Iowa's youth are at risk. Approximately one in three children (31.7 percent) under age 5 is considered overweight or obese, which is slightly higher than the national average of 30.5 percent. A number of factors contribute to this issue, including lack of physical activity and low fruit and ...
Meskwaki Settlement School is celebrating the success of six students at IHSSA State Individual Speech Competition on March 9 at North Scott.Senior Tylen Garcia earned a Division I rating with her literary program, "Social Media Modifies Communication."Senior Danielle Seymour who competed in ...
The South Tama School Board approved a 2.17 percent pay hike for the 2019-20 year for certified staff during a special session Monday night, March 4. The raise was the last in a three-year contract which has been in place.The cost to the district is projected to be $174,484 over the one year ...
A pair of new high school courses proposed by Dixie Forcht, South Tama schools secondary teacher librarian and district assessment coordinator. Entitled Research and Writing and Theatre Arts I, both will be added to the high school curriculum this fall.School board members, on a 4-0 voice vote, ...
From:Kara Nachazel, Lauren Upah, Elaina Ingawanup, Daisi Solis-Buenrostro, Nolan Upah, Mollie Wobeter, Jessica Brumley, and Maddie GraffWesley Hanus (5th):Wesley Hanus is in 5th grade and is 11 years old. He has two siblings and one pet named Coco. Wesley likes to go outside and go look at ...
February 16 through the 23rd was National FFA Week and the South Tama County FFA celebrated with dress-up days, games during lunch, decorating the high school, reading at the elementary and sub-district contest. National FFA Week gives students, members, and advisors a time to share what FFA is ...
"My goal is for students to be done with school on Friday, May 31," South Tama schools Superintendent Jared Smith has written to district parents he told The News-Herald. His message was sent last Friday following the Feb. 18 regular meeting of the STC School Board. He notes weather closing ...
South Tama schools will begin classes two hours late on Monday, March 4, due to predicted wind-chill. Buses to run regualr rotues.
"Theatre creates a world where a nobody can be anybody. The stories of my ancestors have shaped me into being the person that I am today. In this way, each of us are the same" - Julie Matta, South Tama High School junior, begins the closing of her award winning Thespian Democracy Works essay ...
Save for the sign itself, Trojan Country resembles a bit of the Arctic in this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 21 before the weekend storm.