Tiger Newsflash 1-17-16

Good evening!

I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend with your family and friends. As my wife has went south this weekend to visit with her family and lifelong friend, I was hard pressed tonight for dinner.  I had to strain really hard and cook up a fantastic Chicken Panini, Delicious French Onion Soup, a Fruit Cup, and a large Green Ice Tea.  Fortunately my friends at Panera where able to help:) LOL!!

In honor of this great holiday weekend, I want to share with you a brief message from Kid President:

Please see your weekly updates below:

Time is running out....Support Columbia PTO!

Be sure to use THIS SOUTHSIDE DINER COUPON (CLICK ON LINK) between now and 1/31/16. Use anytime, multiple times, and feel free to make copies...No limit:). Ten percent of all proceeds will go to Columbia Elementary PTO. These proceeds will go to the purchase and support of instructional supplies and/or activities to support student achievement at Columbia Elementary.

Double Check Your Sign Up for Knox Alerts:
If you did not receive a text message alert this week about our school closing, be sure to go back to Knox Alerts and make sure you are signed up for "School Closings and Delays." If you experienced any delays in our communication this past week, we do apologize.



Dr. Dill's Weekly Hall of Fame:

In order to be included in this Weekly Hall of Fame, the student must be earning an "A" in Reading and/or Math in Grades 2-5.  Congrats to the students below!!

5th Grade Math:

Layla Behnke	Tyler Davidson	Lydia Bean	Ben Bridges	Zack Calbert	Cooper Carpenter
Josh Castle	Harlie Gaulden	Jalynn Green	Emily Hoffman	Hanna Humphrey	Corey Jackson
Zoey Kennedy	Terry Kovach	Zoe Mock	Patrick O’Byrne	Ryan Richert	Taylor Smith
Hailey Stagg	Aspen Swingle	Desiree Temple	Annie Watkins

5th Grade Reading:

Mia Armstrong	Xavier Arndt	Lydia Bean	Ben Bridges	Cooper Carpenter	Mark Fanning
Zoe Franz	Ethan Frye	Harlie Gaulden	Emily Hammond	Hanna Humphrey	Abby Justice
Zoey Kennedy	Terry Kovach	Elizabeth Miller	Ri Miller	Zoe Mock	Ryan Richert
Devyn Smith	Taylor Smith	Aspen Swingle	Annie Watkins

4th Grade Math:

Brady Kaufman	Rachel Ruth	Aaliyah Bates	Adyson Beaver	Isabella Brehm-Parent	Landon Cardwell
Alexis Cook	Karley Davis	Autumn Duffey	Mackenzie Dwello	Patrick Frazer	Rhiley Grizzle
Taylor Hart	Allison Healy	Ally Jenkins	Jada Sudderth	Tristen Waite

4th Grade Reading:

Callie Ackley	Aaliyah Bates	Adyson Beaver	Isabella Brehm-Parent	Chloe Calbert	Landon Cardwell
Alexis Cook	Karley Davis	Avery Deshong	Patrick Frazer	Devin Garrett	Rhiley Grizzle
Allison Healy	Ally Jenkins	Brady Kaufman	Brooklyn Kelley	Quentin Meadors	Guage Ragor
Maliq Ramos	Rachel Ruth	Tristen Waite	Phoenix Woosley

3rd Grade Math:

Case Armstrong	Jared Boucher	Grayson Brokaw	Alyse Christopher	Jada Coey	Haley Combs
Timothy Fawcett	Sarah Hammond	Jason Harden	Serenity Holland	Tyler Ing	Grace Jackson
Aric Lust	Conner Phillips	Chance Temple	Chase Temple	Jordan Willits

3rd Grade Reading:

Case Armstrong	James Bennett	Timothy Fawcett	Jason Harden	Serenity Holland
Tyler Ing	Grace Jackson	Conner Phillips	Jordynn Starmer	Emily Wilcox

2nd Grade Math:

Kaden Awwiller	Zane Barber	Wyatt Clendenen	Kamryn Coscia	Layla Deshong
Arieanna Kovach	Jonathan Kreager	Lane Mussard	Madeline Pealer	Emily Phillips
Drake Seavolt	Jayden Smith	Taylor Tolle	Jaden Wheeler	Madison Wolfe

2nd Grade Reading:

Zane Barber	Travis Bird	Logan Brehm-Parent	Josiah Colon	Kamryn Coscia	Tyce Davidson	Layla Deshong
Brianna Flecknoe	Ayden Grant	Summer Hall	Kaylee Jones	Ty Kovach	Jonathan Kreager	Waylon Martin
Miya Montgomery	Luke Mullins	Madeline Pealer	Emily Phillips	Riley Ragor	Marques Ramos	Drake Seavolt
Jayden Smith	Taylor Tolle	Seth Vance	Jaden Wheeler	Madison Wolfe

Tiger Up Time!

I am continuing to be impressed with how well our Tiger Up Time is going this year! Last Friday, we spoke in our mentor groups about Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs with our students just before our assembly with Sheriff Shaffer of The Knox County Sheriff Department.  As we work with the best and the brightest students, it is our goal to continue their success throughout their lifetime.  Unfortunately, we all know of someone that has allowed alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs to derail their life away from being successful. I am certain that all of us do not want anything but the very best for our children.

We want to continue to be grateful for all of the support that we continue to receive from our parents, community members, and staff. Our gratitude is specifically for the amount of dedication and effort that has been shown for our Tiger Up Program.  This has been simply illustrated through the attendance we have received from parents in our Tiger Up Assemblies, the several community members that have volunteered their time to us (i.e. both our Mount Vernon Fire Chief and Knox County Sheriff).  Thank you for your continued support Mount Vernon! Way to TIGER UP!

*Be sure to Tweet out your favorite Tiger Up Picture to #TigerUp


KDG-Second Grade-Achieved Their Second Nine Weeks Goals:

We want to say congratulations to the 120 students that achieved their Second Nine Weeks Goals:

This picture is worth a 1,000 words :)

*Grades 3 & 4 will be celebrating their success this Friday with in our Dodgeball Tournament:)

Our Website:  

As our website is a continued work in progress, I want to direct your attention to The Columbia Elementary Website.  We hope this is a helpful mode of communication for you to keep informed about the Best and the Brightest at Columbia Elementary, your children.  On the main page of our website you will see a brief survey.  After you take a look around, please give us your feedback through our Website Survey below:

IMPORTANT Upcoming Dates:

1-18-No School-MLK Jr. Day

1-22-Grades 3 & 4 Second Nine Weeks Reward-Dodgeball

2-4-PTO MTG at 7pm

2-5-Students of the Month Lunch with Matt

2-5-State Testing Reward for Students that passed all parts in the 14-15 School Year (TBA)-Tentative

2-8-PTO 5K Planning Meeting at 4:30

2-9-End of First Round of Grades 3-5 Reading and Math Intervention After School Program

2-10-2 hour Delay-PD

2-12-Interims Go Home

2-15-Presidents Day-No School

2-18-5th Grade Camp Parent Meeting at MVHS Auditorium at 7pm

2-19-Spring Pictures

2-22-Start of Second Round of After School Program (Permission Forms will be sent home closer to February)

3/1-3/10-Second Grade CoGats

Thank you for your continued support of our students!

Tiger Up!
Matt

#TIGERUP