Sioux City North
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Message from the Principal
One of my favorite holiday songs is "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas." As my children are older, I better relate to the line in the song, "and mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again." Wow! I get it now. If you are anything like me you look forward to and dread school breaks all at the same time.
My wife and I are always looking for something to keep ourselves and the kids entertained. The problem is that many things can break the bank really fast. I often search the internet for free or low cost ideas of what we can do. Below is something I found - a school break life preserver from one parent to another! Some ideas may be a little "elementary" for high school students, but it often surprises me what we can get students to do for elementary style rewards - they are still kids at heart.
Here are a blog's 100 ideas of free (or nearly free) things to do over winter break:
- Cook popcorn on top of the stove. Provide a few add-ons like shredded cheese, M&Ms, nuts, or chocolate chips to give it a special touch.
- Paint pictures on heavy paper with water colors.
- Paper wad war!! (Use scrap paper or paper from your recycle bin.)
- Nerf dart gun war!!
- Work a 1000 piece puzzle.
- Bake cookies.
- Play a classic board game (Sorry, Clue, Chutes & Ladders, Candyland, Monopoly just to name a few).
- Pillow fight!!!
- Build a snowman. Think creatively. It can be 6 inches tall, look kind of like Jobba the Hut, or have a red scarf.
- Watch a movie marathon. Anne of Green Gables, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, 80s movies, Little House on the Prairie, Lord of the Rings, Disney Princesses, or Toy Story would all make great movie marathons on a dreary winter day.
- Play shadow puppets in a dark room with a lamp or flashlight. Then make stick puppets from your shadows.
- Read aloud a classic children's book.
- Color in a coloring book. Our local dollar store has seasonal coloring books.
- Build a house with Lincoln Logs.
- Snowball fight!!!
- Make chocolate chip pancakes for supper.
- Attend a free children's craft/building clinic at Lowe's or Home Depot.
- Play with the Thomas the Tank Engine table at Barnes and Noble. Check out the clearance table for good books while you're there.
- Make homemade finger paint and create self-portraits.
- Play a card game. (Go Fish!, Old Maid, Skip-Bo, Uno)
- Plan a Backward Day. Wear your clothes backward and do things backward or in reverse order.
- Visit your local library and check out books.
- Melt broken crayons together to create fun swirled crayons to use for coloring.
- Build cars, houses, or space ships with Legos.
- Drink hot chocolate.
- Build a house of cards.
- Write a story together.
- Illustrate your story.
- Work a crossword puzzle.
- Take a walk through a state park and look for animal tracks.
- Play trashcan basketball with an empty trashcan and paper wads.
- Cook homemade personal-sized pizzas. Let each person choose their toppings.
- Write a short skit together.
- Video your skit performance.
- Host a game night with friends.
- Skype with friends or family.
- Draw outlines of each family member on left over wrapping paper or butcher paper. Decorate your paper person and then sticky tack to the wall.
- Make snow ice cream.
- Watch old home movies.
- Play with a doll house.
- Visit a consignment or second hand store and buy wacky clothes to wear for Wacky Wednesday.
- Host a Wacky Wednesday Party. Wear crazy clothes. Serve drinks in bowls and food in cups. Just make it wacky.
- Build a blanket fort.
- Memorize a poem together.
- Tour a local green house.
- Make your own bowling pins. Play a game.
- Play "I Spy."
- Bake chocolate chip cookies.
- Make your own scavenger hunt list. Divide into teams and visit a local mall armed with a camera for each team. Take photos of a team member with each item on the list.
- Tour a local museum.
- Play hide and seek.
- Make cards to mail to grandparents or friends.
- Complete a Word Search puzzle.
- Plan your spring break vacation. Request tourist brochures and travel guides for your stay-cation or getaway.
- Host a cowboy party. Dress up. Eat chili. Watch a John Wayne movie.
- Play indoor volleyball with a line of chairs and inflated balloon.
- Make and eat s'mores.
- Create your own board game.
- Play Charades.
- Play Simon Says.
- Play Pictionary.
- Read several children's picture books about a historical figure.
- Make and fly paper airplanes.
- Have a taste test with salsa, ketchup, or other condiments.
- Visit your local zoo. (Admission might be 1/2 priced through February).
- Celebrate Squirrel Appreciation Day (January 21).
- Read a joke book aloud.
- Bake homemade cinnamon rolls.
- Get all dressed up and take glamorous pictures of each other.
- Make a paper mache mask.
- Build a race car with a box.
- Sign up for a free month of Netflix.
- Create your own crossword puzzle.
- Hold a family dance in your living room.
- Host a Tropical Cruise party. Invite guests to wear their Hawaiian shirts, make paper leis, and drink fruit punch.
- Rearrange the furniture in the living room or a bedroom.
- Make a scrapbook or photo album from Christmas pictures.
- Build a birdhouse for spring.
- Start seeds for spring planting.
- Grow bean sprouts.
- Make homemade play dough.
- Cut out pictures from magazines and make a college of "My Favorite Things."
- Listen to The Chronicles of Narnia on CD.
- Make a list of free days at local attractions. (Often area business will sponsor the 1st or last Saturday of the month.)
- Race matchbox cars.
- Turn large boxes (appliances or something similar) into houses, rockets or anything else.
- Check out a how to drawing book from your local library. Practice drawing animals or insects.
- Make sock puppets.
- Celebrate a Space Shuttle launch (February 3 and 4, 2011).
- Celebrate National Tortilla Chip Day by making homemade salsa to go with your chips. (February 24)
- Celebrate National Napping Day (March 9). Take a nap, read a book about sleeping animals or spend the day in your pajamas.
