It was a great year! Good luck in 6th grade!
A popping good time for the 5th grade end of year math review! Nice job!
So much fun st field day on Thursday!
Special Visitor Today
4th/5th field trip to the Capital
Interesting places to visit in the capitol!
Capital field trip for the 4/5th grade! Fun day!
Two students dressed like me for teacher appreciation! Thank you!
Fun day at the Children’s Museum!
The finished products! Love their creativity and team work!
Creating things we see in our communities with the Kindergarteners!
Bobcats of last week
We’ll do just about anything to enjoy this spring weather! Moved our Daily 5 rotation outside this afternoon. :)
Preschool Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by 7th grade Student Council member, Makenna Meseck
The 2nd grade just finished our unit on states of matter. We used what we learned about insulators to make models that would keep an ice pop cold. We presented our models and what we learned to the class and had some popsicles to celebrate!
I would like to thank the Charter Oak-Ute PTO for the bench they purchased for our playground. Thanks also go out to all that have supported COU and myself over the years. It’s a Great Day to Be a Bobcat 👍👍👍
3rd Grade Balloon Cars for Science
Bobcat of last week
Bobcat of 2 weeks ago
These students competed in the State Odyssey of The Mind competition on Saturday! They worked very hard for the last several months to complete this task. I was very proud of how they performed! Great job everyone!
Congratulations to our Bobcats of the Month of March! For 5th grade it is Gabriela Rodriguez. For 6th grade it is Brandon Factor. For 7th grade it is Camryn Boyle. For 8th grade it is Thomas Hayden. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Bobcats of the Month of March! For 2nd Grade it is Liza Klinker. For Ms. TenEyck's 3rd grade it is Makenzie Rosburg. For Mrs. Ewoldt's 3rd grade it is Jeffi TenEyck. For 4th grade it is Brandon Feller. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Bobcats of the Month of March! For PK3 it is Mahlee Mohr. For PK 4 it is Ben Klinker. For Kindergarten it is Whitney Dorale. For 1st grade it is Avery Bohlmann. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our classes of the Month of March! For lower elementary it is Kindergarten. For middle elementary it is the 4th grade. For middle school it is the 8th grade. Congratulations!
Third grade author’s! We wrote our own book and was published!
My bobcats this week
“This is scary!”
Reading buddies!
Ready for the 6th grade math bee!
Congratulations to our Bobcats of the Month for February! Our 5th grade student was Ace Staley. Our 6th grade student was Noah Bramley. Our 7th grade student was Rafael Rodriguez. Our 8th grade student was Kylie Bohm. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Bobcats of the Month for February! Our 2nd grade student was Carolyn Alicea. Mrs. Ewoldt's 3rd grade student was Emerson Goslar. Mrs. TenEyck's 3rd grade student was Ella Staley. Our 4th grade student was Megan Kragel. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Bobcats of the Month for February for the lower elementary! Our PK3 student was Sophia Jepsen. Our PK4 student was Trigger Lazano. Our Kindergarten student was Dixon Vogt. Our 1st grade student was Johnny Rosburg. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Classes of the Month for February! The lower elementary class was the 4 year old Preschool. The middle elementary class was Mrs. Ewoldt's 3rd grade. The middle school class was the 6th grade.
Bobcats of last week!!
COU will be going back to regular bus Routes on Tuesday March 26
5th Grade Title Reading: Sign of the Beaver book projects
This month, our STEM challenge required us to use our engineering design model to see what group could make the longest chain using only one piece of paper! We worked great in teams today and leaned a lot. Thanks Mrs. Thies!
Crawford County Band Festival Concert! Great job COU, BV, and Schleswig
Crawford county band festival
Bobcat of last week!
Setting the Leprechaun trap with the Kindergarten class! Cross your fingers we catch one!
STEM with the 5th graders! They worked extremely hard making their catapults with only popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a plastic spoon!
Braxtyn, Keara, & Carlee presented their reading projects to the class! Great job!
Electricity experiment
Having fun at recess
We would like to Congratulate Mr.Wiebers for being inducted into the IHSAA Hall Of Fame! Congratulations Mr. Wiebers!!
Bobcat of this week!
WIPCO Trip
In an effort to make-up lost instructional time and to avoid going to school after Memorial Day and possibly into June, Charter Oak Ute CSD will be adjusting the school calendar to make-up time lost to snow days.
