Thursday, September 26, 2013
N/Warren Town and County News
Page Nine
I ] Booster Club Golf Tourney
OVIATT ELEMENTARY Members of the Norwalk Athletic Booster Club hosted their 6th annual golf ben-'
By Sheila Taylor, Principal efit at Countryside Golf Course August 24. NABC President Tim Stephany said the
event was very successful and will be held again next year. Stephany added that the
One of the biggest changes this year has been early dismissals each Wednesday.
These early dismissals provide teachers the opportunity to meet, learn and grow as
educators. As a parent, I want my children's teachers to be the most knowledgeable,
skilled and masters of their trait to help prepare my children to be productive citi-
zens. These early dismissals give the faculty the avenue for continued growth and
development. An effective model for growth is to meet on a regular basis versus
trying to cram in a lot of information into a full day scattered throughout the year.
The Wednesdays provide the consistent and frequent opportunities for growth. Teach-
ers are trained on a concept, take it back to their classroom and implement and then
come back the next week to talk about what went well, what they can do to improve
and continue learning the next steps.
What is Oviatt's focus for our early out Wednesdays? This year as a district our
focus has been on developing professional learning communities. PLCs meet weekly
to discuss priorities for learning, common assessments and focus on student learn-
ing. This year we are starting with reading/language arts to learn what changes are
involved with the Iowa Core. 'hrough common assessments the PLCs discuss stu-
dents and plan for instruction, interventions and enrichment based on what students
have learned. We look at each student's learning and plan for their instruction with a
goal of each student mastering the standards by the end of the year. This is best
accomplished as a team which is the focus of the professional learning communities.
This year we are fortunate to have mini-iPads in each classroom with a ratio of
one iPad for each pair of students. This is an engaging instructional tool for the class-
room. Through our early dismissal Wednesdays teachers are learning how to use the
iPad in the classroom to supplement the curriculum as an effective learning tool.
Oviatt's goal for student learning is focusing on reading instruction with 90% of
students meeting their growth targets by the end of the school year. Teachers are
involved in Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) pro-
fessional development on some of our early out Wednesdays. The training focuses
on how students learn to read and why some children have trouble; how to teach
reading and spelling most effectively how to interpret individual differences in stu-
dent achievement and learn scientifically-based reading research for instruction.
Other topics for professional development for this school year are curricular stud-
ies and research, writing instruction, cooperative learning and data discussions and
goal setting. We appreciate the time and opportunity to focus on continued growth
for our faculty. This in turn helps your children and our schools.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed-there's so little compe-
tition.
-Elbert Hubbard
SCHOOL AND SPORTS PAGES b
SPONSORED BY:
*WENDY BORST MASSAGE, LMT
240-1075
*COMMUNITY BANK
285-4900
*FOUR SEASONS AUTO WASH
981-4454
*DR. DONNA GRANT FAMILY DENTISTRY
256-9000
*HASKIN CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
981-0556
*EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS
Kevin Pearson- 285-1838
*JOHN PHILLIPS INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
981-0434 or 981-4293
*NORWALK LIONS CLUB
981-0432
*OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATES
981-0224
*SCOTT'S FOODS
981-0606
*NEWTON STANDRIDGE
STANDRIDGE GROUP
229-5310
*N/WARREN TOWN & COUNTY NEWS
981-0406
Athletic Booster Club has put a focus on raising additional funds for larger athletic
projects and the nearly $9,000 raised from this event will certainly help in that re-
gard.
A big thank you goes out to the 120 individuals who participated in this year's
outing. Without their participation, this event wouldn't have been possible. Several
area businesses also donated items for a raffle and their help is greatly appreciated.
Stephany noted that hole sponsorship was key to the event's success and wanted to
thank the following entities for their support: Farewa)5 Countryside Golf Course,
City State Bank, Scott's Foods, NuTech Seeds, Cyclone Automotive Training, Logan
Contractors Supply, Haskin Chiropractic Clinic, HyVee Corporate, Stephany Insur-
ance, Accelerated Physical TherapF DeRocher Chiropractic & Acupuncture, Edward
Jones - Lance Eddie, Lane Insurance, Dr. Lori Miller and Brad Miller, Norwalk Fam-
ily Physicians, Norwalk Family Dentistry, Knights of Columbus Council 7556, Ron's
Auto Repair, Burke Golf Academ55 Rich Hervey- JJ Designs, Norwalk Ready-Mixed
Concrete and Flooring America.
