G A R N E R - H A Y F I E L D - V E N T U R A H A P P E N I N G S

Vol. 43 No. 2 www.ghvschools.org October/November 2015

 Garner-­‐Hayfield    Ventura  Schools  -­‐  MISSION  STATEMENT  

Garner-­‐Hayfield  School  District  will  provide  a  caring,  supportive  environment  and  an  innovative    curriculum  to  enhance  curiosity,  to  promote  lifelong  learning,  and  to  challenge  and  nurture  students  to  their  fullest  potential  in  

order  that  they  develop  a  positive  self-­‐worth  and  display  citizenship  for  today    and  in  the  future.  

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS

The upcoming Garner-Hayfield-Ventura School Board meetings will be held as follows:

v Monday, October 12, 2015, 5:30 PM v Monday, November 9, 2015, 5:30 PM

The meetings will be held in the high school media center. Visitors are welcome to attend.

AN EXCITING YEAR IN 4th GRADE

By Krista Hopp

The beginning of a school year is always full of newness. New classmates, new teacher, new crayons, new clothes. This school year in the fourth grade, we have maybe even more new things than usual. The fourth graders have their own hallway, complete with large lockers. The three teachers for fourth grade are new, as well, if not to the fourth grade, than at least new to the building. And fourth graders are now the oldest in our Elementary School! We have already seen this group of students stepping up in that responsibility and leading with a good example. For all the new things this year, there are some things that have not changed. The big focus in Social Studies this year is the regions of the United States. Students have already begun studying the locations and characteristics of some of the unique regions of our country. This unit is culminated at the end of the year with a field trip to Living History Farms in Des Moines. This trip is always a memorable experience that leaves students with a renewed excitement about our past a present farming culture and a great experience of the midwestern way of life long ago! Combining the new things with the great traditions here, we are well on our way to a wonderful school year!

UPCOMING FLU SHOTS

Flu Shots/Flu Mist will once again be offered for ALL GHV students in October of 2015 by Hancock County Community Health Systems. Please watch for more information to be coming your way.

SUBSTITUTES NEEDED

Our school year is underway and we are looking for interested teachers and paraprofessionals to substitute when our staff needs to be gone. If you are interested, please call the following people with your information.

GHV HS Substitutes – Call L. Formanek – 923-2632 GHV PK-4th Substitutes – Call D. Dallman, 923-2831

GHV 5th-8th Substitutes – C. Echelberger 829-4484 New substitutes need to stop in the Superintendent’s Office to complete background check paperwork. THANKS!

5/6th Grade Reading News by Stacie Heitland

Students are off to a wonderful start with the Journey’s reading program! Journey’s focuses on 30 minutes of whole group reading strategies and reading the Anchor Text. The next 50 minutes are dedicated to small group instruction that meet each individual need at student’s reading level. Intertwined with the reading component, students enhance their learning with spelling, grammar, and writing on a daily basis. At the end of the unit, each student takes a test on the computer in four areas (vocabulary, comprehension, decoding, and grammar). If students pass this test with a 70% or higher they are placed in an extension group to enhance their reading skills. If students need extra assistance in reading, they are given the opportunity to get an “extra scoop” of learning and are retaught necessary skills needed in reading. The Journey’s program is based on the Iowa Core and we are proud to be in our second year of using this program! Way to go GHVI!

GHV JUNIOR HIGH MATH

By Kelsey Steffens

Math is off to a fantastic start in the junior high! In Math 7 one activity the students have enjoyed playing is multiplication war. The students are having fun while working on their math facts by multiplying positive and negative numbers. In Pre-Algebra the students have been learning how to simplify expressions using the order of operations. Algebra students are simplifying using the distributive property. Students in the junior high enjoy working on ixl.com, an online math practice site, and competing against their peers on Kahoot.

GHVHS SCIENCE DEPARTMENT UPDATE By Todd Greiman & Emberly Albertson

In recent weeks there has been a lot of media attention focusing on new science standards that have been adopted by the Iowa Board of Education. In early August, the Iowa board adopted the Next Generation Science Standards to set learning expectations in all Iowa classrooms. If you are wondering how these “new” standards may affect the delivery of instruction at GHV high school, you may be relieved to learn that the standards will realistically not result in great change to how our teachers approach science education. The high school science department has been closely monitoring the evolution of science standards for many years, most recently focusing on adhering to the Iowa Core Science Standards. The Iowa Core standards that have been our guide for the past decade do not differ greatly from the new Next Generation standards, meaning that the adjustment to the Iowa board’s action will not significantly affect how science is taught at GHVHS. Science classes are currently required courses for freshmen and sophomore students while juniors and seniors have a wide variety of elective courses available to fulfill GHV’s graduation requirement in that area. Enrollments in GHV’s upper level courses are currently at an all-time high, with 57 students taking Anatomy, 23 in College Biology, 18 in Physics, 28 in Advanced Chemistry and 67 in Chemistry. One of the primary goals of the science department is to provide outstanding preparation for post-secondary success and it appears that a high percentage of GHV students are taking advantage of that opportunity.

