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9th Grade TAG Glass Makes a Difference

Kudos to the ninth grade TAG class on their good work. These students have been busy with their community service project. These 9th graders held two bake sales to raise money to purchase fleece for blankets. The students were able to create eighteen blankets which will be delivered to Mission of Hope for their Christmas gifting. Way to go!

2014-2015 Linn-Mar School Calendar

The Linn-Mar Community Schools Calendar Committee met throughout the months of October and November in order to develop a recommendation for the 2014-2015 calendar. The committee focused on the job with 5 goals in mind. Members worked to produce a calendar that: a. is best for kids b. follows the contract c. is compliant with Iowa code d. meets the needs of the district and different levels within e. is easy for all stakeholders to understand. Several calendar options were discussed and eventually narrowed down to three. These options were presented to buildings, departments, and parent groups for feedback. All feedback was shared with the committee and discussed before a final calendar was recommended for approval by the Board of Education. On December 9th, the Linn-Mar Community Schools Board of Education approved the Calendar Committee’s recommendation of the “Diamond” calendar for the 2014-2015 school year. This calendar can be found at this link: 2014-2015 School Calendar. The 2014-2015 Linn-Mar School calendar is similar to the 2013-2014 calendar with corresponding dates. Linn-Mar's start date, breaks and end date are based on academic learning units of time. Each semester has at least 13 uninterrupted weeks to allow for consistent instruction. In the 2014-2015 school year, the first day of school will be August 18, 2014. The last day of school will be May 29, 2015. Graduation is set ... more

Linn-Mar Poms Kick it at State

Kudos to our Linn Mar Varsity Pom Dance Team for promoting school spirit through dance with dazzling performances at State. Recently our team traveled to the State Competition in Des Moines, Iowa, at the Wells Fargo Arena where over 5,000 participants representing 278 High School dance teams competed at the event. Our Linn-Mar's Varsity Pom team earned 1st place with their Jazz routine and won the "Judges Choice" with this routine overall the competitions. The team also earned 3rd place with their Pom routine and 3rd place with their Hip Hop routine. In addition, the Linn-Mar Pom team was recognized for their TEAM GPA of 3.63- ranking in the "Distinguished" level of honor for their Academics. And Lexi Wright was one of only twelve senior girls in the State of Iowa distinguished as a finalist for the Iowa Senior Scholarship. Lastly, Allison Schmidt, Linn-Mar's Varsity Pom Coach, was named the ISDTA Character Counts Coach of the Year this past weekend at the State Team Championships. Go Lady Lions!

Oak Ridge students work on the Code

'National Computer Science Education Week' is December 9th - 13th. To recognize the event, 6th grade students at Oak Ridge were given the opportunity to sign up for four lessons in Computer Coding during their Flex period. The lessons are part of Kahn Acadamy and introduce students to basic skills such as learning about functions, parameters, and pixels with guided hands on lessons. After working through a series of exercises students will create a picture using shapes and colors that they've thought of themselves. From tapping into the students' creativity to keeping problem solving fun, the overall goal is to get kids interested in programming and to learn about opportunities in the field of Computer Programming. After all, by 2020 the U.S. Department of Labor projects that there will be 1.4 million jobs in computer science.