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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
Congratulations to our RISE Stars! These students show our core values of Respect, Integrity, Students First, and Excellence every day.
Thanks for a great year from everyone at ACSD!
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.
Please remind your students to check the list and found.
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!
Mrs. Carroll’s third grade class will be serving lemonade at the Bullpup Relays tomorrow. Free-will donation. All proceeds go to the Kossuth County Food Pantry.
Today students in Mrs. Bjustrom's class participated in "Be the Change" day! They made and delivered goody baskets to the Kossuth Regional Hospital and Clinic for the nurses and doctors. They wanted to pay it forward to the heroes helping keep our community strong and healthy!
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
On May 3, students involved in TAG in grades 3-6 held a showcase of their work in the PAC Lobby. Family and friends were invited to see their projects and listen to their presentations. Congratulations on your work!
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Check out these tshirts & hoodies that have been designed by a student at AMS and are available for purchase through Threads!
Orders due Friday!!
https://www.threadsalgona.com/collections/ams-mental-health-matters-2024
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and each day we’d like to highlight a different building of teachers. Today we’d like to thank the teachers at Lucia Wallace for nurturing our students growth and curiosity for learning. Thank you!
Since 1972, National School Nurse Day has been set aside to recognize school nurses.
National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational setting. Thank you to our team for the work they do for our students!
Thank you, Pizza Ranch! Once again, our Bulldog Heroes loved their lunch!
Last week Friday was School Lunch Hero Day! The ACSD would like to thank all of our food service staff for the outstanding job they do each and every day to provide our students with the nourishment they need to be healthy and successful! You are truly heroes to our kids!
It's Teacher Appreciation Week!
Let's give our teachers all of our love and gratitude for the hard work and dedication they put into shaping the young minds of our students!
