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The Costa Rica 2026 Trip is excited to offer you the opportunity to buy some amazing Country Meat Beef sticks. We will be selling these for at least a year!

The cost is 1 stick for $2 or 2 sticks for $3.  We currently have Original Hickory, Bold Teriyaki, Old #9, Mango Habanero, Pickle Stick, and Sweet Fire sticks. Coming soon are Ghost Fire, Pepperoni, Sweet BBQ, and Sweet Maple Bacon.   In the future we will add to that list. 

The link and QR code below will get you sticks sent directly to your house from the company.  The other flavors are Buffalo Style, Sweet Maple Bacon, Country Delight, Ghost Fire, Hot Cajun, Pepperoni, Sweet Annie Brown, and Sweet BBQ.

Please email Sra. Pepper at  rpepper@wcv.k12.ia.us  if you would like to pick up some sticks at the high school.  She will send you an email to verify your order and a date to have you pick them up. 

We hope you enjoy the beef sticks!

The Costa Rica Travelers

https://www.countrymeats.com/fundraiser/costa-rica-2026

Congratulations to Andrew E. and Matthew H. for receiving the Helpful Hand Award from the Nutrition Department. 

We are pleased to tell you about these Dexter Elementary students and their great behavior. On the morning of January 23rd, the Dexter Elementary Cook, Mrs. Van Raden, let me know that they were running low on milk. As I arrived at Dexter Elementary with the extra milk, breakfast was already being served. I decided to wait until the kids had gone through the service line before restocking the milk cooler. As I was patiently waiting and enjoying watching the kids excitement over the banana squares they were having for breakfast, Andrew and Matthew took it upon themselves to come over and help me. They picked up the milk crates, walked them over to the milk cooler, kindly asked other students to step aside and loaded the crates into the milk cooler. They chose to be positive role models and lend a helping hand all on their own. They did it with such pride and huge smiles on their faces. I appreciated the assistance so much that I wanted to let everyone in the West Central Valley School District know! So, I created a new Helpful Hand Award and today I brought them each a certificate and a goodie bag with School Nutrition Smart Snacks. We are very proud of them and grateful for their integrity and kindness. 

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