Dysart native and award-winning author Trent Reedy returned to Iowa and visited North Tama School District on Tuesday, March 26 to talk with students at all levels about the need for reading and writing in their lives."Several months ago, I was contacted by the librarian at the Oelwein school ...
The North Tama school board will hold a hearing for the proposed 2019-20 Fiscal Year budget on Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. in the ICN room as the district issues a budget similar to last year's.During the board's monthly meeting on Monday, March 18, North Tama Superintendent David Hill presented ...
With the retirement of John Novak, Chris Cooper has been named Superintendent of the city's Street Department and welcomed Neil O'Brien to the staff last month.Cooper, a 19-year veteran of the street department, will oversee the day-day operations of the department. Over the years, Cooper has ...
Traer American Legion Post 142 will meet Monday, March 18th at the Traer Memorial Building. There will be a catered dinner at 7 PM with social hour at 6 PM. We will be celebrating the 100th Birthday of the American Legion.The Traer American Legion Auxiliary will be meeting Tuesday, March ...
Amber Fink of Traer, a member of the Traer Air Gun (TAG) team, will competing at the Junior Olympic National Championship held in Colorado Springs, CO from April 20-27 in the air gun division after winning the State Championship earlier this season."It still hasn't really processed that this is ...
Traer Chiropractic has welcomed Kortlyn Ewoldt, a Licensed Massage Therapist, to the office for massage therapy services.Ewoldt is a 2018 graduate of Union High School and studied at Carlson College of Massage Therapy in Anamosa for six months after high school. Before returning to her hometown ...
The staff and faculty at North Tama Elementary are strategically implementing a new form of grading known as Standards Referenced Grading (SRG) into the building, with kindergarten through second grade already using the system."It has been a trend in the state and many districts around us ...
North Tama's own Susan Olson has been selected out of three finalists to be the new Elementary Principal and Technology Coordinator for the district, taking over duties from the retiring Josh Youel officially on July 1."Susan Olson has the right combination of skills and experience to meet ...
The North Tama Speech program competed at Individual Speech Districts at Grinnell High School on Saturday, Feb. 23, sending five students and six of their performances on to State."Overall, I was extremely proud of everyone and how they performed on Saturday," Levi LaRue, Speech Instructor ...
Swing Show at North Tama is around the corner on March 7 and 8, and students are preparing for the longtime tradition in the weeks approaching curtain time."Swing Show is a huge opportunity for kids in the music department to show their talents on stage," Terry Shay, Chorus Director said. "I've ...