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11/1/2009 10:19 PM MUY IMPORTANTE *Parent-Teacher conferences are this month! Conferences last only 20 minutes, so please arrive on time to fully benefit from discussing your student’s progress with the teacher. *Colder weather is upon us! Dress your kids in layers and send them to school with the outerwear they need (coats, hats, mittens, snow pants, boots) so they can enjoy their time outside! *Check the lost & found for any missing items! CALENDARIO DE EVENTOS November 3 – Tour, 10 AM 4 – Early Release Day, 1:40 PM 5 – 2nd Grade Level Dinner 5-6 – 5th Grade to Valley Branch 10 – PTO, 6:30-8 PM 12 –Conferences, 4:30-7:30 PM, Pick up Geckler Fundraising Products; 13 – No School, Day Conferences 17 – Tour, 2:15 PM; 17- Conferences, 4:30-7:30 PM 23 – 3rd Grade Level Dinner 24 – Picture Retakes 26-27 – No School, Thanksgiving Holiday 30 – 4th Grade Level Dinner December 1 - Tour, 10 AM 2 – Early Release Day, 1:40 PM 3 – 5th Grade Level Dinner 8 – PTO, 6:30-8 PM 10 – 6th Grade Level Dinner 15 – Site Council, 5:30-7 PM 18 – Kindergarten Concert 21 – Fall Strings & Band Concert, 2:30 & 6:30 PM 23-Jan 3rd – No School, Winter Break School resumes Monday, January 4th! INFORMACION DE LA ADMINISTRACION Dear Parents/Guardians, In November you will have an opportunity to come to school and discuss your child’s progress at Parent-Teacher Conferences. Daytime conferences are on Friday, November 13. Evening conferences are from 4:30-7:30 PM on November 12 and 17. We encourage and expect all of our families to participate. Your child’s success depends on your support and dedication to their learning. Partnering with parents is one of the most effective ways for us to increase student achievement. If you have time, please feel free to stop by the office to introduce yourself or to say hi while you are at school for your child’s conference. We look forward to seeing you. In celebration of Parent Involvement Month (which was in October), we would like to stress the important role that our families play in our learning community. Examples include: talking to your student regularly about what he/she is learning in school; assisting your student in planning a daily schedule that promotes quality completion of homework/projects; helping to process Geckler orders for our all-school fundraiser; volunteering in your student’s classroom(s); going on a fieldtrip; driving an intern to an event; attending a PTO meeting; helping out at the Harvest Festival or assisting in organizing a grade level dinner; making sure that your student practices reading everyday…and the list of opportunities goes on and on. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being involved in the life of your student and our school. Our 4th graders are participating in the VocalEssence educational program ¡Cantaré! ¡Cantaré! which links a Mexican composer, Jesús Lopez, with our students through a residency whose purpose is to create a deeper understanding of the rich Mexican classical musical heritage. From October 5-9, Mr. López who is the principal organist at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico and an accomplished choral composer, explored Mexican cultural and choral music traditions with our 4th graders. Over the fall, Jesús will return to Mexico to write new compositions, which students will begin learning in January in their music class. Mr. López will return for a two-week residency in March to help students in their rehearsals. In May, he will come for one final week to refine the performances, which students will perform at the VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis on the evening of Tues, May 25. (Como Park High School is the other SPPS School involved in this wonderful program). Each grade level will be invited to get together for a “Grade Level Dinner.” Please note that Kinder and 1st grade hosted their dinners in October; grades 2, 3, & 4 will be in November; and grades 5 & 6 will be in December. The event takes place after school and is a time to share a meal as well as get to know the students, families and staff members at your grade level. While it is an opportunity to relax and enjoy the company of others, often times there is also an informal activity associated with the gathering. At each grade level, there are several parents and a staff member who assist in coordinating volunteers to help in the planning. If you would like