Louisa-Muscatine CSDOctober/November 2016

Newsletter

NCYL was on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. Seven L-M students were selected to attend. Above is the photo of

the students selected.

The students from left to right:Phoebe Murphy, Max Wetzel, Dayne Wadden, Bailey Downing, CJ Sturms, Davis Hunt and Brenna Kinsley.

Elementary Office: 319-726-3634JH/HS Office: 319-726-3421

Visit us online: www.lmcsd.org

PTO NewsYou should be seeing fliers about our main fundraiser of the year, Club’s Choice Gift Catalog. It will run Oct. 3rd -24th. Order-ing for non-perishable items may be handled through their web-site, which is on the flier. The delivery date for Club’s Choice items is scheduled for Nov. 16, 4:00-6:00, in the elementary gym. We will need lots of help with this if you are available, please let me know. Thanks for supporting our Schools.

Watch for fliers coming home about Scholastic Book Fair during Parent/Teacher Confer-ence evenings. Book Fair will run from Oct. 10th through the 13th with hours 8:30-4:00. Well will also be open conference evening, Oct. 11th and 13th 5:00-7:30. You may order online.

Catch us on Facebook, PTO website at https://sites.google.com/a/lmcsd.org/louisa-musca-tine-pto/, or e-mail them at lmp-to@lmcsd.org

Meeting dates:Oct. 10 Nov. 14 Dec. 12Jan. 9 Feb. 13 Mar. 13Apr. 10 May 8

All meetings are held in the ele-mentary library at 5:00 p.m.

Parent/Teacher ConferencesOctober 11th & 13th -- 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

On Tuesday, October 11th, the 1st night of parent teach-er conferences, we will have the following for upperclass-

men & their parents:**6:00 pm - college planning meeting for

juniors and their parents ***7:00 pm - Financial aid meeting for seniors and their

parents

Library NewsWe are officially back at school and into the swing of things here at L-M! Both libraries have been full of excited kids, ready and eager to read! At the end of last school year, L-M libraries received a $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by local farmer Bill and Margaret Furlong of Louisa Coun-

ty. The donation will help our libraries purchase new books and resources that will directly impact our student population. As a small, rural school district, our library

budget can only stretch so far. This donation will allow us to fill in gaps in our collection and purchase books that teachers and students have requested. This donation is so appreciated and could not have come at a better time as our collection is in need of updating. For six years, America’s Farmers Grow Communities has collaborated with farmers to donate over $22 million to more than 8,000 community organizations across rural America. Winning farmers will direct their donations to nonprofits to help fight rural hunger, purchase life saving fire and EMS equipment, support ag youth leadership programs, buy much need-ed classroom resources, and so much more. Thanks SO much to the Furlongs and America’s Farmers Grow Communities! Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

News from Spanish Class....L-M Spanish students are once again logging onto the Duolin-go Language Program every Thursday. This free, self-paced program challenges the student’s writing, reading, and listen-ing abilities in Spanish. Once students complete the program, students will receive a certificate to hang on the Duolingo Hall of Fame wall in the Spanish room. Students will also have the option to study a third language on Thursdays once they have completed the Spanish section. Currently, three students from L-M have completed the Duolingo Spanish program, Jose Nieto, Mariah Pugh, and Amy Magana.

OPEN ENROLLMENT DEADLINESPursuant to the laws that govern open enrollment, applications filed after the March 1, 2016 for the 2016-2017 school year will not be approved unless the reason for late filing qualifies for “good cause”. “Good cause” means a change in the status of a child’s resident district for any of the reasons listed below. The deadline for kindergarten students is September 1. *Family moved to a new district of residence *Change in the marital status of the student’s parents *Placement of the student into foster care resulting in new resident district *Adoption resulting in new resident district *Participation in a foreign exchange program *Participation in a substance abuse or mental health treatment program resulting in new resident district*Failure of negotiations for reorganization or rejection of proposed reorganization plan

*Failure of negotiations for whole grade sharing or rejection of whole grade sharing *Loss of accreditation or revocation of a charter school contract *Severe health and/or pervasive harassment (If the application is being made in response to an alleged severe health need or pervasive harassment of student, the RESIDENT district will notify the applicant of status. The applicant must provide resident district with status of health concern or history of harassment occurring after March 1 deadline.)

Effective Monday, September 19, KCRG-TV9 is ending its text alert service for its closings and cancellations system. That system let your students, parents and staff sign up for free to get a text message as soon as you entered any delay or cancellation into our system. However, it had become inefficient and costly to use texting services, which can charge a fee to both KCRG and the user.

