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November 26, 2019
NEWSLETTER UPDATES:
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COMMUNITY CORNER
If you are looking for community events, or other information on what is going on in the community, you can click on the "Community Corner" tab above. This information will no longer be on Suamico's main newsletter page. You can also click on the below link for easy access:
COMMUNITY CORNER
HOLIDAY CONCERT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Our Holiday Concert is quickly approaching! This year's concert will be held on Thursday, December 5th! Please consider volunteering to help with set-up on Tuesday, December 3rd after school. We will be setting up chairs and the sound system, hanging art on the wall and putting up other decorations. This all needs to be done so we can do our full school rehearsal on Wednesday, December 4th! If you can help, please CLICK HERE to sign up! Thanks in advance for your help!
SUAMICO HOLIDAY CONCERT COMING SOON!!
Mark you calendars for this year's Holiday Concert. This years event is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5th at the following times: 9:30 (Last names A-L) 1:30 (Last names M-Z) The suggested concert attendance above is, as always, to help us accommodate as many families as possible for the students. That being said, please feel free to attend whichever concert is most convenient to you. We just ask that you choose ONE concert time to attend. 2020 SWEETHEART AUCTION:
Save the date for our 16th Annual Sweetheart Auction on February 7th, 2020 at Suamico Elementary. An evening of family-fun filled with games, auctions, big winners and all for a great cause! Donations are now being collected for our event. Check with your child's teacher for the classroom basket theme, all donations are welcome! Now is a great time to take advantage of great holiday sales. If your family or company would like to donate in addition to the classroom basket please contact Kristen at 920-639-7576 or Kendra at 920-366-2137. Our next planning meeting is November 18th, 7:00 pm at Townline. Please see attached flyer for more information. SWEETHEART AUCTION PTO Meeting 2019/2020 Dates and Times:
Please consider joining our PTO meetings on the following dates and times (all meetings take place in the Suamico library and babysitting is provided).
New Visitor Procedure
In order to ensure the safety of our students and staff, the District will now be utilizing the Raptor security software in all of our schools. Visitors and/or volunteers must present their drivers license or a photo id upon arrival in the office. It will be scanned by office personnel, and a badge printed with your picture along with the date and time. This badge must be visible while you are in the building during the school day. If you are dropping something off in the office, or signing your child in or out of school, you will not need to present your id. A new badge will be created each time you visit, so it is important to always have your photo id with you. The Howard-Suamico Education Foundation, in partnership with Nicolet National Bank and Elevate97, is excited to announce an opportunity for you to support an HSSD classroom. Donate through DonorsChoose.org/HSEF and help support Howard-Suamico Schools and students. Choose a project that inspires you and when the project is fully funded, you will hear back from the classroom with photos and updates. DonorsChoose.org validates the project request, purchases the resources for the teacher, and ships the materials directly to their school.Visit www.DonorsChoose.org/HSEF and choose which project you would like to support. The Howard-Suamico Education Foundation is invested in students and staff and is committed to fund the final 25% of projects, up to $400.
PIRATES KIDS CLUB:
Bay Port DECA is hosting Pirates Kids Club a supervised evening at Bay Port on Friday evening, December 13. The Pirates Kids Club is from 5 – 8 pm with pizza included for only $25/child with $5/each additional child. You will also receive a discount if you register for all 4 dates (one night is free). Please use this link to register and the attached flyer for more information. What is new in farm to school? Who is the special guest in your student’s classroom that you hear them talk about? The special guest is an AmeriCorps Farm to School Specialist! The AmeriCorps Farm to School Specialist who works with HSSD School Nutrition paired up with kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers. The specialist will teach farm to school-related lesson topics to the students in addition to the teachers’ curriculum. The topics they will teach are MyPlate/Food groups, Where Food Comes From, Diversity in Food and Nutrition, Building Healthy Habits, and Exposure to a Variety of Foods. These lessons will give the students a different perspective and understanding of the curriculum they learn.
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WORLD CULTURE:
See what is happening in World Culture class! Click on the link below to visit our World Culture Connection newsletter! https://www.smore.com/5hegj HOW TO EARN FOR SUAMICO ELEMENTARY...... BOX TOPS MAKES IT EASY:
No more clipping. No more sending Box Tops to school. All you need is your phone. Download the ALL-NEW Box Tops app and link your account to Suamico Elementary, shop as you normally would, then simply scan your store receipts to find participating products. The app will automatically credit your school's Box Tops earnings online.
