Important dates:

10/17 WHITE DAY ALICE Lockdown training in am (see on page 2)

10/18 GREEN DAY

10/19 BLUE DAY

10/20 GREEN DAY

10/21 WHITE DAY

(notice M-T Day Switch)

SOCKTOBER UPDATE

Our Socktober Service Project is going great. To date we have over 1,200 pairs of new socks donated to our school, and over 2,500 district-wide! Every morning we count our donations and I remind the kids of our mission: It isn’t about who brings in the most socks, or what house is in the lead! It is about helping others in need. People need US to help! So please, ask a friend, business owner, neighbor, anyone, to please help us make our goal of 10,000 pairs by 10/31/16 so we can make a difference in the lives of others! Keep rocking SOI!

SOI NEWS AND NOTES

Important Information for contacting the SOI Office and accessing SOI Social Media

School of Innovation Main Office: 440-942-1525School of Innovation Attendance (24 hrs): 440-283-2149School of Innovation Fax Line: 440-347-0273

School of Innovation Secretary e-mail: Dawn.Igarashi@weschools.orgSchool of Innovation Principal e-mail: Brian.Patrick@weschools.orgSchool of Innovation Y-Care e-mail: lgergotz@lakecountyymca.org

School of Innovation Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/SOInnovation/School of Innovation Twitter Address: @WES_innovationPrint and cut this text box out to have for a refrigerator reference!

W-E School of Innovation32500 Chardon Rd.Willoughby Hills,OH 44094

In an effort to keep our students safe, we will once again participate in an ALICE training drill. On October 17, 2016, all students in the district will view the ALICE student training video. The video is approximately 10 minutes in length and will be followed by a post-video discussion. Students will watch age appropriate videos - a primary grade video (K-4) and a secondary video (5-12).

Following the video and class discussion, each school will conduct a traditional “Lockdown” Drill and an Immediate Evacuation Drill to identified gathering points on campus. We anticipate that the entire process will be complete within 45 minutes.

What is ALICE?

The purpose of ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) training is to prepare individuals to handle potential threats in their building. ALICE teaches individuals to participate in their own survival, while leading others to safety. Though no one can predict this type of situation, this new set of skills will greatly increase the odds of survival should anyone face this most unfortunate situation. We strongly believe that we have a responsibility to keep our students as safe as possible.

Sincerely,Steve Thompson

Superintendent

A.L.I.C.E. Practice on Monday, 10/17/2016

SOI NEWS AND NOTES

Conferences are right around the corner. If you haven’t already, please contact your child’s SOI team and make an appointment.

Conference Day 1: Monday, October 24, 3:00-6:00 pm

Conference Day 2: Tuesday, November 1, 3:00-6:00 pm

Conferences Day 3: Wednesday, November 9, 3:00-6:00 pm

School of Innovation Conference Schedule

SOI NEWS AND NOTES

REPORT CARD REMINDER

Report cards will be printed and sent home with your student at the end of the first grading period (after October 13, 2016). Beginning with the second quarter through the end of the year, report cards will no longer be printed as parents can view them through the Parent Portal of PowerSchool. To access the Parent Portal, please go to the green Parents Tab of the district website. You can then click on Parent Portal to login, or click on Parent Portal Help and Info for help setting up your account. If you need a printed copy because you do not have technology access, please contact Mr. Patrick at brian.patrick@weschools.org or 440-283-4234. Thank you!

POPCORN IS HERE!

October 21st

October 28th Happy Halloween Orange popcorn

with eyeball gumballs!

POPCORN IS $0.25 CENTS a bag!

W-E SOI Parent-Teacher Organization

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS - all are invited!

First Tuesday each month at 6:30 pm

November 1st December 6th

February 7th March 7th

April 4th May 2nd

Thanks so much to our FUNraising committee for putting on the great event at Patterson's this past weekend! TONS OF FUN!

Our next event is an adults-only fundraiser at the Willoughby Brewing Company on Friday, November 4th starting at 6pm. Tickets are available for $20 each at http://www.wesoipto.org/event.cfm?id=4 and are presale only. We hope you can join us for a social night out with other SOI parents while supporting the PTO at the WBC!!!

THIRD GRADE HAPPENINGSUpdated 10/13/16

Engraving rocks in

the Fablab!

SCIENCE / S.S. TECHNOLOGY- Types of Soil- Sand, Silt, Clay, Loam- Layers of Soil- Topsoil, Subsoil, Bedrock- Changes in Communities- Created timelines using life events-Looking at different types of maps from the SOI property.

- Engraving our names on rocks in the Fablab.- All the different rocks engrave differently depending on the type of rock. - Research on different types of soil- Using resources to do research

ENGINEERING MATHCAPSTONE 1 - Working on EXPLORE IT stage in design process. Studying the soil on our property to help us decide what might work best in our outdoor learning space.- What soil is best for growing?- What are some ways we can test for soil drainage?

- Subtraction Strategies- Using estimation to check answers- Fact families using multiplication and

division. - Using a timeline for

multiplication/division problems- Factors of multiples

ELA THIS AND THAT- Friendly letter- Theme and Figurative Language- All types of nouns- Still working on listening to How To

Eat Fried Worms?

● Picture Retakes Nov 9● Field Trip Permission Slips came

home this week for our trip on Oct 20-

● Please send in $5 for our field trip… we accidentally left it off our forms… SORRY!

