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Mrs. Jaysa’s class to Sumter Academy for The Little Bit
Circus---They will leave at 8:15a.m. All children MUST have a signed
release form and a carseat to participate.
Dance and gymnastics practice at Bibb Graves Auditorium
Pizza Day
Friday, April 29, 2016---
CMA DANCE RECITAL DRESS REHEARSAL---Students that are
participating in the CMA Recital must come to dress rehearsal on Friday, April
29, 2016 at Bibb Graves Auditorium. Please be there dressed and ready for
pictures by 6:00p.m. Students will have individual and group shots made
tonight. Please review the Do’s and Don’ts for the recital to make sure you
have everything you need. Please remember this is a closed rehearsal and you
should not invite anyone today.
Sunday, May 1, 2016---
CMA Recital at 3:00
Students who will be getting dressed at Bibb Graves must arrive
by 2:00 to ensure enough time to be ready for the performance at 3:00.
Students who are already dressed may arrive at 2:30. Please
refer to the CMA Do’s and Don’ts form to ensure you have correct times and
items needed for the recital.
Kalley’s Birthday Party/Pony Ride (All students MUST have a
signed release form to participate in this portion of the party.)
Wednesday, April 27, 2016---
Dance and gymnastics---Please come dressed for dance.
Alabama Walk @ School Day presented by BlueCross BlueShield
Alabama---Dr. Satcher’s class will assist Campus School students in walking at
school from Hughes Gymnasium to Campus School. Please send comfortable shoes
for your child to participate. (In the event of inclement weather, students
will be walking inside Hughes Gymnasium.)
Reading with Mrs. Annie at Lyon Hall---Mrs. Jaysa’s class at
2:30
Thursday, April 28, 2016---
Dance and gymnastics practice at Bibb Graves Auditorium
Pizza Day
Music with Ms. Kim at 3:15
Mrs. Jaysa’s class to Sumter Academy for The Little Bit Circus---They will leave at 8:15a.m. All children MUST have a signed release form and a carseat to participate.
Friday, April 29, 2016---
CMA DANCE RECITAL DRESS REHEARSAL---Students that are
participating in the CMA Recital must come to dress rehearsal on Friday, April
29, 2016 at Bibb Graves Auditorium. Please be there dressed and ready for
pictures by 6:00p.m. Students will have individual and group shots made
tonight. Please review the Do’s and Don’ts for the recital to make sure you
have everything you need. Please remember this is a closed rehearsal and you
should not invite anyone today.
Sunday, May 1, 2016---
CMA Recital at 3:00
Students who will be getting dressed at Bibb Graves must arrive
by 2:00 to ensure enough time to be ready for the performance at 3:00.
Students who are already dressed may arrive at 2:30. Please
refer to the CMA Do’s and Don’ts form to ensure you have correct times and
items needed for the recital.
Some of you are already familiar with Lungs for Libby for Libby Hankins who is a 22 year old senior at The University of West Alabama in Livingston, Alabama, where she is majoring in special education. She is also a member of Phi Mu, a UWA ambassador, and the 2015-16 cheerleading captain. Libby was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at age two and was treated at Children's Hospital of Alabama and later UAB hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. In February of 2016 she was sent to Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, where she was waiting for a double lung transplant. This past Sunday, Libby was blessed with her “new” lungs.
A COTA account was created to raise funds for her ever-rising medical bills which could reach $500,000. This week we have been learning through Libby’s words what CF is and how it affected her daily life as well as others. After watching her video, each class made cards, and we would like to participate in the fundraising effort as well. We believe strongly at the Campus School in supporting one another and reaching out to those in need in our community and especially in our UWA Family. Please join us tomorrow in participating in Dollars for Libby by sending $1 to school with your child. We will mail all proceeds raised to North Carolina to Libby. If you would like to follow her story, please visit the official “Lungs for Libby” page on Facebook.
The last day for Aramark lunches will be Thursday, May 5th.
The last day of our regular school year is May 26th. The Caf
will not be open to serve lunches again until June 1st. Please note
that you will need to send a lunch for your child each day. As stated in the
handbook, the Campus School is not allowed to heat lunches.
Please do not block the "drive around" area in the
parking lot when picking up and dropping off children. I understand
that we have a lot of students coming and going, but parking in the "drive
around" causes a safety hazard for our children as well as a traffic jam.
Thanks for your cooperation in this matter.
April 2 is the day we take part in Light It Up Blue each year to bring awareness to autism.
Since we were out for Spring Break, we all wore blue as a school and the kindergarten class learned about autism on April 4th.
Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders – autism spectrum disorders – caused by a combination of genes and environmental influences. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by communication difficulties, social and behavioral challenges, as well as repetitive behaviors. While every country’s statistics differ, it is estimated that one in 68 children in the U.S. is on the autism spectrum – a 123% increase in eight years that is only partly explained by improved diagnosis. There is currently no medical detection or cure for autism.
The students also learned why we wore blue on April 4th for Light It Up Blue....
On December 18, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/139, tabled by the State of Qatar, which declares April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) in perpetuity. This UN resolution declares WAAD as one of only four official health specific United Nations Days and will bring the world’s attention to autism, a pervasive disorder that affects tens of millions. The World Autism Awareness Day resolution encourages all Member States to take measures to raise awareness about autism throughout society and to encourage early diagnosis and early intervention. It further expresses deep concern at the prevalence and high rate of autism in children in all regions of the world and the consequent developmental challenges.
"My Friend Isabelle, created as part of the NDSS educational program Everyone Counts: Teaching Acceptance and Inclusion, is an animated story based on a children's book by Eliza Woloson originally published by Woodbine House. Viewers meet Isabelle, who has Down syndrome, and her friend Charlie. They learn that differences make life interesting and friends don't have to be exactly the same."
