Cedar Lake Elementary

School Newsletter
August 25, 2016
September 1

(Thursday)

School Picture Day

September 5

(Monday)

No School Labor Day

September 8

(Thursday)

School Board Mtg 7 p.m.

September 19 (Monday)

SCHOOL HOURS Monday Thursday 8:30 A.M. 3:35 P.M.

Lets Move Day

Friday

8:30 A.M. 2:05 P.M.

OFFICE HOURS Monday-Thursday, 8:30 4:00, Friday 8:30 2:00, closed 12:30 1:00 for lunch.
Our school secretary, Mrs. Pia, is available during these hours. Our doors are locked for security. If you are
visiting during school hours and the secretary is unavailable, please knock on the side door by the parking lot
to be let in. Thank you.

SCHOOL PICTURE DAY School pictures will be taken Thursday, September 1, 2016. You may order
online at mylifetouch.com. Picture Day ID is WG076275Y0. If you would like an order form, stop by
the school office, we have extras.
BOX TOPS: Remember to save your Box Tops and turn them in. I will be sending them in at the end of
October. We received over $500 last year from Box Tops! Keep up the good work!
YEARBOOKS: If you have not received a yearbook from last year, they are still available at the school office.
They are $3 each.
BICYCLES: Students who ride bicycles to CLE need to abide by the following: Bicycles should be walked on
and off the property, and do not use the street entrance during arrival and dismissal times.
UNIFORMS: If you would like to order uniforms or School of Aloha shirts please call or come by the office
during office hours by Friday, September 2, 2016.

Classroom Information
GRADES K - 3
Your Kindergarten through 3rd grade students will be bringing a folder home from school each day with
recently finished school papers. Please take the papers from the folder and return the empty folder to
school the next day. Thank you.
Spelling test 2nd and 3rd grade: Friday, August 26, 2016: Unit 1, Week 1
Show and Tell Friday, August 26: Theme - Stuffed Animals
Friday, September 2: Theme Item from Nature
This year students will be required to finish assignments by the due date. Please help your student keep
current with their work.

GRADES 4-6
4th Grade Bible and Science meet with Mrs. Williams
Bible (Gr. 5 & 6): Memorize OT and NT books
Reading: Reading Assessments/ George Washington Carver (Gr. 4), Required Reading (Gr. 5), Amos
Fortune (Gr. 6)
Language Arts: Journaling & Spelling List from G.W. Carver (Gr. 4), Spelling List from Science & S.S.
(Gr. 5 & 6)
Read Aloud: Mission Stories
Math: 1.3 next week, review basic facts (Gr. 4), 1.3 (Gr. 5 & 6)
Social Studies (Gr. 4 & 5): Ch. 1 section 3
World Studies (Gr. 6): Ch. 1 section 3
Computer printout of weekly grades and missing work is given every week. If you want to check your
students progress online, see Mrs. Pia for an ID and password.
GRADES 7 & 8
Math: 7th Grade: 1.3 Subtracting Integers. 8th Grade: 1.3 Solving Equations with Variables on Both
Sides.
Bible: Lesson 1, Memory Verse Quiz, Friday, August 26, 2016.
Spelling: Heartbeat 1A Spelling Test, Thursday, August 25, 2016.
Science: Unit 1: Camouflage Round-Up Activity.
Social Studies: Presidential Election Unit.
Writing Workshop: #geniushour, Kidblog.org.
Language Arts: Reading: Heartbeat, by Sharon Creech, Chapter 11.
*Updates, pictures, and classroom podcasts will be on mr-mendez.weebly.com

PRINCIPALS CORNER
Our enrollment is at 40. Remember school lets out at 2:05 pm on Friday and 3:35 pm Monday Thursday.
Thank you for smooth beginning for our 2016-17 school year.
Take special care on the playground as there have been wasps. We have sprayed and destroyed their
nests, but they still seem to hang around the corner of the band room, the end of the metal slide, and the
shed by the dumpster.
ADVENTURERS: Registration is Monday, August 29, 2016, 6:30 8:00 p.m., in the CLE Commons
September 9-11 is Adventurer Family Camp at Camp AuSable
PATHFINDERS: Monday August 29 - Regular Meeting 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
September 5 - No Meeting Labor Day
September 12 - Meeting - Prep for Camporee
September 15-18 - Lake Union Camporee

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