Tiger Newsflash 4-22-18

Weekly Message

Good afternoon! I hope everyone is having a great weekend with their family and friends! We had another great week at Columbia Elementary with a full week of testing in Grades 3-5, classrooms full of excitement, and a great PTO Meeting on Tuesday night.  If you were unable to attend our PTO Meeting and would like to see what was discussed, feel free to review OUR MINUTES (CLICK ON LINK) on their webpage. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at anytime. Remember we have a lot to accomplish over the next 5 1/2 weeks.  Let's continue to stay focused and finish the 2017-18 School Year COLUMBIA STRONG! Tiger Up! Matt

Masterpieces in The Making

New Updates

State Testing Is Here (Grades 3-5): 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 and make sure your child is rested, prepared, and on time on these 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 WANTED: NEW COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY TIGERS (K-5): Mount Vernon City Schools Open enrollment applications for the 2018-2019 school year will be accepted online only (www.mvcsd.us).  Both current and new Open Enrolled Students will be required to enroll through the online registration process. Parents who are Open Enrolling students to the Mount Vernon City School District must create a  “OneView ” account by selecting the parent icon at the top of the district website and then selecting OneView Parent Portal.  Instructions for setting up a parent account and for open enrollment are located on this page. Applications for new open enrollment requests will be completed online and  submitted beginning April 1, 2018. No new applications will be accepted  prior to April 1, 2018. The deadline for submitting applications is May  15, 2018.  Applicants shall be considered according to board policy and  administrative guidelines relative to open enrollment.  Once submitted you  will receive a time stamped email notification of your intent.  Register Now: Get Ready For Our Annual 5K With Ariel Foundation Park: Theme-Superheros-Participants are encouraged to dress up as their favorite Superhero When-May 11th at Ariel Foundation Park at The Clock House (Rain Date-May 18th) Our Goal: To raise $10,000 in sponsorship for Improving and Replacing  Technology Equipment for Classroom Instruction at Columbia Elementary.   Prizes for: Fastest Man and Woman ($75 each) Fastest Boy and Girl ($25 each) Top 10 Best Superheroes ($5 gift cards each) REGISTER AND PAY BELOW: 5K Sponsors Are Needed: Please see our  SPONSOR LETTER for more information. COLUMBIA CARES-Buddy Bench & MVPD K-9 Projects: Deadline: April 27th Reminder: Flower Pickup If you ordered flowers, please know that you are able to pick them up after school THIS WEDNESDAY from 3:30-5:30pm.  Columbia Elementary Annual American Red Cross Blood Drive-June 1st: BY APPOINTMENT: 1-6pm Community Table Check out information about Non School and PTO Sponsored Events by CLICKING HERE. *We will be improving this resource for you in the near future.

Upcoming Events

4/24-5th Grade Math State Test-Day 1 4/25-5th Grade Math State Test-Day 2 4/25-Flowers Delivered-3:30-5:30pm 4/26-4th Grade State Math Test-Day 1 4/27-4th Grade State Math Test-Day 2 4/27-KDG and 2nd Grade Dance Goal Reward Party-1:30-2:15pm 4/27-Grades 3-5 Dance Goal Reward Party 4/27-Interims Go Home-C (or equivalent to) or Below Students Only 4/27-Deadline for Penny War 5/1-Scheduling Committee Mtg-8am-Library 5/1-3rd Grade Math State Testing-Day 1 5/2-3rd Grade Math State Testing-Day 2 5/2-Karate Club-3:30-4:30pm 5/4-First Grade and 5th Grade Field Trips 5/4-5/18-Annual PTO Pig Raffle 5/7-Last Day for Checking Out Library Books 5/7-5/9-5th Grade Camp-Matt will be at Camp (can reach by cell) 5/8-4th Grade AG Day 5/9-Karate Club at 3:30pm 5/10-Student of the Month Pizza Party-NOTICE CHANGE IN DATE (Due to Field Trips on 5/4) 5/11-Donuts with Parents-8:15-8:45am 5/11-4th Grade OH Supreme Court Field Trip 5/11-5th Grade-Band and Orchestra Concert at HS/MS-12:30pm 5/11-Columbia Elementary & AF Park 5K-6:30pm at Clock House (MAY 18th Rain Date) Week of May 18th-Mentor Lunches 5/14-Variety Show-Dress Rehearsal/Try Outs-Grades 3-5-Mrs. Ackert-12-1pm 5/15-Scheduling Committee Mtg-8am 5/15-K-2-Spring Musical Program-Where the Wild Things Are-Faith Baptist-6:30-7:15pm 5/17-Columbia Elementary Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast-8am-Library 5/18-KDG Registration-8am-1pm-Immunizations will be available (Provided by KCHD) 5/18-2nd Grade Biography Projects-1-3pm 5/18-5K Rain Date if it rained on 5/11 5/22-2:30-3:20-Variety Show-Grades 3-5 in Gym 5/24-Track and Field Day-AM 5/24-Water Day-PM 5/25-Columbia Elementary-Graduating Seniors Lunch and Clapout-12-1pm 5/28-Memorial Day-No School 5/30-Last Day for Students 5/30-Grade Cards go home with 18-19 Classroom Assignments 5/30-Early Dismissal at 1:30pm 6/1-Blood Drive at Columbia Elementary by appointment Reoccurring: Girl Scouts-Every Monday-3:30-4:30pm Karate Club-Every Wednesday-3:30-4:30-Until 3/14 (Then a new session will begin-TBA) Girls ON The Run-March 5th-May 14th 2018-19 School Year Calendar

Previous & Important Updates

Paying Forward to The Ronald McDonald House: The Ronald McDonald House at Nationwide Children's Hospital needs your pop tabs. Please be sure to bring them to our school and we will donate them for you. Your efforts are very important because The Ronald McDonald House pays their entire electric bill each month through through recycling these pop tabs. PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING:) ! 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:  TBA Thanks in advance for supporting our students! MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD's TEACHER'S NAME IS ON THE SHEET