We then made a class puzzle. I explained how each puzzle piece is different, but they all come together to make something beautiful. Just like each student is unique, but together make a wonderful class and a fantastic school. Every puzzle piece (and student) has something special to add that no other piece has.
The students decorated their piece however they wanted, as their own.
Here's the students and Miss Shelby putting the pieces back together to make it whole again. :)
We focused last week also on the life cycles of different insects.
There are two kinds of females, workers are smaller, queens are larger. Males, called drones, are long at maturity. Though smaller, workers have longer wings than drones. There are currently 26 recognized subspecies of honeybees. Unlike the grasshopper, the honeybee has four stages in its life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Eggs hatch in 28-144 hours, depending on their temperature. The larva that emerges is a small white grub. It stays in its wax cell, growing, and is fed and groomed by adult workers. The food that a female larva receives determines whether it will be a queen or worker. At 34°C, larvae feed and grow for 4-5 days, queens for 6 days, and males for 6-7 days. At the end of that period their cell is sealed by adult workers, and the larva molts, spins a silk cocoon, and transforms into the pupa stage. Pupae undergo a massive metamorphosis that takes about 7-8 days for queens, 12 days for workers, and 14-15 days for males. Once their final metamorphosis is complete, they chew their way out of the cell and begin their adult life. They will not grow or molt after emerging. Adult workers will live for 2-4 weeks in the summer, or as long as 11 months if they live through the winter. Males only survive for 4-8 weeks, and do not live through the winter. Queens live 2-5 years. The next stage is the larval stage where the larva is fed the royal jelly, pollen/nectar, and honey combination. Next the larva goes into the pupae stage where it caps itself into its cell to metamorphose into the mature stage. Queens normally take 16 days to reach maturity, the worker bees take 21 days, and the drone takes 24 days to mature.
The students then wrote one fact they learned about bees and then had to figure out how to paint their hand like a bee.
They added wax paper wings and googly eyes to finish.
Honeybees make honey. Keely
Worker bees have longer wings. Bennett
They get pollen for their babies. Libby
Honeybees make honey. Jaiden
Worker bees have longer wings. Jaida
Honeybees start out as eggs. Wyatt
Honeybees chew out of their cells. Ainsley
Queen bees take 16 days to become as adult. Charlie
Bees have the same amount of cycle stages as a butterfly. William
Grasshoppers come in many sizes and up to 5 inches in length. They can walk, hop
great distances and even fly. They have five eyes and no ears, but can still hear with a
special organ on my abdomen called a tympanal organ. Their large back legs are used
for hopping and making music. Their smaller front legs are used for eating and walking.
Then they made grasshopper magnets using clothespins!
Our last insect was the housefly.
Female houseflies are a little bit bigger than males. Like all flies, they only have one pair of translucent wings for flying and the second pair are only used for balance. Like many flies, houseflies have mouth parts like sponges. They mouths are made up of two fleshy parts attached to their lower lip. The lips have grooves that are like channels for the liquid food they eat. Housefly larvae have hooks on their mouths which they use to eat bacteria. Houseflies are found almost anywhere, especially places where humans live too. They probably came originally from the Eastern Hemisphere in temperate areas, meaning places that have seasons. Because their larvae grow best in human garbage and feces (they loved the poop parts!) , they are more common in urban areas. Their favorite environments are dung heaps, garbage cans, and roadkill. They also reproduce on rotted fruit and vegetables, old broth, boiled eggs, and even rubber. Housefly development has 4 steps: egg, larva or maggot, pupa, and adult. Houseflies can go through this entire cycle in as little as 7 to 10 days. This is why they can have up to 10 to 12 generations in just one summer. In North America and Europe, houseflies are common from July through September. In South America and Australia, they are most common from October to February or March. In warm weather, housefly larvae hatch in 8 to 12 hours. In cooler weather, hatching takes up to 24 hours. Houseflies eat milk, sugar, blood, feces, and rotting foods like fruits and vegetables. Houseflies need to be able to drink water, too. Their larvae also eat paper, and things like wool, and cotton. Houseflies are eaten by beetles and mites.
The girls will NOT wear tights for tumble. You will only need
pink tights and pink ballet shoes for recital. Please be sure to get
"ballet" pink so you have the correct shade of pink.
If you have not paid the balance on your child's recital, please
do so by this afternoon. Boys balance is $25.00 and girls is $75.00. Your child
will not receive his/her costume until the balance is paid in full.
Ms. Kim was informed this morning there are no Motor Pool Vehicles available on April 22nd. If you are available and would like to help us carpool the Pre-K students and K-5 students to view the movie and have popcorn and drinks and get a free book, please let Ms. Kim know. As you know, we have already sent out release forms for this event. We will still need carseats to transport the students. We hope that we can transport some of the kids to the event as we want to continue our partnership with this organization and enjoy a fun day with them. They are hoping we can have at least 15 students participate on that day, but we have 27 in these two classes.
Drivers already signed up:
Mrs. Angie-3 students Ms. Allie -3 students Mrs. Jaysa-5 students Ms. Jarhonda-3 students Ms. Kim-3 students
Please let Ms. Kim know as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and support!!!
If your child is participating in the recital on
May 1, the remaining balance for his/her costume is duetomorrow.For girls, the balance due is $75.00.This amount does not include
the tights and shoes.For boys, the balance due is $25.00.Please be sure to
place all CMA money in an envelope labeled with the child's name and "CMA
Recital" so Ms. Kim can be sure to keep it separate from other money. Thanks!
