HAPPY THANKSGIVING. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Get Smart with the Arts 3:45-5:00. Collection for the new Northwoods Family Depot

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1 . FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18- DECEMBER 2, 2016 CALENDAR ITEMS: HAPPY THANKSGIVING NO SCHOOL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Get Smart with the Arts 3:45-5:00 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Leaping into Language Arts for Kindergarten kids 3:45-4:45 Northwoods Chorus meets 3:45-4:45 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 Collection for the new Northwoods Family Depot Weekend Kids Meals END OF NOVEMBER QUICK LOOK CALENDAR MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDA Y NOVEMBER 21 NO students NOVEMBER 22 NO students DAIRY QUEEN NIGHT FOR NORTHWOODS! NOVEMBER 23 NO SCHOOL NOVEMBER 24 HAPPY THANKSGIVING NOVEMBER 25 NO SCHOOL NOVEMBE R 26 NOVE MBER 27 NOVEMBER 28 Get Smart for grades :45-5:00 NOVEMBER 29 Northwoods Chorus 3:45-4:45 Leaping into Language Arts 3:45-4:45 Kindergarten kids NOVEMBER 30 DECEMBER 1 Our Family Depot collection day DECEMBER 2 WKM DECEMBER 3 DECE MBER 4 NORTHWOODS NEWS NEXT PAGE

2 THANK YOU NORTHWOODS ONCE MORE FOR A GREAT NORTHWOODS TURN OUT FOR All three 3rd grade classes helped with STUFF-ATRUCK. Students helped haul bags and bring them to the truck, they did PR announcements for 3 days, they put up some great posters all over the school which they created, and they were very helpful in many ways for this project. Top picture is Mr. Moss s class. Middle is Mrs. Bauer s class and bottom is Mrs. Melgaard s class.

3 From Suzanne Becker of Feed My People: Thank You! Together the Eau Claire School District raised 5,504 pounds of food and $1, for the Gordy s Stuff a Truck event. WOW what a difference that will make! At FMP, we don t want hunger to be the reason our kids don t succeed. We want to remove this barrier so they can learn and grow. Your generosity is critical to our children, their families and our community. Soaring High Club FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2016 Congratulations to our SOARING HIGH KIDS! Joe, Hudson, Adrian, Kaitlyn, Bella, Cania, Dakota, Ntwssi, Finley, Ntshiabsi ( Do She), Collin, Txuj Ci, Carson, Madelynn, Carter, Kierstyn, Katie, Charlie, Adriana, Kenny, Joey, and Allyson.

4 DAY PROGRAM What a wonderful program we had on Friday, November 11. Over 60 Veterans came to our school and we were honored to have them here. Included were the Cub and Boy Scouts who were the honor guard and they were assisted by the Girl Scouts and American Heritage Girls. Our speaker was Mike Hallquist, retired Sergeant Major for the Army National Guard and recipient of the Bronze Star Medal. Our newly formed Northwoods Chorus debuted with patriotic song. A huge thank you goes to our Music Teacher- Ms. Miller and all the staff who worked hard to provide treats for the Veterans, decorations, and many details that go into to this program. It is always one of our most memorable days. Enjoy the pictures.

5 REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS. 5 TH GRADE SERVICE PROJECT Once Again Will Feature Raising Money For Freedom Honor Flights Can You Help? extraordinary trip of a lifetime and well deserved. If your child is in 5th grade send your donations to their class Collection days: Monday, November 14 through Friday, December 2 Freedom Honor Flight is an organization out of Lacrosse that raises money to send WWII, Korean, and Vietnam veterans to Washington DC to see the memorials that have been built in their honor. The trip is free to these veterans and they travel there and back in one day. This is a great fundraiser because the money we raise goes straight to the veteran's trip. Each year the 5 th grade has raised about $1300 which means that we can support 2 to almost 3 veterans going on one of these If your child is in another grade, please send your donations to the class in an envelop marked with your child s name and that it is for the Honor Flight Collection. These will be collected by our 5 th graders. If you wish to write a check, please make it out to Freedom Honor Flight Organization DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 2

6 A PAGE OF THANKFULNESS hundreds of thankful Turkeys came back from our families with some wonderful results. This is such a great family project to prepare for Thanksgiving. Please stop in to see our large display in the entry. Many thoughtful messages were on the Turkeys..And our Staff wrote some messages of thanks also