Instead, KCRG-TV9 is now offering push notifications through the KCRG News app, available in the i-Tunes and Google Play. Users will be able to sign up to receive a notification on their smart phone anytime you enter an alert into the KCRG system. It is the same essential function as our text alert service.

If you already have the KCRG-TV9 News App, make sure the is update downloaded (most will automatically update). Once the updated app is installed, open up the settings section by tapping the gear icon in the up-per right hand corner. You should see an option for closings alerts. Tapping on that option, you will be able to search for a district by name, county or even zip code. Then turn on the button for the school(s) for which you want to receive notifications. That’s it. Once a school you’ve selected issues a closing or delay, you will get a push alert on your phone instantly.

Homecoming in Review

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICYIt is the policy of the Louisa-Muscatine CSD not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, gender, disability, religion, age, political party af-filiation, socioeconomic status, or actual or potential parental, family or martial status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code.

The Louisa-Muscatine falcons beat the Columbus Wildcats 19-14. Sydni Wagner & Max Wetzel were crowned homecoming queen & king. Lowden Gabriel, Dayne Wadden, CJ Sturms, Austin Leopard, Randyn Carter, Lani Hillard, Sydni Wagner, Bailey Downing and Dani Courbat were also on the court. 125 students attended the home-coming dance on Saturday.

KCRG - Change in Weather Alert Texts

Dear Parents & Community Members,

I’m writing to encourage you to participate in public meetings organized this fall to collect input on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as Iowa’s state plan is under development. The Iowa Department of Education has announced nine public input meetings statewide from September through November. Each meeting will open with an overview of ESSA and the Department’s goals for developing a state plan of accountability and support that drives student achievement and makes sense for Iowa.

Stakeholder input is critical to this process, which is why participation in these meetings is so important.

All public input meetings will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Meeting dates and locations are as follows:

Monday, September 26Meeting location:

Heartland Area Education AgencyRoom 107 A/B6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston

Tuesday, September 27Meeting location:

Green Hills Area Education AgencyHalverson Center for Education24997 Highway 92, Council Bluffs

Tuesday, October 11Meeting location:

Keystone Area Education AgencyRooms D2-D31400 2nd Street NW, Elkader

Thursday, October 20Meeting location:

Northwest Area Education AgencyAuditorium1520 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City

Tuesday, October 25Meeting location:

Mississippi Bend Area Education AgencyMuscatine/Scott Rooms729 21st Street, Bettendorf

Wednesday, October 26Meeting location:

Prairie Lakes Area Education AgencyRooms A, B and C824 Flindt Drive, Suite 105, Storm Lake

Wednesday, November 2Meeting location:

Grant Wood Area Education AgencyWinter/Spring/Autumn/Revere/Stone conference rooms4401 6th Street SW, Cedar Rapids

Monday, November 7Meeting location:

Great Prairie Area Education AgencyAuditorium2814 N. Court Street, Ottumwa

Wednesday, November 9Meeting location:

Area Education Agency 267Rooms B/C3712 Cedar Heights Drive, Cedar Falls

For more information on Iowa’s plans to meet the Every Student Succeeds Act, visit https://www.educateiowa.gov/pk-12/every-stu-dent-succeeds-act.

Iowans also can submit questions and feedback by sending an email to essa@iowa.gov.

Island Lighthouse Food Pantry

The food pantry is open the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 9:00-11:00 am and 4:00-6:00 pm. It is located at Island United Methodist Church, 2598 Stewart Road, Muscatine IA and

is open to residents in the Louisa-Muscatine School District. You will be required to show identification with your name and current address.

Tuesday, October 18 & Tuesday, November 15

October Activity CalendarSun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat2 3

*XC @ Co-lumbus 4:30 pm*JV FB @ Wa-pello 6pm

4*JH FB @ Co-lumbus 5pm*FS/JV/V VB vs. IMS 5:30pm (Se-nior Night)

5 6*JH VB vs. Lone Tree 4:30 pm*Conference XC @ WB/ND 4:30pm*FS/JV/V VB @ Lone Tree 5pm

7N O SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice*JH FB @ Sigour-ney-Keota 5pm*V FB @ Sigour-ney-Keota 7pm

