Important Dates:
Monday, May 30 - No School
Monday, June 6 - Celebration of Learning, 12:30-1:45 PM
Wednesday, June 8 - Field Day Make-up day if needed
Thursday, June 9 - Last day of school
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María Graver, Aquila Principal
Olivia Tolzin, Aquila Assistant Principal
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Fourth & Fifth Grade Orchestra and Band Concert |
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Thank you Mr. Anderson for sharing your passion for music as an Orchestra Teacher for
29 years in SLP!
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Thank you Ms. Bertram for growing our Fifth Grade Band Program at Aquila. |
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Fifth Grade Percussion Students! |
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Orchestra begins in Fourth Grade. |
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Band begins in Fifth Grade. |
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Students will continue to come to the Library Media Center, but beginning Wednesday, May 25 there will be no more book check out. Please help your student remember to return all their books.
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Second graders had a visit from Pollinate Minnesota. We had live bees visit all Second Grade classrooms. We learned who bees are, why they're important, what's going on with them, and how we can help!
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Aquila GIVE$ Funding Highlight |
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Aquila GIVE$ funds were used to purchase a 3D printer for the Library Media Center. Fourth and Fifth Graders have been using Tinkercad to create a keychain with block lettering. Tinkercad is a great digital design tool for students to create three dimensionally. The printing is now taking place.
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Field Day ~ Important Information |
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Aquila Field Day will be a fun day of outdoor activities.
It is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7.
If it rains, the make-up day would be Wednesday, June 8.
K, 1, 2 will do their activities outside from 9:00-10:30.
3, 4, 5 will do their activities outside from 12:00-1:30.
*If you are interested in watching the activities outside, please visit the table outside by the front doors and get a visitor's badge on the day of the event.
*If you are interested in staying for lunch (outside) with your student that day, please sign up here and send $4.00 for each lunch ordered to the school office indicating your name and "Field Day Lunch." You can pick up your lunch ticket when sign in at the check in table. We offer an all beef hotdog, chips, apple and carrots for lunch that day.
*Click here to sign up to be a helper during the Field Day Activities (outside).
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Limiting Screen Time ~ Resources For Families |
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Common Sense Media is an independent, non profit that provides a variety of resources for parents and caregivers to help them navigate all things digital including, movie ratings.
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UNICEF Parenting is a branch of the global organization UNICEF that helps children around the world. The website is full of information about parenting and caregiving.
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Library Media Center ~ Update |
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Fifth and Fourth Grades
Students have been introduced to a variety of tools to help them share their learning or spark creative design. Fourth Graders used Adobe Creative Cloud to share their color poems. It is a great tool that can be used to make posters, slideshows, and more. Other tools introduced: Pixton (comic maker), Tinkercad (3D design), and Blooket (trivia game maker). Students continue to learn about being responsible Digital Citizens. BrainPop clips were used to learn about hackers, plagiarism, and more. The Maud Hart Lovelace Book Awards were announced, click here to see more information about this book award.
Third and Second Grades
By using a variety of resources like books and online tools, students can validate and expand their knowledge on a topic. Students designed a pet care sheet for a pet they created. Second Graders compared animals using infographics. Tools are explored that help students share their learning with others. Third Graders used Google Slides to share a solar system fact and cite their source. Some favorite read alouds have been: Oh Look, A Cake, Too Much Slime, and The Boy Who Grew A Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng. Students have enjoyed using blockly code to program the Dash robots.
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First Grade and Kindergarten Highlights
Students build their background knowledge on a variety of topics during their Library Media Center time. During the IB Planner How The World Works Kindergarteners watched a BrainPopJr clip on types of resources used to build homes, read the book Two Tall Houses, and used ABCya to design a house. During the First Grade planner How We Express Ourselves, picture books about mixing colors were read like Monsters Love Colors. First Graders were color scientists in the Library. They used eye droppers and watercolors to create new colors on cotton balls.
We have focused on animals that live in Madagascar and Antarctica, chameleons, koalas, and axolotls. The students continue to learn about authors, illustrators, and library organization. Library station favorites are Legos, ABCya, and the game Perfection.
During the last weeks of school, Kindergarteners and First Graders will be driving Dash Robots around the Library. In the picture is Kindergartener Dash, driving Dash!
Please contact Joanne Bongaarts, Library Media Specialist with any questions.
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Aquila Community
First Seeds Feeds
Dinner of the Season
Tuesday, May 31 - 5:00-7:00 PM
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AQ Farm Camp through SLP Community Education
June 20-23, July 18-21,
August 22-25
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High School Students - looking for summer fun and even high school credit? Check out Seeds Feeds Internship program!
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for community dinners every Tuesday night,
weather permitting from May 31 to September 1.
5:00-7:00 PM
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Transportation Changes for 2022-23 School Year |
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As a part of districtwide budget reductions, St. Louis Park Public Schools will be making several changes to student transportation for the 2022-23 school year. Transportation is a vital part of the day for many of our students and families. Reductions in transportation and other non-classroom areas will allow the district to reduce the impact of reductions on classrooms and programs. The transportation changes will result in budget savings of $325,000.
In the coming days, the district will begin to communicate with families who are impacted by these transportation changes. A summary of the changes is included below:
- Expanded no bus zones for students residing in St. Louis Park, including the establishment of a no bus zone for Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School.
- Condensed bus stops for secondary students.
- Expanded no bus zones for students who open enroll from Minneapolis.
- New elementary school boundaries for Minneapolis students.
- High school students and families will be asked to opt-in for transportation.
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Aquila PTO ~ School Supply Kits 22-23 |
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Order your classroom school supplies today! Enjoy your summer and avoid the back-to-school shopping hassle to find all the right supplies. The Aquila PTO has worked with Bright SchoolKitz to provide affordable kits that match the schools supply list each year. Kits range in price from $33 – $53 on orders placed before the last day of school, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kits are delivered to your student’s classroom before the first day of school.
**While you are ordering your school kit, you will have the opportunity to donate money towards school supply kits for families who struggle with buying school supplies. Bright SchoolKitz® will match your donation by 20% and will pack out extra kits that will be sent to our school.
Bright SchoolKitz is a mom-owned business, that helps employ adults with developmental disabilities to pack a portion of the kits. Your choice to buy school supplies at Bright SchoolKitz makes a difference and your purchase is appreciated.
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Aquila PTO ~ Parent, Teacher Organization |
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The Aquila PTO partners with families to
enhance the education experience
of all Aquila students, families and staff!
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*AQ PTO Meeting: Tuesday, May 24 - All are welcome to attend. Officer Elections!
*For more information about the AQ PTO:
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