Dates to Remember:

Holiday Parties Dec 20

Winter Break Dec 22

- Jan 5

Classes Resume Jan 6

No School Jan 20

VISION Ballard empowers all learners. MISSION The Ballard Community School District will educate the whole child, providing the essential knowledge and skills necessary to be a successful and responsible citizen in the 21st Century.

Parent Newsletter

East Elementary 505 West 4th Street

Cambridge, IA 50046

515-220-4306

Mike Manock, Principal

mmanock@ballard.k12.ia.us

Jenny Horness, Secretary

jhorness@ballard.k12.ia.us

Lunch Menu

• Tues 12-17 - Super nachos,

Grilled Chicken Sandwich,

OR Fresh Baked Turkey &

Cheese Sub. Refried Beans.

Fruit & Veggie Bar. Fresh

Baked Cinnamon Stick.

• Wed 12-18 - Home-style

Tater Hotdish with Dinner

Roll, Baked Breaded Fish

Sandwich, OR Taco Salad

with Tortilla Chips. Mixed

Vegetables. Fruit & Veggie

Bar.

• Thurs 12-19 - Chicken

Nuggets with Dinner Roll,

Baked Ham with Dinner

Roll, OR Fresh Baked Ham

& Cheese Sub. Scalloped

Potatoes, Class Green Bean

Casserole. Fruit & Veggie

Bar. Fresh Baked Holiday

Cookie.

• Fri 12-20 - Fresh Baked

Cheesy Pizza, Oven-Baked

Chili Cheese Dog, OR

Nacho Snackable. Golden

Corn. Fruit & Veggie Bar.

Dear East Elementary Families, Happy December! It is hard to believe that we have come to the end of the 2019 calendar year. It has been a wonderful fall and as we close out 2019, it is nice to take time to reflect and share the successes of the students at East Elementary. It has been another successful fall and I continue to be impressed with the students of East who have been working diligently, learning all the necessary

skills to make them successful, strong citizens. Their classrooms are full of learning and excite-ment as well as teachers and staff who care deeply for them. I trust that each of you had a wonderful conference visit with your child’s teacher(s). I know how valuable communication is to each of you, and your child’s teacher believes the same. This is a reminder that at certain times of the year, our teachers and specialists formatively assess groups of students to measure progress during the year. During the month of January, East Elementary will be administering a variety of formative assessments. We use the results to provide continued support for learning in the classroom. If you should have any questions about your child's pro-gress, that you did not receive during conferences, please contact your child's teacher or admin-istration. Additionally, we cannot thank you enough for your generosity with the PTO and Ballard Educational Foundation. Your PTO donations provided a lovely conference dinner for our staff and the Foundation has once again provided many new books and materials for our teachers to use with your children. Once again, our East families have gone above and beyond. As the winter break approaches, we look forward to celebrating during our class parties on De-cember 20th. Our students have been given many opportunities to recognize our great communi-ty and also continue traditions that make Ballard a great place to live and learn. From the annual BBQ, homecoming, music concerts, fall and winter parties, above and beyond awards, student council Toys for Tots to many more, students and staff have worked together to build relation-ships and celebrate the many opportunities we have been given. Ballard is a great place that works because we all work together to help empower all learners. In closing, when we ALL work together as a learning community and do things with our students' best interest as the focus, we become a GREAT school! If I can ever be of assistance, please call or email me. It is through being a collaborative learning community with consistent, honest, and open communication that we can best serve our students. Thanks for the opportunity to serve our GREAT community and I wish you all a happy holiday. We can’t wait to see you in 2020! Best regards, Mr. Michael Manock, Principal

Above & Beyond - Certificate of Achievement Each month select students are awarded with an Above & Beyond certificate.

Teachers choose these students based on the student’s outstanding performance in the classroom

and their effort to exceed teacher expectations.

3rd Grade

• Audrey Baltes

• Jaci Barrick

• Kinsey Calvert

• Nolan Fuller

• Parker Ihle

• Drew Kruger

• Olivia Paulsen

• Kamryn Remsburg

• Maren Sparks

• Kaelyn Stagg

• Kentley Wierson

• Mae Wilson

• Katelynn Wright

4th Grade

• Makaiya Chada

• Kaylee Chubbic

• Brynn Gallagher

• Aurora Gerjets

• Maddox Lange

• Leonna Lorenzini

• Landon McPherson

• Austin Shugar

• Jonah Stagg

• Emefa VanLoo

• Colton Whitaker

5th Grade

• Kylie Chambers

• Isaac Grady

• Grace Grundmeyer

• Seth Hilleman

• Claire Hutson

• Greyson Inglett

• Rylee Merrifield

• Malia Miller

• Norah Mudd

• Kolbe Odden

• Zack Ross

• Anja Tjernagel

Ballard Education Foundation

awards grant money.

Scientists

from Bayer

present to

4th graders.