A Message from the Principal

Dates to Remember:

Dec. 21 - Spirit day - theme is ugly sweaters

Dec. 21 - 11:20 am release

Dec. 24 - Jan. 1 - No school. Classes will resume on Wednesday, January 2nd

Jan. 11 - Family movie night

Jan. 15 - 5th grade band and music concert

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The Kimberly Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability ("Protected Classes") in any of its student program and activities.

Dear Woodland Families, The week prior to winter break is always magical in schools. The excitement that comes with students' anticipation of the holidays, winter vacation and classroom celebrations always seems to build cheer. This year the season of giving has been filled with many opportunities for students to share their tal-ents, energy and kindness with others. As a staff we'd like to thank you for your generosity and the support you continually show to our Woodland community. Over the past few weeks our students have been able to share the gift of mu-sic with their classmates and families at our 6th grade vocal, instrumental and mixed-grade choir concert. The evening highlighted many traditional holiday favorites while featuring a vari-ety of selections that have stretched our student musicians this school year. The performance was a great celebration of the arts, community support and the hard work and efforts of so many talented student musicians. Band students in the fifth and sixth grade have also shared their talents throughout the hallways this past week. Full band groups played a variety of holiday tunes at designated times across Woodland School. The students did a great job inviting staff and their classmates to get into the holiday spirit!

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In the spirit of giving, families enjoyed hot chocolate and additional tunes from members of our band in the commons following the con-cert. The opportunity to bring families together to connect and share in conversation was sponsored by our Woodland Intermediate Band Council and the proceeds from the hot chocolate sale are used to support the group’s projects to help others. Our Student Council members have also been busy bell ringing at local businesses over the past few weeks as they look to give the gift of time in the spirit of helping others and making a difference in our community. We’ve had many other opportunities for students to share their talents and gifts with others throughout the past few weeks as well. We know, however, that one of the greatest gifts we can share is the opportunity to spend time with those we care most about. I hope this holiday season and upcoming break is filled with joy and an opportunity to connect with friends and family. Happy Holidays, Mr. Dave Lamers

11:20 AM Release & Winter Break

Principal’s Message Continued

Intermediate students will be released at 11:20 am on Friday, December 21st. There will be no school starting Monday, December 24th through Tuesday, January 1st. Classes resume on Wednesday, January 2nd. The Woodland Elementary Office will also be closed during this time. Enjoy the holiday break!

This Friday, December 21st is a spirit day at Woodland School and the theme is ugly sweaters.

Spirit Day

Community Events

Please visit the KASD website and check out the Community Events page for more great opportunities and activities for your family.

Faces in the Crowd

In an effort to recognize students who are going above and beyond what is ex-pected of them at Woodland Intermediate, “Faces in the Crowd” has been estab-lished. Once a month students are nominated by their classroom teacher or spe-cials teacher. December “Faces in the Crowd” are: Demetra Agnos nominated by Mrs. Lauson, Quinn Hoffman nominated by Mrs. Curtis, Rachel Rentmeester nomi-nated by Mrs. Bergmann, Mackenzie Fairchild nominated by Mrs. Williams, and At-tison Zeuske nominated by Mr. Lamers. Congratulations to each of you for being a positive role model at Woodland Intermediate School!

Demetra Agnos Quinn Hoffman Rachel Rentmeester Mackenzie Fairchild Attison Zeuske

If anyone has items that they would like to donate to Mr. Calmes for use in his art classes, please bring them into the office. If you are not sure if we will use particular items, please contact Mr. Calmes. We are always looking for peo-ple to donate items from home or work. Thank you!

Art Room Donations

"Mr. Calmes would like to recognize the following 6th grade stu-dents on having their yearbook cover drawing selected to appear on the BACK of the yearbook: Marissa Suring, Laila Gaffney, Makenna Calmes, Lucy Ott, Bailey Wachter, Taylor Thibodeau, Emily O'Brien, Jocelyn Wittkopf, Dee Vassar and Sean Knops. And a very special congratulations to Ana Imes for having her yearbook cover drawing selected to be on the front cover of this years yearbook. Congratulations to all 6th grade stu-dents who submitted a drawing and for sharing your talents with Woodland!"

