
Reminder to 5th Grade parents whose students are interested in band. The come-and-go Mid-Bell Band Night is tonight, at 6 PM in the Ida Grove Elementary cafeteria.


OABCIG will have a 1:00 dismissal on Wednesday, September 17, for staff to participate in professional development.


🎉🏠✨𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐍𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 - 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!✨🏰🎉
September 29 - October 3
Get ready, Falcons! 💜🖤 Our Homecoming week is just around the corner, and this year's theme is "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐍𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞"
Check out the attached flyers for the dress-up themed days and watch for more information as we get closer to homecoming week!
Let's come together, show our 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, and make this Homecoming one to remember! 💜🖤𓅂
September 29 - October 3
Get ready, Falcons! 💜🖤 Our Homecoming week is just around the corner, and this year's theme is "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐍𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞"
Check out the attached flyers for the dress-up themed days and watch for more information as we get closer to homecoming week!
Let's come together, show our 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, and make this Homecoming one to remember! 💜🖤𓅂



🏈𓅂 Falcon Fans & Visitors! Please remember:
👉 No games or horseplay
👉 Kids 13 & under must be with an adult
👉 Cheer loud, cheer proud, and enjoy the game!
Thanks for supporting OABCIG and helping keep everyone safe! 💜🖤
👉 No games or horseplay
👉 Kids 13 & under must be with an adult
👉 Cheer loud, cheer proud, and enjoy the game!
Thanks for supporting OABCIG and helping keep everyone safe! 💜🖤


🎉🏈 𝔾𝔸𝕄𝔼 𝔻𝔸𝕐 = 𝔾ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕋 𝔽𝕆𝕆𝔻 + 𝔾ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕋 ℂ𝔸𝕌𝕊𝔼! 🏈🎉
Fuel your Falcon spirit while supporting the 𝗢𝗔𝗕𝗖𝗜𝗚 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺 this Friday at the home football game!
Our 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝘀 is packed with fan favorites:
🔥 $𝟱 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘂- Cheeseburgers, Hamburgers, or a tasty Tiefenthaler Brat
🧀 $𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗰 & 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗹𝘀 - Odebolt Bowling Alley Mac & Cheese with your choice of Brat Mac, Bacon Mac, or Cheesy Mac
🥔 $𝟱 𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼- Piled high with butter, sour cream, shredded cheese & bacon crumbles
🍫 $𝟮 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘀 - A sweet variety of homemade treats
👉 Every bite helps make After Prom a safe and fun night for our students.
This Friday, grab your family, cheer on the 𝙊𝘼𝘽𝘾𝙄𝙂 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨, and fuel up with delicious food that makes a difference 💜🖤🤍


Reminder: There will be no school on Monday, September 1st, for Labor Day. Enjoy the long weekend!


The 2025 OABCIG Homecoming spirit shirts are available for purchase!
https://oabcig-homecoming-2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Purchase your homecoming spirit shirt to wear on Falcon Friday the week of homecoming, October 3rd. All shirts will be delivered and distributed the week of homecoming. Orders are due Monday, September 8th at 10 a.m.
Please reach out to Mrs. Beyke with any questions at kbeyke@oabcig.org.
https://oabcig-homecoming-2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Purchase your homecoming spirit shirt to wear on Falcon Friday the week of homecoming, October 3rd. All shirts will be delivered and distributed the week of homecoming. Orders are due Monday, September 8th at 10 a.m.
Please reach out to Mrs. Beyke with any questions at kbeyke@oabcig.org.


OABCIG is seeking to fill a paraeducator position in the Odebolt building by August 25th. Interested persons should contact Doug Mogensen at 712-364-2255 or dmogensen@oabcig.org.


Healthy Kids Iowa has announced site locations in Ida and Sac County!
How it Works:
1. Families will visit their local participating pantry and complete the TEFAP application at each site and self-attest to eligibility to be approved for the program. Each child will receive up to $40 of healthy foods per month for the months of June, July and August.
2. Healthy Kids Iowa food is only available once per month, per eligible child, for the months of June, July, and August.
3. Eligible children may only visit one site per month for Healthy Kids Iowa foods.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Households at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
• Households with children aged 4-18.
• Households that have already self-attested to eligibility for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) with children aged 4 to 18 are eligible to participate in this program.
For questions about Healthy Kids Iowa, visit hhs.iowa.gov/healthy-kids-iowa or email HKI@hhs.iowa.gov.



