1st Grade snowmen!!!
1st Grade snowman STEM Challenge!
Kindergarten partner reading
Ms. TenEycks 3rd grade bobcat
Bobcat of the Month of December!!
Congratulations to the PK3 bobcat of the month for December Harley McManigal
Congratulations to the Bobcats of the month for December in PK4, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. 1st grade-Delia Ohlmeier, K-Leah Kiepe, PK4-Malaki Trucke
Congratulations to the 2nd through 4th grade bobcats of the month: 2nd grade - Isaac Blume, 3rd Ewoldt - Brinkly French, 3rd TenEyck - Cheyenne Vogt, 4th - Kelton Mareau
Congratulations to the 5th grade through 8th grade bobcats of the month: 5th grade - Emily Wanberg, 6th grade - Tazyun James, 7th grade - Kiara Mesenbrink, 8th grade - Sidney Trucke
Congratulations to the classes of the month for December: Lower Elementary - 2nd Grade, Middle Elementary- 4th Grade, Junior High - 7th Grade.
Book Creator they loved it!!
What do you do when you are a Kindergartner and there is no snow outside??? You build snowmen with LEGOs!
We love when students choose to spend their hard earned Paw Prints to read to our class!
Ms TenEycks 3rd grade Christmas Party
Ugly sweater party!
Mr Lally and 4 th grade music
4th Grade Title I Reading Christmas Party
COU Student Council members made tie blankets for the Crawford County Hospital in Denison and Burgess Hospital in Onawa.
Student Council members help out Moving Veterans Forward Project of Totes for Hope.
Hand bells 3 rd grade !
Making ugly sweaters
Bobcat of last week
Bobcats of 2 weeks ago
Erupting our volcanoes
Parents,
Download our new app: RePlay It! This allows you to upload photos to our school yearbook and your photos might be used in the yearbook for all to see and enjoy! Try it tonight at the elementary concert! Take photos of your child and upload your favorite photos to the RePlay It App! Your photos might make it into our yearbook for all to enjoy!
Painting our volcanoes
Bobcat of the month for November!
We are up to the STEM task!
Taking on Mrs. Thies’s STEM challenge!
There’s “snow”place like CO-U!
Ms TenEyck and Mrs Fineran 3rd grade Class volcanoes
The 5th-8th grade concert will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 13th.
The Kindergarten-4th grade concert will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 10th. Students need to report to their classrooms at 5:45 p.m..
Santa Claus Night will be December 5th at 5:30 p.m. in the Charter Oak Community Building.
Student Council decorates School
Two hour late start today Friday November 30th due to fog and ice
STEM Challenge Wednesday with Ms. TenEyck’s 3rd Grade Class! I love how their minds work!
Ms. TenEycks bobcats of last week!!
5th grade helped Kindergarten write Santa letters this morning! Thanks for helping us get in the holiday spirit!
Writing Santa letters!
We are busy writing Santa letters with our 5th grade buddies!
5th Grade Turkeys
My bobcats of last week!!
Using cubes to help figure out volume.
Congratulations to our Middle School Bobcats of the month for October. For 6th Grade it was Tawnie Cass, for 7th Grade it was Jodee Kruse, and for 8th Grade it was Annamarie Mallory.
Congratulations to our middle elementary Bobcats of the month for October. They were Tavin Feller for Mrs. Ewoldt's 3rd Grade, Braylnn French for Ms. TenEyck's 3rd Grade, Tajel Jepsen for 4th Grade, and Brandt Gran for 5th Grade.
Congratulations to our lower elementary Bobcats of the month for October. Kindergarten was Elizabeth Gran, 1st Grade was Breanna Funkhouser, and 2nd Grade was Landon Kiepe.
Here are our Preschool Bobcats of the month for October. PK4 was Lyrik Pryor and PK3 was Alyce Skarin.
Chemical reactions when we soaked pennies in lemon juice!
Here are our classes of the month for October: Early Elementary is PK4, Middle Elementary is Ms. TenEyck's 3rd Grade, and Middle School was 7th Grade.
Social Studies in our pajamas!
Busy coloring at Recess!
Doing a great job writing sentences this morning!
Working on our writing this morning!
Flashback to Friday, which was freezing at recess!! It was much more pleasant today!
Each of these students tied with 8 bobcat paws each last week!
We love when Grandma Judy comes to read to us!
Our Veterans Day Program
Thank you to the 5th - 8th ELP students for the beautiful Patriotic display for the Veteran’s Day Program! What a wonderful way to honor and thank our Veterans!
The 5th grade had the opportunity to ask questions of with and listen to what our veterans had to say about the flag!
Duck duck goose!
2nd grade STEM Challenge!
STEM Challenge Wednesday with the 2nd Graders! Their Challenge was to build the tallest towers as possible with marshmallows and toothpicks! They definitely had great discussions!
My bobcats of last week
Who built the tallest tower???
