookFlix (grades PreK-3): Fictional video storybooks paired with nonfiction e-books with a read-aloud feature. School Online Databases for Britannica Digital Learning (PreK-12); This online encyclopedia also provides reference materials, multimedia, and teaching resources. 7. CultureGrams (grades K-12): Presents daily life & cultureof the world s people with history, customs and lifestyles. 8. Gale Cengage Learning (PreK-12): Presents full text magazines, newspapers, and reference books. 9. iclipart for schools (PreK-12): iclipart for schools is a collection of over 2.5 million searchable clip art files, photos, images, fonts, and sounds that may be used in teacher/student created instructional materials such as newsletters, presentations, assignments, etc. Includes 3D and animation. 10. LEARN360 (PreK-12): LEARN360 is a web-based digital delivery system for streaming and downloading video and audio files. It also has podcasts. 11. SIRS Issues Reseacher (grades 9-12): SIRS {Social Issues Resource Series} is a database that contains articles from over 1,500 publications on topics such as health, history, science, global issues, and more. Pro/ Con social issues are presented. 12. Soundzabound (grades K-12): ROYALTY FREE MUSIC Perfect for podcasts, Power- Point, videos, video yearbooks, digital storytelling and more! 13. Teaching Books.net (grades K-12): Includes thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books that can be used for the integration of multimedia resources about the author and book into reading and library activities. 14. Teen Health & Wellness (grades 7-12): Provides information for teens on health, wellness, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, and more! 15. True Flix (grades 3-6): Combines Scholastic True Books content with ebook and audio reading supports. Presents a diverse collection of related videos, audio, images, web links, and text. NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY It is the policy of the Louisa-Muscatine CSD not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national orgin, gender, disability, religion, age, political party affiliation, socioeconomic status, or actual or potential parental, family or martial status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code.

October Activity Calendar Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 4 5 *JH/HS XC @ Columbus *JV FB @ West Liberty 5:30 *PTO meeting 5:00 elementary library *Music Boosters Meeting 5:45

Lone Tree * FS/JV/V VB @ Mediapolis 5:30 13 *Honor Choir @ IWC *XC @ Central Lee *FS/JV/V VB @ WACO 5:30 7 *Youth Legue Meeting 6:00 elementary cafeteria Fire Prevention Week 20 21 *Picture

5 October Activity Calendar Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 4 5 *JH/HS Columbus *JV West Liberty 5:30 *PTO meeting 5:00 elementary library *Music Boosters Meeting 5:45 choir room NO SCHOOL -- Inservice *JH VB vs. WMU *JV Mepo 5:30 *JV VB Wapello 5: *JV FB vs. Pekin 5:30 *Board Meeting 6:00 6 *JH VB vs. Lone Tree * FS/JV/V Mediapolis 5:30 13 *Honor IWC Central Lee *FS/JV/V WACO 5:30 7 *Youth Legue Meeting 6:00 elementary cafeteria Fire Prevention Week *Picture 10:15 1 *JH Columbus WMU * FS/JV VB vs. Columbus 5:30 8 *JH Columbus *Conference Cedar Crest * FS/JV/V VB vs. Lone Tree 5: *JH VB vs. Highland 22 *JV WBND 5:30 2 *V West Liberty 7:00 9 *Eat w/ Elementary *V Mediapolis 7:00 16 *V FB vs. Alburnett 7:00 (senior night) 23 *V WBND 7:00 3 * V VB New London 9:00a 10 *TBA Wilton Festival of Bands 17 *State Marching Band MHS 24 *All-State Washington Island Lighthouse Food Pantry The food pantry is open the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 9:00-11:00 am and 4:00-6:00 pm. It is located at Island United Methodist Church, 2598 Stewart Road, Muscatine IA and is open to residents in the Louisa-Muscatine School District. You will be required to show identification with your name and current address. Tuesday, OCTOBER 20 Tuesday, NOVEMBER 17 If your child is going to be absent, due to illness or an appointment please call the school. You can call any time of the day or night and leave us a message! Elementary: JH/HS:

