Banner County Public Schools

Congratulations to the 2010 Spelling Contest Winners: First Place Winners: SECOND GRADE Mattie Johnson, THIRD GRADE Logan Moravec, FOURTH GRADE Brandon Blickensderfer, FIFTH GRADE Tallion McGowan, SIXTH GRADE Cole Carey, SEVENTH GRADE Sara Taggart, EIGHTH GRADE Amanda Harrison; FINALS: 1st Kyle Makey, 2nd Olivia Anderson, 3rd Amanda Harrison; and congratulations to Kyle Makey on winning the Banner County Spelling Bee finals. Thank you to Gladys Wyatt, Sharon Lease, and Sue Harrison for being judges.

Hundredth Day Celebrations

On the hundredth day of school the elementary classes all celebrated in different ways. Here are a few ways they celebrated:

Kindergarten- Ms. Lease

Made pancakes and sausage links to make the number 100
Brought collection of 100 items and measured and weighed each item
Made 100 day trail mix
Popped 100 pop corn kernels with lid off to see where they would catch the most
Counted to 100

2^nd Grade- Miss Disney

Each brought 100 items of something, went to the little gym to measure
Made necklace with 100 fruit loops
Wrote and counted numbers

3^rd Grade-Miss De Koning

Ate chocolate thunder cake
Got diplomas for being 100 days smarter.

100 days down and approximately 80 days left in the 2009-2010 school year!

Banner County School Improvement Goals

1. All students will work to improve their performance in the area of reading and language arts across all curricular areas.

2. All students will demonstrate positive character traits of respect and responsibility within the school community.