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Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
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Please return Maratón Pledge Envelopes by this Friday, Nov. 3rd
Reminder: There is no school on Friday, Nov. 10th
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A Greeting from the Principal
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Dear EHSI Families,
I have been so impressed by our scholars' motivation to really ramp up their reading this month! Thank you for supporting this huge effort at home; we know a life-long love of reading is cultivated in these early years and we truly appreciate your partnership during Maratón de Lectura.
As you may have heard, our school district has adopted a new resource for teaching math. We've been provided many tools to equip our implementation of "Math Expressions" (K-5) and "Bridges" (grade 6) and I'd like to extend this learning opportunity to you in your home.
For the next several months I will be sending tidbits about how you can extend your child's learning around math at home. The first of my six-part sharing series is a video:
click here to watch Nicole Bridge
, a math teacher, instructional coach and professional developer. Nicole gave this key note to our teachers at the start of the school year. Through this video I hope you are able to appreciate how she weaves our EP mission, diversity and why we are approaching math the way we are in order to best prepare our scholars for a bright future.
Sincerely,
Sr. Moncada
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Don't Miss the Fall Intern Fest
The Fall Intern Fest is coming up on Thursday, November 16th from 6-8pm in the gym. The interns have been working hard to prepare their stands while creating fun presentations to teach you all about their culture.
The Teacher Time Raffle is also cumulating at this event. Send your tickets in before the 16th, or bring them to the Intern Fest to have them in the raffle. Winners will be drawn during the Intern Fest, but you don’t need to be present to win. Food will also be available for purchase. Come with your whole family to enjoy a night getting to learn things about El Salvador, Chile, Colombia and Spain!
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More About the Teacher Time Raffle
The TTR will take place November 13th - 16th and it will conclude on a Thursday this year (instead of a Friday.)
The TTR gives students the opportunity to win a special activity or event that their teachers have generously donated.
More Information and raffle tickets will be coming home with students and available on the SEF website on Monday, November 13th.
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EHSI Sock Drive
We are celebrating this season of Thanksgiving with our annual EHSI Sock Drive. If you would like to donate a pair or a pack of new socks to our cause, your student can place the socks in the collection bin in the front entry of EHSI.
Donations are being accepted now through November 22nd.
Donations will benefit two excellent local services:
The PROP Shop
in Eden Prairie, where donations will be given to families in need. The second is
Simpson Housing Services
in Minneapolis, serving homeless men and women in Minneapolis and surrounding areas.
Socks must be NEW, but can be of any colors, sizes and styles. It might be a fun adventure, and a great learning opportunity, for your child(ren) to help pick out some special socks for someone in need.
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A Few Important Reminders from our PTO
3. Square 1 Art catalogs will be coming home soon; get your orders in by November 16th!
4. We collect Box Tops for Education all year round; bring in any box tops and turn them into the box in the main office. They are another great way to raise funds for our school!
We'd love for you to get involved with our EHSI PTO!
To stay current please feel free to:
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Immersion Education: A Brief History & Why It Works
by Jennifer Bowers, EHSI Q Comp Coach/Observer
A Brief History
You may know that immersion education has been offered in the Twin Cities area for over 40 years. Over the years, immersion programs have grown in popularity, leading to the opening of many new schools teaching several different languages (including EHSI). Did you also know that immersion education has existed in public schools in the United States since 1963? The first immersion program in the US opened in Miami that year. And immersion education has been offered to students and their families in countries all around the world for much longer than that.
Why Does Immersion Education Work?
The effectiveness of immersion education has been well researched. So, what do we know about why it works? First, immersion works because the concepts and skills that are learned in one language are available for use by our brains in all the languages that we know. For example, if our children learn what it means to multiply in Spanish, they use that understanding when they need to solve multiplication problems in English. They might need to learn a few new vocabulary words, but they don’t need to re-learn the concept of multiplication. This is called Common Underlying Proficiency.
The second reason immersion education works is because it incorporates many elements confirmed by research to help children learn a new language really well. People acquire language most effectively when they learn it in a setting where language is being used in a meaningful way with other people.
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People also learn a language more effectively when important and interesting content gives them a meaningful reason for learning how to communicate in the new language. Immersion classrooms offer both of these elements throughout the day. In addition, an elementary school setting brings together a wide variety of ways to use language, both in terms of the level of formality (such as social conversation with a peer vs. explaining a mathematical proof) and types of function (for example, writing a story vs. conducting scientific research).
Finally, we know that the development of language, cognitive abilities, and social awareness go hand in hand in young children. Immersion education taps into and extends what is already happening in their brain development.
If you would like to read more information on immersion education, please
click here
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Kinder Registration is Now Open
for the 2018-19 School Year
Do you have a child that will be five years old on or before September 1st, 2018? Eagle Heights will host a Kindergarten Kick-Off event on November 15th at 6pm in the PAL (lower level).You may also check out
upcoming kindergarten events
throughout the school year. In order to make sure you receive the necessary enrollment information, please complete the
contact form
or
Register online for Kindergarten now.
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Syncing Your Device with
iCal School Calendars
Never miss an important school event again! Pease use the below web address to access your calendar from other applications. You can copy and paste this into any calendar product that supports the iCal format.
iCal Feed Instructions:
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Calendar of Upcoming Events
Nov. 3rd --- Maratón de Lectura Pledges Due
Nov. 7th --- General Election
Nov. 8th ---
Maratón de Lectura Celebration Assembly
Nov. 10th --- No School
Nov. 12th --- PTO Board Meeting, SEF Board Meeting
Nov. 13th --- Teacher Time Raffle Week
Nov. 16th --- Fall Intern Festival
Nov. 22nd - 24th --- No School - Thanksgiving Break
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Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion
13400 Staring Lake Parkway
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
952-975-7700
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