Krause`s Korner

Mary Immaculate School Parents/Teachers Club Newsletter
A big THANK YOU to
ALL of the Head/CoHead Room Parents for
all your hard work and
diligence to round up all
volunteers for this big
fundraising event as well
as all other events. Thank
you to all of our steadfast
Krause’s Korner
Our standardized testing for the year is
complete and you will be receiving scores for
your students soon. In the diocese we use the
Iowa Assessments for our achievement test and
the COGAT for our ability test. These are tools
that help us understand your child as well as
our own program better and that show areas
we can improve. An achievement test shows
what has been gained in the previous year
as far as knowledge goes and an ability test
shows the student’s capabilities. Some points
to remember:
Why we test and what it is used for
• The teachers and staff use the test to
evaluate where both individual students
and the school need help or where both are
succeeding.
• Students cannot pass or fail the Iowa
Assessments, nor are the results used to
assign any academic marks. Testing may
be used for Decats or Duke Tip nominations,
and high school selection.
volunteers who spent
time at their booths and
enjoying the festival this
year. We are grateful for
the positive differences
you make in enhancing
the school lives of our
students.
CONTENTS
Feature Story:
ImPACT Testing ...3
Community
News .....................4
November 2015
This last month has been eventful with the 8th
graders attending open houses at the Catholic
high schools and getting ready for Lip Sync as
well as our usual studies. The 6th grade went
to the Pines Catholic Camp and learned a lot
about each other and their own faith. We also
celebrated the visitation of the Pope to the
United States with our Flat Francis campaign,
the prayer bouquet we made for His Holiness
and by praying every morning to support Pope
Francis.
This is a fun time of year for the students as we
enter the holidays but it’s important to keep our
mind on our studies as long as we can. There
will be fun things at school and out of it and
chances to celebrate as a school family; so
we will not forget the fun, but we need to keep
focus on our academics as well.
God Bless,
Matthew Krause, Principal
• Teachers utilize the information from their
classes to look for areas we can work on.
By taking this test in the fall, teachers can
use this information with the class they have
now and thus improve overall education.
How to read scores
• Percentile rank is the score that shows
where a student stands in comparison to
others who took the same test this year. It
compares the scores and ranks students
according to where their score lies on
a 99-point scale. 50th percentile is the
average score for this test.
• Staninesshowwhereastudent’sscoreis
on a Bell Curve when the curve is divided
into 9 equal parts.
• Thefollowingcanhelpinterpretthestanines:
Community
Events ...................6
1-3 = Below Average Nationally
Serving Our
Community ...........7
7-9 = Above Average Nationally
Photo Finish .........8
www.mischool.org
4-6 = Average Nationally
MIS fourth graders made posters for their
classrooms and the lunch room as part of their
“Kindness Campaign.”
MIS PTC BOARD
President
Maria Ilarina Curran
Vice President
Amy Smart
President-Elect
Ania Linkiewicz-Gawel
Treasurer
Christina Palacios-Martin
April Breen
Secretary
Vipul Patel
Volunteer Services
Angie Meenan
Community Enrichment
Dyan Dalton
Kristi Montemayor
Spiritual Enrichment
Rita Ford
Angelica Ortiz
Hospitality Chair
Susan Ratz-Thomas
Kristin Lebon
Teacher Liaison
Sandra Loshelder
MIS ADVISORY
COUNCIL
President
Craig Senick
Vice-President
Ana Schaller
Secretary
Diane Kucera
Members
Pat Gasper
Pamela Krakosky
Jennifer Calvin
Pete McMahon
Steven Bristow
Sean McIntyre
From the PTC President
You did it!!! Those of you who volunteered
at the MIC Fall Festival helped raise
$10,000 for the PTC. Thanks to the over
200 volunteers who ran the 16 game booths
plus the cakewalk. We are grateful to all the
room parents who coordinated signups,
communications, decorations, set-up,
clean-up,andfilledinslots.Atthisblessed
community building event, it was a joy to see
the students also volunteering with parents
and having fun.
Congratulations to the following classes
whichwontheFallFestrafflesellercontest
and therefore were awarded funds for their
room parent accounts.
1st place - 1st grade sold 218 tickets and
received $360
2nd place - 4th grade sold 169 tickets and
received $168
3rd place - Kindergarten sold 140 and
received $100
In support of our PTC purpose to bring
into closer relationship the spiritual and
educational forces of the home and school
and to have parents and teachers cooperate
in the education of our children, the PTC
sponsored a Love and Logic parent session.