“MEET THE CREEPS” By Elizabeth May

GHV Drama has started rehearsing for this year’s fall play Meet the Creeps by Tim Kelley. If you love The Addams Family, you’ll love the Creeps! They’re a loony, lovable household in a dilapidated mansion on Pilgrim Road. There’s Sinbad, head of the bunch, his beloved wife, Tarantula, and Sally, their teenage niece. Lullaby Jones is their maid, and their butler resembles a billy goat. Unfortunately for the Creeps, Flora Limetree, a local society dragon, hates them. Each year Flora enters Pilgrim Road in the All-American Street Contest, and every year the lane loses. She blames the Creeps. Scheming with her nephew, she redraws the town limits, and the Creeps find themselves outsiders. To complicate matters, Prince Un Ravel arrives from Egypt as a house guest. A weird boarder falls in love with Sinbad’s grandmother who is raising crocodiles in the dungeon! Could you ask for more?! Well, there’s a talking clock, a ghostly portrait, an ancient telephone operator and Scooter, a neighbor kid who turns the plot inside out and back again. Eventually the Creeps are back where they belong and Pilgrim Road becomes truly infamous thanks to them. This play will be a lot of fun for the whole family. The cast includes Jake Folkers as Sinbad, Anna Williams as his lovely wife Tarantula, Ana Nannenga as Nana, Holden Ouman as Billy the goat-like butler, Cole Schreiber as Mortimer Weird, Alysia Throp as Sally, Theo Schoneman and Tyrell Jones as Sally’s friends Matt and Scooter, Olivia Carew as Flora Limetree , Cassie Davis as Maybelle Belfry, Alex Stromer as Bubba, Colton Raw as Prince Un Ravel, Emily Howke as the maid Lullaby Jones, Sam Luscombe as Aunt Witchita, Rebkah Baxter as the aging phone operator, Kaylee Paris as Evangeline, Taylor Bell as Dulcy, Olivia Buseman as Cordelia, Paige Rasmuson as Bunny, Parker Schneiders as the clock, and Kyle Hanson as the photographer. Other cast members include Hailey Frascht, Carlie Knutson, C.J. Mitchell, Kelsey Obermann, Austin Mohlis, Juan Carranza, Greg Gjerde, Dallas Goll, Alan Mohlis, Emily Schreiber, Paige Penning, Juel Hanson, Samantha Hall, Daniela Milan, Sarah Sperr, Rachel Sokol, Laurel Woody, Destiny Fuentes, Peyton Echelberger, Carlie Hannah, Rachael Hanson, Droste Hennings, Ashley Lincicum, Hannah Whelan, Sidney Wilson and Nicole Upmeyer. Performances will be November 6th and 7th in the GHV HS auditorium. Tickets are $4 for adults and $3 for students and will be available through the school’s website.

A GREAT TIME LEARNING! By Thia Connelly

An exciting event that happened in Mrs. Connelly's classroom at the beginning of the year was taking care of caterpillars and watching them turn into a chrysalis. The students loved checking everyday to see if they had hatched and turned into a butterfly. The students were extremely interested in how the metamorphosis worked, so I brought in a variety of books about the Monarch Butterfly. We used the books to work on reading fluency, comprehension, and searched for sight words and vocabulary. The students enjoyed reading! All the students got the opportunity to see the butterflies before we let them go. Two second grade students, Craig and Nova, even were able to help release the butterfly! It's been a great start to the year!

