Tiger Newsflash 2-19-18

Weekly Message

Good afternoon! I hope everyone is having a great long weekend with your family and friends!  With the recent events in Florida, I want to reassure you that Mount Vernon City Schools continues to keep the safety of your children as our top priority.  It is a common practice to have continuous conversations about how to improve the safety of all involved. These conversations also include routine scenario based drills and improvements to our physical structures. This will to be our standard. An example of these improvements included preplanned training (prior to the Florida Tragedy) on Active Shooters in Schools. Here are a couple resources to  click on to help you discuss these horrific events with your children: APA-Article  NASP Article I hope these are helpful to you and your family! Tiger Up! Matt

Masterpieces in The Making

New Updates

Recent Flag Donation: This week Mrs. Thomas, our Fourth Grade Teacher, donated the American Flag in from of our building in honor and memory of her husband, Sergeant Robert L Thomas, Jr. It looks fantastic!!! Semper Fi! Becoming A Columbia Elementary Tiger Night March 12th @ 6:30pm Do you know a student in Kindergarten through Fifth Grade, that is looking to be one of The Best and Brightest at Columbia Elementary? Please invite the student/s and parent/s to our "Becoming a Columbia Elementary Tiger Night" at 6:30pm until 7:30pm on March 12th.  We want to share the Columbia Elementary Experience with them!  Remember that Open Enrollment will begin April 1st through our district's website.  Spring Flower PTO Sale Coming Soon: Kick Off assembly -March 9, 2018                               Money Due- April 4, 2018                               Orders Due - April 10, 2018                                Delivery- April 25, 2018 @ 1pm (pick up 3-5 or 6) Annual 5K Update: Theme-Superheros-Participants are encouraged to dress up as their favorite Superhero When-May 11th at Ariel Foundation Park (Rain Date-May 18th) Our Goal: To raise $10,000 in sponsorship for Improving and Replacing Technology Equipment for Classroom Instruction at Columbia Elementary.   Sponsors Are Needed: Please see our  SPONSOR LETTER for more information. There will be prizes for: Fastest Man and Woman ($75 each) Fastest Boy and Girl ($25 each) Top 10 Best Superheroes ($5 gift cards each) Community Table Check out information about Non School and PTO Sponsored Events by CLICKING HERE. *We will be improving this resource for you in the near future.

Upcoming Events

2-22-SIEMENS STEM Project with 5th Grade-2-3:30pm 2-28-Tiger Up-Diversity-1:30-3:30 3-1-5K Planning Meeting 3-2-Student of the Month Pizza Party Week of March 5th-Mentor Lunch Week 3-5 to 3-9-Second Grade-COGAT Testing Window 3-6-PTO Meeting-7pm-Library 3-8-Yes Concert-3rd Grade-10-11am 3-8-National Columbia Elementary Night at Burger King (closest to school)-4:30-9pm (20% of all sales go to Columbia Elementary PTO) 3-9-Hygiene Talk with 4th Grade with KCHD-2:30-3:30pm 3-11-Daylight Savings Time Begins (Spring Forward 1hr) 3-19-Week of Book Fair (during specials) 3-21-Tiger Up-Career Exploration-1:30-3:30pm 3-23 to 4-2 -Spring Break 4-3-First day back from Spring Break Reoccurring: Girl Scouts-Every Monday-3:30-4:30pm Karate Club-Every Wednesday-3:30-4:30-Until 3/14 (Then a new session will begin-TBA) Girls ON The Run-March 5th-May 14th 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 1 Day 2 3rd Grade English Language Arts 4/19 4/20 4th Grade English Language Arts 4/12 4/13 5th Grade English Language Arts 4/17 4/18 3rd Grade Math 5/1 5/2 4th Grade Math 4/26 4/27 5th Grade Math 4/24 4/25 5th Grade Science 4/30-AM 4/30-PM

Previous & Important Updates

Paying Forward to The Ronald McDonald House: The Ronald McDonald House at Nationwide Children's Hospital needs your pop tabs. Please be sure to bring them to our school and we will donate them for you. Your efforts are very important because The Ronald McDonald House pays their entire electric bill each month through through recycling these pop tabs. PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING:) ! 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! MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD's TEACHER'S NAME IS ON THE SHEET