3-5-17
Good morning!
I hope everyone is enjoying their sunny weekend! We had a great week at Columbia Elementary this past week. Not only do we continue to see your children excel in our classrooms, but this week I also had a great opportunity of discussing instructional improvements and current great practices that are occurring in our classrooms with our Instructional Team. On Tuesday evening, I was also invited to Kenyon College to discuss how we can better bridge our partnership between our two schools to improve the learning experience for all students. Both sets of conversations with our Columbia Elementary Instructional Team and Kenyon College Professors have a lot of potential for our students. These are definitely exciting times for all.
Please enjoy your weekly updates below:
Congratulations to Our February Students of the Month:
Third-Fifth Graders:
Kindergarten-Second Graders:
A special thank you to all of these students for joining me for lunch. They are exceptional children and are positive role models to other students. We enjoy each of their personalities and hard work! I truly enjoy the conversations that take place during these Student of the Month Pizza Parties. They teach me a lot....
Tiger Up-Career Exploration-3/8
We are very thankful to have many members of our community joining us this Wednesday to share their careers with our students. Over a two hour period, our students will be experiencing seven different careers from a Dentist to an Engineer. During these presentations and discussions, each presenter will share their career with our students and share how what they do on a daily basis applies to what our students are learning in their classrooms. We truly appreciate all of these individuals coming to our school to work with our students.
Be sure to wear your Tiger Up Shirts this Wednesday!
Columbia Elementary PTO Meeting-3/7 @6pm
Be sure to come to our Columbia PTO Meeting this Tuesday night at 6pm in our Library. It will be both an informative and exciting time. I really enjoy seeing both Mothers and Fathers attending
Columbia Champions Webpage:
We are in the process of developing a Columbia Champions Webpage linked to our school website. Our desire is to highlight the accomplishments of our current/alumni Columbia Elementary Students in and outside of school. Our most recent highlights have been our Students of the Month. Be sure to CLICK HERE to see this new addition.
If you have a great picture and story of a success of your current/alumni Columbia Elementary Student, we want to hear it. Alumni Columbia Elementary Students' success stories could include both the professional and collegiate levels. Please submit this story to Mrs. Darcy Miller at:dmiller@mvcsd.us or in person in our main office.
Becoming a Columbian Tiger Night-3/27 @6:30pm
Do you have a friend or family member that is wondering what it is like to be a Columbian Tiger? If so, be sure to encourage them to attend the all new "Becoming a Columbian Tiger Night" on March 27th from 6:30 to 7:30pm at Columbia Elementary. This gathering is to address the needs of any student in Kindergarten to Fifth Grades. There will be a range of different perspectives discussed with tons of information. We want the world to know that it is awesome being a Columbian Tiger!
FYI-BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON;)
In the upcoming month, I will be meeting with our students about a very positive announcement that will affect them. Stay tuned:)
General Needs/Information/ Important Dates Below:
Student Headphones Needed:
Please make sure your child has TWO PAIRS of headphones for classroom use. We are finding ourselves falling short of ensuring all students have headphones for school use. These headphones are important for when students are working on individualized projects and/or tasks on a computer.
Columbia Cares-Tabs Needed
You may remember a project we started last year called “Columbia Elementary Cares.” This project was inspired by two of our own Columbia Elementary Tigers, who simply wanted to help other kids. Last year, we collected donations and made care packages for cancer patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. This project is such an amazing experience for our students to participate in as they get the opportunity to “pay it forward” to others in need. Our desire is to continue with this project every school year.
This year, we’d like to keep “paying it forward” to others. Instead of asking for donations of money or other items, we’re asking you to save pop tabs. The Ronald McDonald house in Columbus, Ohio collects pop tabs. Each year, they recycle the tabs and get to keep the money. You may not think a pop tab adds up to much, but they depend on these tabs. We have the potential of collecting enough tabs to make a lot of money to help support these families during their challenging times!
You may be wondering, what is the Ronald McDonald House? It is affiliated with Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Any family who has a child staying at the hospital, lives far away, and needs a place to stay can register with the Ronald McDonald house. They provide a free stay, some meals, and a bit of stability during challenging times. The House is able to provide these things through donations and volunteers. That’s why they need our help!
To help out the Ronald McDonald House and all of the families who stay there, Columbia Elementary is going to collect as many pop tabs as we possibly can! Thanks to the new convenient way of life, there are tabs on more than just pop cans. You can also collect the tabs from soup cans, vegetable cans, pet food cans, etc. Any aluminum can tab will work. Please ask your friends, neighbors, and family members to join us in collecting these tabs.
As an incentive, we are going to make this a friendly competition. The class who brings in the most tabs will win a root beer float party! As you bring in your tabs, mark how many tabs you brought in. This will make it easier to count the tabs later. We would like to get a count of the total number of tabs we give to the Ronald McDonald House.
You may start sending in your tabs immediately. Or you may continue to collect them until you have a larger amount. We will be collecting tabs until May 12th. This should give us plenty of time to collect as many tabs as possible!
Thank you in advance for your help in making this a truly amazing experience and touching the lives of families who certainly could use a little encouragement in their lives right now!
Do you have an old Smart Phone or know someone that has an old Smart Phone that they would be able donate to our school?
I am currently looking for Old Smart Phones that people would be willing to donate to our school for permanent use. These phone would be completely reset to factory settings for classroom instruction. If you have any connections to old Smart Phones that are just in storage somewhere that you or other folks do not want, please let me know and bring them in to our office. My end goal is to bring virtual reality to our students to all them to see the world and even inside of the human body for instructional purposes.
Important Upcoming Dates:
3/7-PTO Meeting-6pm
3/8- Tiger Up Time-Job Exploration Stations-1:30-3:30pm
3/9-End of 3rd Nine Weeks
3/10-Teacher Inservice/No School for Students
3/12-Daylight Savings Time Starts
3/13-Start of 4th Nine Weeks
3/22-Third Grade Yes Concert-10am
3/22-State of Ohio Delayed Tornado Drill-3pm
3/24-Reward Dance Party (for achieving quarterly goals)(if applicable):
K-2=1:15-2:15 ; Grades 3-5 2:30-3:30
3/27-Third Nine Weeks Awards Assemblies: K-2=9:15-10; Grades 3-5=10-10:45am
3/27-Becoming a Columbian Tiger Night-6:30-7:30pm
3/28-Tentative and Important 5k Meeting at 6pm in the library
3/22-4/3/17-PTO Flower Sale
4/4-McTeacher Night (Newark RD)-5-7pm
4/26/17-PTO Flower Delivery
5/18-Field Day (AM) and Water Day (PM)
5/22-KDG Registration at Columbia ElementaryThank you for allowing us to serve your children!
Tiger Up!
Matt
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