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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

A Greeting from Principals Sr. Moncada & Sr. Hegland

Dear EHSI Families, Spring has sprung and we couldn't be more excited! We have just five weeks left of school and appreciate your partnership to help us finish strong! Please take extra care to help your child remember all belongings in the morning to prevent unnecessary classroom disruptions. Please continue to call our Attendance line (952-975-7601) if your child will be arriving late or missing school for any reason. Please send a note or email your child's teacher if after-school plans are changing or if you're requesting an early dismissal. Please remind your child to check Lost & Found for any missing items or feel free to stop in to check for yourselves; all unclaimed items will be donated to PROP in Eden Prairie this Friday, 5/4. Please take a few moments to read our school news below and perhaps consider volunteering at one of our many school events happening in May/June... we'd love to see you! Sincerely, Hernan Moncada & Mitch Hegland

Spring Dance Festival is Tomorrow Night Please join us Thursday, May 3rd at 6:30pm in the EP High School Main Gym. Scholars in grades K-4 will be dancing in this performance. Click here to see full event details.

Follow EHSI on Twitter We have been tweeting out some of the amazing things happening in our classrooms at EHSI. Sharing tweets and pictures on Twitter allows us to quickly communicate with parents, celebrate student work, and connect with other Spanish Immersion schools throughout the world. Follow us  @EPEaglesEHSI  t o stay up to date!

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta this Friday It's not too late! Grab your friends and join us this Friday, May 4th at Minnesota Valley Country Club in Bloomington from 6 pm – 12 am for the 13th Annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta! This year’s theme is “Graduation” as we celebrate the inaugural class of EHSI students graduating from Eden Prairie High School in June. Tickets are no longer available online but can be purchased at the door for $70 each. Questions? Contact Esra Riggs, Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Chair, at  esra_riggs@yahoo.com .

PTO Updates

We'd love for you to get involved with our EHSI PTO Join us for our next PTO General Meeting on Monday, May 14th at 6:30pm in the Library. We are eager to fill the following PTO positions for the 2018-19 school year. Please visit our PTO website for more detailed job descriptions or visit the Contacts page to reach out to specific individuals with questions or to express interest. Vice Presidents (1-2 people) Assistant Treasurer (1 person) Communications Coordinator (2 people) Spirit Wear Event Team (5 - 6 people) Yearbook Coordinator (1 person) Family Fun Night Committee Members (5-6 people) 6th Grade Spring Fling (1 person)

Kinder Welcome Event  If you have an incoming Kindergartener, please join us Tuesday, May 15th, from 4:30-6pm for a fun evening getting your "KinderHero Passport" stamped at important destinations throughout our school. Also visit brief info sessions led by PTO & SEF to learn more about these fantastic organizations!

We need your help to run Field Days on Wednesday, May 16th! It takes a village to pull off this fabulous annual tradition; please check out the Field Days Sign Up Genius to learn more about when/where you can lend a hand!

Plan Ahead for Next School Year School Tool Box is a great way to purchase your child's school supplies all in one place online. You can look up Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion by searching the site   https://www.schooltoolbox.com or selecting this  School Tool Box link. You may purchase your order and have items shipped to you now or select "Hold the order" and select a future delivery date. It's fast, easy and convenient!

Save the Date for our EHSI End of Year Celebration This time next month we are excited to celebrate the end of another fabulous school year at Eagle Heights. Please plan to join us Tuesday, June 5th from 5-7pm on the big field behind school. Food trucks will be on site (food for purchase) and don't miss your chance to dunk a principal! Visit with fellow parents and classmates at this great PTO sponsored event... hope to see you there! To stay current please feel free to: Like and follow the EHSI PTO on  Facebook . Like and follow the Spanish Education Fund (SEF) on  Facebook . Check out the  PTO website  – you can see this year’s  Parent Volunteers , PTO meeting  calendar , and more!

