January 2013 Newsletter
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Tri-County Area School District PRSRT STD Tri-County Area School District January 2013 409 S West Street Page #1 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Plainfield, WI 54966-9608 Plainfield WI 54966 PERMIT #7 (715) 335-6366 CAR RT ST www.tricounty.k12.wi.us RURAL ROUTE OR POST OFFICE BOXHOLDER January 2013 Character Education at the 7 th and 8 th grade level is very important in their overall development. I create lessons and discuss with them char- acteristics that increase their self esteem and self responsibility. I deliver and present words and scenarios that encourage the difficult dis- cussions for students at this age level. I let them know that their thoughts and feelings are equally important and sharing those feelings is a good thing and not a bad thing. After I deliver these lessons and encourage discussion, I have them brainstorm their own character education words. I encourage them to use words that have personal meaning, and along with that word, they also need to create a meaningful statement to describe or summarize their word. The students this year did a fantastic job of creating their words and meaningful statements. The students presented their ideas to their classmates and then each section voted on their favorite idea. From those votes the top two ideas went to print. In the weeks to come, the students will be determining the location for their poster as the final step of this process. I feel these lessons are vitally important to our school environment. I give the students 100% ownership from start to finish. I hope that by continuing these charac- ter education lessons I may inspire them to stay in school and develop a lifetime enthusiasm for learning. Lastly, I want to thank the admini- stration for their support by providing an amazing way to display our final product. As you enter school in the future, be on the lookout for nine new character education posters done by 7 th and 8 th graders in addition to several accelerated 6 th graders. Attention Cold Weather Fans!! :) Elementary Students EC-6 Please remember your HATS, MITTENS/GLOVES, BOOTS, SNOW PANTS, and JACKETS for recess time. It’s cold outside, and our office only has a few extra hats etc…to lend out. We will always go outside for recess unless it is below 0, or the wind chill is below 0. Thank you for remembering. Let’s have fun playing in the snow! Mrs. Jepson Tri-County Area School District January 2013 Page #2 Second Grade Scene January 2013 Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Olson, Mrs. Sigourney Wow, we’re already into the New Year! This year’s second graders are very busy learning and learning! We’ve spent many hours working in Reading class, learning how to check for understanding, back up and reread, make con- nections, think while we read, and puzzle through tough words. New ideas for many of us, but we’re working hard and making progress! Though much in Reading is new, Accelerated Reader is our old friend. We continue to read, test, and earn points. Once we were rolling this year many of us made super progress. We already have 38 Independent Readers and 10 Super Readers! Each student is encouraged to continue reading at his/her appropriate reading level and gain confi- dence to make reading a fun, life-long hobby. Math classes have also been busy! After a quick review of numbers, adding, and subtracting, we moved on to adding and subtracting two-digit numbers as well as place value. But, we’re not done! We have much more to look forward to. Three-digit addition and subtraction, money, and time are coming soon ☺! Science and Social Studies have been a mix of fun and work with some experiments thrown in. Animal and habitats are the latest of our adventures in Science. Some of us have studied the government and our county long ago in So- cial Studies while others have learned about communities and their similarities and differences. Earlier this school year we ventured to the corn maze to test our directional skills! We definitely had a super time thanks to all the parent volunteers who helped us out! We also collected non-perishable food items and donated them to the local food pantry for World Food Day. Tri-County second graders really do care! Tri-County Area School District January 2013 Page #3 Tri-County Area Schools Tri-County Area Schools Dias de Desarrollo Infantil Child Development Days Jueves, 14 de Febrero, 2013 Viernes, 15 de Febrero, 2013 Thursday, February 14, 2013 Friday, February 15, 2013 Las escuelas de Tri-County coordinarán los días de Desarrollo Infantil el 14 y 15 de Febrero. EL perso- Tri-County Area Schools will be coordinating Child Development