Mrs. Erin, the Early Learner PT, set up a spooky four corners for students to practice their fine and gross motor skills! 🎃 👻

📝🌟 Do you have an aspiring young author at home? You are never too young to dream big, share your ideas, and inspire others through your words! ✏️ The Young Author sign-up is now open! Fill out the registration form by Friday, October 30, 2026 to participate. Questions? Contact the Ames Young Author representative, Mrs. Amy Seymour, at seymoura@district96.org.

2nd grade engineers designed brooms based on the book "Room on the Broom" during this month's STEM project! Their goal was to create a design that was 2 inches off the ground and that could hold as many "pumpkins" as possible. Try this activity at home with straws and tape! 🎃 🧹

Mrs. Mazza was the mystery reader in Miss Egeberg's class this week! 📚

Our Dolphins showed their Ames School Spirit Day! 🐬

Tomorrow is Spirit Day! Wear your Ames gear or blue and white to show your Dolphin pride! 🐬

2nd and 5th grade buddies used teamwork and a growth mindset to put together a collaborative poster!

We welcomed our local firefighters to Ames School for a special visit in honor of Fire Safety Month! 🧑‍🚒👩‍🚒 Students learned important fire safety tips, how to stay safe in an emergency, and the important role firefighters play in keeping our community safe. Thank you to our amazing firefighters for taking the time to educate our students and for all you do to protect our community! Stop, Drop, and Roll! Remember, fire safety starts with us! 🧯🚒

5th grade advanced math students calculated the volume of real world rectangular prisms in Mr. Trimmer's class! 📏

We celebrated surpassing our Dolphin Dash fundraising goal with a school-wide pajama party today! 🎉🐬

What a FIN-tastic Dolphin Dash! 🏃‍♂️🐬 Our Fun Run fundraiser was a HUGE success! 💙 🤍 Our students had an amazing time running, laughing, cheering each other on, and making wonderful memories together. A big THANK YOU to our students, staff, families, and PTA volunteers who helped make this event such a success. We couldn’t have done it without you! 🙌

Thank you to Principal Mazza for providing caffeine on a cart today for our Ames teachers!! ☕️ 🥤

Just a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow, 10/9, due to Teacher Institute Day. There is also NO SCHOOL Monday, 10/12, due to Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day. We'll see our Dolphins back at school on Tuesday 10/13. Enjoy the long weekend!

Our Ames staff members dive deep and shine bright! 🐬 ☀️

Let's go Chicago White Sox! We're rooting for you today! ⚾️

October is LGBTQ+ History Month!Thank you to Mr. Wydra and Mr. D for creating these visual displays showing the lives of historical icons, civil rights leaders, and artists who shaped equality.

Bear down, Chicago Bears! Happy Football Sunday! 🏈 🐻

Part 3: Ames Dolphins earned a "Get your shine on" day on Friday as a reward for achieving their Make a Splash goal! What a fun day of learning with flashlights! 🔦 🐬

Part 2: Ames Dolphins earned a "Get your shine on" day on Friday as a reward for achieving their Make a Splash goal! What a fun day of learning with flashlights! 🔦 🐬

Ames Dolphins earned a "Get your shine on" day on Friday as a reward for achieving their Make a Splash goal! What a fun day of learning with flashlights! 🔦 🐬