Board Agenda for July 19,2021
Hello Prairie Families,
Please remember that school registration for the 2021-2022 school year is Monday, July 12th from 7:00 am-1:00 pm.
Congrats to our tracksters!
Board Agenda
Book Challenge Winners for 2nd Semester.
These three readers met the goal by reading seven picture books to complete their bingo. They also had activities to do for each book and take the AR quiz.
Notice of Proposed School Budget
Bookmobile Summer Schedule
Stoneham Post Office--Wednesdays--9:30 to 10:30
June 16, July 7 & 21, Aug 4 & 18
New Raymer Post Office--Wednesdays--11:00 - 12:00
June 16, July 7 & 21, Aug 4 & 18
Prairie Families,
I just sent an email to parents/guardians regarding the 2021-2022 school year. If you did not receive the email, please contact me at tpiel@prairieschool.org.
Also, please note that our registration day for the 2021-2022 school year will be on July 12th from 7:00AM to 1:00 PM.
I hope everyone has a wonderful summer!
Prairie Registration:
July 12th: Office will be open from 7:00 am-1 pm for families to come and turn in paperwork. Please note that if the information is not received by this date, Prairie will begin to contact students on the waiting list.
On July 12th we will have all the paperwork that needs to be returned printed and ready for families in the office. Mr. Kinnison and myself will also help finalize student’s schedules on this day, lunch balances can be prepaid, technology fees can be paid, Infinite Campus user name and passwords for parents can be given, and free and reduced paperwork will be available. We encourage families to come up sometime between 7-1 to take care of all these items. If a family cannot make it on the 12th. Please contact the school and we can arrange another date.
Employment Opportunities for the 2021-2022 school year.
Graduating class of 2021!
As the school year wrapped up, our band students received their letters. Luke Troudt, Elizabeth Schmeeckle, and Dakota Duncan received their first letter. Cierra Lebsock and Chevelle Price also received letters. Our final member was Simon Marler, who was an 8th grader, thus making him ineligible to letter. His work rivaled that of his peers, so we gave him a makeshift honorary letter.
Sweet Summertime
#4thGrade
Seventeen students met their elementary keyboarding goals for 2020-2021. They had fun roller skating at the Brush Roller Rink.
More pictures from Loveland Laser Tag reading field trip.
Forty-two students had fun at Loveland Laser Tag. These students met their class reading goals for the 2020-2021 school year. Great job! Keep reading this summer.
Seniors, seniors, seniors...
Congrats to all the 3rd graders who earned the 50 states award. Their hard work paid off!
Newspaper and “coffee” time, Flat Stanley, and “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” parachutes!! Life is good in the first grade!! 😊❤️👍
Hello Prairie Parents,
An email was sent to elementary aged parents this morning. The survey is in regards to field day. Please complete as soon as possible.
Here is the board meeting agenda for Monday 5/17
We received our State Proficiency Results today!!! Congrats to our members who submitted them, so proud of you.
In the Bronze Category of Equine Science - Entrepreneurship . . . Megan Andrews
In the Silver Category of Sheep Production . . . Montana Goodman
In the Gold category and STATE WINNER of
Equine Science - Entrepreneurship. . . Shelby Robinette!!
Wouldn’t be the spring if we weren’t running around like crazy!! We will have daily updates about our past couple days for all of our CDEs, LDEs, and Career Tours.
First up we would like to Celebrate Zoey Sneed!! She is competing at State Extemporaneous Speaking. She spoke in her first round on Tuesday and we have received word she is in the FINALS!!!! She speaks tonight around 7:00 PM, good luck Zoey!!!
My Master Penmen - Mrs. Lawson judged their penmanship. Bravo!
Congrats to Bobbie and Maverik for being selected as all Prairie Boy and girl.
Hello all!! CSU will be hosting CDE Awards on Friday from 6-8 pm. Individual and Team awards will be presented in alphabetical order by contest. Bronze, Silver, and Gold recipients will be announced.
https://livestream.com/barnmedia/2021coffacderesults
3rd Grade Rainforest Dioramas
3rd Grade Rainforest Dioramas
3rd Grade Rainforest Dioramas
3rd Grade Rainforest Dioramas
https://youtu.be/geAFa6x1b-c
HS awards live now.
Day 4 and final day of CDEs! Way to take us home Land Judging Team!!!
Whew, what a week. Our members worked their tails off and I am so happy that will be our first and last State CDEs. Congrats to all! Stay tuned because next week we will announce results 😆👏🏻
Special thanks to CSU for all of their work and time to facilitate the contests. Outstanding job!!!
DAY 3!!!! Here we go!! Our Livestock team was at it at 8:00 am. They have a test, 7 classes, and 3 sets of reasons today! Wish them the best, they are in it for the long haul. So proud of Tyler, Clay, and Brock!
Ag Mechanics will kicked off at 3 this afternoon. They are ready roll!! Good luck Parker and Sy!!Keep doing great things New Raymer members!!
The 5th graders have started taking in ill patients at Prairie. The clinics are up and running.
2021-2022 employment opportunities.
My 5th graders have taken the Medical Board Exam and are doctors now. We are setting up the clinics to see our first round or patients this afternoon. We have worked so hard and learned so much about the body systems.
DAY 2 STATE CDEs!!!!!! Bobbie kicked off our morning with some Horse Judging! Now our Farm Business Management team started their contest! Keep on grinding and doing your thing Arek, Montana, Levi and Zoey! Proud of our members for their continued resilience through virtual contests!!
**I also added a picture of Dakota D presenting her reasons from yesterday.
We are off!!! Virtual State CDE contests start today. We started our morning off with Dairy Judging! Good luck Riley D, Dakota D, Mia G, and Shelby F. #2021virtualCDEs #CDEstrong
Buy One Get One Free Book Fair
Coming May 10-13, 2021
Please go to the link to view the homepage on the website.
You can shop online. Be sure to look at the e-wallet program. You do not have to send cash to school with your student.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/prairieschooldistrictre11j2
Elementary fun afternoon put on by the entrepreneur class. Fun times!
It is my fervent belief that the most fundamental goal of reading instruction is to foster a love for reading. It was such a pleasant surprise to learn these two gentlemen, Case Kugler and Liam Bringelson read close to 2,000,000 words during the 4th grade year. Keep on reading!
Invites were hand delivered last week. We are excited to celebrate!
Congratulations Amelia for reading over 1,000,000 in the 5th grade.
The second graders working hard during reading centers!
Congrats to Layla for completing all subtraction facts on xtramath!
Here is the updated agenda for Monday’s board meeting.
Prairie Community,
We just received word from Kimball that the junior high track meet has been cancelled due to weather. The bus will be returning to school.
Congratulations Kaydense for reading 1,000,000 plus words. Bravo!
Congratulations to Ms. Zoey Sneed! Last Thursday she was installed as the new District XIV Treasurer. We are so proud of her achievement and we know she will represent our chapter well!
Arek and I (Montana) had an amazing year of service and are so happy to have been able to preserver and make the most out of what we were given. Good luck Zoey!!
Prairie Community,
Due to the weather forecast and predicted road conditions tonight, we have decided to postpone the board meeting until next Monday, April 26th at 7:00 pm.
Digital escape room fun!
Planting veggies in Science!
A special congratulation is in order to one of our very own. The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation was awarded to Mr. Adam. This foundation offers $24,000 James Madison Graduate Fellowships to individuals desiring to become outstanding teachers of the American Constitution at the secondary school level. Fellowship applicants compete only against other applicants from the states of their legal residence. As funding permits, the Foundation plans to offer one fellowship per state per year. Mr. Adam was Colorado’s choice!
Board Agenda 4-19-2021
Mr. Wilcox, Miss Emily and Miss Peyton challenged 4th Grade to a game of chess!
Congrats to Bobbie S, she is the 2020 Junior Conservationist of the Year!!
Each year the Colorado Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society awards a high school student who is involved in conservation practices involving soil, water, rangeland and/or forest ecosystems. Each year they receive nominees for outstanding high school students. Ben Berlinger nominated Bobbie to receive the 2020 Junior Conservationist of the Year Award and she was selected as the award recipient. Congratulations! In the past they would have presented the award at the annual Colorado Association of Conservation Districts meeting, however, because the annual meeting was virtual they were unable to do that this year. We are so proud of Bobbie and all her hard work!!
4th Grade Chess
Tomorrow's JV set to 25 versus Haxtun has been cancelled. Varsity versus Haxtun will begin at 5pm at Prairie on 4/13.
3rd graders had a great time learning at Stoneham pioneer school last week!
4th grade pioneer school at the Stoneham schoolhouse was a success!
Multiplication Graduates
#PROUD
Awesome things happening in your Beef Reproduction class. Levi Troudt is a third year student and that has given us a unique opportunity. He earned his Elanco Fundamentals of Animal Science Certification! By earning this certification, he has shown mastery of the following industry standards produced by Elanco: General Animal Science, Animal Breeding, Animal Health & Wellness, Animal Nutrition, and Animal Management Practices. He will also spend the remainder of the semester heat syncing, breeding and ultrasounding the program's cattle. Congrats to Levi!!!!
4--5-21
breakfast: Biscuit and Gravy, fresh fruit
lunch: Pork Roast, mashed potatoes and Gravy, green beans, mixed fruit.
Prairie National Honor Society Members: Mrs. Marick, Montana Goodman, Faye Klenda, Isaac Doll, Sailor Becker, Maverik Mertens, Zoey Sneed, Erik Lebsock, Emma Martinez, and Bobbie Schreiner
Volleyball matches rescheduled
Monday 4/5 versus Otis at Otis beginning at 3 pm
Bus leaves at 1:10
Junior High A (JH A is before JH B)
Junior High B
High School Varsity (approx start at 5pm)
Monday, 4/12 versus Briggsdale at Briggsdale at 4pm
Bus leaves at 2:45
Junior High B
Junior High A
HS Junior Varsity (1 set to 25)
HS Varsity
The junior high and high school volleyball games for tonight against Otis have been postponed. More details to come.
The junior high and high school volleyball games for tonight against Otis have been postponed. More details to come.
Tune in now. Prairie JH vs North Park followed by HS. 💛🏐🖤🏐💛🏐🖤 https://youtu.be/cLT6TMZwZXU
Tune in now! Prairie's home opener versus Byers. 🏐
JV starting now
https://youtu.be/cZLIPJI_5s8
Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt
Mr. Kimmel teaching a bovine genetic makeup lesson to the fifth graders during our science time. Students learned about genotype/phenotype and different cattle breeds. This lesson reinforces what they learned about dominant and recessive traits.
Congrats to our freshman!! They completed BIG (Becoming Involved as a Greenhand) Confernece today!! We hope you continued to strive as FFA members and achieve everything you set out to do! 😊
Congrats to Lucy for reaching the 3rd grade AR goal of reading 250,000 words so far this year! Keep up the awesome reading! 📖 📚 😊
Before spring break, the Kindergarteners and 2nd graders learned about "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens in music class. At the end of the unit, we made or own animal masks and put on a carnival of our own. The private YouTube links are below if you want to watch their Carnivals!
2nd Grade:
https://youtu.be/ARMWGnQE19A
Kindergarten:
https://youtu.be/MT2MlTwe1iQ
WCLA to Award $6,000 in College Scholarships
The Weld County Livestock Association (WCLA) will award three $1,500 college scholarships and the $1500 Sharon and Gene Inloes Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year.
