Tuesday, November 13, 2012

November 13, 2012

SANBORN CENTRAL E-NEWS
 
Today is Administration Day for National Education Week. Please take a moment to reflect on how our administrators spend each and every day (including sleepless nights) seeing that the students and staff have nothing but the best at Sanborn Central. Thanks to Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Vermeulen and Gayle Bechen.
 
Schedule Change: Due to the marching band concert and feed starting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20 in Woonsocket, girls’ basketball practice that day will be at Sanborn Central.
 
Santa’s Last Stop Vendor Show will be held on Saturday, December 1 at the Letcher Community Center and Fire Hall from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be making a stop from 9:00 a.m. until noon. Send your kids to shop for family gifts with help from the Town ‘N Kountry Kids 4-H Club from 9:00 a.m. to noon. The Storla-Trinity Youth Group will have concessions throughout the day. Vendors can contact Amanda Chada at mamchada@santel.net or 605-248-2407 to secure a spot. The vendor fee will be $25/table and will go towards future projects through the Letcher Community Development Foundation.
 
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TODAY - TUESDAY:
 
Coborn’s receipts for August, September and October are due to the school by today. They can also be left at CorTrust Bank in Artesian or Letcher.
 
The Region Oral Interp Contest is today at DWU in Mitchell.
 
There will be a meeting this afternoon for football players.
 
Middle School students will have their Student of the Month assembly this afternoon.
 
Basketball cheerleaders will practice in Woonsocket after school today at 3:40 p.m.
 
There will be Open Gym for girls at Woonsocket and for boys at Sanborn Central after school today.
 
The 7/8th boys will have basketball practice after school at Sanborn Central today.
 
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WEDNESDAY:
 
Wednesday is Support Staff Day for National Education Week.
 
FFA members need to turn in their fruit sales order forms and money by Wednesday at the latest. If Mr. Gross is not at school, packets should be turned in to Gayle.
 
There will be Open Gym for girls at Woonsocket after school on Wednesday.
 
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THURSDAY:
 
Thursday is Teacher Day for National Education Week.
 
Eligibility and Homework Club will be calculated on Thursday.
 
There will be Open Gym for boys at Sanborn Central after school on Thursday.
 
The 7/8th boys will have basketball practice after school at Sanborn Central on Thursday.
 
There will be a Winter Drumline audition practice session on Thursday at Sanborn Central from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This practice is not mandatory, but is set up to answer any questions students may have about the Winter Drumline audition practice.
 
The State Volleyball Tournaments are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Class B is being held at the Corn Palace in Mitchell; Class A is at the Watertown Civic Arena in Watertown; and Class AA is being held at Central High School in Rapid City.
 
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FRIDAY:
 
Friday is Student Day (and Pajama Day) for National Education Week.
 
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MONDAY:
 
Girls’ basketball practice begins around the state on Monday. The Lady Blackhawks will practice in Woonsocket on Monday.
 
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SYNOPSIS:
 
Mrs. Whitney has provided the following synopsis of last night’s school board meeting:
 
Approved the agenda, October 8 regular school board minutes, bills, and financial report.
 
Lincoln Feistner from Central Electric met with the board to go over the proposal to install mini-split air conditioning units.  The board asked questions and will discuss further and possibly make a decision at the December board meeting.  The board thanked Lincoln for attending the meeting.
 
Mrs. Whitney’s report included the following: GBB practice will start on November 19 and BBB practice starts on November 26; two new students starting on October 22, a 9th and a 6th grader; summary of meeting between head football coach Jason Kolousek and the AD’s from all three schools; long-term sub, Jenny Easton, will be at SC and Woonsocket for Gwen Senska who will be out on sick leave for a few weeks; and that Masey Pechholt has submitted her resignation as Co-Head Volleyball Coach and the board will formally act on it at the December meeting.
 
Mrs. Vermeulen reported on the following: the new student in 6th grade; grades 5-8 declam on November 21; MS honor roll percentages; Rebel Booster Club distributing special t-shirts to all students in grades 6-12 who achieved “A” honor roll status (students have 3 more quarters to achieve that goal and receive a t-shirt); grades 5&6 basketball has come to an end; 7/8 GBB earned first place win at the Hanson tournament this past weekend; and the 7/8 BBB will participate in a Hanson BB tournament on December 1.
 
Approved the long-term substitute pay as follows:  1st of 5 days of continuous subbing = $80/day with a teacher’s certificate.  The 6th day and on = $100/day with a teacher’s certificate.
 
Executive session for personnel from 7:41 – 8:12.
 
Adjourned at 8:13 pm
 
Next meeting will be Monday, December 10, 2011 at 7:00pm in the Conference Room.
 
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REMINDERS:
 
A basketball practice and game schedule has been made available. Copies will be handed out to athletes soon. You can find this schedule for printing in the Athletics folder of Sanborn Central’s Google Drive, along with other schedules that may come out during the basketball season. Use the link below or visit the Athletics page at www.sanborncentral.com for a link.
 
 
More information on Sanborn Central’s new mobile app can be found at www.sanborncentral.com.
 
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
 
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
 
- Mark Twain
 
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DAILY WORKOUT:
(The links below lead to many of the items that were contained in last year’s e-News, plus a few more worthwhile sites.)
 
ASK’s Question of the Day: http://www.ask.com/questionoftheday
 
NASA’s Image of the Day: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD
 
(after 30 second ad)
 
The New York Times Learning Network: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com
 
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
 
Math Buddy’s Question of the Day: http://www.mathbuddyonline.com/common/mbqad.html
 
 
National Geographic’s Daily GeoBee: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/quiz/today
 
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CONTACT:
 
Questions, comments, additions: Sherri at stekl@santel.net.
 
Sanborn Central e-News blog/archives: http://sanborncentralenews.blogspot.com