A group of HOSA students traveled to Kansas City to prepare a meal, leave motivational messages and host a game of trivia for the guests staying at Hope Lodge.
MHS Spanish Club had the opportunity to attend Moline's Día de los Muertos event Saturday. They saw many examples of ofrendas, listened to Spanish music, mariachi music, and enjoyed all the food trucks and stands!
Maquoketa BPA students attended the Fall Leadership Conference in West Des Moines where they attended mini sessions, had some fun at Sky Zone, learned about Emotional Intelligence from the Iowa National Guard and then were pushed to network with other students and participate in the Jacobsen Institute Spark to Start Up event where students were challenged to create and pitch a new invention in just 90 minutes!!
Intro to Health Career students learned about the many roles in healthcare Dr. Brent Pauls has held as well as a little lesson on electricity.
Health science students were able to try out the new med tables obtained through RPP with the AEA.
HOSA students helping to put good in the world by hosting their fall blood drive. Maquoketa High school students doing great things to help others.
💙National FFA Convention 2026 Recap 💛
Tuesday, members traveled to Indianapolis with a stop at Fair Oaks Farms for the Dairy Adventure and Pig Adventure, learning about the dairy and swine industries!
Wednesday was a full day at convention! Members explored the career expo and shopping mall and attended the first session. That evening brought some friendly competition at laser tag!
Thursday, members toured Ozark Fisheries, a hatchery that raises koi and goldfish, before heading back to explore more of the expo. That night, we enjoyed the rodeo put on by our local Three Hills Rodeo!
Friday, Mrs. George’s group traveled home, while the second group toured Indianapolis Motor Speedway, visited the SAE Showcase, and attended student workshops.
Saturday, Maranda Wood and Sawyer Burken received their American FFA Degrees! We are so proud of their hard work and dedication as they close this chapter of their FFA experience. Congratulations to both of you! 👏
A big thank-you to Johnora Renner for being our second driver and joining us on this adventure!
🎃 Maquoketa FFA October Fun Night! 🍕
FFA Members enjoyed a fun evening carving pumpkins, eating pizza, and spending time together!
Things were going great and students were hard at work in Ms. Paxson's English classes this week!
Language Arts Essentials students are working with small groups and partners to complete questions about our class novel, The Fault in Our Stars.
English 9 students are about to start reading two stories about the Holocaust. They worked with partners and as a class to create a Know/Wonder chart with things they already knew about the topic.
Great work all around!
Language Arts Essentials students are working with small groups and partners to complete questions about our class novel, The Fault in Our Stars.
English 9 students are about to start reading two stories about the Holocaust. They worked with partners and as a class to create a Know/Wonder chart with things they already knew about the topic.
Great work all around!
Mrs. Manthei and accounting students spent Tuesday at the ISCPA High School Accounting Showcase at the University of Dubuque!
Studetns started the day hearing from keynote fraud speaker Nathan Mueller, students then had around an hour to analyze a real-world case on financial statement fraud and create a presentation to then present recommendations to expert judges. Students also had the opportunity to network with local Iowa CPA'S and tour the beautiful UD campus!
23 teams competed and the 3 students from MHS did a fantastic job using critical thinking skills and presented professionally, earning great scores!
Thank you to the Iowa Society of CPA's for this great opportunity and for teaching our students how to use critical thinking skills and ethics in real world situations!!
Intro To Health Career students were provided another great opportunity today when a local paramedic brought up the ambulance to talk about his career, as well as as other opportunities at the local hospital for employment and job shadowing
Intro to Health Career students were provided with a pretty amazing opportunity for AirCare to fly in and explain the different careers available and answer all of the questions about what they do
HOSA students spent the day in Des Moines at the Fall Leadership Conference, where they had an opportunity to participate in workshops an escape room and a service project
A few of the HOSA students showed up to help volunteer at the Alzheimer's walk. Students helped set up and direct traffic throughout the walk.
Elena took the time to come and talk to the Intro to Health Careers class about the many opportunities offered by MercyOne Genesis.
The sun was shining and accounting took advantage of the nice weather to practice writing transactions outside this afternoon!!
Intro To Health Career students got to practice some hands on athletic trainer skills from our very own trainer Bree after learning about her career.
Today was the first day of our college application event. Twenty- five seniors came today. Those 25 students competed 33 college applications. Five of them got their studentaid.gov accounts. One started their FAFSA and one completed their FAFSA. We hope to see the rest of our seniors tomorrow that want to complete applications or get their studentaid.gov accounts!
Our seniors just wrapped up our two day college application event! We had 41 seniors attend. Those students completed 65 college applications. 17 students set up their studentaid.gov accounts and 7 of them started or completed their FAFSA!
HOSA students provided some hands on first aid and CPR training during Farm Safety Day.
