CLEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY

CLEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY
Clear Creek Amana is an EEO/AA school district
Mr. Matt Leeman, Principal
mattleeman@ccaschools.org
Mr. Tim Kuehl, CCA Schools Superintendent
timkuehl@ccaschools.org
230 W Wilson St PO Box 488 Oxford, IA 52322 2015 – 2016 Friday Note
319-­‐828-­‐4505 fax 319-­‐828-­‐8140 April 1, 2016
Early Release every Wednesday at 1:15 There will be no breakfast served on any day that there is a late start for any reason **If you are coming to school to eat lunch with your child please let the office know by 9:00. This is to ensure the cooks prepare enough food.** Family Folk Dance 4/1/16 6:30 CCE Gym (see attached flyer) Iowa Assessments All Week 4/11 – 4/15 No School Monday, April 25th 5th Grade Spring Concert Thursday, May 5, 2016 6:30 PM in the CCE gym 4th & 5th Grade Track and Field Day Friday, May 6th CCA High School in Tiffin all day (Rain Date the following Monday) Friday Note from Mr. Leeman Happy April Fool’s Day to you all! It’s hard to believe that we are already to the month of April. We still have 43 days of school to go, but this will go by very quickly. Please note the reminders below and let me know if you have any questions in regard to any of them. Volunteer Training For anyone interested in completing the volunteer training our next date for this will be Tuesday, April 12th @ 6:30. This will be held at the West Campus building located between the Middle School and the High School. This training allows you to then complete a background check and volunteer in our buildings and also attend field trips or other school based activities. If you’re interested in the training, please email Erin White at erinwhite@ccaschools.org No School Coming Up We will not have school for students or staff on Monday, April 25th. Please mark your calendars!!! Last PTG Meeting of the Year Our last meeting for this school year will be held on Thursday, April 28th starting at 6:00. This meeting is our allocations meeting which means that we will determine how to distribute our funding for next school year. There will also be pizza provided for this meeting and as always, there is daycare available if you let us know in advance. Even if you’ve never come to a meeting, please feel free to join us. We’d love to have you be a part of PTG! As always, if you have any questions on any of the things that I share or are wondering what we are doing instructionally for your child, please ask. My email is mattleeman@ccaschools.org or you can reach me by calling the office at 828-­‐4505. District Wide Color Fun Run “Please join us for a District Wide Color Fun Run benefiting all four elementary schools in the CCA District on Saturday, April 9th. The 5K will begin at 9 a.m. and the 1 mile at 10 a.m. Both will begin at the Clear Creek Amana High School. Paper registration is available in the office or online at: getmeregistered.com, search ‘Clear Creek Amana District Color Fun Run’ BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: CCE Student Council will be hosting the 4th annual all school talent show on Wednesday, May 25th. Grab your friends, start practicing your talents, and be ready for tryouts! You don't want to pass up this opportunity to show all your friends at CCE your talent! All participants MUST try out. If your name is drawn after try outs, YOU will be a star in the talent show. Try out times are listed below: 2nd grade-­‐ Wednesday, April 27th at 12:40 5th grade-­‐ Wednesday, April 6th at 12:40 1st grade-­‐ Wednesday, May 4th at 12:40 4th grade-­‐ Wednesday, April 13th at 12:40 Kindergarten-­‐ Wednesday, May 11th at 12:40
3rd grade-­‐ Wednesday, April 20th at 12:40 If you have any questions, or need more information, please contact Mrs. Somerville (peggysomerville@ccaschools.org) or Mrs. Albert (amyalbert@ccaschools.org) or call the office at (319) 828-­‐4505 POP TAB CONTEST: Student Council will be having a pop tab contest to support the Ronald McDonald house at the University of Iowa. Students are invited to collect and bring in pop tabs to help their grade level be the winners for the most pop tabs collected. The contest will run from March 29th-­‐April 15th. The class that collects the most pop tabs will earn a special prize. Let's see how many pounds of pop tabs CCE can collect to help raise money for the Ronald McDonald house. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Albert (amyalbert@ccaschools.org) Thanks for your support! CCE Student Council School Supply Boxes – Online ordering is now available! The easiest method to place your order is online. Order today online! Online order deadline Friday, April 15 at 11:00 PM (the site will close down at that time): www.shopttkits.com (use Account Number 72002 at the top of the page), then select the appropriate grade level supply box and any other items you would like. You can order for multiple students and grade levels in one order. If sending back a paper order form with a check, those paper order forms are due back to school with payment, no later than Monday, April 11. Avoid the crowds and the hassle in the Fall… It seems too early to be thinking about shopping for school supplies already, but the CCE Parent Teacher Group wants to make it easy and painless! We are teaming up with the SchoolKidz program from Staples again this year to provide grade-­‐specific school supply boxes with everything you need, no shopping required. If you order a supply box for your student this Spring, it will be delivered directly to your child’s classroom and you can simply “unpack” the supplies in the classroom on Back to School Night in the Fall (dates TBD). The PTG group will receive a percentage of the proceeds for each box that is purchased, and the funds will be used to benefit various student programs and activities throughout the year. Please contact Brenda Niblo if you have any questions at cceptg@gmail.com Note, there are some “optional” classroom items requested by the teachers in each grade that are not included in the school supply boxes. Parents can donate these to the classroom by bringing these items to Back to School Night in the Fall. These items will only be listed on the published supply lists on the Clear Creek web site, and will not be displayed on the SchoolKidz supply kit web site when ordering. CLIPPER BAND TO HOST DRIVE 4 UR SCHOOL Mark your calendars for Saturday April 9, 2016. The event will be held in the Clear Creek Amana High School parking lot in Tiffin from 7a-­‐3p. Come test drive a new Ford, fill out a form and Ford will pay $20 per form (one per household, must be 18 years of age) up to 300 forms or $6000. Money raised will go towards the CCA High School Band, as they prepare to go to Washington DC to march in the National Memorial Day Parade. Please come out and support the band in this fun and easy way. Thanks to Carter Ford of Oxford for being the dealer host. Hungry? There will also be a pancake breakfast from 7-­‐11 am served by none other than the Clipper Marching Band themselves. In addition, there will be an all district Color Fun Run at 9 am at the CCA High School Stadium benefiting all the elementary schools. Help Support our School Please keep collecting, cutting and turning in…..Coke labels, Box Tops for Education, Labels for Education from Campbell soup products and Pop Tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Clear Creek Youth Football The Clear Creek Amana Youth Football Program is holding registrations for incoming 5th and 6th grade students for the 2016 -­‐ 2017 school year on Thursday, March 31, 2016 from 6:00 p. m. -­‐ 8:00 p. m. in the Clear Creek Amana Middle School Multi-­‐purpose room. All students and parents interested should come to the meeting to find out more about the program. Fundamentals of football will be taught. This is full contact with pads and helmets. All equipment will be furnished except shoes but we do have a cleats sharing program where kids can borrow used cleats. This has been very successful for us over the years. Cost for the program is $150.00, which will include a jamboree, practices (practices start mid-­‐August and last until the final game in October -­‐ there will be four practices the first couple of weeks and three practices thereafter until the season is completed), six games on Sundays -­‐ starting in mid-­‐September and running through October. We encourage all students to participate, so if the fee is a problem, scholarships are available. Registrations forms will be available that night and your student will be weighed and measured for uniforms after the informational meeting. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help coach, please contact CCA Coordinator Trevor Bollers at 573-­‐467-­‐0130 evenings or e-­‐mail -­‐tbollers@letterbllc.com. For parents who would like to assist with coaching there will have sign up forms at the registration. It is a goal this year to have coaches self identify early so that we are able to train and share with you the heads up information from USA football as well as our hawk tackling training which emphasizes safe tackling techniques that keep the head out of contact. This is not a school sponsored program. Go Clippers!! Trevor Bollers, Roger Banwart, Steve Langridge