- Challenge family members to a Wii bowling tournament.
- Bake homemade peanut butter cookies.
- Listen to Adventures in Odyssey Radio Drama.
- Listen to The Secret Garden by Focus on the Family Radio Theatre.
- Go sledding.
- Make a countdown to Spring Break paper chain. Remove one link everyday.
- Read magazines at your local library.
- Make milk jug bird feeders.
- Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count.
Happy holidays and enjoy your family time!
Ryan Dumkrieger, Principal
Native American Heritage Month was November
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Mrs. Casey, Mrs. Tomlinson, and Mrs. Limoges put together a display in the Learning Commons. The prints are from an artist in Fresno, CA. They deeply portray the Boarding School Era many Native American families faced.
http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=airc_hist_boardingschools
https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/
Student Council CMN Dance Marathon A Huge Success!
The North High School Student Council partnered with UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Children’s Miracle Network to hold the 4th Annual North High Dance Marathon. The North High Dance Marathon positively affects the lives of children facing immediate or long-term health challenges and their families by increasing awareness and raising money for Children’s Miracle Network.
The North High Dance Marathon took place on Saturday, December 2nd in the North High gym. The Dance Marathon featured Miracle Moments, dancing for the kids, and competitions amongst the participants. The Student Council members fundraised for the event by collecting sponsorships from local businesses, selling Children’s Miracle Network balloons, and through participant registration fees. The Miracle Maker Sponsors included the Family Medicine Center, One-Eyed Jack’s Bar & Grill, Visiting Angels Assisted Living, Central Bank, Dr. Brittany Korver in Shopko Eyecare, and J & J Fitting, LLC.
Over 150 people attended the Dance Marathon and the North High Student Council fundraised a total of $6,356.55 to donate to CMN. The Student Council hopes the event helped unite our community in raising awareness and funds for the UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Children’s Miracle Network.
ProStart Catered Meeting
The students created a "Naughty" and "Nice" menu. Their teacher is Laura Stevenson.
"Naughty"
"Nice"
"Nice"
Notable North!
- Biology students incorporating literacy into researching a type of cancer and advocating why it should have a piece of the funding available for cancer research. Students made posters, flyers, pamphlets, or a PSA as final projects to display their learning. This was a collaboration between Biology teachers and the media specialist.
- In physical science, students have been asking questions, producing models, forming (and revising) explanations for how different phenomena occur. Professional development by Paul Anderson (Bozeman Science on YouTube) has provided some great insight into encouraging wonder in students.
- The North High Chamber Choir will be performing for residents at Whispering Creek Retirement Community on Monday, December 18 at 7pm. This annual performance is as much a highlight of our performance calendar as it is for the residents.
STARS of the Month Assembly
ACT Information
Next Test Date: February 10, 2018
Registration Deadline: January 12 (LATE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE 1/13-1/19)
Upcoming College Visits
Homework Help Tutoring
Transportation is provided for those who participate. A bus picks students up around 4:10 pm each afternoon and drops students off at feeder school locations.
SATURDAY SCHOOL WILL BE HELD JANUARY 6. STAY TUNED FOR A SPECIFIC TIME.
Iowa Immunization Law
Iowa Immunization Law requires your child receive the following vaccines for school entry:
Children in grades 9th -12th grade will need these required vaccines:
- 3 doses of Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTP)
- 1 dose of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine before entering 7th grade or born on or after September 15, 2000.
- 3 doses of Polio
- 3 doses of Hepatitis B
- 2 doses of Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
- 2 doses of Varicella (chickenpox) or history of disease
- Meningococcal (people often call it meningitis)
- You are ages 11-12
- You are ages 13-18 entering 7th and 12th grade required
Please make sure if your student is currently receiving the required vaccines and has received a “Provisional” certificate for school entry that all vaccines are received before the expiration date.
Call Julie Johnson, RN School Nurse with any questions. 239-7012.
North High in the News
OURS Parent Group Meeting
Outreach, Understanding, Responsibility & Support (OURS) Parent Group
The Sioux City Community School District, Northwest Area Education Agency, the Local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will continue their collaboration with the Outreach, Understanding, Responsibility, and Support (OURS) parent group. The efforts are focused at empowering parents/guardians of African American/Black students who attend public schools K -12th grades. The topics are in relation to the education of the Black student, community awareness, and other suggested topics.
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 the O.U.R.S. Parent Meeting will be held at the Educational Service Center at 6:00 p.m. WEST FEEDER Schools Administration will be in attendance. The topic will be Career Acadamies.
Need to Know Announcements
- Sophomores: Please check your emails to complete the survey for our Sophomore Career Fair at WITCC on January 5. If the survey is not completed, we will choose careers for you that you might not like. Please complete the survey.
Students interested in teh "Kind World Scholarship" meeting on January 4 need to sign up in the counseling office.
Looking for Silver Cord hours???? We are looking for volunteers!!
It is Robotics Competition time again!
Sioux City has been honored to be asked to host not only our Siouxland League Championship Tournament, but have also been asked to host a Super Qualifier for our region. This tournament will decide which FTC Robotics teams go to the Iowa State Championship.
Please mark your calendar and plan to volunteer at one or both of the events
FIRST FTC Robotics League Championship Tournament
Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Western Iowa Tech Community College
FIRST FTC Robotics Super Qualifier Championship Tournament
Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Western Iowa Tech Community College
Email Mr. Timmins at timmink@live.siouxcityschools.com if you are interested.
About Us
Website: http://www.siouxcityschools.org/north-high-school/
Location: 4200 Cheyenne Boulevard, Sioux City, IA, United States
Phone: (712)-239-7000
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