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Garfield Elementary School - Loveland Integrated School of the Arts November 2013

Grizzly Growler

Students log 900 miles, raise $7,000 at Jog-a-Thon

Upcoming Events

11/3:  Daylight  Saving  Time  ends  (fall  back  1  hour)

11/4:  Picture  retakes

11/6:  Talent  Show  Rehearsal  @2:15  in  gym

11/8:  Papa  Murphy’s  Spirit  Night  @  4-­‐9  p.m.

11/9:  Grizzly  Plunge  Pool  Party,  3-­‐5  p.m.  @  Thompson  Valley  High  School  pool,  (free)

11/11:  Veterans  Day SAAC:  5:30-­‐6:30  p.m.   PTA:  6:30-­‐7:45  p.m.

11/13:  McDonald’s  Spirit  Night

11/14:  Family  Connect  Math  Night,  6  to  8  p.m.

11/15:  End  of  1st  Trimester

11/20:  Talent  Show  Rehearsal  @  2:15  p.m.  in  gym

11/22:  Thanksgiving  Feast  Luncheon,  families  welcome Report  cards  go  home PTA  Talent  Show,  6:30-­‐8  p.m.  in  the  gym

11/25-­‐11/29:  NO  SCHOOLThanksgiving  Break  

12/3:  First  Trimester  Awards  AssemblyGrades  K-­‐2  @  1:15  p.m.Grades  3-­‐5  @  2:15  p.m.

PTA’s 1st Annual Jog-a-Thon on Oct. 16 was a huge success. It was a beautiful fall day, and staff and students all agreed it was a fun day! Garfield students showed incredible determination, jogging 2,704 laps around the school block, which is 900 miles! And this was all in one morning!Kindergarten through second- grade students jogged for 45 minutes. Third- through fifth-graders jogged for an hour. And on top of all this wonderful exercise, we raised about $7,000 for our school and playground. First-grader Quinn Waaler earned the most donations -- more than $400 -- and will get to be assistant principal to Ms. Cook for a half day. Way to go Quinn! PTA would also like to thank the following businesses for their generous support: Fort Fun, The Lincoln Center, The Rialto Theater, Harrington Arts Academy, Barnes & Noble, Dallabetta’s Muse Coffee & Tea, Artisan You, Gateway Garden Center, Chilson Recreation Center, Justine’s Pizza Fort Collins, Midtown Arts Center, Sweetheart Lanes, Rocky Mountain Cyclery, International Black Belt Academy, Altitude Custom Signs, Circle Graphics, and Rocky Mountain Covering and Home Improvement. They provided prizes for our raffle drawing or donated money. See page 6 for top lap runners, class fundraising totals and more photos.

Join your friends for the Garfield PTA Grizzly Plunge pool party!

When: Nov. 9 from 3 to 5 p.m.Where: Dick Hewson Aquatic Center at Thompson

Valley High School, 1699 Eagle DriveWho: All Garfield students/siblings/friends. An adult

must stay with you at the pool.Cost: Free! Sponsored by the Garfield PTA

It’s time for the annual Grizzly Plunge!

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Letter from the Principal

Hello Garfield Families!

Well, it was wonderful to see everyone at Parent-Family Conferences last week. I hope you had the time and opportunity to have some good conversations with your child’s teacher(s), and that you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather.

Our teachers and students have been working hard and doing amazing things each and every day at Garfield. We are proud of our students and their progress so far, and as we near the end of the first Trimester (November 15), I wanted to say a big thank you to all the parents, teachers, and staff at Garfield who make every day special!

Report cards will come home on November 22 and this is a great time to talk with your student about their academic progress, and about their social skills, and work habits at school. Strong work habits and social skills help children succeed at home, at school, and in the future. The following important social skills and study habits are part of the school report card, so please talk with your child about how they are doing in these areas.

Accepts responsibility for personal actionsIs courteous and respectful

Shows self-disciplineParticipates and contributes in class

Works well with othersListens to and follows directions

Completes workUses time wisely

Displays independence in work habitsHas materials available and ready

Maybe you could have your child score themselves on each of these behaviors, and then talk about why they scored themselves that way. Or, you could ask your student to act out or draw an example of each of these behaviors. Having children generate examples of behavior and skills is just one great way to help them learn!

There are lots of things going on this month. Check the Growler calendar for upcoming events at the end of the Trimester, such as picture retakes, the Thanksgiving Feast, the PTA Talent Show, and much more! And don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour on Sunday, November 3!

Happy fall! My favorite season of the year!

Cheryl Cook,Principalcheryl.cook@thompsonschools.org

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Greetings  from  Garfield’s  L.I.S.A.  Coordinator

Having  a  dual  role  at  Garfield  as  the  Speech-­‐Language  Pathologist,  as  well  as  the  Arts  Integration  Coordinator,  affords  me  the  privilege  of  being  in  every  classroom  sometime  during  the  week.  I  get  to  see  children  engrossed  in  their  learning,  and  their  thoughts  and  ideas  coming  to  life  through  technology,  music,  drama,  and  visual  arts.    It  is  truly  amazing,  and  I  hope  that  as  parents  and  family  members  you  got  to  see  some  of  this  during  conferences.    

