Fieldstone Elementary

April 2019

Jeanette Aanerud

Principal

Upcoming

Important Events

April

1 1st Grade Music Concert

MSW Auditorium

6:00 PM: Becicka, Holtz,

Schneider, Swanson

7:00 PM: Myran, Puent, Spanier

School Board @ 7 PM

8 PTO @ 6:30 PM

10 Wear Purple for Citizenship

15 School Board @ 7 PM

19-22 No School

May

6 School Board @ 7 PM

8 Wear all colors for Character Counts

13 PTO @ 6:30 PM

20 School Board @ 7 PM

17 Fun in the Sun Track & Field day

27 No School

June 3 & 4 School is in Session-See Below

5 Teacher Workshop

St. Michael-Albertville #885

Excellence is our Tradition

Students of the Month

Students of the Month

3rd row: Lila L., Izzy S., Jordyn C.,

Aleah H., Nicholas F., Delanie B.

2nd row: Esther V., Hadley Y.,

Sawyer S., Evan L.

1st row: Charlie C., Mackenzie M.

Upcoming MCAs State Tests

The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA’s) are scheduled for 3rd and

4th grade students in April. The reading testing window is April 15th-17th and

the math testing window is April 24th-26th. Your child’s teacher will send the

specific dates in the student’s planner. Teachers have prepared the students all

year. Currently, teachers are exposing students to practice tests to help them

become comfortable with the test formats and testing conditions. The Fieldstone goal is for 100% of the

students to take the MCA’s on the scheduled day and time. Please make every effort to have your child in

school and prepared for the MCA’s. Please have your child get a good night’s sleep and a nutritious breakfast

on each day of testing. It is very important that every student does their very best on these tests! Practice tests

are available at www.stma.k12.mn.us. Click on “Academics” located at the top of the page and then

“Testing” and then “MCA Practice Tests.” Thanks for your help and support!

When: Thursday, May 2nd

Time: 6:15-7:15 PM

Where: Fieldstone Cafeteria

Bring the whole family and

round up the neighbors!

We will enjoy popcorn and plenty of prizes!

Important change

to school calendar!

We would like to invite all our volunteers to a Volunteer Appreciation Lunch.

We appreciate all of our volunteers and are so thankful for our

supportive parents and community members who help out at our school.

When: Wednesday, April 24th

Time: For this special lunch, volunteers will be joining the students

during their regular lunch times listed below:

Grade 1: 11:20 AM, Grade 2: 10:50 AM, Grade 3: 11:50 AM, Grade 4: 12:15 PM

Serving sub sandwiches, salads, desserts, and beverages.

Proudly served by the Fieldstone staff!

RSVP to our school office at 763-497-0904 by April 17th.

To our volunteers, we cannot spell success without “U”!

April 29th-May 3rd is Scree Free Week! Lets all turn off our TV’s and electronic games and have some quality family time!

Parents are encouraged to turn off the TV and all electronics that are used for entertainment for the entire week. By partici-

pating, families may adopt healthy habits such as reading, exercising, and enjoying more time together. Following are some

interesting statistics from Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood (www.screenfree.org):

On average, preschool children spend 32 hours a week with screen media.

Including multitasking, children ages 8-18 spend an average of 41/2 hours per day watching television, 1 1l2 hours

using computers and more than an hour playing video games. Time spent with screes is associate with childhood

obesity, sleep disturbances, and attention span issues.

Children with 2 or more hours of daily screen time are more likely to have increased psychological difficulties, in-

cluding hyperactivity, emotional and conduct problems, as well as difficulties with peers.

More details and forms to participate will be sent home in Friday Envelopes. Students participating in Scree Free Week will

be entered into drawings for prizes.

What will you be doing for National Screen-Free Week? Shoot some hoops. Paint a picture. Read a book. Volunteer. Go

swimming. Play tag. Bake. Fly a kite. Go for a hike. Bike ride. Have a dance party. Make a fort. Start a rock band.

Tony Lee

Front: Nate E., Rhea B.,

Olivia M.

Back: Jackson O., Dilynn M.,

Ellie M., Paige B.