7 From Physical Education Instructor Mrs. Salm Listed below are the days that we are break. Our goal is to have every child be active, 60 minutes every day. I have included a list of activities to choose from for ideas to get started. Print this log and write in the activity and length of time on each day. VACATION ACTIVITY LOG Playing outside, tag, walk, jog, bike (weather permitting), Wii fit, add your own. NOVEMBER 19 NOVEMBER 20 NOVEMBER 21 NOVEMBER 22 NOVEMBER 23 NOVEMBER 24 NOVEMBER 25 NOVEMBER 26 NOVEMBER 27 Child signature Parent/ Guardian signature If you want, return sheet to Mrs. Salm on November 28th. HAVE FUN WELCOME TO A NEW PROJECT Parents, we hope you received a flyer about our new project. What: a resource for any Northwoods child or family in need of Basic hygiene and household products and gently used clothing. Why: Increasingly, we are being made aware of the needs of our Northwoods community because of poverty and homelessness issues which exist in the EC school district. Northwoods is looking to bring assistance to our population. In order to help, we will start off with a donation day:

8 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016 IS OUR DONATION DAY. We are asking our community if they are able to donate some items from the list provided below. In December, we will have a night for families to come in to collect what they can use at our Northwoods Family Depot. We hope this a good way to start as we develop this program for our community. In the future, families will be able to make requests, (fill out forms for requests), and we will periodically restock. THINGS NEEDED IN THE NORTHWOODS FAMILY DEPOT Wipes Soap Hair brushes/ combs Toilet paper laundry detergent Paper towel Tooth paste Lotion Vasoline nail clippers /files Shampoo Tweezers Band-aids Dental floss Chapstick Batteries ( C, AAA, AA) Dish soap Thermometer Mouth wash School supplies (any) Toothbrushes Q-tips Multipurpose cleaner trash bags Deodorant diapers Shave cream Kleenex Gently used or new Feminine hygiene products Clothing razors Gently used or new Winter Boots Please send donations on or before December 1, 2016 If you would prefer to write a check- Please make it out to Northwoods Elementary Family Closet. Send this to the school with Attention Laurie Erdman marked on the envelop. THE PTO PAGE DAIRY QUEEN NIGHT COMING UP JOIN US FOR Northwoods Elementary PTO Night at the Birch Street Dairy Queen Tuesday, November 22 5PM 10PM Drop off this flyer at the Northwoods Box when you visit Dairy Queen for a chance to WIN!! Thank you for helping support our school! Name: Teacher: Grade: ** PTO will make 10% of all sales. We do have $10 DQ scrip gift cards available. Please Jessica Klesmit, jessica_milas@yahoo.com to order

