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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
Sunnyside Elementary School
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