Destination Imagination is an after school activity which promotes creativity, teamwork and problem solving. Students work in teams to solve challenges and present their solutions at tournaments. Teams are tested to think on their feet, work together and devise original solutions. The Terrific Stars team was coached by Madeline Johnson, 2nd grade Fieldstone teacher. Their challenge was called GAME ON. For this challenge , they had to choose a game, then research it’s use, history, and rules. They then had to write a story/play and integrate the game research. In addition they needed to create, design, and integrate a GAME GIZMO that caused an event in the story. Another element they needed to have was a “container” that went a “transformation” during the story. Also all of their props/costumes need to “start out” in this “container.” Finally, they had to research, plan, and integrate a “technical element” into the skit that used elec-tricity to accomplish a task during the presentation. All of that! All by themselves! We are super proud of our Destination Team! They earned 3rd place at the regional tournament in Blaine on March 15th and qualified for the state tournament on March 23rd. They did not place at the state tournament but several of the team members said, “Wow, that was really fun!”

The St. Michael-Albertville Rotarians shared stories with our first grade classrooms to celebrate Read Across America Day. In

addition to reading, they also gave each first grader a book. Thanks Rotarians for sharing your love of reading with our students!

Left to Right: 2nd place: Sophie & Alexis (Kliber), 1st place: Colbie & Charlie (Johnson), 3rd place: Jack, Noah & Eli (Johnson)

Left to Right: 2nd place : Olivia & Sawyer (Lehrke), 1st place:

Prince & Finley (Lehrke), 3rd place: John & Graham (Lehrke)

2nd Grade Battle of the Books Congratulations to our 2nd grade Battle of the books winners! The students read assigned stories and

competed in teams of two or three to demonstrate their knowledge of the books they read. There were

3rd Grade Battle of the Books

Congratulations to our 3rd grade Battle of the Books winners!

Super Stars (Bossen)

Paige & Olivia

Girl Power (Hackett) Emma, Riley, Maliha, , Charlotte

Girl Power (Hackett) Ava, Dilynn, MarLee, Sydney

The Legends of the Knights (Cargill) Eric, Landon, Nolan, Carson

4th Grade Battle of the Books

Congratulations to our 4th grade Battle of the Books winners!

The Llama Stars (Dehmer)

Hailey, Annika, Lily, Rowan

Best Buds (Bugbee)

Rhea, Grace, Alyssia

Fearsome 4 (Bugbee)

Izzy, Taya, Allison, Payton

Girl Scouts With a Little Frosting (Nelson)

Spencer, Beckett, Alvin

2019 Youth Art Month Student Exhibition

Congratulations Prince V. (2nd grader) for

earning a Judges Choice, Honorable

Mention award at the State Capital art

show. His art work was chosen from over

100 entries. Erin Settergren, art teacher,

submitted his art work.

Next PTO MEETING

Monday, April 8th

6:30 PM

Media Center

2018-2019

PTO Board Members

President: Mandy Day

Vice President: Krista

Gerten

Treasurer: Meridee Romie

Secretary: Kari Christner

Fundraiser: Casey Smith

Volunteer Coordinator:

Kelly Olson

Volunteer Appreciation:

Erin Monsrud

Staff Appreciation: Suzy

Garding-Litke

Yearbook: Anne Drager

Facebook-PTO Board

More ways YOU can HELP!!!

Our school collects the

following…

Box Tops for Education

Support Rewards

(local businesses)

Milk Moola

(from Kwik Trip)

Amazonsmile.com

A huge Thank You to

all of our volunteers!

We had 1,156 volunteer hours through

March 22nd!

Upcoming Volunteer

Opportunities

We need volunteers

for the following:

Family Book Bingo on

Thursday, May 2nd

If interested in helping,

contact Kelly at

fieldstoneptoggmail.com.

Thank you!!!

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If you have any questions or ideas

feel free to contact us at

fieldstonepto@gmail.com

or visit us on

www.facebook.com/FieldstonePTO

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Mission Statement

The Fieldstone PTO is a non-profit

organization dedicated to fostering a

positive, vibrant learning climate which

encourages academic and social growth

for all students through a positive part-

nership with families and staff.

Our Apex Fundraiser raised $34,000.00 for our school! We

are very excited to provide the following for our students:

2nd Grade Author Residency

4th Grade Science Residency

1st Grade Art Residency

Prizes for All School Bingo

RAZ Kids for first graders

Books for Media Center, 1st graders Literature Event, &

Family Book Bingo

Empty Bowls project, Flexible seating options for

student (stools), Battle of the Books prizes, prizes for

Accelerated Reader, Time for Kids magazine (High Po-

tential program)

Ukuleles for music class

And more!

Upcoming PTO Sponsored

Events:

Family Book Bingo

1st Grade Art Residency

4th Grade Night Light Residency

2018-2019

PTO Meeting

Dates

May 13th