OASD—Oconomowoc Area School District

March 2016

Dear Parents,

We are so thrilled that March is Nation-al Reading Month. At Ixonia, reading is our top priority each day -- this month we get to celebrate it as an entire school! National Reading Month ties in very well with our March PBIS theme teaching and reminding our students that their most important job at Ixonia School is to learn. “Read, Learn, Grow” is a lifelong mission we hope to instill in our students. The teachers at Ixonia School are continually reading, learn-ing, and growing in their understanding about different ways to excite, moti-vate, and connect with all types of learners.

In my 7 months at Ixonia School, these are ways I have seen reading as a top priority:

Teachers make uninterrupted time for students to read and share about their reading.

There is abundant access to text around our school, both in the school library, but also in their classroom libraries, making all types of books ac-cessible all day long.

We discuss the power that read-ing has in their lives .

Staff model the joy of reading eve-ry day. Our teachers LOVE BOOKS -- KNOW BOOKS -- SHARE BOOKS.

Though standardized test scores are one way we assess reading progress, the ex-citement of reading is a beautiful testa-ment to the growth of students as read-ers. That’s what inspires us each day!

In the spirit of March madness, we strongly encourage all students in grades 4K-4th grade to just READ as much as they can. Any minutes can count to-ward reaching our collective goal of 18,000 minutes for the month of March. Help support our excitement of National Reading Month at home with our weekly reading challenge. Your kids are most inspired by their loved ones who care about them every day -- experience the power of reading in your house!

Principal’s Note Principal’s Note 1

Home School

Connection

2

PBIS 3

March Calendar 4

April Calendar 5

Egg Crack Off 6

Feed the Dream

Sodexo Survey

7

March Lunch Menu 8

Future Chef

Jump Rope for

Heart

9

Creative Arts

Workshop

10

Writing Contest 11

Snacks, Story time

and Birthdays

12

Summer School

Registration

13

Post Office 14

Red vs the Wolf 15

Chinese New Year 16

PTO News 17

PTO Movie Night 18

Falcon

Flyer In This Issue:

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February PBIS

Being Kind in Words and Actions

In February, students worked very hard to fill

up the giant heart on our school bulletin board.

Each “feather” earned represents a student who

was caught “being kind in words and actions.”

Congratulations Ixonia Falcons—who

collected a grand total of 1,198 feathers!

March PBIS Focus: Read, Learn, Grow!

It’s March Minute Madness at Ixonia! Students will be reading at home and enjoying a little

friendly competition among classes at school… to see who can read the most!

Our bracket is ready to go! The kids are ready to go!

At Ixonia…

WE READ!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 PBIS Kickoff

2 4th grade To Musical Lion King Jr. 2nd/3rd gr. Music Concert 6:15-7:00 pm

3 2nd/3rd grade Music concert 9:30 am

4 2nd trimester ends

5

6 7 Summer School Registration Begins

8 Beet Testing Day in Café.

9 4th grade Field Trip First Stage “The Snow”

10 BOGO Book Fair—set up PTO Meeting 6 pm

11 Report Cards Posted BOGO Book Fair Movie Night “Sandlot”

12

13 14 BOGO Book Fair

15 BOGO Book Fair

16 BOGO Book Fair Cooking Contest at OHS

17 Trinity Irish Dancers Performance Learning Celebration 6-7 BOGO Book Fair

18 5K Field Trip MKE Public Museum Summer School Registration Ends

19

20 21 22 23 3rd grade to OAC to see ”Jack and the Beanstalk”

24 PBIS Celebration Egg Crack Off

25 NO SCHOOL SPRING BREAK!!

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27 28 NO SCHOOL

29 NO SCHOOL

30 NO SCHOOL

31 NO SCHOOL

March 2016

Summer School Registration runs

March 7th-18th. Sign up and pay for classes

through your family access account.

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Sun

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 NO SCHOOL

2

3 4 BACK TO SCHOOL!

