
Parents of 7th and 8th grade students interested in playing JH football at DeWitt this fall need to contact michaebruns@cal-wheat.net with their email address ASAP.

Just a reminder- Preschool will start August 31st.

Parents of Calamus Wheatland 5th & 6th graders wanting to play tackle football for a Dewitt league team should contact Carl Small at the following:
carl.small@cd-csd.org or 563-249-6950

Introducing Warrior staff new to the family! Welcome to the Calamus Wheatland Community School District.
Please introduce yourselves and get to know our newest Warriors and let them get to know you.
Ms. Jaelyn Diercks - 4th grade teacher
Ms. Danika Sawyer - Nurse/Health Occupations teacher
Mrs. Allison Gray - JH English & Language Arts teacher
Ms. Sarah Roepke - At-Risk teacher
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HS XC Aug. 28 at Mt. Vernon:
Races sent in waves
Fans: family members, media & essential personnel ONLY
Masks required (except for racing and warming up)
Thank you for adjusting! We know with these protocols in place, it allows us to have as successful of a race as we can.
Mt. Vernon HS & AD

Please see the following link for a message on Return to School on August 18, 2020. The information has also been shared to parents via email and is on the News Feed of the website and social media pages.
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https://5il.co/js9o

JH/HS Open House Update:
Wednesday, August 19th, 6-7:30pm
Open House will be for 7th graders and new students ONLY.
7th grade and new student laptop rollout will be completed during the school day.

Elementary Open House Update! Open House will be for preschoolers and new students ONLY.
AM preschool families-August, 19th from 3-6pm
PM preschool families-August 20th from 3-6pm.
New students- August 19 or 20th from 3-6pm or call to set up an appointment.

The Activity Center in Wheatland is still open for our district residents during this emergency. Come in if you need to charge devices, a cool place to rest, or need a shower (visiting boys & girls locker rooms are open.) Please use the left set of front doors.
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Volleyball camp is a GO!! K-2 starts at 3:00 today, followed by 3rd-6th from 4-5 and 7th-8th from 5:30-6:30. High school practice is from 6:30-8 followed by the parent meeting at 8pm. Hopefully everyone was able to get some of the clean up done and we are happy everyone is safe!

The front doors of the Activity Center in Wheatland are open. The facility may be used as an emergency shelter as the generator is running. Key cards will not work at this time. Please be respectful of all who might use the facility during the power outage.
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Volleyball camp for grades k-8 are cancelled today Aug 10, as well as practice for the older girls. Coach Bruns has a downed power line over her lane and cannot get out (as many of you have damage as well). Please spread the word!
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Calamus Wheatland is in need of a Junior High volleyball coach. Please contact Mr. Michael Bruns at michaelbruns@cal-wheat.net with any questions.
Must hold Iowa Board of Educational Examiners coaching endorsement or authorization to be eligible.
AA/EOE
8-10-2020

Elementary has phone and internet back!

The Elementary School currently has no phone or internet. We are working to get this fixed. Please contact the high school, 563-374-1292, with any immediate needs. We will keep you updated when we are back up and running.

Short notice for Activity Center:
The Activity Center will be CLOSED tomorrow , Aug 6 and Friday, Aug 7 as the hallway floor and commons floor are being rewaxed.
Apologies for the inconvenience, please do not ignore the signage that is posted in the building.
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Here is the link to the volleyball team webstore. The link closes on Friday night at midnight. The "official" team shirt is the long sleeve option, but there is also a short sleeve option.
https://calamus-wheatlandhsvb.itemorder.com/sale

Link for volleyball camp for incoming K-8 graders. Follow the directions on the second page & send it back to mbruns@cal-wheat.net. The camp will only be held two days (August 10-12).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_KnO7z3MwG4H5k7lFXLiGoLtSvjnZqGYqR7_szjFq4/edit

Thank you to First Trust and Savings Bank for donating individual, refillable hand sanitizer for each student in the district. The bottles can be attached to book bags, too. These will be distributed to students at the start of the school year.
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#ourcommunityrocks


REMINDER: Tomorrow, Monday, August 3rd: registration for all new students & new families to the district. Also, if you not able to register on-line via a computer device for your returning student(s), please attend the registration event. Calamus or Wheatland buildings from 10-Noon and 1-7pm.