8*Wilton Festi-val of Bands

9 10*JH VB vs. WMU 4:30pm*JV FB @ Sigour-ney-Keota 6pm

11*Senior/soph-omore class orders taken 11-noon, 4:30-7pm*Parent/Teacher Con-ferences 4:30 - 8pm*JH Football @ Danville 5pm

12 13*Parent/Teacher Con-ferences 4:30 - 8pm*XC @ Medi-apolis 4:30pm

14NO SCHOOL - Compensa-tory Day

*V FB vs. Highland 7pm (Senior Night)

15*State March-ing Band Contests

16 17*JV Football vs. Highland 6pm*Board Meet-ing 6pm

18*Regional VB Tournament - TBA

19 20*State Qual-ifying XC Meet - TBA

21*V FB @ Iowa City Regina 7pm

22* District Auditions: All-State Mu-sic Festival @ Washington

23 24*Fall Concert 7pm

25 26*End of 1st Quarter

27 28 29

30 31

Going out for winter sports? Be sure to have your physical and concussion forms on file in the

high school office.

Island United Methodist Church Lighthouse Clothing Closet. We are open the second Satur-day of each month, 9:00-11:00 a.m., and located at 136 North Street, Fruit-land. We offer free clothing for men,

women, and children. Everyone is welcome. This is an additional outreach program of our church.

November 2016 Activity CalendarSun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

1 2*Athletic Boost-ers Meeting 6 pm

3*JH Girls BB vs. Mediapolis 4:30 pm

4*Variety Show 7 pm

5

6 7*Bowling & Girls BB Practices Begin

*JH Girls BB @ Pekin 4:30 pm

8

*Election Day!

9 10*Veteran’s Day Concert - Ele-mentary Gym 2 pm

*JH Wrestling @ West Middle School 4 pm

*JH Girls BB vs. Wapello 4:30 pm

11NO SCHOOLTeacher Inser-vice

12

13 14*Boys BB & Wrestling Prac-tices Begin

*JH Girls BB @ Columbus 4:30 pm

*JH Wrestling vs. WACO, High-land 4:30 pm

*PTO Meeting 5 pm

15*JH Wrestling @ Mid-Prairie 4:30 pm

16 17*All-State Music Festival

*JH Girls BB vs. Highland 4:30 pm

18*All-State Music Festival

19*All-State Music Festival

20 21*JH Girls BB vs. Lone Tree 4:30 pm*JH Wrestling @ WB/ND 4:30 pm*V Boys BB Jam-boree @ Pekin 6 pm*Board Meeting 6pm

22*V Girls BB @ Pekin 6pm

23 24 25 26

27 28*JH Wrestling vs. Cardinal, Van Buren 4:30 pm

*JH Girls BB vs. WMU 4:30 pm

29*V Girls & Boys BB @ Mediapolis 6pm

30

No School, Thanksgiving Break

October 2016 Lunch Menu

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday3

*Breakfast Casse-role, Fruit & Juice

Maid-Rites, french fries, salad, ba-

nana or peaches

4*Pancake on a

stick, fruit & juice

*Pork Fritter, broccoli & cheese, chips, mixed fruit

5egg & biscuit sand-wich, fruit & juice

spaghetti, garlic toast, salad, green beans, mandarin

oranges

6muffins, fruit &

juice

meatballs w/ marinara sauce, cheese bread, green beans,

melon mix

7No School

10french toast sticks,

fruit & juice

*ham & turkey wraps, chips,

broccoli & cheese, peaches

11scrambled eggs, *sausage, toast,

fruit & juice

tacos, refried beans, toppings, pineapple or ba-

nana(HS Only: Rice)

12cinnamon roll, fruit

& juice

BBQ meatballs, cheesy potatoes,

baked beans, bread & butter,

watermelon

13pancakes, fruit &

juice

Falcon bowl, salad, roll, pears

14No School

17*Breakfast pizza,

fruit & juice

chicken sandwich-es, cheesy pota-

toes, green beans, pineapple

18*biscuits & gravy,

fruit & juice

pizza, salad, corn, melon mix

19*breakfast casse-role, fruit & juice

turkey a la king, mashed potatoes,

roll, fruit mix(HS Only: vegeta-

ble)

