Tree Planting

CSC horticulturist Lucinda Mays helped CIS students plant trees on the North side of the building.  Students learned the proper way to plant trees.  For a step by step guide to planting trees click here.

"Howdy"

CIS Cowboys and Cowgirls showed off their spirit with and support of Red Ribbon Week.

Governor Heineman visits Chadron Public Schools

On Tuesday, Chadron had three distinguished guests come from Lincoln.  Nebraska Commissioner of Education Dr. Roger Breed joined Governor Heineman and Senator Adams on a visit to our school.  We discussed effective strategies in our schools as well as concerns that we have for the future.       Students, parents, community, staff, administration and board members were all in attendance.  Also joining the meeting were members from the ESU #13, Chadron State College and City Manager Wayne Anderson and many more.  We appreciate the visit and hope that the effective strategies we shared can be of use to others.

From Left:  Governor Heineman, Senator Adams, and Commissioner  Breed

We would like to thank the parents who represented our schools including Sheri Daniels, Julie Downing, Bobby Greise, and Robin Bila.  Also, thank you to all the rest of the people that attended the meeting.

Happy October Birthday!

Mrs. B handed out the October Birthday Cupcakes for the 3rd and 4th grade students.  The rest of us sang "Happy Birthday" to them.

Roundup Against Drugs

To celebrate Red Ribbon Week,  students dressed as cowboys and cowgirls for the "roundup against drugs".  Several outlaws have been spotted in and around the building.

Sidewalk Complete

In an effort to make our building safe during an evacuation, we have added a sidewalk from the North exit to the parking lot.  Shane Shepard is shown her adding the finishing touches to the sidewalk.  He did a great job and we sure appreciate his work.

Bubble Gum?

The CIS after school program has a lot of fun activities planed each week. This week we had Sheri Daniels volunteer at our school.  She always has lots of great ideas and knows how to have fun with kids.  On Monday, Mrs. Daniels showed the kids how to make their very own bubble gum.  We really enjoyed the activity and appreciate the time that Mrs. Daniels was able to spend with us.

Wear Red Day

4th shows off their School Spirit!

Red Ribbon Pledge

School SRO talks SAFETY to Preschool students

Officer Chrisman talks about Halloween Safety

Chadron Police Officers stopped by the Chadron Preschool and Head Start today to talk to the children about Halloween Safety.  Officer Chrisman reminded them to stay with an adult and to look both ways before crossing the street.

All the children received a stuffed animal as a  special Halloween Treat.

Out at 1:00 on Wednesday (Halloween)

Parents/Staff

Due to the football playoff game on Wednesday (October 31st),  school will be dismissed at 1:00 (district wide).  We will not be able to have an after school program at CIS because of staffing issues.  We apologize for all inconvenience.  

Respectfully,

Bill Cogdill

1st Snowman

Students took advantage of what snow was left this afternoon to  build a snowman.  The one they put together earlier must have ran away for when the children came out to play - it was gone.

We ran out of snow by 2:00

Coming Events

Oct 24	Jump Rope for Heart	3:45 CSC PAC Center
Oct 26	NO SCHOOL	Teacher Comp Day
Oct 29-Nov 2	Red Ribbon Week	We will celebrate by dressing up during the week to:   Take a Stand Against Drugs
Monday Oct 29	Red Day	Wear as much red clothing as possible
Tuesday Oct 30	Roundup Against Drugs	Wear “cowboy/cowgirl” clothing
Wednesday Oct 31	Put a Scare on Drugs	Halloween Costumes will be worn after 1:30
Thursday Nov 1	Sock it to Drugs	Wear your craziest socks to school
Friday Nov 2	Team up Against Drugs	Wear sport clothing like a team jersey or team T-Shirt
Sunday Nov 4	Daylight Savings Time	Remember to fall back 1 hour

Having Fun After School

Students working on Art Projects

The Game of Life

More Art Work

Educational Computer Games

Girls on the Run Seek Support for Team in Chadron

Girls on the Run

High Performance Writing

Students in Mrs. Dickey's classroom work on Personal Narrative

Mrs. Anderson gives her students "The Talk" in regards to capitalization and punctuation.

Mrs. Piercy explains the rubric to the students.  

CIS students and staff gear up for this year's NeSA's Writing Assessment this year.  Staff have attended trainings over the summer and will review next week with the help of the educational service unit #13.

