Success Week - I am a CHAMPION, you are going to see me SOAR!

Success Week

I am a champion you are going to see me SOAR!

March 31- April 4

Success Week Information

Our third and fourth grade students will be taking the MAP state assessment April 7-18.  They are ready to take the test and we want to celebrate all their hard work.  This is a week for all the students and teachers to reflect on all the successes they have had so far and look forward to the ones ahead.  Everyone is a champion and we want to see everyone SOARING this week! 

Service Project – Find A Friend Bench

All students are encouraged to bring money from their piggy bank (no bigger than a dollar) to donate to the Find A Friend Bench campaign.  The money will be used to purchase a bench for the playground.  The bench will be a place students can go sit when they are feeling lonely and want a friend to play with. You can read this article to see where our students got their inspiration from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/second-grader-buddy-bench_n_4378248.html.  The plan is for the bench to be available at the start of next year. 

OB Champions – Need Pictures

We would like to have pictures of all of our students being a champion to display in the hallways.  Please send in a picture of your child being a champion by March 28 to the attention of Mrs. Arnold.  Some examples might be of them participating in an organization like girl scouts, a sport, playing an instrument, painting, volunteering, dancing, the possibilities are endless.

Theme Days – Show Your Spirit - Get Dressed Up

Monday, March 31  - Champions have superhero strength!

Everyone is encouraged to wear a superhero T-shirt or capes, boots, and leggings.  No masks or swords please!

Tuesday, April 1 - Champions are wild about learning!

Everyone is encouraged to wear animal print clothes.

Wednesday, April 2 - Champions dress for success!

Everyone is encouraged to dress like what they want to be when they grow up.

Thursday, April 3 - Champions get in the game!

Everyone is encouraged to wear college, professional, or personal team clothing.

Friday, April 4  - I am a champion you are going to see me SOAR!

Everyone is encouraged to wear OB spirit clothes or blue and white.  

Opportunity: Real Talk About Bullying Presenter

Real Talk about Bullying: How to Help Your Child if He/She is a Target, a Bully, or a Bystander
MICDS and Whitfield School have teamed together to bring award winning-speaker Jim Bisenius for an exciting and informational program titled Real Talk about Bullying: How to Help Your Child if He/She is a Target, a Bully, or a Bystander. In this program, parents will learn how to teach their child to respond to verbal bullying, physical bullying, social bullying, and group manipulations.  Parents will walk away with knowledge of the various roles of bullying as well as tools they can immediately implement and help their child master in order to eliminate bullying from his or her life.  Participants will learn specifically how “popular” bullies isolate, control and manipulate their peers. They will learn exactly what steps their son or daughter must take to stop them. In addition, parents will be able to use all of these techniques in their own life to deal with controlling or intimidating adults. Please join us onApril 23, 2014 from 6:30-8:30 on the campus of MICDS. Program will be held in the Mary Eliot Chapel and is open to all parents (JK-12).

Fill the Bus Rock Star

First Student bus driver, Romon Huston, was a rock star yesterday.  He started picking up cans at 8:00 AM and did not finish unloading until about 4:30 PM.  He worked relentlessly to lift tattered overloaded boxes and breaking plastic bags. Although his only job was to drive the bus he went above and beyond helping us load and unload the bus with a positive attitude.  At the end of the day he said it was fun and for a good cause!  Thank you Romon Huston! 

Career Awareness

Check out these career awareness websites for elementary students.  Career awareness must start in elementary schools and be developmental through high school.  College is too expensive to be a career choice.  Our children do not have to graduate from college in debt with no idea what they want to do.  Together we can make a difference!

Career Jeopardy
Career Song
Career Tree
Career View
Chore Pay
It's My Life 
I've Been Working in the Neighborhood
Kids.Gov
Kids Work
Paws in Jobland

Success Week March 31 - April 4

Service Project – Find A Friend Bench

All students are encouraged to bring money from their piggy bank (no bigger than a dollar) to donate to the Find A Friend Bench campaign.  The money will be used to purchase a bench for the playground.  The bench will be a place students can go sit when they are feeling lonely and want a friend to play with. You can read this article to see where our students got their inspiration from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/second-grader-buddy-bench_n_4378248.html.  The plan is for the bench to be available at the start of next year. 

OB Champions – Need Pictures

We would like to have pictures of all of our students being a champion to display in the hallways.  Please send in a picture of your child being a champion by March 28 to the attention of Mrs. Arnold.  Some examples might be of them participating in an organization like girl scouts, a sport, playing an instrument, painting, volunteering, dancing, the possibilities are endless.

Theme Days – Show Your Spirit - Get Dressed Up

Monday, March 31  - Champions have superhero strength!

Everyone is encouraged to wear a superhero T-shirt or capes, boots, and leggings.  No masks or swords please!

Tuesday, April 1 - Champions are wild about learning!

Everyone is encouraged to wear animal print clothes.

Wednesday, April 2 - Champions dress for success!

Everyone is encouraged to dress like what they want to be when they grow up.

Thursday, April 3 - Champions get in the game!

Everyone is encouraged to wear college, professional, or personal team clothing.

Friday, April 4  - I am a champion you are going to see me SOAR!

Everyone is encouraged to wear OB spirit clothes or blue and white.  

8 Days a Week Presentation

Presenting 8 Days a Week at the MSCA Spring Conference.  

OB Champions

OB Champions - We will be celebrating Success Week (Formerly Map Kickoff Week) the week of March 31.  Our theme this year is I am a champion and you are going to see me SOAR.  We would like to have pictures of all of our students being a champion to display in the hallways.  Please send in a picture of your child being a champion by March 28 to the attention of Mrs. Arnold.  Some examples might be of them participating in a organization like girl scouts, a sport, playing an instrument, painting, volunteering, dancing, the possibilities are endless. 

Self-Guided Motor Lab Tours

Self-Guided Motor Lab Tours - Next week you can check out the motor lab and walk through the stations before or after your parent teacher conference.  The motor lab is located in room 206.  Don't miss this opportunity to see how engaging both your body and brain make a big academic difference.  Be looking for information about the Smart Moves book study in the PE section the Quarterly News letter.