Announcements – August 28, 2024 – Day 4

Daily Announcements

August 28, 2024 – Day 4

 This Week’s Birthdays!!

Lane Kollmann – 8/25

AJ Paul – 8/25

Bentley Watt – 8/25

Jacob Staudt – 8/26

Brylee Dickman -8/27

Brayden Westendorf – 8/28

Bryer Westendorf – 8/28

• Students taking a NIACC class, your books are ready for pickup in Mrs. Lillquist’s office. Please stop by. 

• The last day to change your schedule is tomorrow, Wednesday, August August 28th. Please see Mrs. Lillquist if you need to make changes. 

• Students, you can no longer add NIACC classes to your schedule. However, you can still drop NIACC classes. Please see Mrs. Lillquist if you have any questions. 

• Attendance

All students are expected to attend school regularly and to be on time. Students and their parents are expected to make attendance a top priority. Regular attendance and promptness are necessary for getting the maximum value from the instructional program and for developing habits of punctuality, self-discipline, and responsibility. Class participation is vital to learning, and learning lost due to an absence can never be replaced. Students with good attendance records engage more, earn better grades, enjoy school to a greater degree, and are more successful after leaving school. Good attendance fosters a lifelong pattern of responsibility.  In order to monitor chronic absenteeism, letters will be sent home after 4.57, and 10 absences quarterly. 

– 10% Absenteeism: When a student’s absences reach 10%, parents will be sent a certified letter regarding attendance and the county attorney will also be notified. 

NOTE: There is no distinction between excused and unexcused absences. 

– 15% Absenteeism: If the absence rate reaches 15%, a mandatory meeting with the county attorney will be held to set attendance agreements and expectations. 

– 20% Absenteeism: If the absence rate reaches 20%, legal consequences and actions by the county attorney (which could include community-based supports, fines, and in extreme cases a child’s removal from the home and/or jail time for the parents) will be enacted. 

Please note that if the state provides guidance that this goes by quarterly grading periods, 4.5 absences for any reason (with the exception for absences for items such as school activities or the specifics ones already allowed by the law) would trigger those steps above as required by the state. We know this could easily impact when and how you schedule your vacations, especially if done during the traditional cold and flu season, or when doctor’s appointments are scheduled. The new laws will impact all students and families who reach these thresholds.

Notification of Absence

• If a student is absent, the parent is asked to notify the office. 
• Upon returning to school after being absent from the building, the student is required to check in with the office.
• Before leaving the building for any reason during the school day, the student is required to check in with the office prior to leaving the building.
• If the school has not been notified and the student is absent the school will attempt to notify the parents or guardian.

• Upcoming Important Dates: 

• Here is the link for the lunch menu West Fork Lunch Menu       

Athletics/Activities

Thusday, August 29th,2024

• 5:30 PM = HS Volleyball vs Hampton 

Friday, August 30th,2024

• 7:00 PM = HS Football vs Clatyon Ridge (@ Wartburg College- Walston-Hoover Stadium) Bus leaves at 4:30

Saturday, August 31st,2024  

• 10:00 AM = HS Volleyball @ GHV (Bus leaves at 8:20)

Middle School Practice Shuttle Bus

Fall (FB, VB, XC)

• After Sport Shuttle Bus Schedule (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri):
  • 5:30pm – Leave Rockwell
  • 5:40pm – Sheffield
  • 6:00pm – Meservey
  • 6:05pm – Thornton
  • 6:12pm – Swaledale
  • 6:20pm – Rockwell
• After Sport Shuttle Bus Schedule (Wed):
  • 5:15pm – Leave Rockwell
  • 5:25pm – Sheffield
  • 5:45pm – Meservey
  • 5:50pm – Thornton
  • 5:58pm – Swaledale
  • 6:05pm – Rockwell

• Just a reminder:  When students are entering or leaving the building, please use the northeast entrance by the office.  Anytime any student enters the building after 8:10am or exits the building before 3:10pm, You must check in or out at the office. 

  Safe – Outstanding Citizens – Accountable – Respectful