April - Clarion - Goldfield

Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
Community School District
Cowboy Chronicles
APRIL 2016
From the Desk of the Sup erintend ent
D r. Rob er t Olson
Next High School Principal
The district is pleased to announce that we have the next High
School Principal hired for the 20162017 school year. Erik Smith is currently the 7-12 Principal at NashuaPlainfield, a position that he has
held the past seven years. Prior
to that time, Erik served in a variety of positions at Don Bosco between 2004-2009, including Middle
School Math and Science Teacher,
Activities Director, Assistant K-12
and 9-12 Principal.
Erik received his BA at Wartburg
College, MA at UNI, where he is
currently working on his superintendent endorsement. Eric and his
wife Jill have four children.
I would like to thank all the individuals who assisted in interviewing high school principal candidates. The Community Interview
Team included; Nikki Conlon, Dave
Maxheimer, Bob Bartholomas,
Grant Woodley, Missy Schultz, Troy
Seaba, and Betty Ellis. The High
School Interview Team included;
Paul Hansch, Brandon Lantzky,
Shannon Leist, Peg Nelsen, Karen
Staples, and Austin Warnke. Other
interviews included building principals, Steve Haberman and Tricia
Rosendahl and board members
Beth Jackson, Corey Jacobsen, Clint
Middleton, Troy Seaba, and Beth Severson.
TLC Literacy Coaches Selected
The TLC Committee is pleased
to announce that Literacy Coaches
for the Elementary and Middle/
High Schools have been selected. Mandy Middleton will be serving
as K-5 TLC Literacy Coach and Deb
Vance will serve as 6-12 TLC Literacy Coach. These two will assist
teachers to match instructional
strategies that address student educational needs, and improve student academic performance.
These are exciting times and our
students are the ultimate beneficiaries of having Literacy Coaches who
leverage time, data, and research to
identify strategies for the classroom
that teachers have little time to explore themselves.
The TLC Committee continues
to accept applications for model teachers, technology coaches, mentors and mentor coordinator through April 1. The Committee
continues to encourage teachers to
apply and be a part of the effort to
enhance instruction and improve
student academic performance.
Special thank you goes to the
TLC Committee that spent hours
writing the TLC Grant, attending
meetings, and selecting individuals
to serve in TLC positions designed
to improve instruction. Members
of the committee include; Bob EnTin, Steve Haberman, Missy Hauptsteen, Lindsey Helton, Scott Herrig, Denny March, Mary March, Erin
Morrical, Dr. Bob Olson, and Tricia
Rosendahl.
Water Quality & SAVE Penny
Iowa is a great agricultural state
and has a reputation of taking care
of the land. Farming has gotten
more technical with GPS data used
to make decisions concerning applying chemicals and usually at
a much smaller, prescriptive rate.
Despite all the advances in farming
that help maintain a clean environment, water quality has become
a huge consideration. Although
we are not talking about lead contaminants of Flint, Michigan, Polk
County began legal proceedings on
counties upstream of Des Moines
water source, Saylorville Lake.
The Governor proposed using
SAVE funds to pay for a program
designed to improve water quality. This has been negatively received by lawmakers, educators,
and the Iowa Farm Bureau. These
groups argue that the one-cent
sales tax was approved by voters to provide improvements for
school infrastructure and provide
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High School News
Biggest Loser Group at the High School
by Erin Halverson
a tool to minimize the impact on
local property taxes. School infrastructure needs still exist and
“scooping” educational funds for
water quality limits the ability of
schools to improve facilities and
help keep taxes low.
Many educational groups propose to extend the sunset date
from 2029 to 2049. Farm Bureau
recommended that the SAVE sunset date of 2029 be eliminated.
Although the Farm Bureau proposal is the best option, either
one would allow schools to bond
against anticipated revenue and
issues revenue bonds for up to
twenty years, at least until 2029.
Water quality issue must be
addressed, but using educational
funds to accomplish these goals
doesn’t seem germane to the
intent originally approved by
voters.
Teacher Appreciation Week &
Board Recognition Month
The first week in May is Teacher
Appreciation Week. The month of
May is Board Recognition Month.
In appreciation for our employees,
board members, and retirees, our
district is providing a breakfast on
Tuesday, May 3rd. The district will
delay the start of classes that day
by 90 minutes, to provide time for
staff to attend the breakfast with
sufficient time to be at their place
of work before students arrive.
Classes will begin at 10:00 A.M.
