Week of April 12, 2021
Good Afternoon CCGS Families,
We had another great shortened week here at CCGS! This week we were so excited to be able to welcome back so many students to school either full day or for our hybrid program. It is hard to believe that we have 6.5 short weeks of school left in the school year, but that is 6.5 weeks of fun, learning, and continued growth with our students!
Mrs. Niner is recording the students for the virtual concert this week and next week. They have been working so hard! Mrs. Becker has been working with her students on their art projects for our virtual art fair also. I love seeing students showing their enthusiasm and love of the arts each week.
Our students will also be setting their fourth quarter goals for reading and writing over the next few weeks. Mrs. Anderson and I cannot wait to come in and visit them to hear about their final goals for the school year. Our goal board if so full!
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Congratulations to the following students who made our Dreambox Leaderboard for their work during the month of March.
Kindergarten: Harper B., Myles M., Ethan K., Declan L, Nash A.
First Grade: Liam F., Ethan C., Rilynn T., Liam L., Owen W.
Second Grade: Brynn B, Noah V., Vincent N., Lillian V., Camille B.
Third Grade: Madison K., Mackenzie C., Ryker P., and Andrew K
Please click HERE for our March video. Please use this link to add your April photos. We love seeing the pictures of our remote learners at home, so please continue to add them!
Mrs. Hamm
There are several important pieces of information below!
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Music Program Update!
Our K-3 students have been singing, dancing and reading to prepare for our musical "Character Street!"
You can listen, practice and read our books at home in our virtual classroom. Click here to enter!
Don't forget to save the date: April 27 at 6:30 on Zoom for a Movie Night!
More details coming soon!
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Local author Jim Nielsen will be visiting all of our Y115 elementary schools this month via Zoom! On April 22nd we will be listening to his story Orange and Ivy Save the Rainforest, and he will share more information about our beautiful rainforests and how we can help to preserve them.
If you’d like to purchase a signed & personalized copy of his rainforest story, or his second book, Eco-Easton Saves the Ocean, you can visit the Eco-books website at https://ecobooksbyjimmynielsen.weebly.com. (Please include personalization text in the notes section of your order & choose “author visit” at checkout for free delivery to your school!)
Orders are due by Friday, April 23rd. We look forward to our Earth Day virtual author visit with Mr. Nielsen!
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Virtual Art Show coming soon!
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Congratulations to this student who was our Shout Out Winner of the week! Next week, he will lead the school in the pledge of allegiance one day this next week. |
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Congratulations to Mrs. Lindner's classroom for being our Golden Platter winner's of the week! They will get a recess with the principals next week. |
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Dual Language Kindergarten Applications for the 2021-2022 School Year Now Available
Yorkville CUSD 115’s Dual Language program is now accepting applications for incoming Kindergarteners for the 2021-2022 school year. This program is open to all incoming Kindergarten students. Acceptance in the program is based on eligibility criteria with remaining open spots being subject to an admissions lottery. Applications can be found on the district website and are due by Friday, April 23 to the address provided on the application or scanned and emailed to Michael Camp, Coordinator for Bilingual and EL Services at [email protected]. You may also pick up a print copy at any of the district Kindergarten centers (Autumn Creek, Bristol Bay, Bristol Grade, Circle Center, Grande Reserve, Yorkville Grade). Feel free to review the information presented on the Dual Language Information Night presentation and contact Michael Camp with any questions that you may have.
Parents asked to complete a food service survey by April 14
As Yorkville CUSD 115 students attended school in various methods/times this school year, the district strived to bring a sense of normalcy to the food service program to ensure that nutritious meals were consistently available for all Y115 students. Especially after this challenging year, it is important for the district to learn from parents what worked well and what improvements may be needed to the district's food service program.
Parents are asked to complete a survey (link below) on behalf of each of their children in grades 1-6 regarding their food service experience in Y115. Survey answers are anonymous and results will be shared with the Y115 Food Service Committee in order to prepare for next school year.
Survey Deadline: Wednesday, April 14 at 5 p.m.
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Thank you to our families that completed the District 115 20-21 school planning survey. Here are the results of that survey.