Kindergarten working on building the tallest tower with Legos
Trick or treat!
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What a great day to work on Math outside!
Reminder to turn in your reading minutes for 1st grade to receive a certificate for a small pizza at Pizza Hut. I will accept October minutes until Nov. 8th. Happy Reading. Mrs. Garrett
Happy Halloween 🎃
Our 4th grade monsters! Happy Halloween!
Our fundraiser delivery will be tomorrow November 1, 2018. You can stop in between 1 and 5 to get your orders. Thank you.
3rd Graders make Stress Pumpkins today!
3rd Graders made Stress Pumpkins!
Thank you to Mrs. Ewoldt’s 3rd grade for performing a Halloween reader’s theater for us! You did a great job and we enjoyed it!
5th grade working the SMART Room! Way to go!
Mr. Wiebers can rock the SMART Room balance beam like a 5th grader! Show them how it’s done!
Ms. TenEycks scary class
My bobcat of last week!!
Classes of the month for September were the 1st grade for the PK-2, 5th grade for the 3-5, and 6th grade for the 6-8.
Middle School Bobcats of the month for September were Lilliana Perry for the 6th grade, Kennedy Goslar for the 7th grade, and Emily Sorensen for the 8th grade.
Bobcats of the month for September were: Jocelyn Allen is Ewoldt's 3rd grade , Hailey Franco is TenEyck's 3rd grade, Teagan Blume is 4th grade, and Ava Klinker is 5th grade
Pre School bobcats of the month for September are PK3 is Axton Rosenau, PK4 is Lincoln McCall
Bobcats of the month for September - Kindergarten is Sam Sorensen, 1st grade is Kellen Anderson, 2nd grade is Audrey Hadden
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Reminder!! PT Conferences are 10/29 and 10/30 from 4:00 until 7:30! See you all there!!!
Party Day!
Elementary trick or treat day
Painting pumpkins from Ms. Christiansen’s grandpa’s garden. So many creative designs!
We are missing those sunny days when we took leaf walks!
My bobcat from last week!!
COU Student Council member, Annamarie Mallory, sponsored a Kiss Breast Cancer Goodbye Fundraiser with COU raising $300 in the fight against cancer! Mr. Eggeling was the unlucky winner of the pie in the face with Abbey Meseck getting the honors and Mrs. Seieroe and Thomas Hayden winning for the BEST!
Marshmallow challenge
Marshmallow challenge
Proudly showing off their Geods they made in Art
Ms TenEycks bobcats of last week
Wrigley got into the PINK today
Wear PINK today
Congrats to the 5th graders! Ava was our Bobcat Student of the Month and 5th grade was upper elementary class of the Month! Way to go!
Reminder there is an hour early out on 10/19 and no Scholl on 10/22.
All Students and Staff: National Wear Pink Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 19th!
5th graders working on a team building activity in guidance
Investigating the properties of schoolyard rocks to finish up the first part of our rock unit!
Help us Kiss Breast Cancer Goodbye! The COU Student Council is selling lollipops for $1.00 to help in the fight against Breast Cancer. When you buy your lollipop you get to vote for the best kissed staff member card. The staff member with the best kissed card wins and a student who voted for that staff member has a chance to win as well. However, the least amount of votes member will get pied in the face by one lucky student who voted as well! Bring a dollar and come and vote and don’t forget your lollipop!
Go Packers
Working with surface area.
4th grade Bobcat of the Month
5th grade reader’s theatre! Reading to Mr. Lally’s class.
Ms TenEycks bobcat of September Hailey Jensen
1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade Title 1 Reading Wall of Fame Readers for September
Title 1 Reading 4th Grade Hall of Fame Readers for September
Title 1 Reading 5th Grade Wall of Fame Readers for September
Reading Recovery
3rd grade scientists!
Studying longitude and latitude
Studying longitude and latitude
Science tree puzzles
Science tree puzzles
Playing with Dominos!
Picture Retake Day will be Friday, October 26th!
Ms TenEycks bobcats of last wee
1st Place Aluminum Boat Challenge winners with 257 pennies! Might have held more but they used all the pennies I had available!!!!
2nd Place Aluminum Boat Challenge winners with 207 pennies!!!
3rd Place Aluminum Boat Challenge winners with 157 pennies!!!!
Aluminum foil boats! How many pennies will it hold before it leaks?
The Student Council members, Abbey Meseck and Liliana Perry are Sponsoring a fundraiser for HELP! Hurricane Florence – Oct. 1st to Oct 12th You can help by donating: canned/boxed food, paper towels, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, etc. Together, we can make a difference!! Bring items to school and the boxes will be in the offices. Thanks for your support!!
Newspaper towers! Who knew it could be so strong!
Ms. TenEycks bobcats of last week!!!
This is the 4th graders Bobcat of the week!
Reading temperatures in Science
Reading temperature
4th graders are learning about magnets in science today!