The Golden Apple Committee
will also be presenting its annual
Golden Apple award at the breakfast. Years of service to the district will also be recognized at the
breakfast.
High School News
State Individual Speech Contest
BEFORE
There are 16 of us at the High School that have started a friendly competition in our
own version of the “Biggest Loser”. We weigh in each week, encouraging each other
along the way and will crown the true “Biggest Loser” the last week of school to the
person that lost the most pounds. We keep it interesting with a little incentive at the
end too. (This is our “BEFORE” picture.) Our staff is having fun with this challenge, getting healthier along the way and the students sure seemed to be entertained watching us!
Brittany Clagett, Kristal Sanchez, and Serenity Vinsand all performed well at the Special
Olympics Basketball Competition! (See article next page.)
Senior, Kaylie Bricker; Senior, Kennedy Goodell; Junior Eevie Sherman; Junior, Kaitlynn Fields; Sophomore, Gracey Olson.
The
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
Individual Events speech team,
show above, competed in the
State Individual events speech
contests on Saturday, March 12,
2016 held in Dubuque at the
Dubuque Senior High School.
“Team members Kennedy Goodell
and Eevie Sherman received one
ratings (Superior) and members
Kaylie Bricker and Gracey Olson
received two ratings (Excellent,)”
reported Speech Coach Tamara
EnTin.
“Eevie participated in Radio
News Announcing and Kennedy
in Original Oratory. In Radio News
Announcing, a participant needs
to select, edit, and read news articles in a radio broadcast setting.
A contest’s broadcast must be
no shorter than four minutes or
longer than five. Contestants are
judged on program development,
vocal technique, pronunciation,
articulation, and more. Kennedy
wrote and presented an original
speech titled “The Island of Misfit
Toys.” Original oratory speeches
are judged on content, structure,
and delivery. Kaylie presented
a Literary Program titled “Messy
Room.” Kaitlynn “Escape” and
Gracey “Song of Myself” participated in the Interpretive Reading
of Poetry contest,” said Coach EnTin. “Each contestant is judged by
three judges which makes it very
difficult to get the highest rating.
All of our team members were
creative and worked hard to make
it to state and earn their outstanding ratings,” EnTin bragged. “We
are grateful that the district allowed us to travel to Dubuque on
Friday, stay overnight, and then
return to Clarion on Saturday after the students performed,” acknowledged EnTin.
placed 3rd in her division, earning
the bronze medal. Finally, Kristal
Sanchez finished her competition,
tying for 1st place and bringing
home a gold medal. The Basketball
Skills competition has wrapped up
our Winter Sports events and our
athletes are now looking forward
to competing in the Spring Track
and Field events. Regional events
will be held on April 7 at Dodger
Stadium in Fort Dodge.
Special Olympics Winners!
On Saturday, March 12, the
state qualifying athletes for Special
Olympics Basketball Skills competed in Iowa City. Brittany Clagett
placed 4th in her division, receiving
a white ribbon. Serenity Vinsand
High School News
Notes from the Middle School
and High School Music Department
Northeast District Individual Speech Contest
By David Ackerman
Solo/Small Ensemble State
Contest at Story City (APRIL 9)
Left to right, Front row: Coach Tamara EnTin, Gemma Pohlman, Paxton Etter, Abby Torres, Kennedy Goodell, and Gracey Olson. Back
row: Alex Williams, Kaylie Bricker, Eveie Sherman, Max Powers, and Madison Pate. Not pictured, Kaitlyn Fields.)
On Saturday, February 27,
2016, the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
High School Speech teams participated in the Iowa High School
Speech Association’s Northeast
District Individual Speech Contest. “There were 27 other high
school teams with over 200 students competing in thirteen different categories. Our high school
team competed in Original Oratory, Radio News Announcing,
Poetry, Literary Program, and Improvisation. Our freshman team,
consisting of Gemma Pohlman
and Madison Pate, competed in
Reviewing and Radio News Announcing,” reported Coach EnTin.
EnTin went on to say, “The
contestants present their speech
in front of a judge and audience
members and receive a rating
from the judge. The ratings range
from one to four. In order to progress to the State speech contest,
a performer must receive a one
rating from the judge. All of our
team members worked hard and
had good performances. Five of
our senior high team members
received one ratings and are
moving on to state competition.”
Those five students are Eveie
Sherman in the Radio News Announcing category, Gracey Olson
in Poetry, Kaitlyn Fields in Poetry,
Kaylie Bricker in Literary Program,
and Kennedy Goodell in Original
Oratory. “These students will be
competing at the state contest
on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at
Dubuque Senior High School, in
Dubuque, Iowa,” confirmed EnTin.