SCHOOL MEALS INFORMATION by Nan Peterson

Our Hot Lunch Program is a computerized system with each student having a “lunch account” that money is deposited into. As the students eat each day the cost of the meal and any extras are deducted from the account. Costs are listed below - but please remember that many students DO eat EXTRAS and this depletes their lunch money quicker! Breakfast = $1.50 Lunch = $2.50 Extras = $.35 - $1.75. Please pay ahead by sending money regularly for your lunch account. This will help keep your account with a positive balance. To add money to your family lunch account through PaySchools – go to the new district website: www.ghvschools.org and follow the PaySchools link under “District Information”. This will take you to the correct year of 2015-16 for adding lunch money. If you think you might qualify for free or reduced lunches there are forms available on the district website or in the district office. The guidelines are quite generous and it helps the school qualify for reimbursements and additional funding for early childhood programs. It is completely confidential for you and your student. Not even the people entering lunch data can tell who is free or reduced. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Nan Peterson at the school by note, phone (923-2718) or email (npeterson@ghvschools.org). THANKS!

by Rebecca Griffin

Musical greetings GHV family. My name is Rebecca Griffin, and 2015-2016 marks my 7th year of teaching here. There are many exciting things happening in music. You may see a new face working with some of our students this year. His name is Jon Overy, a music education major from Waldorf College. He has already been teaching with the Kindergarten and will soon be joining in with activities at other grade levels as well. Please check out our music website, http://ghvelementarymusic.weebly.com/, for all things GHVE music related. We look forward to sharing in our musical moments with you!

BOOK FAIR TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER AT TWO

SITES Dawn Bassett

G-H-V K12 Teacher/Librarian The Book Fair will open Wednesday, November 5th and will remain at G-H-V Elementary in Garner and GHV Intermediate School in Ventura through Monday, November 10th. Yes, the book fair will be held at an additional site this year for your convenience. This annual event has been held during our fall parent – teacher conferences in our K-4 school library. Watch for information on the specific location in the GHV Intermediate School. Students eagerly anticipate the arrival of cases full of new books and I am already collecting requests for books to be added to our library collection. Last spring, our book fair earned over $3,500.00, which allowed our school library to benefit from 60% of that total in new books from the Scholastic Book Company. This also allowed our library to qualify for a matching grant from the Hancock County Foundation for $2,000.00. The grant made it possible to purchase additional titles for the elementary library and replace many favorites that were literally falling apart. I am grateful for your continued support of reading and our school library program with purchases from the book fair. The profit received through this program has provided an extensive variety of books for our collection: fiction, non-fiction, as well as reference materials. Book fair profit has contributed substantially to our school library over the years and your support is very much appreciated. Teachers have also benefited from the purchases that have been made for their classrooms through the Teacher Wish List. Thank you and continued good reading to you.

GREETINGS FROM ECSE! By Mary Hall & Kristi Clark

The school year is here and we’re SO excited!! Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Hall were fortunate to attend a 3-day reading training in Chicago for three days this summer. We learned how to use the Wilson Reading System and it is wonderful! This reading system is designed for students who have word-level deficits and have not yet internalized the sound/symbol system for reading and spelling. Here are a couple of interesting facts that we learned:

• Approximately 7,000 students drop out of school every day.

• One of the most commonly cited reasons for this is that students simply do not have the literacy skills to keep up with the high school curriculum, which has and continues to become increasingly more complex.

It’s true that our students aren’t even close to high school yet, but if we can equip them with the tools to be successful once they get there, we know that we need to start now! Students who have reading difficulty in the primary grades typically have poor decoding/word-level deficit. We are team teaching every afternoon and doing a Wilson Reading group where we break down the sounds and words for each student in our specialized group and we’re very excited about this!! We are already seeing amazing progress! Along with our team teaching, we’re thrilled to announce that we’re implementing an ECSE (Early Childhood Special Education) program each afternoon. This will be similar to a self-contained setting, with the exception of students coming and going for recesses and any specials that they may have. As we all know, we want our students to be in the classroom as much as possible. However, we also want them to be as successful as they can, too. This being said, when we’re all together in the afternoons, we’re doing more small groups and specialized instruction so that we can meet their needs, while keeping them engaged with their peers at the same time. It’s going great so far and we’re excited to see where this year will take us! Thank you for all of your support for our programs and have a fantastic year – we know we will!! J

October/

November

2015

Back to School Safety Reminder With all of the safety warnings

for parents and adults this time of year, there is one important safety reminder that often gets overlooked: medication safety at home and at school.

Prairie Ridge Prevention would like to remind parents that next to marijuana, the most common drugs teens use to get high are prescrip-tion medications.

According to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, 1 in 5 teens in America has taken a prescription pain medication that was not pre-scribed for them.

SAFETY REMINDERS

FOR PARENTS:

Many kids believe that medica-tions are safer than illegal drugs.

Talk to your kids about the dangers of over-the-counter and prescription medications when not taken in a way that is prescribed by a doc-tor or recommended on the label. When a prescription is made to an individual the medication and dosage is determined by the patient’s history, weight, and size. If someone else were to take that medication, unknown affects may occur. Just be-cause it’s prescribed to someone doesn’t mean it is safe for everyone.

