Outdoor Extravaganza!!

KE PBIS Movie Celebration!!

Saying good bye to our student teacher Mr. Dusek

Today marks the last day for our visitor Mr. Dusek (Dai Laoshi).  Mr. Dusek comes from the University of Iowa and has been here for the last 8 weeks.  Mr. Dusek is a Masters of Teaching student specializing in Chinese and ESL education.  He has been very luck because his time here coincided perfectly with the new quarter so he was able to teach one group of middle schoolers from the very beginning of their Chinese class to nearly its end.  For our good bye we made dumplings and he showed students kung fu items he uses at the University.  From Next week he will head to Cedar Rapids to continue his student teaching and we wish him the best of luck.

Thanks Dai Laoshi

Chinese New Year activities

To celebrate the year of the sheep we did various activities at our schools here in Mid Prairie.  The University of Iowa Confucius Institute came and presented to our fifth graders at each elementary.   At the middle school Chris Dusek, my student teacher, did a lesson on Chinese paper cutting with the six, seventh, and eighth graders.

Visitors from the UI Confucius Institute presenting to our fifth graders.

Seventh graders learning how to do traditional Chinese paper cutting.

Mr. Dusek showing sixth graders how to make paper lanterns.

Literacy Night Guest

Join Dan Wardell as he travels to KALONA ELEMENTARY tomorrow night for a fun filled evening! (Tuesday, February 10th)

PLEASE bring your ENTIRE family and join us for Family Literacy Night! A free meal will be served from 5:15-6:15pm! Parents will enjoy an informational speaker from 6:30-7:30pm while children will enjoy Literacy activities, INCLUDING a session with IPTV Dan Wardell! All children will receive a free book to take home! Childcare will be provided!
REMINDER...parents IF you have an electronic device, please plan to bring it with you, as this will be an interactive session! ALSO bring a camera or your phone for our family photo booth! 

Family Literacy Night!!

Skating Fun at Kalona Elementary

It's great as the holiday approaches to see students and staff getting together and bonding.  Yesterday as a reward for students meeting their PBIS goal, teachers and staff took the whole of Kalona Elementary to the Wellman Skating Rink.  It was a great time for students to see their teachers in a different light and gave teachers time to get to know their students out of class.  Here is Mr Brown showing his awesome skating moves!