All current high school seniors or college freshmen who are Weld County, Colorado, residents are invited to apply. Applications and requirements can be found at https://www.weldcountylivestock.com/scholarships. Deadline for application submission is April 15, 2021.
WCLA, an affiliate of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, was founded in 1943 with the mission of strengthening the livestock industry in Weld County through youth education, scholarships and producer events. It is also the voice of livestock producers from Weld County, providing input and leadership on policy at the local, state and national levels. Membership is open to all Weld County residents.
Funds for the WCLA scholarship program are primarily raised through the annual calf auction held at Producers Livestock and the Family Ranch Rodeo, which is held in September at the Southeast Colorado Fairgrounds in Keenesburg, Colo. For Rodeo participant and sponsorship information, or WCLA membership information, visit https://www.weldcountylivestock.com or email d.jackson@what-wire.com.
Here is the bulletin board for the first part of March. It features children authors who have birthdays this month. Hope you are enjoying your spring break. Look for new displays and books when you come back!
Seniors won the weekly dress up for the month of February.
Tiny Town adventures! Thanks FBLA!
Support the fundraising efforts of the Prairie Boys basketball team!!! Go to the link below and shop Prairie Mustang fan wear!! : )
https://prairiefanware.itemorder.com/sale
With 15 toothpicks, 15 note cards, and elmer's glue (welding rod), the enrichment class was tasked to make a bridge that held the container of 100 pennies. Here, the third attempts were an overwhelming success. How fun to watch students amend, change, improve the build until success was achieved.
This week’s spelling star: Alice
English superstar - master of verbs.
3rd and 4th graders sure had a fun time at Tiny Town today! Thank you American Enterprise Team, FBLA members, and Mrs. Kilmer for a great hands-on learning experience.
Tiny Town fun with the FBLA students! The first and second graders worked hard to earn Mustang mullas to be able to buy snacks and toys!
The Prairie FBLA is the best!!! Thank you for teaching the first and second graders all about how the economy and communities work!! They had THE BEST TIME EVER and learned a ton!! ❤️👍
Parent’s night. Preparation in the works.
Teacher charades, ready, set, begin!
Congratulations to Lorelai for reaching the 3rd grade AR goal of reading 250,000 plus words this year! Keep up the great reading! 📚 📖 😊
Prairie Community,
Due to circumstances outside of our control, the athletic schedule has changed completely for this Saturday. We will begin the day with Boys at Otis at 1 pm followed by Girls Varsity. Our Boys will also play at 7:30 pm for the league championship at Briggsdale this Saturday. Detailed emails have been sent to parents with explanations. Community look for an email from me as well this afternoon. Thank you for your patience and continued support of our athletes! Go Mustangs!
From the Preschool Room
Monday March 8, Board Meeting Agenda
#500,000 Words
#GRADUATE
#Graduate
WOW!! We had a busy week last week, sorry we didn't keep you all updated as we went. We are grateful for our school and community who helped us celebrate!! Check out this link for a collage of all of our activities for the week.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/150qo1PHdU4ivroykQpITNeQhUOQxEvRU?usp=sharing
Monday was Barnyard day! We had a holstein cow, horses, baby goats, mama goats, a chicken, a semi, and a tractor with a manure spreader.
Tuesday was Ag trivia with the Middle School and High School during lunch.
Wednesday we were happy to make breakfast for all of the great faculty in the building!!
Thursday we wrapped up the week with the elementary students and teaching Ag in the classroom. Lessons included hydraulics, dairy products, making bioplastics, and welding.
FBLA activities!
3rd grade is having fun playing the Tiny Town board game made by FBLA students to get ready for our Tiny Town field trip next week. Thank you for such fun activities!
Girls varsity vs Lone Star begins at 5:00 tomorrow. The weekly email update was wrong. I am so sorry for any confusion this has caused. Mrs. Kinnison
FFA fun!!! We had a blast as FFA students taught us how to weld in Ag in the classroom. Congratulations to Paisley and Tayten for earning 1st and 2nd place in the annual FFA coloring contest.
100th day fun in 2nd grade!
Prairie Community
Our game this Saturday with Briggsdale is postponed due to a positive Covid case at Briggsdale. We are working diligently to reschedule this game. More information will be soon available.
The first graders saved 100 Day by saving Hero the Zero from the evil Agent 99! Way to go our SUPER SPY AGENTS!!! 😎🕵️🕵️♂️👀
HAPPY 100th DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!
Ag in the classroom day!!! Thank you FFA!!! We learned all about dairy cows and what comes from dairy cows!!! We ate a yummy snack and even practiced milking!! Lucky Lucky Kindergarteners!!
Reading BUDDIES are the BEST kind of BUDDIES!!!!
#ROLEMODELS
The Marketing class has been working on a public relations campaign to highlight the benefits of Career & Technical Education (CTE) throughout the month of February.
Be sure to catch the next installment in our radio series tomorrow...tune your radio to KTFM (1400 AM) at 8:45 a.m. or listen online!
Barnyard Day was so much FUN!!! Thank you FFA for teaching us about animals and farm safety.
My 5th grade rock star spellers of the week.
Barnyard fun with the FFA students!
Barnyard Day with FFA!
The 6th grade would like to send a big GRACIAS to Anabel and her family, (El Jacal Mexican Grill), for catering our lunch today! It was delicious!!
100th Day! Competitions and races to 100!
FFA rocks!
Thank you FFA!! We had tons of fun and learned a lot at the the barnyard today!! ❤️❤️❤️
Congrats to Bentley for reading over 250,000 words to reach the 3rd grade AR goal this year. Way to go! 📖📚😊
Congrats to Carlee and Delyn for reaching the 3rd grade AR goal of reading 250,000 words this year! Keep up the super reading! 📖 📚 😊
5th grade IXLer of the month is Kali.
Head on over to Fleming Wildcats Home Page on Facebook right now to watch our basketball teams play.
Go MUSTANGS!
https://m.facebook.com/Fleming-Wildcats-Home-Page-10150139086330562/?tsid=0.07627093101468785&source=result
Check out vs Cheraw High School livestreaming now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VH_ynvuY_g
Check out Boys Jv vs cheraw livestreaming now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SslOAILlhok
Kyler is a Graduate of our Multiplication Club. #Proud
#TextStructureExperts
#TextStructureExperts
Truth or Dare Parent Teacher Conferences
Dare - Write your name in cursive with your eyes closed.
Truth - What was your favorite memory when you were in 4th grade?
Multiplication Graduate #Sophia
Happy Valentine's Day from Kindergarten!!! We had a FUN day!!! Thanks to FBLA for the best surprise ever!!! Balloons!! Thank you so much to everyone who helped make that happen!!!
The February Board Meeting has been postponed until March 8, 2021 when we will continue with our regular scheduled March Board Meeting.
During this cold weather, our community is out calving, taking care of livestock, and their farm. I thought I would share this to say "Thank you" from our Ag department!!
https://youtu.be/TlFzQ0uPkxM
Since we did not have school on Monday we will be serving Mondays lunch menu Wednesday the 17th. Sorry for the inconvenience but I already had all the food pulled out and it needs used. Thanks for your understanding
Next week (Feb 22-25) is National FFA Week!! Help us celebrate.
School will be canceled tomorrow due to the extremely cold forecasted temperature. Students will not have an E-Learning day since we have snow days still reserved. The board meeting will be postponed. Stay warm!
Happy Valentine’s Day from the 2nd Grade!
Hello Prairie community. The middle school and high school basketball games against Lone Star tomorrow February 13th have been canceled.
Here is the February 15 - Board Meeting Agenda.
Happy Valentine’s Day!!! ❤️ The First Grade!!
Lots of Valentine fun today! Thank you to everyone who donated to help provide a balloon for each elementary student. And a big shout out to all of the FBLA members for their hard work preparing and delivering the special order items. A good time was had by all!
More Valentine Day fun! ❤️❤️❤️
Happy Valentine’s Day From 4th Grade ❤️
Happy Valentine’s Day from 3rd grade! ❤️❤️❤️
This week’s spelling stars.
National Honor Society applications for the Prairie School N.H.S. Chapter are available from Mrs. Marick. The applications are due by Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021. :)
Multiplication Graduate - Sophia
#smart
6th Grade Lab Day! Exploring natural selection and how lucky we are to have opposable thumbs!!
February Bulletin Board
"Authors Are Like a Box of Chocolates. You Never Know What You Will Get." Featured authors have birthdays in February. Books are displayed of each author, and students can try one out.
Another FFA member spotlight: Sophomore, Chace Burke!
Chace has been busy taking care of chickens gathering eggs twice a day and selling them, he has also been helping to tear down and rebuild fences on the ranch, this spring he cut calves and drug calves at the brandings and he got to do a little roping with his sister!
February is CTE Month! CTE stands for Career and Technical Education. CTE programs offered at Prairie High School include ag and business classes as well as student organizations like the New Raymer FFA Chapter and the Prairie FBLA Chapter. Stay tuned throughout the month of February to learn more about our CTE programs through a newspaper article, a highlight video, and a radio interview!
Note from Mrs. Kilmer: All of the marketing materials for this promotional campaign, including this posting, are student created!
There will be a change in the menu on the 15th of February . It will now be Pork Burritos, Fiesta Beans, Churro and Grapes.
Thanks for understanding!!!!!
The high school knowledge bowl team is competing in the Region 7 meet today...virtually! Thanks to the Discord app and lots of brains, we are able to compete in the midst of a pandemic. Technology is amazing! Congrats to Isaac Doll, Wyatt Ruppel, Eli Marler, and Rylan Marler for representing Prairie High School well. Special thanks to the Ruppel family for providing lunch!
Prairie Vs. Haxtun basketball happening now on Haxtun Schools YouTube page! https://youtu.be/zZnmfJox240
Check out vs North Park High Scho livestreaming now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDLuPG3qeo
Check out vs North Park High School livestreaming now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZVzaH2_dAU
We have the best first graders in the world!! ❤️
#ROLEMODEL - Sophia
Awesome job to Ryker for reaching the 3rd grade AR goal of reading 250,000 words! Keep it up! 📚 📖 😊
This week’s spelling star: Shy Shy.
Check out vs Weldon Valley livestreaming now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txCUonqLUKw
Check out vs Weldon Valley girls Varsity livestreaming now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIT1aBIj8Bg
Buster graduated from addition to subtraction on xtramath! Keep up the great work!
4th Grade Trashketball Math Review
Multiplication Graduate Cordelia
FFA Member of the Week!! Sophomore, Bryndel Burke. Bryndel has been busy moving and sorting bucking horses as usual, she rides every day and has a couple young horses she has been training, her Rodeo season starts soon so she started practicing again and getting her rodeo horses ready, this winter she did have a couple big barrel races, her goats started to kid she raises goats for goats tying!
Lunch menu change.
Today 2/1/2021 lunch will be Pulled Pork Sandwich instead of Shepard pie. Sorry for the change.
Great job to our junior high brain bowl team! They were the 3rd place team in the state. Way to go boys!
Multiplication Graduates - Mason & Tatum
#PROUD
Breakfast has changed this morning to Tornados due to delivery issues!!!
Science Stream Table Erosion Lab.
Live stream links for this week's games.