Yearbook Cover Contest Winner

Winning cover by Ana Imes

Spelling Bee

And now for a little humor... Q: What kind of bugs read the dictionary? A: Spelling Bees Woodland Intermediate is very proud to announce this year’s spelling cham-pion--6th grader Tyler VanGompel. He won in Round 8 where he correctly spelled the word “electrolysis”. This year’s runner up is 5th grader Emery Van Abel who was quite the competitor throughout the bee. Special thanks go out to our 11 contestants for their participation. Best wishes to our Woodland representatives as they participate in the Re-gional Spelling Bee at Lawrence University on Tuesday, February 7th, 2019.

The Box Top competition will be starting after the holidays so keep saving those box tops! More information will be coming soon! Not only do the box tops earn money for the school, also the class bring-ing in the most box tops will win a prize! You can help make the counting easier by cutting them out on the dotted lines (the box top company is very strict about this) and put them in groups of 50 into Ziploc bags. Also, expired box tops are not eligible. Thank you!

Box Tops Competition

On Tuesday, January 15th at 6:30 pm, the 5th grade music and 5th grade band will be performing.

Music Notes

Family Movie Night Save the date! The Woodland PTO will be sponsoring a family movie night on Fri-day, January 11th. All students and their families are invited. More details will be coming.

The 5th graders will view the Marsh Media video about puberty in Healthy Living class on January 7th or 10th. Mrs. Vandenberg, the school nurse, will be showing the boy video to the boys and Mrs. Curtis, the Healthy Living teacher, will show the girl video to the girls. If you have any questions about the video or the unit objectives, please call Mrs. Curtis at 920-730-0924 (ext. 2864) or email her at scurtis@kimberly.k12.wi.us.

5th Grade Human Growth & Development Video

Woodland Wolves

DARE TO C.A.R.E. by…

Not bullying others.

Helping students who are bullied.

Including students who are left out.

Telling an adult at school and an adult at home when we know someone is being bullied.

Please remind your child to DARE TO Care And Respect Everyone.

We ask that you join us in our efforts to remove bullying from the

lives of our students by contacting us if your son or daughter tells

you about bullying taking place.

Woodland Intermediate Specials Newsletter

Volume #10 Issue #4

Physical Education

5th and 6th grade P.E.

The 5th and 6th grade

students are finishing up

volleyball. We have worked on

the skills of the game that

include: Serving, Setting, and

Pass/Bumping. We also talked

about the rules of the game.

We continue to work on

improving our fitness scores,

We do this in class by

stretching, running for time, and

upper body movements. The

tests will be right around our

winter break time. The tests

include: Pacer, Sit n Reach, Push-

ups , Curl-ups. The next unit we

will cover will be basketball.

Mr. Weyers (ext. 2660)

Computer

5th Grade Computer

Applications

Students are

currently wrapping up their Online

Communication unit, and will be beginning a

new unit this year called Computer

Science. Fifth graders will be using the

code.org curriculum called CS Fundamentals

to learn basic coding strategies and concepts.

In addition to

completing this new unit, all intermediate

students will also be participating in a world-

wide coding event called the Hour of Code. In our

building, this event will take place the week of

December 17th. Keep an eye out for more info

to come on this exciting celebration of Computer

Science! Mrs. Berndt (ext. 2625)

World Studies

6th Grade World Studies

At the start of second quarter, sixth graders said “Au revoir” to our French unit, and “Bienvenidos” to our final unit of World Studies… Spanish! Students are discovering how much fun the Spanish language and culture are as we learn greetings, numbers 1-31 and calendar vocabulary. We’ve also spent a good amount of time learning about Mexico. Students are looking forward to our upcoming research project, which is to create a Google Site about a Spanish-speaking country. Be sure to ask them to share it with you! They are excited to be publishing their work to the internet for others to view!

