Reviewing our pathogens in Sanitation and Safety with a Guess Who activity. #mpculinary #seethestars

Congrats to our first student of the week at MPHS for the 2022-23 school year, Madason Bear! Madison was nominated by Ms. Pacha. Ms. Pacha said, "Madason has been a rockstar in English class all week!" Way to go, Madason! #mphawks

Picking a career path can be challenging. Job shadows can help! Students will see what a career is like, get questions answered, and make connections. MPHS 10th-12th graders, sign up today! https://bit.ly/3Av0JAG #mphawks

We had a fantastic first day and an even better first week to start off the school year. Don't forget to subscribe to our new Youtube channel (MP Youtube) so you can keep up with videos uploaded all throughout the year! #mphawks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_HzWlYKs7E

Lunch at MP West Elementary! #mphawks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz50GYH253o

VOLUNTEER NEEDED! We are in need of a volunteer to teach our afternoon 7th grade Junior Achievement lessons. The class meets from 12:58-1:42PM at the middle school in Kalona on the following dates: Tuesday, August 30th Tuesday, September 6th Tuesday, September 13th Tuesday, September 20th Tuesday, September 27th Tuesday, October 4th Junior Achievement provides easy to follow lessons and materials, along with virtual training. If you know of anyone in the community that might be interested, please pass this information on and have them contact Stacy at stacy.voelliger@ja.org. A district background check is required for all volunteers. Thanks for considering! #mphawks

The community is having a shirt fundraiser to show support to one of our own, Collette McClellen. Collette is the vocal music teacher, along with many other roles, at Mid-Prairie High School. She lives in Wellman with her husband, Matt, and four school-aged children. In May Collette found out she has breast cancer and started chemo shortly after. She has recently completed round four of six treatments. We are asking that at the September 15th Mid-Prairie home volleyball game and the October 14th home football game, fans wear pink in honor of Collette and cancer awareness. There will be other fundraising activities at these events as well. Please share this post and let’s show the McClellen family our strong Mid-Prairie community support! *Please note the store is only open for 6 days for a quick turnaround. https://stores.teamelitesports.com/mid-prairie.../shop/home #mphawks

East Elementary has started a new program called POP. This is a positive office pass. Students earn this award for showing exceptional Golden Hawk Pride. A staff member fills out the ticket, the student comes to the office, and they get a good news bracelet. Then Mr. J and the POP winner get to share the great news with parents. Today we had our first winner and it was an amazing call. We can’t wait to keep the good news coming home! #mphawks

Happy 1st Day of School, Mid-Prairie Superintendent, Mr. Stone! Thanks for taking time to visit MP East Elementary. 💛🖤 #mphawks

Happy 1st Day from Assistant Principal at the Middle School, Nate Carlson! Nothing but the best greeting for the Middle School students today! #mphawks

Happy first day of school MP high school staff! #mphawks

Every grade level ready for the first day of school! #mphawks

Next we would like to introduce our new Library Media Secretary at the Home School Education Center, Jodi Meader. She and her husband have 5 children, and one of her favorite things is to be spending time with them. She enjoys reading, doing puzzles, watching Cubs baseball and serving her church family. #mphawks

Good afternoon, With the success of our summer food delivery program, we have decided to change our monthly food pick-up to delivery instead. Food boxes for Mid-Prairie school families will be delivered between 4:30-5:30PM on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Please use the link below to sign-up for the program! Program Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/wBgyKyDYzsxca8Ff7 Delivery Dates Wednesday, September 14th Wednesday, October 12th Wednesday, November 9th Wednesday, December 14th Wednesday, January 11th Wednesday, February 8th Wednesday, March 8th Wednesday, April 12th Wednesday, May 10th ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buenas tardes, Con el éxito de nuestro programa de entrega de alimentos de verano, hemos decidido cambiar nuestra recolección mensual de alimentos a entrega. Las cajas de alimentos para las familias de la escuela Mid-Prairie se entregarán entre las 4:30 p. m. y las 5:30 p. m. el segundo miércoles del mes. ¡Utilice el siguiente enlace para registrarse en el programa! Registro del programa: https://forms.gle/3iZ7237FinknMVot7 Fechas de Entrega Miércoles, 14 de Septiembre Miércoles, 12 de Octubre Miércoles, 9 de Noviembre Miércoles, 14 de Diciembre Miércoles, 11 de Enero Miércoles, 8 de Bebrero Miércoles, 8 de Marzo Miércoles, 12 de Abril Miércoles, 10 de Mayo #mphawks

Next we would like to introduce another of our new paraprofessionals at Mid-Prairie Middle School, Karissa Huffman. Karissa is a graduate of Mid-Prairie and currently lives in Wellman with her family. She enjoys gardening and spending time in the outdoors with family and friends. #mphawks

We would like to introduce our new 5th grade teacher at Mid-Prairie Middle School, Tina Hernandez-Zudell. Tina earned her AA from Muscatine Community College, her BA in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from The University of Iowa and her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Socio-cultural Studies from The University of New Mexico. She earned endorsements in TESOL, Bilingual Education, Social Studies and Language Arts. She and her family recently moved back to her home state of Iowa from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She loves the green all around, thunderstorms, flowers and birds that she had missed, and is happy to now be closer to family. She grew up in Muscatine, and her husband is originally from Ohio. She loves to read and enjoys hobbies of photography, craft painting, art, fishing, baking and visiting interesting places or friends when she can. She is bilingual and taught in both English and Spanish in New Mexico for 20 years. This is the beginning of her 28th year as an educator. #mphawks

Welcome Back, Mid-Prairie Staff! What a great start to the new school year with our MP colleagues! 💛🖤 #mphawks

Next we would like to introduce another one of our new English teachers at Mid-Prairie High School, Luke Caster. Luke graduated from Faith Baptist Bible College in 2008 with certification in 5-12 Secondary English Education. After graduating college, he taught in Tennessee for 3 years before moving back to Iowa to teach English at English Valleys High School for 11 years. He and his wife, Jena, have six children. He enjoys playing and coaching sports, as he played basketball and ran track in college. He is a pastor at the North English Christian Church. Luke also enjoys singing, reading, playing board games and spending time with family and friends. #mphawks

We would like to introduce our new English teacher at Mid-Prairie High School, Jeannie Wagner. Jeannie graduated from Coe College, receiving majors in English, Secondary Education and a minor in History. She received her master’s degree from The University of Texas at Denton in 2014. Jeannie taught reading and English in Texas for 32 years and has licenses in reading, English, English as a Second Language and Library and Information Sciences. In 2018 she moved to Iowa and began teaching English and social studies at Kirkwood in the Adult Basic Education program until June of this year. In her free time, Jeannie loves to see the beauty of the Iowa countryside while riding with her husband on their Harley. She enjoys baking and is passionate about trying new recipes. She also loves to craft (knit, crochet, sew) and decorate. Jeannie’s children, Matthew and Hannah, are grown and live in Texas, and she has one grandson, Blake, who is the light of her world. She has been married for four years, and she and her husband tied the knot in Breckenridge, Colorado, on a chairlift! They love listening to live music, kayaking and spending time with friends. #mphawks

We would like to introduce our new 4th grade teacher at Mid-Prairie West Elementary, Sarah Roy. Sarah graduated from the University of Iowa this May with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education, a reading endorsement and a social emotional learning certificate. Her hobbies include running (she is currently training for her 3rd half-marathon), watching tv shows, baking (especially monster bars) and trying new recipes or restaurants. She has been working at a daycare over the summer and is looking forward to getting into a new routine in the classroom. #mphawks