Random Acts of Kindness

Students will complete a 14 day Secret Service Challenge!  Their mission will be to secretly serve others.  For the next 14 days they will be required to perform random acts of kindness, but they must do it without the recipients knowing they are being served ahead of time.  They will have to pick their targets and decide on a kind deed or act to perform for them.  They will follow out that act secretly and try not to blow their cover!

It's time to celebrate Caring!  The students grades K-5 will be challenged to spread caring throughout our world in the next two months.  The students in kindergarten will travel to Fuzzyland to watch I-Care cat our hero triumph over the "Little Witch" and her bag of cold pricklies.  The students will help I-Care Cat defeat the witch with "Warm Fuzzies!"

Jingle Bells is over....back to school!

Welcome back students!  I am excited to work on the pillar Caring in January and February!  We will be participating in Random Acts of Kindness school wide!  Get excited Howard-Winn.!

Character Counts for Parents!

During conference week please feel free to stop in the guidance office to pick up "A Parent's Guide,  to the Six Pillars of Character Counts."  The free booklets will be in the guidance office, and are offered to parents to help support good character in our schools and communities.

Character Counts Week!

Thanks to students, parents, and staff for making Character Counts Week 2012 a first place winner for "Staying on Track with Character Counts!"

The Support Our Troops boxes are filling up!  I will be taking the boxes to the VWF soon, so if you forgot and still want to donate please try to get your snacks/supplies in the boxes by Thursday.

Thanks again! Go Forward with Character Counts!

Character Counts Week and Supporting our Soliders!!!

Character Counts Citizenship Project

The Character Counts project we will participate in during Character Counts week is, “Supplies and Snacks for Soldiers, Howard-Winneshiek Cares”

Through this project the students are asked to please bring in tasty snack foods and/or toiletries for our soldiers overseas and residents of the Veterans homes located in Marshalltown and Des Moines, Iowa. These items are to be dropped off at your local elementary school Crestwood, Lime Springs, Elma. There will be a snack donation box at each Elementary Howard-Winneshiek School building.  The drop off date begins on October 22^nd and runs through October 26^th.

The local VFW chapter in Cresco will receive the snacks and toiletries that we have collected, and will sort and mail them to our soldiers this year. Thank you VFW!!!!!!

Let's Celebrate Character Counts Week!!!!

Stay on Track with Character Counts at Howard-Winneshiek

October 22^nd-26^th, 2012

Hello Howard-Winneshiek Parents and Students,

We value good character at Howard-Winneshiek Schools! To celebrate this we will be having themed dress-up days. We encourage you to get excited along with your children and have conversations about what it means to be a person of character. Thanks for all your continued support!

Monday 10/22nd – Hats off to Respect and being Drug Free!

- It is also Red Ribbon week, so what better way to start of Character Counts week by celebrating being drug free and respecting ourselves and others! Students are encouraged to wear hats this day to show support for a drug free school and community where people respect each other!

Tuesday 10/23rd – Trustworthy Team Tuesday - Come to school in your favorite team jersey or sportswear. We will celebrate the pillar of Trustworthiness!

Wednesday 10/24th – Responsible Rock Star Day and Rock the Vote!- Show us your glitter, sunglasses, and music themed clothing as we celebrate the pillar of Responsibility.  Our future’s so bright we gotta wear shades! Please remember NO face painting.

Thursday 10/25^th – Caring Citizens Career Day!

- What is your dream job?  Come dressed as what you want to be when you enter the world of work! We will be celebrating being a citizen who contributes to our community!

Friday 10/26 – Fairness Friday! - Show your school spirit by wearing your Cadet clothes, or just wear our school colors: Blue, White and/or Black. We will celebrate the pillar of Fairness!