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Message from the Principal Principal:

Dawn Stansbury

stansbd@live.sioux

cityschools.com

Assistant Principal:

Kim OShea

osheak@live.sioux

cityschools.com

Phone: 274-4048

274-4050

Fax: 224-7479

Website:

www.siouxcity

schools.org

Morningside Elem. STEM School Friday, November 18, 2016 Number 4

I am writing to tell you about our November school wide STEM challenge. We are challenging our teachers and students to the Can Do! Engineering challenge, where our students will be using the Engineering Design Process to construct structures out of canned food items.

Each classroom collects can donations November 7th-23rd.

Each classroom will use the Engineering Design Process to create a design that will be constructed using the cans. Classrooms will construct their designs Monday, November 28

th-Wednesday, November 30

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All Hy-Vee food stores in Sioux City and South Sioux City will be accepting canned food donations in partnership with us.

The Sioux City Community Schools Foundation is partnering with us on a fundraiser, called “30/30” to get the community involved with raising money for reading program funding, such as the Iowa Reading Corps, a program that supports Morningside Elementary students.

“30/30” is to bring awareness to the 30-million-word deficit that children of poverty experience, compared to their peers. If you are interested in participating in this fundraiser, you can find more information at http://www.siouxcityschoolfoundation.org/.

The Foundation’s fundraiser finale will be held at Morningside Elementary School the evening of November 30th, 5:30-6:30.

A panel of judges (Sioux City celebrities, Art Center representative, etc.) will be in attendance at Morningside for this event, and will determine a Can Do! Engineering winner for TK-2

nd and one for 3

rd-5

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The winners of the Can Do! Engineering challenge will take a field trip to North High to help deliver all the canned food items to the North High School Food Pantry that has just gotten started. (We have chosen the North High Food Pantry due to the fact that East High and West High do not have a food pantry at this time.)

The general public is invited to the Can Do! Engineering Judging & 30/30 Foundation Fundraiser event. The cost of admission is $10 per person or $5.00 plus the donation of a new book or canned food item.

Hy-Vee is working with us to provide a meal at this event, and because of that, we will need a head count prior to the event. We ask that if you are interested in attending, you email me at stansbd@live.siouxcityschools.com to let me know how many of your family members will be attending.

I encourage you to email me at stansbd@live.siouxcityschools.com or call me at (712) 274-4048 with any questions you may have about this project. We have tied the November at home STEM challenge to this as well, so that the students are free to create their own design if they desire to.

We have seen an amazing amount of support for STEM this year from our families, and I can’t tell you the impact that that has had on our students. Thank you so much for your partnership with us, and for helping us to educate our Eagles!

Nondiscrimination Statement

The Sioux City Community School District is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any educational institution to dis-criminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, age (for employment), disability, socioeconomic status (for programs), marital status (for pro-grams), or veteran status in its edu-cational programs and its employ-ment practices. Inquiries or griev-ances may be directed to Jen Gomez, Director of Student Ser-vices & Equity Education at 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, (712) 279-6075, gomezj2@live.siouxcityschools.com.

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I-Smile Oral Health Program Services are available FREE OF CHARGE to

anyone ages 0-21 and pregnant women

Oral Health Screenings

Fluoride Varnish Applications

Oral Health Education Assistance with Dental Insurance and

Payment Options

Dental Health Questions Answered

Help finding a Dentist

Appointments can be set by calling

(712) 279-6119

Siouxland District Health Department

1014 Nebraska St.

Kathy Bernard, R.N.

REMINDER—Please listen

to the radio, watch

television, or check the

Sioux City Community

School District’s website at

www.siouxcityschools.org

for announcements due to

inclement weather. Blackboard Connect

automated phone calls will also be sent for late

starts, early dismissals, and school closures.

Please avoid calling the school

about delays, cancellations or dismissals.

Unless you see an announcement or

receive a phone call, assume school is

running as usual.

**All classes will be dismissed one hour early (2:30) every Monday for staff professional development.

November 7-23 Collect Can Donations associated with Can Do! Engineering Project

21 PTA Family Skate Night 6-8:00 p.m. at Rollerama

23 One Hour Early Dismissal

24-25 Happy Thanksgiving!/No School

30 SC Public Schools Foundation 30/30 Project Wrap Up Fundraiser Party 5:30-6:30

p.m. at Morningside Elementary (reservations required)

December 2 Student Council Store 8:15-8:35 a.m. room 219

8 PTA Mug Painting Party 6:00 p.m. (pre-registration required)

9 Student Council Store 8:15-8:35 a.m. room 219

16 Student Council Store 8:15-8:35 a.m. room 219

21 One Hour Early Dismissal

22-Jan 2 No School/Winter Break

January 3 Classes Resume

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ONLINE REGISTRATION

Thank you to all of our families who have

completed the online registration verification. This

online process simply replaces the yellow registration

cards that parents and guardians filled out each

school year. There are also links to commonly used

forms, such as the transportation request, etc. Every

family must complete the online registration.

For those of you who have not completed

your online registration, please visit http://

www.siouxcityschools.org/infinite-campus/ for in-

structions on setting up your account, as well as for a

direct link to the parent portal. Once you register

and are in Infinite Campus, you will notice the words

Online Registration half way down the page on the

left-hand side. Click there to start the process.

If you need assistance, please call Lori Evers at

274-4048 or stop in to use a computer in our office

to complete your online registration. We are here to

assist you.

