Proud to be EV... Week of 10/27/2013-11/2/2013

On Monday and Wednesday night, Parent/Teacher conferences were held. Both nights had very nice attendance. I want to remind parents/guardians that they are welcome to email, call, or schedule a visit at any time if they have questions/concerns for their child(ren). I welcome these visits and feel that as a team we can work together to provide the best educational opportunity for our students.

On Tuesday, our junior/senior high school building was honored to have the current Miss Iowa, Nicole Kelly, visit. She spoke about how she decided to try out for Miss Iowa. She discussed her disability, missing her left forearm from the time she was born. This did not deter her from doing the things that she wanted to do in life. She took answered questions from our crowd of students after her speech.

After she spoke she spent time taking pictures with students and answering any further questions that had that were not addressed in the assembly.

I encourage any other schools, clubs, and organizations to have Nicole come and speak. She is truly an inspiring individual and I wish her the best~

School was dismissed early on Wednesday due to a water main leak at our building.  Mr. Ling had Sergeant Blankenship in our gym classes using "human hamster balls". The students enjoyed this immensely and for those who missed out, he is planning to try to schedule this in again.

On Thursday we held a brief "Spirit Assembly" honoring our senior athletes. We also used this time as a "send-off" for Allison Hewitt who represented our school in the State Cross Country Meet held in Fort Dodge, IA. Allison shared some words with our student body~

On Thursday, Halloween, my husband Jason and I dressed up in Star Wars costumes and decorated our trunk in a Star Wars theme. It was a pleasure to be a part of this community event- we are already looking forward to and planning for future trunk and treats~

On Friday, the Boosters planned a "send off" for Allison that included she and her coach, Jeff Gordon, being led out of town by firetrucks. It was a pleasure to be there to witness this and to see the community support our athletes~ Allison represented us well at the meet.

After two nights of conferences this week, the staff and students had Friday off~ I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend~ looking forward to another great week at EV~

Go EV Bears!