HS Wiggins- Tuesday-4pm
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/wiggins-high-school-wiggins-co/gam5f4a9086c2
JH Peetz- Thursday-4pm
Boys B & A @4
https://fb.me/e/7C9jCqri6
Girls A & B @4
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gjJnXFz7mdabKi8aL5zSA/about)
HS Kit Carson- Friday @ 4
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUj_CSLhjUP--wyC6lqaPg
GO MUSTANGS!
Member highlight of the week: Senior, Levi Troudt!!
Levi Troudt is a senior in our Ag program and he has been in it since his freshman year. Currently he serves as our Chapter Treasurer. His SAE is working for Mertens Bros here in New Raymer. He also works on his family farm in Wiggins. He is actively involved in FFA, FBLA, Football, Basketball, Baseball, 4-H and the fire department.
Levi writes the following about his SAE, "My SAE is for my job at Mertens Bros. Inc. I work there full time in the summer and then only part time during school on the weekends. I am one three farm hands that are employed there. They are a farm and ranch operation, they farm corn, wheat, and millet. They also sell, clean, and treat seed wheat for planting. They sell corn finished fat cattle as well as grass/pasture finished. They have many acres of farmland as well as ranchland located around the New Raymer, Stoneham area. They even have some farm ground and ranch ground around Peetz, Colorado and also north of Peetz as well. When they offered me a chance to work for them I took it because I wanted to see how they ran their farm and what makes it successful and ideas that I could implement to my own family farm. The more I learned through my time working the more I wanted to stay and help as well as learn more in depth details about everything they did weather it was spraying or feeding cattle certain rations. My favorite thing I learned from them is this, "If you take care of the ground and the environment, it will take care of you and your crops". This was when my boss Jim and I were talking on our way to Peetz one day. This sealed the idea in my head that dryland no-till is healthy for land in many ways but like every farming technique there is flaws in it as well, like the development of gullies in the fields. Whenever I have the chance to ask a question about a technique I will because it may be in my life one day. "
These students completed the book challenge for first semester. The first and second graders read seven CCBA nominations or winners. Third though twelfth read four fiction CCBA nominations or winners.
Keep reading!
Keyboarding students who met their first semester goals in library time.
Great job!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvi3AO3ntj0
Live stream Prairie Vs Briggsdale JH
Boys B 4:30
Boys A 5:30
Girls A 6:30
Enjoy!
The power of YET!!!!
I can't do it..... YET.....
But if I practice I'll be able to! ❤️
The power of YET!!!!
I can't do it..... YET.....
But if I practice I'll be able to! ❤️
The power of YET!!!!
I can't do it..... YET.....
But if I practice I'll be able to! ❤️
The Ag Power class wrapped up their Hydraulics unit yesterday! Check out what they made. Their objective was to demonstrate the principles of hydraulic theory. Great job to Maverik Mertens, Sy Northrup, Tim Rhode, Levi Troudt, and Arek Wulf.
Congratulations to the 2020-2021 Honor Roll Students:
Roll Honor Roll Recognition of academic achievement. GOLD honor roll is given to those students having a grade point average of 3.75 to 4.0 and SILVER recognition to those students with a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.74.
Gold Honor Roll:
Sailor Becker,
Brennan Bringelson,
Isaac Doll,
Derek Dollerschell,
Montana Goodman,
Addison Hoozee,
Cayde Marler,
Elijah Marler,
Simon Marler,
Anissa McCoy,
Maverik Mertens,
Hadlie Robinette,
Shelby Robinette,
Reid Samber,
Bobbie Schreiner,
Zoey Sneed,
Nevaeh Speicher,
Bodhi Becker,
Emily Andrews,
Savanah Mertens,
Kendra Sutter,
Faye Klenda,
Carter Jaeger,
Tanna Bailey,
Hailey Heppner,
Wyatt Butler,
Erik Lebsock,
Emma Martinez,
Silver Honor Roll:
Wyatt Chase,
William Nicklas,
Brylee Whitney,
Brock Dollerschell,
Nicole Ludgate,
Marcus Mayol,
Kenna Nelson,
Aubrey Shipman,
Hannah Kugler,
Ciree Whitney,
Kayla Kugler.
Today we are sharing about one of our freshman Wyatt Butler. We have included a few pictures about his SAE and what he does in his spare time that keeps him involved in Agriculture. Of all of the extra things Wyatt does, he decided to develop his lathe work into a small business. Wyatt is doing well turning on the Lathe. He makes pens, wine stoppers and Christmas ornaments. Here is a link to watch Wyatt in action: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_F4pEPmxYvhAClKCdBPLZG8PL0r9lOXA?usp=sharing. Included is a picture of Wyatt‘s Mule deer buck, his antelope and pigs that were raised and butchered at home with his family. They also cite the bacon and hams. We butcher our animals to include the ones that we hunt by ourselves. Wyatt actually knows how to do it without any help. Lastly, Wyatt helped install a wood stove for the woodshop. Dad has him up on the roof installing the chimney. Great job Wyatt!!
One of our students participated in the NWSS catch-a-calf program and we are proud of her! There were 34 kids in the program and Zoey received 6th in Showmanship, 10th overall in the Recordbook contest, 6th overall in the live interview, 3rd overall in the production phase of my steer, and 2nd overall in sponsor relations! Way to go Zoey!!!
These 3rd graders never missed a week turning in completed homework for 2nd quarter. Great job! Avery also earned this but was absent for the picture.
Colorado Children's Book Award winners and nominees are the books students are reading for this year's book challenge. 1st and 2nd graders need to read seven picture books and do a worksheet for each book read. Their teachers have the worksheets. There is a list of books for them to select to read.
The 3rd-12th grades need to read four fiction (chapter) books in their reading level, take and pass an AR quiz and do one activity for each book.
More information is on the Prairie Library page on the website under the Menu tab.
The theme for library this year has been featuring children authors who have birthdays each month. Books are displayed for students to check out. The bulletin board theme for January is "Wrap Your Mittens Around an Author". Here are a few authors for this month: Tedd Arnold, Janet Stevens, Shannon Hale and Bill Peet. This month we also have winter related books in one display.
https://youtu.be/WuZASkBYl_s
Here’s the link for the game...sorry for the late start!! 😬😊
Hello Mustang fans!!! Here’s a junior high roster for all those watching the game from home tonight!! GO MUSTANGS!! 😊
Cambryn, Lilly & Piper - Multiplication Graduates
Our Ag power spent the week leaning about Hydraulic theory and systems. They are working on their final project. Here is a sneak peak of the planning process. We’ll post next week with our projects.
STEM activity with Sailor
Case and Juan - Graduates of the Multiplication Club
Thank you Cashlin for this week’s positive growth mindset message!
Casein and Acid with Sailor
Another student has reached the 3rd grade AR goal of reading 250,000 plus words this year! Congrats to Knox for achieving this! Way to go! 📚 📖
Thank you 5th grade parents for helping us reach our goal! The 5th graders donated 752 items including letters and cards. My students were not bashful when it came to send parents and Mrs. Long to the store for more items. What a great cause! Students celebrated with pizza/ice cream/song, and dance party with the seniors.
Congrats to Avery who made the 3rd Grade AR goal of reading 250,000 words or more already! I love your enthusiasm for reading! 📚 📖 😊 Way to go!
Happy New Year!!!! 2021!!!! We are so happy to be back together with our friends!!! ❤️😊
Merry Christmas from 3rd Grade
Merry Christmas from kindergarten!! 🎅🎄
Merry Christmas from the 2nd graders!!
Reading by the lights, building Santa’s sleigh, drinking hot cocoa, and exchanging gifts between friends! So much fun was had in the 2nd grade classroom on Thursday!
Merry Christmas!!! ❤️ The first grade!!
Campfires, Read-A-Thon, Hot Chocolate and a Movie- 4th Grade
Happy Holidays
Thursday December 17 is Ugly Sweater and Sock Day. If your student does not have an ugly sweat, wear pajamas, and we can all pretend we are on the Polar Express! Merry Christmas!
Taryn is our newest Multiplication Graduate. #CONGRATS
Simon, Carter, and Reid giving the 5th graders an algebra lesson while our class was waiting for their Jeopardy prizes:) Thank you boys - you made Mrs. Long’s day.
STEM Christmas tree challenge!
Science and STEM in the 6th grade!
Good job Riley and Parker!
Spelling Superstars: Addi, Alice, Pilot, Olivia, and Miranda. Great job kids!
Learning about celebrations and culture with Christmas wreaths, Kwanzaa mats, and the dreidel game with our at home learners.
Board meeting-Please see the top for the adjusted times. Regular meeting starts at 8.
7th grade garland making!
6th grade classroom decorating!
Couple more!
4th Grade Plays - Early Colorado Explorers
Making Christmas Trees with Miss Kelly
Rocking our math facts in 2nd grade! Congrats to Carter, Eli, and Tiptin for mastering their facts!
We are so proud of our Prairie student, Elijah Marler for SCORING in TOP 2.5% of students on the PSAT/NMSQT.
STEM with Sailor!
Liam is a Multiplication Graduate
#PROUD
Congratulations Alice Marler for reading over 1,000,000 words so far:) I can’t wait to see the rest of your reading journey in the fifth grade.
STEM With Sailor
BOOK FAIR TIME
December 7-10
Go to News for the link and more information.
In lieu of the annual Veterans Day Performance, students and staff at Prairie School are honored to celebrate those who served our country with a Veterans Day tribute video.
2020 Prairie Veterans Day Tribute Videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8ttstKrs24sB4jMn8vaxSHaaTeCvparu
11/30/2020
Breakfast: Waffle sticks, Sausage link, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Chicken Quesadilla, Refried Beans, Pineapple, Churro
11/26/2020
NO SCHOOL
11/25/2020
NO SCHOOL
4th Grade - America’s White Table
The 3rd grade class sure had a fun day celebrating what they learned about the Native Americans this past quarter. They made Indian shields, beaded Indian corn, learned how to write with the Native American picture writing, played Native American games, shared artifacts, presented their posters, and tried some new food that the Native Americans loved!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!!!! We are grateful to learn, grow, and play together!!! Today, we discovered that the turkey delivered pizza to save himself in Turkey Trouble!!!! So..... Pizza for our Thanksgiving feast today!!! 💛🖤💛
The second graders have had a busy November! We learned about voting and elections, celebrated our veterans by writing thank yous to them, learned about erosion and landforms in science, and packed a suitcase for our voyage on the Mayflower!
We have another Rockstar Mathematician! Miriam passed all addition facts on xtramath! Keep up the great work!
5th graders and Mrs. Pollart using their mathematical brains while playing Tug-Of-War.
11/24/2020
Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ Brown Sugar, Toast, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Spaghetti, WG Roll, Green Beans, Watermelon
The Mustang football team may have lost on Friday, but they never lose in our hearts!! ❤️ We are SO proud of their resilience, hard work, and dedication!! Awesome job Mustangs on an AMAZING season!!
Thank you to the volunteers that so kindly helped me this season!! Much appreciation goes to...Matt Pollart, Matt Baker, Kathy Adams, Dave and Roz Long, Mr. Kimmel, Nathan Northup, Kevin Rhode, Mitch Dollerschell, Shanan Chase, Coach Carlson, Danielle Mertens, the New Raymer/Stoneham Fire Department, Kendra Holloway, Jen Dollerschell, Jess Mason, Sheila Bailey, Emily Johnson, and Joe Kugler!! I appreciate it more than you’ll EVER know!!! 😊❤️
11/23/2020
Breakfast: Pancakes, Sausage Patty, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Corn, Pumpkin Dessert
Great job to Avery for completing 1,000s club last week!
