From the Principal’s desk

Dear Patrons:

We want to welcome everyone back to the second semester at Scribner-Snyder Community School. The

students and staff have been very busy since their return to school. It is hard to believe we’re already to

the mid-point of the 3rd quarter of the school year.

SSCS will be hosting Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, February 15th from 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

The elementary teachers have already met to set-up an elementary student visitation schedule which

will be sent home in your child’s Friday Folder. The Jr. High and high school teachers will again have

tables set up in the gym. We encourage all our parents to attend.

Our coding teacher, Linda Schafer, continued offering several coding courses again this year including:

3-D Advanced Gameit, Web Design, and a 9th Grade Coding class. She’s also started a new elementary

coding club and a new Jr. high/high school gaming club. Mrs. Schafer has several students participating

in these activities and we want to thank her for her work.

The second round of our DIBELS Next testing took place in December prior to Christmas break. A data

retreat was held to review the testing results during our teacher in-service day after Christmas break.

The teachers and RtI staff are using the results of this testing to examine how well our RtI procedures

are working to assistance our struggling students to improve their reading skills.

The SSCS Strategic Planning Committee asked the school to start a new outreach program called Lunch-and-Learn. With this program we're asking community groups to come to visit our school and have various school groups present what they do. As part of this project we're trying to have community members/students become more involved with one another. Thus far Mrs. Ryun’s FFA members and Mr. Stevens’s Community Service Club presented during the months of November and December. Mrs. Drey’s FCCLA organization will be presenting in February.

The basketball and wrestling teams continue their seasons with conference competitions and several

games/meets to be held in the month of February. As always, we encourage everyone to come and

support our student-athletes during these competitions.

Hoping everyone is staying warm during this cold spell. Have no fear, spring will be here before we know

it.

Best Regards,

Mr. Stithem

Scribner-Snyder

Community School

February-March 2018

Newsletter

Kindergarten Age Change

The Nebraska legislature has adopted a new law (79-214) for the 2012-13 school year and each school

year thereafter: The school board of any school district shall not admit any child into the kindergarten

class unless the child has reached the age of five years on or before July 31 of the calendar year in which

the school year for which the child is seeking admission begins. This reflects a change in the law where

the child must be five on or before October 15 of the calendar year that the child is seeking admission

begins.

The board may admit a child who will reach the age of five years on or after August 1 and on or before

October 15 if the parent or guardian requests entrance and provides an affidavit stating that (a) the child

attended kindergarten in another jurisdiction in the current school year, (b) the family anticipates

relocation to another jurisdiction that would allow admission within the current year, or (c) the child has

demonstrated through a recognized assessment procedure approved by the board that he or she is capable

of carrying the work of kindergarten. The parent or guardian must request early entrance testing before

March 1st of each year.

Please remember, if your child does not meet this requirement we have a great preschool

that he/she can attend at no cost. Please call the office and discuss your options or to enroll

your child.

Respectfully Submitted,

Ginger L. Meyer - Superintendent

Snyder Lions Club Pork Dinner—Sunday, Feb. 18 Snyder Auditorium—11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Take-Outs Available!!

Menu includes: Pork loin, dumplings, kraut, mashed potatoes

w/gravy, corn, dinner rolls and a dessert for $10 (Adults);

Hot dogs for the kids (Age 3-10)-$5, Under 3-Free

Don’t forget your Lions Club Raffle Tickets and

Old Eyeglasses for Recycling!!!

What is happening in Art this year? ---Ms. Silver

K- 6- Students have been learning to recognize the elements of line, shape, color, space, texture,

and the principles of repetition/pattern, contrast/variety. They have worked on projects relating to

these elements and principles. We have focused on themes each month. For example: space as it

relates to near and far and perspective. They will have a portfolio at the end of the year.

7-8- Students have just returned to art 1st & 2nd quarter. Students will be studying the elements

of art: (line, shape, value, texture, space, shape & form). They have created a book

demonstrating the uses of different media, a bobble head in 3-d sculpture, abstraction painting,

and primary & secondary painting while working with the elements of art. Students will have a

portfolio at the end of the quarter.

