Thursday 14th November 2024
What a great event we have with Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our November winner is the ELL Teacher at South Tama County Elementary, Mr. Matt Beatty. Matt was nominated by his girlfriend, Kirstyn Vest who is certainly proud of his accomplishments in the classroom. Here is the letter nominating Mr. Beatty:
Hey kix my name is Kirstyn and my funny caring goofy boyfriend Matt Beatty is the ELL teacher at south tama county elementary. He graduated from Upperiowa and moved two hours away from hometown to teach in this district. His passion for his job is endless any where we go in town and see students all of them are “Hey Mr Beatty” sometimes I feel like I’m with a hometown celebrity. It’s very hard for outside people to understand what all the job of teaching entails but I see it first hand between late-night projects and material preparation i honestly don’t know how some people do it. He does that and then some including coaching football and track through out the year. Every time we go to Walmart or target he always getting little organizal items for his classroom/students and recently got his own laminator so he didn’t have to spend late nights at the school laminating learning tools. He is one of few male teachers at the elementary so he is a great role model for many students because he connects with them on their level is very real with them. I think he would be a good pick for pack the backpack because his students learning and well being is always at the top of his list even if he has to use his own money to achieve that so this would just be the little extra help he needs to keep achieving all those goals with his students.
Below you can listen into my interview with Matt and watch his reaction here!
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
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Once again…I was stepped over…for John Krasinski he’s "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. His reaction when he found out was, quote, "Just immediate blackout, actually. Zero thoughts. Other than maybe I'm being punked."
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Kane Brown tells Newsweek magazine that he’s done having kids..three is enough. We have three little ones filling our house with noise and love now. I think we're good on kids."
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Ella Langley tells MusicRow.com when she said she gets tattoos to signify important moments in her life. “She got a feather when her EP came out, and one the first time she was published in the New York Times. It's like taking photos, but permanent.” Ella currently has 69 tattoos….
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World of Reel says Tom Cruise may hand over the 'Mission: Impossible' reins to Glen Powell. Paramount initially wanted the upcoming movie to be the final installment, but Cruise is eager to keep the franchise going. Mi8 is set to be released in May 2025 and will need to make $900 million to break even.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
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E! News says Blake Shelton is teaming up with Yellowstone creator Tyler Sheridan for CBS' upcoming singing competition "The Road." The new series will follow an established superstar on tour while they discover new talent. The new talent will open for the established superstar. ‘’The Road’’ is set to debut in 2025.
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It’s not uncommon for artists to go “crazy spending” after they first get signed. Our question is; what was the FIRST thing Miranda Lambert bought after she got her first record deal? “When I signed my first record deal at 19, I bought a four-wheeler. That’s how I got home. My dad had it to like three years ago. Like. Like they don’t make those kind of anymore.”
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The wait is over…the trailer for "Mission: Impossible 8", which is now called "The Final Reckoning". Has been released. Part 1 “Dead Reckoning” came out July of last year…Part 2 is due in theaters NEXT year. We have the trailer for you on our website Kix web dot com…
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Swifties are coming after Zach Bryan. One fan pointed out that THREE of his songs sound suspiciously like Taylor Swift songs. In hindsight, it probably wasn't wise of him to tweet that Kanye is better than Taylor.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
