Mustang Tales
October 21, 2022 Vol. 3 Issue 49
Message from Ms. Masone
Dear Families:
Friday, October 28th, MSES PAC is hosting Maniboo. This event is a huge undertaking and is such a special treat for our students and community. The event raises money to support Manitou Springs Elementary School in many ways. One way is supporting teachers through our mini-grants which fund additional supplies for classrooms, like violins for the music program and an additional field trip for first grade. Please join us at MANIBOO, October 28th at 4:30pm, MSES.
Our MSES Mustang Might hosts Fitness Fridays the last Friday of the month and generally include walking to school, all sorts of cool fitness opportunities outside to include a full-size Connect Four game and more. Friday, October 28th is the next Fitness Friday. Meet staff atnd families at Memorial Park to walk to school and then join the fun on the playground. Students are welcome to join our pancake breakfast. Parents can join for a cost of $3.00.
Halloween is on October 31st, and we have a Halloween parade at 2:00pm outside. Students are invited to dress up in their costume after lunch and show their outfits to their classmates and community at the parade.
Next Wednesday is a late start.
Have a lovely three day weekend. Thank you for choosing MSES and sharing your children with us!
Warmly,
Maria
Important Dates
- Oct 26: Late Start, 2 Hour Delay
- Oct 27: Larsen's + Goldman's Classes to Starsmore Discovery Center 8:30am - 2pm
- Oct 28: Fitness Friday! 7:30am-8:00am
- Oct 28: MANIBOO, Halloween Carnival, MSES, 4:30-7:30pm
- Oct 31: Halloween Parade
- Nov 11: Veterans Day Celebration
- Nov 16: MSES Literacy Night
- Nov 21-25: Fall Break - No School
- Dec 2: K-2nd Grade Family Connection Movie Night @ MSES
Ask Your Experts!
First Grade
Third Grade
Fifth Grade
- Ms. Delarm's Class: We are investigating how much fresh water is on Earth. Why does this matter? Why is water important
- Ms. Kazmier's Class: In 1996 there was only one beaver colony in Yellowstone National Park, but by 2009 there were 12 colonies in the park. How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
- Teacher Wood's Class: Two mystery substances are mixed in two different containers, both covered by a balloon. One mixture has no reaction, but the other causes the balloon to inflate. What is matter made of?
Ms. Kazmier's "Book a Day" Challenge!
Jillian Heise is the creator of #classroombookaday which promotes the goal of reading aloud a picture book every day of the school year to students of any age.
Below: Former student of Ms. Kazmier, Jaedyn Quigley, was our guest reader this week!
Fort Building
PreSchool Happenings:
Counselor's Corner
Dear Mustang Families,
Did you know youth in Colorado get 6 free counseling sessions through the I Matter program? You can sign your child up at https://imattercolorado.org/ . It has been a very busy few weeks in the counseling and social emotional learning world. Check out what we’ve been doing:
In Kindergarten students learned about how together we can stand up to bullying and find strength in community through the story Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark by Deborah Diesen. Ask you child which safe adult they would go to at school to report bullying!
In 1st grade students learned about the importance of being kind with our words and actions. We read the story Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. Students crumpled paper hearts everytime a character said something mean to Chrysanthemum and smoothed it out when they said something kind. We learned that no matter how hard we try we can’t take mean words back and they can leave wrinkles in people's hearts. Encourage your child to say something kind to someone today!
In 2nd grade students learned how to recognize, report, and refuse bullying at our school. We read Nobody Knew What to Do by Becky Ray McCain. Students were able to learn about being a bystander and how to talk to an adult if they witness bullying. Ask your child about the three R’s of bullying and what they would do to help someone being bullied. Check out this awesome student submitted poster from this lesson!
No lessons in 3rd grade this week! Check back next week!
In 4th and 5th grade this week's lesson furthered students’ understanding of their responsibilities as bystanders to bullying. Witnessing bullying can cause a variety of uncomfortable emotions for students. It’s important for them to pay attention to those emotions and see them as cues to take positive action. The lesson also builds motivation for positive bystander actions through reinforcing the message that ignoring bullying is harmful and the wrong thing to do and that intervening through the Three Rs of Bullying is the right thing to do. Have your child reflect on a time when they helped another student who needed support!
Original Works ART FUNdraiser!
Tech Tips
Here are some common sense rules for when you’re online:
Don’t talk to strangers. Don't communicate with strangers online and never agree to meet in person. Tell a parent, teacher, or an adult you trust if a stranger contacts you in a chat room, through email, or via text messaging.
Look both ways before crossing the street. Don't enter contests, join clubs, or share your personal information for any reason, unless your parents say it's OK. Your name, address, age, phone number, birthday, email address, where you go to school, and other facts about you are personal and shouldn’t be shared without checking first.
If the offer seems too good to be true, then it probably is. How many of you have ever received an email offering something free, like a cell phone or a video game? These are tricks designed to get you to give up personal information or click on links to automatically install malware or spyware
Box Top Digital Earnings:
MANIBOO- October 28, Cash or credit welcome!
In Our District:
Manitou Springs Elementary School
Maria Masone, Principal
Jennifer Sueppel, Assistant Principal
Email: mmasone@mssd14.org
Website: mse.mssd14.org
Location: 110 Pawnee Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO, USA
Phone: 719-685-2195
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Manitou-Springs-Elementary-212896538758987/