Thursday, December 12, 2013
N/Warren Town and County News
Page Nine
LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY
By Jill Anderson, Principal
Ideas For The Holidays: The holidays are fast ap-
proaching and I know that some of you are shopping
for the teachers. Each of your child's teachers has an iPad,
so iTunes cards would be a gift that they would love
and your child would benefit. I don't want to sound like
an infomercial, but I know how tough it is at times to
find that perfect gift!
Winter Weather: Winter weather is upon us. We want
to remind all parents of our recess policies. The Norwalk
School District will follow the guidelines recommended
by the Child Care Weather Watch and the Iowa Depart-
ment of Public Safety. Their websites are www.idph.state
Ja.us./, hcci/common/pdf/, and weatherwatch.pdf. Make
sure children are dressed adequately to spend 20-30
minutes outside. Make sure your child has a hat, mit-
tens or gloves and winter coat. If we have snow, stu-
dents MUST have snow boots or they will need to stay
on the blacktop and will not be able to play in the snow.
If your child needs to stay inside from recess for more
than three days, you will need to send a doctor's note.
Be sure you're school dressed for the cold weather. If
you are not able to provide your child with winter items,
contact Jan Jensen or Brett Collins anytime for confi-
dential assistance.
Holiday Shop/PTO News: The PTO goes to a lot of
work sponsoring the Holiday Shop for the students at
Lakewood to shop for some presents. The dates of those
shopping days are Friday, DeG 13, Thursday, Dec. 19
and Frida Dec. 20.
They will also be sponsoring the Holiday Hop, Fri-
day, Dec. 20, immediately after school.
Master Teacher: I was reading the Kappan magazine,
Extraordinary Teachers, Exceptional Students article and it
referred to the master teacher as one who refines and
polishes the students' initial capabilities. That is what I
feel as if every teacher in the district should strive for
each minute of each day. Here were the qualities of the
master teachers:
Personalizing Instruction: We are working hard
with the staff to differentiate instruction based on the
students' passion or deficits. This is being completed
during reading time or better known as "centers."
Providing Shortcuts: Teachers try to provide short-
cuts and enable students to begin the long journey to-
wards being self-directed problem solvers who reflect
on their learning. The focus area of this is usually in the
area of math.
Caring and Loving: To me, human comes first. I en-
courage the staff to embrace and help every single one
of their students and enhance their abilities.
Not Creating Clones: Master teachers do not want
students to be carbon copies of themselves.
I take a tremendous amount of pride knowing that
Norwalk teachers need both subject matter expertise and
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Holiday Shop (PTO) before school
Early Out
Holiday Shop (PTO) before school
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Market Beef Weigh-in. Photo submitted.
All 4-Hers who wish to exhibit market beef animals at hhe 2014 Warren County
Fair must,weigh and identify those animals. A maximum of six steers and six heifers
may be weighed and ID'd. All must be dehorned and males must have been castrated
by weigh-in. Weigh-in for the Warren County Fair is 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. at the Warren
County Fairgrounds. The eai'tag cost is $2 per animal. The Market Beef ID must be
completed with tattoo, breed and sire information. Declaration of Advanced Feeder
Animal (pen of. three market animals) is done at this time.
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the time will be from 10 a.m. until 12 noon. The State Fair retinal scan is $5 per head
and the Ak-Sar-Ben DNA collection charge is $5 per animal.