November Activity Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 *NO 4 5 *Parent/ 6 *NO 7 SCHOOL - Teacher Conferences SCHOOL Inservice Day - 8:00 *Music Boosters 5:30 Choir

6 November Activity Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 *NO 4 5 *Parent/ 6 *NO 7 SCHOOL - Teacher Conferences SCHOOL Inservice Day - 8:00 *Music Boosters 5:30 Choir Room 8 9 *JH Wapello *JH Girls BB vs. Lone Tree *PTO Meeting 5:00 elementary library *JH Lone Tree *Board Meeting 6: *JH Girls Lone Tree *JH Columbus 3 *Book Fair Begins! *Sophomore & Senior orders taken *Parent/Teacher Conferences - 8:00 10 *Book Fair ends 11 *7:30-12:00 Blood drive in high school gym *Veteran s day concert 2:00 elementary gym *JH Columbus/WMU *JV/V Girls Wapello 6:00 25 *NO SCHOOL 12 *JH Girls Columbus *JH New London *JH Girls WMU *JH Wrestling vs. Mediapolis, WBND, Danville 26 *NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Day! 13 *Variety Show -- high school gym 7: All-State Vocal Festival 27 *NO SCHOOL *JH Girls BB vs. Highland Sports Physicals - Be sure you have a current physical on file in the HS office if you plan on going out for winter sports! Watch the Weather: School delays and cancellations due to inclement weather are announced in a variety of ways. SchoolMesssenger delivers a message to your phone... SchoolAlerts sends a message to your ...and it is announced on local television stations (WQAD Channel 8, KWQC Channel 6 & WHBF Channel 4) and radio stations (KWPC AM, KBOB FM, KUUL FM),

Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Alternate breakfast entree: 1 PBJ, Juice & 2 Apple Frudel, 3 All meals are served with a choice assorted cold cereal, toast w/ of milk.

7 Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Alternate breakfast entree: 1 PBJ, Juice & 2 Apple Frudel, 3 All meals are served with a choice assorted cold cereal, toast w/ of milk. Fruit Fruit & Juice margarine, fruit or. Elementary alternate: cereal, biscuit, Fresh carrots are served every day. Grades 9-12: a la carte is available for breakfast daily. yogurt, cheese stick fruit & vegetable Enchiladas, rice, refried beans, pears or oranges An alternate lunch entree is offered for students in grades K-12. JH/HS may purchase 2nd entree for $ *pizza, fruit & chicken dippers, peas, bread & butter, peaches or apples (HS: Parsley Potatoes) NO SCHOOL cook s choice 6 Donuts, fruit & Crispito, nacho, refried beans, pears or banana 13 Apple Frudel, fruit & 7 blueberry waffles, fruit & breaded chicken patty sandwich, salad, corn on the cob, fresh fruit HS: french fries 14 cinnamon roll, fruit & 8 eggs, *sausage, toast, fruit & *pizza, veggie cups or salad, jello cake, mandarin oranges 15 *breakfast casserole, toast, fruit & shredded chicken sandwiches, salad blend, french fries, peaches w/ strawberries 9 PBJ, fruit, BBQ meatballs, cheesy potatoes, baked beans, mixed fruit, bread & butter 16 *pizza, fruit & Elementary alternate: cereal, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit & vegetable, PB sandwich chicken strips, hot dog, french fries, baked beans, pears, fruit slushie beef tacos w/ toppings, refried beans, rice, grapes or peaches popcorn shrimp, spudsters, salad blend, oranges or apple slices mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, fresh pineapple, bread & butter (HS: dessert bar) 20 strawberry pancake, fruit & October Menu Available at lunch daily for grades 7-12: Turkey or Ham deli; chef salad, pizza, fresh fruit Elementary alternate: cereal, toast, fruit & vegetable, yogurt, cheese stick 21 muffins, fruit & 22 egg & cheese biscuit, fruit & Elementary alternate: cereal, yogurt, cheese sandwich, fruit & vegetable 23 *biscuits & gravy, fruit & super beef nachos w/ toppings, corn, salad blend, fresh fruit salad (HS: ice cream) *flat bread pizza, fruit & corn dog, chips, peas, apples or mandarin oranges, (HS: cookie) 27 pancake, *sausage on a stick, fruit & *chef salad, bread stick (HS: 2 bread sticks), green beans, mixed fruit or pineapple 28 cinnamon roll, fruit & spaghetti, salad blend, mixed veggies, garlic toast (2 pieces for HS), oranges or pears 29 scrambled eggs, toast, fruit & popcorn chicken, baked beans, cheesy potatoes, peaches, ice cream 30 cook s choice Elementary alternate: cereal, yogurt, cheese stick, crackers, fruit & vegetable 31 cook s choice *breaded pork sandwich, cole slaw, baked beans, mixed fruit (HS: french fries) Food items marked (*) contain pork. chicken taco w/ toppings, rice, refried beans, mandarin oranges or pineapple tator tot casserole, peas, salad blend, applesauce, peanut butter sandwich meatball sandwiches, au gratin potatoes, corn on the cob, grapes or mixed fruit **This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

