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We had many friends visit the School of Innovation this week. U.S. Congress-
man Dave Joyce stopped by to discuss government and the role he plays in
Washington. Entrepreneur Mitch Allen, President of Vanderhaven Group Pub-
lishing, spoke to our students about owning a business and the different media
that exist. Finally, Marjie Ulyan from the Cleveland Zoo visited to talk about
careers at the Zoo and the excitement she has for working with animals. The
students did a terrific job as an audience. They were attentive, asked great
questions, and seemed to learn quite a bit from each speaker.
SOI after-school clubs are awesome! The traffic we are experiencing at pick-
up is NOT. Please see the REVISED club schedule and pick-up procedure.
Hopefully it will alleviate some of the congestion in the parking lot.
A message from Mr. Patrick
The W-E School of Innovation
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Important dates:
02/29 WHITE DAY
3rd grade field trip - bring a
packed lunch!
03/01 BLUE DAY
03/02 GREEN DAY
03/03 WHITE DAY
Drama Club, Science Club
03/04 BLUE DAY
Donuts w/Dad 7:30-8:30
See attached form, must
have a reservation for this
event!
Inside this issue:
W-E SOI PTO Page 2
News and Notes 3-5
Grade 3 page 6
Grade 4 page 7
Grade 5 page 8
Encore page 9
Pictures 10+
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Contact the office by phone: 440-942-1525
Contact the office by e-mail: [email protected]
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W-E School of Innovation PTO Page
School of Innovation P.T.O. seeks officers for 2016-17.
The Willoughby Eastlake School of Innovation PTO is now accepting applications for board members for the 2016-17 school year.
What office positions are available?
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary and Communications Secretary.
Who can apply?
Any parent/guardian of a student attending the W-E School of Innovation.
What qualifications do I need to be considered?
Any W-E SOI PTO member in good standing can become an officer of the W-E SOI PTO. In or-der to be eligible for office, a member must successfully complete the volunteer background check through the Willoughby-Eastlake Board of Education. (W-E SOI PTO Bylaws: Article III, Section 3.) Other qualifications include the ability to communicate effectively, a commitment to attend and participate in monthly PTO meetings and events and will work to benefit and support the School of Innovation its Design Principles and mission. A complete description of the duties of SOI PTO officers can be found at the end of this document. Please read the descriptions and ap-ply for a position that would highlight your professional qualities and best suit you.
What is the process?
All applications are read and considered by an appointed Nomination Committee according to the SOI PTO bylaws. The applicants are then narrowed down to two (2) nominations per position and the finalists are voted on by the entire SOI PTO community.
Where do I apply?
You can apply online by following this link: http://goo.gl/forms/1AjHi5k49d
Deadline for all applications: Monday March 14, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (Noon Eastern Stand-ard Time.)
Please consider applying in order to foster growth in our great School of Innovation community!
SOI After-School Club Pickup Due to the traffic during pick-ups on Thursday after-school club days we will try something new! Please follow the following procedure for
the 3/3 and 3/10 pickups. This should alleviate Rt. 6 congestion.
Drama Club pickups—Park in the front parking lot and walk up to the front door to meet your child. Do NOT wait in the turn-around.
All other clubs—Please drive to the back of the school and loop around the back lot to the door and your child will come out to your car (3-4 students at a time). If you prefer, you may park in a back parking lot
space and walk up to the back door to meet your child.
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D.A.R.E. Graduation for the SOI 5th grade will be at South High School on Wednesday, March 9th at 7:00 p.m. The program will last one hour. 5th grade students are asked to be at South High School at 6:45 p.m. All family and friends are invited. We will be joined by our 5th grade friends from Edison Elementary School. Please call the office with any questions.
SOI NEWS AND NOTES
3/3/2016 3/10/2016 3/17/201 3/24/2016 3/31/2016
Art Club 3rd Grade 4/5 Grade Spring Break
Drama Club All Grades All Grades All Grades All Grades Spring Break
Robotics Club 5th Grade 5th Grade Spring Break
Science Club All Grades All Grades Spring Break
4/7/2016 4/14/201 4/21/2016 4/28/2016 5/5/2016 5/12/2016 5/19/2016
Art Club 3rd Grade 4/5 Grade 3rd Grade 4/5 Grade
Drama Club All Grades All Grades All Grades All Grades All Grades All Grades All Grades
Robotics Club 5th Grade 5th Grade 5th Grade
Science Club All Grades All Grades All Grades All Grades
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SOI NEWS AND NOTES
The W-E SOI PTO is having Donuts with Dad on Friday, March 4th,
from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the School of Innovation Treehouse. Please fill
out a reservation form (attached to Spark Remark e-mail) so we know
how many students/dads will attend. See you on Friday morning!
