Reminder!! Tonight’s Floodwood Back to School Open House is from 4-6pm. There will be a picnic meal provided by the local churches and free admission to the Volleyball game. Superintendent/Principal Jonathan Payne will have a welcome announcement at 4:30pm in the large gym. Please complete enrollment forms that were sent out earlier this week. Open House will be a great time to visit classrooms, drop off supplies and pay technology, sports or band fees. Please bring cash or check to pay any fees as our credit card system is currently down. Chromebooks will be handed out the first day of school. Hope to see you all tonight to kick off a great school year! Go Polar Bears!!
Welcome back! A beautiful day for PLC time in the School Forest!
After 20+ years of keeping the Floodwood School beautiful, Cindy is retiring. We wish you the best in retirement and will miss see you everyday!
At the August 23rd Floodwood School Board meeting the following policy was approved: "Face coverings are recommended indoors, but not required. Respect is a requirement! "
Most other "best practice" mitigation practices that Floodwood Schools followed last school year will remain in place. The School Board will discuss situational face covering use in the school during the September 13th work session. We will be using local data to address health safety measures that may become necessary during the school year.
OPEN HOUSE 4-6 pm Thursday September 2, 2021. The community is encouraged to attend (whether they have students or not). There will be free food and free admission to the Girl's Volleyball Games.
We are excited to show off the school and the amazing adults who work with the Floodwood School District students!
4 year old Preschool Enrollment is Open!!!
Packets have gone out to enroll your 4 year old in Preschool at the Floodwood School. Preschool will be Monday - Thursday, full days. Please contact Faith Romanek or Ashley Engh if you would like to enroll and didn't receive a packet or have any questions on the information in your packet. 218-476-2285
SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS
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Check out the Floodwood Volleyball Apparel! The BSN Volleyball Team Store closes August 2, 2021. Anyone can purchase items! Sales benefit the Floodwood Volleyball team.
Here's the link: https://www.bsnteamsports.com/shop/FLOODWVB21
S.T.R.E.A.M. Camp 2021
S.T.R.E.A.M. Camp 2021
S.T.R.E.A.M. Camp 2021
S.T.R.E.A.M. Camp 2021
S.T.R.E.A.M. Camp 2021
S.T.R.E.A.M. Camp 2021
Floodwood students just completed a 2-week study of the Floodwood River during our "STREAM" Summer School Camp! STREAM integrates Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics into hands-on, authentic learning.
Students and staff had the pleasure of working side-by-side with the Rivers2Lake program (https://rivers2lake.org/) and learned about the overall health of our river, macroinvertibrates that live in this habitat, and how we can positively impact our surroundings.
During STREAM Camp, students answered our essential question: Is the Floodwood River a healthy habitat? All of our work stemmed from this foundational question and guided our time together.
We also:
Designed, created, secured, and observed leaf traps to collect macroinvertibrates that live within the river.
Completed and documented pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity testing. These tests helped determine the overall water quality of our river.
Analyzed and indexed the macroinvertebrates within our traps. Students used a variety of tools and skills to help in this process.
Constructed edible models of the Floodwood River using a variety of ingredients.
Constructed several models of bugs that used a variety of materials.
Created and added to homemade field guides of water insects.
Took daily walks to the school forest and Floodwood River boat landing for our water studies.
FUN was a word that described our days together! We played outdoors, had large chunks of time for high-interest reading, made homemade bubbles, created several variations of "bug juice" to drink, added to our idea maps of learning, caught critters in the river with minnow nets, journaled daily, learned several new community-building games, and were able to take home STACKS of new books generously donated by FST and community members!
STREAM Camp gave students the opportunity to wonder, work together, and develop the skills and mindsets of active individuals who can positively impact our community.
Please join us in celebrating Kaden McNiff and Neva Polo Saturday, July 10th @ 7:30pm on Mainstreet. They both competed at state for track, Neva placed 6th in the 300m hurdles and Kaden is the state CHAMP in the triple jump!!!
We have extended the free meal services over the summer for children 18 years old and under. The meals are a state approved cold breakfast and lunch bags. Parents can find this information in their emails and Campus Portal in-box.
Meals will be offered June 15-17, 22-24, (no meals the week of June 28th), July 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29, and August 3-5, 10-12, 17-19. Both breakfast and lunches will be delivered in one delivery daily to the home or designated location if within a reasonable distance. You will need to either have a cooler at the designated location or be there to receive the food. You may also pick up the meals from the school at a specific short window of time (TBD).
The deadline to request meals is 8AM on Monday, June 7th for meals starting on June 15th. If you want to sign up later, you will need to request meals by 8AM on Mondays for the following week. Once you sign up, you will continue to get the meals for all of the above dates, until we hear otherwise from you.
Please also remember to let us know if you will be out of town so we know not to deliver on those days. The school office is only open on Tuesday mornings over the summer, so please contact meals@isd698.org if you have any questions or changes.
It’s the last day of school! What a year it has been!!
Next school year we will have some new faces in the building as we have some staff moving on (retiring, new job or other reasons).
Good luck to the staff leaving - you will be missed!!
