Kindergartners at Eugene Field Elementary rode the Polar Express imaginary train on December 9. Students studied “The Polar Express” by reading the book, studying related vocabulary words and completing a variety of learning activities based on the book. The unit ended with a Polar Express train ride. Students wore their pajamas and had their tickets
Events for the week of December 18 to 23 Sunday • South Nodaway FFA ice skating and Christmas party, 3:30 pm Monday • West Nodaway K-5 Christmas parties, 9 am • West Nodaway Elementary Skating Party, 10 am • West Nodaway PreK Christmas party, 10:30 am • West Nodaway Homework Club, 3:15 pm • Maryville
Members of the North Nodaway student council are erected an adopt-a-family mitten tree this holiday season. After receiving the name of an anonymous community family in need, the students created ornament shapes of mittens, hats, pants and shirts and wrote the needed clothing sizes on them. They decorated a tree with the ornaments and set
West Nodaway ag teacher Nicki Honan was awarded the highest FFA degree this fall. Honan received her Honorary American FFA Degree at the National FFA Convention on October 21 in Indianapolis, IN. Honan completed a rigorous application process for the award. She answered essays about her community service, teaching curriculum, how she develops and revises
Monday • Maryville No School • North Nodaway Cheer Clinic • St. Gregory’s FFF Advent meeting, 7:50 am • Horace Mann Bearcat Choir, 3:15 pm • West Nodaway Homework Club, 3:15 pm • Maryville Middle basketball vs Cameron, 4:30 pm • Maryville High F/JV/V boys basketball at East Buchanan, 5 pm • Maryville High JV/V
Northeast Nodaway seniors Amanda Standiford and Alicia Smith weave reed baskets during Katie Jenkins’s advanced art class. The reed baskets are round stemming from their historical use as egg gathering containers. Jenkin’s class will explore other art techniques such as fabric dying and cross stitch.
North Nodaway students recently organized and cleaned their school in a building-wide project. Two sixth grade students, Kelsey Barcus and Danielle Riedel, were instrumental in creating and organizing the school cleanup project. Both are student council representatives and members of the character education committee. They said they wanted to show good citizenship to their school
Students at Jefferson school have been learning computer programing including coding this year. Charlea Lewis, computer instructor, teaches students with hands-on computer coding lessons. In past years, during the National Computer Science and Hour of Code week in December, she let students experiment with coding lessons on code.org, a website with activities geared toward students.
Members of the St. Joseph American Red Cross of Northwest Missouri presented the Pillowcase Buddy program to Nodaway-Holt students in this fall. The program is tailored to students in grades 3-6. It began after Hurricane Katrina when first responders noticed college students carrying their possessions out of their homes in pillowcases. Disney partnered with the
By Christina Rice Students at Horace Mann Laboratory School can see their drawings come to life during 3D printing club. Northwest Missouri State University students who are part of the Plastic Artificers Lab have volunteered their time to teach graphic design and printing techniques to Horace Mann students. Club members wanted to utilize the technology
