New Salem-Almont School District

Mrs. Goetzfridt’s 4th and 5th grade science classes are learning about the four main body systems: circulatory, skeletal, nervous, and respiratory. After researching a system of their choosing, they will make a poster to display their information!

The 5th graders threw Mrs. Goetzfridt a gender reveal party! They ate cupcakes with pink and blue in the middle, then used their math skills to tally up the number of each to reveal the winner. They were over the moon to find out she's having a BOY! Thanks to all who donated and helped make the party a success, and congrats Mrs. G!!

Mrs. Brandt’s second grade class put their engineering skills to the test with a Valentine’s Day STEM challenge! Using a variety of supplies, including conversation hearts, students worked in teams to build the tallest tower they could. The library was buzzing with creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving as students planned and built their towers!

Valentines Edition of the Holstein News!

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There has been a change for junior high boys basketball next Tuesday, February 17.
We will begin games at 4:00 p.m. that day with two junior high games.

Our 5th graders have officially finished the D.A.R.E. program with Officer Tommy, and we are so proud of all they have learned over the past several weeks. Students worked hard through each lesson, practicing skills for making safe, responsible choices and building confidence. We ended the program with a fun pizza party celebration! Congratulations to Reid and Melanie, our D.A.R.E. essay winners, and to Macy and Mayzee, our participation winners. Thank you to Officer Tommy for a great experience and to our students for their effort and enthusiasm throughout the program. A special thank you to Ruds for providing the awesome pizza to help us celebrate! 🍕

7th grade students recently had a special opportunity to visit the kindergarten classroom and work together on a fun science activity called elephant toothpaste. The older students helped the kindergarteners safely mix the ingredients and watched with excitement as the foamy reaction quickly overflowed like toothpaste for an elephant. It was a great hands-on learning experience for both groups, and the kindergarteners loved having the 7th graders as helpers and role models. This activity encouraged teamwork, curiosity, and excitement about science across grade levels.

The students from both STEM (7th/8th grade science) and kindergarten get together every two weeks for collaboration. Last Friday, they created elephant toothpaste together! It was an explosion of fun!

Happy February from PVE!

Thank you to everyone who has reached out with questions and feedback regarding the Mean Girls Jr. production. This musical is an extracurricular activity, meaning participation is optional—just like our other school activities. Any middle school student who chooses to participate will be required to submit a signed permission slip.
We also recognize the importance of ensuring that the message of this production is clearly understood and thoughtfully discussed with students. When guided appropriately, this musical provides a valuable opportunity to talk about kindness, standing up for yourself and others, and understanding that actions have consequences.
Looking in the future, we will ensure our musical productions are opportunities for K-12  students to support our performers and engage with the themes of each show.

5th-grade students recently completed a fun and creative figurative language project to help them better understand similes, metaphors, personification, and onomatopoeia. They worked hard to find examples in books, songs, and everyday life, then used their imagination to create original figurative language. Through writing, drawing, and sharing their work with classmates, students showed how figurative language makes stories more vivid and interesting. This project was a great way for students to practice deeper reading skills while expressing their creativity.

Today the first graders had a Super Bowl party! They got snacks and did many fun activities in reading and math that had to do with the Super Bowl!

The February Edition of the Holstein News!

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The 6th graders learned about irrigation in Ancient India during Social Studies and are now putting that knowledge to work by building water wheels!

Attention Parents: Unfortunately the Girls Scouts representative is unable to come out to New Salem today. When a new date is scheduled, we will make sure to share that information with you!

Holstein News: Special Update from Mr. Christoperson and Mr. Olson

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Mr. Kringstad’s sophomore students are studying how to classify different types of bacteria by using Gram staining techniques and samples collected from various locations throughout the school.

Varsity Boys Basketball at Carrington can be watched here. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOHk_pGXrkU&pp=ygUhY2FycmluZ3RvbiBoaWdoIHNjaG9vbCBiYXNrZXRiYWxs

"Our Physics students are working on aerodynamics by creating ping pong ball launchers."