We Did It!!

WE DID IT!!

We have finally collected enough Box Tops to pay for a Rock Climbing Wall!!  I was thinking, since the new gym addition won’t be done for a while,

LET’S KEEP COLLECTING and see what cool “extra’s” we can add to our wall.  We could add an additional two feet in height, add a magnetic finish, or even add rope swings or monkey bars to our rock wall.

We submitted $495.00 worth of Box Tops this spring which brings our total Box Tops earnings this school year to $1,124.00.

The next submission date will be in September, so please remind your friends and family to help us by saving Box Tops and by starting their on-line shopping at, 

https://www.boxtops4education.com/marketplace

Hippity Hops!!

I’m sure you have heard….the Hippity Hops are out! 

I hope you are hearing the same thing at home as I am here at school, “This was the best day ever!  Can we use the Hippity Hops every week in PE?”  We have two different size sets of Hippity Hops so all students in grades TK-5 will have the opportunity to get their bounce on this spring!  

Pictured above is the TK class using the Hippity Hops in PE.   Besides being A LOT of fun, using the Hippity Hops gives us the opportunity to talk about our muscles and how working our muscles help to keep our bodies strong.  If you ask the TK, they will tell you that Hippity Hops use a lot of arm, leg, and tummy muscles.  Based on the number of smiles you can see in the pictures above, TK likes using their muscles!

8th Grade Technology

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If you guessed….8^th Grade Technology students creating a green screen music video to share on our Read Across America Day celebration on March 3^rd, you are correct!

First the student’s in this class took on the challenge (with help from Mrs. Paulsen and Mrs. Rosener) to re-write the lyrics to the popular song, What Does The Fox Say, changing it to What Does The Fox in Socks Say?  After the new version was recorded the class then wrote the script for and filmed the music video.  By filming their video against the green screen, they are able to superimpose themselves into all types of backgrounds for their video.  The students’ are now in the final stages of editing their video so that it will be ready to share with the school on March 3^rd.

When the project is completed, I will share the link on my blog for you to enjoy!

COLLABORATION

This month the 4th grade and 8th grade students worked collaboratively on an Explain Everything project on the iPads. The 4th grade experts taught the 8th grade about bones and joint angles and the 8th grade experts helped the 4th grade learn how to transfer data from different programs on the iPads to create a finished project.

Students worked together to take pictures of each other and then labeled on the pictures the different bones in the body and angels that our bodies can make.  One of the benefits of using the Explain Everything app is that we can record the student’s voices and handwriting on each picture and then combine all of the pictures into mini-movies.  

The 8^th grade technology is class is now in the process of taking each individual mini movie and combining it into one iMovie presentation and that will be shared with the 4^th grade class. 

Thanks 4th Grade for letting us show off our technology skills!! 

2013-2014 Tech Club

The Tech Club in Schleswig is open to all students in the 5^th through 8^th grades.  We meet on Wednesday mornings before school to work on a variety of technology based projects.   These dedicated students spend their study hall and free time to complete their assigned projects and to research and create using new technology applications.

This year we have about thirty students working on projects such as:

• ·         taking pictures and creating the school Memory Book,
• ·         filming and editing the school concerts and plays
• ·         creating the 8^th grade graduation video
• ·         assisting teachers with their technology needs
• ·         coding
• ·         preparing and presenting community education opportunities

                             

Save Five For Schools

Shown here is part of the counting and cleaning process that happens before we can turn in Land O’Lakes milk and juice caps for the Save Five for Schools promotion.

I just received word from Land O’Lakes that the Save Five for Schools milk cap promotion will be ending on May 31^st.  Beginning June 1^st, the Save Five for Schools label will no longer be found on Land O’Lakes milk and juice products.  We will, however, be able to submit milk caps until the end of September.

            Please continue collecting milk caps with the Land O’Lakes Save Five for Schools label on them and we will continue to count and package them up to submit for our regular submission date in the end of September.  This will be the last collection time for these caps so please contact everyone who saves milk caps for you and get them turned in the to the school as soon as school starts in August so we have time to process them before the due date.

            Thank you so much for your continued collection of milk caps and Box Tops.  If our collection rate continues on as it has been for the last three years, we should meet our goal of a ROCK CLIMBING WALL in the 2013-14 school year! 

Keep sending in your collection – it does make a difference!

2012-13 Schleswig Technology Club

 I want to take this opportunity to THANK the Schleswig Tech Club for all of their hard work this year.    The Tech Club meets in a large group setting before school on Wednesday mornings and often spends their own free time to complete the projects they are responsible for.  The kids chose to focus on six different areas this year including: creating the memory book, filming and editing the concerts and play (which can all be found on the school’s YouTube channel), creating an 8^th grade graduation project, various photography projects, an in-depth study of coding and video games and serving as a teacher assist group to help teachers with their technology needs. 

Thank you to the 2012-13 Schleswig Tech Club!

Your willingness to be technology leaders in our school is one of the reasons that our school is so GREAT!

I am proud of what you have accomplished this year.