This Memorial Day Weekend, AHS Quiz Bowl traveled south to New Orleans to compete in the National Academic Competition! Between 6 rounds of tough competition, the students were able to explore the city, eat local and traditional foods, and even tour the nearby bayou! We couldn't be more proud of how our students competed and represented the school, and even though the drive was long, it was worth it! Congratulations to Izaha Crawmer, Waverly Espe, Brennan Kajewski, Ace Studer, and Chance Studer! A special THANK YOU to Mandie and Tracy Studer for joining us down in NOLA and for taking us out to dinner and for the snacks for the 18 hour drive!
And a final, very special Thank You to Thomas Struecker. We came into some trouble with the hotel rooms, and without his generous donation, we wouldn't have been able to register and book rooms in time. Thank you to the Algona Community School Foundation for the grant allowing us to fund the hotels along the way down and for the opportunity to be able to fund the experiences to see what New Orleans has to offer!
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ACSD has been approved for a Summer Food Service Program for the month of June! Meals will be FREE for students. Find out more by viewing the images or links provided. www.algona.k12.ia.us/page/summer-food-service-program Flyer- https://5il.co/2lhfi Spanish- https://5il.co/2lhfh
This Memorial Day, ACSD would like to pay tribute to the heroes who gave everything for our nation. Their courage and sacrifice will always be remembered.
AHS Graduation was held on Sunday, May 19! Please enjoy this video recap of the ceremony!
https://youtu.be/ZFmPgVbNFd4
Congratulations to Jennifer Christensen for being selected as the Class of '79 Teacher of the Year! She has been nominated for this award multiple times and ACSD is proud of her dedication to the students she has taught over the years. A well deserved honor!
Kindergarten Buddies is always a highlight of the kindergarteners and the buddies! They had their last visit of the year on May 17!
Each year, the Algona CSD awards Golden Apples to staff members with 25 years of service. This year, we had 8 Golden Apple Awards recipients (from L to R): Joe Carter, Mike Elsbecker, Brian Morgan, Noel McLaughlin, Brenda Geitzenauer, Kim Traub, Zoe Heider, and Marie Berke.
Mrs. Sheryl Carroll's class raised $439.45 for the Kossuth County Food Pantry on May 17th at the Bullpup Relays serving lemonade. Henry Ricke from the Food Pantry collected the money. He said the students raised enough money to feed 4 families in Kossuth County!
Mrs. Christensen's class has been working with their business partner, Forge and Build (formerly North Iowa Lumber), for 12 years and their motto is, "Make the World a Better Place." They have been making birdhouses with the high school construction class for the same number of years and each year find a charity to donate to. After SaulPaul's "Be the Change" day, the students created a list of charities and voted. Hilah's Closet and the Ronald McDonald House were the winners. This year's class had a student that stayed at the Ronald McDonald house and the monetary donation and all of the pop tabs we have collected will be delivered there this summer.
Dr. Owen, Emmy, Josie and Noelle and Wendy Olmstead came to visit to accept the donation to Hilah's Closet today. Emmy was a past student of Mrs. Christensen and Dr. Owen is known by many in the class since he provides medical care for them. They raised a total of $557!
Another "Be the Change" project at Lucia Wallace included Mrs. Carroll’s 4th grade class raising $100.31 to donate to Kossuth County Tails of Hope! 😊🎉👏🏼 This is a volunteer and donation run rescue just West of Algona! Tails of Hope was so excited to receive this donation!
The JV/V softball games at Bishop Garrigan scheduled for tonight has been postponed until tomorrow night.
Thanks for a great year from everyone at ACSD!
There will be no MS or HS baseball/softball practices tonight.
Algona Community Schools will dismiss one hour early today (May 21st). 2:20 Dismissal for the elementary schools and 2:30 for Middle and High schools.
The last day of school for the 2023-2024 school year will be tomorrow, May 22nd! Elementaries dismiss at 11:15 and the MS/HS dismiss at 11:30. Lunch will NOT be served. Have a great summer!
Tonight's JV/V Softball game at Mason City Newman has been postponed
Softball opening day today! **Schedule change: It will be varsity first @ 5:30 with JV to follow.** PAC does cashless tickets via bound. Buy your tickets in advance here: https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/algona/tickets Go Bulldogs!
DriveWise will be offering three separate driver's ed. courses over the summer. Please see the flyer or PDF link for more information.
PDF- https://5il.co/2m2hc
Commencement will be today at 2:00 PM in the AHS Gymnasium. Congratulations to the Class of 2024! We are proud of you!
