Monday Memo
USC Elementary -- You Matter - Every Child - Every Day
March certainly came in like a LION!!
Please remember to help pump up the One School One Book activities and trivia this month! We want this to be a great experience for our families!
We have NAEP Testing for selected 4th graders on Wednesday morning and afternoon.
Happy Para-Professional Week!! Paras will be treated to a few goodies throughout the week and will be enjoying a wonderful lunch on Thursday! We thank you paraprofessionals for all you do to help our kids be successful at our school!!
~Tracey
Something to Inspire us......
The Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the boiled eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”
“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied. “Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.
“Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water.
However, each one reacted differently.
The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.
The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.
However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
“Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? “
Moral:In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
Which one are you?
Taken from: https://www.livin3.com/5-motivational-and-inspiring-short-stories
Positively Awesome Things Going On
Mar. 4
ParaProfessional Week
9:00 am - Kickoff for One School, One Book - Auditorium K-6
3:15 pm - Kids Academy
Mar. 5
ParaProfessional Week
7:30 am - SIT Data Meeting - Kim Gormley's Room
8:30 am - Pre-Observ. Conference
9:30 am - Admin Meeting . Tracey
1:45 pm - Classroom Observation
Mar. 6
ParaProfessional Week
6th Grade Science Fair
7:30 am - Leadership Meeting - Media Center
9:00 am - VIP play grades K-2 - Auditorium
9:00 am - NAEP Testing Gr. 4 - Comm. Room
1:00 pm - NAEP Testing Gr. 4 - Comm. Room
Mar. 7
ParaProfessional Week - Lunch today in the Community Ed Room
3:15 pm - Kids Academy
3:15 pm - Mentors/Mentor Committee Meeting
Mar. 8
ParaProfessional Week
Tracey out of the district - please see Joe with concerns
Mar. 11
Scholastic Book Fair
3:15 pm - Kids Academy
Mar. 12
Scholastic Book Fair
Spring Picture Day
LCC All Day - Melissa H's Room
7:30 am - SIT Meeting - Kim Gormley's Room
8:45 am- Para Meeting
3:15 pm - IEP w/ Lisa K
Mar. 13 - 2 Hour Late Start
Scholastic Book Fair
3:15 pm - Eval Results Mtg w/ Kristi
Mar. 14
Happy Birthday Jen Crawford!
Scholastic Book Fair
7:30 am - PBIS/Olweus Committee Meeting
9:00 am - IEP w. Rose
3:30-7:00 pm - Conferences
3:10 pm - IEP w. Rose
Mar. 15
Scholastic Book Fair
Mar. 18
3:15 pm - Kids Academy
Mar. 19
7:30 am - SIT Meeting - Kim Gormley's Room
Mar. 20
6th Grade Science Fair
7:30 am - Staff Meeting - Kim S. Room
Mar. 21
7:30 am - Mentees/Mentor Committee Meeting - Comm. Room
3:15 pm - Kids Academy
Mar. 22
Mar. 25
Happy Birthday Katie Walton!!
3:15 pm - Kids Academy
3:15 pm - Staff Development Committee - Anne F.'s Room
Mar. 26
7:30 am - SIT Meeting - Kim Gormley's Room
Mar. 27 - End of 3rd Quarter
7:30 am- 5th/6th Grade ICU/Rebel Time Meeting - Kim A.'s Room
Mar. 28
1:15-1:45 pm - PK-2 Wolf Center Lyceum
2:00-2:45 pm - Gr. 3-6 Wolf Center Lyceum
3:15 pm - Kids Academy
Mar. 29
Kindergarten Round Up
April 1-5 - Rollerskating in PE
7 Mindsets
Own Your Life
Mar. 4-8- 100% Accountable- 4.1 Own Your Life
Elementary students at this stage in life are easily influenced by the opinions of others. In this lesson, students will understand the importance of taking control of our own lives and not letting other’s negative beliefs and opinions influence our own beliefs Objectives • Demonstrate what an opinion is and explain why having our own is important • Explain why we should not let other’s negative opinions influence our own
Something to help us grow......
Something to make us laugh.....
USC Elementary
Email: tmagnuson@unitedsouthcentral.org
Website: www.usc.k12.mn.us
Location: 600 11th St SW, Wells, MN, United States
Phone: 507 553 5810