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Superintendent’s News

Changes to the 2018-2019 School Calendar

Changes to the 2018-2019 School Calendar

Students are required to have 1080 instructional hours per school year. The following dates and times will be used as make-up for the instructional hours missed due to inclement weather. Starting Friday, March 1 School will begin at 8:00 a.m.  Buses will run 5 minutes...

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Helping Keep a Drug Free School

Helping Keep a Drug Free School

On Tuesday, February 19th, Officer Austin Rogers from the Oskaloosa police department came to North Mahaska high school along with his two-year-old k-9 dog. The purpose of the dog was to do a sweep of the building and to familiarize him with the layout of the school....

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Erate Q&A

Erate Q&A

Was a heat map created to obtain the new positions being added?  If so, can we see the heat map? No heat map was created for the positioning of the new devices.  The mapping was based on the device density and the number of devices being used per student. Are we...

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Pep Bus Available to State Wrestling on Thursday

Pep Bus Available to State Wrestling on Thursday

A pep bus will be made available to the State Wrestling Meet on Thursday, February 14 for grades 7-12. The cost to ride the bus is $5.00.  This does not include the cost of the ticket into the tournament.  The ticket cost $10.00.  We must have 30 people signed up by...

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NM Completes Radon Tests Regularly

NM Completes Radon Tests Regularly

While reports are showing that Iowa Schools are not being required to test for Radon, North Mahaska Schools test every 5 years as recommended. We tested over 70 areas throughout our space in our last round of testing in 2015.  We are scheduled to repeat the radon...

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School Closed

School Closed

North Mahaska Schools will be closed Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30 due to dangerously cold wind chills

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NM District Newsletter | January 2019

NM District Newsletter | January 2019

Our January North Mahaska Community School District newsletter is available for download and viewing below. This edition shares the responses to the NM School Improvement Needs Assessment Survey and accolades from the Iowa Department of Education's Every Student...

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North Mahaska Featured At Future Ready Iowa Summit

North Mahaska Featured At Future Ready Iowa Summit

Ryan Groom (Industrial Tech Teacher) and Doug Ray (Principal) spoke at the Future Ready Iowa Regional Summit in Ottumwa on October 30th.  They focused on talking about the NM Welding Academy and how they have made changes to the Industrial Tech program at North...

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NM College Campaign

NM College Campaign

Ms. Carrico's Digital Communications class created a video about college by interviewing teachers at school.  To view the video, here is the link:  https://youtu.be/QADTiGRW0d0 Teachers also supported their colleges by wearing their alma maters clothes at school in...

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Entrance Gates Closed

Entrance Gates Closed

Entrance Gates to the NM Schools will be closed weekly, Monday thru Friday, at 11:00 PM and re-open at 5:45 AM. The Gates will be closed each Friday night at 11:00 pm and will re-open on Monday at 5:45 am

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