4th Annual Kids Against Hunger Trip

Today we had our 4th annual Kids Against Hunger field trip. I am so proud of all the students for working so hard to pack food for countries in need.
We were able to SMASH last years record of 10,000 meals packed. We packed over 13,500 meals this year!
Way to go 3rd and 4th grade students!!

Infinite Campus Reminder!

If you have not yet signed up for the Parent Portal, please do so soon. 

This Infinite Campus student database system will help us share information about our students and use the data to improve the educational programming here at Cologne Academy by streamlining some of our procedures.  The Parent Portal currently provides parents/guardians with online access to their child’s contact information, schedule, progress reports and report cards.

To register for the Parent Portal, please follow the directions below.

DIRECTIONS TO REGISTER FOR THE PARENT PORTAL

Visit www.cologneacademy.org and click on Parent Portal. Please read the Acceptable Use Guidelines, complete the questions at the bottom of the page, and press SEND.

Within a day or two of receipt, the Cologne Academy office will provide you (via hard copy) with a 32-digit Activation Key with further instructions.

Email kfarrell@cologneacademy.org  or call 952-466-2276 if you need assistance.

Since this is a new program for all, please be patient as we fix the glitches as they arise.  All report cards will be accessed on the portal and will not be printed or mailed starting this June.

May 14-18

On Monday students will be bringing home permission slips for our annual Kids Against Hunger field trip. There is a cost for this trip of $2.00. KAH also takes donations if you are able to help out. The field trip is on Thursday, May 24th from around 12:00 to 3:00. 
Please return permission slips by Friday, May 18th. 

Fourth grade students will also be receiving permission slips for our end of year field trip to the Minnesota Zoo in the next week. More information to come. 

Spring Fling is this weekend! If you have not singed up to help and are able, please sign up at   http://www2.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=caspringfling  

Fourth grade students will be taking the NWEA science this Thursday the 17th. 

This Week's Academics
MUR -This week we will be the reading the story "Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser." We will work with this story throughout the week focusing on inferencing and retell. 
Spelling homework is due Friday.  

History - We have moved into our unit called The United States Constitution. There are ten chapters in this unit and we will have an OPEN BOOK quiz at the end of the unit. This quiz will happen next week.  

 

Writing - This week we will be working on our editing skills along with writing our final pen pal letters of the year!

 

Read Aloud - We continue to read Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix this week.

MUM -This week we will be reviewing the skills from the entire year before we take the interim on Wednesday and Thursday. The last big math test of the year! Yippee!
Math homework is due Friday. 

PAVE UPDATES

PAVE UPDATES - 05-10-12

Schwan's order deadline is this Friday!!

Have you gotten all the orders you can to support this fundraiser? Remember to tell potential customers about the Gift Certificate option. This can be used as payment to any route driver anywhere in the US. The school will get the credit for those sales just like product sales. No money is due at the time of order. Simply collect orders now, the customer should be given the form telling them date, time and place of pickup and they pay for it when they pick it up from the Schwan's trucks on the day of Spring Fling. There will also be products available for sale from those trucks that day. This fundraiser could potentially raise an additional $3000 toward completing the playground. Please consider supporting PAVE's efforts to complete this project by getting out there for those last minute sales!!

URGENT NEED FOR SPRING FLING

We have been unable to find people from local salons to provide Crazy Hair booth this year. If there are any adults who could donate 1-1/2 hours of their time between 11:00 a.m & 2:00 p.m. on May 19th, please contact PAVE@cologneacademy.org as soon as possible. At this point, if we cannot find 2 to 4 volunteers this will not be available at Spring Fling this year. PAVE provides the supplies.

PAVE Offering Incentive to All Middle School Students

In an effort to get Middle Schoolers to volunteer two hours of time each to Spring Fling this year, we are offering the class(es) with the largest percentage of volunteers a Pizza Party on a date chosen by their teacher. We really need this age group of students to volunteer their time in the games area. They can choose to volunteer with a friend. Please encourage you students to support the Spring Fling by volunteering.

Volunteering as a Family at Spring Fling

While the volunteer schedule is filling up more and more, there are still lots of open spaces for volunteers of all ages. If you have not chosen to sign up to volunteer, please consider doing so by Friday, May 11th. Beginning Monday, May 14th your Room Parents will be calling their families in an effort to fill the sign up. Please try to schedule your family before they have to make those calls. This event is a little more than a week away and we are really counting on the school families to pull together to make this a huge success. Sign up today by clicking here

May 7-11

TWO HOUR LATE START ON WEDNESDAY, May 9th!

This Week's Academics
MUR -This week we will be reading about Johnny Appleseed which ties into our Wordly Wise lesson 16 words. Students will also be working on the skills that we have been working on all year; retelling, sequencing, character traits and emotions, and verbal and written comprehension.
this week;s spelling words are superlatives which are words that end in -est and are comparing two or more things. 

Science - Currently we are learning about electricity. We will focus our learning on what creates static electricity and do some experiments with balloons, learn about open and closed circuits, experiment with these circuits using batteries, wire and light bulbs, and also learn about electromagnets. There will be no formal test with this unit, but we will take an in class quiz in groups. 

 

Writing - This week we continue to work on our opinion essays on whether zoos are good or bad.

 

Read Aloud - We continue to read Among the hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix this week.

MUM -This week we will be taking the second round of MCAs on Wednesday and Thursday. Please make sure that your child gets plenty of sleep and a good breakfast and lunch. Since this year students are allowed to take the MCA math assessment twice, the student's higher score is what will be recorded by the state.Good luck!
NO BASIC FACTS HOMEWORK THIS WEEK DUE TO TESTING!