Friday, March 30, 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012 Day A

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

4) Anyone who hasn't turned in their basketball uniforms, needs to do it asap or you will be charged.

5) Birthdays Today - April 2nd...Lucas Nelson.

6) 6th Grade Girls Basketball will practice today from 2:35-4:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

4) Anyone who hasn't turned in their basketball uniforms, needs to do it asap or you will be charged.

5) There are only a couple spots left for the April 2nd Zip-line activity. Sign-up today!

6) Winners of the Battle of the Books school competition MUST get a permission slip signed and returned by Monday, April 2nd. Pick up the permission slips in the LRC. Thanks from Ms Cairns.

7) Leap Making Comics is today, March 30th.

8) Birthdays Today - March 30th...Ty Kernall. March 31st...James Becker, Shyann Patterson. April 1st...Courtney Green, Garrett Kane, Logan Ludovissy, Skylar SmithHenkel, Joshua Zimmerman.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

4) 6th Grade Boys Basketball will practice today.

5) Anyone who hasn't turned in their basketball uniforms, needs to do it asap or you will be charged.

6) There are only a couple spots left for the April 2nd Zip-line activity. Sign-up today!

7) Winners of the Battle of the Books school competition MUST get a permission slip signed and returned by Monday, April 2nd. Pick up the permission slips in the LRC. Thanks from Ms Cairns.

8) Leap Exploring Building and Design is today. Leap Making Comics is tomorrow, March 30th.

9) Music Man rehearsal today for Full Cast from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

4) 6th Grade Girls Basketball will practice today.

5) Anyone who hasn't turned in their basketball uniforms, needs to do it asap or you will be charged.

6) Congratulations to the following students in House 6-1 whose essays were selected to be published in the book "What is Important to Me". They are entered in the final competition. The published writers are Brianna Fry, Evan Wieser, Mason Kobliska, Jeni McGlynn, Taylor Greenwald, Koehler Miller, Julia Meehan, and Griffin Benson. Keep up the excellent writing!

7) There is a musical rehearsal tomorrow with Mrs. Oglesby in the choir room. All members of the cast are encouraged to attend. Eat your lunch from 11:00 to 11:25 and then head over to the choir room. All major and minor cast members are supposed to bring their scripts with them.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Birthdays Today - March 27th...Alexis Peacock.

4) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

5) 6th Grade Boys Basketball will practice today.

6) Anyone who hasn't turned in their basketball uniforms, needs to do it asap or you will be charged.

7) Crew people for The Music Man, please listen up! There will be a meeting for everyone who signed up for Crew today after school. The meeting will be in Mrs. Duggan's room at 2:30 p.m. All crew members will be assigned a job at that meeting, so it is important that you attend. If you are in track or basketball, then please see Mrs. Steffen or Mrs. Duggan prior to the meeting. Again, the meeting for the crew is in Mrs. Duggan's room is today after school. There will also be rehearsal for all cast members with a speaking part today from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the Auditorium. Any cast member who is in track or basketball must come to rehearsal at 2:30. You will be dismissed for sports at 3:15 p.m.

8) UD for Kids is a summer enrichment program for gifted and talented students in the tri-state area. Nominated students demonstrate advanced abilities in academic, leadership, creative, and/or visual and performing arts areas. They exhibit a strong desire to learn. These students must also have the maturity to work effectively with small groups in unfamiliar settings.

The 21st year of UD for Kids will be held this summer. Classes are held from 12:30-4:00 p.m. on the University of Dubuque campus (unless otherwise noted) during the following weeks:

· Session Three: July 9-13, 2012 for current fifth, sixth & seventh graders

Cost for each weeklong session is $115.00. This tuition includes a UD Kids t shirt and light daily snacks. (Limited partial scholarship assistance may be available but not guaranteed. Please indicate your need for assistance when registering.)

Check out the UD Kids website for the opening registration dates in March and April. If you choose to attend, you must register via the University of Dubuque web site. You will need your school code in order to register. Please do not share this school code with others. Contact Mr. Hatcher at rhatcher@dbqschools.org for Jefferson’s school code.

If you do not have a computer at home, please talk with your school and find out if one of the school computers could be available for your use.