November Menu Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat 1 2 3 pancake on a 4 cinnamon rolls, 5 *pizza, fruit & 6 7 NO SCHOOL stick, & fruit & fruit NO SCHOOL Elementary alternate: cereal,

11 donuts, fruit & hotdog w/ chili or cheese, tator tots, peas, fresh fruit salad 12 PBJ, fruit & 13 *egg & sausage biscuit, fruit & 14 15 16 french toast sticks, & fruit Elementary alternate:

8 November Menu Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat pancake on a 4 cinnamon rolls, 5 *pizza, fruit & 6 7 NO SCHOOL stick, & fruit & fruit NO SCHOOL Elementary alternate: cereal, toast, *sausage, fruit, vegetable, yogurt 8 9 cook s choice Cook s Choice chili, grilled cheese (HS 2 slices), green beans, mixed fruit 10 Waffles, fruit & pizza, salad blend, corn, oranges or pears 11 donuts, fruit & hotdog w/ chili or cheese, tator tots, peas, fresh fruit salad 12 PBJ, fruit & 13 *egg & sausage biscuit, fruit & french toast sticks, & fruit Elementary alternate: cereal, biscuit, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit & vegetable BBQ Rib sandwich, french fries, baked beans, banana or pineapple 17 *pizza, fruit & chicken pasta, bread stick, salad blend, fresh apples 18 muffins, fruit & Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, corn, roll, peaches w/ strawberries 19 egg & cheese biscuit, & fruit hot *ham & turkey sandwich, chips, salad blend, mixed fruit 20 *biscuits & gravy, fruit & 21 potato soup w/ ham, biscuit, cooked carrots, pears, cookie donuts, fruit & Elementary alternate: cereal, toast, fruit & vegetable, yogurt, cheese stick crispitos, nachos, refried beans, fresh fruit salad 24 breakfast casserole w/ toast, fruit & Elementary alternate: cereal, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit, vegetable, PB sandwich tator tot casserole, popcorn chicken, peanut butter mashed potatoes, sandwiches, peas, green beans, fruit fresh pineapple salad apple frudel, & fruit Elementary alternate: cereal, yogurt, cheese sandwich, fruit & vegetable crispito, refried beans, nachos, applesauce This institution is an equal opportunity provider. spaghetti, garlic toast, salad blend, grapes or pineapple 25 NO SCHOOL Available daily at lunch for JH/HS Turkey or *Ham deli - chef salad, pizza - fresh fruit & vegetable trays Turkey a la King, mashed potatoes, corn, roll, mandarin oranges 26 THANKSGIVING orange chicken, rice, oriental veggies, mixed fruit 27 NO SCHOOL 28 Alternate breakfast entree: assorted cold cereal, toast w/ margarine, fruit or A la carte is available for breakfast daily for high school only. An alternate lunch entree is offered for Kindergarten through 12th grade. JH/HS may purchase a 2nd entree for $1.40. All meals are served with a choice of milk. Fresh carrots are served every day. Food items marked (*) contain pork.

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Louisa-Muscatine February/March 20 Newsletter Your Donations Make A Difference... The elementary school is asking for donations of Kleenex, antibacterial wipes, pencils and colored pencils. Please drop