February Newsletter
Cedar Rapids Home School Assistance Program
Our Mission
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Home School Teachers and Staff
April Tierney, Lead Teacher
Mary Rasmussen, Secretary
Matt Cossolotto, Wayne Fritch,
Mary Gahring, Jeannie Johnson,
Josie Norton, Cheryl Scherbaum,
Kristin Schmaltz, and Peggy Ziemer
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Contact Us
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Weather Related Information for Our Students and Families
If an early release is announced by the district, we will assess the situation and may also dismiss early that day, taking into account the weather, when we typically dismiss, and when Wilson dismisses. Exact times will be communicated to families via e-mail and school messenger.
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Late Start Schedules
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Important Reminders
Spring Break, CRHSAP offices closed, March 16 - March 20, 2020
Classes resume: March 24, 2020
No Classes on April 10, 2020
School fees can be paid online or by sending a check to CRHSAP. If you need help, please contact Mary R. in our office.
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Edgenuity Testing
ROOM 106
Monday - 8:00-9:30 am
Tuesday - 1:30-3:00
Wednesday - 1:30-3:00
Friday - 8:00-9:30
Testing times may be cancelled if Mr. Cossolotto is absent.
Please check with your resource teacher or call the office before coming to Wilson.
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Workplace Learning Connection
Summer Internship Portal is now open: www.workplace-learning.org.
If you are interested in completing an internship this summer please note the application deadline is January 31st @ 3 pm.
Students can learn new skills, apply classroom knowledge in a real-world setting, develop employability behaviors that prepare them for the workplace, and gain insight that will help them make more informed career choices. More information and applications are available at www.workplace-learning.org.
*Current seniors cannot apply for summer internships because they will have graduated prior to internships.
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February Field Trips and Events
Czech & Slovak Museum
Please register using this link as space is limited. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Jeannie at: jeajohnson@crschools.us
Thursday, Feb 13, 2020, 09:30 AM
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Inspiration Place Southwest, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
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CLUB CREATE!
CRHSAP is proud to present CLUB CREATE! Ms. Cheryl is super excited to start this new adventure with all of you. A club for K-12 students and parents to create art together. High school students may attend without a parent.
Ms.Cheryl will teach all participants an art technique for all levels of artists, from beginner to advanced. This will be a great way to learn new art techniques and an amazing way to socialize with other peers and families in our program. Ms. Cheryl knows everyone can be an artist! Ms. Cheryl feels strongly there is an artist in all of us and creating art together can help foster our imagination and growth.
Valentine’s Day Paper Quilling
Technique of curling, shaping and gluing strips of paper to create a 3D design
When: February 13, 2020
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Room 104 (Art Room by Wilson cafeteria)
Cost: Free courtesy of P.A.T.T. -CR
RSVP by February 3, 2020
Only 20 spots available
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Cedar Rapids Art Museum
This field trip is suitable for students 1st grade and up. They strongly recommend children under the age of six stay home due to the contents within the museum and the urge for little hands to touch and explore.
Cost (due day of event)
Adults: $8 each
College student(s)/Seniors 62+: $7
Students 6-18: $4
Children <6: $2
Please register using this link as space is limited. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Jeannie at: jeajohnson@crschools.us
Friday, Feb 28, 2020, 01:00 PM
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 3rd Avenue Southeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
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Miss Nelson has a Field Day
Return to Horace B. Smedley School where the Smedley Tornadoes have never won a football game. With such a poor record and a team that is out of control, kind-hearted Miss Nelson comes to the rescue when she enlists the help of her alter ego, the ill-tempered Miss Viola Swamp, to coach the team and whip them into shape.
Cost: $1.00 per ticket
Please pay Mary R. in the HSAP office.
Monday, Mar 23, 2020, 12:30 PM
Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, 8201 Dakota Street, Cedar Falls, IA, USA
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YMCA Swim & Gym at Stoney Point
Friday, February 7, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Monday, February 24, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
What a great way to get out and enjoy swimming during the cold Iowa months!