nal escolar junto al personal de Nacimiento a los Days on February 14th and 15th. School staff along with Birth to 3anios ½ van a evaluar a los niños que no están parti- Three personnel will be screening children 2 to 3 ½ years old who cipando en el programa de Educación Temprana. Su are not currently enrolled in the district’s Early Childhood pro- niño(a) va a participar en una área de juego, donde gram. Your child will be encouraged to participate in a play set- sus habilidades sociales, comunicativas, motrices y ting where social, communication, motor, and early learning skills habilidades del aprendizaje temprano serán obser- will be observed. Eligible families will be contacted by letter to vadas. Usted tendrá la oportunidad de hablar con set up a screening appointment. If you have any questions or los evaluadores y expresar sus preguntas o preocu- concerns please contact Joan Wallner in the elementary school paciones. Las familias que califiquen serán contacta- office at (715) 335-6366, ext. 2910. das por carta. Si tiene alguna pregunta o preocupa- ción llamar a Joan Wallner en la escuela primaria: Winter Fun in 7/8 (715) 335-6366, ext. 2910. By Ivy Klabunde and Megan Nigh This year before Christmas break 7 th and 8 th graders had a lot of fun. We had a candy cane sale the week before. Getting candy canes from your friends is very fun. The Middle School Student Council provided the candy canes at lunch time for kids to buy. Mr. Franz and Mrs. Clark also organized a basketball game for the “Gold” im- pact groups. Seventh grade girls played against 8 th grade girls and the 7 th grade boys played against the 8 th grade boys. Both grades had a lot of fun for the twenty minutes we played. We are planning to do it again soon. We had an ugly sweater day too! Many people had creative, very unique and colorful sweaters! Tommy Durrant won 1 st place for the ugly sweater contest while Shawn Kemnetz, Owen Meddaugh and Garrison Woiak each tied for 2 nd place. On the same day we had crazy hat day. We rented hats from the teachers for $1.00 for the whole day. Kids had fun wearing these big, tall and crazy hats! We were supposed to go to the YMCA on Friday the 21 st but we unexpectedly had two wonderful snow days. It is rescheduled for the 18 th of January. The snow days were a great way to start Christmas break. Kids spent snow days sleeping in, having snowball fights, building snowmen and eating holiday cookies. We have included pictures of some of the fun things we have done. Tri-County Area School District January 2013 Page #4 Seven Tri-County Juniors recently enjoyed Christmas caroling with residents of Wild Rose Manor. The volunteers also handed out holiday cards they made and candy canes. Pictured Front Row (L to R): Kristina Zaleski, Felicia Lockhart, Sam Miller, Max Schoenstene. Back row: William Durrant, Wesley Vankilsdonk, Traeven Bates. Senior Christian Reyes-Sanchez helped sort toys for the Bootstrap Christmas project. Kristina Zaleski, Traeven Bates and Jesse Hansen volun- teered at Portage County’s Operation Bootstrap. This Christmas project to help needy families was held at the Noel Hangar at the Stevens Point Airport. One of the jobs volunteer Kyle Pavek had on December Education Assistant Mark Bates drove & supervised the stu- 18 th at Operation Bootstrap was helping with the food dents. boxes. Seventh & Eighth Grade Science News The 7 th and 8 th graders just completed a unit that studied elements, atoms, molecules and compounds. They learned many exciting things about the world around them. They also learned about the Periodic table of elements and the 116 elements that are found there. Each student was assigned 2 elements that they had to make a model of. The models must contain the correct number of protons, neutrons, and electrons found in each element. The students made their models out of many different items found around their homes. I was amazed on the creativity the students displayed. Some of the items used included: dry cereals, rice, nails, washers, Styrofoam, toothpicks, clay, candy pieces of all shapes and sizes, straws, wire , beads, pins, copper tubes, craft supplies, and many other creative items to numerous to mention. All the students did a terrific job on their element models. They were all made at home. A special Thank You to all the parents and family members who helped out with this project and provided the help and encouragement that was needed to complete this Period Table of Plainfield Junior High Elements . Here are some pictures of the students with their models. 2011-2012 High School 2012-2013 High School Yearbook Sale! Yearbooks $40.00 for last year’s yearbook All information for high yearbook These are over runs sent by Jostens.