“Not only did our senior high
team receive five one ratings, but
it will also be awarded a Distinguished Academic Achievement
Award by the Iowa High School
Speech Association. This award
is given to teams achieving a
combined grade point average
of 3.25 to 4.00. Our team average is 3.391. I am very proud of
our team’s hard work, not only
in performing, but also in their
academic success,” EnTin said. “It
takes a great amount of effort to
be a high-school student, participate in sports, speech, and other
extra-curricular activities, and still
maintain a high grade point average. Our students are well-rounded, dedicated individuals.”
On Saturday, April 9th, several high school students from
the CGDHS Music Department
will compete at Solo/Small Ensemble State Contest at RolandStory High School in Story City,
Iowa.
This event is open to any
high school student currently
enrolled in band or chorus.
Since the contest runs from 8:00
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., there will be
an early bus and a late bus. Parents, relatives, and friends are
encouraged to attend and applaud after each performance.
Each participating student will
have a schedule so they know
what center and what time
they perform. Students are reminded to wear dress clothes
for their performance. Concessions will be available throughout the day.
Large Group State Contest for
CGDHS Band and Chorus at
Emmetsburg (MAY 7)
On Saturday, May 7h, the
CGDHS band and chorus will
compete at Large Group State
Contest at Emmetsburg. All
performances will take place at
the high school. At this time,
performance times are not
known. Since we do not know
what time we perform, students
are reminded to leave the entire
day open. Parents, relatives,
and friends are encouraged to
attend and applaud after each
group performs. Admission will
be charged for this event.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
Trip (MAY 8)
On Sunday, May 8th, seniors
who have been involved in band
or chorus for a total of 4 years
will be rewarded with a trip to
the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
in Chanhassen, MN. This trip is
sponsored by the CGDHS Music Boosters. The high school
music department has been attending the Chanhassen Dinner
Theatre for over 35 years. The
show this year is entitled “Beauty and the Beast.” The bus will
leave Clarion at 7:00 a.m. and
return around 7:30-8:00 p.m.
CGDHS Graduation Concert
(MAY 10)
On Tuesday, May 10th, the
CGD High School Music Department will present the Graduation Concert at 7:30 p.m. in
the CGDHS gym. It is called the
Graduation Concert because
we honor the seniors who have
been involved in music. Featured groups are: concert band,
mixed choir, and select choir. A
brief awards ceremony will take
place after the band and choir
performance. Also, the CGD
Music Boosters will serve refreshments immediately following the concert. The public is invited to attend the concert, and
there is no admission charge.
CGD Middle School Concert
(MAY 12)
On Thursday, May 12th, the
CGD Middle School Music Department will present a concert
at 7:00 p.m. in the CGDHS gym.
Featured groups are: 6th grade
chorus, 6th grade band, jazz
band, 7th/8th grade chorus,
and the 7th/8th grade concert
band. Students need to report
for vocal warm-ups and tuning
of instruments at 6:30 p.m. Students are also reminded to wear
dress clothes for the concert.
(No jeans and t-shirts, please.)
This concert is open to the public, and there is no admission
charge.
CGD Baccalaureate (MAY 18)
On Wednesday, May 18th, the
high school will hold the Baccalaureate Ceremony at 7:00 p.m.
in the CGDHS gym. The high
school band and select members of the high school chorus
will perform at the opening ceremony. After that, awards and
scholarships will be presented
to the seniors.
CGD Commencement (MAY
22)
On Sunday, May 22nd, CGDHS will hold their Commencement ceremony at 2:00 p.m. in
the CGDHS gym. Both the high
school band and chorus plan to
perform at Graduation. Band
and chorus students need to be
at the high school by 1:15 p.m.
Please wear dress clothes for
this performance.
High School / Middle School News
Sierra Dirksen Brings Harry Potter to the Middle School
Middle School News
by Sierra Dirksen
Clarion Goldfield Dows
Middle School Honor Roll
When asked what was the one thing I wanted to do
during my senior year, my answer was clear. I wanted
to student teach for Mrs. Ulven. At first my student
teaching was normal, until Mrs. Ulven brought up
the idea of a reading competition between individual students, and then Harry Potter was brought up.