High Performance Writing

High Performance Writing Assignment in Mrs. Grant's Class

New Sidewalk

In an effort to make our stage more handicap accessible, we have  begun construction of a sidewalk out the North exit of the building towards the parking lot.  This will serve as a fire escape from the stage as well as an additional route for those in the gym or lunchroom.  We want to thank the Chadron Board of Education for their support in making this possible.

This is the completed "Lift" that goes up to our stage.

The stage is used for our music classes in the morning as well as a classroom for reading, math, and language.  It serves a number of students each day.  A better lighting system was put in place over the summer when the gym lights were updated.

Jump Rope for Heart - T Shirts

Event T-Shirt

This year's Jump Rope for Heart Chadron Event T-shirt has been designed to 

honor and support our very own 

Chadron Volunteer Fire Department!   

The proceeds from the shirt sales will be split between our event and the Chadron Volunteer Fire Department.  The Firemen are excited to be part of our event and some of them will even be with us on October 24, at the NPAC to see what amazing things our students can do!

Short and long sleeve shirts are available in:

Youth S/M/L and Adult S/M/L/XL/2XL/3XL

(see below for pricing info)

Short sleeve shirts are $10 and long sleeve shirts are $15.  Please add $2 for 2XL and $4 for 3XL.  To order your shirt(s) or if questions, please contact Mrs. Rischling at 432-8910 or Shelley Dunbar at 432-6569.  

Thank you for supporting our JRFH event AND the CVFD!

Parent Teacher Conferences - A Huge Success!

Great Job to all the Parents who came to our conferences this week.  We had 93% of our parents meet during their scheduled time (or will be rescheduling).  The Book Fair turned out great as well.  With your support, we sold over $1300 worth of books.  Profits from the sale will go directly to purchasing more books for our library.   Thank You - Thank You - Thank You

A new light on reading

Mrs. Hoffman found a way to make reading just a little more fun.  She used her projector to share specific words (in color) with the students.  They break the words apart and put them back together again.  Good Job Mrs. Hoffman!

Mrs. Hoffman Rock the House!

Book Fair!

Thank you for attending the Book Fair.

Parents we want to thank you for supporting our Book Fair this year.  We sold over $600 worth of books.  The school will receive a percentage of the final amount back in the form of free books for our library.  We will be open again on Thursday during Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:00-6:00.

Book Fair This Week

As you may have heard, we are having our Book Fair this week in conjunction with our Parent Teacher Conferences.  We earn free books for our library with the books that we are able to sell to you and the many people who support our fair.  Thank you in advance for all you do including our parent volunteers who will be helping set up in the gym.

We will start setting up at 1:30.  We will set up tables around the perimeter of the gym, and then open the boxes of books and set them out for display.  Thank you for your help!!!!

Book Fair        3:00-6:00
October 16:      Robin Bila, Kris Vahrenkamp
October 18th :  Amy Trueblood, Colleen Margetts

Soup and Pie Dinner

Ponderosa Pals 4-H Club members invite you to their annual Soup and Pie Dinner and Luck-Of-the-Draw Fundraiser on Sunday, October 14th from 11:00 AM- 2:00 PM at the 4-H Building at the Dawes County Fairgrounds. Luck-of-the-Draw tickets will be sold at the door: $1each or 50 tickets for $30 - Winners will be drawn at 1:30 PM. Soup & Pie Dinner: $5 Adults, $3 Children (10 and under) tickets available from any Ponderosa Pal member or at the door!

Fire Prevention Week

The kids got to practice putting out fires!

Firman Tom Menke brought in the spray truck

How many ladders does the ladder truck have anyway?
Answer:  7

Thanks for all you do.

Tech Conference

Staff across the district participated in the 2nd annual Tech Conference.  We spent a good part of the first session learning how to  create  QR Codes and updating our blogs.  Because you are reading this, you know about our blog spot but here is an example of how you could scan a QR Code and get information as well.  Scan the image below.

QR Code for the CIS Blog Spot

With a little practice we will be using QR Codes more and more.  You may scan these codes with your smart phone or ipad.  If you don't have these app's they are a free download.

NWEA MAP's Testing in Progress

October is a busy month of testing for students at CIS.  Our testing Calendar is posted Click Here.  We ask that students get plenty of sleep and come prepared to do their best. Good luck and do your Best!

 Why take MAP tests?

• To find out exactly where students are performing
• To help the teachers know what the students should be working on to improve

How many questions?

• Reading    42 
• Language  52
• Math         52

NWEA Testing Information