Tiger Newsflash 1-28-18

Weekly Message

Good morning! I hope you are enjoying your weekend with your family and friends! We are very grateful for your attendance and participation in our Awards Assemblies and Hidden In Plain Sight Presentation this past week.  It means more than words can express to see you actively involved in your child's education.  Your support does not go unnoticed.  It takes all of us working together to successively educate and raise your children.  Thank you for your continued support! Please enjoy your weekly updates below. Tiger Up! Matt

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CRUNCH OUT OBESITY ESSAY WINNERS Congratulations to these young ladies! They are our Columbia Elementary essay winners for the 2017 Knox County Crunch Out Obesity program. They were recognized on January 20 during an awards ceremony at the Glenn A. Gallagher Center. Tiger Up-1/31-ATOD: This Wednesday is Tiger Up Day! Be sure to have your child wear their Tiger Up Shirt. During the afternoon we will be focusing on the dangers of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs in the following format: 1:30-2:15-The Knox County Health Department will speaking with our students about the dangers of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs.   (PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND) 2:15-2:30-Get things for the end of the day 2:30-3:30-Mentor Groups Our Objectives will be: -Consequences that ATOD can have on your life:  physically, emotionally, socially, academically, family, future, and etc. 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 Hidden In Plain Sight: A special thank you to the 20 adults that came out from our school to participate in the KSAAT Hidden in Plain Sight Presentation. This presentation and the PTO Spaghetti Dinner was a great success! Thank you to all of the supporters and participants of this evening! During this presentation, we learned key signals of when a child is using some form of Alcohol, Tobacco, and/or Other Drugs. Through a simulated child's bedroom we physically went through various hiding spots and items that could be found to harm the health of a person. This realistic presentation taught everyone in the room key strategies and signals for keeping our children and community safe. Unfortunately, our children even at the elementary age are affected in some fashion by ATOD in their lives. While they may not be the users of these items yet, it is our reality that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs are a problem in our community. It is our job and responsibility to make sure we improve this reality for our children. Paying Forward to The Ronald McDonald House: This past Wednesday, I delivered the pop tabs that you continue to collect to The Ronald McDonald House at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. We are very grateful for all of your continued efforts. Your efforts are very important because The Ronald McDonald House pays their entire electric bill each month through the donation of pop tabs. PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING:) !

Upcoming Events

1/30-Girl Scout Informational Meeting-6pm 1-31-Tiger Up-ATOD-1:30-3:30pm 1-31-Karate Club-3:30-4:30pm 2-1-5K Planning Meeting-5pm in the Library 2-2-Student of the Month Pizza Lunch 2-6-PTO Meeting-7pm-Library 2-7-Karate Club-3:30-4:30pm 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 2-14-Valentines Day Classroom Parties-2:45-3:30pm 2-14-Karate Club-3:30-4:30pm 2-15-Third Grade Dental Screening-Tenatively Scheduled 2-16-Teacher Inservice Day (AM Inservice)-No School for Students 2-19-Presidents Day-No School 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

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