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The shop at @vanmeterschool is humming with all kinds of different projects going on.
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Dallas Chief Eagle spoke to our @vanmeterschools 4th graders today about the Prairie Awakening Awoke Celebration.
This event will be held at the Kuehn Conversation Area on September 11.
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Friday, September 10th Bulldog Brief
https://www.smore.com/jxzw5-bulldog-brief?ref=email-content#w-0786478780
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The @vanmeterschools 3rd graders from Mrs. Garrison’s room are having so much fun learning about and coding the new @sphero Indi’s. 🎉
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Today for English, our 9th graders went on a walk to Trindle Park to find examples of imagery to prepare them for narrative writing. 😊
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Lots of fun practicing time with Mrs. McComb’s 3rd graders using Gimkit today.
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Our @vanmeterschools 7th graders did @BreakoutEDU boxes to reveal important information about safe food handling with Mrs. Sents today.
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Our 3rd graders in Mrs. Wright’s class unboxed our new @Sphero Indi robots today. They’re figuring out the code with the colored cards.
So much fun!
A big thanks to our VMEPC for supporting this project. 🤖
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We are going to have a songwriting club at Van Meter.
The goal of the club will be to help each other learn how to song-write & share ideas.
Fill out if interested.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yXG0KfGEstfzwUjJdSs4e_zzOFlOZ1C97beE6LS_CoI/edit?usp=drive_web
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News from Mr. Pape
We are going to start a high school chess club here at Van Meter. We will meet Wednesdays during lunch. Please fill out this form if you are interested in joining!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vhopRDbRuZVlffUPIxfFiwLWfGMlEo6RaA-bsuerkr4/edit?usp=drive_web
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Check out how Ms. Algreen and Mrs. Miller kicked off the year with this awesome art project in S.T.E.A.M for International Dot Day.
Printmaking With Pizza Pans, Paint & Lots Of Creativity!
https://buff.ly/3haK0ts
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Our @vanmeterschools school board President, Jessica Drake, joined Iowa Press today as they discussed education in Iowa.
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https://www.iowapbs.org/iowapress/story/39113/iowa-educators
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The @vanmeterschools 3rd graders from Mrs. Garrison’s class read How Full Is Your Bucket and created their very own full buckets today. 😊
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Mr. Swartz and his 5th graders at @vanmeterschools finally beat a team building activity today! 🎉
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We are learning about printmaking and creating prints to celebrate #DotDay in #STEAM with 3, 4 and 5 grade today.
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Our @vanmeterschools 9th grade Biology students conducted a science experiment where they are extracted DNA from strawberries and bananas in Mr. Kennedy’s today.
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Our @vanmeterschools 4th graders created STEAM using the new peg boards in #STEAM today. 😊
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Our TK and kindergarteners are drawing their self portraits in #STEAM today. 😊
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Hey secondary students…Our Library Lounge is open and full of great new books to check out and read. Come visit us today. 📚🎉😊
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