We  are  excited  to  welcome  Artist  in  Residence  Chris  Bates,  who  will  be  working  with  a  group  of  3rd-­‐,  4th-­‐,  and  5th-­‐  grade  students  to  create  “phase  two”  of  our  mural  project.  Chris  will  be  sharing  his  passion  as  a  mural  artist  to  inspire  our  students  to  develop  and  create  an  addition  to  the  mural  on  the  cottage.      Over  the  next  several  weeks,  he  will  be  teaching  the  students  how  to  develop  a  design  by  listening  to  ideas  from  teachers,  parents,  and  other  community  members.  They  will  then  turn  that  design  into  a  master  plan,  which  will  be  graphed  out  onto  large  plywood  pieces.  Next,  the  students  will  follow  their  plan  to  create  a  beautiful  addition  to  our  school!  Keep  your  eye  out  for  a  finished  project  in  December.

In  the  month  of  October  we  had  several  opportunities  for  our  students  both  here  at  Garfield  and  in  the  community.  We  had  several  students  participate  in  the  community  event  Pastels  on  Fifth,  in  which  they  worked  together  with  the  students  from  Bill  Reed  Middle  School  and  Mountain  View  High  School  to  create  a  pastel  square.  Not  only  did  they  get  to  make  the  square,  but  they  also  got  the  pleasure  of  seeing  other  local  artists  and  community  members  working  on  their  squares!  The  kindergarten  students  traveled  to  the  Garbage  Garage  to  learn  about  community  helpers,  as  well  as  how  to  care  for  your  environment  with  recycling.    Our  first-­‐  and  second-­‐grade  students  were  treated  to  a  Bagpipe  Band.    They  got  to  hear  the  bagpipes  and  see  and  hear  about  the  traditions  surrounding  the  bagpipes.  The  musicians  wore  traditional  kilts  and  tams.  The  students  learned  that  bagpipes  are  very  loud!    Our  second-­‐graders  also  traveled  to  The  Loveland  Museum  to  see  the  lovely  landscape  paintings.  These  students  are  learning  about  “setting”  in  their  reading,  and  these  paintings  helped  them  visualize  a  variety  of  different  settings  from  around  the  country.    Our  fourth-­‐grade  students  walked  to  the  Loveland  Public  Library  to  meet  author  Jeannie  Mowbly,  who  is  the  author  of  several  books  about  Colorado  history.    They  were  able  to  ask  her  questions  about  her  research,  and  how  she  came  up  with  the  ideas  for  her  books.    Finally,  the  fifth-­‐grade  students  ventured  to  Bobcat  Ridge  to  study  the  geography  of  the  region.    They  also  learned  about  taking  care  of  our  natural  resources.    A  very  busy  month  for  our  students!  

In  the  Curio  Cabinet  this  month  we  have  the  amazing  art  of  Dan  Daggett,  owner  of  Daggett  Glass  Studio  in  Loveland.  He  creates  beautiful,  original  handblown  art  glass  designs.  He  is  well  known  for  his  blown  glass  vases,  perfume  bottles,  bowls,  creative  paper  weights,  Christmas  ornaments,  glass  sculptures,  platters,  and  oil  lamps.    He  also  creates  custom  pieces.  Mr.  Daggett  has  28  years  of  experience  teaching  glassblowing.  He  teaches  beginning  to  advanced  students  in  a  large  studio,  one-­‐on-­‐one.  Our  fifth-­‐grade  students  will  be  traveling  to  his  studio  to  watch  his  process  of  changing  glass  into  different  forms,  and  from  a  molten  state  to  a  solid  state.    The  Collection  Box  this  month  features  work  by  our  fifth-­‐grade  students.  They  have  been  studying  the  saturation  and  solubility  levels  of  “mystery”  solutions.  They  have  learned  that  different  solutions  create  many  different  types  of  crystals.  Their  collection  is  the  result  of  their  science  experiments.    They  have  also  made  amazing  crystal  sculptures  in  their  art  classes,  which  are  on  display  in  the  Collection  Box  as  well!

Laura  Ehlers,  

Arts  Integration  Coordinatorlaura.ehlers@thompsonschools.org

Kindergarteners make the Scottish folk song “Aiken Drum” come to life.

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Lessons in leadership, arts and letters!

Above: Guest artist Vicki Square talks to Mrs. Javernick’s kindergarten class about her fiber art collection in the curio cabinet last month. She also talked to the students about how she wrote her books.

Right: Kindergarteners learn how to make letters using play dough.

Thompson Schools Superintendent Dr. Stan Scheer speaks to first-graders about being a leader in the community.

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Music Notes from Mr. KubichekThe Band, Choir Club, and Piano Class Concert will be at

7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17 in the school gym.

All School Music Program Night at TVHS

Tuesday Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.

