Cleveland Elementary School 558-2463 CLASS PLACEMENTS In the next few weeks, the Cleveland staff and I will be meeting to go over class placements for the next year s classrooms. A great deal of time and thought will be given to ensure that we have balanced classrooms in the areas of student ability, ethnicity, gender, and social maturity. If you feel the need to make a placement request, I ask that you do not ask for a specific teacher but instead share your child s needs. We often have staffing changes and a specific teacher you request may no longer be at that grade level. Classroom placement requests should be submitted in writing to the main office by May 20, 2016. The goal is to form heterogeneous groups and that will take priority over any requests. A request does not guarantee that your child will receive the placement. APRIL 28, 2016 MAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS: May 2... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 3... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 3...PTA Meeting 6:30 Art Room May 4... Brucemore Study Trip-Furry and Kilberger May 5...Brucemore Study Trip-Fitzpatrick May 5... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 6... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 9...Popcorn Sales May 10... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 11... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 11... Hoover Museum Study Trip-Boeckenstedt and Wolf May 12...PTA Restaurant Night-Cancun May 13... NO SCHOOL-Staff Learning Day May 16... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 17... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 18...Kindergarten/First Grade Music Program 2:30 May 19...Fourth/Fifth Grade Music Program 2:30 and 6:00 May 20...Fifth Grade Fun Run May 20... PTA Year End Event 5:30 May 21... Cleveland Night at the Ballpark May 24... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 25... Run/Jog/Walk Club May 25...Fifth Grade to Little Mermaid May 30... Holiday-NO SCHOOL June 2...Last Day of School-Early Dismissal 1:30
PTA BUDDY BREAKFAST AND TITLE I READING EVENT On Friday, April 8 th families enjoyed a breakfast provided by the Cleveland PTA as well as some reading activities to get their brains jump started for the day provided by the Cleveland staff! It was a great event where the highlight for many of the kids was the free book they were able to select to take home as their own. It was wonderful to see all of the families interacting with some great reading and enjoying getting to talk with other families during breakfast. It is events like this where you get to see the Cleveland community coming together! SAVE THE DATE Cleveland s Year End *Wellness Event* Friday, May 20 th 5:30 8:00pm Outside on the playground ****Activities Include**** Bounce Houses Carnival Games -25 a ticket Cub Scout & Girl Scout Activity Table Bid on Theme Baskets Hy-Vee Health Mobile Cub Scout Pack 33 will be selling Walking Tacos Wellness Bike Giveaway at 8:00
PBIS C March Office Data O R N E R Grade - # Students Pride Postcards Blue Tickets Office Referrals N (Minor) Referrals K- 72 students 39 1200 25 0 1st- 55 Students 17 1012 10 0 2nd- 62 Students 17 1132 10 7 3rd- 59 Students 29 1272 9 4 4th- 52 Students 6 458 3 0 5th- 55 Students 7 805 17 11 Totals - 355 Students 115 5879 74 22 FREE BIKE HELMETS FOR KIDS When: Time: Where: When: Time: Where: When: Time: Where: When: Time: Where: Saturday, April 30 th 9:00am 12:00pm LaSalle Middle School Lot (Safe Kids Day Event) 3700 1 st AVE NW Thursday, May 19 th 5:00pm 6:30pm New Bo Market 1100 3 rd ST SE Saturday, June 4 th 3:30pm 7:00pm Rockwell Parking Lot (Tanager Fest) Collins Rd/F AVE NE Saturday, June 18 th 7:30am 12:00pm Cedar Rapids Downton Farmers Market
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART Jump Rope For Heart was a huge success. We jumped rope during gym class the month of March. We raised $8,300.77 for the American Heart Association. The American Heart Association rewarded us with $400 towards PE equipment. In addition, Jump Rope for Heart gave the Cleveland students an opportunity to perform community service and help save lives. Thank you Cleveland families for taking part and being a heart hero. Every dollar counts. Also, thank you Cleveland PTA for helping sponsor our big event on Friday, March 11 with mystery prizes and the refreshing juice. Another awesome thank you to the Jefferson J-Hawks for helping run the big event. We can t wait to do it again next year. Thank you for your support. Mrs. Holland
CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY NIGHT Saturday, May 21st 6:35 PM (Gates open at 5:30 PM) Stay for the spectacular fireworks show after the game! Chance to stand next to the Kernels as the Dream Team for the National Anthem. Present the Flag on the field during the NA! Chance to form a High Five tunnel as the Kernels take the field. Order tickets through school, online, or by calling the Kernels ticket office. Ticket Order Deadline Through School: Friday, May 13th. Miss the due date? Tickets are available online or through the Kernels ticket office until May 20th! Once you purchase your tickets, they can be picked up at the Will Call window at the Kernels stadium between May 18 and game day. Yes! Count us in for Cleveland Elementary Night with the Kernels Saturday, May 21st @ 6:35 PM (Gates open at 5:30 PM) Parent Name: Name: Address: City: Zip: Phone: E-mail: Credit Card Number: Exp: Or, call Kernels Ticket Office at (319) 896-7560 to purchase with a credit card over the phone. Tickets may also be purchased online at the link below. Request section 107 when ordering. We want Club tickets at $9.00 each = total Please include payment and return this form to the School Office by Friday, May 13th. Cash, credit or checks accepted thank you! (please make checks payable to Cedar Rapids Kernels) ONLINE ORDERING: https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/buy.asp?eventid=165030&promocode=cleveland
LEAGUE OF DREAMS The Cedar Rapids Kernels Foundation and Perfect Game USA will be offering our second and third grade students (boys and girls) the opportunity to play baseball again this summer. This is non-competitive and coach-pitched. It stresses sportsmanship and fun. This is a free program provided through a grant. Each participant will get a free t-shirt and ball cap. Students may use the equipment provided by the team. Perfect Game provides the coaches. There will be some practices after school on May 17 and May 24. Games will be played at Jones Park. Registration forms will be coming soon! IOWA SKIPPER JUMP ROPE CAMP The Iowa Skipper Jump Rope Team is once again conducting a 3 day camp for grade K-8 on June 13th, 14th, and 15 th at Taft Middle School. This is a camp for all to enjoy the benefits of jumping rope for fun and fitness. Over 100 different single tricks will be taught, as well as fun jumping long ropes, double dutch, Chinese wheel, chants and many other exciting long rope tricks. The cost is $40.00 and that includes a rope. More information and registration forms are available at www. iowaskippers.org. WALKING AND JOGGING CLUB Walking and Jogging Club starts Monday May 2 nd in the morning at -8:45. We will walk/jog on 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, 24, 25, and 27th. All students will be invited to get fit and learn how to become better walkers and joggers. Students who participate will be entered in the drawing for the PTA End of Year Event Raffle. Parents, relatives, and friends are welcome to come and walk/jog the Cleveland track in the morning. If it rains we will cancel. Hope to see you there. VIRTUAL BACKPACK The District offers an online Virtual Backpack site to support the efforts of community organizations wanting to share information about educationally-based programming. Individuals or organizations wishing to post material on the Virtual Backpack submit items electronically and approved materials will appear online for families to access. Organizations will find a link to submit flyers for consideration on the District homepage at www.cr.k12.ia.us. Families can access th e Virtual Backpack from their school Web site. Cedar Rapids Community School District takes your safety seriously and welcomes your input. Please contact your building principal/administrator and report any safety concerns that you may have. Thank you for helping us keep staff and students safe. Follow the District on, @crschools, and Non-Discrimination Policy It is the policy of the Cedar Rapids Community School District not to illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (employment only), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and socioeconomic status (students/program only) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. District employees with questions or a grievance related to this policy should contact Jill Cirivello, Director of Human Resources, 319-558-2421; jcirivello@cr.k12.ia.us. Students and others should contact Ken Morris, Manager of Student Equity, 319-558-1504; kmorris@cr.k12.ia.us. The District mailing address is 2500 Edgewood Rd NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405-1015.
Playground Fundraiser PTA Rummage Sale JUNE 2 nd 3 rd -- & 4 th Cleveland PTA is looking for donations of items for a fundraiser Rummage Sale. As you do your spring cleaning please considering donating items you no longer have a need for to our Rummage sale. Acceptable items include: *clothes/shoes; all sizes (clean and without stains or holes) *Knick knacks *small appliances( working) *chairs *Baby items *toys *holiday decorations *Picture frames *plates/dishes *Lamps *etc, etc, etc.... Items can be brought to Cleveland before (7:30-8:30am) or after school(3:30-4:30pm) starting May 30 th Or call 395-7478 to make arrangements to drop items off. If you have a larger item you would like to donate or if you have any other questions please contact the Cleveland PTA: 360-1974 or jacquellin.davis@gmail.com
May Calendar Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 16) 17) 18) 19) No School 20) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 30) 31) Last Day Jog Club No School Reminder: If rain there will be no jog club. Jog club is held outside on the school track. All grades and family members are welcomed to join us in the morning at. Your attendance will count for a raffle prize at the PTA end of year event on Friday May 20 th at 5:30PM.