HS Girls Basketball vs Melcher-Dallas has been rescheduled for Tuesday February 6 at home at 6:00.
Fridays games at Mormon Trail have been rescheduled to the following dates:
January 19 Jr. High Girls & Boys Basketball at Humeston (Old Gym) 4:00 Girls, 5:00 Boys.
January 30 HS Girls Basketball at Humeston 6:00
D Club Jr. High Girls Basketball tournament is postponed for tomorrow. It is rescheduled for Saturday January 20. There will be a revised schedule. We will post it later tonight or tomorrow. Stay safe!
There will be no school for Diagonal Community School on Tuesday January 9, 2024. Daycare will be open. Please contact Sierra England. Varsity Girls Basketball at home vs Moulton-Udell is postponed to Monday January 15 at 6:00. Parents Night will be held on this night. Jr. High Girls and Boys Basketball at home vs East Union is postponed to a date to be announced. All school activities canceled.
Due to the impending Winter Storm, Diagonal Community Schools will be closed on Monday January 8, 2024. Daycare will be open at 6:30 am. Please contact Sierra England. Jr. High Boys Basketball and Varsity Girls Basketball vs Essex is postponed. No school activities.
Congratulations to our nurse Lacy Doolittle!
Hello all,
The second part of this message is focused towards 6-12, but all should read the first part.
Dear Diagonal Learning Community,
It is with a heavy heart that I begin this letter with the sad news of what happened in Perry earlier this morning. If you were unaware, there was an active shooter in the Perry High School with multiple victims. Please take time to have those affected in your thoughts and prayers. This is a reminder that just because we live in this great state we are not immune from things like this happening. Please, rest assured that we will be meeting to discuss what further things can be done to protect our students and staff.
The initial purpose of this letter was to talk about the steps we are taking to bring up our school performance score (we are designated as in need of improvement through ESSA) and how we will continue to be the best we can be moving forward.
As many of you are aware, we have been on the downward trend on our performance on the ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress). This is due to many factors, but does not give a pass for the scores. We are going to focus on bringing those scores up to reflect the learning that is going on within the building. I know the scores are not an accurate representation of what our students know. In talking with staff and students, we have come up with a few ideas that we are going to implement to help with student growth.
We will begin to read every Friday for 10-15 minutes in each class. This reading will be of the students choice (appropriate of course) and should help with fluency and comprehension. We are hopeful that it will also build a love of reading that follows students throughout their lives. As we look to have our students become leaders, this quote comes to mind for me from Harry S. Truman, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
We will make sure that all students know how important the tests are.
We will make sure students are full, hydrated, and able to focus on test days.
We are looking into how to incentivize students to do well. There will be more to come on this as it is developed and funds are found.
We are looking at school wide programs to make learning more relevant and “real life.”
These are just a few of the things we are looking at. We could also use your help in making sure students know the value of the test and the impacts it has on our district. Together we can and will be the best district in the state! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Gary Clark
6-12 Principal
Technology Coordinator
Here is the schedule for Robotics this Saturday, January 6th.
Senior Parents and Alumni, sign up today at tinyurl.com/DGfafsa to reserve your appointment with TRIO on January 8th to complete your FAFSA. Visit tinyurl.com/FAFSAneeds for a complete list of items needed for the appointment
Diagonal Hotspots Santa and Friends Poster
Christmas Sweater Basketball Game Flyer, please read.
Here are the pictures of our fantastic basketball teams!
Homecoming Pep Rally today at 2:30 and coronation after the basketball games tonight!
Congratulations to the quiz bowl team!
The High School Quiz Bowl was at Southeast Warren on 12-6-23. Teammates include EJ Allee, Kylie Hubbard, Micki Birkenholz-Main, and Amanda Malone. We placed 18th out of 26 teams. It was a great day for competition!
Second order for Power Shirts!!!!
It is due on Monday, December 11th. Contact the school with questions or to place an order.
Daycare position available! See the attached ad!
Be sure to check out all of the great pictures and happenings on our facebook page!