Kids can have access to medica-tions in their own home, a friend’s home, at a neighbor’s house, at a grandparent’s home, or at school.

Monitor the medications in your home (prescription and over-the-counter) and dispose of medications that are not needed or expired.

Visit www.prairieridge.net and click on “Services”, “Links”, and then “Prescription Drug Disposal” to find a permanent drop site for un-used medications. [Hancock Coun-ty’s permanent drop site is the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. Please see the ad on the next page.]

If any member of your fam-ily has recently had an inju-ry, surgery, illness, or has a condition that requires ongo-ing medication that might be abused (pain or medications for ADD or ADHD) do not keep your medications in the medicine cabinet. Instead use a safe location that youth do not have knowledge of, or access to.

Kids who have recently had sur-

gery, illness, injury, or take medi-cations for an ongoing condition can be a target for youth seeking those medications.

The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications, and stimulants (used to treat at-tention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).

If it is necessary for your youth to have medications during the school day, schools require that those medications be in the care of the school nurse or other designated staff member. Please discuss with your youth that they are not to allow other students to have access to their medications for any reason.

For more information:

The Partnership at Drugfree.org, www.drugfree.org

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy,

www.theantidrug.org (Key word: Prescription Drug)

Safeguard My Meds,

www.SafeguardMyMeds.org

Prairie Ridge Prevention Services (641) 424-2391

www.prairieridge.net

OVERTIME CALENDAR

Friday, October 9 Nacho Bingo Night Saturday, November 11 Winter Formal

Got Unused Drugs? Turn in unused or

expired medication for safe disposal at the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office

No Questions Asked

A Secure Drug Disposal Station is available 24 hours-a-day at 875 State Street, Garner.

National Youth Leadership Initiative Six GHV High School students

attended the CADCA National Youth Leadership Initiative in Indi-anapolis, Indiana, August 2-6, 2015 with three GAP coalition adults: Pastor Brian Lund, Prevention Spe-cialist Amy Ring, and GAP Direc-tor Deb Quintus.

Coalitions are responsible to build the current generation of change agents and CADCA’s train-ing will help students do just that! The courses are designed to equip participants with the foundational tools needed to take the first steps in solving their communities’ prob-lems around drugs, underage drink-ing, prescription drugs and other social ills.

From left: Candie Cueva, Colton Schroeder, Olivia Carew. Deb Quintus, Paige Rasmuson, Keegan Clark., Olivia Buseman.

GAP Meetings 12 - 1 pm

Lunch provided

Everyone is welcome! Thurs. Oct. 8

ANNUAL MEETING

St. Paul Lutheran Church

810 State Street

Thurs. Nov. 12

Garner Public Library

416 State Street

(Hosted by St. Boniface Catholic Church)

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 2

Walking Taco With Salsa Peaches in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Cowboy Corn Salad Tortilla Chips WG Cookie

Chicken Nuggets with Dipping Sauce Fresh Banana Fruit Cup* Sweet Potato Fries Ketchup Green Beans WG Dinner Roll

5 6 7 8 9 Chicken Sandwich with Mayo Pears Fruit Cup* Fresh Cucumber & Tomato Dip Baked Beans

Rotini & Meat Sauce with Parmesan Cheese Apricot Cup Fruit Cup* Tossed Side Salad & Drsg WG Dinner Roll

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Ketchup Fresh Grapes Fruit Cup* Carrots Tossed Side Salad & Drsg

Hatton Chicken Crunch with Brown Rice Peach Cup Fruit Cup* Green Peas WG Dinner Roll

Beef & Bean Burrito With Salsa Pears in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Corn Veggie Sticks & Dipping Sauce Tortilla Chips*

12 13 14 15 16 Mac & Cheese Fruit Salad Fruit Cup* Fresh Baby Carrots with Hummus Green Beans Rice Krispie Bar

Chicken Broccoli Bowl Applesauce Cup Fruit Cup* California Blend

Hamburger on Bun Ketchup & Mustard Peaches Fruit Cup* Sweet Potato Puffs Green Beans

Quesadilla With Salsa Fresh Orange Wedges Fruit Cup* Mexicali Corn Tossed Side Salad & Drsg* Tortilla Chips*

Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza Pears in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Tossed Side Salad & Drsg Carrots

19 20 21 22 23 Meatball Sub with Marinara Sauce Fresh Banana Fruit Cup* Bean & Corn Salad

Turkey & Gravy Strawberry Cup Fruit Cup* Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Dressing* WG Dinner Roll

NO SCHOOL

Taco Salad w/ Ranch Drsg Mandarin Oranges Fruit Cup* Tortilla Chips With Salsa WG Cookie