9 FROM DONNA ASH AND AMANDA BINCZAK - CO- PRESIDENTS OF OUR PTO : As we approach Thanksgiving we would like to take the time and express how thankful we are to all of our Northwood's Families and Northwood's Staff for all the great support you give to our many PTO events. Without you we wouldn't be able to do what we do. Wishing you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving. From Amy Westom--THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT SUCCESS OF OUR Christmas in the Northwoods Craft and Bake sale Every year we are amazed at how much Christmas in the Northwoods has grown since it began 20 years ago! For our 20th Annual Christmas in the Northwoods, we filled 70 vendor booths and welcomed 1116 spectators through the doors! Thanks to the many volunteers that donated baked goods and raffle items, we made $660 in the bake sale and $800 in the holiday raffle. Our grand-total in sales for concessions, door fees, vendor fees, bake sale & basket raffle we made just over $6,800! A special thank you to Stephanie Bauer & Jenny Pick who are retiring from the Christmas in the Northwoods committee this year. Since 2010, they have put in countless hours to make sure this show is successful every single year! Thank you to the volunteers that have contributed their time and talents: Our Christmas in the Northwoods Committee: Stephanie Bauer, Jenny Pick, Amy Westom, Tanya Kistner, and shift volunteers, bakers and donors: Kate Naples, Ben Kittlstad, Knute Lindquist, Linda Buckli, Rebecca Foresth, Tia Walker, Melissa Stolt, Jill Salm, Wendy House, Jean Derfus, Katherine McClure, Shelby Weltzin, Cassie Schick, Judy Knapmiller, Shannon Lindquist, Veronica Westom, Kyle Hedberg, Ivy Wolf, Carolyn Johnson, Amanda Griffin, Emily Zawacki, Rob Modjeski, Tanya Goettl, Carla Berscheit, Chloe Griffin, Anna, Stacy Reedy, Sue Foiles, Jessica Klesmit, Hannah Pillitzner, Lindsey Brown, Kendra O'Dell, Santa Anna Vellegas, Ashlee McCullough, Noah Volrath, Haley Dahlke, Macey Stahl, Jenn Stewart Garrett, Brittney Dehnke, Andrea Strand, Curt Moore, Chelsea Gunderson, Tera Polzer, essica Ake, Heather Bauer, Lorna Woodman, Brenda Ericson, Katie Meerza, Ashley Gospodae, Ashley Wollenziehn, Zack Bellows, Carrie Slaughter, Suzanne Turner, Laurie Sorenson, Nicole White, Maleka Hashmi, Amanda Putnam, Brenda Moore, Cristal Breiby, Heidi Wendtland, Lindsey Ho, Michelle Lavoll, Nicole White, Maritza Vasquez, Jody Erdman, Jess Marek, Renae Pierce, Tracy Feck, Krystal Dreger, Angie Shepler, Amanda Green, Patrick Lane, Becky Reas, Naly Ly Yang, Sarah Gilbert, Amanda Comeau, Patti O'Dell, Kayla Estrada, Mandy Schacht, Suzanne Turner, Evirine Johnson, Rebecca Yarrington, Stacy & Alex Heath, Linda Xiong, Kirsten Wagner, Chris Knoll, Kari Webber, Kim Koller, Kenzie Hoff, Cecilia Hernandez, Jessica Schinke, Bruce Englesby, Christina Olson, Nicholas Schulz, Michelle Harris, Laura Gundlach, Karin Rassbach, Brooke Christianson. WOW WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE

10 Coming up: Northwoods 5th Annual Deck the Halls Tuesday, December 13, 2016 is planned for Tuesday, December 13-6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Come to sing some fun carols with your family, enjoy crafts, and cookies as well as a visit from the big guy himself - Santa. Northwoods Apparel and Script will be at this event as well. Families may donate cookies or bars for this event, to help with hungry holiday families. A flyer with more details will be coming home after Thanksgiving break. This is a PTO sponsored event. FROM JESSICA KLESSMIT----"Classroom Collections" Box Tops, Milk Moola... Just a reminder that our Collect a "Minion" Box Tops contest runs through Friday, December 16th. Thanksgiving Break would be the perfect opportunity to ask family and friends to help collect for our school. Please include your name & class when turning items item. We have some fun prizes to give out to the top collectors and will have random drawings. Thanks! ECASD AND COMMUNITY INFORMATION The ECASD has created a space on their website so that you can access all the flyers that are currently out for this month. Go to the link provided below if you are interested in any of these programs or activities. Community flyers such as this are no longer going to be sent home in your child s folders. ***If you do not have computer access and need a flyer, please contact our Partnership Coordinator by calling and leave a message about a flyer that you desire. We can make sure you get one. Currently listed--- to access, click on link below or click on this link:

11 WHAT IS THERE TO DO THIS WEEKEND?? Please check out this link to Volume One magazine for wonderful ideas. I have selected a few. EAU CLAIRE CHILDREN S THEATER Friday, November 18 at 7:30pm Saturday, November 19 at 1:30 & 7:30pm Sunday, November 20 at 1:30pm The State Theatre CONTACT for TICKETS AT or call am-4pm Sat. Nov. 19 Holidaze Arts Festival The show will have local and regional artists fairing hand made goods that will delight.halls of The Lismore 333 Gibson Street, Eau Claire Cost: $5 General Admission; Kids 12 and Under Free with adult. 9am-3pm Sat. Nov th Annual Humane Association Craft & Bake Sale Offers a wide variety of homemade art and craft items, holiday décor, pet related items and delicious homemade cookies, breads, candies, cakes & pies. Hickory Hills Golf Course E4080 Hickory Rd., Eau Claire Cost: FREE Age: All Ages Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. Laurie Erdman, Partnership Coordinator, Serving our families, our staff and our children each day. Northwoods Elementary lerdman@ecasd.k12.wi.us