Today, we welcomed author, Mary Kauffman, and her family into our TK, kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms for a special visit.
Mary did a writing activity with second, listened to our first graders stories, and read to our youngest learners. It was such a fun day. 🎉
Thank you for coming to #vanmeter Mary. ❤️
Our @vanmeterschools high school jazz band were fantastic at their very first @vmmusicdept Jazz Cafe tonight. 🥁
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Tonight was the first @vanmeterschools Jazz Cafe. Here is our middle school jazz band. They did an amazing job. 🎷
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Tonight our 8th graders and parents are learning about their academic plans for next year. #vanmeter
The @vanmeterschools kindergarteners from Mrs. Smith’s class are so proud of the @bysticktogether poster they did together. 🦄
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Our @vanmeterschools preschoolers learned how to code the @sphero Indi’s today. 🤖 🚙🎉
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Our preschools learned how to code the @sphero Indi’s by creating code patterns for the robots to run. They had so much fun. 🎉
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Advanced foods students have been learning about yeast breads. This week they made bread and sculped it.
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Staff members and students of the Foods 2 and Advanced Foods sampled and the soups prepared by the Foods 2 students. They did an awesome job! 😊
Foods 2 students had a soup contest this week. Keith's taco soup was voted the winner! Way to go! 🎉
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Our @vanmeterschools 6th graders explored @strawbees in STEAM class this week. 😊
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Our @vanmeterschools 1st graders connected with a @nationalparkservice Ranger to learn more about the @badlandsnps as they prepared for a field trip. They learned a lot about fossils and dinosaurs. 😊
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We raised $3,053.00 for the families in Winterset. A big thanks to our SLT for organizing these activities.❤️
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Our 9th graders competed in the English Triathlon today. They coached each other on literary devices, took an independent quiz, and collaborated on a poetry @BreakoutEDU box. 🎉
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Here is the link for tonight's live stream of the World Music Vocal Concert.
https://youtu.be/y-ei2x3XuwI
The stream opens at 6:45 pm, the concert starts at 7:00 pm.
Enjoy. 😊
Dress up days for tomorrow to help out Winterset. ❤️
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Ms. Hopkins & Ms. May hosted the Off-Campus Course Opportunities event this week. The event featured information on our academic partners: Central Campus and Central Academy of DMPS, DMACC, Madison County Career Academy, and Waukee APEX. It was a great event.
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The @vanmeterschools 3rd graders in Mrs. Garrison’s class are having fun learning with @pear_deck Flashcard Factory today. 🎉
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Our @vanmeterschools 5th graders in Mrs. Prouty’s class started recording and creating their podcasts using @soundtrap today.
They are adding in music and sounds to their voice recordings. It’s going to be such a fun way to listen to their book reviews. 🎧📚
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Our @vanmeterschools 1st graders are learning about light and shadow. Today, we used the @merge Cubes and Explorer to demonstrate light through augmented reality experiences.
They loved this new experiences of learning and exploring. 😊
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