to help, please call the office and leave your name and phone number. Please consider attending your student’s “Grade Level Dinner.” It is a great way to support our learning community by strengthening school and community relationships. Here are a few quick announcements: -Welcome to our new band director, Jeff Fulton. We will miss Phil Fried, who has accepted a different position in the District. -Congrats to everyone at Adams for receiving an SPPS District Recycling Certificate for the 2008-09 school year (it means that we increased our recycling pounds by a minimum of 19%)!!! -We’ve been interviewing students about having recess before lunch, and their feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Students feel that they are better able to concentrate on eating a good lunch. -Many thanks to Nicole Tschohl, our building coach, who is mentoring students from Adams who are taking part in GEM (Girls Excited about Math) at the University of MN. Our students will attend the program with girls from all over the Twin Cities on four Saturdays between October-March to spend time having fun with math. -We are looking for volunteers to coach another Destination Imagination Team. Currently we have one 4th grade team organized and ready to go! Destination Imagination is a program that promotes creative problem solving in grades K-college aged learners through unique hands-on experiences. The ultimate goal is to teach participants that through their creativity, teamwork, and perseverance, they can develop creative solutions to complex problems completely on their own. Teams of up to 7 members work together to solve one of six different challenges, which they perform at a tournament in March. If you are interested, please call the office. -Capital bonding projects that have been approved by the District for our school include: paving an additional parking area; private toilets for all kinder classrooms; Smartboards for two classrooms; and improvements in our mechanical/phone systems. Projects will be completed later this school year and into the summer. In closing, now that the painting of the inside of our school is nearing completion, you might have noticed new signs going up around the building that say “Respect, Responsibility, and Safety” in Spanish. As we continue to talk to our students about bully prevention awareness, please join us by sharing ideas with your student about what it means to be respectful, responsible and safe at school. Thank you for your continued commitment to the success of our students, Judy Kaufmann, Principal Claudia Baldwin, Assistant Principal Estimados Padres y Apoderados, En noviembre ustedes tendrán la oportunidad de venir a la escuela y discutir el progreso de su hijo/a durante las Conferencias de Padres y Maestros. Las conferencias del día serán el viernes, 13 de noviembre. Las conferencias en la noche, serán de 4:30-7:30 pm los dias noviembre 12 y 17. Los apoyamos y esperamos que todas las familias participen. El éxito de su hijo/a depende mucho de su apoyo y dedicación a su aprendizaje. Trajabar en equipo con los padres es una de las formas más efectivas para aumentar el logro académico del estudiante. Si tiene tiempo, pase por la oficina a presentarse o a saludar mientras viene a la conferencia de su hijo/a en la escuela. Esperamos verles. Para celebrar el Mes de la Participación de los Padres (que fue en octubre), nos gustaría enfatizar la importancia de las familias en la comunidad de aprendizaje. Ejemplos incluyen: hablar regularmente con su hijo/a sobre lo que está aprendiendo en la escuela; ayudar a su estudiante a planear su horario diariamente para promover la completación de sus tareas y proyectos con alta calidad; ayudarles a procesar las órdenes de Geckler para levantar fondos para la escuela; ser voluntario en la clase de su hijo/a; ir a paseos de la escuela; invitar o llevar a un interno/a a algún evento; asistir a una reunión de PTO ( Organización de Padres y Maestros); ayudar a organizar el Festival de la Cosecha o la comida del grado; asegurarse que su hijo/a practica la lectura diariamente… y la lista de oportunidades sigue y sigue. Gracias desde el fondo de nuestros corazones por involucrarse en la vida de su estudiante y de nuestra escuela. Nuestros estudiantes de 4to grado están participando en el programa educacional VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! ¡Cantaré! En el cual el compositor Mejicano Jesús López