Anatomy students created a game to help them study for their first bone quiz.
The Anthon 4th and 5th grades presented at the First Quarter Reading Celebration on Tuesday. They shared a choral reading of "There was an old man who swallowed a bat!"
Congratulations to these students who earned reading awards in our Anthon building this week. Great job!
Register your team today for the blind volleyball tournament!
The Executive Student Council attended the State Leadership Conference in DesMoines. They participated in several breakout sessions, but the big news was that Claire Weber was named 2nd Vice President-Elect for Student Council across all classes in Iowa. Congratulations, Claire!
Congratulations to Brayden Doty and Emily Kovarna on their selection to the 75th Annual All-State Music Festival. Nine MVAOCOU students traveled to Atlantic on Saturday, October 23rd to audition among hundreds of high school musicians for the prestigious honor. Brayden was selected to the All-State Chorus as a Bass 2 voice part. Emily was selected to the All-State Orchestra on bassoon. The 75th Annual All-State Music Festival will be held November 18-20 in Ames culminating with festival concert in Hilton Coliseum on Saturday, November 20th at 7:30 pm. Congratulations!
Weekly Announcements: October 25, 2021-October 30, 2021
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Last night was the district cross country meet in Orange City. Several Rams had big goals of making it to the state meet, but fell short of their goal. It was the last meet for these three seniors. Our Ram runners had a great year and should be very proud of themselves!
Behind the scenes of Miss Petersen's Public Speaking class while recording the weekly announcements. Great job this week, Rachel, Calvin, and Caden!
We show you a lot of fun stuff that we do at the high school, but there's a lot of hard work that takes place here, too! These students are working on Pre-Calc and English 10 assignments this morning. Keep up the good work, Rams!
The students in ceramics are making all kinds of unique projects this week!
The students in Mr. Miller’s Construction Systems class added a little flair to the parking lot today. The letters were fabricated by Monona County Iron and installed by this group of students. Great job, guys!
Spanish 4 students looking for vocabulary word given by Gonzalo, our Spaniard foreign exchange student.
Today's theme for Healthy Choices Week was "United Against Bullies" and students in both elementaries wore orange to show their unity. They also participated in a schoolwide unity project and discussed kindness in the classroom.
Students in Mr. Christensen's Success class put together a proposal to build a geodesic dome to be used as a planetarium in science classrooms. Students were responsible for creating a scale model of the 11 foot structure to work out any problems before continuing to the final product. Afterward, students pitched the idea to Mrs. Maynard to acquire the supplies for the dome. Great job students!
Biology students investigating how the human body regulates temperature when exposed to an external temperature change.
Students in English 10 with Mrs. Paulsen practiced using symbolism and imagery on bird feathers after reading Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”
It's Healthy Choices Week in the elementary and the students are learning all about how to live healthier, happier lives and are participating in dress up days to celebrate. Today is Silly Socks day and it's safe to say these kiddos had fun with it!
On Sunday and Monday the MVAOCOU Business Professionals of America officer team attended the Fall Leadership Conference in Des Moines. The officers heard from an exciting keynote speaker, attended breakout sessions on leadership and networked with students from across the state.
Yesterday Mr. Wimmer's Horticulture class pruned some of the bushes around the school. Great job, Rams!