In attendance were about 40 parents who
were edutained by instructor, Brenda Bird,
who taught communication tools to help
raise our children with love, logic and
laughter. We learned parent management
styles, common mistakes, one sentence
intervention, five step problem-solving
process, C.O.O.L formula, oneliners and
more. If you are interested in future sessions
and topics, please let the PTC know.
As we enjoy cooler temperatures the last
two months of the year, we look forward to
upcoming holidays and more time to spend
with our families. Save the date for Saturday,
December 5 as the PTC Community
Enrichment committee will conduct a new
community event for the entire family,
gingerbread decorating and a movie. As
always, please continue to check on www.
myschoolanywhere.com for opportunities to
volunteer and signup for various PTC and
classspecificevents.Yourparentalsupport
is the key to our success.
The PTC Volunteer of the Month
for October 2015 is Nolia Norra!
The Norra family came to MIS last year after
relocating to Carrollton from Louisiana. Nolia
is married to Tom and their son, TD is in 6th
grade. Nolia is the co-head room parent for 6th
grade and has worked really hard on numerous
volunteer events this year. She always goes the
extra mile to help others whenever possible.
Show your appreciation and MIS spirit to
Nolia and congratulate her when you see her
at school!
Thank you, Nolia, for your dedication to MIS!
A big THANK YOU from the PTC to all the
volunteers who put in hard work and time
towares making the Bingo Fiesta Night a
wonderful community event, especially Debra
Tullis, Trish Zang, Nolia Norra, and Katie
Gasper. Thank you also to the following MIS
family-owned/managed businesses who
donated their goods towards making the night
a success: El Tizoncito Taqueria, Los Lupes,
Rudy’s Tortillas and Rockfish.
In Christ’s service,
Maria Ilarina, PTC President
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FEATURE
STORY:
IMPACT
TESTING
ImPACT Testing: A Baseline for Care for MIS Athletes
This fall, MIS offered a new system of care for
our student-athletes: ImPACT testing. ImPACT
(Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and
Cognitive Testing) was created as a screening
tool to assist sports medicine professionals
in evaluating athletes after a suspected
concussion. While not taking the place of
regular medical care, ImPACT test results
provide an added measure of the athlete’s
recovery after concussions.
ImPACT testing took place for all students in
6th, 7th and 8th grades with the exception
of those students currently playing soccer or
football (these students will be captured once
their seasons are complete.) 5th grade students
will be included in the spring as the eligibility
age begins at 11 years old for the 20 minute
neurocognitive baseline test, which measures
the effects of a sports related concussion.
MIS Nurse Sandy Schluterman, R.N.,
administers baseline ImPACT tests to MIS
athletes as an added form of care for students.
ImPACT is a sophisticated, research-based
computer test developed to help clinicians
evaluate an athlete’s recovery following
concussion.
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In the preseason, each athlete is given a
baseline test. When a concussion is suspected,
a follow-up test is administered to compare
to the baseline results and to diagnose and
manage the concussion. Follow-up tests can
be administered over days or weeks to track
recovery.
Testing costs about $2 per student, budgeted
through athletics. Baseline results will be kept
onfileattheschoolandreleasedtostudents’
physicians per family request and approval.
ImPACT can help discern an athlete’s readiness
to return to play. While CT and MRI scans
help identify serious brain injuries, they are
not effective in identifying the effects of a
concussion. ImPACT can help in these cases.
Nurse Sandy has had a positive response to
ImPACT testing from MIS students and their
parents. MIS is proud to make this testing
available to our families as an additional way to
look out for the health of our students, showing
the great care that MIS takes of each of our
families. Play it safe! Use ImPACT testing to
have a baseline of care.
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COMMUNITY
NEWS
The 7th graders filled
vans with baby items for
delivery to BirthChoice
- a crisis pregnancy
counseling center that
helps pregnant women in
need. MIS students and
families donated items
including diapers, baby
bottles, and baby clothes
to show their support and
caring hearts.
Speech Meet Results
Congratulations to the MIS Speech Team for their
Outstanding Performance in the St. Rita
Diocesan Speech Meet in October.
PERFECT SCORE (30pts.) TROPHY/
SUPERIOR
Duet
8th Katie Durkee and Ainsley Koch
8th Xavier Garcia and Bryan Bowling
7th Kailey White and Emma Edwards
Poetry
7th Zach Thibodeaux
SUPERIOR
Duet
7th Grace Ford and Nicole Zimmer
7th Bailey Wiegert and Rachel Zang
Dramatic Interpretation
7th Natali Arredondo
Humorous Interpretation
6th Emily Edgar
EXCELLENT
Humorous Interpretation
6th Cole Jackson
Spelling Bee Coming!