trabajará con nuestros estudiantes a través de una residencia cuyo propósito es crear un entendimiento más profundo de la riqueza de la música clásica Mejicana. El Señor López quien es el organista principal en la Catedral Metropolitana de Méjico y un compositor coral muy exitoso, exploró las tradiciones culturales de la música coral con nuestros estudiantes de cuarto grado en la semana del 5-9 de octubre. Durante el otoño, Jesús retornará a Méjico a escribir nuevas composiciones, las cuales las aprenderán nuestros estudiantes en clase de música en enero. El Señor López retornará en marzo para enseñar una residencia de dos semanas y ayudar a los estudiantes con los ensayos. En mayo, el volverá para una semana final y refinar las presentaciones. Los estudiantes harán una presentación durante el Concierto ¡Cantaré! ¡Cantaré! de VocalEssence en la Basilica de St. Mary en Minneapolis en la tarde del martes, 25 de mayo. (La otra escuela de Saint Paul que participará en este maravilloso evento es la escuela Como Park High School ). Cada grado será invitado a reunirse para una “Comida del Grado”. Las comidas de Kinder y 1er grado tuvieron lugar a comienzos de octubre. Los grados 2,3 & 4 serán en noviembre y los grados 5 & 6 serán en diciembre. El evento toma lugar después de la escuela y es un momento para compartir una comida, y para conocer los estudiantes, familias y maestros/as a nivel de su grado. Durante estos eventos esperamos que disfruten la compañía de los demás. A veces hay una actividad informal asociada con la reunión. En cada grado hay varios padres y personal que ayudan con la coordinación de voluntarios para ayudar en la planeación. Si usted desea ayudar, por favor llame a la oficina y deje su nombre y número de teléfono. Por favor considere asistir a la “Comida de su Grado”. Es una forma excelente de apoyar nuestra comunidad de aprendizaje y de fortalecer las relaciones entre la escuela y la comunidad. Otros anuncios incluyen: - Damos la bienvenida a nuestro nuevo director de banda, Jeff Foulton. Extrañaremos al Dr. Phil Fried que ha aceptado una posición diferente en el Distrito. - Felicitaciones a todos en Adams por recibir el Certificado de Reciclaje del Distrito de St. Paul en el año 2008-2009 (esto significa que hemos aumentado las libras de reciclaje en un mínimo de 19%). - Hemos estado entrevistando los estudiantes sobre el cambio del recreo antes del almuerzo y las respuestas han sido extremadamente positivas. Los estudiantes sienten que pueden concentrarse mejor en comer su almuerzo. - Muchas gracias a Nicole Tschohl, nuestra entrenadora, quien es la mentora de algunas estudiantes tomando parte en el programa GEM (Niñas emocionadas por las Matemáticas) en la Universidad de Minnesota. Nuestras estudiantes asistirán a este programa con otras niñas de las Ciudades Gemélas cuatro sábados entre octubre y marzo y se divertirán con las matemáticas. - Estamos buscando voluntarios para el equipo “Destination Imagination” (Destino Imaginación). Corrientemente tenemos un equipo de 4to grado organizado y listo! El programa “Destino Imaginación” promueve soluciones creativas a los problemas y es para estudiantes de edades de K-universidad a través de experiencias prácticas. La meta última es enseñar a los participantes que a través de la creatividad, trabajo en equipo y perseverancia, pueden desarrollar soluciones creativas a problemas complejos por si mismos. Los estudiantes trabajan en equipos de 7 miembros para resolver uno de seis diferentes retos, y esto lo hacen en un torneo en marzo. Si usted está interesado en participar, por favor llame a la oficina. - El proyecto de Mejoramiento Capital para Adams ha sido aprobado por el Distrito, e incluirá: pavimentar un area de parqueo adicional; baños privados para todas las clases de Kinder; Tableros Inteligentes (Smart Boards) para dos clases y mejoramiento en nuestros sistemas mecánicos y de teléfono. Los proyectos serán completados al final de este año y durante el verano. Para concluir, ya que estamos terminando de pintura de la escuela, ustedes habrán notado signos alrededor del edificio que dicen “Respeto, Responsabilidad y Seguridad” en español. Continuamos hablando a los estudiantes sobre la prevención de la intimidación. Por favor únase a nosotros en compartir ideas con su estudiante sobre lo que significa ser respetuoso, responsable y seguro en la escuela. Gracias por su compromiso continuo y apoyo al éxito de nuestros