May 2017 Imagine Groveport Community School

Community School

Imagine Groveport Community School is hosting our Annual Spring Enrollment Carnival on May 11th from 5:30-7:30pm. Come out to enjoy games, a bounce house, music, face painting, food trucks, laughter, and much more! We are also raffling off amazing prizes! The carnival is also a great time to re-enroll your student(s) and also your family or friends! Please look for more information about the carnival to come home with students in the following weeks. We hope to see everyone there for an evening of fun!  

Re-enroll Today If you have not re-enrolled your student(s) for next year, please make sure you do so as soon as possible. We have already opened up enrollment to the public and classrooms are filling up quickly. To guarantee your child a spot, please re-enroll now!

Spring School Carnival

Advance Reading Challenge Congratulations to Aidian Drenberg and Aunesti Smith, both 8th graders, for being the first two finishers of Imagine's Advanced Reading Challenge.

Proper Dress Code

This is a friendly reminder that students MUST be in proper dress code every day. Sleeveless shirts and flip flops are NOT appropriate. Please also make sure that

students clothing is of an appropriate size.

In the month of May, our dress down days will be Thursday, May 4th, Friday, May 12th and Friday, May 19th. Students will be able

to dress down for $1.00 on these days.

Upcoming Dates May 1-5

Teacher Appreciation Week

May 1- May 19 STAR Testing for Kindergarten

through 8th grade

May 4 3rd & 4th Grade Choir Concert 6pm in the elementary gym

May 5

Interim Reports Go Home Spring Pictures

May 12

Annual Spring Enrollment Carnival

5:30-7:30pm

May 23 Eighth Grade Graduation 1:00pm in the prep gym

May 24

Last Day of School Report Cards Go Home

Kindergarten Celebration

10:00am in the elementary gym

Attention parents of students in the

Groveport Madison School District!!!

If your child will be riding the bus to school next year and you reside in the Groveport Madison School District please make sure to fill out a 2017-2018 bus application and return it to the school as soon as possible. If a bus form IS NOT filled out and returned to the school your child's busing for next year could be delayed up for up to 6 weeks. If you have any questions please call the school.

Thank You We want to thank all of our parents and students for choosing Imagine Groveport Community School as your home. We value your feedback in helping to educate our students so please remember to fill out your parent survey so we can continue to make our school the best it can be. http://survey.imagineschools.org/5

AIR Assessment Reward Trip Those students’ grades 3rd-8th who showed effort while they took their AIR Assessment will be able to go to Eastland Bowling Lanes on their assigned day for $5.00. The assigned days are below. Friday, May 5th- 3rd and 4th Grades Friday, May 12th- 5th and 6th Grades Friday, May 19th- 7th and 8th Grades

Summer Office Hours Monday, May 29th, the school will be closed due to Memorial Day. The week of May 30-June 2 both buildings will open from 9am to 4pm. Beginning June 5th, both buildings will be open Monday through Thursday 9am to 3pm. Starting July 31st, both buildings will return to open Monday- Friday 9am to 4pm. Please give our office managers 24-48 hours’ notice if you are requesting copies of records.

Kindergarten will be finishing up the school year with our main focus being on reading at grade level. We are also finishing up our blends, special sounds, reviewing rainbow words, greater than/less than, word problems, animals and Mother's Day activities. We will be taking a field trip to Three Creeks Park with details to follow soon. We are so sad to see the year coming to an end, but super proud of the growth the students have made throughout the year. Have an amazing summer!!!!

Second Grade News

In ELA the students are writing research papers about topics that interest them. We will also be taking the Math and ELA STAR tests, but we will enjoy the end of the year by going on our field trip to see Beauty and the Beast. In math we will be graphing number pairs on a coordinate system to determine if there is a relationship. We will also attempt to find solutions for relations with two variables and graph the solutions. The students did well on their Social Studies AIR tests. They have worked very hard this year. We will now be switching gears and focusing on science for the rest of the year. Seventh grade does not have anything to report at this time. Please contact the seventh grade teachers if you have any questions.

Third Grade News

In ELA we are working on a new novel called Shiloh. We are comparing the book to the movie to end out school year and novel. We have the chicken eggs and will have baby chicks hatching this month for life science. In math we are reviewing standards and preparing for 5th grade math.

Fourth Grade News

Third graders will be going on a field trip to United Skates on May 12th. Also, students that showed effort on their AIR tests will be attending the effort reward trip to the bowling alley on May 5th. In ELA, students will be working on their inventor/invention research projects. In math, students will be doing review of skills they have learned this year. Lastly, in social studies students will be learning about important people and events in history and in science we will be discussing and observing our chicken eggs.

Second graders will be busy the month of May exploring, studying, and writing poetry. Science is going to be all about animals and creating animal information pamphlets and diagrams. In social studies students will be focused on economics. Students will also learn the difference between needs and wants/ good and services. Math classes are still working hard on reading and telling time as well as learning about money. Ask a second grader what it means to be kind to others or lend a helping hand and they will be sure to share many stories with you as we have been incorporating kindness in many daily lessons. Friday, May 5th is the field trip to Blacklick Woods Metro Park! Be on the lookout for our awesome tie-dye shirts!

Fifth Grade News

Seventh Grade News

Eighth Grade News We are done with AIR Testing! Thank you for all of your support and encouragement of our students. We have one last round of STAR testing coming up (one class period from Math and ELA) in a few weeks. For the rest of the year in ELA, Math, and Social Studies we are working on projects and supplemental review assignments. These projects have individual activities that students are to complete at their own pace, see project papers for due dates. Please check frequently with your child on their progress. In 8th grade ELA, the students will also be working on small projects focusing on dystopian societies and reading the book "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld. In Social Studies students have a variety of small project ideas that they can pick from to explore the American Civil War, and they have every day in class to work on their projects. 8th Grade Graduation is on Tuesday, May 23rd at 1:00 in the Prep Building's Gym. Due to space constraints please no more than 4 people per family.

Kindergarten News

As the school year is slowly winding down first grade has been working on review work in math and ELA. In math, we have continued practicing word problems, telling time, and missing addend problems. As far as ELA, students are working hard on adding details to their opinion writing and informative writing. In social studies, students have learned the difference between wants and needs. We have also discussed how lifestyles have changed from the past until now. These units in social studies will tie into our field trip we are taking to Slate Run on May 12.

First Grade News

Sixth Grade News

As we are finishing up our school year we will doing projects in each of our subjects. In Language Arts, we will be researching the Three Branches of Government, which will culminate in a flipbook. We are also finishing our chapter books in our Literature Circles. In Social Studies, we will be researching national disasters and creating an informational pamphlet. In Math, we will be doing a project based learning assignment that deals with space and will include volume, decimals and graphing. We are also planning an end of the year fifth grade celebration in lieu of a field trip. There will be more information to come as the month passes. Thank you for all of your support and creating a wonderful year of learning!