Everyone can do their part in keeping students safe on the bus. Be aware of your surroundings, expect buses to make stops and help students understand bus safety. Check out the transportation page on our website for bus rules and safety tips. Link in bio.
We will also be performing Fall Bus Evacuation Drills during the week. 🚌
For the most up to date calendar and to purchase tickets, check out our BOUND page through the link in our bio!
See you on Tuesday!
What a great opportunity to encourage young students to keep up their reading!
Apple Orchard Adventure! 🍎🚜
Preschool students had the absolute best day at the apple orchard! Here is a peek at what we did across our three stations:
1. Fun & Play: Climbed hay bales and played in the sand pits.
2. Farmer Sharon's Station: Learned how to care for apple trees and all the delicious treats we can make with apples.
3. Apple Picking with farmer Chris: Went right into the orchard to pick our very own fresh apples!
Thank you to the Spencer Community School Foundation along with the Chuck and Pat Schmidt Gift to Education fund for making this experience possible and supporting continuous learning in our classrooms!
Here are a few ways to celebrate kindness any day of the year:
- Compliment a stranger
- Leave an encouraging note
- Ask someone how they are doing
- Invite someone to sit with you
Make kindness a priority today and everyday! 💗
A healthy school lunch is so important to the success of a student both in and out of the classroom. We are so grateful our food service department takes such care in providing healthy choices for our students!
Our menu for the week is:
Monday: Breakfast for Lunch - sausage, egg patty, English muffins, oranges and veggie drink
Tuesday: Meat and Cheese Enchiladas, rice, refried beans, salsa and pears
Wednesday: Pulled pork, Mac & Cheese, roasted squash, bread stick, mixed berries
Thursday: Asian Beef and Broccoli, rice, cooked carrots, fortune cookies & peaches
Friday: Chicken strips, dinner rolls, apple slices and mixed veggies.
Spencer Schools Activity Schedule | Week of October 12-17
For the most up to date calendar and to purchase tickets, check out our BOUND page!
We had a great week learning all about fire safety. As we continue the rest of the year, we encourage you and your students to keep fire safety at the front of your mind.
A few things you can do for your home:
- Have a fire escape plan
- Ensure all smoke detectors and fire extinguishers are up-to-date
- Blow out candles before leaving the room
- Take precautions with lithium batteries
For more tips: https://www.ready.gov/home-fires
#SpencerReads has restocked these libraries- so find a book you love or bring something to share or trade!
#SpencerReads
Thanks to the Spencer Community School Foundation and the Mark Schmidt Memorial Speaker Fund for hosting Julia Cook for our 3rd-5th grade student sessions during the school day and the evening parent sessions.
For the most up to date calendar and to purchase tickets, check out our BOUND page through the link in our bio!
Join us from 6pm-7pm as we focus on our elementary math and literacy goals. We will have a featured session for parents to attend with our guest author, Julia Cook. She will also have the opportunity to speak to 3rd and 4th grade students at school earlier in the day. If you are interested in one of her books, she will have some available for purchase.
Teachers and Volunteer NHS High School Students will be present to supervise the math and literacy stations available for the students.
There will be no childcare for infants and toddlers. See you tomorrow!
As we enter into National Fire Prevention week, remember safe practices you can implement in your home.
This year, the focus is safety around lithium batteries. Remember to charge them on hard surfaces and don't leave lithium devices plugged in longer than necessary.
For additional tips: https://www.ready.gov/home-fires
We are proud to share that one of our own, Evan Scheck, is a Carnegie HERO Nominee.
This honor recognizes his bravery in rescuing a boy from drowning in the river here in Spencer. This happened during flooding in May 2024. Read the full story at: https://www.carnegiehero.org/hero-search/evan-r-scheck/
We are so excited to have adopted SchooLinks as part of our learning resources and we are looking for Community Partners to help provide opportunities for Spencer Students!
How Community Partners get involved:
- Mock Interviews
- Job Shadows
- Internships
- Guest Speakers
- Business Tours
If you are interested, find the Community Partner Intake Form here: Intake Form
Earlier this month we had our first Together We Read Event of the year! Students stopped for 15 minutes during their day to prioritize reading. 📚
Reading helps grow our minds and shapes imagination. Keep it up and make reading a part of every week!
Spencer Schools Activities Schedule - Week of September 28 - October 3
For the most up to date calendar and to purchase tickets, check out our BOUND page: https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/spencer
We'd love to see you at our next PTO meeting on October 20th at 7:00 pm at the Central Office. You don't have to be a PTO member to attend -- everyone is welcome! Come hear what's happening, share your ideas, and help us find ways to make a difference for our students, teachers and schools!