**You can still clip them and send them to school. Physical Box Top clips are being phased out of production but may continue to be found on many products throughout the store. Send your clipped Box Tops, along with any unexpired clips you may have at home to Suamico Elementary! CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO ON HOW THE NEW PROCESS WORKS: https://youtu.be/PvRWQLA-jRI 4TH GRADE FIELD TRIP TO MADISON: Although it is quite a ways away, the 4th grade Field Trip to Madison is scheduled for June 1st, 2020. Please mark your calendars! If you plan on attending the field trip with your child, you must complete a background check. Please CLICK HERE and you will be brought to the HSSD webpage where you can complete your on-line application. Please don't wait until the last minute as it takes a while for your background check to be reviewed. THANK YOU!
HSSD SCHOOL NUTRITION NEWS:
Did you know there are more than 2,500 varieties of apples grown in the United States? On November 15th HSSD School Nutrition and the AmeriCorps Farm to School Specialist, Morgan Jessee, will use Honeycrisp apples to provide a fall-inspired apple- cranberry fruit salsa to all HSSD elementary schools. The salsa will be made from scratch by Morgan Jessee. The fruit salsa will be offered for breakfast at all 5 Elementary Schools with whole grain-rich pita chips. In addition, Howard Elementary will be serving breakfast and promoting the importance of the physical activity to students serving breakfast on frisbees embellished with the new HSSD School Nutrition logo thanks to Action for Healthy Kids Breakfast Start-Up grant funding. The logo was handcrafted by our eighth grade Bay View student, Andrea Bartline in Mrs. Perry’s art class. “After all, an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. ~Benjamin Franklin THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS:
The Magic of Christmas, Saturday, December 7. Breakfast with Santa from 8 - 11 a.m. at Bay Port High School Commons. The parade begins at 1 pm and will follow the route from Bay View Middle School south on Cardinal to Glendale Ave. Then east on Glendale to Harwood, north on Harwood to Woodale Ave., then west on Woodale Ave. to Bay View. |
NOTES FROM YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Attention all 3rd & 4th grade Parents/Guardians:
Your 3rd or 4th grade child will have the opportunity to increase their social/emotional awareness and skills. This optional opportunity will be available during their 2:05-2:20pm recess on Thursday's starting this week. All interested students in the 3rd and 4th grade will be able to meet in the Art Room during this time period. Suamico Elementary's Student Service staff, consisting of the School Counselor (Mrs. Foley), School Social Worker (Mrs. Bobbi Nowacyzk), Social Work Intern (Ms. Marissa Leisner), and School Nurse (Mrs. Ann Spaeth) will be leading these discussions. Please see the table below for dates and Social/Emotional Topics that will be covered. The format of the 15 minutes will include brief journaling, group skill-building activity, and promotion of student leadership on the topic of the day. Please share this opportunity with your son/daughter(s) and encourage they join us. Feel free to contact us with any questions or for more information!!
Attention all 3rd & 4th grade Parents/Guardians:
Your 3rd or 4th grade child will have the opportunity to increase their social/emotional awareness and skills. This optional opportunity will be available during their 2:05-2:20pm recess on Thursday's starting this week. All interested students in the 3rd and 4th grade will be able to meet in the Art Room during this time period. Suamico Elementary's Student Service staff, consisting of the School Counselor (Mrs. Foley), School Social Worker (Mrs. Bobbi Nowacyzk), Social Work Intern (Ms. Marissa Leisner), and School Nurse (Mrs. Ann Spaeth) will be leading these discussions. Please see the table below for dates and Social/Emotional Topics that will be covered. The format of the 15 minutes will include brief journaling, group skill-building activity, and promotion of student leadership on the topic of the day. Please share this opportunity with your son/daughter(s) and encourage they join us. Feel free to contact us with any questions or for more information!!
FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD:
From the School Board
November 2019
HSSD GRADUATE PROFILE
The Howard-Suamico School District (HSSD) vision is an authentic, innovative, connected, and inspired experience for an ever-changing future. In order to achieve this vision for our students, HSSD Graduate Profile has been developed to include seven characteristics that are at the center of learning in our schools and community. Graduate Profile characteristics are critical skills for engaged citizenship, successful career paths, and meaningful community involvement. Graduate Profile characteristics include self-starter, critical thinker, collaborator, communicator, adaptable, responsible, and solutionist. Rigorous academic standards present daily opportunities for students to demonstrate profile characteristics in our classrooms. Foundational academic skills learned and measured alongside the graduate profile characteristics accentuate a whole-student experience in HSSD.
Throughout the year, the Board of Education monitors student performance in HSSD Graduate Profile seven characteristics. At the October 21 Board meeting, we talked with teachers from multiple grade levels and observed mathematics lessons in action with students developing critical thinker and solutionist skills. At the November 18 Board meeting, we met with teachers and literacy coaches and observed literacy lessons in action with students growing as communicators.
To provide rich learning opportunities, instructional practices are now emphasizing performance tasks so that students can grow and learn these seven characteristics. Seeing our students intentionally developing HSSD Graduate Profile characteristics is exciting and rewarding because we know they are being prepared to thrive in our complex and rapidly changing world. For more information about the Howard-Suamico School District, Board of Education, please visit our website at www.hssdschools.org, or for additional information regarding this article, contact your school board member listed below.
From the School Board
November 2019
HSSD GRADUATE PROFILE
The Howard-Suamico School District (HSSD) vision is an authentic, innovative, connected, and inspired experience for an ever-changing future. In order to achieve this vision for our students, HSSD Graduate Profile has been developed to include seven characteristics that are at the center of learning in our schools and community. Graduate Profile characteristics are critical skills for engaged citizenship, successful career paths, and meaningful community involvement. Graduate Profile characteristics include self-starter, critical thinker, collaborator, communicator, adaptable, responsible, and solutionist. Rigorous academic standards present daily opportunities for students to demonstrate profile characteristics in our classrooms. Foundational academic skills learned and measured alongside the graduate profile characteristics accentuate a whole-student experience in HSSD.
Throughout the year, the Board of Education monitors student performance in HSSD Graduate Profile seven characteristics. At the October 21 Board meeting, we talked with teachers from multiple grade levels and observed mathematics lessons in action with students developing critical thinker and solutionist skills. At the November 18 Board meeting, we met with teachers and literacy coaches and observed literacy lessons in action with students growing as communicators.
To provide rich learning opportunities, instructional practices are now emphasizing performance tasks so that students can grow and learn these seven characteristics. Seeing our students intentionally developing HSSD Graduate Profile characteristics is exciting and rewarding because we know they are being prepared to thrive in our complex and rapidly changing world. For more information about the Howard-Suamico School District, Board of Education, please visit our website at www.hssdschools.org, or for additional information regarding this article, contact your school board member listed below.
November 27-29 NO SCHOOL
December 04 Student Council Meeting 3:00-3:30 pm 05 Holiday Concert (9:30 A-L; 1:30 M-Z) 13 Crazy Holiday Sweater Day 18 Student Council Meeting 7:55-8:25 am 20 Read 20 23-31 NO SCHOOL- WINTER RECESS January 02 School Resumes 17 2ND QUARTER ENDS 17 NO SCHOOL 20 Read 20 22 Student Council Meeting 7:55-8:25 am 24 School Store 31 Dress up Day: Theme- Sport Day February 07 Sweetheart Auction (5:30-9:00) 12 Student Council Meeting 7:55-8:25 am 14 NO SCHOOL 20 Read 20 21 Pajama Day 28 NO SCHOOL |
March 11 Student Council Meeting 7:55-8:25 am
13 NO SCHOOL 11 4th Grade Music Demo Day at LV (1:30-3:00) 12 Interest Fair- 6:00 20 Read 20 20 3rd Quarter Ends 23-27 SPRING BREAK April 10 NO SCHOOL 15 Student Council Meeting 7:55-8:25 am 16 4th Grade Shadow Day- LV (9:30-2:00) 17 School Store 20 Read 20 20 4th Grade Parent Meeting- LV (6:30) May 07 Breakfast Buddies 08 Welcome to Kindergarten 13 Student Council Meeting 7:55-8:25 am 15 NO SCHOOL 20 Read 20 25 NO SCHOOL 29 Field Day (12:30-3:00) June 09 Early Release at 1:25 pm 09 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 09 4th Quarter Ends |