Tiger Newsflash 1-31-16

1-31-16


Good evening!

I hope everyone is doing well! We continue to be impressed by the work our students continue to produce.  It is a true honor and pleasure to see them in action each and everyday.  While there is no doubt that academic improvement is continued to be a focus, our students continue to reach for the high expectations that are set for them.  These expectations are set by The Ohio Department of Education, Mount Vernon City School District, our Teachers, myself, and each and everyone of you.

Our students are headed towards great places!!! It is our responsibility together as a school and community is to continue to support and set high and attainable expectations for each and everyone of them.  While their journey will have highs and lows, their success in life is our focus!

Please see our weekly updates below:

Dr. Dill's Weekly Hall of Fame :
Second Grade Reading

Kaden Awwiller	Zane Barber	Travis Bird
Josiah Colon	Ilythia Combs	Kamryn Coscia
Tyce Davidson	Layla Deshong	Summer Hall
Arieanna Kovach	Johnathan Kreager	Miya Montgomery
Lane Mussard	Madeline Pealer	Marques Ramos
Drake Seavolt	Jayden Smith	Taylor Tolle
Seth Vance	Jaden Wheeler	Madison Wolfe

Second Grade Math
 

Zane Barber	Wyatt Clendenen	Tyce Davidson	Ayden Grant
Arieanna Kovach	Tyrelle Kovach	Jonathan Kreager	Miya Montgomery
Lane Mussard	Madeline Pealer	Emily Phillips	Drake Seavolt
Jayden Smith	Taylor Tolle	Jaden Wheeler	Tyler Tucker

Third Grade Reading

Case Armstrong	Jason Harden
Tyler Ing	Aric Lust

 

Third Grade Math

Jared Boucher	Alyse Christopher
Haley Combs	Timothy Fawcett
Tyler Ing	Grace Jackson
Jordan Willits

 Fourth Grade Reading

Adyson Beaver	Karissa Cackler
Alexis Cook	Autumn Duffey
Allison Healy	Ally Jenkins
Brady Kaufman	Brooklyn Kelley
Guage Ragor	Maliq Ramos
Rachel Ruth	Jada Sudderth
Phoenix Woosley	Jaden Thompson

 Fourth Grade Math

Brady Kaufman	Rachel Ruth
Adyson Beaver	Karissa Cackler
Chloe Calbert	Alexis Cook
Konner Daughriety	Karley Davis
Mackenzie Dwello	Patrick Frazer
Rhiley Grizzle	Allison Healy

 Fifth Grade Reading

Mia Armstrong	Xavier Arndt
Cooper Carpenter	Josh Castle
Tyler Davidson	Jake Fanning
Emily Hammond	John Hays
Hanna Humphrey	Abby Justice
Elizabeth Miller	Ri Miller
Devyn Smith	Annie Watkins

Fifth Grade Math

Ri Miller	Jake Fanning
Layla Behnke	Ben Bridges
Zack Calbert	Cooper Carpenter
Harlie Gaulden	John Hays
Hanna Humphrey	Zoe Mock
Patrick O’byrne	Ryan Richert
Desiree Temple	Annie Watkins

Important: Be Sure to Get Your 2015-16 Yearbook:

Don't miss out on ordering yearbooks! It's a great way to look back at the school year. The deadline is February 5th. You can order online here:book.hrimaging.com or send a form in to school.”

UPDATE: State Testing Reward for Students that passed ALL Sections of The State Test for the 14-15 School Year:

As you may recall, I had promised the students last year that they would get a pool party if they passed all parts of their state tests. The State Department of Education through a wrench in this plan by delaying the release of those scores and debating on what the best way was to test our students, Summer quickly became winter for this planned outdoor pool party...not good....As I wanted to keep my word to the students, we had to go to a "Plan B."

With the support of our PTO, we are renting a Video Game Truck that will hold a maximum of 20 students per time.  In this game truck the students will be able to play: Smash Brothers, Football, Basketball, Mario Cart, Minecraft and other school appropriate games.  Since there are a approximately 50 students (current Students at Columbia) that passed ALL Sections of their State Tests. We will need to divide these students into three smaller groups.  These smaller groups will be assigned a 40 minute time period between 1:30-3:30pm on February 5th. This should be fun! More details will come. Again, I truly appreciate the PTO's support in these efforts!

Follow Up Talk with Grades 3-5 about Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs-February 19:

Officer Ruth, a Columbia Elementary Parent, has graciously offered to meeting with our students in Grades 3-5 on February 19th to further discuss the facts about Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs.  As Sheriff Shaffer did a fantastic job with our entire school this past month, we felt following this presentation that the older students still had remaining questions and things that they wanted to discuss further. Taking this moment as a learning opportunity, we felt it would be valuable to follow up with the older students for a deeper discussion. This discussion will take place on February 19th at 2:45pm.  Please know we encourage all parents to attend.

IMPORTANT Upcoming Dates:

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 1:30-3:30 (40 min blocks of time)

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

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

2-10-2 hour Delay-PD

2-12-Interims Go Home

2-15-Presidents Day-No School

2-19-Spring Pictures

2-19-ATOD Assembly-Grades 3-5 at 2:45 with Officer Ruth

2-22-Start of Second Round of After School Program

3/1-3/10-Second Grade CoGats

Thank you for your continued support of our students!

Tiger Up!
Matt



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