Rocking News from
Roosevelt and Alliance
~December 19th Edition
~Issue #16
Roosevelt and Alliance
~December 19th Edition
~Issue #16
A Chat with Mrs. Chrisman...
As we finish up the year 2014, I want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year!! I hope you enjoy time spent with family and friends over the holidays. I know the students are excited for our winter break! Hopefully, we can get a little snow so that they can spend sometime playing outside.
From your Roosevelt and Alliance family ~
Happy Holidays!!!!
As we finish up the year 2014, I want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year!! I hope you enjoy time spent with family and friends over the holidays. I know the students are excited for our winter break! Hopefully, we can get a little snow so that they can spend sometime playing outside.
From your Roosevelt and Alliance family ~
Happy Holidays!!!!
Upcoming Events:
December: 23 - Early Dismissal at 11:30 24 - Winter Break Begins January: 5 - School resumes 8 - RO/ACE kindergarteners PAC field trip 28 - RIF book distribution 29 - Alliance Informational meeting at 6:30 30 - RO/ACE school dance LOST AND FOUNDPlease encourage your child to check the Lost and Found area in our school. It is located right by the front doors. There are a lot of things in there!!!
Alliance Families
We have started a new, free way to raise money for our school. Please click here for information about United Community and how you can sign up! Don't forget about SCRIP
Remember as you start planning your Thanksgiving, that SCRIP is available for Copps and Pick n' Save as well as WalMart and Woodman's grocery stores. Another good reminder is that you can always pay your KOHL's bill using SCRIP!!! Scrip can be purchased in the school office. Roosevelt Families
We have started a new, free way to raise money for our school. Please click here for information about United Community and how you can sign up! Magnet Class
Testing and Registration Neenah Joint School District is in the process of screening and evaluating students who would benefit from participating in one of our Magnet Classes - a 4/5 class at Lakeview Elementary, a 6th grade class at Horace Mann, and a 7/8 class at Shattuck Middle School. These classes are a component of our Gifted and Talented Program for High Ability students. The Magnet Classes serve eligible students from all schools in the District. Students benefiting from Magnet Classes are those who have demonstrated very high levels of intellectual ability. The Magnet Classes are designed to offer students opportunities to work at a greater depth or at a faster pace than in the regular education setting. To learn more about the NJSD Magnet Classes, please attend an informational meeting on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. in Shattuck Auditorium. As a result of increased interest, enrollment caps have been established for Magnet Classes of 2015-16. Testing for Magnet Class placement will take place in March, the week prior to Spring Break. All available spots will be filled through this test session. Additional testing for Magnet Class placement will take place in the summer, but if enrollment caps have been reached through the March testing, qualifying students will be put on the ranked waiting list until a spot becomes available. Magnet test registrations will be accepted between January 26, 2015 and March 6, 2015. To sign your child up for Magnet testing, go to the NJSD website (www.neenah.k12.wi.us) after January 26th, then click on the link for Magnet Test Information and Registration. Test registrations will not be accepted after March 6, 2015. Check out Mrs. McMahon's
Techie Tips and Tricks!!! Click here to see her Library Goddess BLOG! Click here to see what Mrs. Michlig's 1st grade students have been learning during their fairy tale unit! Click here to see what our ACE/RO kindergartners have been up to. Click here to see what Ms. Standorf's kindergartners have been up to. Click here to see the RO/ACE kindergartners turkey project. Click here to see the Alliance 1, 2, 3 students' Jan Brett author study projects. Tech Message from Mrs. McMahon:
WARNING! Mrs. McMahon is going to show her age here! Remember in middle school and high school when you would do computer programming? You would type a series of directions (probably using 0's and 1's), hit "RUN," and you would get that archaic, green image on your computer screen to jump, smile, etc? Computer programing -- often called "coding" -- has come a long way! This week was the National Week of Code. Many students at Roosevelt and Alliance (including kindergarteners!) learned how to code/program this week! They LOVED it! Below are some links to the coding websites students used at school this week. Feel free to let them code at home! Why teach coding? It teaches students to think. It teachers students to think about the mistake they made and fix it. It's fun! To create computer programs and apps, takes knowledge of coding. It's where the world is going! http://studio.code.org/ https://www.madewithcode.com/ http://hourofcode.com/us Some great (FREE) iPad apps include: Kodable and Hopscotch Check out some photos and my blog here! http://njsdlibrarygoddess.blogspot.com/2014/12/national-week-of-code-coding-at.html' Virtue of the Month
The students of Roosevelt and Alliance are learning more about the virtue of SERVICE this month. We will be exploring the many ways that people of our community can be of service to others. Each week students will be hearing announcements of 2 or 3 ways they can be of service in their community and school. This week we are learning about how we can share our musical talents with others, and how we can thank the military service members during the holiday season (cards are due to Mrs. Cercone by Dec. 5th). When students' classes participate in a service activity they will add a paper ornament to one of our holiday trees at the school. If your family participates in a service activity we would like you to decorate a paper ornament as well. You will find a copy of ornaments attached to this newsletter or your child can find one in the envelope attached to Mrs. Cercone and Markman's classroom door. Please write your name and the activity you did on the ornament, decorate it, cut it out, and place it in the basket in the office. Parking Lot Help
Please remember to park in the designated parking spots when you are picking up your children at the end of the day. |
Here's what we've been up to...
Mrs. Rossing's class went to the Neenah Public LIbrary. They took part in the Memory Cafe that the library provided. Click here to see some pictures from their trip.
Click on the skates to see the dates for this year's SKATE NIGHTS!!!!!
SHAKE IT OFF..........
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Parent Information:
- Parent Information about the flu - click here
- Parent Information about coughing - click here
- Information from the School Nurse about lice - click here
- Wondering if your child is too sick for school? Click here for information to help you determine if you should or shouldn't send your child to school.
- ACE SCRIP information - click here
- Information for Roosevelt Parents - Are you interested in getting your child's teacher a special thank you treat?
Click here for a list of "Our Teachers' Favorite Things".
Community Corner:
- Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass activities - click here
- Neenah Baseball Camp - click here
- NJSD Community Events Link - click here
- December Gift Workshop - click here
- Winter Breatk Art Classes - click here