9) Wellness classes at Jefferson just finished the 2nd reporting period (28 days) of the 100 Day Challenge for Live Healthy Iowa Kids. Students were recording daily activity minutes and vegetable servings from February 15th through March 13th. Mrs. Lucas' classes had a total of 639,087 activity minutes and 9333 vegetable servings. Mrs. Lucas' 7-1 B class had the most activity minutes with 81,531, and her 6-2 B class had the most vegetable servings with 1513. Mr. Wischmeyer's classes had a total of 506,951 activity minutes and 7857 vegetable servings. Mr. Wischmeyer's 6-2 A class had the most activity minutes with 59,825, and his 7-2 B class had the most vegetable servings with 1223. Students started recording activity minutes and milk/water servings on March 14th and will continue to through April 10th. Students are reminded to stay active, make healthy eating/drinking choices, and keep up the great work!

10) Wahlert Math Contest meets every night this week.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Monday, March 26, 2012

Monday, March 26, 2012 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Birthdays Today - March 26th...Jenna Smith.

4) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

5) Reminder...7th/8th Boys and Girls Track begins today after school.

6) 6th Grade Girls Basketball will practice today.

7) Anyone who hasn't turned in their basketball uniforms, needs to do it asap or you will be charged.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Friday, March 23, 2012

Student Announcements - Friday, March 23, 2012 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Hempstead Fall Cheerleading mandatory preseason tryout meeting has been canceled and so have the April tryouts. These will be rescheduled for a time in May, listen for announcements.

4) Birthdays Today - March 23rd...Herbert Evans, Miguel Segura. March 24th...Jenna Behke, Haley Cavanaugh, Chrisopher Hanson, Jose Montoya.

5) Attention Battle of the Books teams! Please go to the library with your team to take the school battle quiz. This must happen anytime of the day before Friday March 23th.

6) A reminder from the library, if you checked out a book before spring break it is now due. Please stop in and return or renew them! Thank you from Ms Cairns and Mrs. Neyens.

7) The last Leap Chess Class was on Tuesday, March 20th. Mr. Bausch will contact students for the city chess meet.

8) Leap Book Club for Wednesday, March 28th has been canceled.

9) Leap African Drums has been canceled on Friday, April 13th. There will be no make-up date.

10) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

11) Reminder...7th/8th Boys and Girls Track begins on Monday, March 26th.

7-8th grade track Track practice for 7th and 8th girls and boys begins on Monday, March 26th. You must have a current physical on file in the main office to participate. Please sign up during your lunch period this week.




Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Student Announcements - Thursday, March 22, 2012 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Hempstead Fall Cheerleading will have a mandatory preseason tryout meeting on Monday, March 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the Hempstead Auditorium. Any questions please contact Coach Kress at 552-8027.

4) Birthdays Today - March 22nd...Tyler Brown, Ashton Esser, Tristan Esser, Alexis Kemp, Zachary Zmudka.

5)Attention all 7th grade students...The Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) will have a FREE Dental Sealant Program at Jefferson in the auditorium tomorrow, March 23. This includes a dental exam and application of preventive dental sealants. Consent forms are still available in the Nurses Office and must be completed and returned to the Nurses Office by this Thursday, March 22. Please contact the Nurses Office if you have any questions.

6) Attention Battle of the Books teams! Please go to the library with your team to take the school battle quiz. This must happen anytime of the day before Friday March 23th.

7) A reminder from the library, if you checked out a book before spring break it is now due. Please stop in and return or renew them! Thank you from Ms Cairns and Mrs. Neyens.

8) The last Leap Chess Class was on Tuesday, March 20th. Mr. Bausch will contact students for the city chess meet.

9) Leap Book Club for Wednesday, March 28th has been canceled.

10) Leap African Drums has been canceled on Friday, April 13th. There will be no make-up date.

11) The Hempstead Booster Club is sponsoring the Annual Bunny Hop 4K Run/Walk on April 7th. Please consider supporting this important fund raising event. Registration forms are available in the main office. Return forms to the main office.

12) The Dubuque Arts Council is sponsoring a free concert by The Kipperton String Quartet, who is finishing it's residency this week, on Friday night (March 23rd) at Loras College's Gallagher Hall, in the Visitation Building, corner of Alta Vista and University. They have a great program for students and the concert will be no exception.

13) Play practice tonight for all leads from 2:30 - 4 p.m.

14) Reminder...7th/8th Boys and Girls Track begins on Monday, March 26th. You must have a current physical on file in the main office to participate. Please sign up during your lunch period this week.

6th Grade Basketball 6th grade boys basketball practice tonight from 2:30-4:00 pm.


