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Remsen-Union Community Schools

Remsen Union High School

Remsen Union High School and K-8 Community Schools

Remsen Union K-8 School
511 Roosevelt
Remsen, IA. 51050		Phone 712-786-1101
Fax 712-786-1104

Welcome to Education at Remsen Union

The Remsen Union Community School District has a stable student enrollment of approximately 420 students. The district is served by 45 teachers, three administrators, and 18 support staff. At Remsen-Union the administration, Board of Education, teachers and staff share in the commitment to strive toward excellence in all our academic and extra curricular activities to enable all students to reach their full potential.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Remsen-Union Community School District is to assure that each Student acquires the knowledge, skills, and motivation to become a lifelong learner and successful productive citizen in a diverse, technological, ever-changing society.

Faculty & Staff Highlights

  • Committed to teaching ALL students
  • Dedicated to upgrading education
  • Low pupil-teacher ratio
  • Encouraged to improve through mentoring and further education
  • Integrated technology into classroom
  • registered nurse available full-time
Test Scores at or above local/state Average

96% of Graduates go on to Post-Graduate Education!

    Special Programs

  • Renaissance Academic Program
  • Talented and Gifted Education
  • Advanced Placement Classes
  • Distance Learning Courses/ICN
  • Post-Secondary College Course Options
  • Articulation Agreements, WITCC & NITC
  • Accelerated Reader Program
  • Early Childhood Self-Contained Classroom
  • Transitional Kindergarten
  • Resource Room Pre K-12
  • Title I Math, Reading K-8
  • Tutor Program
  • Guidance program

Organizations

HAVE Club (Community Service/Citizenship Club)
National Honor Society
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Student Leadership Team

Extra Curricular Activities

Pep Band
Marching Band
Jazz Band
Concert Band
Choir
Music Contest
Speech Contest
School Play
Musical
Dance Team
Yearbook Staff
Newspaper Staff
Spelling Bee		Football
Volleyball
Cross Country
Basketball
Track
Flags
Softball
Baseball
Golf
Cheerleading
Student Council
Quiz Bowl

    Vocational Programs

  • Finance, Architecture, and Design Classes design houses
  • World of Construction students build houses (alternate years)
  • Marketing classes sell yearbook advertising and create brochures for FAD houses.
  • Journalism classes produce the yearbook and an eight-page monthly publication in the LeMars Daily Sentinel
  • School-to-work students job shadow and enter the workplace, learning teamwork, self-management, and problem-solving skills on-the-job.
  • Child Development students intern in classrooms to better understand children's needs

Community Involvement

Music Booster Club
Athletic Booster Club
District Technology Committee
School Improvement Committee
RemsenUnion Education Foundation

Cultural Experiences

  • HAVE Club trips to New York and Washington, D.C. every 2 years
  • Spanish Club trips to Mexico every 2 years
  • Finance class trip to Chicago every 2 years
  • Music trips every 4 years
  • Miscellaneous field trips to points of interest
  • Strong Foreign Student Exchange Program
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