Starting this Wednesday, March 6th we will no longer be having late starts. School will start at the regular time on all Wednesdays the rest of this school year. We will also now hold classes on Thursday, April 18th. That was originally scheduled a vacation day over Easter break. With the day that was made-up last Friday, and these calendar changes, the last day of school will still be May 24th as originally scheduled. If we have any more snow days between now and the end of the school year, they will be added on after Memorial Day.
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss
Making butter is hard work!
Making butter takes teamwork! 5th & 8th graders getting it done!
Learning life lessons from Bartholomew and the Oobleck:
1) Say “I’m sorry” when you’re wrong.
2) Don’t eat strange chemicals.
Thanks Mrs. Thies and Mr. Morley!
We played our own game of Hop on Pop! We’re worn out after trying to pop each other’s balloons.
Making butter takes a lot of team work!
After reading The Butter Battle Book, the 2nd and 6th graders are making homemade butter! We’ve decided we don’t like cliff hangers and making butter is hard work! I’ll
Mr. Steele having fun with Hop on Pop!
Cat in Hat
Twin Day!
More Pajama Day!
Pajama Day
Crazy Sock Day
Things 1, 2, 3, and 4!!!
Cat in the Hat came and read to us today!
Dodgeball Tournament in PE today
Dr. Seuss creations in honor of Dr. Seuss week with 4th Grade ELP!
Get Ready for Read Across America Week
There will be no school at COU and MVAO on Monday February 25th. The vocal concert for tomorrow night is also postponed.
Congratulations to our January bobcats of the month. They are as follows: Haylnn Boettger - 7th grade, Isabelle Mohr - 5th grade, Peyton Gress - 6th grade, and Saige Berens - 8th grade. Great Job Bobcats!
Congratulations to our January bobcats of the month. They are as follows: Jaydn French - 3rd TenEyck, Koga Jepsen - 4th Grade, Levi Trucke - 3rd Ewoldt, and Madalyn Gran - 2nd Grade. Great Job Bobcats!
Congratulations to our January bobcats of the month. They are as follows: Kadence Rosenau - 1st Grade, Gracyn Nemitz - PK3, Lydia Kiepe - PK4, and Wrigley Wilcox - Kindergarten. Great Job Bobcats!
Congratulations to our classes of the month for January. They are as follows: Kindergarten for lower elementary, Ms. TenEyck's 3rd grade for middle elementary, and 8th grade for our middle school class! Great Work!
Bobcats of last week
COU and MVAO are closed today February 20
Two hour late start Wednesday February 20
Charter Oak-Ute will return to regular bus routes in the morning February 14th
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held as scheduled tonight.
Crush for a Crush Fundraiser
No school today Tuesday February 12th
School will start 2 hrs. late on Tuesday February 12
Bobcats of last week.
Parent Teacher Conferences for tonight have been moved to Wednesday.
"The Day the Crayons Quit!"
Two hour late start today Thursday February 7th
Bobcats of last week!!
Celebrating 100 days of school
Congrats to the winners of our essay contest! Ute Legion winners are 1st place Brandt Gran; 2nd place Patience Winsor! Charter Oak Legion winners are 1st place Joselyn Factor ; 2nd place Ava Klinker
5th grade Flag Essay pizza party!!
#twins
Cheyenne
Your artist will be coming home next week with their Doodle for Google. If you would like your student to participate in the contest, please fill out the highlighted areas and return by Thursday, February 14th. Below is the website you can visit for more information.
https://doodles.google.com/d4g/
Will 100 licks get us to the center of our Tootsie Pop? We’re 100 days smarter and having fun celebrating with some 100 activities!
Due to the extreme wind chill forecast, Charter Oak-Ute will not have school on Wednesday January 30th and will also have a two hour late start on Thursday January 31st.
Thank you 5th grade for showing us your dioramas! You did such a great job making and presenting them. The 2nd graders thought they were so cool!
Indoor Recess FUN!
Sharpening our visual dexterity!
Charter Oak-Ute will use March 1st as the make-up day for our snow day. We will have classes on March 1st instead of the originally scheduled in-service day.
Mindful meditation for kids
Baby steps!!! Hurray!!
No school at Charter Oak-Ute today Tuesday January 22nd.
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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