High school art- Students continue working on developing and mastering skills required for

demonstrating their knowledge of the elements and principles of art. It is important that students:

1) understand the application of art concepts and art skills, 2) demonstrate craftsmanship and

control of the medium of the artwork being produced, 3) follow the processes and procedures of

proper use of art materials and art space, and 4) produce work that is creative and unique to self.

Students will have a portfolio at the end of the semester/year. Students have just completed the

clay unit and are moving into the painting unit where we focus on a particular artist’s style.

Objectives for projects include: recognizing the elements and principles of art, applying blending

techniques, experimenting with multi-step projects, learning various techniques, evaluating and

journaling about art works. They will have a portfolio at the end of the year.

BOOSTER CLUB SOUP SUPPER

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The annual Scribner-Snyder Booster Club Soup

Supper is set for Tuesday, Feb. 6 during the LVSS

vs. Clarkson-Leigh girls & boys basketball games.

Serving will begin at 5 p.m.

Chili, chicken noodle soup, beef burgers, hot dogs

and homemade desserts are on the menu.

Foreign Language

There are 20 students in Spanish One

this year so the conversations (in

Spanish of course!) can get pretty

interesting. They are busy learning

vocabulary such as school and house

items, family members and food. Ask

them to show you their family tree

and descriptive posters! They will be

taking a field trip to a restaurant later

in the year to practice ordering in

Spanish. They are also working on

reinforcing their English grammar by

reviewing nouns, articles, adjectives,

subject pronouns, and verb

conjugations.

There were four brave seniors who

signed up for Spanish II. They are also

fine tuning their grammar skills with

more complex parts of speech like

prepositions, direct and indirect

object pronouns, and adverbs. They

have learned how to speak in the past

tense and their vocabulary has been

centered around vacations and free

time, with such subjects as sports,

parties, movies, concerts, and

winter/summer resorts.

Foreign language has been in the

junior high rotation classes for the

last five years or so. I split the time

between Spanish and French so the

students get a little exposure to both

of the languages offered in order to

help them decide which one they

would like to take in high school.

Some of the topics covered are the

alphabet, numbers, colors, days of

the week, body parts, and basic every

day expressions. We also spend time

on study skills to build good habits for

the rest of their high school career.

*Learning a foreign language can be difficult for some students as it’s so unlike the other subjects they’ve been

studying for. Please encourage them to look over vocabulary and notes for a little bit every night and not wait to

cram the night before. Flash cards are very helpful as a quick and easy review. Also, there is a website with practice

assessments and review games for further exposure and practice.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/nebraska/student/worldlang/index.html Please feel free to contact me if you have

any questions or concerns. dschroetlin@sstrojans.org

Kindergarten - Mrs. Stewart The 12 kindergarteners have been busy. In October we went to Harvest Moon Pumpkin

Patch in Oakland, NE. The students had a great time and the weather was fabulous. Thank

you PTA for paying for our admission. In November we pieced and glued flags to decorate

for the Veteran’s Day Program. In December we made elves for the decorations before

the Christmas Concert and snowmen to hang on the tree at home.

NOW it’s the end of January and it’s hard to believe that the 100th day of school is over.

We celebrated the special occasion with several 100 counting activities throughout the

day. Ending the day with a trail mix of 100 snack pieces in a bag.

A few things we have done academically so far this school year – reinforced letters and

sounds and gained some reading independence, practiced our numbers to 100, and

practiced our social skills along with learning the all day school routine.

We are hoping for warmer weather so we don’t miss any more days of learning activities,

or recesses outside. Kindergarteners need to burn off the youthful energy so think Spring.

6th Grade-Mrs. Pribnow

The second semester is off to a great start in sixth grade. In reading class,

the students have started a couple chapter books. One group is reading A Wrinkle

in Time, and another group is reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Each day

the students are responsible for different literature circle roles. It’s been fun

watching them work so well together on this.

In science class the students have been learning about the structure of

atoms, patterns on the periodic table of elements, and chemical bonding. For one

of our activities, each student pretends that he or she is an element, and they

have to find other elements (students) to bond with. It’s fun to see if they match

up correctly based on the number of valence electrons they have!

The students recently finished their persuasive papers. We had several

great topics, and it was good for the students to see why some papers were more

persuasive than others.