Please be sure to check your child’s grades in Infinite Campus regularly. We appreciate your partnership with us in your child’s academic progress! Please call if you have any questions on how to access this information. Mrs. Stansbury

Thank you to everyone who par-

ticipated in our SchoolMall

Fundraiser. Miya Vakulskas

won the drawing for the remote

control Minnion robot!

“Morningside Elementary STEM School is changing the future by

encouraging creativity, independent thinking, and unlimited possibilities”

Eagle Pledge

I will be safe.

I will be on task.

I will act responsibly.

I will be respectful.

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As we celebrate the Thanksgiving season, Mrs. Thompson’s kindergarten students

wish to share with you what they are thankful for:

I am thankful for blankie. Chloe Bird

I am thankful for my brother. Dominic Calamanco

I am thankful for the food I have. Juan Cancino

I am thankful for my daddy. MiaLee Carlson

I am thankful for my family. Ashley Cobb

I am thankful for my dog. Christian Dayberry

I am thankful for a clean house. Jayden De La Cruz

I am thankful for my family. Caden Deaton

I am thankful for friends and family. Zoe Earley

I am thankful for my mommy. Macie Fetterman

I am thankful for my baby brother. Janiah Fowler

I am thankful for my sister. Samantha Gomez-Gonzalez

I am thankful for my mom and dad. Jacoby Huckins

I am thankful for my dad. Cevaeh Jaqua-Erickson

I am thankful for my school and friends. Maxwell Kilzer

I am thankful for guinea pig. MaKenna LaFave

I am thankful for my mom. Alexandra Ledezma

I am thankful for my family. La’Mya Middleton

I am thankful for my little brother. Annabell Reese

I am thankful for food to eat. Timothy Schmedinghoff

I am thankful for my family. Cambree Swearingen

Fifth Grade Learning Fun

We are well into second quarter and the kids are currently learning to multiply decimals.

This requires using a lot of 2-digit multiplication so continue to practice, practice, practice….

In social studies 5th graders are learning about the American Revolution. Ask them to

tell you about the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord and Bunker

Hill. They had a great opportunity to participate in a Skype with the Boston Tea Party Muse-

um where several students had speaking parts in the Boston Massacre trial and in a debate

about the Boston Tea Party.

Writing for quarters two and three are combined into one research project. This quarter

we will learn to take notes and cite our sources. The kids will become a biographer for the his-

torical figure of their choice. We will then learn to write a research paper about that person.

This will culminate in a very special presentation. You will want to save March 10, 2017 to

attend our Living Wax Museum featuring our chosen historical figures! More details will fol-

low after winter break.

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What is Mrs. Puhrman’s Class Thankful for This Holiday Season?

1. Kaden says he’s thankful for his brothers and his mom and dad.

2. Cael says he’s thankful for the yummy turkey dinner. Mmmm!

3. Alex B. says he’s thankful for his dad, Jack.

4. Charlize reported that she’s thankful for the chance to visit with all of her family members.

5. Abrianna is thankful for her family and tasty food.

6. Christine shared that she’s thankful for her mom, dad, brother, and cats.

7. DeVondrea is thankful for her family and Thanksgiving dinner.

8. Mayra is thankful for turkey.

9. Tre is thankful for Thanksgiving dinner, too!

10. Gretel is thankful for my family and my aunt and uncle.

11. Alex G. is thankful for his family.

12. Kingston is thankful for his parents.

13. Camden says he’s thankful for his family, pets, and friends.

14. Zeke is thankful for his brother.

15. Taelyr is thankful for his dad.

16. Emma is thankful for everything the pilgrims gave us, like good food on Thanksgiving.

17. Alex M. is thankful for my teacher, Mrs. Puhrman.

18. Troy is thankful for his teacher, Mrs. Puhrman. He is also thankful for Thanksgiving dinner.

19. Hannah is thankful that her grandma will be cooking a lot of good food.

20. Abigail is thankful for having a family and a house in which to live.

21. Adden shared that he is thankful for Christmas. It is so fun, because we get all kinds of pre-

sents. Adden thinks that his family is the best!

22. Jarmin is thankful for the turkey he’s going to eat next week.

23. Sophie is thankful for food.

24. Sydney shared that she is thankful for her family.

25. Joseph is thankful for pumpkin pie and turkey.

26. Lilliona is thankful for Thanksgiving and having a family.

27. Mrs. Puhrman is thankful for a wonderful husband and two boys who love her very much.

Happy Holidays!

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Dear Morningside Elementary School Families,

We are excited to announce that we would

like to begin a Safe Routes to School program at

Morningside Elementary School. Safe Routes to

School programs are designed to improve the

health and well-being of children by enabling,

encouraging, and providing a safe walk or bike

ride to and from school. In order for us to do

that, we would like to learn your thoughts about

children walking and biking to school. We are

asking that you take about 5 minutes to com-

plete a survey about how your child(ren) get to

school. We ask that each family complete only

one survey. Please know that your responses will

be kept confidential and neither your name nor

your child's name will be collected. This will help

the Safe Routes to School Committee make deci-

sions when putting together future programs

and events.

Click on the following link to go to the survey:

h t t p s : / /www . s u r v e ymonke y . c om/ r /

MorningsideElemWalkingBikingParentSurvey

We are looking for a parent volunteer to be part of a Safe Routes to School Coalition. The Coa-lition would most likely meet monthly on a Thursday during the school day. Please email Mrs. OShea if you are interested.