Sunday, January 21, 2018

Tiger Newsflash 1-21-18





Good evening!

I hope everyone had a great weekend with their family and friends!Although last week was cut short by bad weather and a holiday, we had an awesome week with our students.  Last week was filled with instruction, STEM Activities in our classrooms, and a Nine Weeks' Reward Party for students in KDG-Third Grades.  This week we are looking forward to an awesome full week with our students!!

Please enjoy your weekly updates below!

Tiger Up!
Matt




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 K-3 ACHIEVED THEIR SECOND NINE WEEKS GOALS:

A special congratulations goes out to Kindergarten through Third Grades for achieving their English Language Arts, Math, and Behavior Goals for the nine weeks.  As promised, they were rewarded with a Snow Day Party at
 Ariel-Foundation Park.This past Friday with the help of many individuals, our students had a wonderful time!! Thank you to all that were involved!!

See their smiling faces below:

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ATTENTION GIRLS IN GRADES 3-5:

Coaches: Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Scott, and Mrs. Brown

*REGISTRATION WILL ONLY TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK!!



For More Information Please Contact: Mrs. Humphrey (ehumphrey@mvcsd.us), Mrs. Scott (mscott@mvcsd.us), and/or Mrs. Brown (jebrown@mvcsd.us).


Non School Sponsored-Karate Club-Starting 1/24/18-Every Wednesday for Eight Week Sessions:

I have been working with members of The Vineyard Church that are experienced in teaching Karate to younger children.  In our discussions, they are arranging to provide an opportunity for students in Grades 3-5 develop their responsibility, honesty, courage, and respect for others.

This eight week session will be every Wednesday starting 1/24 to 3/14/18 with a break and plans to have additional sessions at a later date. This Club will last until 4:30pm when parents will be responsible for picking their children up.

More information and permission slips will be going home soon, but if you are interested, please plan on your child attending this club unless otherwise noted.

I am really excited about this opportunity for our students!

See Flyer Below:

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IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND DO NOT HAVE A PERMISSION SLIP E-MAIL: dmiller@mvcsd.us or mdill@mvcsd.us



Save the Date-1/25/18-Community Spaghetti Dinner and Hidden In Plain Sight Coming to Columbia Elementary at 5:30pm-7:30pm 

The Knox Substance Abuse Action Team and Columbia PTO are joining together on January 25th to bring the presentation to you that will forever change your perspective and help keep your children safe.  The Hidden in Plain Sight Presentation will focus on substance abuse, eating disorders, internet/technology risky games/challenges, and much more with the use of an interactive exhibit. As we know that all of these risks affect our community, this presentation is highly recommended.

We will also be providing a FREE Spaghetti Dinner at 5:30pm for our parents and children. As we realize that sometimes it is hard to attend special events in the evening due to child care. We will be providing supervision and a movie for children during this adult presentation.  This presentation and movie will conclude at 7:30pm

If you are interested, and have a last minute RSVP, please do so immediately  to Mrs. Darcy Miller at 740-393-5975 or e-mail me directly at mdill@mvcsd.us. 


Upcoming State Testing Dates:

As the NFL is heading towards their Super Bowl, I want to share with you the dates of our Super Bowl at Columbia Elementary. During this time our students have the opportunity to show the entire State of Ohio that they are truly The Best and The Brightest.  These tests are important to your child as they give us information that will impact instructional decisions for your child for the upcoming school year. Please make a note of the following Super Bowl Dates:



Day 1Day 2
3rd Grade English Language Arts4/194/20
4th Grade English Language Arts4/124/13
5th Grade English Language Arts4/174/18
3rd Grade Math5/15/2
4th Grade Math4/264/27
5th Grade Math4/244/25
5th Grade Science4/30-AM4/30-PM


Week of 1/22-Mentor Lunch Week
1-22-Yearbook Sales Begin (End Friday 2-2-18)
1-25-Hidden in Plain Sight and Spaghetti Dinner-5:30-7:30pm
1-26-KDG-2nd Grade Awards Assembly-9:15-10am
1-26-Grades 3-5 Awards Assembly-10-10:45am
1-26-PTO Reward Movie for Fundraiser-2ish-3:30pm
1-31-Tiger Up-ATOD-1:30-3:30pm
2-1-5K Planning Meeting at 5pm
2-2-Student of the Month Pizza Lunch
2-6-PTO Meeting-7pm-Library
2-8-Gifted Seminar
2-9-Interims Go Home
2-9-Individual Spring Pics/Class Pictures
Week of 2-12-Lunch with Mentors Week
2-14-Valentines Day Classroom Parties-2:45-3:30pm
2-16-Teacher Inservice Day-No School for Students
2-19-Presidents Day-No School

Plan Ahead:



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.



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:  TBA
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.




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