We are fortunate to work with the staff at the Stoney Point YMCA and offer swim and gym time specifically to our families. If you decide to attend, you can bring your own goggles, pool balls, and inflatable nets. They do offer a variety of kick boards and noodles for use. Please make sure you follow pool rules and respect lap swimmers. They encourage all swimmers to swim with a buddy and will give a deep end swim test if requested.
When you attend, please show your membership card. If you are not a member of the Y, please sign in on the CRHSAP sheet located at the front desk and fill out an emergency contact card (only first time of the school year).
Cost is $5.00 per family
Below are the YMCA Rules:
1. Parents need to accompany their children at this event.
2. Any non-swimmers must wear a flotation device; plan to bring your own.
3. The non-swimmer must have their parent in the water and within an arm’s length reach at all times.
4. Pool toys are allowed, but use may be constrained depending on patron usage of the pool during that Open Swim time.
5. Lifeguards have the authority over all of the posted pool rules and rules that only appear in the YMCA’s handbook.
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STEM Festival
February 18, 2020 from 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Grades: K-12
STEM Festival
February 18, 2020 from 4:00-7:30
Grades: K-12
The Linn County STEM Festival will be held Tuesday, February 18 from 4:00-7:30 at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha.
There will be a wide variety of hands-on activities for your family to enjoy.
If your family is interested in attending, you can register here: https://se.iowastem.org/linn-county-stem-festival
Click on ‘Register to Attend’.
The Cedar Rapids Home School Assistance Program is planning on having an exhibit with surface tension activities as well as 3D printing.
We hope to see you there to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics as well as the Home School students who are involved.
Please RSVP to the link above.
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WORLD FOOD FEST
DON’T MISS THIS!!!!!
The World Food Fest has been hosted by CRHSAP for many years and remains one of the program’s favorite annual events. Please read the information below about how to participate. It is a delightful way to involve everyone in your family in a meaningful learning experience.
When: March 5th, 2020. Setup is at 6:00pm, viewing and tasting is from 6:30-7:45pm.
Where: Wilson Middle School Cafeteria
Details:
1. Choose: Choose a country you would like to study. You can choose one country as a family or each student may choose his/her own. A great resource for information about the country of your choice is http://online.culturegrams.com/
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2. Display: Share what you have learned with others in the form of a display. For instance, you might include maps, written reports, artwork, or products, and/or artifacts from the country. Displays can include a tri-fold board or computer presentation. Each display will have a 3’ by 3’ table space.
3. Samples: Prepare food that represents your country. Please bring enough to share a small sample with 100 people.
4. Cookbook: Each family will receive a cookbook which will include recipes from all the participants. Your recipe page may also include artwork and written information about your country. This is due no later than Friday, February 21st at 12:00 pm in order for the book to be published by the day of the World Food Fest. Submit all text and illustrations in black ink only on an 8 ½” by 11” white paper. It is very important to leave a 1” margin on all sides. You can turn submissions into the homeschool office or email them to cscherbaum@crschools.us.
5. Flag: Make an 11” x 17” paper flag of your country. This is also due in the CRHSAP office by Friday, February 21st at 12:00 pm. Your flag will be taped to the table beneath your display. Your resource teacher can get you the colored paper you need.
6. RSVP: Please indicate on your RSVP if you need electricity and if you want a packet of display ideas. Your resource teacher can also work with you on this project.
Please Note:
Attendance at the World Food Fest is open only to participants and their families.
Click the text below to SIGN UP!
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Lending Library
The free cart in the lending library is full. We have recently added many new items. All the new items can be found on the top shelf. Please take a minute to browse through the items the next time you are at Wilson. After Friday February 14th, all remaining materials will be recycled/donated.