Last week Bentley, Knox, and Delyn were the IXL leaders in 3rd grade! Way to go!
Congratulations Pilot for reaching your IXL math goal!
11/19/2020
Breakfast: Donuts , Sausage Link, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Chicken Strips, Cheesy Potatoes, Carrots, Strawberry Cup
11/18/2020
Breakfast: Breakfast Croissant Sandwich, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Smothered Chicken Burrito, Spanish Rice, Black Beans, Oranges
Health class
Cheer for our #6 ranked Mustang Football team as they face off with #3 ranked Cheyenne Wells this Friday at 1pm in Cheyenne Wells for the first round of CHSAA 6-man State Championships. 94.5 and KNAB radio will be broadcasting live if you can't attend.
Congratulations to our Mustang Junior High team!! They finished their season....UNDEFEATED!! 😊👍
Thank you so much to the wonderful volunteers that helped me with the JH football games...Jeff Dollerschell, Ryan Dollerschell, Brock Dollerschell, Austin Samber, Mr. Bob, various HS football players, Coach Kerns, Sheila Bailey, Emily Johnson, Dani Ramseier, and Kim Davis!! I appreciate your help more than you know!! 😊
11/17/2020
Breakfast: Bagels and Cream Cheese, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Pork Cutlet, Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy Cauliflower, Apricots
Scholarship opportunity for Ag students!! See the link below or seek out Mrs. Larson to find out more about these scholarship opportunities.
https://www.americasfarmers.com/grow-ag-leaders/
The Mustangs play this Friday at 1:00 in Cheyenne Wells!! LET’S GO Mustangs!!!!! 🏈🖤🤍💛
If you are planning on attending, every fan must enter with a mask and provide their name and phone number for contact tracing.
11/16/2020
Breakfast: French Toast, Bacon, Fresh Fruit,
Lunch: Lasagna, French Bread, Broccoli Salad, Mixed Fruit
The playoff bracket is here!!! The Mustangs will play Cheyenne Wells in Cheyenne Wells!! Date and time will be announced tomorrow!!! GO MUSTANGS!!!
Come support the Mustang Football team as they take on Peetz tomorrow night at 6:00!! Parent and Senior night starts at 5:45!! You won’t want to miss it!!!
GO MUSTANGS!!! 🏈💛🖤🤍
Trigonometry Students: Shelby, Montana, and Eli with their Trigonometric Functions.
Mrs. Marick, Teacher
11.12.2020
11th Graders on 11.11.2020 :)
11.11.2020 at 11:11 a.m and 11 seconds with the Geometry Class
Today we had a virtual guest in 8th grade and Ag I. It was nice to have a representative from John Deere Zoom in and speak with our students about careers and education with John Deere.
November 16th board agenda.
11/12/2020
Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Chicken Parmesan, Garlic Noodles, Salad, Peach Cup
Happy Veterans Day!!!! ❤️💙❤️💙
Prairie High School Senior Shelby Robinette signs with Fresno State Equestrian #classof2025#equestrian@NLI#singingday. Congratulations Shelby.
11/11/2020
Breakfast: Waffles, Sausage Patty, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chef Salad, Breadstick, Oranges
Rocket is the newest 3rd grader to join 1,000s Club. Great job!
🇺🇸❤️In honor of our Veterans and their families, please wear red, white, and blue tomorrow!!! Thank you Veterans!! ❤️🇺🇸
11/10/2020
Breakfast: Tornados, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Tortellini, Garlic Bread, Monoco Blend, Mixed berry cup
The IXL leaders this week in 3rd grade! Great job to Ryker and Rocket!
Pictures from the night!
Another great night of competitive speaking! Our members represented us at the District level and they did great.
In the Extemporaneous Contest: Bobbie Schreiner was in the Silver Category, Zoey Sneed was the district winner and will be representing us at the State level!
In Creed Speaking: Both Wyatt Butler and Mia Glorioso were both awarded in the Silver Category.
In the Prepared Speaking contest: Shelby Robinette was in the Silver Category, and Montana Goodman was our District Runner Up.
Special thank you to Matt Wulf for representing our Chapter as a judge for the Creed Contest. Congrats to all!
Due to the pandemic we will not be doing our Veterans Day program this year. HOWEVER....please tell the Veterans in your life to look for something from us in the mail in the next few weeks!! We are working on a special project to share with our Veterans and their families! I’ll keep you posted!! ❤️🇺🇸
11/09/2020
Breakfast: Biscuit and Gravy, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Pork Roast, Stuffing, Cooked Carrots, Diced Apples
Prairie Homecoming pictures. Our 2020 Homecoming Court and CONGRATS to the 2020 Homecoming Queen, Shelby Robinette and the 2020 Homecoming King, Levi Troudt. Thank you to Paul Mertens for the sweet ride and Roz Long for the awesome pictures!
The junior high and high school football teams won yesterday!! Congrats on a huge Homecoming win!! 🏈🖤💛
Come support the Prairie Mustangs as they take on Arickaree/Woodlin for our Homecoming Game!! Junior High gets rolling at 10:30 and the High School at 1:00!!! GO MUSTANGS!! 🏈👍
We will follow the CHSAA guidelines, so please maintain social distancing and wear a mask to the game! Thank you for supporting our athletes and for doing what you can to keep our players on the field!!
Homecoming FUN!!!! 💛🖤💛🖤 Good luck Mustangs!!!!
The first graders LOVED homecoming week!!! 👍
GO MUSTANGS!!!!! ❤️🏈
Homecoming week of dressing up in 3rd grade! 💛🐴💛
4th Grade Spirit Day
This week’s spelling superstars in the 5th grade: Aislyn and Alice.
And the prize for the top clue finder in the yearbook treasure hunt is...Mason H!
Visit Jostens.com to order your yearbook. The last day to lock in the $35 price is Friday, November 6th!
Homecoming fun in 2nd grade! PJ day and favorite movie character!
3rd grade learned all about voting today and got to vote with our own class ballot. For fun they got to vote for President and VP as well as a few other important issues when you are their age! ❤️🇺🇸❤️
Delyn and Lucy were the IXL leaders this week! Delyn led in math and Lucy in Language Arts! Way to go!
11/03/2020
Breakfast: Apple and Cherry Turnover, sausage link
Lunch: Pulled pork sandwich, chips, coleslaw, and grapes
11/2/2020
Breakfast: Oatmeal, toast, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Chicken Fajita, Spanish Rice, Refried beans and mixed fruit
Fear Factor Halloween
Good evening Parents,
I know that you all have been anxiously awaiting this! All of the contest videos are posted here in this Google Folder.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1evfnKNJTvVTB-um59ubPmUpIw0yFFqjY/view?usp=sharing
If there is a problem please feel free to reach out to me and we will troubleshoot a solution.
I would like to say a big THANK YOU! Tonight was competitive and a reminder of why I truly love my job and I know that your student's success is from all of your support at home. In this crazy world it is really nice to have a night that keeps me hopeful of our "normal" and great students.
It is my pleasure to announce the winners:
Creed - Representing us at Districts: Mia G and Wyatt B, our alternate: Riley D
Extemporaneous - Representing us at Districts: Bobbie S and Zoey S, our alternate: Maverik M
Prepared - Representing us at Districts: Shelby R and Montana G , our alternate: Megan A
This District Contest will be virtual on November 9th. Good luck and great job to all our members!
Enjoy your weekend,
Mrs. Larson
Halloween fun: escape from the pumpkin patch challenge, spooky Oreo spiders, and a game of trick or treat fun!
Happy Halloween from the 2nd graders!! 🎃
Halloween fun!!!!!
Happy Halloween!!!!! 🎃👻😁
Halloween day of fun in 3rd grade!
Happy Halloween from the preschool!
https://youtu.be/E-gc0AhMeA0
Congrats to Zoey Sneed, she was showcased by the Colorado FFA Association as the SAE of the Month!!! We are very proud of her!
Guess who?!!!
Happy Halloween from 3rd grade! 🎃
These 3rd graders have completed the 1,000 club challenge. Way to go!
Happy Halloween!! ❤️ The first grade!!
Tomorrow 10/29 our students will be having hearing and vision screens. If your child wears glasses; please make sure they have those with them tomorrow.
American Lit students channeling their inner Hester Prynne. “She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.” - Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Eli passed all of the addition facts on Xtramath! Keep up the great work!
We had two IXL leaders for last week in math and language arts! Nice job to Lorelai and Knox! Keep up the great work!
#goalcrusher
Liam has read 500,000 words!
Liam’s Book Recommendation- Fish in a Tree
10/27/2020
Breakfast: scones, Sausage patty and Fresh fruit
Lunch: Ham and Scalloped potatoes, peas and carrots, dinner roll and mixed fruit
This historic year is different. The yearbook is going to be different, too. You will want to order your student’s copy of this unique book. We promise it’s one you won’t want to miss! Visit www.jostensyearbooks.com to order yours by November 6th for the lowest price!
Math with Mrs. Marick! Last week, the 6th grade got to join the 8th grade for a Least Common Multiple lesson from Mrs. Marick! Thank you for letting us join you!!
Parent Community,
Due to the road conditions, tonight's forecast, and the lack of school personnel, Monday, October 26th, we will be cancelling school.
The Prairie School Board Meeting will be postponed.
The high school boys lost against Fleming last night, but they played tough and are ready for the next challenge!! GO MUSTANGS!!!
The junior high football team beat Fleming last night!! Good job Mustangs!!
Prairie High School
COVID Response
Information, Guidelines, and Protocols
Fall Football
**We will follow the CHSAA football guidelines that we agreed to abide by in order to play fall football. Please maintain social distancing and wear a mask at the game. Thank you for supporting our athletes and for doing what you can to keep the players on the field!
**All spectators and teams must stay on their side of the field and maintain social distance throughout the event.
Home Team Protocol
Spectators:
Please park in the parking lot south of the school building.
Entrance for home spectators will be marked with a sign and will be the entrance closest to the press box.
Spectators will have access to restrooms through the main entrance, using the restrooms in the main hallway.
Hand sanitizer will be available on the sidelines.
There will be no concessions.
At the completion of the game, please exit the field as quickly as possible.
GO MUSTANGS!!!!!
Mustang Fans,
We are excited to announce that the high school game versus Fleming will be broadcast live on the radio and live on Facebook. Kickoff is at 6:30 pm so plan on tuning in one of these 3 ways:
Colorado Small School Football will be live streaming the game on their facebook group!
94.5 The Ranch will be covering the game live!
98.3 Kat Country Radio will be covering the game live!
A little information about the Facebook livestream...
Viewing the game will be free of charge and live on the Colorado Small School Football facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/342050623678574
They will be using Ben Blecha's play-by-play audio from 94.5 The Ranch and Grainland COOP will be sponsoring.
GO MUSTANGS!!!!!!!!!!
Board agenda for October.
Happy Birthday to this special lady!
The 3rd graders sure had fun in science finding out what dinosaurs had the same leg length of theirs and then racing them in the gym. It was a fun afternoon of learning! We have lots of fast runners that would give those dinosaurs a good run!