Norwalk Athletic Booster Club Minutes
August 28, 2013
Tim Stephany called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. There were 16 people present
at the meeting.
Secretary's Report
Minutes from the regular meeting and the annual meeting in July were reviewed.
Motion to accept the minutes was made by Nancy LaVelle and seconded by Scot
Meuler. Motion carried.
Treasurer's Report
Troy Downs reported that after he pays Fast Signs and receives the last few spon-
sorship payments, we will be around $9,000 for revenue from the golf outing. This is
approximately $850 more than last year's outing.
Troy has rolled over all remaining funds from each of the sports from last year.
The current financial figures presented at tonight's meeting are current With all all0-.
cations fully completed.
Motion to accept the financials was made by Lori Vaske and seconcfed by Matt
Leek. Motion carried.
Concession Report
Mary Knickerbocker reported Fall Fest was very successful in concessions with
$400 profit the night of Fall Fest and $1,600 profit the night of the scrimmage with
ADM.
Mary reported that she will be sending out the board counting schedule for vol-
leyball games soon. The first home game is scheduled for September 10.
Coaches Wish List
Volleyball - Coach Byars requested $348.48 for coach's apparel. Motion was made
by Nancy LaVelle to approve funding, seconded by Coach Gavin. Motion carried.
Cheerleading - Coach Moede requested $154.67 for coach's apparel. Motion was
made by Tim Daniels to approve funding, seconded by Coach Wiedmann. Motion
carried.
Membership Report
Lori Vaske reported there are currently 49 new members, however we are down
$5,000 from where we were last year at this time. We.will have a membership table at
each of the home football games which will hopefully increase membership. Tim
Stephany reported that he sent out an email to all past members reminding them to
become a member again this year.
Tim Daniels reported that he has updated the website with the new membership
list that Lori has provided him with.
Athletic Directors Report
Middle School:
Darin Schreck was not in'attendance at tonight's meeting to report on the middle
school activities.
High School:
A1 Lammers reported that everything is going well with the start of fall sports.
Volleyball will start Thursday and there have been some cancellations due to the
increased heat.
A1 indicated that he had to purchase an ice machine for the high school due to the
other one breaking down. Al requested that the boosters fund this expenditure with
money in the general fund. B6ard discussed and determined there were monies avail-
able to pay for the machine. Total cost for the machine is $3,172. M6tion was made
by Stacy Rosonke to fund this amount for the ice machine, seconded by Scot Meuler.
Motion carried.
Public Relations
Nancy LaVelle reported that she sent all congratulatory cards to the baseball and
softball players who received conference recognition. Stacy will write up a thank
you from the golf outing that Nancy will put in the paper.
Old Business
Scot Meuler thanked everyone for volunteering at the 6th Annual Golf Benefit at
Countryside. Hole sponsorships were up this year. Everyone thanked Scot for all of
his work to put the outing together.
New Business
Chris Larson asked if he could get a representative from the boosters to sit on a
committee that would promote working with other organizations inthe community.
This committee would consist of PTO, Education Foundation, Music Boosters, Ath-
letic Boosters and Watch Dogs. This committee could be highly beneficial to all and
would foster assisting each other with events that are planned and promote
volunteerism across all groups. Tim Stephany and Stacy Rosonke volunteered to
represent the Athletic Boosters at a meeting that Chris is planning.
A1 Lammers indicated that the Project Graduation organization came to him and
reported that there has been no one volunteer to take on the responsibilities of Project
Graduation. This organization is key in contacting area businesses and then put
together a program insert containing area business sponsorships. The revenue ger k-
erated from these sponsorships is returned to Project Graduation for events that are
planne d for seniors. Scot Meuler volunteered to work with A1 and the previous
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