Tiger Newsflash 10-14-17

Weekly Message	Good morning! I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! At Columbia Elementary, we have had a fantastic week with your children! It has been great to see a wide variety of great learning take place in our classrooms.  Some examples of the learning that I have observed have been: reading of short stories, learning how to add, subtract, multiply and divide, learning coding through computer science, learning the scientific method through experiments, and learning about what it means to be empathetic through classroom discussions.We are continuing to be proud of the gains that are students are making each day. I hope you are equally as pleased with your child's growth.  If you would happen to have any concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's classroom teacher.  Enjoy this beautiful day ahead of us and TIGER UP!! Matt
Masterpieces in The Making
New Updates	Columbia PTO Website: Please be sure to continue to check in to our PTO Website (CLICK ON THIS LINK) to stay up to date on the work of your Columbia Elementary PTO.  Feel free to contact any of us if you would like to see any specific information on this website.  You are able to view PTO Agendas, Notes, Fundraiser Information, and information about upcoming events. PS-I really enjoyed our meeting together this past Tuesday.  Great job!!! Trick or Read-October 30th: On October 30th from 6-7pm plan on being at our annual Trick or Read Event at Columbia Elementary.  We are planning tons of fun activities for the students.  All students are welcome to wear their costumes.  We will be passing out treats. We are asking that by Friday October 27th that all students bring in ONE of the following: a) A small bag of prepackaged candy (store bought only please) b) a small bag of Halloween trinkets such as: pencils, plastic insects/bugs, Halloween rings, glow sticks, stickers, activity books, and/or plastic eyeballs.    Stay Connected: At Columbia Elementary, we pride ourselves on communicating with you. We like to keep you up to date with things that are happening in our school and in our classrooms.  Including face to face communication with your child’s classroom teacher, here are a few more ways to stay connected: 1) Class Dojo-KDG, 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades are using Class Dojo in their classrooms to communicate with parents about activities and classroom behavior.  Please speak with your child’s classroom teacher to learn more.  If you do not have a classroom code to connect, be sure to ask your child’s teacher for it in order to connect.  You are able to download the Class Dojo App to your phone by going to THIS WEBSITE . 2) Twitter:   New to Twitter..No worries! Check out THIS SHORT TUTORIAL VIDEO. Follow your child's classroom with one of the following handles: KDG-@Columbiakinders 1st-@Souhrada_Suarez 2nd-@2ndColumbia 3rd-@3rdHumphrey and @mrs_scott3rd 4th-@mv_columbia_4th 5th-@mv_columbia_5th Columbia Elementary-@Columbia_Tiger My Handle-@drmjdill 3) Facebook: Be sure to like us on facebook HERE or at mvcolumbia. 4)Columbia Elementary Website: On our website you will find important information, useful links, our Columbia News Crew's Morning Announcements, and more.  Be sure to CHECK IT OUT HERE. MV LIVE: Did you miss the HS Game and you still want it watch it? Are you unable to leave your home on a Friday night and you really want to watch MVHS in action? Now you can have it all! Check out our live and archived MV LIVE STREAM by CLICKING HERE or go to our www.mvcsd.us *We are currently exploring other ways to use this same technology.  BOX TOPS For Education: Collection All Year Long  The PTO will be collecting Box Tops for Education for our school again this year.   This is easy, free money to help support Columbia Elementary in getting supplies for our classrooms or fun treats/events for our students!  They will be hosting a competition amongst the school to see which class can collect the most box tops!  (This will be done four times this year).  Please feel free to bring in the box tops at anytime throughout the school year, and they will be applied towards your child’s classroom collection.  Each quarter, the classroom that brings in the most box tops will earn a reward.  This quarter, the willing classroom will have a PIZZA PARTY Directions: Buy products at the store that contain the box top label Cut them out following the dotted lines on all 4 sides of the label - the box top company is very strict on this! Make sure the box top date has not expired! Glue or tape them to the box top sheet, if you need more sheets, you may copy the sheet or use a separate sheet of paper to tape them or have the school send more home DONT FORGET TO ADD YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER TO YOUR BOX TOP SHEET SO YOUR STUDENT GETS CREDIT FOR THE BOX TOPS THEY TURNED IN.  THEY WILL GO TOWARD A EARNING A CLASS PIZZA PARTY! Due Date:  Friday, October 20, 2017 Thanks in advance for supporting our students! Paying Forward to The Ronald McDonald House: The Ronald McDonald House pays their entire electric bill each month through the donation of pop tabs. Feel free to continue to donate your pop tabs to our school, and we will continue to donate them directly to them to provide electric for the families that have loved ones receiving treatment at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Upcoming Events	10/20-End of Nine Weeks 10/27-Grade Cards Go Home 10/23 &24-Art Contest for Yearbook 10/23-No Students-Inservice Day 10/24 &10/25-Third Grade Fall State Test Administration 10/25-Tiger Up-1:30-3:30 (Parents welcome at 1:30-2:15 assembly) 10/26-Grades 3-5 Nine Weeks’ Goals Reward-2:30-3pm ; K-2-Nine Weeks’  Goals Reward-3-3:30 (Extra Recess for both) 10/27-Halloween Classroom Parties-2:45-3:30pm 10/30-Trick or Read-6-7pm 10/30-Vision Screenings-Grades 1,3,and 5-School Library 10/30-PTO Fundraiser Kickoff-2:45-3:30pm 10/30-Trick or Read-6-7pm 10/31-5th Grade Biztown-9-4:30pm 11/5-Daylight Savings Time Ends 11/6-National Columbia Elementary Day at Chiptole-4-8pm (MUST HAVE OUR COUPON OR STATE VERBALLY that you are with our school) 11/7-Election Day 11/7-Donuts with Parents-8:15-9am 11/7-Veterans Day Assembly at 9:15am 11/7-PTO Meeting 7pm in our library. 11/8 & 11/9-Parent Teacher Conferences by appointment 11/10-No School & Veterans Day 11/21-12-1pm-Schoolwide Thanksgiving Lunch-We will need volunteers:) 11/21-Interims Go Home 11/22-11/26-Thanksgiving Break 12/1-Santa Shop
Previous & Important Updates	Kroger Cares Sign Up Today Be sure to sign up for our Columbia Elementary PTO Kroger Cares Program.  This is a way for our PTO to automatically raise funds for Columbia Elementary Students without costing you anymore money.  Be sure to reenroll each year in the program if you already have an existing account.  This Program will not COST YOU ANY MONEY:) CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP or RE-ENROLL Amazon Smiles-Sign Up Today The Amazon Smiles Program will cost you NO ADDITIONAL MONEY as you make your purchases on SMILE.AMAZON.COM.  However, it will help support our Columbia Elementary PTO in supporting the students at Columbia Elementary.