December 2024 Calendar Update
Dec. 19th-
PreK Christmas Program 1:00 PM
2:00 PM Dismissal districtwide (due to high school exams)
Dec. 20th-
Elementary (K-5) Christmas Program 9:30 AM
2:00 PM Dismissal districtwide (due to high school exams)
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Series: October
Bullying Prevention
Important information:
National Bullying Prevention Month is recognized in October
There are different types of bullying, including physical, verbal, emotional, and cyberbullying. These actions are deliberate and repeated.
According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 1 in 5 children have experienced bullying. Reference: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2019/2019054.pdf
Encourage children to report any (directed towards them or witnessed) bullying behavior to parents/guardians, school personnel, and other trusted adults.
Online resources:
https://www.stopbullying.gov
https://www.stompoutbullying.org
https://www.schoolsafety.gov/bullying-and-cyberbullying
https://www.pacer.org/bullying/
Continue September’s Kindness Challenge and help prevent bullying!
1st Grade Field Trip to Bandy's Pumpkin Patch
Purple Out, Please contact Ms. Ury if you would like to order or send order forms to the school "attention Ms. Ury"
U of I Extension Pumpkin Extravaganza
Halloween Health Fair
Appleknocker Golf Fan Gear
🌠Congratulations to our Shining Star Student Addysyn Stroehlein! Addy has been nominated for cheering on, encouraging, and helping other students. 🌠
Our Shining Star Staff members over the past three weeks are Mrs. Poirier, Mrs. Jackson, and Mrs. Middleton!
Reminder- Tomorrow, Friday (9/20), is a 3:00 dismissal day
Ag in the classroom visit 1st Grade in Ms. Lyerla's room. They learned about dairy cows and got to make their very own butter! They shook and shook and shook their heavy whipping cream until it magically turned into butter!
Today we were privileged to have a visit from the Food Works Mobile Farmers Market truck. Each grade level visited the market to learn about fresh, locally-sourced foods that are available in our community. Students participated in an activity and were given "play money" to purchase fresh produce and baked goods. Students and staff loved this visit!
Building Friendships that last. Did you know that building friendships helps with all areas of your development? In Pre-K friendships are very important this helps build skills like sharing, taking turns, managing disagreements, listening to others and so much language development.
The pre-K class helped build friendships today by playing a matching game which helped students in recognizing and recalling other children in their class.
Mrs. Raganyi’s Pre-K class has been investigating apples! They did an apple taste test this week and made an apple volcano! A special thank you to Flamms Orchard for the variety of apples. 🍎 🍏
The Paragon fundraiser begins!
Upcoming Golf Scramble
Learning about Superflex with Mrs. Jackson
Check out this video to kickoff our Cobden Elementary PTO Paragon Fundraiser!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/954163199
🌟Shining Star Students🌟
We will be recognizing students for their acts of kindness and positive behaviors to help encourage a supportive and uplifting school environment. Each week students are nominated by staff and peers to be recognized for their kind efforts. This week Logan Shipley is our Shining Star Student! 🌟 Way to go Logan!
The PTO Family Picnic is coming up soon! If you plan to attend please RSVP to pto@cusd17.com or comment on this post. We want to ensure we have enough dinner for all!
