The Book Fair went extremely well.  Each year it is open during conferences. The Book Fair sold over $4,700 worth of books.  Wow, that’s really good!!!  Some of the most popular back orders were the entire Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, The Terrifying Tornados Tube, and The glow-in-the dark Zombie books.  Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Jennings who did a fantastic job, would like to thank everybody who bought books.

Mrs. Pardonek’s class is working on art projects with some kids.  They are working on Hanging Easter Baskets, Washcloth Bunnies, Egg Carton Rabbits, and Felt Easter eggs.  They are doing about one project per week. Hope you guys have lots of fun!

This Monday the 5th graders are starting a chess tournament.  There is a Novice bracket and a Trophy bracket.  The Novice bracket is for kids who have never played before, the Trophy bracket is for people who have played before.  The winner of the Novice bracket gets the bracket to keep and the winner of the Trophy bracket gets the opportunity to have the nickname Checkmate.  Hope you guys have lots of fun.

There are new EAA classes out!  This time there is Creative Crafts.  The class was offered free of charge by the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, and it filled up in less than an hour.  5 Live! was there to get a look at what they are making.  (video)

Awesome job and hope you have fun.

There is a rumor going around that someone was kidnapped.  Well, we are here to tell you that it was a false alarm, and everybody got home safely.  Some Madison students saw what they thought was a problem, so they called Kim.  The school called the police and the police talked to the kids that saw something suspicious.  The school sent out a message to all the Madison families to make sure everyone got home safe… and everybody did!

Last week pennies for patients ended. This week we asked Mrs. Druschel if she could tell us the results.   She said that first place went to Mrs. Duthler’s class.  Their class raised $533.88.  Second place went to Mrs. Engelbrect and Mrs. Patterson’s class.  Their class raised $295.27.  Third place went to Mrs. Luetchford’s class.  They raised $213.39.  Forth place was Mrs. Utterback’s class.  They raised $185.38.  Fifth place went to Mr. Cornell’s class.  They raised $143.54.  Sixth place was Mr. Casey’s class.

Everyone did a great job.  Mrs. Duthler’s class won an ice cream party for next week

Fourth and 2nd grade teachers presented at the PTA meeting on Tuesday night.  4th grade teachers talked about multiples games that they played during enrichment.  2nd grade talked about the website and things that you could do on it.

Mrs. Luetchford’s class took some shaving cream and put in on top of their desks.  It not only cleans their desks they used it to write their spelling words and vocabulary words. Sound like fun?  Let’s take a look.  (video) 

Yep, that looks like fun!

Next week, we have our spring concerts. The concert starts with both music teachers picking songs for all grades. For Mrs. Arnold's and Mrs. Lehmen's K-1 groups, they will start at 6:00. Then the 2-3's will follow, and after that, the 4th and 5th graders will end the spring concerts for this year. Have fun and remember to smile!

The stomach flu is going around the school.  When you get the stomach flu, you have to stay home from school.  And that kind of day off isn’t much fun.  So if you’re worried about getting the stomach flu, no need to fear, 5 Live! News is here! 

To prevent getting the stomach flu, make sure you wash your hands often, especially if you touch something that isn’t clean.  And when you sneeze, use a tissue, and cough into your elbow, not your hand.  Germs can get on your hands and make you sick when you touch your eyes, mouth, or nose. 

The stomach flu has another name, . . .but we aren’t saying it!  So remember to stay healthy!