Algona Community School District

It's FAFSA Week at AHS!
💘 Dear Future Me,

I showed you some love today.

✔️ I ignored the FAFSA myths.
✔️ I applied anyway.
✔️ I invested in us.

This Valentine’s Day, write your own love letter to your future 💌
📚 Complete your FAFSA—it’s free, and it’s worth it.

Don't forget - Girls Wrestling Welcome Home today - 4:30pm - High School Gym!

🏆🐾 Bulldog Nation—join us in welcoming home our Algona Girls Wrestling Team! 5 state place winners, including 2 champions, 2 runner-ups, and a 2nd place team finish. 📍 Algona HS 🕟 Sunday at 4:30 PM Congrats, girls! 🔴⚪️💪

The Algona Boys Wrestling team is headed to the State Dual tournament for the 3rd year in a row! State will be held at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Saturday, February 7th.
Excellent job Bulldogs!!
Graphic by Brooklyn Adams

Via "KLGA/KLGZ Radio" Facebook page-
The Algona Girls Wrestling team has 4 wrestlers in the Semifinals and 1 more alive in the Consolation bracket after Day #1 of the Girls State Wrestling tournament in Coralville. Mara Davis, Ruby Roof, Regan Jensen, and Regan Haynes all went 2-0 Thursday and will wrestle in the Semifinals Friday afternoon. Sienna Fehr went 2-1 on the day, and will be a state medalist. Laura Stohr went 1-2 and was eliminated from the tournament. Algona currently is 5th in the team standings with 52 points. The Bulldogs will return to the mat Friday at 1pm inside the Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Live coverage will be available on 98.5 FM/1600 AM of all matches.

We couldn't let the week pass by without recognizing our amazing team of counselors at ACSD! It's National School Counseling Week and we want to thank each of them for their time, expertise and commitment to students! Your work does not go unnoticed and we appreciate you!

In today’s "Classroom Spotlight," we visit Mrs. Dana Carroll’s 5th-grade students as they dive into the D.A.R.E. program, gaining essential skills for making healthy and safe decisions.
Click the link to learn more- www.algona.k12.ia.us/classroom_spotlight_dare

The students at Bertha Godfrey and Bryant are starting a new reading challenge with an Olympics theme- "Become a Champion with Reading." Learn more by clicking the link- https://algonacsdia.edurooms.com/engage/algona-community-school-district/newsletters/become-a-reading-champion

AHS held their Winter Pep Rally today! Click the link to learn about all the different activities that were celebrated!
https://algonacsdia.edurooms.com/engage/algona-community-school-district/newsletters/winter-pep-rally

Congratulations to the SIX athletes that will be heading to Coralville to compete in the Girls State Wrestling Tournament this week! Find out more by clicking the link- https://algonacsdia.edurooms.com/engage/algona-community-school-district/newsletters/lady-bulldogs-dominate-wrestling-regionals

Congratulations to the AHS Jazz Choir, Scarlet Midnight, for earning a Division I (Superior) rating at the Iowa High School Music Association State Jazz Choir Festival at Clear Lake on Saturday! Of the 14 choirs that performed that day, only 5 received a Division I rating.
Photo Credit: Bernie Merrill

Please take a moment to fill out this survey which allows you to provide feedback to our food service through Taher.
PDF- https://aptg.co/BygyVc
Survey Link- https://bit.ly/49JhcUH

The AMS Science Fair is coming up on Monday, February 9th! Student projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges in the afternoon and public viewing will take place from 4:00-5:30 PM with awards following. This year the event will be held in the Middle School Gym. Family and community members are encouraged to attend the public viewing!

Congratulations to those students who participated in the Middles and Music Honor Band at South Hamilton this past weekend. Learn more by clicking the link- https://algonacsdia.edurooms.com/engage/algona-community-school-district/newsletters/middles-and-music-honor-band

Bulldog Fans heading to the girls state wrestling qualifying meet in Nevada tomorrow - tickets are cashless - get your tickets in advance here: https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/algona/tickets

Students at AHS performed for the Iowa High School Speech Association's District Large Group Festival on Saturday, January 24. Click the link to learn more about their successes that day!
https://algonacsdia.edurooms.com/engage/algona-community-school-district/newsletters/district-large-group-speech

Congratulations to the Algona 6th Grade Band and the High School Band on being selected to perform at the Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference this May! Click the link to learn more!
https://algonacsdia.edurooms.com/engage/algona-community-school-district/newsletters/two-bands-selected-to-perform-at-iowa-bandmasters-conference

Catch up on what the students have been learning in Mr. Waltz's 8th grade science classroom with today's "Classroom Spotlight: Video Edition!"
https://youtu.be/cDGZSJbx7xo