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• P.E. reminder
• Orchestra Concert
• March I.B. Learner Profile
• 6th Grade Accelerated Math enrollment
  
• Breakfast/Lunch Menus and Contacts
  
• PTA News
  
• Health News
• District Info: Winter Weather and School Closure Info, Communication/Let's Talk
  

Registrar - Cindy Posey poseyc@live.siouxcityschools.com

Building Instructional Assistant - Candy Booe-Kass booekac@live.siouxcityschools.com

SUNNYSIDE: 712-274-4047

Registrar - Melinda DeMarest demarem@live.siouxcityschools.com

Building Instructional Assistant - Yvon Fitch fitchy@live.siouxcityschools.com

Spring Pictures will be on March 11 at both Nodland and Sunnyside. Information will be coming out 1 week prior. Send back the envelope and money only if you are wanting your child's pictures taken. Only those children will have their pictures taken. Please click the picture above to go directly to their web page.

Students are currently working on Jumping Rope in P.E. Ask your student about the different skills they are working on and if they have a jump rope at home, they can demonstrate them as well. With the weather getting nicer, it is a great time for them to practice their jumping rope skills.

6:00 PM Pizza Party in the lobby ($4 per person or $12 per family)

7:00 PM Concert begins (Free Admission)

SUNNYSIDE - Tenille Mitchell 712-274-4047 mitchet@live.siouxcityschools.com

Please feel free to contact them with any questions regarding breakfast or lunch.

Nodland Lunch Times:

TK/Kindergarten: 11:40-12:10

1st Grade: 11:25-11:55

2nd Grade: 12:00-12:30

Sunnyside Lunch Times:

3rd Grade: 11:45-12:10

4th Grade: 11:25-11:55

5th Grade: 11:55-12:25

PRESIDENT - Leah Book

VICE PRESIDENT - Sarah Petersen and Brittney Statlander

TREASURER - Jen Preston

SECRETARY - Angela Benz

-March 10 - PTA Meeting 6PM @ Sunnyside

-March 24 - Rollerama "80's Night" 6-8pm

NODLAND - Kathy Bernard - School Nurse (712) 274-4044 bernark@live.siouxcityschools.com

SUNNYSIDE - Julie Johnson - School Nurse (712) 274-4047 johnsoj@live.siouxcityschools.com

Keep others well by keeping your child home when sick. For your child’s health, stay home if:

- A fever of 100.0 degrees or higher

- Vomiting or diarrhea

-Symptoms that keep your child from participating in school, such as:

• Cough that he or she cannot control

• Headache, body aches, or earache

• Sore Throat—a little sore throat may be ok for school, but a bad sore throat is not.

24 hour rule is good:

- Fever: Keep your child home until fever has been gone with no medicine for 24 hours.

- Vomiting or diarrhea: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the last time he or she vomited or had diarrhea.

-Antibiotics: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the FIRST dose of antibiotic.

Every voice matters in Sioux City Community Schools. That’s why we need to hear from all parents and guardians. Provide feedback using our District and School Climate Survey, which is open February 4 - March 13. The survey is available in English or Spanish.

How to take the survey:

• A link will be sent to parents/guardians by email, text message, and voicemail.

• If you do not receive a link, please contact 712-224-7471 to request a link.

• Paper surveys are available for pick up at your child’s school.

• Take the survey online at your child’s school while at conferences.

The survey asks for feedback on student and academic support, safety and behavior, school leadership, and family involvement. We will use the results to better understand our students’ needs, determine our strengths, and identify opportunities for improvement.

All survey responses are strictly confidential. The District has partnered with an independent research and communications firm, K12 Insight, to administer the survey and compile the results. District employees will not know who participates or see individual responses.

If you have questions, please contact Mandie Mayo, Director of Communications, at mayoa@live.siouxcityschools.com.

Census Day is observed on April 1, 2020. Households begin receiving invitations to participate in the Census in mid-March. There are three ways to complete the census – online, by phone, or by mail – and the Census Bureau provides forms in 14 languages. It’s important that every household participate and that every person is counted.

