Horace Mann Elementary School News

Kaden and Marie look 100 on 100th day!

Mrs. Penner's 1st Grade class looks a little different on the 100th day of school.&...

Valeria and Mya pause from their activity to share a smile!

Fifth Grade Buddies

January 29, 2020

Fifth grade students joined together with First grade students to  string cereal t...

archery team logo

The Ottumwa Bulldogs Archery team competed in a tournament at Cardinal on Saturday, Jan...

junior cheer clinic

Due to the weather, the performance of the junior cheerleaders has been rescheduled for...

Meet Mrs. Ingle

January 20, 2020

Each week, Horace Mann features a "Staff Person of the Week" and this week, w...

Horace Mann Heroes, our student leadership group, presented to the Board of Education o...

Meet Mrs. Weilbrenner

January 14, 2020

Each week, Horace Mann features a "Staff Person of the Week' and this week, we...

Ella loves using the Smart Board!

Kindergarten students are as smart as their Smart Board!  Ella in Ms. Kiple's ...

January PBIS Goal and Reward

January 10, 2020

The whole school goal for January is to earn 3,750 Bulldog Bucks for Board Game Bonanza...

Cheerleading clinic at OHS

Cheerleading Clinic Offered

January 8, 2020

The OHS cheerleaders will sponsor the Ottumwa Junior Cheerleader Clinic for Ottumwa K-2...

Meet Ms. Schuitema

January 6, 2020

Each week, Horace Mann features a "Staff Person of the Week" and this week, w...

four students in pajamas

All School Reward!

December 20, 2019

Horace Mann students earned a 3-tiered reward for the day before Winter Break.  Ba...

Student working on computers

The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to de...

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Archery Results

December 17, 2019

The Ottumwa Bulldogs Archery team hosted their first home tournament for the 2019-20 se...

Meet Mr. Brisendine

December 16, 2019

Each week, Horace Mann features a "Staff Person of the Week" and this week, w...

Alli, Valeria, Luai and Andherson are D.A.R.E. essay winners.

Horace Mann D.A.R.E Winners

December 16, 2019

D.A.R.E. Graduation is Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the OHS Auditorium.&n...

girls in holiday gear

Holiday Spirit!

December 16, 2019

Winter is upon and excitement builds for the Holiday Break!  As the cold weather c...

Kids and santa

Santa Visits Horace Mann!

December 13, 2019

Santa took some time out of his busy schedule to drop by Horace Mann on Thursday, Decem...

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Students Graduate from DARE

December 13, 2019

D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation for fifth graders at Eisenhower, ...

Khloe, Reese and Blake ring the bell with Mr. Schlarbaum

Heroes are Bell Ringers!

December 11, 2019

As one of their community service activities, the Horace Mann Heroes rang the bell for ...

Meet Mrs. Witt

December 9, 2019

Each week, Horace Mann features a "Staff Person of the Week" and this week, w...

archery logo

Ottumwa Bulldog archers competed in a tournament in Eddyville on December 7, hosted by ...

winter festival poster

The Ottumwa High School Class of 2022 will host a Winter Festival on Saturday, December...

Back Row Horace Mann students are Finley Zuithoff and Joseph Naumann.  Front Row Horace Mann students are McKenna Ryan and Raina Plate

The Lego Team presented a skit to the Ottumwa City Council on Tuesday, December 3, 2019...

Pat Schlotter

Meet Ms. Schlotter

December 4, 2019

Each week, Horace Mann features a "Staff Person of the Week" and this week, w...