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Introducing District 115’s New Online Payment Portal. Yorkville CUSD 115 is now accepting online payments! Conveniently pay fees, purchase tickets, add money to lunch accounts, and much more from a computer or mobile device. The district’s new payment portal saves time and ensures users that their payments are securely sent to and received by the district. Debit, credit card and eChecks are accepted. Parents are encouraged to set up a payment portal account at https://y115.RevTrak.net (access is also available on the home pages of the district/schools websites). The system is currently accepting payments for current account balances, elementary intramurals, and Yorkville Education Foundation donations.
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BACK FOR 2021! The Yorkville School District is hosting The Virtual Taste of Yorkville "Culture Matters" to feature the melting pot of cultures that make up the Yorkville School District community. This virtual event will feature several cultural highlights, recipes, and interviews. This year's event will be held virtually on YouTube due to the current pandemic. The event will kick-off this year on Saturday, April 24th. We are looking for participants to submit a video that will showcase aspects of your culture/country. You will be showcasing one aspect of your cultural heritage in a 5-10 minute video and allow others to travel the world experiencing your culture through artifacts, music, dance, food, arts, literature and more. If you are interested in participating, please fill out this Participant Google Form. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Camp at [email protected].
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Y115 is looking for new members for the Citizens Advisory Council (CAC). Please click here to learn more!
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Mrs. Reveter's Classroom Highlight of the Week
Welcome to our room!!!! In our room, we know that the best learning happens when we are having fun! We also embrace our mistakes and use them to show what we need to work a little more on. We have flexible seating, fidgets, and a lot of hands on activities to help everyone stay engaged on learning tasks. Students in our room are kind and supportive to one another and work as a team to help each other grow.
We have been learning just how fun reading can be and how a story can create images in our minds. If you walk by our room, you may hear us reading in silly voices or see us illustrating sentences and paragraphs that we have read. We are using strategies to go back into text to find answers to questions or using what we have learned to make inferences and predictions about text.
In writing, we have been transforming some of our boring, easy to write, sentences into sentences that other people will be excited to read. We have been working on using adjectives to be more descriptive and varying our sentence styles to make our writing engaging. We are also working on showing cause and effect or comparing and contrasting when writing. Our writers have also become pretty persuasive and have worked on providing detailed reasons to support their arguments.
Math this year has been really awesome as we have worked hard on learning to multiply and divide numbers, find areas and perimeters of polygons, rounding whole numbers, and comparing fractions. We have started working on elapsed time for fourth quarter.
We are also very lucky to have the most amazing paraprofessionals and related service providers ever to help support students!
Love,
Mrs. Reveter's Classroom
(See pictures of my class below.)
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Future Important Dates
April 13th-April 26th: Spring Scholastic Virtual Book Fair
April 12th-April 16th: MAP testing 3rd grade students
Monday, April 12: D Day
- Board of Education Committee Meeting 7:00pm
Tuesday, April 13: A Day
Wednesday, April 14: B Day
- Law Enforcement Drill 9:00
Thursday, April 15: C Day
Friday, April 16: D Day
Save the Date
April 19th: Spring Pictures for remote (12:00 - 3:00) and in person students (8:00 - 3)
April 22nd: Earth Day Author Visit and Meet and Greet at Grace for PTO and the first day of 26 day count down!
April 27th: Virtual Music Concert
May 13th: Art Show
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Important News!
Interested in being a part of making CCGS the best it can be? Do you love planning events and being at the center of all the fun? Join the PTO! Our next election and meeting is April 15th. Come be a part of the fun!
Attention all 3rd grade parents!! The YIS PTO board has vacancies in the positions of president, vice president and treasurer for the 2021-2022 school year. If you would like to learn more about being part of the YIS PTO board and the responsibilities of each of these positions, you can email us at [email protected]. Nominations for these positions will be made at the next monthly Zoom meeting scheduled for Monday, April 26th at 5:30 pm. Please reach out with your questions or to express interest in filling any of the open positions prior to that date. We look forward to hearing from you!
Fundraiser Information
Our PTO is offering a Mother's Day craft fundraiser. Click HERE to purchase a craft for your child to make for their special lady in their life!
Looking for a gift idea for a CCGS staff member? Click here for some ideas and ways to say thank you!
PTO Zoom meeting dates are the third Thursday of every month:
May 20th 7pm
June (TBA)
As always for more information please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and thank you for your continued support!
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