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SOI NEWS AND NOTES
The W-E SOI PTO will begin selling POPCORN on the dates listed
below. Just bring in your money and give it to your homeroom teacher.
The popcorn will be delivered to students before the end of the day
(to be eaten at home!). This starts Friday, March 11th!
This week the 3rd graders learned about folktales, point-of-view, contractions and we continued to work on fictional narratives. In math we continue to grow in our multiplication and division knowledge, used algebraic equa-tions and expressions, solved multi-step word problems, and Mrs. W’s class even added, sub-tracted, multiplied and fractions! Great job on the SUM DOG National Competition. Do not forget your child can complete Connect Ed, COMPASS, No Red Ink, and Typing Club from home for extra practice!
Some conversation prompts for you to
ask your child:
“Why is the story Wonder a GREAT exam-ple to use when talking about Point of View? Who is the narrator(s) of the story, Wonder?”
“What did you do in math this week? What skill are you working on?”
“What is the problem in your energy robot narrative? Have you finished publishing it?”
3rd grade Weekly Update
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We are continuing to work on our energy plan and some groups shared their action plans with the whole school at morning meeting. Jump Rope for Heart envelopes are due by the end of the month (Monday). The 3rd grade is going on a field trip to the Willoughby Courthouse and Willoughby Hills Mayor’s office, Fire Sta-tion, and Police Station Monday morning. Please have your child bring a packed lunch for this trip. Have a great weekend!
Hot Topics
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Some conversation prompts for you to
ask your child:
“Do you think Roy from Hoot should have his parents call the school?”
“Why is solar energy more beneficial
than the non-renewables most peo-ple currently use?”
Hot Topics
4th grade Weekly Update
The Defined STEM Solar Challenge was certainly the highlight of the week. Students presented to a fictional committee from a fictional school from Buffalo, NY. That school was interested in learning more about solar energy and the possibility of installing them in their school. Students and teachers were im-pressed with the quality of the presen-tations and information that was
presented AND we had fun because the teachers spoke with New York ac-cents! We’ve wrapped up long division and decimal division and are heading in-to patterns and order of operations in Math. Our whole class novel is such a HOOT! Actually, it’s titled HOOT and the students enjoy reading it. We’ve been focusing on characterization and word study.
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5th grade Weekly Update This week the students are busy preparing a “museum” of their ancient civilization. Each class will be teaching their peers about either the Incas, Aztecs or Mayans. We are looking for-ward to their presentations, artifacts and other ideas to communicate the civilizations from South America. In Science, the students will be putting on their “architectural hats”! They were given a challenge to design the lighting system for a kitchen that is eco-friendly AND performs the correct task, of lighting a kitchen properly. The students learned about accent, ambient and
task lighting as well as how much energy differ-ent bulbs use and the light they emit. Each groups was given a dollar amount to stay under which incorporates math into their project. Learning about author’s point of view was a main concept in ELA this week. The students learned that different authors may have different opin-ions on the same topic. The students are also in the midst of writing narratives which will include dialogue. They learned the rules for dialogue and will incorporate those into their final writing piece.
Hot Topics
Some conversation prompts for you to
ask your child:
“What is the difference between task,
ambient and accent lighting?”
“How did the (Inca, Mayan or Aztecs)
government work?”
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PE UPDATE
Students finished up this week with their Jump Rope for Heart activities for increasing Cardio-vascular Endurance for fitness. I am very proud of the effort and drive of students showed for increasing their fitness levels during the month of February and their awareness on eating a little more healthy. Reminder that all Jump Rope for Heart money and Fitness Calendars are due by March 4th so I can get the students rewards to them before Spring Break. Students will be starting a week of Yoga and Fitness testing (Ohio State Physical Fitness Testing) 2/29 - 3/04.
DESIGN/ART
All log entries are on their way to The Ohio State University Extension in Painesville. Great work done by all! This week all students planned and designed personalized scratch art. Many students chose to bring it home to share. Some students opted to place it in their portfolio.
Ask your child to explain the scratch process and the unusual way of sealing their work. Ask them what type of stylus they used to create their art work.
FAB LAB We are wrapping up the fifth grade project. There are 28 puzzles left to cut on our Epilog He-lix. Have you tried putting your child’s puzzle together?
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