What Research Tells Us About Immersion Students’ Achievement in Reading and Math By Jennifer Bowers, EHSI Q Comp Coach/Observer   If you are the family member of a scholar in grades 3-6 at Eagle Heights, you are probably aware of the state mandated testing that has been happening at school for the past two weeks. The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) are designed to help evaluate the effectiveness of educational programming for students on a building and district level. They are also one snapshot of your own scholar’s academic progress.  You may be wondering what can be typically expected of immersion students, since up until 3 rd grade all of their core subjects were learned in Spanish, yet the MCA is in English. For help with this, we can turn to the research in immersion education. To continue reading, click here .

Catching Up with Girls on the Run and Heart and Sole at EHSI Girls on the Run is a national organization and we are so fortunate to have parent who wanted to get a local chapter started here at EHSI! Rachel Bakken, mother of four, shares some background: "I had heard a little about Girls on the Run when my oldest daughter was in 3rd grade. As a runner myself, I thought it sounded fantastic, but there was no program in Eden Prairie. I did find a program in Bloomington, however, it just didn’t work out for me to drive her over there for practices as I had three younger kids. I tucked it away in my brain for a future date and then five years later when my 2nd daughter was approaching 3rd grade, I looked into it again. EP still didn’t have a program, so I reached out to GOTR to start one! That program ended up being at Eden Lake as I started it with another friend whose daughter attends there. It was an amazing experience, so we have now branched out and have a program at Eden Lake and EHSI/OP.

At the core of GOTR, the goal is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident - we do this by using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. For example, one lesson helps the girls navigate self-talk, teaching them to identify negative self-talk and practice using positive self-talk. We envision a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams! Over the course of the 10 week program, we lead teams through dynamic discussions, activities and running games. Girls develop essential skills to help them navigate their worlds and establish a lifetime appreciation for health and fitness. The program culminates with a community service project and a celebratory 5K!" said Bakken.

This spring is the second season of GOTR at EHSI/OP and the program has exploded, with two teams of 20 girls participating in GOTR and 10 girls enrolled in Heart and Sole. To accomplish this, we have 12 amazing coaches volunteering their time twice a week for 10 weeks! A huge shout out to our fabulous volunteer coaches: Girls on the Run Rachel Bakken (Head Coach) Susan Pauling (Head Coach) Jenn Nienaber Allison Checco Rhonda Rekstad Kaitlyn Hanson Michelle Frost Heart and Sole Linnea Holt (Head Coach) Elena Cáceres Emily Tanck Kris Miner

Calendar of Upcoming Events May 3rd --- Spring Dance Festival, 6:30pm in the EPHS Main Gym May 4th --- Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, 6pm at the Minnesota Valley Country Club May 7th --- 6th Grade Band Performance, 6:30pm in the PAL May 8th --- Kinder Field Trip to MN Zoo May 10th --- Spanish Conversation Group with Sr. Moncada, 5-6pm in the Library May 10th --- 5th Grade Band Concert, 6:30pm in the PAL May 11th --- 5th & 6th Grade Unified Club Year-End Celebration, 7:45-8:30am in PAL May 14th --- PTO General Meeting, 6:30pm in the Library May 15th --- Kinder Welcome Event, 4:30-6pm May 16th --- Orchestra Spring Concert, 7:30pm EPHS Auditorium May 16th - 17th --- Field Days May 18th ---1st Grade Field Trip to Murphy's Landing May 18th --- 6th Grade Spring Fling, 7-10pm at CMS May 21st & 23rd --- Kinder Walking Field Trip to Staring Lake Nature Center May 24th --- Spanish Conversation Group with Sr. Moncada, 5-6pm in the Library May 28th --- No School - Memorial Day June 5th --- 6th Grade Walking Field Trip to Staring Lake, 11:15am-1:45pm June 5th --- EHSI Year End Celebration, 5-7pm, Lower Field June 7th --- Last Day of School

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