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March, 2016 Sunnyside Events: Food Drive & Spirit week: Feb. 29-March 4 Wed. March 9 : All school breakfast (in homerooms) Thurs. March10: EW Band Concert 1:30-1:45 1&2 gr. 1:50-2:15 3,4&5 gr. SS Book Fair 3:30-8pm Common Communication Night 4-8pm All grades Fri. March 11: EW Orch. Concert 9-9:15 1&2 gr. 9:20-9:45 3,4 &5 gr. Mon. March 14 6-6:45 PTA meeting Tues. March 15 SS Book Fair 3:30-8pm Communication Night 1 & 2 grades 4-8pm Thurs. March 17— Fri. March 25 NO SCHOOL—Spring Break Tues. March 29 5th gr. visit Edgewood 1-2:40pm Thurs. March 31 Spring Picture Day
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Principal Points In the Mounds View School District, teacher leadership is highly valued as many teachers collaborate in partnership on a team in buildings known as BILT. BILT is short for Building Instructional Leadership Team, who work with other teacher leaders and the site principal to improve instructional practices, review and provide input to our building’s instructional model, help plan communication nights, as well as the building schedule. Team members include: Julia Hennen (1st), Tracy Kuny (2nd), Roberta Locke (3rd), Andy Wait (4th), Sandy Cohen (4th), Jenna Pomraning (LMS), and Jody Wolkerstorfer (Special Education). Joining our leadership team are two site lead teachers, Pam Baglien and Kathryn Johnson, known as Instructional Strategies Facilitators (ISF’s). Together this team works behind the scenes to help Sunnyside continually improve academically on what we do for students every year. Through their hard work Sunnyside has earned both Celebration and Reward status from the Dept. of Education as one of the state’s top performing Title 1 schools. Sunnyside also has a leadership team that works to improve our school climate and teach expected behaviors. Known as PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports) the team members consist of Peggy Cardenas (Social Worker), Rachel Kanowitz (1st), Lisa Taylor (2nd), Kristen Stanoch (3rd), Nathan Bellefeuille (4th), Pam Baglien (5th), Chris Church (School Psychologist), Joni Bush (Special Education), and Lisa Ketchmark (OT). Regularly reviewing school behavior data, this team looks for ways to improve expectations through continually teaching and reinforcing expected behaviors for specific locations (such as hallways, the playground, and lunchroom). The hard work of this team has earned Sunnyside recognition from the state Dept. of Education as one of only 36 Sustaining Exemplar PBIS Schools in the state. These leaders, along with an amazing staff of caring and dedicated educators, make Sunnyside a special place to learn and grow. Thank you for partnering with us on your child’s educational journey! Nathan Flansburg
National School Breakfast Week National School Breakfast Week is March 7-11th. Sunnyside will be having an All School Breakfast on Wednesday, March 9th. This will be a FREE breakfast for every student and will be eaten in their classrooms. The breakfast kit will include: Cereal, Juice, Cracker and Milk
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Sunnyside Food Drive Needed Items: Sunnyside is having our Food Drive the week of February 29-March 4th. A portion of all dollars and pounds of food donated in the month of March will be matched by Minnesota Foodshare. So…….the more you donate, the bigger the match throughout the entire year!
Canned fruit * Canned Meat * Peanut Butter * Spaghetti Sauce * Tuna Helper/Hamburger Helper * Sweet Cereal * Stew & Chili * Spaghettios/Raviolio’s w/ meatballs * Mac n Cheese Cups * Boxed Mac n Cheese * Ketchup * Granola Bars * Flour * Sugar * Oil * Shampoo * Toilet Paper * Dishwasher Detergent * Baby Wipes * Laundry Detergent * Donations of money (checks should be made out to: Ralph Reeder Food Shelf A $100.00 donation can provide up to $800.00 worth of groceries when they purchase through their network of suppliers.
Thank you so much for your generosity!!!!
School Spirit Week **** Feb. 2929-March 4th We will also be having Spirit Week during the food drive. As a part of that, there will be a contest between homeroom classes to see who brings the most food (per weight) and the winning class will get extra gym time and a trophy!
