West Monona Community School District

Happy Monday Spartan Community!!! Congratulations to the Spartan wrestling team over the weekend! Your Spartans took 3rd place at the Tri-Center Invitational. Tonight the the Spartans Girls JV and Varsity Basketball team will be in Cherokee. For those that are planning to attend: **Please enter through the SW doors** 1) Masks are REQUIRED 2) We are going to reserve one row of bleachers behind the players for social distancing purposes. They will be marked with cones. 3) We are not limiting spectators as of now 4) Livestream link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/washington-high-school-cherokee-ia/gam3301121b34 GO SPARTANS!!!

It is the priority of the Western Valley Conference to ensure the safety of all participants and the ability for them to finish the season. Due to the late notice regarding event attendance from the Governor’s Office the Western Valley Conference will continue to use guidance previously in place for middle school and high school events until January 17th. Previous guidance: Spectator rules include players, cheerleaders, dance teams and coaches Masks and social distancing required. Districts are only allowed to provide tickets to the members of the household that the athlete/performer reside under the same roof with OR two tickets. Not both for one athlete. If a family has a household attend the game, they are not permitted to give 2 additional tickets to others for that participant. If a family has two participants, they get two allotments and are not limited to a single household. A student who is living in two homes would be allowed to have passes for members of both households. If a participant has a divided household (i.e., the parents have joint custody), both halves of the family are part of the participant's household. They are both households for the participant, when viewed from the participant's vantage point. Spectators will need to leave once their participant(s) are finished competing for the night.

Happy Thursday Spartan Community!! It is a Spartan Sports Thursday! The Spartan MS boys team is in Moville tonight against Woodbury Central. The Spartan wrestling team is in Lawton wrestling in the Lawton Quad. The JV and Varsity boys and girls crossed the river to battle the Tekamah-Herman Tigers. You can catch the MS games on NFHS Network (paid subscription) and the wrestlers on Trackwrestling.com. The basketball game in Tekamah is open for all spectators, but if you are unable to attend, you can catch the game live and free at: https://striv.tv/channel/tekamah-herman/ Good Luck to all the athletes and GO SPARTANS!!!

Notice: Every grade that meets their monthly ticket goal for January will get to participate in an indoor snowball fight! If your child(ren) have 1 major or 5 minor star trackers they will not be eligible for the snowball fight, if their class meets the ticket goal.

Happy Wednesday Spartan Community!! Just a friendly reminder, when attending Spartan events at West Monona please be sure to park in the correct parking areas. Handicap and Spartan VIP parking areas are for designated individuals. Thank you and GO SPARTANS!!!

Just a reminder, optional 2nd semester snack milk fees are due this week, unless you have already paid for the entire year.

Good Morning West Monona! At the December 21st regular board meeting, the board approved extending weekly Wednesday 2-hour late starts for the remainder of the school year.

Happy New Year Spartan Fans!! The month of January is packed with Spartan activities!! The Jr-H basketball season kicks off the new year tonight at home with 1 girls, and 1 boys game against Siouxland Christian. The girls game starts at 4:00pm with the boys starting at 5:15pm. Please remember, only household members of the athlete is able to attend. If it is a split household, all members from both households may attend. GO SPARTANS!!!

With today being our last school day before break, we have a 1:20 dismissal at the elementary and a 1:30 dismissal at the Middle/High School. Happy Holidays!

Elementary Parents: We have declared tomorrow, December 21st, pajama day at the elementary! Send your child to school in their favorite jammies!

Congratulations to the Spartan wrestling team last night in Sloan! Your Spartans went 3-0! The wrestling team will be back in action Saturday as they battle at the Austin Roberts Memorial Invite at 9:00 am! Unfortunately, there will be NO SPECTATORS on Saturday, but you can catch all the wrestling action by clicking on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv_eEo-y7nA GO SPARTANS!!!

With the new proclamation from the Governor: The participants' household will be allowed to enter the event that they are participating in. Split households will be included. College siblings living in the household can be counted (No Exceptions). If a person DOES NOT physically live with the athlete in the same house, they will not be allowed to attend the event. Household will be checked off the master list as they enter the gate provided by their school. Spectators must leave after their athlete is done playing for the night. All household members will sit together and be six (6) feet from another household. Masks are required to enter the building and while attending the event.

SPARTAN FANS!!! The Spartans' Mallory McCall is up for Player of the Week on Prep Girls Hoops! Please click on the following link to vote! GO SPARTANS!!! https://www.prepgirlshoops.com/2020/12/vote-for-the-pgh-iowa-week-3-player-of-the-week

With the new Proclamation that went into effect on Friday. West Monona will now be allowing youth sports to use West Monona facilities. All outside organizations must follow the same guidelines as HS/JH sports. Masks must be worn at all times while inside the building and while attending all sporting events. Each athlete will only be allowed two (2) spectators no matter of the age, and must follow the additional requirements per the signed facility rental contract. West Monona is excited to once again have youth sports, but we ask that everyone please follow all guidelines to keep everyone safe.

Correction on the previous message. It should have said late starts instead of early outs. Sorry for any confusion.

Good Afternoon! The board will be considering whether or not to continue with two hour early outs for the remainder of the school year at their December meeting. Please provide your input on the topic by completing the attached survey by December 18th. Thanks and have a great day! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvjt-Dcna7aIS9SSxfUdiB7U46cV-Q0vb22vZHqtJPYcOsCA/viewform

Great job to the Spartan Girls and Boys Basketball teams on Friday night. The Spartans will be back in action tonight when the travel to Macy to battle Umonhon Nation. Girls JV will start at 4:30pm and only playing 2-6 minute quarters. The boys JV game will follow playing 4-6 minute quarters. PLEASE REMEMBER... YOU MUST HAVE A TICKET to both enter the town of Macy and to also enter the gym, NO EXCEPTIONS. GO SPARTANS!!!

Congratulations to the Spartan wrestling team on Friday night!! Your Spartans are the 2020 Kingsbury Invite Champions!!! The wrestlers are back in action on Thursday night in Sloan. GO SPARTANS!!!

Great job to all the athletes on Thursday!! Basketball and wrestling will be back in action tonight. Girls and Boys Basketball will be at home tonight against OA-BCIG. The wrestling team will be in Mapleton wrestling in the Kingsbury Invitational. The wrestling meet in Mapleton IS NOT BE ALLOWING ANY SPECTATORS OR CHEERLEADERS this year. GO SPARTANS!!!

Good Afternoon West Monona! Our COVID rates this week continue to be very good. We currently have no positive school cases and less than 3% (22 students/staff) dealing with quarantines.