This class has been wonderful to work with. The students are conscientious

of their school work, and have tremendous character. I’m excited to see what the

rest of the year brings!

In the Math room with Mrs. Wisnieski

Wow one semester to go. It seems like we just started. I have juniors several times a day and I

am constantly reminding them about some of the topics we are working on in class that will be

on the ACT. They have worked hard and even though they are nervous about the ACT, I am

feeling good about what they know for the test.

7th grade math students are starting to work with integers adding, subtracting, multiplying and

dividing. Math 8 students are solving equations and showing proper work. Algebra II are

working with rational exponents which leads us to logarithms and the Algebra I class have been

working with inequalities, absolute values and graphing both. Geometry students are working

with right triangles so Pythagorean’s Theorem has been used frequently and that will eventually

lead to trigonometry.

It is a very exciting time right now, because many of the topics we are working with lead to

really big things in the Math/World.

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Everyone is invited to attend the monthly Scribner-Snyder PTA

meeting set for Monday, Feb. 12th at the Scribner Public Library.

Agenda items will be discussed at 7 p.m.

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SPEECH TIME: This year’s speech team may be small, but we have big plans

this year. As of this writing we have competed at Logan View High school where both events

placed. Our Oral Interpretation of Drama team of Elissa Dames, Christian Dames and Rachel

Lodl finished second and Christian also placed 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking. We will be

competing at 6 other tournaments this year including Conference at Howells on February 24th

and Districts at Bancroft-Rosalie on March 14th and we will have a Speech night on March 6th.

To see full schedule please see the calendar.#speakontrojans

Blood Drive at S-S March 26th

Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.

Approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U.S.

Nearly 7,000 units of platelets and 10,000 units of plasma are needed daily in the U.S.

Nearly 21 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S.

The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.

The blood type most often requested by hospitals is type O.

The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs.

It is estimated that sickle cell disease affects 90,000 to 100,000 people in the U.S. About

1,000 babies are born with the disease each year. Sickle cell patients can require frequent

blood transfusions throughout their lives.

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 1.69 million people are expected

to be diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily,

during their chemotherapy treatment.

A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood.

Please consider making an appointment to donate during the blood drive at Scribner-

Snyder Community Schools on March 26th between the hours of 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call the

school to schedule an appointment.

Parent-Teacher Conferences set for

Feb. 15th. Teachers will be available

at the school from 3:30-7:30 p.m.

There is NO school for students

on Feb. 15-16! Teachers will have a

workday on the 15th to prepare for the

conferences.

High School English with Mr. David Stevens WORD. Freshmen English students are currently diving into

various dictionaries to learn about different word origins. They

will each present their findings in a 5-page research paper and

presentation. Next, they will read Romeo and Juliet where they

will realize that the two star-crossed lovers illogically can’t even

and will literally die if they can’t be together. After that, the

freshmen will journey to ancient Greece and read epics like The

Odyssey. At the end of the year, many debates will be had on

the definition of what it takes to be a hero.

STRANDED. Sophomores are currently on their 15-page research papers, but will soon find themselves

stranded on an tropical island in Lord of the Flies. They will have to work together in order to survive and

get off the island by analyzing theme and character development. But it will be out of the kettle and into

the fire as they finish off the year with Fahrenheit 451 where they learn the dangers of a society that

doesn’t read books. Students will question censorship, analyze symbolism, and evaluate Bradbury’s

writing style.

THE GREAT PERHAPS. As the juniors read Looking for Alaska, they ponder

about the “labyrinth of suffering” and what their “Great Perhaps” is. Once

out of the labyrinth, the juniors will begin ACT English, Reading and Writing

prep for the upcoming state assessment to take place in April. While not

reviewing grammar and reading strategies, they will dive into the dark

literature of American Romanticism and Transcendentalism where they will

explore the twisted and macabre works of Poe and Hawthorne. After reading

a selection of work by American authors, the juniors will end the year with a

unit on the Beatles where they will analyze imagery and lyrics.

SLAM. The sophomores are currently performing slam poetry to start out

the year in creative writing and journalism. After their poetry slam, they

will learn about different modes of writing: journalism, psa, broadcasting,

narrative, and various forms of poetry. By the end of the semester, all of

their written work will be compiled into a virtual book – the capstone

project.