WALLACE SCHOOL
Wallace
School
December
2015
MRS. BOHLEN, PRINCIPAL
Family Time We hope you are enjoying reading
“Little House on the Prairie” or “Farmer Boy”. These
books are great American Literature by Laura Ingalls
Wilder. Families that complete one of the books will
be able to attend an Old Fashioned Christmas party
on Monday, December 21, 2015 from 6-8pm. Check
out the flyer included with this newsletter. If you plan
to attend the Old Fashioned Christmas party please
send the form back by Friday, December 11th.
Smencils will be
sold before school each Friday morning. The pencil
scents are: bubble gum, grape soda, root beer,
strawberry cup cake, watermelon, jelly donut, cotton
candy, gum-e-bear, lemon lime fizz, and orange
lollipop. The pencils come in a plastic container and
will sell for $1.00 each.
Student Council Meeting – Tuesday, December 8,
2015 starting at 7:30am.
On Wednesday,
December 9th Student Council will be selling baked
snacks after school. Each item will be individually
wrapped and will cost 25 cents. We want to thank
the parents who volunteered to provide these
yummy treats!
DECEMBER CALENDER
REMINDERS
1st, 2nd, 3rd Can Food Drive
2nd, 9th, Geek Squad Mtg 7:30am (No mtg on 16th)
3rd Girl Scout Meeting Music Rm 6:15pm
8th Student Council 7:30am
9th Wednesday Snack Attack
9th, 10th, 11th Santa Shop
15th Christmas Program at AC
6:30pm pre-program music
7:00pm Program
18th Christmas Parties 2:15pm
21st One Book, One School – Old Fashioned
Christmas Party from 6:00-8:00pm
Christmas break – December 23 through January 6th
School Resumes Thursday, January 7, 2016
(If we meet the can food drive amount of 4,530 items)
The Geek Squad is hard at work troubleshooting the
many technical problems we have. Mrs. Bohlen and
Mr. Warner are directing the Geek Squad on how to
keep all the computers running effectively. Squad
members are: Blake Becker, Eric Brader, Tristin
Klinger, Tessa Menke, Sadie Loehr, Lindsay
Baumgartner, and Chloee Johnson. The Geek Squad
meets each Wednesday morning at 7:30am.
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AR STARS
Student’s at Wallace have access to
the Accelerated Reader website. If you would like
to check on a particular book go to
www.arbookfind.com Congratulations to the
following students for reaching a new level in AR!
Keep up the amazing work!
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Classic
Libbi Hood
Alyssa Dusatko
Accelerated
Sadie Loehr
CLUBS
Independent
Paige Redline
Mandolin Koehler
Payton Thomas
Joshlyn Konen
Ava Pavelka
Joseph Peshek
Super
Jace Hajny
Aubrey Vontz
Ava Pavelka
Joseph Peshek
Advanced
Joseph Peshek
Star
Joseph Peshek
Patriot
Greeley Fitzke
Libbi Hood
Expert
Honors
Elli Marker
Alyssa Dusatko
Taylin Schernikau
Superior
Alyssa Dusatko
Taylin Schernikau
No December Clubs on: MASC 14th & 21st, Robotics
15th & 22nd and Books & Beyond 16th. There will be
Chess Club on the 17th.
We want to thank the Wallace Families for inviting
their veteran to our Veterans’ Day celebration on
Wednesday, November 11, 2015. We had 21 veterans
present. Our guest speaker was Ken Hegwood from
Hansen, Nebraska. He told us about trench art, and
how he has painted over 4,000 doughboy helmets.
We honored them by singing several songs.
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
Students at Wallace made it to their goal of
$2,000.00. They raised $2,407.00. Thank you family
and friends for supporting this wonderful program.
CAN FOOD DRIVE
You can bring your canned
food items to Wallace December 1st, 2nd or 3rd. These
items will be donated to charitable organizations in
Hastings. For more information see the flyer “Adams
Central National Honor Society Food Can Drive”.
NEEDED We need the following items for the Old
Fashioned Christmas Party on Monday, December
21, 2015. Regular (ex: vegetable or soup size) tin
cans, Tall (ex: Hunts spaghetti sauce size) tin cans,
and Short (ex: 6oz tuna can size) tin can. You may
bring these items to school before Monday,
December 14th.
GOOD FELLOWS TOY DRIVE
New toys can be brought to school and placed in the
box for the Good Fellows Toy Drive. The box will be
at Wallace through December 13th!
WALLACE SCHOOL | December 2015
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SOMETHING NEW IS HAPPENING!
Starting Monday, November 30, 2015
students will be allowed to bring earbuds and
handheld electronic devices so they can listen
to music as they walk in the mornings.
Students will only be allowed to listen to
music while walking in the gym if they have
earbuds or small headphones. If students
bring an iPod, iPod mini or cellular devices
they then agree to the condition of having an
adult monitor what they are listening to.
These devices and the music downloaded on
them will be periodically reviewed by the
administration and/or teaching staff. If the
student or parents do not wish to have the
electronic devices periodically checked, then
the student will not be allowed to bring them.
We will also allow students to listen to music
with their personal earbuds during study hall
as long as the volume is low enough not to be
heard by others round them. NO GAMES will
be allowed to be played on these devices.
If students do not have devices to bring from
home, school iPads will be available for
students to use to listen to music, but each
student must supply their own personal
earbuds or small headphones.
Christmas Program – “Merry & Bright”
Mark your calendar for the Wallace Christmas
Program “Merry & Bright” on Tuesday,
December 15th at Adams Central in the
auditorium. Pre-program music will start at
approximately 6:30pm. Students are
encouraged to sign up for instrumental or
vocal solos/groups. For more information
contact Mrs. Lukow. Families are invited to
come to dress rehearsals Monday, December
14th or Tuesday, December 15th from 1:303:00 at Adams Central. The program will start
at 7:00pm.
When students bring their devices to listen to
music, they also agree to place these devices
in their backpack and lockers during the
instructional portion of the day. They bring
these devices with the understanding they
the student is responsible for them while they
are at school. THE SCHOOL IS NOT LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGED, LOST OR STOLEN
DEVICE! These devices are the sole
responsibility of the student. If a student or
parent is concerned about damage to, loss of,
or the possibility that devices will be stolen,
then DO NOT BRING them to school.
Happy Holidays!
WALLACE SCHOOL | December 2015
Each class will be making an
ornament to place on the
Christmas trees at Wallace. These
beautiful ornaments will go home
with students the last week of
December. In keeping with our Old
Fashioned Christmas theme
students will be using supplies that
they might have used in the 1800’s.
The ornaments are decked out with
ribbons, bells, glitter, musical
paper, yarn, spools, pine cones, and
tinsel. Each classroom made the
following ornament:
Kindergarten – Gorgeous Pine
Cone Strands
1st Grade – Whimsical Tinsel
Chimes
2nd Grade – Sparkling Beaded
Musical Spools
3rd Grade – Wishful Santa List
Scrolls
4th Grade – Traditional Musical
Christmas Trees
5th Grade – Dazzling Words of
Christmas Joy
6th Grade – Cozy Streams of
Holiday Yarn
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We hope that you will enjoy these
breathtaking ornaments made with
tender care by your child.
The staff at Wallace would like to
wish everyone a wonderful Holiday
Season!