Happy Valentine's Day!!

Cupid is in full force here in the halls of Leedey Schools.  The board room looks like a red, white, and pink explosion of flowers, candy, stuffed animals, and sweet nothings.  Hope everyone gets what they are expecting from  their sweethearts!  Congrats to the highschool boys and girls during Districts.  The girls were District Champs and the boys were runner's-up.  Both teams will advance to Regionals this week.  Great news for the 5th & 8th Graders--the State Writing Test has been post-poned until March 9-10.  They were scheduled for next Wed. Feb. 23rd.  I'm sure it's because of the days of school missed due to bad weather that the State Dept. of Ed has re-scheduled the tests.  Whatever the case, I am sooo glad.  I was starting to feel very scrunched for time!!  Dewey Co. Spelling Bee this Wed. at 9:30 a.m. in auditorium.  Five County Speech Contests tomorrow here at Leedey.  Local Leedey livestock show here tomorrow at 5:00.  Gabe gets to show his goats: Pistol Pete and Cowboy.  Yes, we are O-state fans!!  WHEW!!!  And it's just MONDAY!!!

7th English
*Journal
*DOL wk. 22
*Went over pre-test in B.A. p.77=Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions.
*Discussed p. 79.
*Assigned p.80-81.  Due tomo.

8th Lang. Arts
*Announced changed date of state writing test.
*Let them have one more day to work on B.D. writing prompt assignment from Friday. Looked over some kids' first rough drafts.  Will look at others tomo on promethean board.

Basketball Playoffs Start Tonight!

Finally the snow is melting a little bit at a time.  The temperatures are supposed to go up, which is good news.  The farmers will appreciate all of the much needed moisture.  The weather is good enough here now that it won't affect Leedey hosting basketball playoffs tonight.  Don't forget to come out and support the Bison and Lady Bison as their quest for the gold ball begins later today.  Congrats to seventh graders Jacee Harrel for winning the local Leedey Spelling Bee yesterday and Emily Carmen for finishing second place.  Other spelling bee winners were: 5th grade=Chassidy Ray, second and Magen Fairchild, first;  6th grade=Riley Fairchild, second and Luke Ward, first;  7th grade=Emily Carmen, second and Jacee Harrel, first;  8th grade=Allison Paulsen, second and Morgan Hahn, first.  All eight of these students will compete in the Dewey County Spelling Bee next Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. here at the Leedey Auditorium.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

7th English
*Journal
*Took Spelling Test #21 and graded.
*Graded Spelling WB. #21
*Graded Vocab. Less. #21.
*Pre-test p. 77 in Break Away must be done by Mon.

8th Lang. Arts
*Did the writing prompt on p.206 in Buckle Down.  Pre-writing and rough draft due at end of hour.

Digging Out from all the Snow!!

My Goodness we certainly had a lot of snow!!  I guess I should be thankful we didn't have as much as some other towns up north.  We also had another day out of school for this wintery weather.  It's starting to become a weekly trend.  I don't know if it makes me happy or sad.  I guess that all depends on if we have to make the days up or not!  Districts start tomorrow.  Leedey is hosting Shattuck and Arnett.  Our boys play tomorrow night at 8:00 against Shattuck.  Our girls will play the winner between Arnett and Shattuck girls Saturday night at 6:30.  Come out and support both teams.  I wish both boys and girls all of the luck in Leedey as their journey to the "Big House" starts this weekend!!

7th English
*Journal
*DOL wk. #21 (3-6)
*Took DOL quiz #21and graded.
*Took the pre-test in Break Away=Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions p.77


8th Lang. Arts
*Finished typing Final Copies of Conservation Essay Contest.  Due next Wed.
*Those that were finished read Sequoyah Books for book reports.

Hey Old Man Winter--Enough Already!!!

Brrrrrrr!!!  Enough with the cold windy weather!  But more is coming in tonight.  Uugh!!  The HS plays tonight at Seiling.  The GS games got canceled so they could move the HS games up to a 3:30 start time.  We are trying to get the games in before the 5-8 inches of snow starts to fall.  Today in both 7th & 8th grade, we did the class spelling bee.  Congrats to Emily for winning second place and to Jacee for winning first place in the 7th grade; Allison for winning second place and Morgan for winning first place in the 8th grade.  All four of these girls will participate in the Leedey Local Spelling Bee this Thursday during DEAR and enhancement time.

Marvelous Monday Gets the Week Started!!

Tonight there are JH ballgames at Hammon at 6:30.  I believe it is the last JH game of the season.  The 3&4 play in front of them at 4:30.  Good luck to all.  Congrats to the HS girls for winning the 270 Conf. Championship against Ft. Supply girls Saturday night at Arnett.  Our HS boys also won their game on Thursday.  Unfortunately, only the 5&6 boys were able to win at the Reydon Festival on Saturday.  The local Leedey Spelling Bee is scheduled for this Thursday, Feb. 10 during DEAR and Enhancement for the 5th -8th class winners.  The 7th & 8th grade are having their class bees tomorrow because of a music festival on Wednesday and potential bad weather coming in on Tuesday night.  I gave all students a list of 40 some words that I will use for the class bee.

7th English
*Journal
*DOL wk. #21
*Assigned Spell Less. #21 and Vocab Wb #21=due Friday.
*Discussed Spelling Bee for tomo.

8th Lang. Arts
*Discussed Spelling Bee for tomo.
*Typed Final Copy Conservation Essays.  Due Wednesday.

A Thursday that Feels Like Friday!!

Tonight is Parent-Teacher Conferences starting at 4:00.  We also have them tomorrow, so there is no school as conferences are scheduled from 9:00-12:00.  Yea!  No School tomorrow!!  So that's why this Thursday feels like Friday.

7th English
*Took Spell. Test #20 and graded.
*Graded Vocab WB #20.
*Graded Spell. WB. #20 p. 97
*Discussed grade sheets for PT conf.

8th Lang. Arts
*Graded Break Away p. 16-17.
*Discussed grade sheets for P.T. conf.
*Looked at 2nd Rough Drafts on Promethean Board and orally discussed them.

Way Too Cold!! BRRRRRRR!!!!!!

I'm not sure that I have ever experienced a wind chill like we are currently having.  It is -18 degrees according to my iPhone weather advisory.  That is some kind of cold!!  Unbelievable to the skin!!  It was nice having yesterday out from school, but too cold to do much of anything outside.  I did get caught up on work in my house and also caught a few extra Zzzz's, which is always appreciated.  Try to stay warm tonight!

7th English 
*Journal
*No DOL's this week.
*Went over AR points and everything else discussed during the Reading Rally Monday.
*Worked on Spelling and Vocab. both Less. #20.  Due tomorrow since there is no school Friday=PT Conf.

8th Lang. Arts
*Went over AR points and everything else discussed during the Reading Rally Monday.
*Graded Break Away "Sequencing."