I have been a Harry Potter fan since I was in Elementary School, it was the series that got me into reading. I wanted other children to be inspired my Harry
Potter like I was, so I turned Mrs. Ulven’s classroom
into the world of magic. Throughout the room there
are ghosts, dementors, potions, wanted wizard signs,
floating letters, spiders, the goblet of fire, beloved
characters memorial, save the house elves socks,
and Mrs. Ulven’s door has been turned into platform
9 and 3/4. The most important aspect of the room
is the game board, where the children place a new
game piece in there Hogwarts’ house after the pass
an AR. Overall, my hope is that children get involved
and enjoy there time in Mrs. Ulven’s reading class.
Before they know it, they will be a graduating senior
wishing they could go back to Middle School.
Clarion Goldfield Dows Middle School is proud to
announce Honor Roll students for Trimester 2, 20152016. Congratulations to all these students.
A Honor Roll 3.67-4.00 GPA:
8th grade: Briar Boll, HannahJo Gustafson, Emily
Hagmeier, Courtney Harle, Remi Johnson, Kylie Klaver,
Caleb Krueger, Alexa Krukow, Cole Lindaman, Katherine Lopez, Blaire Rasmussen, William Stuck.
7th grade: Reed Abbas, Madison Bierl, Raymond
Boeset, Shelbi Braun, Alexangel Carrillo, Ashtyn DeCoster, Alaina Friesleben, Kylie Greenfield, Rafael
Jimenez, Jadyn Jondle, Emma Keller, Raven Kinnetz,
Natalie Kirstein, Kendall Lienemann, Jaidyn Lockwood,
Morgan Middleton, Paige Nelson, Nathan Stuck, Mia
Toomsen, Tessa Warnke, Caylee White.
6th grade: Jose Luis Acat Jr, Brooke Askelsen, Tyson Berning, Lauren Brooks, Jaxon Carpenter, Nick
Carpenter, Jorge Castorena, Cael Chase, Emily Christensen, Caleb Curry, Jillian Dames, Joanna Duran,
Landon Feske (Olson), Elic Fjetland, Lillian Fulk, Paige
German, Carson Harle, Aidan Harrington, Thane Jackson, Nikki Kapka, Thomas Klaver, Jacob Moore, Devin
Morales, Kaylynn Nelson, Coady Olson, Olyvia Olson,
Levi Rasmussen, Jordyn Roosa, Eugene Rosenbaum,
Garrett Seaba, Connor State, Delia Swanson, Summer
Traub, Raven Welsh.
B Honor Roll 3.00-3.66 GPA:
8th grade: Cael Ahrens, Kaden Bricker, Elissa Dames,
Brendan Davis, Quinn Hansch, Maya LaRue, Noah
Roosa, Caden Sisson, Katherine Soenen, Tyler Stein,
Hannah Tew, Jaace Weidemann, Paige Willey.
7th grade: Emma Conlon, Brenna Cross, Sophie
Dietz, James Dorn, Alexis Gardalen, Christian Gaytan,
Caedon Hickman, Kara Legleiter, Nicole Lorenzo, Isaiah Nebbe, Anthony Ramos, Peyten Rasmussen, Max
Smith, Waldina Juarez Villanueva, Nicole Waters, Caleb
Hunter White.
6th grade: Daniel Chavez, Rebecca Dean, Luis DeLacruz, Kaylie Dow, Gabriela Duran, Rillie Elston, Reagan
Goodell, Dylan Greaton, Starlah Henderson, Cole Hennigar, Blerta Iafoski, Katelyn Kruger, Kennedy Lee, Alejandra Lopez, Addison Messer, Jadyn Nelson, Zeke Rosales, Cady Senger, Karina Torres, Tristan Vinsand.
Thank you Monsanto for providing
Subway treats to our students with zero
late assignments!
Middle School News
Middle School News
Mock
On Friday, March 11, all eighth
graders participated in Mock Trial as a close reading activity for
Mrs. Hauptsteen’s class. The 8th
grade classes are currently learning about suspense fiction in language arts, and Mock Trial is one
way they were able to make the
stories come to life for deeper understanding and interaction with
a text.
After reading the suspenseful
classic short stories “The Tell Tale
Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and
“Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald
Dahl, classes gathered evidence
from both texts. They worked in
groups to find all words and actions of the main characters of
both stories, and divided them
into whether they showed the
killer was calculated or temporarily insane. With all of the evidence
in place, each class voted on
which story they wanted to take
to trial. Two class periods chose
“Lamb to the Slaughter,” and one
chose “The Tell Tale Heart.”
