8-27-17
Good morning!
I hope all is well! We continue to have a wonderful start to our school year at Columbia Elementary! While part of the beginning weeks of school include building relationships with students, establishing routines, and gaining a solid baseline (including testing) of their academic needs, we have had an eventful start:
A Masterpiece in The Making:
Tiger Up Grade Level Discussions:
I had a great opportunity this week to meet with each grade level. During our classroom discussions, we talked about how important it is to: 1) Grow their brains with grit (Strong Effort and Willingness to keep trying). 2) Achieve their goals with grit 3) To challenge themselves and be creative 4)To pay it forward to others 5) To be "college ready." 6) To have fun.
Please feel free to check out my presentations below and feel free to discuss these points with your children:
KDG-2nd Grade Discussions:
Grades 3-5 Discussions
New Librarian and Technology Instructor
at Columbia Elementary
After Mrs. Garrett resigned her position at Columbia Elementary two weeks ago, we began the interview process to find a highly qualified, knowledgeable, and skillful person to continue serving our students. The interview and posting process concluded with someone that is very familiar to our students, Mrs. Jeanine Davenport. Mrs. Davenport has 32.5 years of experience teaching with a Master's Degree in Technology. She prides herself on doing a job extremely well and building a strong relationship with students. She began her duties this past Wednesday afternoon.
Please be sure to welcome her back to The Columbia Elementary Family. It is great to have her back.!
As we did appreciated the service that Mrs. Garrett did provide to our students, we do want to wish her the very best in her future endeavors.
Kenyon College and Columbia Elementary 5th Grade Partnership:
Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Justice, Mr. Seder, and I have been working together to develop a partnership between Professor Clara Roman-Odio's Spanish 380 Cultural Productions of the Borderlands class and our students.
The objectives of this partnership will be for the Kenyon College Students to:
1) Develop our students' reading with a focus on plot, sequencing, character, inferring, interpreting, analyzing new vocabulary, retelling, grammatical points, symbols, and etc.
2) To create a public presentation based on the readings from class. This presentation will then be produced at both Kenyon College and Columbia Elementary. More details to come.
On Thursday, Mr. Seder and I had the opportunity to meet Professor Roman-Odio's students and they are without a doubt of high quality and come from diverse backgrounds. They will be an asset to our students' learning experience.
We continue to be blessed by all of the love and support our local universities and colleges give to our students! We are looking forward to this great opportunity for our students.
Kindergarten Fire Safety Assembly:
I cannot express my appreciation for Firefighter Trent Kaufman (Retired from Upper Arlington Fire Department) and The Mount Vernon Fire Department enough for their continued dedication and support of our students' safety and wellbeing. On Friday, Firefighter Kaufman, The MVFD, and I worked together on the following important concepts:
1)To stress the importance of each family having a meeting place at their home in case their home catches on fire.
2) Change the batteries in your Fire Alarms (i.e.use daylight savings time to reminder you).
3) Once you are out of your burning home, STAY OUT!!!!!!!!
4) To stop, drop, and roll in case your clothes catch on fire.
5) To explore a MVFD Fire Engine and spray water from a firehouse.
Please review these important concepts with your child/family and make sure everyone knows your family's meeting place in case of a fire (i.e. The Mailbox).
Great pictures for this awesome day:
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
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Parent Portal
If you have not already done so, please make sure you do the following required process:
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Please know that if you have no access to a computer and/or need any help feel free to contact Mrs. Darcy Miller at 740-393-5975.
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With the start of the 2017-2018 school year just weeks away, we wanted to notify you to login to your Mount Vernon OneView account and begin to fill out the online forms for your student(s). Each year parents are required to submit an updated Emergency Medical Form and District Authorizations Form.
If you need any assistance or access to a computer, please contact your building secretary or stop by the Board of Education Office on 300 Newark Road. Computers will be available at the individual buildings prior to and including Back to School Nights and Student Orientations for parents to set up their account in OneView or complete their online forms. If you have additional questions contact John Frye, district Web Manager, at 740.397.7422 x 6038; email jfrye@mvcsd.us or Deb Doup, district Registrar at 740.397.7422 x 6000; email dedoup@mvcsd.us Tiger Up T-Shirt Orders:
The deadline to order a Tiger Up T-shirt is August 25th. You can submit your order online, but we do not have the ability to accept the money online. You will need to send it in with your child or pay for it in the office. We have a new design for adults, though that does not mean that an adult can't order/wear the orange shirt.
 COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY:
All Box Tops can be turned in to the Main Office at anytime.
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| IMPORTANT DATES: |
| Week of 8/28-Students will be meeting with their mentors one day for lunch 9/1-9:15am-KDG-3rd Grade Bus Safety Assembly 9/4-No School-Labor Day 9/5-PTO Meeting at 7pm at Columbia Elementary Library (Third Floor) 9/6-Grade 5 Yes Concert 9/8-Fall Pictures 9/8-All Tiger Up Shirts need to be ordered for Schoolwide Picture Week of 9/11-Students will be meeting with their mentors one day for lunch 9/15-Interim Reports Go Home 9/15-Tiger Up Schoolwide Picture-Wear Tiger Up Shirts |
Tiger Up!
Matt
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