As always, we love having guest speakers come in to visit our classes. If you or someone you know has a connection to the Spanish language or culture and is interested in coming in, please let us know. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

Mrs. Berndt (ext. 2625)

Choir Information:

We celebrated this concert with a pizza party and will begin our rehearsals for the KASD Choral Festival in January, boys on the 17th, girls on the 22nd. We will combine on the 27th and 29th, and also on February 5th and 7th. If there are any additional students interested in joining choir, those are required rehearsals, allowing for ample time to learn the concert music. Please let Mrs. Been know if your child would like to join and make arrangements to have her/him at those rehearsals. Attire for that performance will be black bottoms (pants or skirt with black tights/leggings), black shoes, and a white top (tie is optional).

Healthy Living 5

th Grade

We are just finishing our nutrition unit.

I’d love to think this is resulting in positive

changes in your child’s eating behaviors

especially an increase in consumption of

fruits and vegetables. I’ve told the students

that even though our nutrition unit has

ended, our goals of choosing what we eat

based on the “Choose My Plate” criteria will

never end! :) Thanks for your support at

home with their choices.

Before leaving on break will be discussing

“Personal Health and Safety”. We will be

learning common injuries of 5th graders and

how important it is to be aware of our

surroundings to help prevent these injuries.

As the fifth graders are becoming more

independent, supervision is not always going

to be there if they are physically injured.

While prevention is the most important

factor in staying safe, students also need to

know what to do to help themselves and

others if an injury does occur. We will

learned about basic first aid during our

Personal Health and Safety unit. I strongly

encourage you to enroll your child in a

babysitting class to help give students more

knowledge and confidence when staying

home by themselves or with younger

children. Also in this unit will be a

presentation by Sexual Assault Crisis Center.

The discussion is mandated by the state, but

it is also a great opportunity to remind

students how to stay safe.

As always, if you have any questions or

concerns, please contact me.

Mrs. Curtis (ext. 2864)

6th Grade Art

The 6th grade students created an abstract sculpture made of plaster of Paris, which is similar to what famous sculptors used for their masterpieces like the statue of David by Michelangelo. Michelangelo (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), was a very famous sculptor that carved masterpieces from chunks of plaster, and that is what the 6th grade students have done. Students learned how to mix, pour and carve the plaster. The students also used files called rasps that would grind the plaster down and make it easy for the students to shape the plaster. Once the students were finished they used different colored acrylic paint to finish off their piece. .When the students were all finished with their plaster project the students then made a name tag and used their chrome book to fill out their check off sheet (self- assessment) on our Google classroom. The plaster projects will be displayed in the hallways when they are finished. Our next project will be a still life drawing.

-The Elements of Art we have covered are: Color, Form, Line, Shape, Space, Texture and Value

Mr. Calmes (ext. 2321)

Band

5th and 6th Grade Band

Congratulations to all 5th and 6th grade performers. The

Holiday concert was absolutely

wonderful. All of your hard work and practice showed in your performance. Take some time this holiday break and rest up for the New Year.

5th grade concert is scheduled for January 15, 2019. More

information will follow.

We have extra music shirts for

purchase. Just send $9.00 in an envelope with you child.

Happy Holidays.

Ms. Shimek (ext. 2621)

Mrs. Carpenter (ext. 2654)

MUSIC

Grade 5:

Preparations are well under way for

the January 15th concert! This concert

will be held at 6:30 in the evening and

will feature every member of the 5th grade

class singing songs about rivers, streams,

and other bodies of water! The students

have been working very hard at learning

to sing in 2-part harmony and have also

learned important information about

slavery and the Underground Railroad.

Every student is expected to be in

attendance. Please let Mrs. Been know if

there is a conflict that cannot be

accommodated. There will be a rehearsal

at 1:30, if there is a family member who is

unable to attend the evening performance,

they are welcome to come at that time.

Students should dress in nice clothes for

the evening concert, to make a good first

impression! Nice pants, shirts with no

logos or writing, skirts and dresses are

encouraged. Please wear low or no-

heeled dress shoes. Thanks!