OABCIG celebrated staff years of service during our End of the Year Breakfast. Please help us to thank all our staff for a great school year! And, please help us to congratulate the staff below for all their years of service at OABCIG Schools!
10 years
Kristina Blackman
Holly Conover
Jacob Pedersen
Ashley Wittrock
Tiffany Lindberg
15 Years
Haley Miesner
Renae Remer
Alycia Sporrer
Beth Euchner
20 Years
Randy Nieman
25 Years
Rita Freese (no picture)
30 Years
David Winterrowd
Patricia Winterrowd
Mary Sorensen





Rural Non-Congregate Summer Meals will be available again for the summer of 2025. We will serve grab and go style meals from both the Ida Grove Elementary and the Odebolt Elementary/Middle School buildings. Meals will be served from the front entrance/canopy area of the buildings. Meal pick-up times are 11:30-12:30 at both locations.
Meal service is only being offered from June 2 - June 27.
Meals are FREE and for students/children only (18 & Under), no adult meals are being offered.
Meal would include the lunch (for that day) and the next day's breakfast.
Meal service is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 2, 2025 (will include Monday lunch & Tuesday breakfast).
Pickup location & time:
OABCIG Elementary-Ida Grove (Main Entrance) - 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
OABCIG Elementary/MS-Odebolt (Main Entrance) - 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
**Please note, students being bussed for summer school will be given a meal to take with them when they are bussed home. Parents will not need to pick up a meal for summer school students when summer school is in session.
**Parent/Guardian may pick up without the child being present. Daycares may not pick up meals for the children in their establishments per USDA guidance.
Please fill out this survey link if you plan to utilize our summer meals program: https://forms.gle/cWQJuSzZyjDf2SLT6



OABCIG first graders went on their annual Spring field trip to Moorehead Park. The first graders did three centers. The first center was with Naturalist Danielle and she took the students on a hike to learn all about birds in their natural environment. They even got to use binoculars. Then the next center was a nature journal where the students used magnifying glasses to observe and investigate the area around them. Then the students recorded their observations in their journal. The last center was entitled "Bird Beak Buffet" a hands-on-activity that the students used various tools that acted as a bird's beak to see which worked best to get a certain bird's food in the various environments. The first graders learned so much and we are so lucky to have such a great resource in our district.











Last week, Mrs. First's second-grade class received their published books! They were excited to read their pages and check out their illustrations! 📚


Join us for the Odebolt K-2 Spring Concert this Tuesday, April 15 at 7 PM in the Odebolt Middle School Gym 🎶


The final day to order the Preschool - 8th grade yearbook is April 17!
No late orders will be accepted. Yearbooks will be delivered and distributed before the end of the school year


The 3rd and 4th grade classes had the opportunity to participate in a mobile seed survivor classroom that was in connection with Nutrien. The students participated in a session that involved a presentation about agriculture, digging for fossils, planting a sunflower, and investigating soil. They also got to go inside their traveling trailer participating in interactive games on plant nutrients. We are lucky to get the trailer to come to our school as it only goes to a handful of states during the year and comes from Canada.








OABCIG CSD will dismiss students at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, April 9, for staff to participate in professional development.


3rd graders from both buildings went to the Sioux City Symphony where students were able to sing and play their recorders with the symphony. They then went to the Sioux City Public Museum where they explored the history of Sioux City, viewed replicas of dinosaur fossils, and dug for dinosaur fossils.






The first grade classes at Ida Grove and Odebolt are learning about Powerful Forces in our reading curriculum. One of these powerful forces is the wind. The students learned fun facts about wind, but also some important information on how the wind impacts people and nature. What better way for our students to experience the powerful force of wind, but by making their own kite.
We would like to thank Mrs. Masters, OABCIG Tag coordinator, who was instrumental in this activity as she brought the kite kits for every first grade student and instructed them how to make their own kite. She also brought middle school Tag students to help our students with this activity. After decorating their kites the first graders actually got to fly their kites outside and experience first-hand the powerful force of wind, and we were very lucky to have a somewhat windy day.






The Scholastic book fair in Odebolt has been extended! We will be open from 8:00-5:30 PM on Monday, March 24.
