Important Dates for May
May 6th-9th - Scholastic Book Fair
May 1st - Grade 6 to the Nursing Home
May 2nd - National Karate School Demonstrations on
the playground from 10:45-1:15
May 5th - Mrs. Rotto's music concert at 10:30
May 6th - Mrs. Thielen's music concert at 10:30
May 7th - Mrs. Kvas and Mrs. Bechtold's classes going
to St. John's Arboretum
May 8th - Book Bingo Night from 6:00 - 7:30pm
Grade 2 going to the Paramount Theater to
see "Seussical, the Musical"
Grade 6 to the Nursing Home
May 13th - Mrs. Henry's music concert at 11:45
PTA Meeting at 6:00 pm
Site Council meeting at 7:00 pm
May 14th - Mrs. Reeck's music concert at 11:45
May 15th - Mrs. Johnson's music concert at 11:45
May 19th - Grade 6 going to the Science Museum and
State Capitol from 8:30-4:00
May 20th - South Side band concert at Tech High
School at 7:00pm
May 22nd - Mrs. Eiden's Spring Sing at 9:30am
Mrs. Eiden's Spring Sing at 1:15am
May 23rd - All school assembly to meet our new
principal, Lori Lockhart at 1:30
May 26th - No school - Memorial Day!
May 28th - 5th grade Wax Museum Parent
Performance at 6:00pm
May 29th - Ms. Atkinson, Ms. Neyssen and
Mrs. Eiden's am classes going to the
St. John's Arboretum from 7:50-10:15
Track and Field day at SCSU
Grade 2 going to Becker City Park and
Becker Community Center
Mr. Oettel's and Mrs. Eiden's pm classes
going to the St. John's Arboretum
from 11:30-2:00
June 3rd - All School Picnic from 5:00-6:30
June 5th - Grade 6 Graduation at 10:00am
Last Day of School!
View the May 2008 Talahi Times Newsletter for additional important dates and grade level information.
Food Drive Donations:
Congratulations, Talahi students! We donated 1,980 pounds of food and supplies to Catholic Charities! Well done!
Congratulations Talahi Teams!
Congratulations to the Talahi Academic Triathlon team. They took 1st place at the Regional meet at Talahi and will be going to the State competition in April. The team members include: Tiffany Nelson, Claire O'Brien, Haley Hjort, Serena Nebel, Jill Kedrowski and Addie Davis.
Congratulations to the Future Problem Solving team of Sabrina Sturm, Jay Kedrowski, Diego Brito and Sophia Delander. They are also going to the State competition!
Responsive Classroom:
If you are interested in learning about the Responsive Classroom program that we are using at Talahi, please refer to the following live links.
Origins Online
Responsive Classroom
Building a School Wide Discipline Plan
The Responsive Classroom Way…..
Step By Step
STEP I: Develop a PROMISE for your school (Completed 4/1/08)
We, the students, families, staff and community of Talahi promise to work together to create a safe and respectful teaching and learning environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to belong and be socially and academically successful.
STEP II: Write Expectations
Playground, Lunchroom, Media Center, Hallways, Bathrooms, Classrooms
STEP III: Decide the Proactive steps to ensure the success
Playground, Lunchroom, Media Center, Hallways, Bathrooms, Classrooms
STEP IV: When mistakes are made, what are the consequences?
Playground, Lunchroom, Media Center, Hallways, Bathrooms, Classrooms
STEP V: Train EVERYONE that you can think of…ongoing and cyclical
PTA News:
Link to PTA's Page
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The next PTA meeting is Tuesday, May 13th at 6:00 p.m. in the Media Center.
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The next Dominos Dough Raising Nights will be April 25th.
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A limited number of extra Memory Books were ordered and can be reserved by submitting an order form.
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Cub receipt classroom contest for this quarter (1/1/08 to 3/31/08) is in process – please bring in your 2008 Cub receipts. Money raised will purchase playground equipment again this spring. Cub receipts collected thru January 31st raised $168.00.
Secure Online Food Account Payments
Families and staff now have the ability to make secure online food account payments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, using PayForIt.net. To set up an account you need a valid e-mail address, a credit card (Visa or Mastercard only) and your child's PIN number. Each child in your family can be set up on the same account. Money added to the account typically displays in less than 24 hours. You can also set up e-mail reminders to notify you when the account balance gets low or you can set up recurring payments.
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