Grade 6:

Our concert was a success, thanks to

the 6th grade students for your efforts!

Thank you, parents for your support! We

are moving back into reading music,

looking for dynamics, key signatures and

other important clues for how the music

should be performed. We will have a

brief unit of playing tone chimes to review

note names, in preparation for our next

round of piano keyboarding.

Mrs. Been (ext. 2647)

ART

The Kimberly Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual

orientation, sex, (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (“Protected Classes”) in any of its student program and activities.

Woodland Intermediate School

Intramural Athletics

Woodland will be offering an intramural basketball program after school.

Practices will begin January 2nd and 3rd, and run through February 13th and 14th Practices end at 4:00 pm

Mondays and Wednesdays • 5th and 6th grade BOYS Tuesdays and Thursdays • 5th and 6th grade GIRLS

Players will be taught the basic fundamentals of basketball. This is an excellent program for students who have never played basketball before. The final games versus Mapleview will take place at Woodland on Feb 13th (boys) and Feb 14th (girls) from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Practices will be held immediately after school and will end at approximately 4:00 PM. There will be no intramurals Jan. 15th, 23rd, and 24th due to concerts and conferences. If interested, fill out the permission form below and return it to the school office.

****PLEASE NOTE**** Emergency Medications: Please be aware that emergency medications that are provided for use during the school day will not be accessible after school hours. Parents and students plan ahead to have emergency medication available during after school activities such as clubs and sports. If an emergency arises and a student does not have their emergency medication available, 911 will be called.

Woodland Intermediate School

Intramural Athletics Permission Form

Sport: Basketball ◻ Grade 5 ◻ Grade 6 T-shirt Size: (If your child has not received one from a previous intramural sport) Youth M ◻ Youth L ◻ Adult S ◻ Adult M ◻ Adult L ◻ ***Every child receives one free T-shirt the first time they participate in any intramural activity at Woodland Intermediate School. If an additional T-shirt is needed (lost or outgrown), they are available for purchase in the Intermediate Office for $7.00. My child, ________________________________has permission to take part in basketball at Woodland Intermediate School.

Signature of Parent _____________________________________ Date_______________

Return the bottom of this form to the Woodland Intermediate School Office.

Woodland Intermediate School

Intramural Athletics

Woodland will be offering

Chess and Cribbage After school on Mondays and Thursdays

The club will begin on January 7

Club times will be held every Monday and Thursday. Participants can come one day or both.

Participants will learn to play chess or cribbage (or both!).

The club will be held immediately after school and will end at 4:00 PM.

If interested, fill out the permission form below and return it to the school office.

****PLEASE NOTE**** Emergency Medications: Please be aware that emergency medications that are provided for use during the school day will not be accessible after school hours. Parents and students plan ahead to have emergency medication available during after school activities such as clubs and sports. If an emergency arises and a student does not have their emergency medication available, 911 will be called.

Woodland Intermediate School

Intramural Athletics Permission Form

Sport: Chess and Cribbage ◻ Grade 5 ◻ Grade 6 T-shirt Size: (If your child has not received one from a previous intramural sport) Youth M ◻ Youth L ◻ Adult S ◻ Adult M ◻ Adult L ◻ ***Every child receives one free T-shirt the first time they participate in any intramural activity at Woodland Intermediate School. If an additional T-shirt is needed (lost or outgrown), they are available for purchase in the Intermediate Office for $7.00. My child,________________________________, has permission to take part in Chess and Cribbage at Woodland Intermediate School.

Signature of Parent __________________________________________________Date____________

Return the bottom of this form to the Woodland Intermediate School Office.