All Grades K-5 will be in the program

Chess and Robotics Clubs changing days

It's not too late to sign up for chess or robotics clubs, but please note the day change: Tuesdays instead of Thursdays!

Chess Club (2nd- through 5th-graders) will begin on TUESDAY, Nov. 19 from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. in the cafeteria. The club will meet for six weeks, ending Jan. 14.

Robotics Club (3rd- and 4th-graders) will have two sessions to choose from: Session I begins on TUESDAY, Jan. 21, ending Feb. 18. Session 2 starts on TUESDAY, Feb. 25, ending March 25

Please contact Cathy McCluskey (613-6043) if you'd like to sign up, or email:     catherine.mccluskey@thompsonschools.org

Student stars take stage at PTA Talent Show!Garfield's annual PTA Talent Show will be performed from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22 in the gym! This exciting show always plays to a packed house. You can expect to see Garfield students sing, dance, perform comedy and play musical instruments. For more information, contact Nikki Basart at 214-3391 or mike5nikki@live.com

Immerse your students in math fun at Family Connect Night All families are invited to the first Family Connect Night of the year on Thursday, November 14. The fun starts at 6 p.m. with free pizza in the cafeteria followed by a brief presentation by Ms. Cook about Garfield’s Title I program. From 7 to 8 p.m. there will be four different math sessions, featuring flashcards and games to engage students in math. We hope to see you there!

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Top lap runners by classKA: Zack Bakker, 11 lapsKB: August Peterson, 9 laps1A: Andres Guerrero Chino, 13 laps1B: Aaron Sethre, 12 laps2A: Johnathon Anderson, Keegan Dreith & Allie Denkers, each with 10 laps2B: Angelo Breitenbach, 14 laps3A: Emilee and Julia Ward,15 laps3B: Kaien Batie, 15 laps4A: Bronson Frink, 19 laps4B: Erik Sanchez, 17 laps5A: Warren Erion, 17 laps5B: Kelsey Basart, 18 laps These students won a $10 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble for their hard work.

Mrs. McClure’s class gathered the most donations with $1,300 and earned an extra recess for their hard work. Here are the totals that each class earned:Mrs. Javernick, $560Mrs. Sutton, $398Mrs. McClure, $1,300Mrs. Scanlan, $890Mrs. Brown, $670Mrs. Wallen, $450Mrs. Scheck, $525Mrs. Thomas, $770Ms. Speidel, $588Ms. Strid, $452Mr. Thomas, $356Mrs. Berk, $30

Jog-a-Thon

Money raised by class

LEFT: Students enjoyed popsicles at the outdoor awards assembly in the afternoon.

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Letter from the Principal

¡Hola Familias de Garfield!

Fue maravilloso verlos a todos en las conferencias de padres y maestros la semana pasada. Espero que hayan tenido el tiempo y la oportunidad para tener buenas conversaciones con el maestro(a) de su hijo(a) y que estén disfrutando de este lindo clima de otoño.

Nuestros maestros y estudiantes han estado trabajando fuertemente y haciendo cosas maravillosas cada día en Garfield. Estamos orgullosos de nuestros estudiantes y del progreso que han tenido hasta ahora. A medida que nos acercamos al final del primer trimestre (11 de noviembre) les quería dar las gracias a todos los padres, maestros y al personal de Garfield por hacer que todos los días sean especiales.

Los informes de calificaciones serán enviados a las casas el 22 de noviembre y ese es un buen momento para hablar con su estudiante sobre el progreso académico, y sobre las habilidades sociales y hábitos de trabajo en la escuela. Los hábitos de trabajo sólidos y las habilidades sociales les ayudan a los niños a tener éxito en la casa, en la escuela y en el futuro. Las siguientes habilidades sociales y hábitos de trabajo importantes son parte del informe de calificaciones, así que, por favor, hable con su hijo(a) sobre cómo le está yendo en estas áreas.

Acepta responsabilidad de las acciones personales Es cortés y respetuoso

Demuestra auto disciplina Participa y contribuye en clase

Trabaja bien con los demásEscucha y sigue instrucciones

Completa los trabajos Utiliza el tiempo sabiamente

Demuestra independencia en los hábitos de trabajo Tiene los materiales disponibles y listos

Tal vez ustedes podrían hacer que su hijo(a) se dé una calificación en cada uno de los comportamientos, y luego que hable sobre por qué se calificó de esa manera. O pueden jugar un juego en donde el estudiante actúa o da un ejemplo de cada uno de estos comportamientos. Hacer que los estudiantes generen ejemplos (y no ejemplos ) de comportamiento y habilidades es una de las maneras para ayudarlos a aprender.

En este mes están sucediendo muchas cosas. Revisen el calendario Growler para los próximos eventos al final del trimestre, tales como el día para volver a tomar las fotos, el Banquete del Día de Acción de Gracias, el Show de Talentos de PTA, y ¡muchas cosas más! Y no se les olvide atrasar los relojes una hora el domingo, 3 de noviembre. ¡Feliz otoño! ¡Mi estación preferida de todo el año! Ms. Cook, cheryl.cook@thompsonschools.org