little jay news Cambr idge

E l ementary S choo l

Dates to Remember

School Resumes—1/2/17

Late Start Wednesday—1/4/17

Late Start Wednesday—1/11/17

No School — 1/16/17

Late Start Wednesday—1/18/17

Late Start Wednesday—1/25/17

Inside this issue:

PBIS 2

Art News 3

Sock Day Pictures 5

Yahara News 6

Music News 7

Nurse Notes 9

Pictures 13

4K Night 14

Crossing Guard 16

Community Event 17

Principal News 18

Food Service/

Menus

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Volume , Issue January 2017

Fun indoor activi-ties for kids while you wait out the snowstorm (or cold temps)

1. Indoor Ice Skating — All you need is some wax pa-per, rubber bands, and carpet. Be careful, as it’s quite slippery, but lots of fun!

2. Coffee Filter Snowflake Blizzard — If you have coffee filters and scissors, you can make these snow-flakes for your own indoor blizzard.

3. Sandpaper and Yarn Snowflakes — Sandpaper and yarn is one of our fa-vorite boredom busters. It’s a great mess-free ac-tivity too!

Happy New Year!!

Dr. Fatima S. Khan, pediatrician with

Rush-Copley Medical Center and an

Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Rush University Medi-

cal College in Chicago, says that keep-

ing active all year round is an absolute

must for families. "This is very im-

portant. The number one reason for the

childhood obesity epidemic is due to

physical inactivity and spending too

much time in front of TV or computer games," says Dr. Khan.

Ready to tear your kids away from the

games and get them outside for winter

activities? Here are a few things to know.

Before heading outside, make sure that

your kids are bundled up to be warm.

You should bundle up too. Be sure to

wear gloves, coats and warm socks,

along with weather-appropriate foot-

wear.

Be aware of the signs of frostbite in kids. If your child complains of aching

pain or numbness, most often to their

extremities (hands, feet or ears) or their

skin feels hard/waxy with a white color,

come inside immediately!

Things to know before playing outside in the Winter

H appy New Year !

4. Icicle Craft – All you need is some glue, paper, and salt for this!

5. Kid Friendly Printmaking — Made with foam stick-ers for an easy kid-friendly printmaking technique that’s perfect for hand-made wrapping paper.

6. Puffy Paint Snowflakes — You can make these in the microwave and they dry in about 30 seconds!

7. Winter Tree Paintings — Amazing what a little masking tape and water-color paints can do!

8. Newspaper “Snowman” — No snow in your neck of the woods, try making your own “snowman” out

of newspaper instead. Then leave by the curb for the recycling crew.

9. Make Peppermint Hot Cocoa — We love making our own peppermint hot cocoa mix. The perfect winter time treat!

10. Snow Garland — With a little string and some reinforcement stickers, you can make a very fes-tive garland.

I know this isn't "big" info, but it would be helpful if parents could remember to put their children's names in their coats, snow pants, etc. It does help when we can identify who belongs to what. Maybe our lost and found wouldn't get so enor-mous.

Don't worry, playing outside won't make them sick. Dr. Khan says that the

idea that going outside in the cold will

give you a cold is nothing more than an

old wives' tale. "Just going outside

doesn't make people catch colds. Of

course, they should be appropriately

dressed ... and if it's really cold, like we

get in Chicago, staying inside is better," says Dr. Khan. However, Dr. Khan

does say that if someone has been

exposed to the cold virus, then being in

the cold weather can make the cold

come on faster.

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Congratulations to our students for earning their third school wide incen-

tive, Deck the Halls! We completed our mission on “Trustworthiness” for

the month of December. On Tuesday, the students decorated the halls

with snowflakes and blue/white chains representing all the ways we

show that we are trustworthy. Be sure to walk down our amazing halls

throughout December and January!

Congratulations also goes out to our “Trustworthiness” award recipi-

ents. These students are Mallory Hellenbrand, Andrew Hankins, Lina

Dayton, Sawyer Harrison, Pyper Lemon, Jackson Bell, Vivian Fisher, Cash

Cunningham, Rylie Mancheski, Mallory Olson, Tara Bettenhausen, Paisley

Lemon, Alyssa Breunig, Elijah Jach, Lucy Grauerholz, Cassy Farrar, Jack-

son Stockwell, Rylee Brattie, Clayton Stenjem, Alexis Viola, Kaila Buehler,

and Perry Thompson.

Next month, our focus will be on being “Safety”!

PBIS

Yahara River Writers Contest:

Calling All Writers and Artists

The 2017 Yahara River Writers Contest, sponsored by the Greater Dane Coun-ty Advanced Learner Network, is open to students in grades 5-8. Students can submit entries in one of four categories: Editorials, Poetry, Short Story, and Cartoon. Students who like to draw can design a cover page or individual di-vider pages. All Cambridge submissions are judged anonymously and selected entries will then compete with students from districts in the greater Dane County area. Top Ten student winners will be announced in March, and will be honored at a ceremony at UW Madison in May. Each stu-

dent earning Top Ten honors will have their work

published in the 2017 anthology.

The deadline for submissions to Ms. Daly, Ad-vanced Learning Coordinator, is Monday, January

23rd. Good luck to all who enter!

On Monday, December 5th, 14 students from Cambridge School District attended the Art of Writing Conference at the Milwaukee Art Muse-um. For the writers who attended, the goal for the day was to interact with the art in the museum, find a personal connection to a specific piece, and write a personal narrative of up to 500 words that was prompted by the art. For artists, the goal was to sketch the activities that were happening throughout the day, interact with the museum art, and produce a finished sketch by departure time. The writing and drawing that took place in just a few short hours was amazing! The students' work will be published in an anthology in the spring. Staff sponsors were Ms. Daly, Advanced Learning Coordinator, and An-

gela Gliniecke, NMS art teacher.

