Platte Center 7th Graders Launch Student Web Site
The seventh grade students have been busy, using their technology skills to create a student web page. Chase Gronenthal came up with the idea and helped to organize a group of classmates to help make decisions about what to include and type articles to include on the website. The students will also be publishing a paper version, which is scheduled to be completed in December. Check out their website here!
Automated Library System Implemented
Platte Center Elementary has recently acquired and is in the process of setting up an automated library system. The system is Alexandria and Mrs. Wessel has been very busy barcoding books, entering data and learning how to use the system. Students can now access the Platte Center Library database from classroom and lab computers to check to see if our library has a book they are interested in. Click below to link to Alexandria.
Sixth Grade Stitching!
Chain stitches, running stitches, back stitches and french knots, Mrs. Schmidt's students got some hands-on experience recently learning these age old skills. Click here to view more pictures of the students stitching away! 
Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success. Thanks to Dan and Kate Lutjens for all their hard work in organizing and managing the event and to parent and student volunteers for the extra time spent helping at the Book Fair. Our students are the benefactors of all your hard work!
World Book Online
Lakeview Community School District has recently acquired a subscription to World Book Online. World Book Online offers three levels of articles, World Book Kids, for elementary age students, World Book Student, geared toward middle grades and World Book Advanced for high school and older. To access World Book Online, click on one of the links below. Take some time to get online with your kids and check out this great resource. There will be a letter coming home soon with a login and password for you to use at home to access these sites. Click on the link below to access the site.
CultureGrams
Another great resource for students is CultureGrams. CultureGrams helps you and your students
discover the world with concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations -- from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Local experts document the unique, intimate details of each country's customs, traditions and daily life. And whether it's Iraq, Canada, or Kenya, each CultureGram offers an equality of coverage detailing 25 different aspects of the country and its culture. Click below to link to the CultureGrams website.
Fire Safety Week
Members of the Platte Center Fire Department visited the school Friday, October 10th to give a presentation on fire 
safety.
Preventing Bullying in our Schools
The seventh and eighth grade students from Lakeview Community Schools attended a session at Lakeview, on September 25th. Bullying is an issue that has faced schools and communities across our country. Bullying can bring fear and hopelessness into the life of an innocent child.
In learning how to communicate with each other, it's natural for children to argue among friends, experience anger or frustration, and "play fight." But, bullying is different. A bully harasses and degrades a victim for the sole purpose of causing pain. Constant name calling, threats, physical abuse, and gossip can leave a child seriously hurt and depressed. In a national survey, one in sixteen students said they were bullied during a single school term. That means, statistically speaking, there is at least one scared, bullied child in every single classroom. These victimized children don't have the power to stop the bullying. They need your help.
Some examples of what bullying might look like are:
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Someone is threatening to beat you up in school, including when walking to or from school, when you get off the bus, while talking to you on your cell phone or while you are online using instant messaging, in chat rooms or by email.
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Someone is taking something of yours without your permission.
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Someone is spreading rumors about you or your family. (whether it is true or not)
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Someone is embarrassing you in front of others by either calling you names or doing something to you (like hiding your book, pulling your seat out from under you, etc.)
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Someone is telling other kids not to talk to you or be friends with you.
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Someone continues to shove into you in the halls and says it is always an accident.
Teach your kids that bullying is wrong. Let them know that they can always come to you for help.
Stop Bullying Now has a wealth of free anti-bullying material aimed at helping teachers, school administrators, parents and students recognize and 
prevent school bullying. You may also want to suggest that children take the Anti-bullying Pledge from Bullying.org .
Stop bullying when you see it: The next time you see an innocent child being victimized by a bully, don't let the abuse continue. Your actions to stop bullying will help victimized children have hope again and will pave the way for others to stop letting senseless bullying harm young lives.
