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E l ementary S choo l
Dates to Remember
10/13/16 — 3rd Grade Fire Preven-
tion
10/14/16—Homecoming
10/20/16—Vision Screenings
10/20.16—PTO Fundraiser Pick Up
2:30-5:30p
10/26/16—Early Release
10/27/16—No School
Inside this issue:
Principal Notes 1
Fire Prevention 2
Chef in Classroom 3
Counselor’s Notes 5
Bluejay Backpacks 7
PBIS News 8
Community Activi-
ties
10
IMC News 13
Art News 14
Music News 17
PE News 18
Reading Corner 19
Nurse’s Corner 20
CAP 22
October Menu 23
PTO Fundraiser 25
Volume 4, Issue 2 October 2016
Dear Parent and Caregivers:
The 2016-2017 school year has begun and Cambridge Elementary has exciting
plans and high expectations for your child’s learning. I know that you also have many hopes
and dreams for your child’s success in school and beyond.
To make sure those hopes and dreams are realized, I want to ask for your commit-
ment to making sure your child attends school every day possible this year. The evidence is
clear: children with good attendance are more likely to be successful in school. High attend-
ance rates are linked to high student achievement. This is true for every grade – elemen-
tary, middle and high school students.
A recent review of student attendance data by the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction shows that regular school attendance from Kindergarten on is essential to suc-
cessful learning: Every day counts. Missing school even 10% of the time has a significant
impact on reading and math achievement as children progress through school. Students
with good attendance performed better in math and reading. Children who had good attend-
ance in Kindergarten through Grade 2 were more than twice as likely to score proficient on
state math tests by the time they reached Grade 8 as their peers who missed more school.
In reading, there were similar results.
Good attendance starts early. Research has shown that the attendance habits es-
tablished Kindergarten through Grade 2 have lasting effects on students throughout their
education: Children with high attendance in the early grades continue to have good attend-
ance; and students with low attendance in the early grades are more likely to have low at-
tendance—and lower academic performance—throughout their elementary and middle
school years.
As your child’s most influential teacher, I am asking for your support in helping your
child get to school on time every day this year. Your child needs to be in school and en-
gaged in learning to reach his or her full potential. Yet, we realize that every family faces
challenges—illness, transportation, child care, or scheduling demands. Please let me or
your child’s teacher know if your family needs help dealing with these challenges to your
child’s good school attendance. My contact information is below. We will do our best to
help your family ensure that your child’s school attendance stays on track. More information
on what families and schools can do together to support good student attendance can be
found at:: http://www.attendanceworks.org/about/what-i-can-do/parents/ .
Please know that our school day starts at 8:00 a.m. We need your help insuring stu-
dents are seated, in their desk by 8:00 a.m. as that is when instruction will start.
Thank you for all you do to support your child’s school success and well-being, as
well as our school. I look forward to working with you this year and to having your child
learn and grow at Cambridge Elementary!
Best wishes for a safe and successful school year.
Sincerely,
Chris Holt, Principal
Cambridge Elementary
October i s F i re
P revent ion Month
4th Grade
Chef in the
Classroom
Picked fresh
veggies from
the school gar-
den to use in
their salad.
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BATHROOM
CAFETERIA
PLAYGROUND
HALLWAY
MR. MCGOWAN
BUS
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PBIS Our PBIS theme this year is Be a Blue Jay Superhero! We have shared with the students that there are several traits that make a person a hero-Responsibility, Respect, Trustworthiness, Being Safe, Caring, Fairness, and Citizenship.
Friday, September 9 we had our back to school kick off which went really well and included a visit from our own hero, Bruiser. He modeled for us some of the superhero traits we should be seeing everyday at school. Students also rotated around to different locations in the school-hallway, cafeteria, bathroom, classroom, Mr. McGowan, and the bus, to review the expectations that all heroes should follow.
We will be focusing on particular traits each month and at the end of the
month announcing students who have shown exemplary behavior of that
trait. Our focus for October is Responsibility! As our students show off
their Hero Skills and earn Blue Jay slips, they will watch buildings on our
PBIS board light up a floor at a time until they reach the top. We will then
celebrate our first school wide incentive!