What is the Census? Get the Facts.

How Census Data Is Used

The 2020 Census will determine congressional representation, inform hundreds of billions in federal funding for public programs like schools, and provide data that will impact communities for the next decade. Learn More.

Confidentiality

The answers you provide are used only to produce statistics. You are kept anonymous. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in any way that could identify you or anyone else in your home.

Under Title 13, the Census Bureau cannot release any identifiable information about you, your home, or your business, even to law enforcement agencies. The law ensures that your private data is protected and that your answers cannot be used against you by any government agency or court. Learn More.

Census Data And The Impact on Public Schools

Public schools in Iowa will be directly impacted by the 2020 census. The 2010 census estimated there were 731,975 children in Iowa ages 0-18. Children ages 0-4 are typically undercounted, and Iowa estimates 4,726 children were not included in the census.

Iowa receives over $8 billion annually from the federal government based on population estimates from the 2010 census, including funds for Special Education Grants, the National School Breakfast & Lunch Programs, Head Start, and many other education programs vital to the success of Iowa’s children. Those 4,726 children who weren’t counted in 2010 are now in grades 6-9, and the state has lost out on millions of dollars in federal funding each year for those children’s education.

We cannot let the census become another barrier to the funding of our student’s educations. The Sioux City Community School District is asking for the help and support of all families in our district to ensure that every child is counted.

Help us make sure the students of our district receive the funding they deserve. Help us make sure all kids are counted!

Census Contact

If you have questions about the U.S. Census Bureau, contact their office directly by calling (301) 763-INFO.

With cold weather upon us, it’s important to plan for inclement weather. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the colder weather. Suggested apparel includes a warm coat, hat, scarf and gloves. If a student needs access to these cold weather apparel items, please contact the school office.

Even during the winter season, the District allows recess and outdoor activities to continue as usual. However, if a student does not have appropriate winter clothing, a school official may ask a student to remain inside.

When the atmosphere reaches a temperature that feels like 15 degrees or less, then all students are kept inside for recess/activities. The “feel” of the temperature is determined based on the National Weather Service’s report.

Thank you for helping us keep students safe and warm this season.

The winter in Iowa provides us with some days that make it a challenge to hold classes at the regular time, and sometimes we must close our schools early, late, or for the entire day. As you know, our weather is not only challenging at times, it is constantly changing.

Please remember that parents and guardians have the right to make the decision to keep their child home on any day that they feel it is unsafe for their student to be in school because of weather conditions. If you believe the weather provides a sincere reason why you may have to keep your students at home, or take your student home when classes are scheduled to continue, you as a parent or guardian will simply need to contact your child’s school to let them know.

If a decision is made on the day of school to cancel classes or to have a late start, a call goes out at 6:00 AM to all parents and guardians. Parents can also check the following sites for closure information.

1. GovDelivery https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/IAEDU6039/subscriber/new?qsp=CODE_RED

2. District’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SiouxCityCommSchools

3. District’s Twitter @siouxcityschool

4. All media outlets

If the schools are dismissed early or if school is called off entirely, there will be no evening activities. If you have before and after school care, please check with your provider about their procedures.

The Sioux City Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following areas: Business & Marketing, Family & Consumer Science, Health Science, and Industrial Arts, Technology, & PLTW.

The Sioux City Community School District is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (for employment), national origin, religion, age (for employment), disability, socioeconomic status (for programs), marital status (for programs), or veteran status (for employment) in its educational programs and its employment practices.

Inquiries or grievances, including Section 504 grievances and grievances under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be directed to Jen Gomez, Director of Student Services & Equity Education at 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, (712) 279-6075, gomezj2@live.siouxcityschools.com. Please see District Board policies 103 and 504.4 for additional information on available grievance procedures.

Nodland: 3300 S. Cypress St. (712) 274-4044

Sunnyside: 2700 S. Maple St. (712) 274-4047

Principal: Blair Taylor

Website: https://www.siouxcityschools.org/nodland-sunnyside/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nodland-and-Sunnyside-Elementary-Schools-117120565300003/
Twitter: @NodSunES