5 PBIS KICKOFF

6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 PTO meeting 6 pm library

15 16

17 18 19 20 21 2nd grade Brewers Field Trip

22 Spring Family Night @ YMCA

23

24 25 26 27 28

2nd grade

Learning

Celebration

29

Arbor Day

PBIS

Celebration

30

April 2016

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Feed The Dream Food Drive

Thank you Ixonia 1st graders for organizing this year’s very successful

food drive to support the Ixonia Food Pantry.—and thank you to every

family who donated food items. More than $400 worth of food was

donated! Just take a look at all the good we’re doing!

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Feedback Requested!

Sodexo would love the opportunity to improve its food service program. As im-provement is driven by customer feedback, we are asking that you complete this short survey on how the district can improve the food service experience for your student. Please click here to take the short survey.

We would appreciate your response by March 11, 2016.

Future Chef’s Competition Finalist!

CONGRATULATIONS SOPHIA FOSS

On being selected to represent

Ixonia Elementary School In the future chef’s recipe

competition presented by Sodexo.

More than 100 students from across the school

district entered a recipe for their favorite breakfast

food. Sophia from Mrs. Theisen’s 4th grade was selected to participate in a

culinary competition cook off—coming up in March at OHS.

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Jump Rope For Heart

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in Ixonia’s

Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser! In total, our school raised a whopping

$5,859.89 for the American Heart Association!

Our top earners were:

Aralyn Hagie in 5K

Colson Bresnehan in 1st grade

Hunter Mentch in 2nd grade

Jacob Smith in 3rd grade

Anna Seefeldt in 4th grade

Jacob was our school’s top earner—and his reward?

Smashing a pie into Mrs. Yearling’s face!

Creative Arts Workshop

Four Ixonia 4th graders and two Ixonia 3rd graders have

been selected to Represent the school at Oconomowoc’s

first ever Creative Arts Workshop. The event takes places at OHS on

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016.

Eva Halaska, Luella Pasternak, Elias Dietmeyer, Maycee Rodenkirch,

Connor Scaff and Laurel Fox will take part in a gallery walk of the IB art

show, where they will be inspired to produce a written piece that will be

published in book form. Each will receive a copy of the published book!

Congratulations to Ixonia’s creative writers!

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Birthdays!

At Ixonia, we love to celebrate birthdays! On your child’s birth-

day—or half birthday—we announce their name on the loud speak-

er and give them a little gift. If you bring in a treat, please make

sure it is peanut/tree nut free. Thank you!

Snack time!

Ixonia students have the

opportunity to enjoy a healthy

snack at least once every

school day.

Please make sure you are

sending snacks with your

child.

It seems many of our

students, especially our 4th

graders, are not bringing

snacks from home and are

instead, relying on the

classroom supply.

Fruits, vegetables, crackers

and other peanut free items

make excellent snack choices.

Thank you!

Notes for the office:

If your child will be leaving school before

3:40 it is important to let both their teacher

and the office know about your plans.

Informing both the classroom teacher and

Mrs. Hunter in the office will help make

sure your student is ready to go when you

need them. You can send two notes—one

for the teacher, one for the office or add

the office to your email…

Ixonia@oasd.org.

Story Time with Elephant and Piggie

Thursday, March 10

6:30p.m.

Books & Company—Oconomowoc

Come meet Elephant & Piggie, the delightful children’s

book characters, who will join us for an evening of fun!

We will be reading some Elephant & Piggie stories,

making a craft and having a snack, and you can have

your picture taken with Elephant & Piggie!

Hope to see you there!!!

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Ixonia Post Office Meet and Greet

A very special Thank You to the Millers

for generously donating a popcorn snack

for our meet and greet… it was delicious!

Ixonia students had a great time writing letters

to their pen pals, loved ones and school staff!

Every day they spent time learning to write let-

ters, address envelopes and deliver the inter-

school mail.

Thank you to all of the

families who participat-

ed and made this time

at Ixonia so special!

It’s fun to receive and

send mail!

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“Red vs. The Wolf ”

The School House Players

visited Ixonia on February

19th to perform their play

Red vs. The Wolf

Students loved the show—we

were happy to have them in

our school - it was wonderful!

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Celebrating Chinese New Year with a

Shadow Puppet Show

Thank you to our very talented

custodian, Sue Boyer and 5k teacher

Deb Berg, for performing a shadow

puppet show in honor of Chinese

New Year. Ixonia students really

enjoyed learning about this ancient

form of storytelling.

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