Here's a link to NHS.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02TNrXtTeSfGWfSaSnNjxYZAKvuMZ3D6hQei4VCroWVzotHJnj4xtJCAz6VjvcxPohl&id=100064688199389&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=MUfG1I
THE D CLUB BASKETBALL CLASSIC
Diagonal, Iowa
RULES
1. Regular IHSAA & IGHSAU rules will be followed with the following adaptations.
2. 6 minute quarters with a continuous running clock except for the last minute of the 4th quarter if the score is within 10 points.
3. No Pressing. Must play half court man to man defense.
4. No 3 point shot line will be used.
5. Players will foul out after 5 fouls. Shoot free throws, only on shooting fouls &
fouls occurring the last minute of the game. All non shooting fouls will be 2 shots.
6. The Free Throw line will be 15 feet.
7. The first overtime will consist of 1 minute. Each additional overtime will be
sudden death. No extra timeouts for overtime.
8. Warm-up balls will be provided.
9. Teams will be allowed 3 timeouts.
10. 5 Minutes between games and 3 minutes at halftime. The classic staff may
shorten up times if necessary.
11. No Zone defense. No Half court trapping defense.
12. There is no team entry fee. All players pay $2.00 at the door.
13. Admission charge for adults is $4.00 & students $2.00 for the day. ALL PLAYERS WILL PAY $2 AT
THE DOOR.
14. Each team will need to provide one person to work at the scorer’s table for each game.
15. A concession stand will be available.
16. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP IS EXPECTED AT ALL TIMES. ALL OFFICIALS ARE VOLUNTEERS AND WILL TRY & DO THEIR BEST! UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT FROM COACHES, PLAYERS, AND FANS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
16. If you have any questions, please contact Larry McNutt at (641)344-4352 or lmcnutt@diagonalschools.org
THE D CLUB 5th - 6th GRADE
BASKETBALL CLASSIC
December 16, 2023
Diagonal, Iowa
GIRLS
8:00 Diagonal 4th-5th-6th vs Mount Ayr 5th Black
9:10 Mount Ayr 5th White vs Afton 5th-6th
10:20 Diagonal 4th-5th-6th vs Creston Carroll/Hyde
11:30 Mount Ayr 5th Black vs Afton 5th-6th
12:40 Mount Ayr 5th White vs Lenox 6th
1:15 Creston Carroll/Hyde vs Mount Ayr 6th
2:25 Creston 6th vs Lenox 6th
3:35 Creston 6th vs Mount Ayr 6th
BOYS
8:35 Diagonal 4th-5th-6th vs Mount Ayr 5th Black
9:45 Diagonal 4th-5th-6th vs Lenox 5th
10:55 Xtreme 5th vs Mount Ayr 5th Black
12:05 Mount Ayr 5th White vs Lenox 5th
1:50 Mount Ayr 5th White vs Xtreme 5th
3:00 Afton 5th-6th vs Atlantic 6th
4:10 Mount Ayr 6th vs Falcons 6th
4:45 Bedford 6th vs Atlantic 6th
5:20 Afton 5th-6th vs Mount Ayr 6th
5:55 Falcons 6th vs Bedford 6th
THE D CLUB 3rd - 4th GRADE
BASKETBALL CLASSIC
December 9, 2023
Diagonal, Iowa
GIRLS
8:00 Afton Rec 3rd-4th vs Mount Ayr 3rd
8:35 Mount Ayr 4th vs Murray 3rd-4th
9:10 Afton Rec 3rd-4th vs Mount Ayr 4th
9:45 Mount Ayr 3rd vs Murray 3rd-4th
BOYS
10:20 Diagonal 2nd-3rd vs Lenox 3rd
10:55 Diagonal 4th vs Murray 3rd-4th
11:30 Diagonal 2nd-3rd vs Mount Ayr 3rd
12:05 Diagonal 4th vs Creston 4th
12:40 Lenox 3rd vs Mount Ayr 3rd
1:15 Murray 3rd-4th vs Mount Ayr 4th
1:50 Lenox 4th vs Afton 3rd-4th
2:25 Creston 4th vs Lenox 4th
3:00 Mount Ayr 4th vs Afton 3rd-4th