Student Faculty Game and Students Competing in Minute to Win It

 The competition was intense!

 Mr. Sinclair riding his unicyle at half time

 The teams were getting ready to play "Minute to Win it"

The students had 1 minute to throw volley balls over the net. Their partner had to see how many they could catch in the basket.

Electronic Game Time was a big hit with the 5th grade for winning the annual Penny War

All Penny War proceeds went to "Give a Kid a Christmas"

Mrs. Steinke's 6th Grade Class Learn about Fractions with Pizza

Students used Pizza Fraction Packets where they were “slicing” pizzas and “topping” the pizzas according to customer orders. These activities helped to reinforce the jobs of the numerator and the denominator.

Congratulations to the 8th grade boys basketball team for an undefeated season!

Mr. Green's Kindergarten Class "Made in America" Project

Wow!  What a great and successful job my class and their families did on the project. We have somewhere around fifty items proudly made in America to send to the military family In California. The kids had a ball checking for the American flag and reading labels in stores (Shh, they don’t know I got them to look at hundreds of new words and practice reading on their own). Besides the families I would also like to thank two of Ida’s teacher assistants Mrs. Gunn and Mrs. Wobser for all their help. As well as Mr. Morelli and his students Mike Way and Job Muller for making the toolbox and donating the Craftsman screwdriver set. Karen St. Bernard of Old Country Treasures in Ida, MI donated the “Always Faithful” sign painted on a piece of barn siding from my family’s farm. I thought the translation from Semper  Fi  was fitting due to the fact it’s being sent to a U.S.M.C. family. All of the Russell Stover candy was personally donated by a store employee (Jessica Williams) who wanted to be part of the project. I hope the paper is able to let the public know how hard my class worked and how GREAT the Ida Public School’s family is.

I have attached some pictures and here is a list of some of the other items.

-          Big Wheel bike

-          Candle

-          American flag

-          Household decorations

-          Cleaning products

-          Christmas ornaments

-          Toys

-          Bird house

-          Books

-          Puzzles

-          Coloring book

-          Crayons and markers

-          …and many more

If you need any more details or information please feel free to contact me and have a merry Christmas!

Mr. Andy Green

Santa Claus came to Ida Elementary!

Thank you to Santa and his helpers for taking time out of their busy schedule to visit the children at Ida Elementary! 

After trailing by 15 points at halftime the Varsity Boys Basketball Team took the lead with 4 minutes remaining in the game. They showed great determination, skill and courage during the comeback.

Mrs. Burkett's 1st Grade Class

Students' in Mrs. Burkett's class enjoyed the music performed by high school band members.

Ida Elementary is a State of Michigan Academic Reward School

 

 

Ida Elementary School has been designated as a Reward School by the Michigan Department of Education. It is ranked in the top 5% of schools in the State. Congratulations to our awesome teachers and staff!

 

 

Ida’s Cross Country Teams are recognized for Achieving Academic All-State Honors

 Girls' Team Members L to R.: Ashley Sorge, Linnea Vicari, Kayandra Orwig, and Libby Heil. Alexa Brososky was absent.

Boys’ team members pictured L. to R: Jarrod Sawasky, Garrett Madden, Cody Dixon, and Logan Monaghan. Jeremy Hendzel and Kevin Head were absent.

This fall our cross country teams not only competed on the field but also in the classroom to show that they are true student athletes. The girls’ team had the highest GPA in the state with a 3.95. Team members included Ashley Sorge, Linea Vickery, Libby Heil, and   .  Ashley Sorge placed 8^th in the state meet.  The boys’ team received all-state honorable mention with a 3.466 grade point average. The boys’ team included Jarod Sawasky, Garrett Madden, Cody Dixon, Logan Monahan, Kevin Head and Jeremy Hendzel.  Garrett Madden placed 47^th overall in the state meet.

Board of Education

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

December 10, 2012 

 Thank you Mr. Sinclair for assisting Mark Mathe from the Mannik and Smith group while they were evaluating the sanitary sewer system in Ida. Mr. Mathe recognized Mr. Sinclair for his assistance using WeatherBug’s online archives.

Special recognition was given to Mrs. Zeichman for her nomination for the Teacher of the Year award. Mrs. Zeichman does a great job!

Congratulations to the boys cross country team. They earned honorable mention academic all-state team honors. The girls cross country team really made their mark by earning 1^st team academic all-state honors. The girl’s team grade point average is 3.95. Members include Ashley Sorge, Libby Heil, Alexa Brososky, Linnea Vicari, Kayandra Orwig, Garrett Madden, Jarrod Sawasky, Jeremy Hendzel, Kevin Head, Cody Dixon and Logan Monaghan. Ashley and Garrett also received individual academic all-state honors.

The Ida Elementary School has been designated a Reward School by the Michigan Department of Education. It is ranked in the top 5% of schools in the State. Congratulations to the entire elementary staff and thank you for doing a great job!

Mrs. Waldron will be chaperoning an Eighth Grade Class Trip to Washington D.C. next school year. Hopefully, students and parents will embrace this opportunity and participate in the trip. All costs for the trip will be the responsibility of the parents but several fundraisers will be scheduled so that students will have an opportunity to raise money and minimize trip costs. Our goal is to offer a middle school trip to Washington D.C. regularly so that all students have the opportunity to tour the nation’s capital.

The Board of Education passed a resolution stipulating that Ida Public Schools meets 7 of the 8 Best Practices as defined by the Governor. The district will now receive approximately $75,000 in additional revenue for the 2013 budget year.

Once approved, the meeting minutes are posted on the district web-site at www.idaschools.org.

Character Strikes Winners

Congratulations to our November winners! 

The theme was Responsibility.

The Middle School students brought in 1,387 cans for the canned food drive!

Once the cans were in, each grade came up with a design for their cans. The 5th grade made a snowman for a 1st place win.. 2nd place went to the 7th grade with their fireplace design. Many other creative designs were developed by all grade levels.

The Ida Bands draw a huge crowd for the Holiday Concert

Thank you Mr. Bennett and Mr. Nichols for an excellent program!

Mrs. Maynard's 3rd Grade Science Classes make some interesting discoveries

 

During Science Lab; third graders were engaged in whether or not the type of soil would affect how much water was absorbed. They made some interesting new discoveries.

Ida Middle School Student is Published!

6th grade student, Blake Gerweck, recently had a poem published by the America Library of Poetry.  His poem is entitled “Blue is…” and was included in the book called, Talented  2012 Poetry Collection.