March 28, 2025

 Hear Ye, Hear Ye

• Students and staff supported our students testing the last two weeks.  We have 1 testing day left, April 1.  Thank you for keeping students quiet in the hallways and for being flexible with the schedules.  It is much appreciated.

• Shout out to Natalie and her staff that provide a consistent breakfast for our students.  This week I witnessed a student get out of their car at the curb and start running to the school yelling, "Breakfast Pizza today!"  Now there was a student that was starting his day very happy!

• Shout out to Alexis, Reilly, Lexi, Ella, Kari and Gabrielle for being flexible with moving Dodgeland Den for 2 days to accommodate our 3K/4K screening.  I know that it is a lot of work to help kids and families with a new routine, but it was very helpful.  Thank you so much!

• So many of you helped provide feedback and information on the summer school booklet and letter.  Thank you so much for your attention to detail and sharing it with me.  While I do reread what feels like a thousand times, I miss things. So thank you, thank you, thank you!

What's Happening at Dodgeland?

• Sunday, March 30
• Happy Birthday Brad!

• Monday, March 31
• Bus Duty: Bingen, Juech, Stampfl, Schuett (meet buses at end of sidewalk)
• Lunch Supervisors:
• 12:00 - Lucht
• 12:30 - Huso
• 1:00 - Schulte
• Jenny in meeting from 8:30-10am
• Lance's LAST day!

• Tuesday, April 1
• Election Day
• Forward Testing for 4th grade from 8:15-9:45 and from 10-11am
• Recess for 4th/5th grade is from 9:45-10am
• Normal Specials Schedule for all grades
• Lunch Detention Supervisors
• 12:00 - O'Toole
• 12:30 - O'Toole
• 1:00 - Open
• Paraprofessional Meeting in the IMC from 3:15-3:45pm

• Wednesday, April 2
• Workout Wednesday
• Jenny in meeting from 8:30-10am and 12-1pm

• Thursday, April 3

• Friday, April 4
• Harvest Lessons for grades 4-5 from 10-12
• 4K Data meeting from 11:35-12:25 in Elem. Conf room

• Saturday, April 5
• Happy Birthday Mandy!

Nitty-Gritty

• Summer Position??
• Future All-Stars Academy will once again be running their summer camp within our elementary school.  They have openings for staff to work with school aged students so that they can offer a fun and safe place for children to be this summer. If you are interested in working in the summer camp this summer, please contact Tricia Peterson at the center at (920) 386-4700.

• Trojan Tickets
• Don't forget to give out tickets to our students for a chance for you to win a prize too!  Thank you to Teresa for organizing this for us all!

• Field Trips
• If your grade is planning a field trip for this spring, please make sure to get the forms in as soon as you can. I want to make sure that the bus company has enough drivers to accommodate the groups that are traveling and providing learning experiences out of the building for our students. 

• Planning Ahead
• Please make sure that you are planning out projects, units, etc so that you can cover the material that is necessary for your class/grade.  While we still have 2 months of school left, it will go fast. I would hate for you to run out of time for something important. What units are left in MyView, Bridges? Did you complete your PLTW modules yet? What projects do you need students to complete? 

• Observations
• I will be continuing to complete observations for the Effectiveness Project.  If I haven't been in your room lately and there is something you want my feedback on or something you want me to see, please let me know the time and I will do my best to be there. If you have any unfinished EP documents, please complete them at your earliest convenience.

TechKnow Tip

Looking to connect your students outside their known world and celebrate the amazing planet we live on? Try any of these 12 Websites for Virtual Field Trips. One highlight on the list is “The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks” where you go on an interactive tour (including videos, audio recording, activities, and 360* views) with a park ranger at one of our beautiful U.S. National Parks. Another favorite from the list is Explore.org Live Nature Cams which has an endless variety of staffed nature cameras including a kitten rescue sanctuary in California, an osprey nest in Montana, a puppy nursery in Maryland, or inside a honeybee hive in Germany. Many of these relaxing live cams have soothing music accompaniments, making them great to use at the start of the day, during work time, or a way to calm down in preparation of quality learning.

Behavior Specialist Information

Trojan Tickets

Please continue to hand out tickets daily for our students that are following expectations. Here is the document if you need a refresher.

Recess Information

Worth a Repeat

I know this time of year we are all hanging on by a thread, but please do your very best to get to recess duty on time. When people are late it often impacts the system as then other adults are late for their next assignment. 

Please also do your best to be in our recess coverage zones:

5k-5th

*near home plate/far side of the playground

*sidewalk near the near side of the playground/grass area

*by the gaga/four square games

4k

*near the playground equipment

*near the merry go round/house

Thanks in advance for being proactive and holding our kids accountable to the expectations to prevent injury and/or major behavior issues.

PD Spotlight

Friday Funny

My friend's parents have a car that still needs two keys.  When she told me about it, I honestly could barely remember this.  And Now... I rarely even see my car key because I just push a button and hope the key is still in the car somewhere!  Thank goodness for technology!