Middle School: Teaching Staff: J. Cihacek

All About Mrs. Cihacek

October 05, 2005

My name is Jennifer Cihacek. I have been a teacher in the Missouri Valley School District since the fall of 2000. In 2001 I met my husband, Scott, and we were married in 2002. On December 17, 2004 we had our first child, Kaydence. I have one step-daughter, Felecia, who is a Freshman here at Missouri Valley.

Besides teaching, I also collect Box Tops for the Middle School. We have had a lot of success with our collections this year! We earned over $1000 with our efforts.

Currently, my reading classes have finished a great project. Using the "Iowa Teen Award Books" list from 2007-2008, they each read 2 books. After reading their books, they decided which of the 2 was the best one for their age group. The students were grouped by the books they chose as the best and then did a presentation to try to get the rest of the class to vote for their book. Voting has not started yet, so I will update this with the winner!

My 7th grade Personal Development class (2nd Trimester) had a couple of extra days so we made cookies to send to the troops in Iraq. I hope this activity made them realize how something as simple as a chocolate chip cookie can raise the spirits of those fighting for our freedom. Here is a picture of our class...

To contact me at school, you can email me at jcihacek@movalley.k12.ia.us or call the Middle School at (712)642-2707.

My schedule is as follows:

Period 1	7th Grade Reading
Period 2	7th Grade Reading Lab
Period 3	7th Grade Reading
Period 4	Prep
Period 5A	Lunch
Period 5B	8th Grade Lunch Duty
Period 5C	7th Grade Lunch Duty
Period 6	7th Grade Personal Development
Period 7	8th Grade Career Education
Period 8	6th Grade Personal Development

My Past Life...

I grew up near Denison, Iowa and attended Ar-We-Va Community Schools. From there, I went off to college at Westmar University in LeMars, Iowa. I transferred the next year to the University of Northern Iowa and graduated with a BA in Family & Consumer Sciences in 1993. Since then I have obtained my endorsements in Health and Reading.

In 1994, I started my teaching career in Coon Rapids, Iowa at the Coon Rapids-Bayard Community Schools. I was a teacher for the Crusaders until 1999. From there I pursued some other job opportunities until I was fortunate to settle here in Missouri Valley in 2000.