20donuts, fruit &

juice

rice bowls, roll, salad, pineapple

21egg & biscuit sand-wich, fruit & juice

chicken strips, french fries, baked beans, fruit salad

24muffin, fruit & juice

tator tot casserole, green beans, pea-

nut butter sand-wiches, pears

25*pancake on a

stick, fruit & juice

chef salad or corn dog, pasta salad,

bread stick, ba-nana or grapes

26scrambled eggs, *sausage, toast,

fruit & juice

Chicken tetrazzini, mashed potatoes,

cooked carrots, bread & butter,

peaches

27cinnamon roll, fruit

& juice

turkey & *ham sandwich, french

fries, baked beans, mixed fruit

28pancakes, fruit &

juice

lasagna, salad, garlic toast, canta-

loupe(HS Only: green

beans)31

*breakfast pizza, fruit & juice

macho nachos, salad, broccoli & cheese, peaches

Elementary Alternate: cereal, bread & butter, cheese stick, yogurt, fruit & vegetable

Elementary Alternate: PBJ, cheese stick, yogurt, fruit & vegetable

Elementary Alternate cereal, cheese stick, yogurt, crackers, fruit or vegetable

Elementary Alternate: PBJ, cheese stick, yogurt, fruit or vegetable

All meals are served with a choice of milk.

Fresh carrots are served every day.

Food items marked (*) contain pork. An alternate lunch entree is of-

fered for students in grades K-12.JH/HS may purchase 2nd entree for $1.40

Alternate breakfast entree: assorted cold cereal, toast w/ margarine, fruit or juice.Grades 9 - 12: a la carte is avail-able for breakfast daily.

Available at lunch daily for grades 7-12: Turkey or Ham deli; chef

salad, pizza, fresh fruit

**This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

November Lunch MenuMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1french toast sticks,

fruit & juice

popcorn chicken, french fries, baked

beans, fruit mix

2PBJ, fruit & juice

chicken fajitas, rice, toppings, melon mix

3 donuts, fruit & juice

pizza casserole, green beans, salad, bread & butter, pine-

apple

4egg & *sausage bis-

cuit, fruit & juice

salisbury steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, bread & butter, mandarin

oranges

7Muffin, fruit & juice

Orange chicken, rice, oriental vegeta-

bles, pineapple

8PBJ, fruit & juice

*Cheddar-wurst, broccoli w/ cheese or cooked carrots,

salad, peaches(HS Only: french

fries)

9 *Biscuits & gravy,

fruit & juice

*chef salad or corn dog, french fries,

baked beans, apple-sauce

10*breakfast pizza, fruit

* juice

*pizza casserole, garlic toast, green beans, grapes or

banana

11NO SCHOOL

14waffles, fruit & juice

chicken fajitas, refried beans, top-

pings, fruit mix (HS Only: rice)

15donuts, fruit & juice

chicken strips, pota-to casserole, mixed vegetables, pears

16eggs, *sausage,

toast, fruit & juice

tator tot casserole, green beans, peanut

butter sandwich, mandarin oranges

17french toast, fruit &

juice

*ham & turkey sand-wiches, french fries, fresh carrots, fresh

fruit salad

18*mess, toast, fruit &

juice

chicken tetrazzini, mashed potatoes,

corn, bread & butter, peaches

21cook’s choice

walking tacos, rice, toppings, apple

slices

22*breakfast casse-role, toast, fruit &

juice

maid-rites, baked beans, chips, cook-

ie, apple slices

23NO SCHOOL

24NO SCHOOL

25NO SCHOOL

28biscuit & egg sand-wich, fruit & juice

salisbury steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, roll,

pears

29pancakes, fruit &

juice

chicken patty, salad, mixed vegetables,

fruit salad (HS Only: french fries)

30*breakfast pizza,

fruit & juice

macaroni w/ hot dogs, green beans,

bread & butter, mixed fruit

Elementary Alternate: cereal, *sausage, cheese stick, yogurt, fruit & vegetable

Elementary Alternate: cereal, bread & butter, cheese stick, yogurt, fruit & vegetable

Elementary Alternate: PBJ, cheese stick, yogurt, fruit & vegetable

Elementary Alternate: cereal, cheese stick, yogurt, crackers, fruit or vegetable

Elementary Alternate: PBJ, cheese stick, yogurt, fruit or vegetable

An alternate lunch entree is offered for students in grades K-12.JH/HS may purchase 2nd entree for $1.40

Available at lunch daily for grades 7-12: Turkey or Ham deli; chef

salad, pizza, fresh fruit

Alternate breakfast entree: assort-ed cold cereal, toast w/ margarine, fruit or juice.Grades 9 - 12: a la carte is available for breakfast daily.

All meals are served with a choice of milk.

Fresh carrots are served every day.

Food items marked (*) contain pork.

**This institution is an equal opportunity provider.