Grades 5-8 participate in classroom spelling bees up until early November. The classroom winners go on to a schoolwide (students
only to watch) event just before Thanksgiving break. The winner from the school-wide and a runner up go on to Diocesan. Those
winners go on to regional, then state then national. The purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies,
learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives. Start practicing now...the winning words for the
National Champion last year: scherenschnitte and nunatak! For helpful study tips, go to http://spellingbee.com/study-tips.
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COMMUNITY
NEWS
The MIS gardening club
would like to showcase
their progress with the
gardens and thank the
Ramirez Family for their
contributions to help get
the gardens get started!
After cleaning up the
gardens, adding soil,
and planting herbs and
vegetables, the students
are now recording the
growth of each and
how much each plant is
producing.
Magazine & Gift Sales: Year-round!
Do you order magazines to read at home or for your company? When
you do so through our account at Great American, MIS receives 40%
of your purchase costs! With some of the cheapest rates around and
with all the favorites available, magazines through Great American
make great gifts, especially for kids!
A catalog with info was sent home in kidmail. Consider
d o n a t i n g a m a g a z i n e p u r c h a s e t o t h e s c h o o l l i b r a r y.
Our librarian, Karen Saldana, would be happy to provide you with a list of magazines she would like to
have purchased for our students and teachers to read during school hours. Please stop by and see her,
or email her at [email protected] for a list. Pass along the MIS link to your friends and families:
http://www.gaschoolstore.com/landing.aspx?SID=2694065. The link is also available on the MIS website year-round.
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COMMUNITY
EVENTS
THIS MONTH
Save the Date:
Saturday,
December 5th
will be Family
Gingerbread
House
Decorating!
6pm - 9:30pm Parish Hall
MIDs 4 on 4 Basketball:
Fri. Nov. 6
Dads and grades 5 thru 8 students of MIS,
showcase your mad talents and abilities in
the game of basketball at the MIDs 4 on 4
Co-ed Basketball Tournament from 5:30 pm
until 10:00 pm on Friday, Nov. 6!
Teamswillbeacceptedona“firstcome,first
serve”basisuntiltwodivisionsarefilled,and
all games will be played at MIS. Students do
not need to be on a DPL team to sign up for
this one evening of fun. DO NOT DELAY…
SPACE IS LIMITED.
Click to view full
details and to print
the Basketball
To u r n a m e n t
registration form.
Book Fair in the MIS Library:
Nov. 2-6
Visit our Scholastic Book Fair and experience a
celebration of reading! Giving children access
to good books—and the opportunity to choose
their own books—will motivate them to read
more. At our Book Fair in the MIS Library during
the week of Nov. 2, we’ll have a wonderful
selection of fun, engaging & affordable books.
Please stop & shop for the “Holidays” as it’s
never too EARLY for shopping!
Shopping Hrs:
Monday 8:00 am-3:00 pm;
Tuesday 8:00 am-4:00 pm;
Wednesday “Donuts for Dads” for early birds
(while they last!) 7:30 am-3:00 pm;
Thursday 8:00 am-4:00 pm;
Friday 8:00 am-2:00 pm.
Allpurchaseswilldirectlybenefitourschool
library with new books for your students!
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Important Dates This Month
Nov 2-6
Book Fair
Tue Nov 3
Life Touch Photos - Makeup
Thu Nov 5
Safe Environment Training
Fri Nov 6
Mass - 4B - Prayer Buddies
All Souls Day Prayer Angels
MIDs Basketball Tournarment Grades 4-8
7th Grade Retreat
Tue Nov 10
Service Project - Food Drive
Senior Citizens Brunch
PTC Board Meeting
Thu Nov 12
Rosary Making Group
Fri Nov 13
Mass - 3A - Prayer Buddies
Nov 14-15
Parish Holiday Expo/Craft Fair
Mon Nov 16
Advisory Council Meeting
Tue Nov 17
Buck A Jean Day
Thu Nov 19
Progress Reports Q2
Fri Nov 20
Mass - 6th Grade
8th Grade Retreat
Mon Nov 23
8th Grade Group Dynamix
Tue Nov 24
7th/8th Grade Student
Presentation: TOBET
3rd Grade Pow Wow
EARLY DISMISSAL DAY
Nov 25-27
NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving
Break
A Rosary is prayed every Monday by MIS parents
after the 8:00am Mass. Please join us, children
are welcome!
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SERVING OUR
COMMUNITY
November
Service Project
The service project for
November is a food
drive for St. Vincent de
Paul. Click here for the
flyer of needs.
