Hampton-Dumont Community School District

**Reminder** Ninety minute early dismissal tomorrow, April 1st, 2021. No school on Friday, April 2nd and 5th.

The second graders in Mrs. Toomsen's class recently presented their research projects. Students gathered information, took notes, and typed a report on a historical figure. The students learned that the decisions and actions of these individuals made a big impact on our country!

Spring sports means new H-D-CAL Gear! Here is the link to our Soccer Apparel Store https://hdcal-soccer.itemorder.com/sale The store is open until Sunday, April 11. Thank you for supporting Bulldog Soccer!

Due to weather and field conditions the Soccer Scrimmages scheduled for this morning are canceled. Debido al clima y las condiciones del campo, los partidos de fútbol programados para esta mañana están cancelados.

The Royal Bee by: Frances and Ginger Park won BATTLE OF THE BOOKS 📚 in Mrs. Maas's class

Mrs. Speake's 3rd graders completed a team building activity with their student teacher Ms. Gerke! The students are learning the power of having a Growth Mindset and all about geometric shapes in math.

With great excitement H-D-CAL High School announces Cole Miller as our new Head Football Coach! Cole brings experiences from both playing and coaching at Buena Vista University. Coach Miller will demonstrate a great work ethic, positive leadership and a willingness to work with teachers and coaches within the district. He can't wait to get the community involved and live out his dream of being a coach at Hampton-Dumont-CAL. He is excited to get started and looking to hear from any student who is interested in participating in the fall 2021-22 football season. Cole plans on holding his spring football meeting next week. You can reach Coach Miller at cmiller@hdcsd.org or message him on Schoology.

Exciting day for H-D & CAL! We want to thank Jenni Swart and her team, Franklin Co. Public Health, Franklin General Hospital and many other volunteers that made it possible for the staff at H-D & CAL to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. We also want to send out a huge Thank You to our school board members for supporting the COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! The Mock Trial team qualified for the state competition. It will be held March 23-26th. More details to come...

Shout Out to our Nutritional Staff! They once again went above and beyond and provided over 2000 meals for our students over Spring Break! Also, another huge thank you to the following businesses, Franklin County Family Focus, Fareway and Mid American Energy for their generous support in the donation of reusable bags to send home meals for the students at Hampton-Dumont and CAL.

It's Tall Corn FFA Week - - Enjoy dressing up this week to support this H-D-CAL program!

*****Game is STILL ON for tonight - - H-D-CAL Boys Basketball will play their 1st round tournament game vs. Clear Lake in Clear Lake tonight at 7PM. Here is the ticket link for purchasing tickets for this game. https://www.iahsaa.org/resources/tickets/ There is no code required. There are no spectator limitations and there will be a student section. Masks are required. Tickets need to be purchased online. GO BULLDOGS!! Here is the link to steam the game: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/.../clear-lake.../gamc476284ad7

With guidance from our Health & Safety Community Partners, Hampton-Dumont’s Stage of Instruction beginning Monday, March 1st, 2021 through Friday, March 12th, 2021 will remain full on-site learning with Wednesday’s as an early out day.

The wrestling meet scheduled at St. Edmond High School tonight, January 14th, as been postponed due to the possibility of inclement weather this evening.

Tomorrow's basketball games with Algona will be postponed to January 28th. Times for these will be determined at a later date. The games will remain as a JV boys, Varsity girls, and Varsity boys game schedule.

Due to the inclement weather Hampton-Dumont Schools will not have school on-site on Friday, January 15, 2021, we will use this day as a distance learning day.