Ida Grove Elementary School

OABCIG Schools will have a 2 hour late start Friday, March 8th. There will be no morning preschool and no before school activities.

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week Front row, l to r: Monica Tietsort, Jaxon Skirvin, Chloe Alm, Rhys Peterson, Merritt Bengford Back row, l to r: Chase Soderholm, Lillian Johannsen, Bree Reitz, Lyrik Naugle, Elliott Hahn Unavailable for picture: Ella Enriquez, Aleece Hoffman, Soloman Miller

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week Front row, l to r: Brian Bengford, Emmett Lockwood, Ally Mena, Kendric Lichtenberg, Cal Chizek, Adalynn Trierweiler, Kaelly King Back row, l to r: Chance Soderholm, Cole Wellendorf, Landyn Diimig, Tattianna Walton, Ayden Soat, Logan Mefferd

The Ida Grove 3rd graders had the opportunity to meet with Jim Christensen via zoom. Jim is from the Aldrin Family Foundation and he talked with them about his time working at NASA, as well as some fun information about the moon and space.

The first grade classes at the Ida Grove Elementary building collected cans of food and paper products for the 100th day of school. They collected 206 items for the food pantry. Kris Gunderson and another food pantry volunteer came and talked to the first grade about the food pantry. They learned a lot and many first graders said they would like to volunteer and help some day.

Odebolt Building is looking to hire a paraeducator to begin as soon as possible. Applications can be found on the school website or picked up at any OABCIG district school building. Anyone interested can contact Principal Doug Mogensen by calling 712-364-6066 or email dmogensen@oabcig.org.

Danika Hinkeldey brought Ag to the Classroom this month, helping the IG Elementary kindergarten students learn more about milk, butter, and dairy cows. Students had a chance to "milk a cow" and taste the butter that they made fresh in the mixer.

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week Front row, l to r: Jaxon Bogue, Cameron Gross, Oscar Johnson, Natalee Hare, Jacob Shupe, Paislee Swanson Back row, l to r: Kat Burow, Tyler Ausborn, Makenna Garlow, Bryson Roeder, Rylie Homer, Brecken Lichtenberg, Cole Uhl

Mrs. Masters did a lesson on telescopes with Ida Grove third graders this week. She talked about light and how the different lenses work. Then each student made their own telescope. 🔭

Jamie, the talented creator of Fox and Hare Creative, shared her jewelry expertise with the kindergarten classes. Jamie also discussed how she prepares for our local farmers market. 💐☀️🥕🍅🥔🥦🫑👩🏽‍🌾👨🏻‍🌾Thanks again, Jamie!✨

The OABCIG Elementary Ida Grove PTP is excited to host our first FREE Movie at the Ida Grove King Theatre! We will be showing the movie Charlotte’s Web. There are two opportunities to see the movie - Saturday, February 17 or Sunday, February 18 - both show at 1:00pm. This FREE movie is is open to anyone to attend - so bring your family & friends! There will be a fun photo opportunity & a drawing for prizes! 🐷 🕷️ 🎥 🍿

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week Front row, l to r: Delaney Ullrich , Angel Villa, Brea Peterson, Eli Wellendorf, Milo Puga Vallejos, Austin Villa, Ivy Shupe Back row, l to r: Aeon Reiss, Devin Dittmer, Lennox Schable, Gabi Lopez, Henley Collins

Danika Hinkeldey has been coming to the 4th grade classes in Ida Grove for once a month during the year. She is coming to help us learn about agriculture. This lesson focused on dairy. Danika had stations around the room for students to milk a cow, learn about different dairy cattle, and make butter. Thank you, Danika, for sharing your knowledge and helping us understand the importance of agriculture!

The Ida Grove Elementary 4th grade had Danielle Bennett come show them knot tying skills. The students then had to use trees to raise their food bags to hide them from animals to go along with our study of the book Hatchet.

Kelsie Nettles, Edward Jones Financial Advisor, visited the 4th graders in the Ida Grove Building on Thursday, Feb. 1. The social studies classes were talking about financial literacy. She discussed what she does in her job and how she helps clients with money questions and concerns. Kelsie also did an activity with students on the difference between needs and wants. Thank you, Kelsie, for helping us learn about these important topics!

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week Front row, l to r: Zoey Puga-Vallejos, Charlotte Pittman, Colton Kron, Johnathan Lawrence, Victoria Salcedo, Nina Alesch, Lincoln Carnine Back row, l to r: Jaxon Behrendsen, Makayla Ulrich, Brynn Ernst, Devan Bengford, Brooke Schmidt Unavailable for picture: Aylah Soat

OABCIG Elementary Ida Grove PTP, We are kicking off our 2024 Fundraiser Campaign for the PTP group. This year, we kept it simple again and are not selling anything. We are simply asking for a donation to support our PTP group. This fundraiser was very successful for our PTP group last year all thanks to your generous donations and support of our group, our school, our students, our teachers and staff. Your student will bring home a flyer from school with more information about how you can donate to our fundraiser, or you can check out the attached flyer. We hope that you will consider supporting our mission! If you would like to volunteer to help and be more involved with our PTP group or for any questions, feel free to send an email. Gratefully, Lyndsay Lindberg & Heather Bogue

Ida Grove Elementary Falcons of the Week Front row, l to r: Jasper Puga-Vallejos, Mason Mesenbrink, Diego Lopez, Jaxdan Pierson, Justin Ausborn Back row, l to r: Hailey Ackerman, Jaxson Wieling, Rylie Henningsen, Libby Van Houten, Avery Schabel, Bentley Childers, Emmett Hasbrouck

Dollars for Scholars Pancake Brunch Sunday, January 28th.

Yesterday, Danielle Bennett came to talk to the Ida Grove Elementary 3rd grade about adaptations that aquatic and terrestrial turtles have to live in their habitats.