10/20/2020
Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, fresh fruit
Lunch: Chicken fried steak , mashed potatoes / gravy, mixed fruit, and cauliflower.
Have a happy Tuesday!!!!!
The FFA Chapter has moved our Annual Speaking Night, please see the invite below. Feel free to reach out to Mrs. Larson with questions.
3rd grade’s IXL leader for last week goes to Knox! He mastered 20 skills last week in math and language arts! Way to go!
Reminder! Homecoming week has been postponed until the first week of November!!!
Delyn was the IXL leader of the week for 3rd grade last week! Way to work hard at home to earn this award! He answered over 1,000 questions in both math and language arts!
It’s been a wonderful, busy week in the first grade!! Our first graders are the best around!!! 😊❤️👍
10/15/2020
Breakfast: Bagels and cream cheese, sausage , fresh fruit
Lunch: Tortellini, breadstick, mixed fruit, cucumbers and carrots
Just a little morning uplift.
Are you ready for football? Join the "Mustang Madness Parking Spot Auction" to reserve your front row seat!
Email your bidder registration info (name and cell #) to bkilmer@prairieschool.org today!
At Home and E-Learning at its best.
Lunch will be a little different tomorrow !!
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs w/ Meat, whole grain toast, fresh fruit
Lunch: Chicken Ranch Slider, sweet potato fries, California Blend, Frozen peach cups
In the midst of the crazy we get to celebrate Ms. Kelly and Ms. Sonja’s birthday today! Happy birthday ladies!
Board meeting Monday, October 19th has been moved to Monday, October 26th.
Update:
Prairie Parents and Community, due to our 4th positive COVID-19 test in the high school, grades 7th-12th will remain in at-home, e-learning through Monday, October 19th. We will resume in person learning on Tuesday, October 20th. Elementary classes will continue to take place in-person at school.
Remote Learning vs E-Learning:
We will be moving from e-learning to remote learning. In remote learning, we will move to a modified block schedule. Please see the attachment below. We have gone through this modified block schedule with students. What the block schedule will do for students is provide only four Zoom times with teachers each day. Teachers will Zoom with students every other day and provide direct instruction for the next 2 days of work. This helps both students and teachers with minimizing technology time and issues with Zoom meetings. We ask that students check Google Classroom as all the details will be posted there for students.
Lunch and Breakfast:
We will be serving lunch and breakfast for students in the remote learning environment. If you would like the school to provided meals for you, please follow these steps:
1. Please call the school by 8:00 am (970-437-5351) of the day you would like a meal. The school will provide lunch and the next day's breakfast for the students.
2. Please be at the school by 11:00 am to pick up the meals.
Sports:
There will not be any junior high football this week. The game on Friday will be postponed.
High School Football is postponed. We are looking at rescheduling this game for Monday, October 19th. More information will come out in the weekly athletic update. Coach Kerns will be in touch with the football boys about the week's plans.
Parent Teacher Conferences:
We will be cancelling the in-person parent-teacher conferences. We ask that parents reach out by email to teachers if they would like an email update or a Zoom meeting for an update about their child's progress. Teachers will be reaching to parents if they feel it is necessary. We hate to not have face-to-face conversations with parents, but at this time we believe this is the best alternative we have.
Junior Parents:
Please see the email below from Coach Kinnision regarding the PSAT for the Juniors. The high school teachers will be waiving assignments on Wednesday because of this assessment.
Juniors,
On this Wednesday 10/14 at 1 PM we WILL give you the option to come to school and take the PSAT. This is optional, not required. There is no makeup date for this test.
Please let me know your decision ASAP by emailing me back.
Should you choose to take the test we will proceed as follows:
You will remain in your car until we ask you to come into the building. You will enter the school through already open doors, not touching anything and head straight to your assigned table in the gym. You will set your calculator and powered down phone and your snack on the table. You can set your sealed water bottle on the floor. You will need to bring 2 or more #2 pencils already sharpened to the school with you. You will not be allowed to go to your locker to get them. Your table will be a safe distance from any other tables and we will ask that you remain socially distant during the time at the school. You will not be required to wear a mask while at your table taking the test. I ask that you wear one while not at your table.
The pre-admin session will begin at 1pm. Test will start at approx 1:30 and you should be dismissed by 4:30.
Senior Parents:
Please see the email below from Coach Kinnision regarding the SAT for the seniors. The high school teachers will be waiving assignments on Wednesday because of this assessment.
Seniors,
On this Wednesday 10/14 at 8 am we WILL give you the option to come to school and take the SAT. This is optional, not required. There is an option of taking the test at a makeup date should you choose not to take it Wednesday.
Please let me know your decision ASAP by emailing me back.
Should you choose to take the test we will proceed as follows:
You will remain in your car until we ask you to come. You will enter the school through already open doors, not touching anything and head straight to your assigned table in the gym. You will set your calculator and powered down phone and your snack on the table. You can set your sealed water bottle on the floor. You will need to bring 2 or more #2 pencils already sharpened to the school with you. You will not be allowed to go to your locker to get them. Your table will be a safe distance from any other tables and we will ask that you remain socially distant during the time at the school. You will not be required to wear a mask while at your table taking the test. I ask that you wear one while not at your table.
The pre-admin session will begin at 8. Test will start at approx 8:30 and you should be dismissed by 11:45.
We are doing our very best to make decisions with the support of the Weld County Health Department that are in the best interest of the district. We know that some information may be unknown to some, and questions may be asked as to "why we do this" or "why we do that". Please assume the best in us and know we are trying our best for our district.
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Thank you,
Thanks New Raymer Stoneman Fire Department for coming to teach us about fire safety and showing us your new fire truck!!!!!! Fire safety month!!! 🚒😁
Congrats to these 3rd graders who completed turning in their homework on time for the entire 1st quarter!
Our Prairie Students, Bobbie and Bryndel, at the Live stock exchange in Brush.
The high school football team won big in Idalia yesterday afternoon...76-41! Awesome job Mustangs!!
Prairie Parents and Community,
Due to another positive COVID-19 test in the high school, grades 7-12 will remain in at-home, E-Learning, tomorrow (Monday). Elementary classes will take place in-person at school. On Monday we will work with the health department to analyze our current situation. We will inform you about what the rest of the week looks like for grades 7-12 as soon as possible.
There will be no in-person football practice tomorrow.
Leadership doesn’t take a day off! Check out Cierra Lebsock, our only student who took advantage of a great online leadership event today. She is collaborating with over 200 students from around the state. Keep up the great work Cierra!!
Junior High won last night in their game against Pawnee! Good job Mustangs!!
It was a great day for a Range Contest yesterday!! The sophomores have been working hard since August to be prepared for the day. The whole chapter did great! We were high overall team. Bobbie S was high plant individual and high overall individual.
Bronze Category: Tori A (Woodlin), Arek W, and Megan A
Silver Category: Sy N, Levi T, and Montana G
Gold Category: Maverik M, Zoey S, and Bobbie S
It is so wonderful to see these students gain knowledge about range management and apply practically. Much thanks goes to these entities and individuals as we wouldn’t be able to host this contest without them: Colorado Section Society of Range Management, Colorado State Land Board, West Greeley Conservation District, Prairie School, Ben Berlinger and Emmett Jordan!
Congrats to all on a great day!
4th Grade - Will a Mountain Last Forever?
The junior high football game is on for this afternoon!! We are going to follow the CHSAA football guidelines that we agreed to abide by in order to play fall football. Please maintain social distancing and wear a mask at the game! Thank you for supporting our Prairie Mustang athletes and thank you for doing what you can to keep our players on the field. See you tonight!! GO MUSTANGS!!!
10/8/2020
Breakfast: Apple and Cherry Turnover, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Buffalo Ranch chicken Slider, Sweet Potato Fry, Cauliflower, Grapes
School lunch will be different then normal tomorrow. I will be changing it due to not having our 7-12 grade in school tomorrow.
Lunch will be Sloppy Joe's, Chips, cauliflower, grapes
Prairie Community,
We have had the second high school COVID-19 case. We have worked closely with Weld Health to develop our plan going forward.
We will have E-Learning days tomorrow and Friday for all students in grades 7th-12th due to the lack of subs and precautionary cleaning of the high school wing. Grades Pk-6th will be a normal in-person learning day.
The student's parents that need to be quarantined will get an additional letter with information.
*At this point the junior high game with Pawnee is still on. Junior high students will have to take part in the E-Learning in order to be able to play in the game. Coach Calrson would like athletes here by 3:00 pm tomorrow.
If you did not get this notification through an email eariler today, please email tpiel@prairieschool.org.
10/7/2020
Breakfast: Biscuit and Gravy, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Turkey Roast, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Squash, Cinnamon Apples
Second grade has two more math fact rockstars! Hailey and Harrison both passed all addition facts on xtramath! Way to go!
10/6/2020
Breakfast: Tornados, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Pizza , Salad, Chocolate Pudding, Diced Pears
10/5/2020
Breakfast: Sausage and egg McMuffin, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Meatballs, Baked Potato, Corn Bread, Applesauce
Apples Apples Apples and puzzles!!!!! ❤️🍏🍎💚 We are having a great time learning all about fall!!!!!
Chace and Bryndel doing their thing...
Miss Sailor’s STEM Lesson on Potential and Kinetic Energy = Yo-Yo
Congratulations to Pilot and Dominick for taking onto the 5th Grade Moby Math competition and placing first and second.
5th Grade: This week’s spelling stars: Alice, Kay, Addi, Pilot, and TL.
9/30/2020
Breakfast: waffles and sausage
Lunch: Beef and Cheddar Sandwich, Curly Fries, cucumber salad, pears
We are learning about waves in 6th grade science and today Phoenix stepped in to give us a wave lesson from a surfer's perspective!
The first graders are becoming stronger and stronger readers EVERY day!!! I’m so proud of them and all their practice and hard work!!! ❤️😊👍
Potential and kinetic energy STEM lab by Sailor Becker.
School picture day is tomorrow...don't forget to bring your smile!
What makes you happy?
Paisley: “Being kind to others make me happy.”
What makes you happy?
“Hailey: “Family, friends, and my puppies make me happy.”
Prairie Online Option Students- Day at the museum.
Spelling star of the week: Alice.
5th graders investigating whether or not weather predictions based on observed patterns and scientific evidence make better weather forecasts than predictions not based on data.
9/24/2020
Breakfast: Scones, Sausage Link, Fresh fruit
Lunch: BBQ chicken, Baked Beans, Carrots, Cherry bars
2020-2021 JH Basketball
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HS and JH Football schedule 2020
9/23/2020
Breakfast: Biscuit and Gravy, fresh fruit
Lunch: Chimichanga, Rice, Refried Beans, Grapes, Tapioca pudding
Our FFA t-shirt logo is in and our annual store is up! Follow the link: https://shop.envisiontees.com/new_raymer_ffa/shop/home
As a reminder, the FFA doesn't make any profit off of these orders. We genuinely want to offer our community the opportunity to sport our logo.
This year the officer team would like members to bring in cash for their t-shirts and Mrs. Larson will order everyone's at once ($8). Parents, if it would be easier for you to order your member's shirt with your online order, please reach out to me via email.
Layla is a math rockstar! She passed addition in xtramath and is on to subtraction!!
Physics Lab: 5th graders completing lab #5; investigating density and buoyancy.
