Happy Holidays from the Cavalier School Staff!

Helping Over the Holidays!

The Cavalier School students and staff collected money to help the Murray family cover some of their expenses they have experienced due to a fire that destroyed their home.  The Cavalier PTO also gave a donation to the family.  The family was very appreciative for all that the students and staff have done for them at this time of need.

 Pictured: Hunter Heck, Nick Bigwood, James Hunter, Carson Ruel, Devon Trosen, Abby Jackson, Joe, Steph, and Lexi Murray.

Wonderful Concert Last Night!

It was a very enjoyable evening last night.  All the students did such a wonderful job!  Thanks Mr. Dungan and Mr. Snustad
Sixth Graders sing Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

Kindergarteners singing Chime In (with 6th grade boys on bells)

Fourth Graders singing  Christmas Day

Cavalier School Staff Makes Donation

The Cavalier School staff decided to fore go the Christmas presents for each other this year and instead each member made a donation to the Pembina County Food Pantry and School Supply Voucher Program.  The money was collected last week and Ms. Greenwood, representing the Cavalier staff, presented the donation to Bonnie Deraas.  It is the time for holiday giving!

Elementary Christmas Concert Tonight

Please come to the Elementary Christmas Concert tonight at 7PM in the Cavalier School Gym.  Students in grades K-6 will be performing.  Some talented students will be playing piano a few minutes before the program begins so be sure to come early and get a good seat for the evening's festivities!
See you there!

New Technology

We returned back from the TIES Conference late Tuesday night.  It was a wonderful conference full of great new ideas of ways to incorporate technology into the classroom.  I attended several sessions dealing with the use of Ipads in the classroom.  In one Minnesota school they are piloting a "paperless classroom".  All students have ipads and they do their work from them.  They are able to access all their reading materials off the web so they do not even have to use a textbook.  Very interesting.

Famous Teachers in the Movies—and the Lessons that Made them Famous

Famous Teachers in the Movies—and the Lessons that Made them Famous

TIES Conference in Minneapolis

We are off to a technology conference in Minneapolis, Mrs. Urluab, Mrs. Gruenberg, Mrs. Furstenau, and me.  It is a four day conference filled with wonderful new technology classes to help us learn and bring back information about the latest educational technology practices we can use in our school.  I am looking forward to learning a lot of new things!

Baby It's COLD Outside!

Time for students to be bundled up!  Students have outdoor recess everyday unless there is a dangerous windchill.  So please be sure to have your students wear hat, scarf, jacket, snowpants, boots, and gloves everyday!  It would even be beneficial if they had an extra set of hat and gloves to keep in their lockers incase they misplace one.

The students pictured below are great examples of how you should be dressed for outside recess.

Character Counts - Kindness and Caring Assembly

Today grades K-6 attended an assembly dealing with the character counts trait of kindness and caring.  We talked about what it means to be kind and caring.  Identified character traits in some famous Christmas songs that are popular with the children and I read them a great book called, Enemy Pie by Derek Munson.  We announced and cheered for the students that were choosen to have Pizza with the Principal because they showed kindness in their classrooms.  The winners are as follows; K-Alyx Ratchenski, Abbie Winkler, Jonathan Ratajczah Grade 1- Arielle Grandbois, Jack Sott, Grade 2 - Mena Leininger, Ethan Russell, Justine Peterson, Daniel Hinkle, Grade 3 - Ella Hurst, Alex Jackson, Grade 4 - Brynn Wznick, Parker Sharp, Grade 5 - Cole Reiser, Jason Hirdler, Grade 6 - Abbie Jackson

Congratulations to the winners!

Wednesday, December 1st, Students Dismissed at 1:30PM

On Wednesday, Dec. 1st, the Cavalier Public School teachers have an in-service from 1:30-7:00PM, so students will be dismissed at 1:30PM.  Teachers will be trained on developing flipcharts for teaching on the activboards.  The goal of the training is to help teachers make flipcharts more engaging for students, use media within the flipcharts and add sound and other layering tricks to their flipcharts.  Through the use of activboards students are able to receive a great interactive instruction of the material being taught.

