The Sunnyside Scoop
School Newsletter -- February, 2018
About Us
Kids Junction: (651) 385 - 4587
First Student (General busing questions): (651) 388 - 8244
Transportation (Bus routing): (651) 385 - 4795
Email: mjpagel@rwps.org
Website: http://redwing.k12.mn.us/sunnyside/
Location: 1669 Southwood Avenue, Red Wing, MN, United States
Phone: (651) 385-4570
Principal's Message...
It's "I Love to Read Moth" here at Sunnyside School! February is a month where schools all across the nation celebrate the joy reading, and we have several fun reading events planned here at Sunnyside to help students "Bee a Reader":
Reading Stations: Students can visit our themed stations during the month, bringing their own books to read, or choosing from the collection at each station:
- In the Upper Hall: Bees!
- By the Butterfly Garden: Frogs!
- Outside Mrs. McDonnell’s classroom: Turtles!
Bee Bookmobile: Classes can sign up in the library to have our travelling bookmobile visit your classroom for a day (or two!). The cart will be stocked with a wide variety of books and magazines about bees and insects for you and your students to enjoy.
Door Decorating: Classes are decorating their classroom doors to look like the covers of their favorite books!
Guest Readers: Local Rotary members, as well as several other guests, will be visiting to read to our students. Interested? Contact your child's teacher!
The Reading Train (2/9): Drop everything and read in the hallways, with Mr. Pagel as our Reading Conductor, who came to each classroom to invite them to join the Reading Train (you may have seen the video on our Facebook or Instagram pages!)
Author Visit (2/21): Author Rick Chrustowski will join us at Sunnyside to talk about his work. Students are studying all of his books in library class and have researched, written and illustrated a companion book to his book, Bee Dance. Our school wide book is H is for Honeybee. Rick will present to a few classes at a time all day long!
Sharing Stories Between Classrooms: (2/23): Staff members will be dressing up as characters and sharing some of their favorite books with classrooms. Staff storytellers will repeat their story two or three times with different classes during this school-wide reading event.
Read on, Sunnysiders!!!
Mike Pagel
Principal
Dates to Remember...
February:
9 -- I Love to Read Month - The Reading Train
14 -- Valentine's Day
15 -- Arts Alive Visual Arts Reception @ Sheldon Theatre (5:30 pm)
15 -- Arts Alive Performance Arts Stage Show @ Sheldon Theatre (6:30 pm)
16 -- NO SCHOOL (Staff professional development)
19 -- Presidents' Day - school in session
20 -- Registration for '18 - '19 Incoming Kindergarten (12p - 7p @ Colvill)
21 -- I Love to Read Month Author Visit - Rick Chrustowski
22 -- Sunnyside Parent/Teacher Conferences (3:15 pm - 7:15 pm)
23 -- I Love to Read Month - Sharing Stories Between Classrooms (1:50 pm)
23 -- Registration for '18 - '19 Incoming Kindergarten (8a - 12p @ Colvill)
27 -- Sunnyside Parent/Teacher Conferences (3:15 pm - 7:15 pm)
March:
2 -- End of 2nd Trimester
5 - 9 -- NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)
14 -- 2nd Trimester Report Cards Sent Home
23 & 28 -- 1st Grade Field Trips to Children's Museum
30 -- No SCHOOL
2018-2019 Incoming Kindergarten Registration
Parents of incoming kindergarten students, please join us at one of our upcoming registration sessions, which will take place at Colvill Family Center (269 East 5th Street):
- Tuesday, February 20th between 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Friday, February 23rd between 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hope to see you there!
Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences
Sunnyside Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences will be held Thursday, February 22 and Tuesday, February 27. We are once again using an online sign-up tool for conferences called PTCFast.com. We are hopeful this system will allow you to better choose a time that meets your needs.
To sign up, click on the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser. You may also access the link on the Sunnyside Elementary home page. Simply follow the prompts to register and choose a conference time.
https://ptcfast.com/schools/Sunnyside_Elementary_1
***If you do not have internet access, please contact your child’s teacher to arrange a time.
As per district procedure, we have one 15-minute conference time available per student. It is imperative that parents/caregivers who are connected to the student are receiving the same information and planning together, as a team, how to best support the student. Please contact the Sunnyside office at 651-385-4570, if you have difficulty.
Ondekoza Taiko Drummers Visit Sunnyside
Sunnyside is On Social Media!
Don't forget, Sunnyside has it’s own Facebook and Instagram pages! You can link directly to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/sunnysideredwing/, and our Instagram handle is @sunnysideredwing. Check out some of the fun things going on at Sunnyside!
Arts Alive is Coming!
- 2/14 - 2/15 -- Visual Arts/Creative Writing on display at Sheldon Theatre
- 2/15 @ 5:30 pm -- Reception for Visual Arts/Creative Writing at Sheldon
- 2/15 @ 6:30 pm -- Sheldon Stage Show