Red Oak R.O.C.K.S.

Respect Our Community Kickoff to Summer!

The Red Oak Chamber and the Y.E.S. Mentoring Program
teamed up for a clean-up day in our community on June 21st. We had nearly 50 volunteers to assist in pulling weeds, mulching and picking up trash along Broadway. We had a generous grant from Boost for Families and seven wonderful sponsors that allowed us to provide every volunteer with a t-shirt and free lunch! We will do this event every summer so please join us next year if you did not do so this year!


Y.E.S. Mentoring/Washington Intermediate
904 Broad Street
Red Oak, IA 51566

Thank you to our current sponsors:
Allensworth Heating and Cooling
Great Western Bank
Jones Mechanical
KCSI 95.3FM
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Red Oak Glass Awning
First Covenant Church

Iowa Core Curriculum

On April 25, 2008, the Iowa legislature approved mandating the Iowa Core Curriculum for all students in grades 9-12 by 2012 and grades K-8 by 2014. The Iowa Core Curriculum (also known as Model Core Curriculum) provides local school districts and nonpublic schools a guide to delivering instruction based on consistent, challenging and meaningful content to students. The curriculum identifies the essential concepts and skill sets for literacy, mathematics, science and social studies, as well as 21st century learning skills (civic literacy, financial literacy, technology literacy, health literacy, and employability skills). Governor Chet Culver signed the bill into law on May 1, 2008.

To hear a podcast about the new Iowa Core Curriculum, click here. In this Iowa Department of Education podcast, Director Judy Jeffrey talks about the Iowa Core Curriculum.

The Power of Summer Reading!

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