Ida Grove Elementary School

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week 💜

OABCIG Schools will have a two hour late start today, 10/30, due to the fog. There will be no morning preschool and no before school activities.

First Grade Classes got to learn and tour the Woodbury Library Bookmobile. The Bookmobile started in 1950 and is 75 years old. It now has over 3000 books that people can check out. It's a library on wheels. The first grade classes in their first module of Wit and Wisdom, reading curriculum, learned all the ways that books travel to children all over the world. We learned that there are traveling libraries with donkeys, horses, motorcycles, bookmobiles, wagons, ships, and bikes. And we asked ourselves throughout the module, "How do books change people's lives?". The Ida Grove School PTP made a donation to the Woodbury Library Bookmobile. Thanks PTP!!! You are the best!

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week 💜

Kiwanis members visited the Ida Grove Elementary and donated a dictionary to every third grader. We are so appreciative and our students love using them!

Would you like to donate money for an OABCIG Ida Grove Elementary student to get a book from the book fair? Share the Fair is a way to donate online. All proceeds support our students. Scan the QR code to make a donation.

The Scholastic book fair opened Monday, October 20 at the Ida Grove Elementary Library. Shopping hours are Monday from 8:00 AM-7:30 PM, Tuesday 8:00-4:00, Wednesday 8:00-4:00, and Thursday 8:00 AM-7:00 PM. The public is invited to attend. Proceeds go towards library books.

OABCIG will observe 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤, October 27-31, with the theme "𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞, 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞!" During this week, OABCIG students will learn the benefits of living a drug-free lifestyle through various activities, events, and dress-up days. 𝐎𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐈𝐆 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐈𝐝𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 dress-up days are as follows:
🟥 Monday, Oct 27 - wear red
🌺 Tuesday, Oct 28 - wear a Hawaiian shirt or lei
👨‍🏫👩‍🏫🔄👦👧Wednesday, Oct 29 - teachers dress like students - students dress like teachers
💡Thursday, Oct 30 - wear tie-dye, neon, or bright colors
💜 𓅂🖤Friday, Oct 31 - wear Falcon gear

OABCIG Community School District will have two 2:30 pm dismissals this week on 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 20 and 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 23 for Parent Teacher Conferences and No School on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 24.

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week 💜

Reminder: There will be 𝐍𝐎 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 this Friday, October 17.

🎉 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄! Come hungry and support a great cause!
(Available at Friday's home varsity football game)

🔥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥: Cheeseburgers, Hamburgers & Tiefenthaler Brats - just $5
🧀 𝐌𝐚𝐜 & 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐬: Brat Mac, Bacon Mac, or Cheesy Mac - $5
🥔 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨: Choose your fixings - $5
🍪 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬: Homemade bars for $2 and cinnamon rolls for $3

💜𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐎𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐈𝐆 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦! Come enjoy good food, community spirit, and Falcon pride! 𓅂💜🖤

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week 💜

On Wednesday, Sandy Ulrich with the Ida County Community Betterment Foundation, came and presented a check to the third grade. The money we received will be used towards items we can use in our classroom and possibly help with field trip costs. Third grade wants to thank them for their donation!

Doug Clough visited the Ida Grove third grade to talk about the King Theater. He read all of our students' papers about why we should have a movie theater in our community. He gave the students feedback on what they did well in their papers.

Our parent groups in Ida Grove and Odebolt have created a sign up for conference meals for staff in each of our buildings. If you would like to help, please click the link on the building sign up below.

Ida Grove Elementary: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4DACA62BAAFF2-59323209-fall

Odebolt: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A49ACA72DA6FAC07-59314792-fall?useFullSite=true#/

High School: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4DA9A92DA3FC1-59399113-oabcig

Guinea babies (keets) at Ida Grove Elementary! Mrs. Wunschel (preschool teacher) has a flock of guineas at her farm that lay eggs and she found a huge nest with over 70 eggs in it. Her and Ms. Sohm (2nd grade teacher) each incubated around 20-22 eggs and got 30 keets (what the babies are called). The incubators used were paid for by the Ida County Farm Bureau and also a grant that Mrs. Wunschel received from the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation a few years ago. The students really enjoyed getting to watch them hatch. What a fun and educational experience for them! They will be using the incubators again in the spring for chicks and maybe even more keets.

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week 💜