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Join us October 2, 2016 for the 12th Anniversary Madison Walk-4-Autism, presented by Network Engineering Technologies, at Warner Park, Madison, WI. 11:00 am-1:00 pm: Registration & T-shirt Pick-up
Children's Area, Raffle, Food, Music, Bounce Houses, Face Paint-ing, Balloon Artist. Special appearance by Bucky Badger!
1:00 pm: Walk kick-off 2:00-3:00 pm: Children's Area, Food, Music, Raffle winners an-
nounced.
Contact Corrine Justmann - Chairperson,
608-347-3764, [email protected]
IMC NEWS Boxtops for Education Information Collecting Boxtops earns cash for our school. Each label is worth 10 cents. That doesn’t sound like much but when everyone saves it adds up to a big amount! Each year we have two submissions dates for our Boxtop labels. The first date will be in November and second date will be in April. This year we will be setting the bar high with a goal of $1500. PLEASE START SAVING THOSE BOXTOPS!! You can drop them off anytime during the school year. Ms. Cora Yenser (608)423-9727 ext. 1121 [email protected]
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Art Room News Back at it! CES artists have been creating in the art room! The first day of art was filled with a Art Rockstar Es-cape game to work in bands to solve puzzles around the art room. This was great practice to see that we remembered all the rules of the art room. We also learned the motions for our mantra for the art room. As your CES artist to show you the motions! Artists also decorated a strip of paper for our Art Room ―Wish Wall‖. Each strip has a special ―wish‖ or
goal for this year written in a special silver pen. For example, ―I wish to smile at my bus driver each
morning‖ or ―I wish to practice being calm if I get angry.‖ Our goal is to work on these wishes through-
out the year and use our wall as a reminder.
5K walk with Lori Hughes
Lori Hughes, Nikolay Middle School Math and Science teacher, recently completed two 5k
walks! She celebrated her progress of getting stronger after her diagnosis of Guillan-Barre
Syndrome (a paralyzing autoimmune disease) She walked the Cambridge CAP fun run and
the Henry Vilas Zoo Run Run with her walker and crossed the finish line without a walker!
She has come so far and would like to thank the Cambridge community for all their support
during her rehabilitation.
International Dot Day
On September 15th, CES and many others celebrated International Dot Day! This day was created to inspire us to stay creative and be problem solvers. It is based off the book ―The Dot‖ by Peter H. Reyn-olds. Many classrooms sang the dot song, wore dots, and read the book the dot featuring Vashti, a young girl who struggled in art class. Her art became such an inspiration! Keep your eyes peeled for our dot day creation, still to be assembled!
Music News
? Save the Date – Evening Concerts ? 4th & 5th Grade Concert - Thursday, November 3rd at 6:30 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Concert – Thursday, December 8th at 6:30 PM
Kindergarten & 1st Grade Concert – Tuesday, March 14th at 6:30 PM
? Blue Jay Choir ? Students in 4th & 5th Grade are invited to join Blue Jay Choir.
Blue Jay Choir is an after school club that meets on Tuesdays after school until 3:45.
If your student loves to sing, Blue Jay Choir is the place to be!
Interested students took home permission slips.
The permission slips are due at the first practice on October 11th.
If you have questions or would like more information, please email me. Thanks!
? 5th Grade Recorders ? Students in 5th grade have begun using recorders again in music class. Students need a recorder and pocket
folder. Recorders can be purchased in the music room for $5.50. If you have questions, or if your family has a
financial need for assistance, please email me.
Thank you!
Holly Dow
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Names were pulled out of a bucket from those turning in fund-
raiser slips.
From left to right: Ca-sey Travis, Kinsley Johnson, Jackson Bell, Samuel Grender and
Cash Cunningham.
Back row: Jessi Finn,
PTO President
Limo Rides around the school in
the Principal’s chair driven by
the chauffeur, Mr. Holt