2/22/2020
Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ brown sugar, Toast, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Shepard's Pie, Cheesy Bread, Mixed Berry Fruit Cup, Salad
4th Grade - Earth’s Process and Rock Cycle - Volcanos and Lava
Liam finished Mission 1 - We think he is a BIG deal!
9/21/2020
Breakfast: scrambled eggs, hashbrown, bacon, fresh fruit
Lunch: Pork roast, stuffing, corn, diced pears
Learning, learning, learning in kindergarten!!!!! Building and organizing ❤️ Working on computers 💙 Making new friends 💚 😍
Your yearbook staff has been hard at work... use the link below to check out the WORLD PREMIER of the 2020-21 Prairie School Yearbook Video!
https://youtu.be/eqBcvtKilAI
9/17/2020
Breakfast: French Toast Sticks, Ham Slices, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chicken Sandwich, chips, Broccoli Salad, Diced Pears
A great night of elections. Thank you to Levi Troudt for your service as our district nominating committee member. Congrats to Arek Wulf and Montana Goodman. Montana will be serving as the District XIV Secretary and Arek Wulf be serving as District XIV Vice President.
Our first FFA meeting!!! We are going to be rolling out our new t-shirt and Oyster Fry planning! Feel good to spend this time with our people.
5th graders completing Math Daily 3 for today’s math assignments: Math by Myself, Math with Someone, and Math Writing. Students working on 2nd rotation. Those Roman Numerals are challenging them.
Last Week’s Spelling Stars: Addi and Alice.
9/16/2020
Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Tacos, Fiesta Beans, Churro, Fruit Cocktail
Tiptin is a math rockstar! He mastered all of his addition facts on Xtramath! Keep up the great work!!!
Thanks Delyn for this positive message today!
9/15/2020
Breakfast: Donuts, Sausage Link, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Pork Cutlet, Mashed Potatoes, California Blend, Apricots
What inspires you?
Maverik: “What inspires me is possibilities.”
What inspires you?
Faye: “ Being around family and friends and enjoying life inspires me.”
What inspires you?
Sailor: “Traveling and being exposed to difficult cultures and a broader perspective inspires me”.
Today’s growth mindset message from Austyn!
Our own Brock Dollerschell has been running cross country for Merino. He has continued to run personal bests at each meet. Friday, September 11, Brock Dollershell finished in a season best 19th place, an 11 place improvement from last week. His time of 19:29.1 was the best of his career as well.
8th Grade Ag is learning about the Dairy Value Chain. The first step in Dairy production is feeding cattle. Today they were detectives in observing silage, ground corn, hay, ground hay and a few other products. They also learned how different feed ratios are mixed while comparing nutrients to their own diets.
9/14/2020
Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito, fresh fruit,
Lunch: Spaghetti, diner roll, Corn, Watermelon
FFA!!!! SNOW CONE DAY!!!! WE ❤️❤️❤️ OUR FFA!!!! 😍🚜 Thank you so much for making our Friday great!!!
Flashlight Friday
4th Grade answers...Could a volcano pop up in your backyard?
First graders ❤️ to read with their buddies!!!! 😊🥰
First graders ❤️ to read with their buddies!!!! 😊🥰
What inspires you?
David: “Sports and music.”
I love Christian’s enthusiasm with his message today!
Gopher Stations Part II: Physical activity and math.
Gopher Stations: 5th graders completing math in an unorthodox way today. Students run to the Gopher Stations, complete the exercise, run back to their team, and solve the math problems.
9-11-2020
Breakfast: Ham and Egg Croissant, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chicken Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, Salad, Pineapple
Freshman have had a busy week! They have begun learning the second paragraph of the Creed! They learned yesterday what the different parts of the emblem represent, how to tie a tie, and today we discussed Official FFA Dress. Students drew the proper way to wear “it” in chalk and developed expectations while in the “jacket”! Here is what they came up with: being respectful, compassionate, helping where and whenever, clean, professional, and the best humans they can!
Science Lab: Balancing Nails. Concepts: Force, balance, gravity, center of gravity, and problem solving.
Carlee’s growth mindset message for today!
What inspires you?
Andy: “The hope that we will possibly still have a football season.”
9-10-2020
Breakfast: Waffles, Sausage Patty, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: BBQ Pork Sandwich, Baked Beans, Mandarin Oranges, Chips
Mystery Science fun! We are learning about properties of matter by exploring different materials to make hats to protect our heads in the sun.
Alan’s positive message for the day!
What inspires you?
Tim: “My family inspires me to do good.”
Colorado Conservation Tillage Association Scholarship Application Due December 1st. Please see Mrs. Larson for the pdf.
9-9-2020
Breakfast: Biscuit and Gravy, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chef Salad, Breadstick, Oranges
Thanks Bentley for this positive growth mindset message!
9-8-2020
Breakfast: Tornados, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Philly Cheese Sloppy Joes, Sweet Potato Fries, Cauliflower, Diced Peaches
6th Grade Science fun! Groundwater Lab
“A child who reads will be an adult who thinks.” This very special group of million word readers didn’t stop reading by the end of the year; they accepted my challenge to read with me this summer. We loved our book!
We have been reading about trials this week in reading so we had our own trial about the wolf from the 3 little pigs. We had a jury, judge, defendant, attorney, witnesses, and many more parts! The students were all animals from fairytale land. The jury did not reach a verdict as they couldn’t all decide on the same verdict but I think they all had fun learning about this!
Awesome message today Gracie!
9-3-2020
Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chicken Strips, Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy, Corn , Cantaloupe
Spelling Star (No Excuse Words) Aislyn Samber.
Colorado Farm Show Scholarships are due, postmarked by November 1st! Visit www.coloradofarmshow.com/scholarship (and check out the new awesome website)!
The Colorado Farm Show is offering over $25,000 in scholarships to graduating Colorado high school seniors, and it's now accepting applications for the 2020-21 academic year. Students who apply should be high school graduates in the winter of 2020 or the spring of 2021 and planning on pursuing a degree in an agricultural field of study at the college or university of their choice!
Spelling Star (No Excuse Words): Alice Marler.
I love this eager message today from Ryker!
What makes you happy?
Naomie: “When I get to eat breakfast.”
Paxton: “Dinosaurs and alligators.”
Taylin: “Being at school makes me happy.”
9-2-2020
Breakfast: Sausage egg McMuffin, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Super nachos, Fiesta Beans, Mexican Rice, Mixed Fruit
SHOW YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT!
Wear school colors on Thursdays.
GO MUSTANGS!
Bookmobile is coming Wednesday, September 3rd and 17th. They will only have requests. We will not be able to go onto the Bookmobile at this time. Requests will be left in the library for you to pick up. Mrs. Northup will be teaching the upper elementary how to request books from the Bookmobile with their card.
Thank you Knox for this growth mindset message today!
Happiness continued...
Kinder: What makes you happy?
Madden: “Watching videos on my dad’s computer.”
Tinker: “My friend make me happy.”
Braelie: “Sage and Daisy my dog makes me happy.”
Kinlee: “Riding my horse and brushing my horse JW and I love dogs, they make me very happy.”
Torin: “Playing outside makes me happy.”
Congratulations Alice Marler for reading 500,000 words already. You are incredible.
9-1-2020
Breakfast: Bagels w/ cream cheese, link sausage ,Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Corn dogs, French Fries, Carrots and Celery, Apples
Kinder happiness continued...
What makes me happy- (kinder responses):
Dean: “When people kiss it makes me happy.”
Charlotte “ My dog makes me happy, he’s a golden retriever.”
Trey: “I like to go working with my dad and I like to harvest.”
Ainsley: “Mermaids make me happy.”
Walker: A lion makes me happy because I like them.”
Creation of a motorized spin art machine.
Thanks Lucy for this positive message!
Happy birthday Sharon!
When classes collide…Our bigs teaching our littles, a little about football. Go Mustangs.
We had a super second week of school in second grade!
What inspires you?
Colton: “The teachers and upper classmen inspire me.”
Thanks Kourtney for this mindset message!
Birthday girls!
Miss D and Mrs. Larson
8-27-2020
Breakfast: Apple or Cherry Turnover, Bacon, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chicken Parmesan, Garlic Noodles, Bread Stick, Green Beans, Diced Apricots
Prairie online option:
Students learning about potential and kinetic energy.
What am I inspired by?
Jack: “I’m inspired by fishing.”
Thanks Avery for this mindset message!
8-26-2020
Breakfast: Oatmeal, Cinnamon Bread, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Pizza, Salad, Chocolate Pudding, Mandarin Oranges
Our Crop Production Management class debated “Sustainable Agricultural Production” today. They did awesome!! Students were asked to use evidence to support their claims and were put in uncomfortable points of views! What a great way to finish out the lesson.
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Preschool: What makes you happy?
Meyer: “When my mom gets home.”
Blakely: “ A horse makes me happy.”
JJ: “My mom”
MaryLynn: “I have a horse named pepper that makes me happy.”
Ateryu: “ To play with paint.”
Another growth mindset message from 3rd grade. Thanks Lorelai! We will be sharing a new message each day until all 3rd graders have shared!
Solving a real-world problem as a team during mathematics.
8-25-2020
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs w/ meat, toast, fresh fruit
Lunch: Fish Sticks, Mac and Cheese, Cauliflower, grapes
Planning, discussing, and arguing about different ideas...love hearing the scientific arguments.
1st week of kindergarten was a blast!!! 😃🍎😁
Science Lab #2: Engineering Design. Objective: To construct a tower as high as possible using only two materials taking into account the basic principles of compression and tension.
Monday mindset from 3rd grade. Each week I will pick a 3rd grader to think of a message to display on our classroom light board. Thanks Rocket for picking a great positive message!
The Class of 2021 is ready for THEIR senior year!
What inspires you?
Isaac Doll: “ I’m inspired by looking ahead into the future.”
8-24-2020
Breakfast: Pancakes , Sausage Patty, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Lasagna, French Bread, Monoco Blend, Bananas
BEST FIRST WEEK EVER!! Thank you first graders for being SO wonderful!!! 😊❤️
“A child who reads will be an adult who thinks.” This is the reason why I love what I do. Thank you Pilot - you can’t see me, but I am smiling right now.
What inspires you?
Piper Hickey: “ Getting to spend time with my family and knowing they love and appreciate me.”
8-20-2020
Breakfast:Waffle sticks , Sausage links, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chicken Fried teak, Mashed Potato/Gravy, Broccoli, Peaches
If you did not pre-order a 2019-20 yearbook but would still like to purchase one...here's your chance! The cost is $40, and supplies are limited. Contact us soon to make sure you don't miss out!
Fun in 4th Grade
What inspires you?
Luke Troudt: “Football inspires me.”
What inspires you?
Ashlyn Chacon: “Science inspires me.”
8-19-2020
Breakfast: Biscuit and Gravy, Fried Egg, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Burritos, Spanish Rice,Pineapple, Salad
What inspires me?
Kali Sutter: “ I am inspire by people that don’t quit”.
What inspires you?
Aislyn Samber:
“What inspires me are people who aren’t afraid to try anything”.
8-18--2020
Breakfast: Blueberry Coffee Cake, Ham slices, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Sloppy Joe, Chips, California Blend, Apples
1st Day of 3rd Grade
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1st Day of 3rd Grade
What inspires me?
Levi Troudt: “What inspires me is wanting to leave a good impression of what I stand for”.
What inspires you?