estudiantes. Judy Kaufmann, Directora Claudia Baldwin, Sub Directora NOTICIAS DE ADAMS 5th/6th Grade News Sra. Luli's class is excited about participating in the Neighborhood Bridges program. We get to work with Nicolas Carter, a well-known harpist and artist who will be preparing us for a performance at the Children's Theater Company in May. Sra. Luli’s and Sr. Maldonado’s classes have submitted poems and essays to the Creative Communicators contest. We are happy to share our literary voices with others in the United States and Canada. Fifth grade classes had the opportunity to work with Amy Cordova as part of the program called Artstart Artist in Residency. Also, students showed their works at “The Children's Eco Arts Festival” a celebration of Creativity, Culture, and Conservation Saturday, October 10, 2009. Concordia update: A letter of interest regarding this year's trip to Concordia Language Villages was distributed to all fifth and sixth grade students on Monday, October 19, 2009. Follow up information as well as registration forms were distributed to those students who indicated interest in attending. The requested deadline for turning in the registration information is currently November 13, 2009. Please contact Bonni Chan at bonni.chan@spps.org if you have questions regarding the trip. Sixth grade classes are excited to go to the Strategic Science and Engineering Initiative field trip on November 3rd. The work is “hands-on, minds-on” at the museum that makes learning about engineering, science, and technology interesting, understandable, and fun. Noticias de 5to y 6to En la clase de Sra. Luli el grupo está muy contento de participar en el programa Neighborhood Bridges. Esta clase está trabajando con Nicolas Carter, arpista y artista bien conocido, quien los estará preparando para su presentación en la compañía de teatro infantil en mayo. Además, el grupo ha estado ayudando a conservar nuestra escuela “verde” cooperando con el programa de reciclaje una vez a la semana. Las clases de Sra. Luli y Sr. Maldonado han submitido poemas y ensayos al concurso Comunicadores Creativos. Estás clases están felices de compartir sus voces literarias con otros en los Estados Unidos y Canadá. Las clases de quinto grado tuvieron la oportunidad de trabajar con Amy Cordova como parte del programa Artstart Artista en Residencia. Además, los estudiantes mostraron sus trabajos en el festival para niños Eco Arts, una celebración de creatividad, cultura y conservación el sábado 10 de octubre de 2009. Información sobre Concordia: el lunes 19 de octubre se distribuyó una carta de interés sobre la excursión a Concordia Language Villages. Más información y los formularios de inscripción fueron distribuidos a aquellos estudiantes que mostraron interés en asistir. La fecha límite para devolver dichos formularios es el 13 de noviembre de 2009. Si tienen alguna pregunta en relación a dicha excursión favor de ponerse en comunicación con la Sra. Chan por correo electrónico: bonni.chan@spps.org Las clases de sexto grado están muy contentas de asistir a la excursión “Estrategia Cientifica e Iniciativa de la Ingeniería” el 3 de noviembre. El trabajo en el museo es manual e intelectual y permite el aprendizaje sobre ingeniería, ciencia y tecnología de una manera interesante, comprensible y divertida. Intern News Beth Kellar-Long Please welcome Carolina Perez, our new intern from Colombia. She started work at Adams on November 2 and will work primarily with the 4th grade. Do you have some winter gear you could lend to our interns? We are looking for the following to borrow for the winter: -Women's boots size 7 -Men's boots size 10 -A few men's sweaters size medium -Women's coat size medium Please contact Beth Kellar-Long at bkellarlong@gmail.com if you have something you could loan. We are also looking for some people who might be willing to help drive interns to and/or from their English classes at the Hubbs Center on University just east of Lexington. Please contact Ginger Carroll at gingercarroll@comcast.net if you are interested. Site Council Update Laura Temali The September and October minutes for the Site Council meetings are posted on the Adams SPPS website http://adams.spps.org/ and on the Adams PTO website http://www.adamsparent.org/. We are recruiting (a) representative(s) from the District Latino Consent Decree (LCD) Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) to be a member of our Site Council. There