Also, if you have checked out items from the lending library that you are no longer using please return them as soon as possible. We love it when people take advantage of all our great resources in the library. However, we do have a two-week check out policy on most of the materials. This checkout policy helps make it easier for more families to enjoy some of our more popular items.
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BOOK CORNER
James and The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Sign of The Cat by Lynne Jonell
Fur Magic by Andre Norton
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P.A.T.T.C.R.
PATTCR can help shake off those winter blues with our February events.
Friday, February 7th from 5-9 is our first annual Chili Cook Off and Family Game Night. This is a FREE event, so bring your whole family! There will be games available to play or bring your own to share with the group. Chili, cornbread and drinks will be provided, but we are asking a free will donation. All proceeds are going to the CRHSAP FLL Robotics Club.
If you have a chili recipe you think can beat the rest enter it in our chili competition! There is a $10 entry fee and a prize for 1st place. Vegetarian chili, turkey chili, bean less chili, chicken chili or classic! All have a chance as the top pot!
To enter competition email PATTCR at cedarrapidspatt@gmail.com.
Saturday, February 8th is our monthly Reading Raptor and Book Belles book club meeting. It will be held at Wickiup Hill Indoor Learning center from 1-3. The club book we are reading is Amazons and Swallows. Reading Raptors and Book Belles is a inter-schooling book club for students pre-K to 6th grade. Haven't read the club book pick ,NO PROBLEM, come to our meeting and find out what's coming up next!
Mom's Night Out and PATT CR meeting.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 6:30 pm
Nara Thai Cuisine
1725 Blairs Ferry Rd #102, Marion, IA 52302
(319) 200-4004
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December's and January's teen nights were a blast. Our next one is scheduled for Tuesday, February 18th from 6-8. It will be at the Wilson Middle School cafeteria and gym. The teen night is open to any CRHSAP student grades 6th and up. If you haven't checked it out yet come see what you're missing.
Get connected to more CRHSAP families by joining our
CEDAR RAPIDS HSAP PARENTS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/289774768295390/
Email the parent organization to RSVP for any of our events and to ask any questions: cedarrapidspatt@gmail.com
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Hy-Vee Receipts and Box-Tops
Hy-Vee Receipts
The Cedar Rapids and Marion Hy-Vee stores have kindly provided a local fund raising program for area schools called Cash 4 Students the past several years. Once again, we are participating in this fundraiser this year.
The program is simple and based on the collection of Hy-Vee grocery receipts. Simply save your Hy-Vee grocery receipts and turn them into the CRHSAP office. At the end of the school year, a donation from Hy-Vee will be made to CRHSAP based on the receipt total.
The amount donated will be $1 for every $200 in receipts collected.
Start saving your receipts today!
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Box-Tops
We all shop for groceries, sometimes two or three times a week ---- or more. Now turn those shopping trips into easy cash for CRHSAP. Just look for the Box Tops logo on hundreds of products like Cheerios®, Hamburger Helper® and Kleenex®, in almost every aisle of the store. All you need to do is clip and then turn them into the CRHSAP office — each one is worth 10¢ for our program.
To see a complete list of all products that have Box Tops on them, click on this link
www.boxtops4education.com/earn
This truly is a no hassle fundraiser and each box top helps to provide money for the “extras” for CRHSAP that are not covered by other funding.
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Non-Discrimination Policy
It is the policy of the Cedar Rapids Community School District not to discriminate in educational programs on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity, socioeconomic status, national origin, religion, disability, age (except for permitting/prohibiting students to engage in certain activities) or genetic information and in employment opportunities on the basis of age, race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination.
If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy, please contact Rod Dooley, Executive Director of Equity, (RDooley@cr.k12.ia.us), and/or Linda Noggle, Executive Director of Talent Management, (LNoggle@cr.k12.ia.us), Educational Leadership and Support Center, 2500 Edgewood Rd NW, Cedar Rapids, IA, (319) 558-2000.