Borlaug Slide Show to Share

Hello Borlaug Families,

 

We have a new Power Point slideshow that is available at the following link:

http://www.edline.net/pages/Borlaug_Elementary_School/About_Our_School/The_Borlaug_Community

The Power Point presents information about Borlaug Elementary, our students and families, as well as Dr. Borlaug’s story.  We have this presentation running on our office monitor as a way to welcome families and to give visitors something special to view while waiting in the office.  Thank you to Amy Sorensen, our Instructional Coach, for creating this.

 

We hope you enjoy!

Welcome to Borlaug and the 2013-14 School Year!

Hello Borlaug Families,

We were very excited to welcome our students and families to the first day of school! There were so many smiling faces, happy to be back to Borlaug.

Please call us at 688-1155 if you need any assistance with updating your E-Registration. We are currently at about 80% of our families updated.  We need to have 100% updated, so we are sure we have the most current information for contact purposes.

We will have early release on both the first and second day of school.  This means we will dismiss at 2:00 on both Wednesday, August 21^st and Thursday, August 22^nd, with Friday’s dismissal at 3:00.  We want to remind our preschool families that preschool begins on Monday, August 26^th.

Thank you to our wonderful PTO for sponsoring a Boohoo/Yahoo Breakfast on the first day of school.  It was an informal time to socialize and have a light breakfast with other Borlaug parents.

Have a great week!

Principal Shoppa

 

Thank you for a wonderful school year!

It is hard to beleive our last day of school is almost here - Monday, June 3rd. It will be a 2:00 dismissal day.  Our 6^th grade graduation will be on the 3rd as well in the gym starting at 9:30 am, and we will have an all-school sing-along and Orff Club performance starting at 12:45.  Please feel free to attend to help us celebrate our first year at Borlaug.

It means a great deal to have such a supportive and dedicated community, and I thank you all for making this journey one filled with joy and respect for all we have accomplished!  I wish you a wonderful and safe summer.

Mrs. Shoppa

Thank You, Borlaug Community, for an Outstanding First Year!

Hello Borlaug Families,

I want to take this opportunity to thank the Borlaug Community for an outstanding first year, as I am filled with great pride because of our students, families, and staff.   It is amazing to look back and to reflect on our accomplishments, making wonderful memories of our first year together: community nights, school colors, school mascot, establishing PTO, community build, building tours, opening day, Dedication Day, back-to-school nights, Orff Club, sing-alongs, PBIS school-wide celebrations, holiday celebrations, book fairs, conferences, Chess Club, International Festival, Fine Arts Nights, Borlaug’s Got Talent, spring carnival, spirit days, etc.  

It means a great deal to have such a supportive and dedicated community, and I thank you all for making this journey one filled with joy and respect for all we have accomplished!  I am extremely proud and honored to be Borlaug’s principal! 

Celeste Shoppa, Principal

Borlaug May Reminders

Our Borlaug Carnival, sponsored by our PTO, will be tomorrow, May 11^th from 4:30-6:30pm.  Due to the uncertainty of the weather, the carnival will be held indoors in the gym, multi-purpose room, and in the first floor classrooms.  We hope you will be able to join us for an afternoon of fun!

Please join us for our last PTO meeting for this school year.  We will meet at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 14^th, in the Borlaug library on second floor.

Please stop by to check out the Borlaug lost and found as we have many items.  These items will be picked up by the Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church volunteers for community distribution.  This pick up will take place after the last day of school which is Monday, June 3^rd.  The last day of school is a 2:00 dismissal.

We are looking forward to a great end of our first year at Borlaug.

Thank you,

Mrs. Shoppa

Borlaug’s Got Talent!

Borlaug’s Got Talent was a huge success!  The Borlaug PTO, with leadership from Leslie Notle, was able to raise $1391.00 from the event.  The Borlaug students were so proud to share their talents, and it was a wonderful way for our community to gather and to celebrate our children. Thank you for supporting the event, and we look forward to continuing this new Borlaug tradition.

Borlaug International Festival was a huge success!

I want to thank our dedicated parents and staff for an outstanding International Festival last Friday evening.  It was wonderful to see us gathered as a community celebrating our various cultures through displays and sharing delicious foods.  Below is a link to a photo slide show of our International Festival which we hope you enjoy viewing as a family.http://www.edline.net/pages/Borlaug_Elementary_School/Activities/International_Festival

This Friday, March 15^th, will be a special day at Borlaug – It’s Beach Day! Spring Break is just around the corner, so let’s pretend we are on a sunny beach instead of experiencing an Iowa winter!  We hope our Borlaug students will dress for the occasion with a fun t-shirt, or hat, or sunglasses, etc. 

This Friday will also be our School-Wide BINGO celebration!  Our Borlaug Bulldogs have reached our goal of 40,000 Borlaug Bulldog tickets through their respectful, responsible, and safe behaviors. We will celebrate by playing BINGO for the last half hour of the day.  We will use our PA system and the SMART Boards to play as classroom teams.  It is sure to be lots of fun!

I hope you have a super Spring Break!

Celeste Shoppa, Principal