Kimberly 2018 Winter Baseball Camp - December 26 and 27

Kimberly 2018 Winter Softball Camp - December 28th

Kimberly Little Chute Library Winter Events Schedule

Babysitting Certification Class - December 29, 8:00 - 4:00

Kimberly Cardinal Fastpitch Registration Flyer

Papermaker Players Audition Call - January 6 and 8, 2019

Youth Volleyball League at J.R. Gerritts - February through April, 2019

Combined Locks Recreation Dept. Baseball, Softball and Tee Ball Registration is open online

KIMBERLY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTPARENT CALENDAR

2019-2020September 2019 October 2019 November 2019

M T W TH F M T W TH F M T W TH FNS 3 4 5 6 1 HS 3 4 19 10 11 12 E2 7 8 9 10 E2 4 5 Q 7 816 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 MS MS AM23 24 25 26 AM 21 22 23 NS NS 18 19 20 21 2230 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 NS NS

December 2019 January 2020 February 2020

M T W TH F M T W TH F M T W TH FE2&C E2&C 4 5 6 NS 2 3 3 4 5 6 7

9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 E2 10 11 12 NS NS16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 HS 20 21NS NS NS NS NS 20 21 22 23 Q/AM 24 25 26 27 E2NS NS 27 28 I I 31

March 2020 April 2020 May 2020

M T W TH F M T W TH F M T W TH F2 3 4 5 E2 1 2 3 19 10 11 MS 13 6 7 8 9 NS 4 5 6 7 816 17 18 19 AM NS NS 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 AM23 24 25 26 Q 20 21 22 23 E2 18 19 20 21 2230 31 27 28 29 30 NS 26 27 28 EN

June 2020 NS No School

M T W TH F AMAM classes only (exception: No school for 4K) KHS dismissed at 11:31am, JRG & Intermediate dismissed at 11:20am, Elementary dismissed at 12:00pm

1 2 3 4*SNOW

DAY MAKE-UP E2

Elementary Early Release - Elementary dismissed at 2:00pm (Exception: 4K morning classes 8:45am - 10:45am, afternoon classes 11:45am - 1:45pm)

ENElementary Noon Release - All Elementary students dismissed at 12:00pm (exception: No school for 4K)

HS High School Parent/Teacher Conferences - KHS students dismissed at 2:00pm

MSMiddle School Parent/Teacher Conferences - JRG students dismissed at 2:00pm except on November 14th - students will have a full day of school

IIntermediate School Parent/Teacher Conferences - Intermediate students dismissed at 2:00pm

*If needed, snow day make-up will be on Friday June 5th E2&C

4K-4th Gr. Parent Techer Conferences; No school for 4K; Grades 5K-4th Grades dismissed at 2:00pm

Q End of quarter

Intramural Schedule 2018-19 The intramurals program at Woodland Intermediate is designed to provide our students opportunities to participate in a variety of activities. Children will create memorable moments spending time with friends, developing new friendships, learning new skill sets, and growing their leadership and teamwork ability. All intramurals are 3-4 pm except wrestling which ends at 4:30. Cross Country

● September 10 - October 15 ● Final meet at KHS on Oct 15 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Globetrotters

● September 18 - October 23: Meets every Tuesday ● 5th grade only

Girls Volleyball

● October 29 - November 27: Meets twice per week ● 5th grade (Mon & Wed), 6th grade (Tue & Thur)

Art Club

● 5th Grade: Oct 30 - Dec 11: Meets every Tuesday ● February - March 6th grade only: Meets once per week

Wrestling

● October 15 - December 3: Meets Mon & Wed until 4:30pm ● Final Meet @ Mapleview on Dec 3 from 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Choir

● September - December & February - April: ● Meets once per week

Crafty Kids

● Starting Nov: 6th grade on Mondays, 5th grade on Thursdays Basketball

● January 7 - February 14: Meets twice per week Chess and Cribbage Club

● February - March: Meets twice per week Boys Volleyball

● March 4 - April 4: Meets twice per week Coding Club (Computer Science)

● March - April: Meets twice per week Active Games

● May: Meets twice per week Actual start and end dates will be furnished at the time of sign-up. Contact Mr. Eichman (reichman@kimberly.k12.wi.us) with questions about intramurals.