Students were divided into the
following roles: Defense lawyers,
Trial
Defense witnesses, Prosecution
lawyers, Prosecution witnesses,
and jury members. Each role had
a specific and challenging part to
play. Lawyers were responsible
for turning the evidence from stories into arguments for their side.
Witnesses had to memorize their
character’s role from the story and
prepare to stay calm under pressure on the stand. Jury members
were required to research a part
of the American justice system
before the trial, and evaluate the
strength of both sides during the
trial to determine a fair verdict.
Mock Trial is an annual event in
Mrs. Hauptsteen’s classroom, with
many former lawyers and witnesses checking in to see how the
trials change from year to year. As
always, this year’s eighth graders
brought their A-game on trial day.
Not only did they have a blast acting out their roles in a professional manner, but they also had the
opportunity to approach these
stories from a different point of
view. Their hard work made for a
fun day of learning!
Middle School News
7th Grade Visits NIACC
The 7th grade class at CGD Middle School visited
NIACC college on May 29th. Students had the opportunity to see several areas including Ag, Fine Arts,
Health, Photography, Industrial Systems Technology,
Tool and Die, and Music.
Students were also able to watch an instrumental
performance and to see the NIACC singers perform.
Middle School News
Homebase Chariot Races
8th Grade Career Fair
The Middle School kicked off spring break with a
homebase chariot race challenge. Fun was had by
all, even the teachers had a running team!
Eighth grade Career Fair was a huge success. Mrs.
Askelsen arranged for so many guests representing
so many different careers, there was truly something
for everyone!
Guests included many CGD Alums: Tayte Askelsen,
Jody Johnson, Jason Schuttenhofer, Mike Anderson,
Brett Bojack, Dane Askelsen, Casey Howell, Addie
Swanson, Carol Haupt, Logan Nelson, Annie Olson,
Bud Young, Amber Olson, Brandon Cramer, Jolene
Rasmussen, Eric Short (our afternoon quest speaker).
They proved CGD Students go on to do great things!
Elementary School News
Fourth Grade Participate in the Art in the
Schools Program
Let’s Go Fly A Kite!!!
A kite building activity
Mrs. Jensen, 5th grade science
The 5th grade students recently used a prototype to
build their own kite using supplies in our classroom. The
supplies available were construction paper, tape, straws,
and string. They could bring additional materials to decorate their kite and choose the material they thought
would be most successful for the tail on the kite.
The Blanden Art Museum hosts a program called
Art in the Schools. During the month of February. Hope
Their, art educator from the Blanden, came to CGD to
present a lesson about Betty Woodman. The students
were able to create their own Betty Woodman sculptures, and given the opportunity to visit the museum.
Wednesday, March 9, the fourth grade class experienced the Blanden Museum in Ft. Dodge, many for the
first time because of the Art in the Schools program.
They got to see some of Betty Woodman’s original
sculptures as well as works from permanent collections. They saw artwork by local and bordering states
artists. It was a very memorable visit.
The Blanden Museum gave each student their own
sketchpad and package of colored pencils for participating in the Art in the Schools program.
We then took the kites outside on the playground
and tried them out. If the kite was unsuccessful, the
students had the opportunity to make modifications
and then try again.
As a summation to the project they wrote about
their kite experience and how they could create one
that successfully flew. Check out these great kites!!
Elementary School News
Elementary School News
What’s Up in the Art Room?
Elementary Media Center
by Kaira Downing
Joyce Keeling, Teacher Librarian
This month we spent the time getting ready
for the students’ Spring Concert. The theme is
“Into the Wild” so each grade, K-3rd, are creating
an animal! One of the animals being created is
the Alligator by our 2nd graders. Last year my
students were introduced to paper weaving! I
thought this would be a great opportunity to
review this technique and create something fun
for the concert. I chose the alligator because
of the unique texture of their skin. This gave us
the opportunity to create textures/ patterns on
their paper strips before they weaving them.
This helped create a more interesting piece of
art and personalized them more. When students
were finished we used our collage skills to create
the head, tail and feet! These turned out great
and I love how they all look so different!
Reading and researching in kindergarten through fifth grades are
what makes school library classes
filled with learning excitement. Elementary library classes are centered on the Iowa Common Core
and other standards, with the focus on each and every student success. Here is a small look at what
elementary library students have
been studying:
Kindergarteners also were chosen to create
an animal. I picked the giraffe to go along with
a great book for Literacy week coming up. It
was called “Giraffes Can’t Dance.” We started off
reading the story and then talking about what
we could learn from it. (Everyone is talented in
different ways”) I told them that giraffes were
from Africa and that we were going to use chalk
to create an African sunset on our background
paper! When they were finished students were
shown how to use familiar shapes to recreate
this animal using our collage techniques. To finish our amazing giraffes we got to bust out the
finger paint to help recreate the spots on the
giraffes. I love how bright and fun these giraffes
turned out.