Frisbee Golfing on the playground.
Bobcats of the week in 4th grade hanging with Mr. Eggeling.
4th graders working on their friendship comic strips
Ms TenEycks bobcats of the week for last week!!
They found out that building a tower of cups without your hands is a little challenging!!!
5 th grade recorders on Monday morning!
The 4th graders have been experimenting with Energy in Science. Learning how energy is transferred from a battery(s) to light bulbs and a motor. Also, learning how to work in small groups.
Can you make a rectangle?
5th having fun with word work!
Here are the COU junior high football players!!
No school tomorrow due to the scheduled in-service being a 2 hr. late start and with the heat and humidity a 2 hr. early dismissal would be likely. We don't feel it would be prudent to have them attend school for three hours.
2 hr. early dismissal today for COU. MVAOCOU high school students will be dismissed at regular time.
Enjoying cooler weather outside
Reminder: The Junior high volleyball game that was scheduled at home tonight against AR-WE-VA has been postponed and re-scheduled for Monday October 1st at CO-U.
Reminder, Tomorrow September 18 is picture day! Please have your child ready and bring their best smile!
MVAOCOU High School students will be dismissed at the regular time and will be bused home at the regular time.
Charter Oak-Ute will be dismissing two hours early today, Monday September 17th due to heat and humidity. There will be no JH VB or FB practice today.
Today the 2nd graders investigated what happens to different types of rocks when they are placed in water. We saw bubbles and changes in color!
Come on Tuesday at 4:00 to watch the Bobcats take on the Ar-We-Va Rockets!
Rolling to find odd and even numbers! Math is so much fun!
Science experiment
Science experiment
Science experiment
MVAOCOU PEP RALLY
MVAOCOU PEP RALLY
First pep assembly of the year!
Kindergarten love our new Smart Room!
Nothing like a good book on a beautiful day!
Smart room in action
smart room
Smart Room in action
4th grade cowgirls and cowboys.
First band rehearsal 5 th grade
JH PE - Human Hungry Hungry Hippos Game takes teamwork to be successful!
1st Place Blind Volleyball Team: 2 Lit 2 Hit.
Homecoming 2018
“Coached” these young ladies for the Blind Volleyball Tournament today to kick off Homecoming! I think they missed the memo on what to wear for their support of Iowa or Iowa State lol!
Here’s what 1st graders think peacocks look like! So creative! ❤️❤️❤️
Creating Peacocks after reading “Just Plain Fancy”!
My team “ the destroyers”!!!!
Intense game! We lost a shoe!
Blind volleyball hence the sheets over the net.....
First game
Watching blind volleyball! Getting ready for homecoming week!
Kindergarten music coloring to “ March of the Animals” played by an orchestral group.
8 th grader leads 6 th grade warm up!
Is there a pattern here?
All Hawkeyes here!!!!
Kitchen Divided
We have more Hawkeyes than Cyclones?! This can’t be right.
3 rd grade music !
Don’t forget the Blind Volleyball Tournament tomorrow starting at 1:30. Parents and community members are more than welcome to come and watch! Free admission!!!
Hawkeyes vs. Cyclones
Represent your favorite team tomorrow and wear a hat for $1.00.
Shadows are moving to the east! Must have something to do with the sun!
Team work!
Wondering if these will be different later.
5th grade-Tracking shadows in science!
Pep band practice Thursday morning !
4th graders learning and discussing classroom expectations in our class library!
4th graders working hard!
3rd grade PE having fun with the parachute
7 th and 8 th choir having a great rehearsal!
Charter Oak-Ute just received notification this morning that we had the third highest percentage increase in the state of students meeting reading benchmarks in the spring versus fall data. Great job by our staff and students.
Wednesday rehearsal and learning to part sing!
3rd Graders! Ms. TenEyck and Mrs. Ewoldt
COU Homecoming shirts $10
The final product!!!
Experimenting with gears!
Congratulations to Abbey Meseck for being our grades 5-8 outreach booklet prize winner!
Congratulations to Brianna Klockgether for being our grades K-4 outreach booklet prize winner!
Have a Great Weekend Everyone! Remember no school Monday due to Labor Day Holiday.
School Pictures will now take place on September 18, 2018
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Working hard in math!
Wow! They were really concentrating!
Psych! We had a great day anyway!
Ready for pictures!
Happy learning math from our new Smart Board!
Although Picture day is postponed we thought we should take the opportunity to smile big for the camera!
Picture day might have been postponed, but we took one anyway!
Excited for the school year with this fun bunch!
Picture Day anyway.
Due to an accident with the photographers school pictures for today have been postponed. A new date will be rescheduled.
Reminder, it is picture day tomorrow August 29, 2018 at Charter Oak-Ute!! See everyone tomorrow!!
Reminder of 1/2 late start to the school day tomorrow. Classes start at 8:50 am
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Onward Bobcats!
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