Tiger Newsflash 2-4-18

Weekly Message

Good afternoon! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend with your family and friends! It has been a great week at Columbia Elementary! We have Tigered Up by saying "no" to drugs and prepared for our future by interviewing both MS and HS students.  It is so hard to believe we have already completed 100 days of school with so much more to come.  There is no doubt that our students continue to impress us with their talents.   Please enjoy your weekly updates below. Tiger Up! Matt PS-We are looking forward to seeing you at our PTO meeting this Tuesday night at 7pm in our library.

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New Updates

Tiger Up-1/31-ATOD: Our Objectives were: -Consequences that ATOD can have on your life:  physically, emotionally, socially, academically, family, future, and etc. We invited both Mrs. Alayna Anderson from The Knox County Health Department and 1LT Bryan Andrews from The Ohio National Guard to speak with our students on Wednesday about the dangers of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs. Below you will see their presentation (and embedded video (last slide)) along with some excellent pictures: Feel free to use any of these resources to further discuss these issues with your child: National Crime Prevention Council Scholastic Too Smart to Start Get Smart About Drugs Congratulations to Our Students of The Month! K-2 Students of The Month: Grades 3-5 Students of The Month: Friday during lunch, we had a fantastic time celebrating the success of our January students of the month.  It was great to listen to their stories and to enjoy our fellowship together. They are awesome children! 5th Grade Capstone Project: At Columbia Elementary, all 5th grade students are required to complete a Capstone Project.  This Capstone Project is intended to take what they have learned in grades K-5th grade and assess their ability to apply it to their future.  A piece of this project is focused on interviewing both Middle School and High School Students about how to be successful at those levels and what to expect when our students get there.  On Friday, our Fifth Graders traveled to the HS and MS for this experience. We want to prepare our students for success! Please enjoy some pictures below from this experience: 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 sponsorships for Improving and Replacing Technology Equipment for Classroom Instruction at Columbia Elementary.   Sponsors Are Needed: Please see our  SPONSOR LETTER for more information. 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

2-6-PTO Meeting-7pm-Library 2-8-Gifted Seminar 2-9-Interims Go Home 2-9-Individual Spring Pics/Class Pictures (Team Pic 8:15am) Week of 2-12-Lunch with Mentors Week 2-12-Girl Scout Meeting-3:30-4:30pm 2-14-Valentines Day Classroom Parties-2:45-3:30pm 2-15-Third Grade Dental Screening-Tentatively Scheduled 2-16-Teacher Inservice Day (AM Inservice)-No School for Students 2-19-Presidents Day-No School 2-26-Girl Scouts Meeting-3:30-4:30pm 2-28-Tiger Up-Diversity-1:30-3:30 3-12-Becoming a Columbia Tiger Night-6:30-7:30pm (For New Columbia Elementary Students and Families) -For Grades K-5th Week of 3/19-PTO Pizza Box Fundraiser at Marcos 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:  February 12th Thanks in advance for supporting our students! MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD's TEACHER'S NAME IS ON THE SHEET