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.