Senior Arek Wulf: “My shooting ambition and career.”
8-17-2020
Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Chicken nuggets, Tator Tots, Green beans, Cantaloupe
8/13/2020
Breakfast: Tornados, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Meatballs, Baked Potato, Corn, Oranges
Prairie Parents and Community,
I can not begin to express how wonderful it was to have our 6th-12th grade students back in our building today. Thanks to Mrs. Whitney and the STUCO officers, the students appeared to have a great day.
I worked with some students on slight schedule changes today. Please go over your students schedules on Infinite Campus and make sure you approve of the changes your student requested. Students will be able to make changes tomorrow with their schedules but Monday schedules will be set and finalized.
Today I also sent a quick survey requesting parents permission to post student's photos on our website. Please complete the survey or let me know if you didn't receive the survey.
We look forward to seeing all the students in our building on Monday.
Congratulations Owen Kilmer for being my top reader in the 2019-2020 school year. I wonder who will be Mrs. Long top reader in 2020-2021?
8/12/2020
Breakfast: Scones, Sausage Link, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Hamburgers, French Fries, Baked Beans, Diced Pears
Reminder: Back to school night is tonight at 6:00 p.m. We will be collecting the Internet Agreement, Chromebook Agreement, and Chromebook fees ($30) tonight. We will also have these forms for parents to sign if needed. Please remember we are starting school under the Governor's executive order which calls for masks to be worn in public buildings for students in grades 6th-12th. Please have masks as one of the student's school supply items. We encourage students to wear masks, especially in congested areas such as hallways.
We can’t MASK our excitement to see you!!! ❤️❤️😊😊👍👍
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Hello Prairie families and community,
The past few months have been very challenging for all of us. Students, staff, and community health are very important to the Prairie School District. As we proceed through these uncertain times, we are trying to keep education as normal as possible as we utilize precautions to control any possible spread of COVID-19. We have been in consultation with other school districts, the Weld County Health Department, and state leaders as we have developed our plan to open the school year and prepare for adverse conditions that we could face during this school year. Our plan has several different phases and our hope is that we will not have to implement anything past phase 1 and eventually we will be able to ease restrictions.
Prairie School will promote everyday disease prevention strategies:
If you are sick, stay home from school.
Avoid close contact with those who are already sick.
Cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing with a tissue or the crook of your arm.
Wash your hands often with soap and water.
Avoid touching eyes, nose, or mouth.
The Prairie School Operational Phases plan is a planning tool and may be modified as needed as conditions change.
Along with planned phases of operation, The State Governor’s Executive Orders and Department of Health requirements will be followed.
School Operational Phases Plan:
· Normal: No restrictions – school as normal (pre-COVID-19) with no restrictions, guidelines, or recommendations.
· Phase 1: COVID-19 precautions are being met but no student or staff member is affected by COVID-19.
· Phase 2: A student or staff member is affected by COVID-19.
· Phase 3: An additional student or staff member is affected by COVID-19.
· Phase 4: Multiple students, staff, immediate family members, and/or community are affected by COVID-19.
Phase 1
(COVID-19 precautions are being met but no student or staff member is affected by COVID-19).
· Students and staff will be screened daily (including checking temperatures) – bus screening or at the school entrance.
· Visitors and volunteers are allowed in the school but will be limited.
· Lunch and breakfast schedules will be slightly modified.
· Children will be escorted to “specials” to eliminate hallway congestion.
· Frequent cleaning and disinfecting of school facilities (including classrooms, restrooms, locker rooms, cafeteria, and buses).
· Social distancing will be utilized when feasible.
· Masks or face shields will be required for staff when social distancing isn't feasible.
· Older students will be encouraged to wear masks, but masks will not be required in the general education setting where social distancing is effective.
· Students may have to wear masks in highly congested areas when social distancing requirements cannot be met (buses).
· Personal hygiene will be stressed including frequent hand washing.
· No large face-to-face assemblies.
Phase 2
(A student or staff member is affected by COVID-19).
· Fifth grade and older students and staff in the exposed “Cohort” will be expected to wear face coverings.
· Students will use backpacks, rather than lockers, to store and transport school supplies and books.
· Lunches and Breakfast will be served in classrooms when possible.
· “Special” teachers will deliver instruction in the classroom when possible.
· Passing periods may be altered to reduce traffic in the halls.
· Other previous precautions from phase 1 will remain in place.
*Cohort- A cohort would typically be made up of a single grade PK-5. Middle school and high school would each be a pod
Phase 3
(An additional student or staff member is affected by COVID-19).
· All students and staff of the exposed “Cohort” will move from at-school to distance (at-home) learning.
· The exposed “cohort” will utilize distance learning for approximately two weeks, depending on conditions.
· Lunches will be offered to students within the "cohort"
· Attendance will be taken daily for elementary students and hourly for secondary students.
· Exposed facilities will be deep cleaned.
· Other previous precautions from phases 1 and 2 will remain in place.
*Cohort- A cohort would typically be made up of a single grade PK-5. Middle school and high school would each be a pod.
Phase 4
(Multiple students, staff, immediate family members, and/or community are affected by COVID-19).
· All students will move from in-school to distance (at-home) learning.
· Classes will be held remotely during the entire school day.
· Teachers will deliver instruction from the school or at home, depending on conditions.
· Attendance will be taken daily for elementary students and hourly for secondary students.
· The school will utilize distance learning until it is appropriate to return to in-person learning at school.
· Lunches will be offered to students.
Transportation:
Bus transportation guidelines are difficult to meet. In order to get more students on the bus at one time, if social distancing isn't feasible, all students and drivers may be required to wear a face covering. Each student will be screened and their temperature will be taken daily. If students have a fever of 100.4 or higher, the student will not be allowed on the bus or at school. Students will have assigned seats having household and classroom units sitting together. If families would like to opt-out of bussing, please call the office at your earliest convenience.
Athletics:
We will continue to have athletics with the current restrictions in place. We reached out to the commissioner of CHSAA yesterday. She assures us she has an amazing plan if all goes well at the state level. Keep our fingers crossed that this passes the next level.
Breakfast and Lunch:
Prairie School will continue to provide lunches to our students and staff. Lunchtimes will be staggered and seating will be stretched. The lunchroom, aux gym, and outside seating will be available.
Recess:
Recess will be offered 2 different times during the day for each elementary class (K-5). Students will be able to enjoy the playground equipment and the outdoors. We will have students wash their hands as they reenter the school building.
Hallways:
Hallway passing will be run traffic style with lane dividers. We will reroute Ag and Science classes to move through the east end of the gym as they exit the classes to allow for less congestion in the hallway. Elementary students will move through the hallway with staff support.
Music:
At this time we are unsure what music will look like. We are waiting for more guidance.
Physical Education:
Physical education will continue to take place for our students as we know physical movement and activities are important. We are expecting to have a lot of our physical education outdoors.
Art: Students will continue to have art classes. Cleaning and sanitation will be amped up with art supplies.
Library: Books will be able to be checked out in Phase 1 and 2 of our plans. Books will be sanitized as they are returned to school.
Entering the Building:
We are asking that no students arrive at school before 7:30 a.m.
All non-bus riders will enter through the main entrances. Students will be screened and temperature checked as they enter the building. Those eating breakfast will go to the kitchen and other students will make their way to the classrooms.
Bus riders will be dropped off in 3 locations. If they are a secondary student that is not eating breakfast they will enter through the high school hall exit. If they are an elementary student not eating breakfast they will enter through the elementary hall exit. Then the bus riders eating breakfast will be dropped off by the lunchroom doors.
Exiting the Building at the end of the day:
- Elementary teachers and special teachers will walk their students to the buses and for parents to pick-up by exiting through the elementary hall doors.
- High school students in English, Math, Social Studies and Business will exit through the high school hall doors.
-Junior high students will leave through the main doors. All high school students not in the classes listed above will exit through the main doors.
Please note that all of these plans are continually changing. We are doing our best to make adjustments and doing what is needed to get students back in the building with in-person learning.
Even though Prairie School is implementing safety precautions, we acknowledge that COVID-19 does present a potential health risk to students, staff, and others, who might enter Prairie School. Therefore, if a family is not comfortable with in-person (at-school) learning or for those that are uncomfortable with the guidelines, we are offering a Prairie School Online Option of distance learning for our students. If a family is interested in the online option, please contact Mrs. Piel as soon as possible by email, tpiel@prairieschool.org, or cell phone, 970-571-3642.
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Prairie School has the following items listed for sale with BigIron Auctions: 4 buses, 2 beef practice artificial insemination chutes, 6 welding booths.
Please go to https://www.bigiron.com/ for more information and bidding.
As we wrap up the Virtual State FFA Convention, I wanted to give a shout out to our awesome, hardworking students!
Our chapter was placed in the silver category for our application in the National Chapter Award.
Congrats to Zoey Sneed, bronze category in the State FFA Prepared Speaking Contest! We are so proud of all of the work she put into her speech and her continued drive to advocate for the Beef Industry.
Congrats to Montana Goodman! State Winner in Extemporaneous Speaking!
Arek Wulf was also awarded his State FFA Degree!
We couldn’t be more proud of them, the tradition continues.
Special thank you to Bobbie Schreiner and Arek Wulf for serving as chapter delegates and Montana Goodman for her service on the nominating committee.
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Virtual FFA State Convention is here!!
Please find attached the Virtual Convention Schedule. You can also find information on the Colorado FFA Association and Foundation facebook.
You will be able to watch the convention at www.barnmedia.net.
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Football shirts for purchase! Check out the link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8OqRF7E9-PtTWoht5evj64v6VbREpzt4BzLEz_DbufrMqYw/viewform?usp=sf_link
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Athletic Registration Documents are updated on the school website.
Athletes need signed and on file at the school before he/she can practice: CHSAA Bylaws, Current Physical Exam, Warning, Substance Abuse Contract, Parent/Guardian Information
P-EBT:
Does your child receive free or reduced-price school meals during the school year, or you believe you may now qualify based on a recent income change? Pandemic-EBT, or P-EBT, can help you feed your family while schools are closed. You will receive a card with approximately $279 per eligible child that you can use to purchase food at stores that accept EBT. Apply here today: https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs/p-ebt
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Hello Prairie Families,
I wanted to remind everyone that registration is on Tuesday, July 7th from 7:00-5:00. Students can make adjustments to their schedules and turn in registration papers. Registration papers can also be emailed to Kendra Holloway or Tabitha Piel.
Thank you,
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Congrats to the New Raymer FFA officers and members! The chapter finished in the Silver category 🥈 for their application in the National Chapter Award Program at the state level.
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Just a reminder I will be headed out to do SAE visits next week. Students, check emails or text for confirmation! Can’t wait to see you all.
Monday’s board meeting agenda.
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I am pleased to announce that three Prairie High School students placed in the 2020 Nell Propst Historical Essay and Art contest. Winners were announced last week.
"Participation in the History Contest requires that students submit a written thesis on local history as specified in the contest rules below. Thesis topics are limited to an individual, group of individuals, historic place, or an event affecting and occurring within the geographical area of Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma Counties in northeast Colorado.
All entries submitted for final judging will be included in a bound book. Copies of this book will be given to each entrant, their school library and the Sterling Overland Trail Museum." There is also an art contest available to students where students submit photographs or art pieces depicting eastern Colorado. The first place winner's art is the cover for this year's book.