This is phase one
of a three phase
community service
effort that provides a
special Christmas for
more than 40 families
in the area. Click here
to read more about this
special effort!
A Prayer for our
School
Almighty God, We give
you our school.
We give you all the
teachers and staff who
work here, We give you
all the children who study
here. We pray our school
would be place of great
discovery, adventure and
creativity.
May it be a place where
we love to learn and
where we learn to love as
You have first loved us,
A place where every one
is respected and all are
deeply valued. We ask all
this through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
Important Days in the Catholic Faith for November
November 1st: All Saints Day is a day to honor
all saints both known and unknown and is a
holy day of obligation. Each classroom has a
patron saint -- the children at MIS will receive
a prayer card of their respective classroom’s
patron saint in celebration of All Saints Day:
KA
St. Anthony
KB
St. Francis of Assisi
KC
St. Francis of Assisi
1A
St. Monica
1B
St. Anthony
1C
St. Patrick
2A
St. Peter
2B
St. Anthony
2C
St. Patrick
3A
St. Cecilia
3B
St. Patrick
3C
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
4B
St. Michael the Archangel
4A
St. Sebastian
5A
St. Peter
5B
St. Nicholas
6A
St. Francis de Sales
6B
St. Albert the Great
7B
St. Nicholas
7A
St Dominic
8A
St. Francis of Assisi
8B
St. Jude
MUSIC St. Cecilia
June 13
October 5
October 5
August 27
June 13
March 17
June 29
June 13
March 17
November 20
March 17
January 4
January 20
June 29
December 6
January 25
November 16
December 6
August 8, 2105
October 5
October 28
November 20
The style of the patron saint cards is different
this year! The PTC is excited to be supporting
a Catholic family who have created a creative
and charitable way of donating prayer cards to
those in need, as well as US service men and
women serving abroad. The proceeds from the
sale of online cards (such as these) are used
to print millions of free cards for distribution
to various charities around the world, on 6
continents including Africa, Asia and right here
in the US.
Check out their website! In addition to prayer
cards, the family also sells many other
goods in an effort to support their mission:
catholicprayercards.org.
November 2nd: All Souls Day is a day to
remember and pray for the faithfully departed
undergoingpurificationinpurgatory.
MIS students will offer prayers for deceased
loved ones as part of All Souls Day. Paper
angels will be sent home for MIS families to
write the names of their deceased loved ones.
The angels should be returned to school by
Monday, November 3rd. Prayers will be said
by Bishop Deshotel for these souls during the
“Prayers of the Faithful” at the November 7th
children’s Mass.
Need a refresher course on Catholicism?
Wanttofeelconfidenttalkingtoyourchildrenaboutwhatwebelieve,
and why we do what we do? These two excellent and easy to read
books are now available for purchase through the MIS PTC:
Practice Makes Catholic by Joe Paprocki
$9.95
Why do Catholics do what they do? Practice Makes Catholic gets
to the heart of the question-and to the heart of what it really means
to be Catholic. Kneeling and bowing? Why do we fast? What’s a
patron saint? What’s with all the candles? What’s an icon? No meat
on Fridays? Learn the answers to these questions and much more!
A Well-Built Faith by Joe Paprocki
$9.95
What do we believe? This book makes it easy for Catholics to feel
confident in understanding the Catholic faith. It makes complex
teachings of the Catholic faith accessible to average Catholics without
compromising Catholic teaching and tradition. This fun but important
book will explore our relationship with the Church, while re-teaching all
those things we learned as kids… and don’t remember so well now!
Click here for an order form...must order by Nov. 13th!
Makes
a great
Christmas
gift!
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Photo
Finish:
1st Grad e
fall
painting s
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Photo
Finish:
2nd Grad e
treasure
maps
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Photo
Finish:
4th g rade
art class
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The 4th graders studied color and perspective with the help of Georgia O’Keefe’s
painting “Joshua Tree”.
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Photo
Finish:
5th Grad e
pumpkin
g lobes
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5th graders begin their unusual fall-themed globes with longitude and latitude lines, outlined continents,
equator and prime meridian. Next step: painting oceans and land and labeling oceans and continents!
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Photo
Finish: 4th
Grad e Fire
safety &
Prevention
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Photo
Finish:
7th Grad e
historical
walk of
farmers
branch
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Photo
Finish:
pep
assembly
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Photo
Finish:
spee ch
tourney
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Photo
Finish:
7th Grad e
Living
Museum
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Photo
Finish:
puppet show
The 8th grade speech/
drama teams put on
puppet shows for the
younger grades. All the
students loved it!
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