Seniors participated in the fourth annual #WhyApply day led by AmeriCorps student leaders, Ben Adams and Ike Speltz.



The 2nd graders in Mrs. Hetland’s class have been busy working on adding equal groups and getting to know each other using Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast.
We are all off to a great start at Van Meter. 🎉
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Mrs. Garrison’s 3rd graders visited their Kindergarten buddies in Mrs. McIlvary’s class on Friday. ☺️
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The @vanmeterschools 3rd graders in @garrison_amy class had so much fun creating their self portraits with @bysticktogether pixel art and sticker boards today.
They’ll make an amazing class gallery to kick off the year. 🟩🟥🟦🟧🟪🟨

Digger had a great week at school too. 🐾

Lots of @mergeedu Cubes going to our @vanmeterschools classrooms and getting all of our students signed into their #MERGEedu accounts. 🎉
We are so excited about all of the amazing updates and additions we will be using and learning with this year. ⬛️
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The TK students had a fun learning experience this week.
Jamie Champion came to read the book The Very Hungry Iowa Caterpillar and make a craft.




The 3rd Graders in Mrs. McCombs class kicked off the year with a fun collaborative activity. They’re ready for a great school year. 🙌🏻
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Mrs. Swartz's English 2 class began creating body biographies to focus on characteristics of characters from the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. 📚
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12 students had the opportunity to visit the Carpenter’s Local Union 106 in Altoona on Wednesday to explore careers in the trades. 9-11th graders met with apprentices and journeymen and toured the facility.
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Ben Adams, Ike Seltzer and Elliot Heasley all attended DMACC’s Engineering Day at John Deere. Students had the opportunity to tour the factory, talk with Engineers and participate in a problem solving activity.
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Our 7th graders showing off their sewing projects. They did a great job hand sewing their ipad/ cell phone holders.
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Mrs. Volk’s @vanmeterschools 3rd graders worked together to design and build the slowest track possible. 🎉
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Congrats to our Van Meter Schools 2022-23 SLT! 🎉
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Our @vanmeterschools Boys Varsity Golf Team earned a 2nd Place finish today at the Sectional Meet. They have advanced to their District Golf Meet at Lincoln Valley Golf Course in State Center on Monday, May 16th starting at 10am.
Way to go, #vanmeter Bulldogs! 🎉

Such a fun day with our 3rd graders! 🎉🎉🎉
The students created their own @breakoutedu digital games using @capstonepub Create and the BreakoutEDU platform.
They created such awesome math games and loved playing each other’s at the end of the day. 🔒
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Today, we introduced our @vanmeterschools 3rd graders to @storyboardthat and they created amazing comics of their choice. They can’t wait to use it again! 🎉🎉🎉
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Today, the Van Meter School Boys Golf Team participated in the West Central Athletic Conference (WCAC) Tournament.
.The boys finished in 2nd place with a 343.
Dylan: 76 (1st Team All-Conference)
John: 85 (1st Team All-Conference)
Carter: 91 (2nd Team All-Conference)
Hagan: 91 (2nd Team All-Conference)
Chris: 97
Drew: 97
Sectionals are Wednesday, May 11th at Leon Country Club.
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Members of FCCLA, Foods 2 and Advanced Foods made and served breakfast today to the secondary staff. It was delicious.
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The @vanmeterschools 5th graders kicked off a new #socialstudies project with Mrs. Prouty using @storyboardthat this week. They are creating the coolest comics around historical events. 🎉
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