MONDAY: Roll out of Bed Day (Pajama Day) TUESDAY: Favorite Sport’s Team Day WEDNESDAY: Wacky Wednesday
Sunnyside’s Student Leadership Team has chosen these fun days for that week:
THURSDAY: Twin Day FRIDAY: School Spirit Day
Chess Club Coach Come join the Sunnyside Chess Club!!! Chess Club is looking for a New Coach starting the 2017-2018 school year. You DO NOT need to be an expert at chess! Chess Club supplies will be provided: chess sets, clocks and demonstration boards. Chess Club provides a healthy social environment for kids to play chess with their peers. Chess Club meets every Thursday morning, 7:30-8:30am from October through April. If interested, contact Mr. Flansburg at: Nathan.flansburg@moundsviewschools.org Sunnyside
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Orchestra News Current 3rd grade students and families: All students who are entering 4th grade in the 2016-2017 school year have the opportunity to join orchestra. Students may choose to play the violin, viola, or cello, and will have a trial time to help pick what they might want to play in the upcoming weeks. No prior experience is needed, as your child will learn to care for their instruments, play, and read music over the span of 5 weeks this summer: July 5th-August 4th. Lessons are offered at various times throughout the day at each elementary school, and evening classes will be available at Irondale and Chippewa. Students receive 1 hour of instruction Monday-Thursday at the location/time of your choice. Save these dates now, and more information will be sent home soon about how your child can register for this life enriching opportunity!
Attention current orchestra students: Summer Orchestra is right around the corner and registration forms will be available very soon. The dates are July 5-August 4; make sure to save these dates now, as your child will not want to miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Lessons will once again be offered at various times throughout the day at each elementary school, and evening classes will be available at Irondale and Chippewa. Returning summer orchestra students will learn new music, make new friends, and have a cool new performance opportunity for students entering 5th and 6th grade in the 2016-2017 (STAY TUNED FOR THE EXCITEMENT)! Contact Annika Spargo for any questions regarding Summer Orchestra at Annika.Spargo@moundsviewschools.org or 651-621-6676.
Band News
Mark your Calendars!!! Thursday, April 14th at 6:30
4th Grade students and parents! Band information will be coming out soon. Every student will have the opportunity to try band instruments on Friday morning, April 15th. After that, the registration night is on Thursday, April 21. The directors want anyone and everyone to be involved and don't want money to be an issue. Please contact Nathan Blinn at nathan.blinn@moundsviewschools.org with questions or concerns.
3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes from Sunnyside will present a
Vocal Music Concert!! At Edgewood Middle School Hope to see you there!
Dear Sunnyside families, Gregg Tranowski, one of our Sunnyside parents, brought to our attention a program that UNICEF runs called Kid Power. UNICEF’s Kid Power program gives kids the power to save lives. By getting active with the UNICEF Kid Power fitness band, kids earn points and unlock therapeutic food packets for severely malnourished children around the world. The more kids move, the more points they earn, the more lives they save. After learning about the program, we decided to apply for a grant that would fund our school. The grant was approved! We were granted fitness bands for grades 3-5, and rolled out the program on Monday, Feb. 22nd for those kids who have chosen to participate. The kids who are participating seem highly motivated to help other kids around the world – but here at Sunnyside that’s no surprise. You can support your participating child by encouraging them to get more steps. At the end of the program, kids get to keep the fitness bands and the charger that comes with it! They can choose to continue helping kids around the world over the summer. Sorry, but we only have one fitness band per kid. If it gets lost, that’s that. If it gets broken, we have a very limited supply of replacements. You can learn more at : http://unicefkidpower.org/
Dr. U
BOOK FAIR!!!!!
Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside's spring book fair will be open during communication nights on Thursday, March 10th and Tuesday, March 15th from
2070 County Rd. H New Brighton, MN 55112
Office: 651.621.7600 Attendance Line: 651.621.7601 Fax: 651.621.7605
3:30-8. All proceeds benefit our school library. If you are interested in volunteering to help set up or staff the book fair, please contact Jenna Pomraning at: Jenna.pomraning@moundsviewschools.org Thanks for your support!
Change on the March Lunch Menu!!! Please make this change to your Lunch Menu for Wednesday, March 30th: It will be our Pizza Day instead!! The Student Leadership Team has planned the following menu: Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza Baby Carrots Celery Sticks Banana Strawberry Cup Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream Cup Student Leadership serving Pizza!!
5th Grade Biz Town Photos
More Biz Town
Science Fair Fun!!!!