Early Dismissal

The Cavalier Public School will be dismissing today at 1:45pm due to the weather.  If you have plans to travel this Thanksgiving vacation, please take your time and be careful.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful to have such wonderful students and staff at the Cavalier Public School!!

PASS WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS!

Parents Assuring Student Success!
The Cavalier Public School will be offering 8 workshops throughout the school year for parents to attend. The workshops are geared to training parents how to help their students succeed in school. Parents can make a difference in their child's education! These workshops will show parents how to do that. There will be 8 sessions beginning Monday, November 8th at 7PM in the FCS room at the Cavalier Public School. Daycare will be provided if needed. Door prizes will be drawn and refreshments will be served. Please contact Jolyn Greenwood at 265-8417 or email jolyn.greenwood@sendit.nodak.edu if you are interested in attending any of the workshops or would like more information.
Workshop 1: Attitude Topic: Developing an Attitude That Encourages Student Learning Monday, November 8, 2010, 7:00-8:30PM
Workshop 2: The Home Environment Topic: Turning the Home into a Learning Place Monday, November 22, 2010, 7:00-8:30PM
Workshop 3: Study Skills Topic: Improving Your Child's Concentration Skills, Listening Skills, and Time-Management Skills This workshop will be combined with #4 on the Jan. date.
Workshop 4: Homework and Learning Expediters Topic: Helping Children with Homework and Understanding Their Textbooks Monday, January 3, 2011, 7:00-8:30PM
Workshop 5: Note-Taking Skills Topic: Helping Children Take Notes and Organize Information Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:00-8:30PM
Workshop 6: Preparing for Tests Topic: Helping Children Prepare for and Take Examinations Monday, February 7, 2011, 7:00-8:30PM
Workshop 7: Memory and Thinking Skills Topic: Developing Your Child's Thinking and Memory Skills Monday, February 21, 2011, 7:00-8:30PM
Workshop 8: Reading Skills Topic: Helping Your Child Become a Better Reader Monday, March 7, 2011, 7:00-8:30PM

Open Campus for 7 & 8 Graders!

As a reward for doing their best on the ND State Tests the middle school students get to have an open campus for lunch on Wednesday, November 24th.  This means they may leave the school building over their lunch time.  Lunch time for them on that day will be from 12:15-12:42PM.  Enjoy your lunch!

Fifth and Sixth Grade Boys Basketball

The season for this year's fifth and sixth grade basketball team is wrapping up.  They have two games left.  Tomorrow at 5PM in Cavalier they will be playing Valley Edinburg and on Monday, Nov. 29th they will be playing North Border at Cavalier at 5PM.  Good luck boys!  It has been fun watching you.  Mr. Ford is their coach with Mr. Mountain helping out as well.  Thanks!

Thank Goodness!

This morning the heater in the elementary hallway at the Cavalier School started on fire! Luckily it was put out right away, so no damage.

PASS Workshop

I just want to remind all parents that we will have our first PASS workshop on Monday night at 7PM in the FCS room.  The two topics that we will be covering are 1.)Attitude and 2.)Turning the Home into a Learning Place.  There will be great information shared!  Please contact me if interested in attending!  Refreshments and Door Prizes!

Dream Big! Anything Is Possible with an Education!

It is Pajama Day at the Cavalier Public School today!  We are celebrating American Education Week this week.  Our theme for the day is "Dream Big!  Anything is Possible with an Education!"  This is so true!  An education will take you down the path for success in what ever occupation you choose.

We are proud of our school, students, staff and administration.  We are creating life long learners at the Cavalier School!  Have a great day!

Beginning to Blog

Here is my second attempt at blogging.  My first try ended up only being maybe two posts because I was at home bored and decided to give blogging a try.  After those two posts a year went by without ever even checking back to the blogspot!  Well now here I go again.  I really do want to begin to blog on a regular basis. I hope to utilize my blog as a communication method to keep people up to date on school happenings and various educational lessons.