Thank You Teachers!

      Teacher Appreciation Week is always a special week! Teachers play such an important role in everyone's life.  I was fortunate to have super teachers in my career here at Perry Central, including Mr. Linne and Mr. Reese!  Even though all teachers work hard to teach standards, I am sure if you think back to your most inspirational teachers, you do not remember very many standards they taught!  Most of us remember the jokes they told, support they provided in our extra-curricular activities, and the genuine relationships that were developed.                                     This week, I was reminded of the saying, "Where your treasurer is, your heart will also be."  I feel so blessed to work with a group of teachers who truly have a heart for students. We know that learning is the goal, but building deep relationships are the priority.  

         A special thank you to all of you this week!  Your hard work, dedication and caring concern for all of our students make each and every one special in my eyes.  You are truly making a difference!  Hope you feel special this week, you deserve it!

Teacher Appreciation Activities this week: 
All Week:  You can wear jeans!
Monday:  German American Bank
Tuesday: Bagels from Athletic Department
Wednesday: Bill and Dave's from High School Office
Thursday:  Student Council Lunch
Friday: Lunch from Corporation - Fiesta Grande

Important Information:

Senior Presentation:  Toyota Manufacturing will be here on Tuesday, May 8 at 9:00 a.m. to speak to seniors about opportunities in their manufacturing facility.  A location will be determined at a later date.  We will release students by intercom.

AP Exams: Now that ISTEP is over, we get to move into AP Exams!!  Below you will find the the AP Exam dates: (rosters will be emailed out soon)
    Tuesday, May 8 - AP Spanish/ Wednesday, May 9 - AP Literature/ Friday, May 11 - AP US History/ Monday, May 14 - AP Biology/ Tuesday, May 15 - AP Calculus/ Wednesday, May 16 - AP Language

Academic Honors Award Night - This Wednesday, May 9th will be our annual Academic Awards Program!  It is always nice when all of our teachers are there to present their awards to the students.  Like last year, pin presentations will be made by department teams.  We will send the agenda out a little later this week!  Please arrive around 6:15 p.m.  We will have special seating for teachers in the high school gym.

School Play - Over 20 students have been working very hard the past 5 weeks to pull off a production called "Our Town" this weekend.  Shows will run Saturday, May 12th at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.   We are very proud of our students!!  Hope to see you there!

Elementary Track Meet/Health Fair - Friday is the annual Elementary Track meet.  Please make sure that junior high and high school students stay in classes, they should not be attending the meet.

Book Studies:  Please do not forget to post on Google Classroom in your Book Study Page.  I think we will begin scheduling lunch meetings with each team so we can talk about what we are learning face to face!  Phil and I will reach out to you soon!  We are ready to move on to the last few chapters of the book!  Happy Reading!


Important Dates: 

Monday, May 7:  School Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. High School Library/ Unified Track @ home 4:30 p.m./ Varsity Baseball and Softball @ Crawford County 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 8:  Varsity Softball @ Wood Memorial 5:30 p.m./ Free Athletic Physical Night!

Wednesday, May 9:  Academic Awards Program 6:30 p.m. High School Gym

Thursday, May 10: Varsity Softball vs. Mitchell  4:30 p.m./ Varsity Golf @ Christmas Lake Village 4:30 p.m./ Varsity Track vs. Mitchell 5:00 p.m.

Friday, May 11: Elementary Track Meet/Health Fair/ FFA Banquet 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 12: School Play 7:00 p.m./ Varsity Softball @ West Washington 11:00 a.m./ Varsity Baseball @ West Washington 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, May 13: School Play 3:00 p.m./  Mother's Day!