Camanche Elementary Newsletter
NEWSLETTER #24-6
October 5, 2023
NO SCHOOL NEXT MONDAY!
Reminder – there will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 9th. Thank you!
SCHOOL PICTURES & RETAKES
School pictures are in and should have come home with your students last week! If you are dissatisfied with your child’s picture or if your child was absent on picture day, Inter-State Studio will return on Friday, October 20th to take new pictures. All pieces of your original picture packet must be returned for a student to have their picture retaken. If you student was absent on picture day, please order online here: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/78471GF
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to our STATE CHAMPION Sumdog team! They earned 1st place in the Iowa Sumdog math competition. Brantley Weller had the highest score in the state. Greta Thomson, Owen Steines, Kennedy Schwandt, Keegan Totten, Max Brown, Miguel Gojon, Hattie Noble, and Halley Hansen had the top 10 scores in the state. Luke Anderson, Jocelyn Bark, Trevor Bockelmann, Hunter Bray, Aly Mahoney, Kyler Jenness, River Murphy, Josiah Shaffer, and Lincoln Petersen were on the team and did well in the contest. These students needed to complete 1000 math problems in one week. Sheryl Kennedy coached the team.
FROM MRS. MUNSON
The 2023-2024 school year is off to a wonderful start with our classroom counseling lessons! We have been learning a lot already this year including: “Grown-ups are in charge of Big Deals; Kids are in charge of Little Deals”. Big deals consist of emergencies, dangerous situations or if someone is hurt. When they happen, it is important to get help from a trusted adult right away. Little deals are situations/problems that happen every day. Students are taught several problem-solving strategies they can use in any little deal situation. We empower students to use their problem-solving strategies for little deals that arise throughout the day, as it is a crucial life skill to develop. Ask your child what little deal strategies they use most often.
Here are some books you can read with your student(s) on problem solving:
· Stand Tall Monty Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
· Of Course It’s a Big Deal by Bryan Smith
· A Big Guy Took My Ball! By Mo Willems
· What Do You Do with A Problem by Kobi Yamada
More information about how to teach problem-solving at any age can be found here: https://biglifejournal.com/blogs/blog/how-teach-problem-solving-strategies-kids-guide
PTA NEWS
Thank you to everyone who came out to the first field trip fundraiser of the year! We raised just under $200 for CES students. Our second field trip fundraiser night is next Thursday, October 12th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Imperial Lanes. Imperial Lanes will donate on dine-in or carry-out orders. Please order over the phone or on the restaurant side. Bowling will not be available due to Thursday night league.
Our first fundraiser of the year is Club’s Choice Catalog ordering. This features two catalogs that include frozen food, wrapping paper, kitchen gadgets, and more. The fundraiser runs October 5th-20th. Orders must be turned in no later than Tuesday, October 24th. Orders can also be placed online. Orders will be available for pick up on Monday, November 20th.
Monster Mash is Saturday, October 21st from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The first hour will include games, the second hour will be a glow dance. Admission is $10 per family prior to the dance or $15 at the door. RSVP’s will be sent out closer to the dance. Admission covers unlimited games, glow sticks/accessories, and dancing. Pizza will be available for $2 per slice and water $1 per bottle. Come out and have a ghoulish good time. ALL costumes must be school appropriate: no scary or inappropriate costumes please!
We can be contacted through our Camanche Elementary PTA Facebook Messenger and stormpta@yahoo.com. GO STORM!
DATES TO REMEMBER
Oct 5th-20th PTA Fundraiser – Club’s Choice Catalog
Oct 9th NO SCHOOL
Oct 10th Preschool to Pride of the Wapsi
Oct 12th PTA Field Trip Fundraiser Night @ Imperial Lanes 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Oct 20th Picture Retake Day
Oct 21st PTA Monster Mash 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Yours in education,
Aimee Dohse – Principal