.What to ask at home...● What are you looking forward to the field trip?● Did you learn anything from engraving your rock (if you did already)?● What is the #1 thing you would like to add to our outdoor space?

4th Grade UpdateUpdated 10/13/16

SCIENCE / S.S. TECHNOLOGYThis week 4th graders presented their solutions to fix the erosion problem at Foster’s Run. We heard many great ideas! A few groups will present their ideas to the ladies from the MetroParks later this month. They also presented information about their assigned branch of government.

Students worked to update their digital portfolio this week. Ask your child to show you his/her school year so far by viewing their digital portfolio.

ENGINEERING MATHWe will be moving back to the beginning of the engineering process next week as students hear about our new PBL. Stay tuned to hear more information about what we will be studying next!

Mrs. McKito and Mrs. Goodrich’s math classes are moving into Chapter 4 next week. Knowing your X facts is critical as we progress forward. Mrs. McCullough’s class is continuing with the long division unit and should also be practicing multiplication and division facts nightly.

ELA THIS AND THATThe students are really enjoying the book “The Kid Who Ran for President.” It’s a pretty funny story so far and they are learning more about the election process and government while reading it. Please remind your child to keep up with No Red Ink assignments as well.

There is no school on Friday, Oct. 14th.

Next week our green day will be on TUESDAY instead of Monday!

Homework is updated in Google Classroom under the About tab daily

We will be updating grades over the next several days. Keep checking Powerschool

.What to ask/discuss at home...● Show me your digital portfolio.● Log into xtramath and show me where you are with your facts.● Tell me about what is happening in the book The Kid Who Ran for President.

The BAM FAM SOI 5th Grade 2016

STEM News: Our current PBL, “The Candidate Conundrum” is progressing! Students recently created candidate avatars to represent the fictional and IDEAL presidential candidates they created using an application on their Chromebooks. Students are drafting candidate bios and will be transferring their rough work into a digital flip book using Simplebooklet.com. Summarizing is one of the major skills from ELA that is being incorporated into their Simplebooklets. Students can earn their best score by adhering to the checklist that is posted in Google Classroom under STEM.

Highlight of the Week: Each political party for Candidate Conundrum has settled on a platform and has even chosen a mascot!Seekers--FoxesOptimists--Black PanthersImagineers--Wolves

Math: Accelerated Math is still multiplying and dividing fractions. Myers’ Math is heading into long division, but will be retaking Ch. 2 test on Monday for an opportunity to improve.ELA: Students are learning how to write an organized 5 paragraph essay. The “Women Who Rock Science” Challenge will culminate with the publishing of the 5 paragraph essay on the student’s famous female scientist.Social Studies: The focus is still on the geography of the United States. Keep studying your states and capitals.Science: Mrs. Alvord is about to mail very precious cargo to a nearby school. She is mailing A PRINGLE that is inside containers designed by our 5th graders. The “Ship the Chip” Challenge was FUN and creative.

The BAM FAM Page 2

Announcements:

● The Science Retake is MONDAY! Please follow the retake procedure outlined in Google Classroom under Science.

● Students went over the test with Mrs. Alvord today and reviewed.

● Monday is a WHITE Day, so bring band instruments and sneakers.

● Students may take their Science projects home!!!!

Next week will begin our 2nd Quarter! We will continue

working on our 2nd novel, and begin studying Ancient Egypt.

Moving forward next week:

BirthdaysOctober:Andrew (4), Ryan (10), Collin (18), Owen (23), Nick B (26), Greg (28) and Emily (31)

For a more complete list of weekly happenings, don’t forget to check ClassDojo for the daily agendas.

Sixth Grade

❏ What did you learn about Mesopotamia?

❏ What is an example of a pronoun?

New Beginnings

All students have been invited to join a google classroom for art. I

am posting links and codes for websites that I am using within each

grades’ google classroom. Updates and project samples can be

found there, as well.

Thank you for all the donations of paint shirts. My bin is full and I

am happy that we can be free to be messy!

Have a great weekend!

Artsonia Link: www.artsonia.com

SOI ENCORE PAGE

MUSIC

3rd Grade - The students are

beginning to learn about the basics of

reading notes in treble clef..

4th & 6th Grade - Is continuing

studying the movement and music

that led to women getting the right to

vote. Up next: 18 year olds getting

the right to vote. Performance is

November 7 at Willowick MS.

5th Grade - A permission slip was

sent home with all 5th graders

regarding a field trip to Severance Hall

to see the Cleveland Orchestra

perform. The field trip is November

4th. Permission slips are due by

September 30th.

PE

3rd- 5th Grade: Classes are

finishing up Soccer and moving

onto (Football) punt, pass and kick.

The 3rd and 4th grade will be

assessed with the State of Ohio

P.E. Standards 3.1 &3.2 (catching

and throwing)

The 6th Grade is continuing with their

teaching assignments for the 1st quarter

and many students have come up with

very creative and challenging games for

the students to play. This week we saw the

gym turned into a human foosball game

with Ryan and Zoey’s lesson, a Flag hunt

with Holly’s, and some fitness and

obstacle course with Mia, Marley’s and

Emily’s Lessons. Marley even engineered

some equipment to use in her obstacle

course. Please see pics.

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