Meadow View Minute
Meadow View Elementary
@meadowview4
OASD
April 2015
www.oasd.k12.wi.uw
Things I’ve Seen…
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4K students learning about rhyming words
Upcoming Dates:
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5K readers making a plan before reading
April 13 - Classes resume
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First graders doing some jelly bean math
April 14 - PTO Meeting
6:30pm
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Second graders using green screen and ipad to share
what they have learned
May 2 - PTO Parent’s Night
Out (Derby Date Night)
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Third grade studying the regions of the United States
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Fourth grade book clubs
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A team of teachers from Deforest visiting to learn from our staff about reader’s and
writer’s workshop
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Families sharing in our Learning Celebration
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An awesome PTO book fair
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Community readers spending time in our classrooms reading to our students
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Students smiling and having fun with our all school “Egg Crack Off”
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Jump Rope for Heart was a huge success!
May 6 - Early Release
Students dismissed at 1:40pm
Attendance:
When calling in for an absent student , please leave
a message on our attendance line at 262-560-8002.
If your child is ill, please
include their symptoms.
Music Programs:
Student Council Coin Drive: April 20-24
Friday, May 1
5K at 10am
3rd Grade at 2pm
Student Council will be collecting coins for the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society’s new spring campaign, BRING THE CHANGE, which is a spirit
week and coin drive that takes place April 20th through the
24th throughout the Midwest.
Mid-day Appointments:
When picking up a child for
a mid-day appointment,
your child will meet you in
the main office. Please
make sure you have
checked out with our office
staff Also, remember to
check back in when
returning. Thank you!
This campaign is a coin drive with each day focusing on a different
spirit-wear item and coin. Listed below are the spirit days in addition to
the coins we will be collecting each day during the week of April 20th.
Monday: Pink & Purple Penny Day: Wear pink and or purple while
collecting pennies!
Tuesday: Neon Nickels Day: Wear your brightest neon and bring in
nickels!
Wednesday: Dazzling Dimes Day: Donate dimes & wear something
shiny or something that makes you different & unique!
Thursday: Crazy Quarters Day: Wear a crazy hat and/or socks to
school today and cash in your quarters!
Friday: Team Up for Leukemia: Wear your favorite team’s jersey or
colors and collect all coins and
dollars!
Let’s have some fun this spring by dressing up each day
while raising money for this worthy cause!
Thank You!! Student Council 2014-2015
Parent’s Night Out (“Derby Date Night”)
We are excited to announce that this year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, May
2nd at the Oconomowoc Golf Club. Get ready for a fun, casual evening of
fundraising to benefit Meadow View Elementary School students and staff!! The
event will kick off at 6pm with a cocktail hour followed by a horse racing program at 7pm. Heavy Hors d’oeurves and a dessert bar will be available all evening along with fun entertainment until midnight! As always, plan to purchase your
raffle tickets for the famous Derby Baskets and bid high on the silent auction
items. Tickets will go on sale later this month and are open to all family and
friends of Meadow View. Please watch for more details coming home with your
child in the coming weeks!
Building Our Future
Oconomowoc Area School District is looking to the future.
If you are interested in following the facility planning process, please click on the
link below for more information.
Building Our Future
Egg Crack Off Fun
April News at Meadow View Library
A big “thanks” to the PTO for a wonderful book fair and more importantly for bringing so many books to our
students, classrooms and library, we are so grateful! April is National Poetry month and we will be doing
different poetry activities all month long here in the library.
I am making a special plea to parents and students in fourth grade to all read the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It is a very special book that will captivate you and your student, and it
is one of the few books that I feel is important for everyone ages 10 and up to read. It also
happens to be the last book club choice for fourth grade. I will be hosting the last fourth
grade book club here at Meadow View Library on Wednesday May 20th. Your students are
always welcome to come to any book club and I really go “all out” for the last one. IF you
and your child do read the book, you should know that there was a short sequel released
last summer, but it is only available as an e-book. It is called Julian’s Chapter. I have 10
ebook copies available through our library, but your student needs their login and passwords to access it. It is also available for purchase through Amazon’s Kindle program. This book is truly a MUST-READ!!!
Third graders will have their last book club of the year on Wednesday April 15th and we
will be discussing and reading poetry. Third graders should know that for book club next
year they will be asked to read individual titles and I will hand out a list at the end of the year for all students.
Books and Company is putting together a Kid and Teen advisory board to review “not yet published” books
from publishers. If any of your children ages 9-18 would like to join or find out more information there is a
meeting at Books and Company on Sunday April 26th at 4pm. At the meeting they will
discuss what is expected as a member, taste some cookies and choose an ARC to take
home for keeps! (ARC is an Advanced Reader Copy book) Please contact Lisa Nehs
at [email protected] for questions.
Thank you for making reading a priority!
Sheila Homberg
Library Media Specialist
Meadow View Elementary
Community Guest Readers
A special thank you to our community guest readers who visited our classrooms during Literacy Week!
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
On Friday, March 6th, all of the first graders
participated in Dr. Seuss Day! They celebrated
all of Dr. Seuss’s great books by dressing up
as a character, reading in the hall, and eating
a Dr. Seuss snack that included red, orange,
and green fish!
Summer School Online Registration
OASD Summer School for grades 4K-12 is June 22 – July 31, 2015. (No school on Friday, July 3, 2015.)
Families can register for summer school online - this is the only registration method. Online registration is
open between March 9, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. and March 20, 2015 at 12:00 noon. Summer School registration
will NOT be accepted after March 20, 2015. Registration will reopen on
May 12, 2015 for skills instruction courses.
More information and the course brochure are available in the News
section of Meadow View Elementary’s webpage. For more information
please call 262-560-2115 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
The End
Spring break is finally here. It is always a much appreciated break and a time to recharge. Just as
we all look forward to the coming of spring and all of its new growth, we also look forward to
watching the continued growth of the students at Meadow View. Our school goal continues to focus on student growth and achievement in literacy. Thank you for all you do to contribute to that
growth and for working with us as your partners!
As most of you know, I love basketball and the Wisconsin Badgers. As I type, they have 1 game
left in the season...the National Championship game. There is so much that can be learned from
this year’s team. One of the many take-a-ways for me is this year is how Wisconsin handled the
heartbreaking loss to Kentucky in last year’s Final Four. It would have been easy for the
players to pout, blame, or give up. But they didn’t, and look how things played out. Our
students so often want to get everything “right” the first time, and that is a great quality to
have. But it is also important to teach them how to deal with failure and disappointment.
Elementary school is often the best time to learn these lessons as the consequences are
not nearly as severe as they are as you get older. Whether it is learning to ride a bicycle,
grades on a report card, homework, or athletics, the ability to persevere and working to
achieve a goal without being discouraged is tough lesson to learn. Please continue to
carry that message on at home when the situation presents itself.
Mr. Schreiber, Principal