Teriyaki Chicken With Brown Rice Fresh Apple Slices Fruit Cup* Veggies & Hummus Tossed Side Salad & Drsg WG Dinner Roll

26 27 28 29 30 Chicken Alfredo with a Twist Pears in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Broccoli Tossed Side Salad & Drsg WG Dinner Roll

Fish Tacos with Cole Slaw Salsa Cilantro Lime Rice Peaches Fruit Cup* Tossed Side Salad & Drsg

Chicken Nuggets with Dipping Sauce Fresh Grapes Fruit Cup* Peas Tossed Side Salad & Drsg WG Dinner Roll*

Chili Applesauce Cup Fruit Cup* WG Cinnamon Roll Baby Carrots & Hummus Saltines

Turkey & Ham Deli Sub Fresh Banana Fruit Cup* Fresh Cucumber & Tomato Tossed Side Salad & Drsg

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School Menus Menus

August 2015

KEY: WG = Whole Grain * = Applies to 9-12 menus only

Choice of Milk Served with All Complete Meals: 1% Milk Skim Milk Skim Chocolate Milk Skim Strawberry Milk

Menu  subject  to  change  without  notice.  

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 2 3 4 5 6

Hamburger on Bun Ketchup & Mustard Fresh Apple Slices Fruit Cup* Tator Tots Broccoli Salad

Orange Chicken With Brown Rice Pineapple Chunks Fruit Cup* Carrots Fortune Cookie

Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza Pears Fruit Cup* Spinach Strawberry Salad Green Peas

Walking Taco With Salsa Peaches in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Cowboy Corn Salad Tortilla Chips WG Cookie

Chicken Nuggets with Dipping Sauce Fresh Banana Fruit Cup* Sweet Potato Fries Ketchup Green Beans WG Dinner Roll

9 10 11 12 13 Chicken Sandwich with Mayo Pears Fruit Cup* Fresh Cucumber & Tomato Dip Baked Beans

Rotini & Meat Sauce with Parmesan Cheese Apricot Cup Fruit Cup* Tossed Side Salad & Drsg WG Dinner Roll

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Ketchup Fresh Grapes Fruit Cup* Carrots Tossed Side Salad & Drsg

Hatton Chicken Crunch with Brown Rice Peach Cup Fruit Cup* Green Peas WG Dinner Roll

Beef & Bean Burrito With Salsa Pears in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Corn Veggie Sticks & Dipping Sauce Tortilla Chips*

16 17 18 19 20 Mac & Cheese Fruit Salad Fruit Cup* Fresh Baby Carrots with Hummus Green Beans Rice Krispie Bar

Chicken Broccoli Bowl Applesauce Cup Fruit Cup* California Blend

Hamburger on Bun Ketchup & Mustard Peaches Fruit Cup* Sweet Potato Puffs Green Beans

Quesadilla With Salsa Fresh Orange Wedges Fruit Cup* Mexicali Corn Tossed Side Salad & Drsg* Tortilla Chips*

Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza Pears in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Tossed Side Salad & Drsg Carrots

23 24 25 26 27 Meatball Sub with Marinara Sauce Fresh Banana Fruit Cup* Bean & Corn Salad

Turkey & Gravy Strawberry Cup Fruit Cup* Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Dressing* WG Dinner Roll

NO SCHOOL

NO SCHOOL

30 Chicken Alfredo with a Twist Pears in Gelatin Fruit Cup* Broccoli Tossed Side Salad & Drsg WG Dinner Roll

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School Menus Menus

August 2015

KEY: WG = Whole Grain * = Applies to 9-12 menus only

Choice of Milk Served with All Complete Meals: 1% Milk Skim Milk Skim Chocolate Milk Skim Strawberry Milk

Menu  subject  to  change  without  notice.  

MENU ITEMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

“It is the policy of Garner-Hayfield-Ventura CSD not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or religion in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code section 216.7 and 216.9. If you have questions or grievances related to compliance with this policy by (name of CNP Provider), please contact the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Grimes State Office Building, 400 E. 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-1004; phone number 515-281-4121, 800-457-4416; web site: http://www.state.ia.us/government/crc/index.html.”

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Breakfast Wrap Fresh Fruit Juice Milk

Sausage & Pancake on a Stick Fresh Fruit Juice Milk

Breakfast Pizza Slider Fresh Fruit Juice Milk

Sausage Gravy Breakfast Bagel Fresh Fruit Juice Milk

Waffle Sticks with Syrup Fresh Fruit Juice Milk

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A variety of Grab & Go Breakfast items will also be available every morning.