is a district-wide group of Latino Parents that meet monthly under the LCD programming. We want to have a liaison between this group and our Site Council at Adams. The Family/Community Involvement Committee (parents and staff) has been merged with the LCD Committee this year to work together in order to encourage and facilitate involvement of all families at Adams. This committee will be planning some family math and reading evenings at school. At this point the committee will be meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 8 AM. All parents are welcome to join and/or to attend meetings. The next Site Council meeting is Tuesday, November 24 at 5:30. All parents are welcome to attend any Site Council meeting. NOTICIAS DEL PTO What a Great Evening! Lisa Engebretson Harvest Festival 2009 was both fun and a great fundraiser for the PTO. A big thank you to two people who worked extra hard: Sally Miller and Sarah Kesting. Many thanks to all of the other parents, teachers, staff members, students and alumni who helped out in so many ways. We are grateful to each and every one of you. Your involvement helped to make this event even greater. We would also like to thank the businesses that donated to this year’s Harvest Festival. Muchas Gracias! Upcoming PTO Meeting Dates & Topics Leslie Dwight November 10 - Finalize changes to preliminary 2009-2010 PTO budget December 8 - Highland Park Junior High Immersion Program Presentation (tentative); Vote on final 2009-2010 PTO Budget Evening Conferences? No Worries about Dinner! Theresa del Rosario Back by popular demand, the PTO will have food and beverages available for purchase during evening conferences on November 12 and November 17. Look for us near the office doors. The Fall Book Fair is Coming! Jennifer Fildaro Stock up on holiday reading materials, donate a book to your child's class, or pick up a book for yourself. Our book fairs are important because they provide the only source of guaranteed funding for our library each year. The Book Fair, held in the Atrium, runs concurrent with conferences: Thursday Nov 12, 3:00 PM - 8:30 PM Friday Nov 13, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Tuesday Nov 17, 3:00 PM - 8:30 PM Volunteers are needed for 2 and 3 hour shifts throughout the Fair. To volunteer, please contact Jennifer 651-665-0513 jfilardo@comcast.net or Shannon 651-451-9378 jsjthompson@comcast.net. See you at the Book Fair! INFORMACION IMPORTANTE Gracias to Lisa Engebretson, Sally Miller, Sarah Kesting, and all of the others who worked on the Harvest Festival! We appreciate all of the time and hard work you put into making this event a success! Adams Parent Website Visit the Adams Parent Website at www.adamsparent.org for news about the school, information about PTO events, meeting agendas and minutes, and other valuable information. Adams School Website Visit the Adams School Website at www.adams.spps.org for information from the school such as the official calendar, weekly bulletin update, links to SPPS site, etc. Easy $$’s for Adams Raise money for Adams in your every day life by saving General Mills box tops and Kemps or Land o Lakes milk caps! Box tops and milk caps can be turned in separately right outside the office. Also, if you drink coffee, you can order Velsquez Family Coffee, and help earn money for Adams! Visit www.vfamilycoffee.com to learn about the coffee; then e-mail your coffee order to coffee@vfamilycoffee.com and be sure to mention that you would like your order to be part of the Adams School fundraiser! (Hint: don't use the shopping cart or Adams might not get credit for the fundraiser.) SE NECESITAN VOLUNTARIOS Want to volunteer? Contact Theresa del Rosario, PTO VP and Volunteer Coordinator, to find out what the current needs are (big and small!). Tdr63@hotmail.com or 612-327-0183 If you would like to contribute to Palabras, send articles to Jane Baer at baerbenson@gmail.com. The deadline for each monthly issue is at noon on the 15th of the month prior. All submissions are reviewed and authorized by the co-editors and by Judy Kaufmann, Adams Principal. Special thanks to the translators Cathy & Guillermo Velasquez, Rosaura de la Torre, Rosario Salinas & to all contributors. 2009-2010 Palabras Team Co Editors, Jane Baer & Satty Flaherty-Echeverria - Layout & Design, Raul Arroyo Production /Distribution, Laura Temali - Web Master, Sally Miller
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