5/05/2022

Staff members with 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, 25 years and 30 years were recognized along with two retirees. Donna Beste - 30 years and Vicki Siders - 27 years. Congratulations to all and thank you for your dedication the the BCSD!

Please sign into your Infinite Campus parent portal and go to the SURVEY button located on the top center under the Message Center. This is a one question survey to let us know if your student(s) will be returning next year. The survey will be open from April 29th until May 15th. Once you have done the survey you will be given directions on how to register your student in your parent portal account. If you missed them the registration is under the MORE button found on the bottom left side.

For new students to the district please use the link below:

Friday, May 6, 2022, Boone Community School District Nutrition Program will celebrate School Lunch Hero Day! School Lunch Hero Day is a chance to showcase the difference school nutrition professionals make for every child who comes through the cafeteria. School nutrition professionals are true heros who nourish our kids with healthy meals and do so with a smile! Please join us as we celebrate and thank all of our hardworking staff!

Boone CSD students in grades 5-12 have the great opportunity to utilize a Chromebook for learning. To encourage ongoing educational opportunities, students will continue to have access to their Chromebooks by taking them home during the summer months. To assist you, the district is providing the following tips for summer Chromebook use.

The boys and girls track teams had a special guest at practice last Friday. Kaitlyn Scheuermann, a licensed dietician, gave a presentation about eating properly before competition, during competition, and after competition. She also talked about the benefits of eating healthy. She also shared tips for eating vegetables. We are grateful to hear from an expert in the field.

Carson Nasser, senior in the Boone EDGE program. He is not sure as to what he is interested in but exploring different fields of work. His willingness to try different things has allowed him to do all sorts of things. His first big project was to help the Boone Chamber of Commerce design a website for the Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace. This project helped him learn how to communicate professionally and make different designs. The first job shadow he went on was with the Boone County Sheriffs, seeing how 911 dispatchers work. Throughout his time in the program, he learned things he does and doesn’t enjoy, and how to react in a professional environment.

After high school, Carson plans to attend DMACC in Ankeny in the fall, while also obtaining a job. He will be going for general education, and hopefully, find his passion.

Boone students had an opportunity to experience a day at Mary Greeley. This was an awesome experience for them. Students experienced surgical tech and radiology hearing about not only a career in these fields but training reimbursement.

Meet Emma VanSickle! Emma is a senior at Boone and this is her second year in the EDGE program. She has an interest in environment restoration and environmental activism. Emma currently just finished an internship at Salama’s Greenhouse where she learned about identifying and taking care of plants. She liked her internship so much that she decided that, with the offer, she would start a job there. Last year Emma and two of her peers, Mabel Overton and Megan Sandegren, worked on a project to instal an environmental signage board within the local Cap Erbe Park. Emma and Mabel spend many months writing and rewriting a REAP CEP Grant and learned a lot about the granting writing process and working with professionals on this. Megan later came in to do the graphic design and photography of this project. Their sign will be going up later this spring. Emma’s future plans include going to Cornell College to double major in Environmental Science and either Sustainability or Political Science. She will also be on the Cornell volleyball team!Emma has been a great example of how the EDGE program flows, going from project to internship, and has stated that she is extremely grateful for the opportunity to explore her interests. Good luck Emma on all your future endeavors! We know you will succeed in whatever you end up doing!

First be sure to get your FAFSA completed. Have FAFSA questions? Follow this link to the ICAN website and set up an appointment for expert help. Once the FAFSA is complete, go to our scholarship web page here to find available scholarships.

Your defending National Champion DMACC Bears would like to invite all 2nd - 8th grade students to sign up for the chance to be a Ball Boy/Girl for the Men's Basketball Team. There will be an opportunity for 4 students to participate at each home game. Each participant will receive a t-shirt to wear during the game that they will get to keep. They will also receive free entry into the game along with 4 passes for family/friends to get into that same game. Please arrive at each game 20 minutes (times on sign up reflect this adjustment) before tip off to receive t-shirt and instructions. We will meet in the upstairs weight-room, above the gymnasium. Finally, a parent/guardian must be present with each participant.

Pease sign up early as we anticipate this being a popular opportunity, and space is limited! Limit two games per student per season. When signing up, please be sure to include the school, grade, and shirt size (Youth Medium - Adult Large) of the participant. Go Bears!!!

YSS Mentoring Program - Update and Volunteer Opportunity!

The YSS Mentoring Program is looking forward to a return to in-person mentoring for the 2021-2022 school year! The program matches students in grades K-8th with a trained volunteer mentor once per week during the school day. These weekly meetings provide a positive, caring role model to eat lunch with, play games and simply talk about the student's interests and ideas.

Information and volunteer applications can be found at https://www.yss.org/program/mentoring.To learn how your child can become a participant, contact Tracy at boonementoring@yss.org or Heidi at hchopskie@yss.org.

• This school year, thanks to federal pandemic waivers, all students will be eligible for free meals, regardless of family income.

• School meal programs nationwide are experiencing many of the same supply chain issues that have impacted restaurants and grocery stores throughout the pandemic.

• Our school nutrition team is committed to ensuring students continue to have access to healthy meals each school day.

• Just as families have to make substitutions on grocery lists, schools will have to make some last-minute changes to our regular menus, based on availability.

• We hope parents and students will be patient as we sort through these supply chain issues.

• We may not have the same menu choices that we typically offer our students, but we’ll be sure that all students are nourished and ready to learn.

*Reminder: For students bringing a sack lunch and wanting school milk, there will be a .50 cent charge per carton.

CONTACTING FOOD SERVICE

For questions regarding food service and accounts please contact the Food Service department located at Boone Middle School- Lori King, Director, (515) 433-0020 EXT 154.

Toreador Families,

Our "Online Athletics Registration" is live and active for the 2021-22 School Year (link is below). Please take the time to read through the information, and fill out the forms for your student. All students involved in District-Sponsored Athletics in grades 7-12 will need a completed online athletics registration on file, along with a current physical form (physicals are valid for 13 months after the date of the physical). There is a place within the registration to upload the completed physical form.

Completion of the Registration/Physical is not required for the attendance at any summer camps that may be offered. However, the Athletics Registration and Physical Form must be completed and on file before a student may physically participate in practice this Fall. For High School, this starting date is Monday August 9th. Middle School practices will begin a couple weeks later near the first day of school.

Link to Online Athletics Registration: https://boone- oar.rschooltoday.com/

Link to Online Registration Directions: https://docs. google.com/document/d/1zHISqE- j4ZrfJGpPgDD0dscWjuQ8_ m41aC0IoaLSzPU/edit?usp= sharing

Link to Blank Physical Form: https://drive.google. com/file/d/ 15jPSIUVPcu75dVyoWuiYrfKcVxlMO dia/view?usp=sharing

If you are in need of a specific Sports Physical, Boone Family Chiropractic is willing to assist, and they are planning to take $10.00 from every paid physical and donate that to the Boone Booster Club. Thank you to Dr. Zach Weisbrod and his staff for their support!

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns in this process.

Take care, and Roll 'Dors!

Athletic & Activities Director Brett Collins

Athletic & Activities Secretary Lori Woodruff

Phone: 515-433-0895

Boone Community School District provides technology and resources in order to create a universal, 21st century learning environment. Students and staff are empowered by these resources to create, collect, and share information in a learning environment that enables connectivity, communication, and collaboration in a global community. This is a showcase of innovative technology use by Boone students and teachers.

check out the link below!