Students attending::(Front row) James Leonard, Francesca Berg, Brynn Gowan,

Calli Lawson, Aly Farrar

(Back row): Keely Eagan, Maya Alberts, Oliver Kozler, Ashley Pernsteiner,

Teagan Welscher, Tyler Breunig, and Zoe Belovorac

Blue Jay Choir went

caroling and then

back to the school

for Hot Cocoa on

Tuesday, December

20th.

It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to contact the school office by 9:00

a.m. or earlier, and advise the school of the reason for the child’s absence.

Each school has established a 24 hour attendance line (608.423.9727 x2) for

this purpose. It is also the responsibility of the parent/guardian to prepare a

written explanation for the absence, and send it with the child upon returning to

school. For any type of medical appointment, please don’t forget to ask for a Dr.

visit slip to provide the school upon return.

ATTENDANCE

Some of our kiddos enjoying the new playground during one

of first snowfalls of the season.

4K Holiday Sing Along and

Cookie Decorating

4K Holiday Sing Along and

Cookie Decorating

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Adult Crossing Guard Recognition Week January 16-20

This is the 15th year Wisconsin honors the adults that ensure the safe pas-

sage of our children on their way to school and back home. Our crossing

guards show up every day, rain or shine and even on the coldest of win-

ter days! They reinforce the importance of safe street crossing behavior

and add to the effectiveness of the student safety patrol by exhibiting

dedication and care each day.

We would like to honor Robin John, Kay Ghorbani, Melissa Overhouse

and Teri Krietklow for their hard work and dedication in keeping our

children safe every day. We would also like to thank those who have

been filling in on “Late Start Wednesday’s” with crossing guard duties. A

big THANK YOU goes out for all you do!

A Note from the Principal

802 West Water Street

Cambridge, WI 53523

Phone: 608.423.9727

Fax: 608.423.

Web: www.cambridge.k12.wi.us

CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT

Cambr idg e E lem ent ar y S choo l

Visit Us, Like Us, Follow Us

About Cambridge Elementary School…

Our school opens its doors at 7:40a. All students

can enter at that time. Some will choose to have

breakfast in the cafeteria while others will simply

go to their waiting area before the AM bell rings.

If you have any questions, please feel free to stop

in, give us a phone call, check out our website, or

email us.

Happy New Year!! I trust this newsletter finds you healthy and well rested after a long winter break. We are excited to

welcome the year of 2017 and look forward to continued success here at Cambridge Elementary School. As we say

goodbye to 2016 and welcome the challenges and opportunities of 2016 we would like to thank all of the volunteers

and community support throughout the school year. We certainly appreciate you and all that you do!

As we did last school year, in January all students will be participating in a PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and

Supports) learning “booster.” This learning opportunity puts all of our students into different environments in our

school (ex. classrooms, hallway, bathrooms and recess) to review expectations to help ensure safety, responsibility

and respect within our school setting. Last year the students and staff alike responded very well to this booster which

promotes providing the best possible learning environment for all! We are hoping for the same results.

A PBIS flier will be sent home to all families in efforts to further communicate expectations and share information re-

garding this PBIS program. Within this flier you will find information regarding our “Little Blue Jay Slips” which is what

we use to reward students who are demonstrating desired behavior. Please review this information with your young-

sters at home and if you have further questions please do not hesitate to call the office for more information.

Finally, now that the cold temperatures and snow has arrived, please know that it is extremely import that our students

dress appropriately for the weather. If there are any families in need of winter clothing please call the office and we

will help in any way that we are able. Thank you in advance. Stay healthy and safe!

Have a great start to the year! Happy New Year all!

~Chris Holt

CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT

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Cambridge School District Food Service Accounts

Parent(s)/guardian(s) of students are required to pay for meals and milk in advance and maintain a positive

balance for each of their students. It is the responsibility of the parent(s)/guardian(s) to keep track of the bal-

ance in their children’s account and to make timely payments to the school to avert a negative balance. Pay-

ment for meals and/or milk should be made to any of the school offices. No money will be taken in the line or

by the kitchen staff. Money needs to be deposited by 10:00 a.m. to be credited for that day’s purchases.

There is a locked white depository outside of the elementary school where payments can be left. The box is

checked daily.

LOW BALANCE NOTICE

When a student’s account drops into the negative, families are notified by an automated phone message.

Students who do not have sufficient funds in their account (starting at -$8.00) will receive a sandwich and

milk and be charged $1.00.

Food Service and Cafeteria Updates

Please check your account regularly to stay up to date on payments. If you receive a negative balance phone call and you aren’t sure why, please contact us. Here are some things that could

cause a question…

*Extra milk is $.40, scanning twice by mistake, taking breakfast on any day, adults lunch visitors and payments not given at the beginning of the day. If you every encounter something and you

aren’t sure why, we will help in any way possible.

*If you visit your child during lunch, please make sure you sign in and get a lunch visitor tag. Your child is allowed to pick a friend to sit with the two of you at a round table. We ask that you don’t bring food in to share. There are many food allergies that students have that you

may not be aware of. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

We are in desperate need of subs this

year in the kitchen. If you know anyone

who is looking for part-time hours, can

work in a fast-paced environment, and

most importantly, loves working with kids,

please send them my way!