ELI MARLER was the FIRST PLACE winner in this year's essay division with his essay titled, "MUSICAL REVERBERATIONS: GLENN MILLER’S BOYHOOD HOME. Eli will receive a $3,000 scholarship. Sailor Green Becker was the 3rd place essay winner with her essay titled, SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW...BRIDGE. Sailor will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
MaKayla Baker won 2nd place in the art contest and will receive a $750 scholarship.
Congratulations to these students! These are very prestigious awards chosen from many applicants.
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Update from Weld County Fair Board, "4-H and FFA members enrolling in any market and/or breeding livestock or small animal projects for the first time regardless of age, must attend a Colorado Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) program." If you would like more information, please reach out to Mrs. Larson.
On Friday, chapter members, some parents, and Mrs. Larson were able to get together to help cleanup the New Raymer and Stoneham cemeteries in honor of Memorial Weekend! 😁 Thank you to everyone who participated in helping give back to our community!
Bookmobile Summer Reading
Please go to the "News" tab for more information.
Registration Day: July 7th from 7:00-5:00. More information to come on what this day will look like in the near future.
Good morning all,
I received an email yesterday about the State FFA Convention, they will be holding a virtual conference the second week of July. Depending on how they present it and the health department rules, I am hoping to hold a "watch party" and we could all do this at the school or students can do it at home. Not sure what that will look like, but I promise to keep you posted as things progress. Thank you for your patience and grace as well figure all of this out.
Happy Summer, Mrs. Larson
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Congrats to these 9 third graders who learned the location of all 50 states! They all received this special USA wood engraved cutout for their hard work! Way to go!
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Please enjoy our 2019-2020 FBLA Banquet! The officers have worked hard to deliver this to you. https://youtu.be/Li-1RQbceTE
To the Prairie Community,
Prairie School graduation is this Saturday, May 16th, at 10:00 A.M. Please remember that the ceremony is for the graduates and their immediate family. Other family and community members may honor the graduates by driving around the track and waiving to the graduates immediately after the ceremony which should conclude at approximately 10:45 A.M. (give or take). There will be a live feed of the ceremony that can be viewed at https://prairieschoolgraduation.com/.
Please remember to check the Prairie School Website (www.prairieschool.org) or the Senior Graduation page (https://prairieschoolgraduation.com/ ) for any updates including changes because of weather.
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Elementary parents!!!! We can’t thank you enough for all your hard work, dedication, patience, and support you have shown over the past couple of months!! We are BEYOND grateful!! So, when you are at the school in the next couple of days, make sure you grab a “thank you” treat from us!!!😊 It’s just something little...to thank you...a lot!! ❤️
And...please grab a popsicle for your hardworking, amazing kids too!!! 👍 We are SUPER PROUD of them as well!! 🥰
Love, All the Elementary Teachers ❤️
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Congrats to Lilly and Armelia for reaching the 7th grade reading goal!
Congrats to Molly for reaching the 7th grade reading goal!!
Kindergarten Graduation!!!! ❤️😍👩🎓👨🎓
https://youtu.be/A8UrEcBKBdM
Congrats to the Kindergarten class!!! I'm so proud of all of you!!!!!
Reminder: Please bring any library or bookmobile books you have at home on Wednesday or Thursday for the checkout days. You will receive an email letting you know what is checked out from Prairie School Library. Contact High Plains Library for bookmobile books. Have a great summer! Keep reading!!!
Also be sure to go to the Virtual Book Fair. Link is on the "News" page. You can shop until May 17.
Memories from the last week in first grade!! ❤️❤️❤️
Wow!! We did it!! AMAZING JOB first graders and wonderful adults of first graders!!! 🙌👏❤️😊👍
First graders....I have loved, loved, loved being your teacher!! I am BEYOND proud of ALL of you!! Thank you for working hard, trying your best, and most of all...for being in my class!! I can’t wait to see you in the fall....as....SECOND GRADERS!!! Have a great summer!! Your teacher loves you SO MUCH!!
Congrats to Aubrey for reaching the reading goal and joining the group of Reading Goal Smashers!
Congratulations Prairie Class of 2020 on all your scholarship awards. May your post secondary dreams come true. Wishing you all the best.
https://youtu.be/_C0bFp0kBZ4
Congrats to Carter on reaching the reading goal for 7th grade reading!
Monday Mindset
Prairie School District RE-11J, located in New Raymer Colorado, has the following positions open. • Upper Elementary Teacher. We are also looking for a junior high volleyball coach, varsity high school volleyball coach, and an assistance high school volleyball coach. The applications may be found at www.prairieschool.org. Please send all applications to Mrs. Tabitha Piel at tpiel@prairieschool.org. If you have any other questions please call 970-571-3642. These positions will be open until filled. Prairie School District Re-11J is an equal opportunity employer.
Happy birthday Mason! 🎉🎈🎂 Hope you have a fun day celebrating!
Here it is- 2020 Virtual Banquet!! I would like to share how hard the Officer team worked to bring this to our community. I am so proud of them, with all of the adversity in their lives right now they took everything in stride and rose above! I am also proud of all of our students as they have shown more grit than I knew possible. Thank you for another great year! Please enjoy our virtual banquet, as we celebrate our members and their hard work through the year. Thank you to our community for all of their support, we couldn’t have done this without you!
https://youtu.be/GRQhF66KlJw
Congrats to Nataleigh, Reid, Bodhi and Simon for reaching their reading goal! We had to adapt our original goal due to the switch and these students took it in stride! Everyone has until 5/11 to join this group and some are REALLY close! Work hard everyone and finish STRONG!
Mrs Ramseier just delivered a yard sign to Pilot celebrating his hard work.
Lucy had a ton of fun with aeronautics day!! She made her own hot air balloon!
More rainforest dioramas from 3rd Grade! 🐍🦜🦥🦋🐜🦧🐆🌿🍃🍍🥑🥥🍌 Great job!!!
Ashlyn learning during Aeronautics Day! ✈️ 🎈 Great job!
The 2019-2020 Prairie School yearbook is available to purchase while supplies last. While many things in life have slowed down in recent weeks, yearbooks are moving fast.
Don’t FORGET! Order a yearbook today!
Yearbooks must be bought before distribution and WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! Order today at www.JostensYearbooks.com
More learning from Nature Day and Aeronautics Day!
3rd Grade’s Growth Mindset message from Kolt!
Kindergarten buddy 😍🐶 READING.... Even though school is almost over.... Keep READING ALL SUMMER LONG!!!!!
Nature day and game day fun!!!! ⚽🙂🍃
The Prairie Student Council Presents:
The Prairie High School Virtual Awards Night 2020- https://youtu.be/yV9oVGJG57o
The Prairie Junior High Virtual Awards Night 2020-
https://youtu.be/98EVTQcpA2E
Enjoy!
Wednesday Mindset
Please return bookmobile and library books on checkout days, May 13 & 14. The bookmobile will do a hold-pickup service (requested items) on May 20 at the Stoneham Post Office from 9:00-10:30 and at Prairie School from 11:00-12:00. Place your holds online with your bookmobile card. For questions, contact 888-861-7323 or go to their website at www.mylibrary.us.
Colorado FFA is seeking opinions about State Convention, all are welcome to fill out the survey below:
From Mr. O, “As we continue to determine what we deliver with the convention experience, we would like you to assist us in gathering information by:
1. Complete the survey
2. Send survey to students, parents others through email or Social media.
Here is the link to the survey: https://forms.gle/mjGhZJbCQPirVZsAA
Thank you,
Kenton Ochsner”
More 3rd grade rainforest dioramas! 🦥🦜🐍🐜🦋🦧🐆🌿🍃🕷🍍🥑🥥🍌 Great job!!!
More learning on nature day from 3rd grade!
Wyatt Chacon working hard on his social studies Native Americans’ project.
Congratulations to this adorable, ambitious and driven reader, Ciree Whitney, for reading one million words. Oh I feel indescribable elation!
Tuesday Mindset
Reading and learning...the first graders ROCK!!! 😊❤️👍
Enjoying the outdoors during Nature Day in 2nd grade! 🌲 ☀️ 🍃 🌺
RE-11 Prairie School Graduation Ceremony Plan –
Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Prairie School District is unable to have a normal graduation ceremony for our 2020 graduates. Working in cooperation with the Weld County Health Department we will host a modified graduation ceremony on the football field for the graduates and their immediate families on Saturday, May 16, at 10:00 A.M (weather permitting).
Other family members, friends, and community members may watch a live feed of the ceremony by going to http://prairieschoolgraduation.com/. Thanks to Ross Stump for providing this technology.
If friends and community members would like to congratulate the class of 2020 in a more personal way, the Health Department is permitting us to drive vehicles around the track to solute the seniors immediately following the ceremony (at approximately 10:45 A.M.) Everyone will be required to stay in the vehicles and will not be allowed to hand presents or cards to the graduates.
Nature Day
3rd Grade completed their rainforest dioramas. Here are a few pictures, I will share more as the week continues! Awesome job on your creations! 🐍🐜🦋🕷🐆🦧🦜🦥🌳🌿🍃🌺🍍🥑🥥🍌They had to include at least 4 animals, 2 food items, and the 4 layers of the rainforest!
Nature day has been full of great learning outside! Awesome job Sophia!
Congrats to Cordelia for reaching the 3rd grade AR goal! I’m so proud of you! Keep up the awesome reading! 📖 📚 😊
4th Grade Nature Day
Mindset Monday
Since we are not able to have our Book Fair this year, you will be able to purchase online at Prairie School's Virtual Book Fair from May 4-17. This will not be a Buy One Get One. Go to the link and find out more information. You can also access the link on the school website under the Prairie Library page. Thank you so much for your support for reading. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/prairieschooldistrictre11j2
STUCO Elections end TONIGHT! Get your vote in! The races are close and your vote matters!
Enjoying the beautiful sunshine with some wonderful reading buddies! ☀️ 📚
Congratulations to this overachiever and tenacious 5th grader, Hunter Johnson, for reading over a million words.
Start the summer jackpots off with something new! Colorado FFA, 4-H and CSU will be holding a virtual pig show. See the flyer below for details! This is open to all Colorado FFA and 4H members!
STUCO Officer Elections for the 2020-2021 school year ENDS TOMORROW! Please vote ASAP!
Mindset
3rd grade’s weekly mindset message from Mason!
I love seeing my students reading in fun places and learning from home! 😊📚📖
3rd graders planted wildflower seeds that I sent them in the mail! I love them getting sunshine and learning outdoors! 🌸 🌺 🌻 Some of the seeds have already sprouted for some! 🌱 🌱 🌱
Worm day in kindergarten!!!!! We learned about worms and colored our worm hats!!! Now we are hoping for some rain so we can go dig up worms!!!!! 👍😍
Keep working hard and learning Prairie Mustang Elementary Students!!!! We are so proud of all your hard work!!!!! We miss you like crazy!!! Love, All of US 😍👍
Wednesday Mindset
First graders reading makes me happy, happy, happy!! 😊👍❤️
The plan is to have the 2020 graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Sorenson Football Field. However, we may need the flexibility to change the date to Friday or Sunday depending on the weather forecast. The celebration of these graduates will be for immediate family only. We will be strictly following the Weld County Health Department's guidelines. More information will be provided as the plan develops.
Tuesday Mindset
Mindset Monday