FAMILY RESOURCE INFORMATION/

OPPORTUNITIES TO DONATE

You may or may not be aware that the Kimberly Area School

District has two clothes closets that are located in two of our

schools. One of the clothes closets is at Mapleview

Intermediate (920-788-7910) and the other is at Westside

Elementary (920-739-3578). If you would like to donate or are

in need of some assistance with resources, you can contact

Mapleview or Westside. In addition to the clothes, Woodland is

frequently being offered ways to support our families if they

should fall upon economic hardship. Please reach out to your

child’s teacher or school counselor if you are in need of any

assistance throughout the year.

When to Keep Your Child Home

Children should be kept home from school when they don’t feel well. It is important to get the rest they need to

recover, and to prevent the spread of germs to other children and the staff. If you are unsure of when to keep your

child home, please contact the school nurse or your family medical provider.

The following symptoms may suggest a communicable disease. Children who have the following symptoms should

be kept home from school until a doctor has seen them, they no longer have symptoms indicating a communicable

disease or they have received treatment for at least 24 hours for certain diseases.

SORE THROAT

An oral temperature of 100.4 or higher indicates a fever. If your child has a temp of 100.4 or higher at school he/she will be sent home. Your child must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of a fever reducer (Tylenol or Ibuprofen product) before he/she returns to school.

If a fever is accompanied by a sore throat, stomach ache or head ache it may be strep throat. Strep throat is diagnosed by a throat culture obtained at a medical clinic. If your child is diagnosed with strep throat, your child must be on appropriate antibiotics for 24 hours and fever free for 24 hours without the use of a fever reducer (Tylenol or Ibuprofen product) before he/she returns to school.

If your child has an episode of vomiting and diarrhea at school, he/she will be sent home. Anyone with these symptoms should stay home until symptoms are absent for 24 hours.

A cough may be a sign of many different illnesses. If a cough is accompanied by a fever, sore throat, body aches or any other symptoms you should keep your child home. Any cough that lasts for more than several days should be discussed with a doctor.

Rashes and infected sores needed to be diagnosed by a medical provider. Many skin rashes such as impetigo, scabies, chicken pox, Fifth disease or Hand Foot and Mouth disease are very contagious. Students may return to school once the rash has been diagnosed and treated for 24 hours or cleared by a doctor. Open sores from illnesses such as chicken pox and impetigo may need to be covered at school with bandages for several days.

Symptoms that prevent the student from active participation is usual school activities OR student is requiring more care than school that can safely provide.

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Join our team as a Sub! Do you enjoy working with children while maintaining a flexible work

schedule? Have you considered becoming a substitute teacher?

The Kimberly Area School District is seeking talented Substitute Teachers who want to join a team of

ambitious professionals who help all students succeed. Sometimes, our educators are away from

their classrooms for things like professional development or when they are ill. That’s when we need

talented individuals to continue providing a high-quality education to our students.

Qualifications:

Current Wisconsin Educator License

-Or- Substitute Teacher Permit.

Have an Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree but not a Substitute Teacher Permit? Contact us at (920) 788-7900 to learn more about pursuing training to obtain a Substitute Teacher Permit.

Substitute Teachers new to KASD are supported by helpful District

staff at each building. The District uses an online Substitute Teacher

System (AESOP) where you can view and customize subbing

positions you are most interested in for your subbing career. KASD offers a competitive daily pay

rate for our substitute teachers.

Are you ready to join a team of talented professionals who help students become community, college

and career ready? Complete an application through WECAN (Wisconsin’s K-12 hiring website) by

visiting https://services.education.wisc.edu/wecan.

Learn more about the Kimberly Area School District at

www.kimberly.k12.wi.us/careers.

The Kimberly Area School District does not discriminate against candidates on the basis of race, color, creed, marital status, sex (including transgender status, change of sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender transition, gender identity or sexual identity), pregnancy, ancestry, political belief or activity,

military or veteran’s status, arrest or conviction record, use or non-use of lawful products, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected

by law. Concerns or questions should be directed to the District’s Compliance Officer, the Director of Human Resources, at Kimberly Area School District, 425 S Washington Street, Combined Locks WI 54113. We are an equal opportunity employer.