Kindergarten: Students have
researched bugs, the White House,
and more. Students enjoyed the
rhythm and rhyme of stories, like
Bear Snores On by Wilson and different variations of familiar fairy
tales.
First Grade: First grade students have researched lions, tigers,
compared alligators to crocodiles,
and more. Among many favorite
books were If You Ever Want to
Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t
by Parsley and Interrupting Chicken by Ezra.
Second Grade: Students researched the differences of monkeys and gorillas, and more. Students studied Caldecott award
winning books and liked This Is
Not My Hat by Klassen and other
books. Second grade students
learned how to use the card catalog too.
Third Grade: Third grade students researched the planetary
earth, bones, and more. A poetry study showed a favorite poem
book called Dog-Gone School
by Schmidt. Third grade favorite
books are the Weird School series by Gutman, Geronimo Stilton
graphic novels, and more.
Fourth Grade: Fourth graders
researched some weather, Rosa
Parks and Ruby Bridges, and more
after discussing plagiarism and
finding reliable Internet sites. Favorite fourth grade books are the
I Survive books by Tarsis, the Diary
of a Wimpy Kid series by Kinney,
and more.
Fifth Grade: Students studied
award winning books and did a
project with a Newbery Award,
Iowa Children’s Choice Award, or
Coretta Scott King award book. Plagiarism and credible online searching were discussed, as students researched states, the Olympics, the
major oceans, and much more.
A newer library section are
graphic novels, which are popular
with many. Students also looked
at copyright free clip art (iclipart),
which was used in this article. Students enjoy reading and researching in their school library.
Elementary School News
Elementary School News
Wax Museum
On February 26th, the 4th graders had the opportunity to present their wax museum characters
to students, staff and community
members. The students had just
completed their biography unit,
where they did research about
an individual from history that
has positively affected out state,
country, or world. They worked
hard for several weeks and the
wax museum was a reflection
of that! We are proud of these
young men and women!! Great
work 4th graders!
Elementary School News
Elementary School News
Literacy Week
Scrap Book
Elementary School News
Reading Takes You Places
Where could you go to see a
jungle, visit China or Hawaii, or take
a walk in the woods? The elementary school! March 7th through the
11th was literacy week at the elementary school. This year’s theme
was “Reading Takes You Places”.
Each grade level decorated their
hallway to show a place or destination. Student’s had a variety
of activities during the week. On
Monday, they read with a buddy
classroom, on Tuesday, they got to
read in the gym with a blanket, pillow or stuffed animal. On Wednesday, they got to eat and read and
on Thursday each class had a guest
reader from the high school. The
week ended with a special activity to celebrate all the minutes that
were read through out the week.
Students who read at home had
their names put in a drawing to get
to throw wet sponges at one of our
associates. Each classroom got to
choose three students. It was fun
to see our students make a splash
with their reading! Students read
over 80,000 minutes!
As part of literacy week this year
we also had a literacy night! Thursday evening from 5:30-7:00 families were invited to the school to
see what our students have been
learning. They were involved in
three different 15-20 minute activities that involved reading. A
meal was provided for those who
wished to stay and eat. There was
a book exchange and each family was given a bag of resources to
help encourage reading and writing at home. It was wonderful to
see all the families in our school!
We had around 400 people in our
building that night. Thank you to
all the families who took time out
of their busy schedules to attend!
Reading does take you places –
pick up a book and see where you
can go!!!
K-3 Spring
Concerts
Early School Dismissals
Wed, April 13 1:30 Early Out,
Professional Development
Wed, April 27 1:30 Early Out,
Professional Development
By: Miss
Greenfield
Join us for a WILD time at
our K-3 elementary spring
concerts! The students will
be presenting “In the Wild”, a
concert all about animals, at
two separate concerts. 2nd
and 3rd grade students will
perform on Thursday, April
14 at 1pm and 7pm. The Kindergarten and 1st grade students will perform on Tuesday, April 19 at 1pm and 7pm.
If your child is in one of these
grades, please have them to
their classroom by 6:40 the
evening of their concert. Remember to have them dress
up for this special occasion.
We’ve been working really
hard in music the past couple
months to prepare for this
event! Don’t miss it!