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Student Announcements - Wednesday, March 21, 2012

1. Today is Day A.

2. A reminder from the library, if you checked out a book before spring break, it is now due. Please stop in and return or renew the book. Thank you. Ms. Cairns and Mrs. Neyens.

3. Attention Battle of the Books teams! Please go to the library with your team to take the school battle quiz. This must happen anytime of the day before Friday, March 23.

4. All students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids. 5. For the cast of Music Man: There is a music rehearsal every Thursday with Mrs. Oglesby in the choir room. All members of the cast are encouraged to attend. Eat your lunch from 11:00-11:25 and then head to the choir room. All major and minor cast members are supposed to bring their scripts with them to all choir rehearsals. Thank you.

6. Hempstead Fall Cheerleading will have a mandatory preseason tryout meeting on Monday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Hempstead Auditorium. Any questions, please contact Coach Kress at 552-8027.

7. Attention all 7th grade students: The Visiting Nurses Assoc. will have a free Dental Sealant Program at Jefferson on Friday, March 23. This includes a dental exam and application of preventive dental sealants. Consent forms are available.

8. Happy Birthday: Daniel Ostrander.

Kids In The Kitchen Kids in the kitchen crew will be filming on Thursday, March 22nd. Students involved should report to the main office at the beginning of the day Thursday.

6th Grade Basketball: 6th grade girls basketball practice today after school until 4:00.

7-8th grade track Track practice for 7th and 8th girls and boys begins on Monday, March 26th. You must have a current physical on file in the main office to participate. Please sign up during your lunch period this week.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012


Student Announcements - Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Hempstead Fall Cheerleading will have a mandatory preseason tryout meeting on Monday, March 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the Hempstead Auditorium. Any questions please contact Coach Kress at 552-8027.

4) Birthdays Today - March 20th...Spencer Sahm, Renaldo Snead.

5) After school rehearsals for The Music Man will resume for ALL CAST MEMBERS today from 2:30-4:00 p.m. Remember, if you cannot attend a rehearsal, then you must give Mrs. Duggan or Mrs. Steffen a written note from a parent prior to the rehearsal.

6)Attention all 7th grade students...The Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) will have a FREE Dental Sealant Program at Jefferson in the auditorium this Friday, March 23. This includes a dental exam and application of preventive dental sealants. Consent forms are still available in the Nurses Office and must be completed and returned to the Nurses Office by this Thursday, March 22. Please contact the Nurses Office if you have any questions.

7) Attention Battle of the Books teams! Please go to the library with your team to take the school battle quiz. This must happen anytime of the day before Friday March 23th.

8) A reminder from the library, if you checked out a book before spring break it is now due. Please stop in and return or renew them! Thank you from Ms Cairns and Mrs. Neyens.

9) The Leap Exercise Class for today has been canceled.

7-8th grade track Track practice for 7th and 8th girls and boys begins on Monday, March 26th. You must have a current physical on file in the main office to participate. Please sign up during your lunch period this week.



6th Grade Basketball 6th grade basketball begins on Wednesday, March 21st. Practice is held after school from 2:30-4:00 pm. Girls practice on Mondays and Wednesdays and boys practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You need to have a physical on file in the office and you need to passing all of your classes to participate.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Monday, March 19, 2012

Monday, March 19, 2012 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and water/milk servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Hempstead Fall Cheerleading will have a mandatory preseason tryout meeting on Monday, March 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the Hempstead Auditorium. Any questions please contact Coach Kress at 552-8027.

4) Birthdays Today - March 19th...Dennis Doerr, Keith Johnson

5) After school rehearsals for The Music Man will resume for ALL CAST MEMBERS on Tuesday, March 20 from 2:30-4:00 pm. Remember, if you cannot attend a rehearsal, then you must give Mrs. Duggan or Mrs. Steffen a written note from a parent prior to the rehearsal. See you on Tuesday!

Attention all 7th grade students...The Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) will have a FREE Dental Sealant Program at Jefferson in the auditorium this Friday, March 23. This includes a dental exam and application of preventive dental sealants. Consent forms are still available in the Nurses Office and must be completed and returned to the Nurse's Office by this Thursday, March 22. Please contact the Nurse's Office if you have any questions.

6th Grade Basketball 6th grade basketball begins on Wednesday, March 21st. Practice is held after school from 2:30-4:00 pm. Girls practice on Mondays and Wednesdays and boys practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You need to have a physical on file in the office and you need to passing all of your classes to participate.

