The 𝐎𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐈𝐆 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 & 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 team is ready to kick off their season! Join us in wishing our Falcons the best of luck as they compete in their first meet of the year.
📅 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 16
⏰ 5:00 𝐏𝐌
📍 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲
Let’s go Falcons! We’re excited to see a great start to the season. If you’re in the area, come out and support our athletes!

It’s time for Hike Bike! Packets have been given to all the elementary and middle school students and are available at the high school for students to pick up. Deadline to turn them in to the school or United Bank of Iowa is March 20. Don’t miss out! Participate in this fundraiser to help raise money for scholarships.
Hike Bike is sponsored by OABCIG Dollars for Scholars and United Bank of Iowa. All proceeds help fund scholarships for OABCIG students.

⏰ Early Dismissal:
Students will be dismissed at 2:30 PM on both March 17 and March 19.
🗓 Parent-Teacher Conferences:
• March 17 | 4:00–7:00 PM
• March 19 | 4:00–7:00 PM
Thank you for supporting our students and staff as we wrap up the quarter and prepare to connect with families during conferences! 📚✏️

Not every child gets to buy a book at the book fair. If you would like to support our 𝐎𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐈𝐆 (𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲) 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 through a monetary donation, please 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞. You can use your debit or credit card to add money to our “𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫” program, helping ensure more students have the opportunity to take home a book.

The 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 is officially set up in the 𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 and ready for the excitement to begin! Students will have the opportunity to explore a wide selection of books and discover new favorites.
The book fair will run March 16–19, giving students several days to browse and shop.
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬:
𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 2:30 – 7:30 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 2:30 – 7:00 PM
𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧?
Would you like to shop the Scholastic Book Fair but can't stop in? 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. It's also a great way for family members from afar to support our students and our library collections!














Come out and support our young Falcon wrestlers as they compete and showcase their hard work and dedication this season. Let’s pack the gym and cheer on our Falcons! 𓅂💜🖤
📍 OABCIG Middle School – Odebolt
📅 Monday, March 9
⏰ 4:00 PM

A Kids Carnival & Family Fun Event you won’t want to miss!
📅 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 12, 2026
🍽 Supper | 5:00–6:30 PM
Meals: $5 or $8
🎟 𝐊–5 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭
🎭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 6:00 𝐏𝐌
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞:
🎤 6:00 – MS Show Choir
🎤 6:15 – HS Jazz Choir
🎷 6:30 – MS Jazz Band
🎷 6:45 – HS Jazz Band
🎟 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬: 2 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $1
🎁 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞:
• $1 each or 15 for $10
🕢 Drawing at 7:30 PM
🥩 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞:
Drawn immediately following the chance raffle
♠️ Carnival Games
♦️ Great Prizes
♥️ Live Performances
♣️ Fun for the Whole Family
Bring your family and 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 at a night of Vegas-style fun! 🎲✨

During the second week of February, classroom teachers held written spelling tests featuring 25 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. From those tests, the 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 to represent their class in the Spelling Bee.
To prepare for the big competition, students studied an impressive 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 450 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 in hopes of spelling their way to the top! Their dedication and hard work were truly impressive.
👏 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 for earning a spot in the school competition. You represented your classrooms well and showed great courage speaking into the microphone!
🏆 𝐀 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐧!
Harlow now has the opportunity to advance and participate in the 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐈𝐨𝐰𝐚.
Best of luck to Harlow, and great job to 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 who made this event such a success! 🐝✨




Today, the big moment finally arrived! Students gathered in the gym where the mystery readers—hidden behind some pretty creative animal masks— sat while students were given three clues about each reader. After students locked in their guesses, the readers revealed their identity by removing their masks! 🐷🐼🐴🐶
The room was filled with excitement, laughter, and plenty of surprised reactions as students discovered which familiar faces had been reading to them all along. Activities like this make reading even more fun and help build a love for books across our schools.
A big thank you to all of our mystery readers for helping make Read Across America Week such a memorable experience for our students! 📖✨




✨ Look at this AMAZING artwork created by our very own school cook, 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧! 🎨💚
This fun, fairy-tale-inspired drawing reminds us to “𝐄𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠!” 👑 From dragons to castles and some very familiar storybook friends, every detail celebrates how breakfast fuels us for the day’s big adventures.
Our kitchen doesn’t just serve meals — they serve creativity, care, and a whole lot of heart. 💛
Thank you to our talented cook for sharing your gifts with our school and for making sure our students start every day ready to learn, grow, and conquer their quests!
Be sure to grab breakfast this week and thank our incredible nutrition staff! 🥣🍎

We were excited to kick off the week by welcoming 𝐃𝐞𝐛 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 from the 𝐒𝐚𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮, who shared Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car by Peggy Thomas with our K–5 students. This nonfiction book highlights Henry Ford’s innovative idea to create a car using soybean-based plastics during the Great Depression—showcasing his passion for agriculture, creativity, and sustainability. What a wonderful way to connect farming, history, and innovation for our students!
The fun doesn’t stop there! Students are also enjoying 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐲, trying to guess which OABCIG staff member is behind the book — think 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 excitement with a grand reveal happening Friday morning! 🎭📖
A special thank you to 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞 for the beautiful bulletin board display that brightens the halls at the Odebolt building. Her creativity helps make weeks like this even more special and inviting for our students.
It’s a great week to be reading at OABCIG! ❤️📚


Boys in Spencer & Girls in Schaller today. Good luck, Falcons!











The OABCIG Middle School musicians are ready to take the stage, and we’d love to see our community there to support them! Join us for an evening filled with music, hard work, and student talent at the 𝐎𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐈𝐆 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭, this Thursday, March 5 at 7 PM ! 🎺🥁🎶


🗓️ Monday, Mar 2
🕔 4:00 PM
🆚 Sgt. Bluff-Luton
𝐆𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒! 𓅃