7th and 8th grade boys and girls track begins on Monday, March 26th.  Practice is held after school from 2:30-4:00 pm.   You need to have a physical on file in the office and you need to passing all of your classes to participate.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and vegetable servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Any 6th grade student interested in a drawing contest, see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels for more details. Draw a picture of any Historical Building in Iowa and you could win $100.00! Entries are due April 13th.

4) Any 7th or 8th grader interested in a photography contest see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels. Take a photo of any Historical Building in Iowa and submit it to the Iowa Architectural Foundation and you could win $100.00. Entries are due by March 14, 2012.

5) Hempstead Fall Cheerleading will have a mandatory preseason tryout meeting on Monday, March 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the Hempstead Auditorium. Any questions please contact Coach Kress at 552-8027.

6) Birthdays Today - March 7th...Christian Timmermans. March 8th...Stacey Thill. March 9th...Carmen Ames, Chelsea Molzof, Rebecca Schueller. March 10th...Charissma Cruz. March 13th...Jesse Smith. March 15th...Isabella Breitbach, Taylor Greenwald, Zachary Key. March 16th...Bailey Foht. March 17th...Justin Nelson, Katelyn Nelson, Dylan Pauley.

7) Reminder...No school starting tomorrow, March 8th and we will return to school on Monday, March 19th.

8) Parent Teacher Conferences are this week!
Wednesday: 3:30-8 PM
Thursday: 9 AM - 2 PM; 3 - 7:30 PM
Conferences on Thursday during the day are in the teacher's classroom.  Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday night are the North gym.  To ensure that you are able to meet with all of your child's teachers, we request that you arrive at least 30 minutes before the end of a session.



Monday, March 5, 2012

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and vegetable servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Any 6th grade student interested in a drawing contest, see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels for more details. Draw a picture of any Historical Building in Iowa and you could win $100.00! Entries are due April 13th.

4) Any 7th or 8th grader interested in a photography contest see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels. Take a photo of any Historical Building in Iowa and submit it to the Iowa Architectural Foundation and you could win $100.00. Entries are due by March 14, 2012.

5) Parent Teacher Conferences are this week!
Wednesday: 3:30-8 PM
Thursday: 9 AM - 2 PM; 3 - 7:30 PM
Conferences on Thursday during the day are in the teacher's classroom.  Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday night are the North gym.  To ensure that you are able to meet with all of your child's teachers, we request that you arrive at least 30 minutes before the end of a session.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Monday, March 5, 2012

Monday, March 5, 2012 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and vegetable servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Any 6th grade student interested in a drawing contest, see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels for more details. Draw a picture of any Historical Building in Iowa and you could win $100.00! Entries are due April 13th.

4) Any 7th or 8th grader interested in a photography contest see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels. Take a photo of any Historical Building in Iowa and submit it to the Iowa Architectural Foundation and you could win $100.00. Entries are due by March 14, 2012. 5) Attention Students...If you have overdue library books from January, charges are being sent home next week. Locker clean-outs are a great place to start looking for your lost library books! Thank you from Ms. Cairns and Mrs. Neyens.

6) Birthdays Today - March 5th...Alxis Peil.

7) Please remember to tell your parents about the parent teacher conferences on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Friday, March 2, 2012 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) All Students are reminded to be logging their physical activity minutes and vegetable servings daily to turn into their wellness teachers for Live Healthy Iowa kids.

3) Any 6th grade student interested in a drawing contest, see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels for more details. Draw a picture of any Historical Building in Iowa and you could win $100.00! Entries are due April 13th.

4) Any 7th or 8th grader interested in a photography contest see Mr. Hatcher or Mrs. Henkels. Take a photo of any Historical Building in Iowa and submit it to the Iowa Architectural Foundation and you could win $100.00. Entries are due by March 14, 2012.

5) Attention Students...If you have overdue library books from January, charges are being sent home next week. Locker clean-outs are a great place to start looking for your lost library books! Thank you from Ms. Cairns and Mrs. Neyens.

6) Sports Today...Boys Basketball - Jefferson Red vs. Roosevelt Purple. 7th grade at Jefferson and 8th grade at Roosevelt; both games begin at 4 p.m.

7) Birthdays Today - March 3rd...Haley Manders. March 4th...Camron Gienau.

8) Hempstead Fall Cheerleading will have a mandatory preseason tryout meeting on Monday, March 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the Hempstead Auditorium. Any questions please contact Coach Kress at 552-8027.