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Important Dates - bolded dates are new to the calendarjune 2 - Spring Concert 8:30 and 12:30 June 8 - Fun and Field Day (volunteers will be needed) June 9 - 5th Grade Graduation/Celebration 9:00-10:15 June 9 - Last day of school June 10 - Staff last day and records day June 15 - report cards mailed home | Forgotten Items The procedure for bringing in forgotten items has stayed the same. Please call the office to let us know you are dropping something off for your student. Place the item, with your child's name on it, on the blue bench in the lower lobby. We will call the students to come down to pick the item up. | Dropping off late/picking up earlyJust a reminder that late drop off and early pick up procedures have not changed. Parents please do not enter the building when dropping off your students late or picking them up early. Please park in the 15 minute spot and call the office to let us know you are sending kids in or here to pick a student up. The attendance office will manage signing them in or out. Thank you for your cooperation. |
Important Dates - bolded dates are new to the calendar
june 2 - Spring Concert 8:30 and 12:30
June 8 - Fun and Field Day (volunteers will be needed)
June 9 - 5th Grade Graduation/Celebration 9:00-10:15
June 9 - Last day of school
June 10 - Staff last day and records day
June 15 - report cards mailed home
Forgotten Items
Dropping off late/picking up early
Just a reminder that late drop off and early pick up procedures have not changed. Parents please do not enter the building when dropping off your students late or picking them up early. Please park in the 15 minute spot and call the office to let us know you are sending kids in or here to pick a student up. The attendance office will manage signing them in or out. Thank you for your cooperation.
Buy your Back to School Supplies ahead of time.
Fun and Field Day
Field Day - June 8th - Field Day is one of our favorite all school activities of the year. This year K-2 will participate from 8am-10:30am, and 3-5 will participate from 11am-1:45p. We would love to see 2 or more volunteers at each station. Volunteers will receive lunch. Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/MHwaMsB Thank you!
End of Year and Summer Volunteer Opportunities
End of the Year Teacher Brunch - June 10th - If you would like to help out with picking up items or donating items for the teacher brunch, please contact Amanda.Sutton2012@gmail.com to coordinate a small task you can do to show our teachers our appreciation for all they have done for us and our students this year. Examples include: Picking up coffee or purchasing pastries or juice/sparkling water.
2022 Summer Garden Care - Help us keep the garden in tip top shape this summer and keep the plants thriving for class harvests. Congdon's School Garden needs tending from our families to water and weed the garden this summer. Choose one week beginning June 13th through the beginning of the 22-23 school year. It will include low maintenance watering a couple of times during a week (weather dependent) and a light weeding. Sign up here:https://signup.com/go/jYNRipP Thank you!
Summer meals are available to all kids
Breakfast will be served from 8-10:30 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Laura MacArthur Elementary, Lincoln Park Middle School, Lowell Elementary, Myers-Wilkins Elementary, Piedmont Elementary and Stowe Elementary.
If you have questions, please call 218-336-8707.
Bingo for Books
Planning has begun for Wolf Ridge
Dear parents of soon-to-be 5th graders at Congdon Elementary,
As this year comes to a close, we are starting to plan the (former) annual Wolf Ridge overnight field trip for the soon-to-be 5th graders. Wolf Ridge is an "experiential outdoor environmental school" that offers kids a chance to be outside and learn about the natural world through direct observation and exploration. The day is broken up into morning and afternoon classes and additional evening activities - these evening activities can be led by parent volunteers as interested.
Unfortunately, like most activities, Congdon 5th graders have been unable to attend for the last 2 years. Wolf Ridge has since re-opened and ISD709 is allowing field trips currently, however, due to the vast amount of planning that needs to occur to make the trip an actuality, the current 5th graders were unable to attend. Hence, a group of us are starting the process now before the kids even complete 4th grade in order to make this trip a success!
Currently, we are scheduled for October 14-16, 2022 (Friday afternoon leaving from Congdon, arriving back Sunday afternoon).
To make this happen, we will need a LOT of parental participation! We need volunteers to help with coordination, and we will need MANY parent chaperones. Please let me know ASAP if you can help with planning and/or would like to be a chaperone.
Additionally, we will be offering the kids/parents the opportunity to sell Wolf Ridge Calendars to offset expenses. The cost of the trip this year is roughly $172/person (chaperones too). This includes the 2 overnights in a cabin and food for 2.5 days. The PTA has paid for the buses in years past and likely will do so again.
For more information on the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, please go to:
https://wolf-ridge.org/programs
Please email congdonwolfridge@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer as a Chaperone, or if you would like to become involved in the planning committee. Please include the name of the parent chaperone, phone #, email, and your child(ren)'s name(s) and gender of parent chaperoning.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Deborah Sah
Susan Midlo
Jennider Engel
aka the Wolf Ridge Planning Committee
MN Math Corps
PTA June Happenings
PTA June Update
Congratulations! We have made it to the end of the 2021-22 School Year! I hope you are so proud of your children for working hard this year with so many challenges to overcome. Our Congdon Cougars are so wonderful.
Our PTA committees have been doing amazing things as usual. If you are interested in getting more involved with the PTA next year but have some questions about what these different committees do, please check out this page of descriptions.
Our wellness committee planned and hosted both a Bike to School Day and a really amazing Bike Rodeo. It was so much fun and I hope you will all plan to attend next year too!
We have had wonderful volunteers helping out in so many ways! Library, lunch room, Scholastic book fair, spring concert help, and many more. We couldn't do it without you!
I am so excited to announce that we will be having some park play dates this summer! Very casual, get to know your fellow cougars time, but with a PTA representative to make sure you feel welcomed and answer any questions you may have! Please see flyer for more information!
Dates are as follows:
Friday, June 24, 10:30 AM at Morley Park
Sunday, July 10, 2:00 PM at Grant Park
Friday, July 29, 10:30 AM at Lester Park
Sunday, August 14, 2:00 PM at Chester Park
Thank you so much to everyone who has really put in the time and effort to make our PTA what it is this year. You are all the best!
Keep up with all your PTA! Check out all we are up to and become a member at our website today!
School of Minnesota Ballet Summer Dance Opportunities
Our Summer Classes will not only provide dance training to kick off your summer, but this year we will delve into all things Sleeping Beauty!
Primary, Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced classes and activities will be available for ages 3 and up. For dancers that are new to SMB, a placement class will be offered free of charge. At the end of our third and final week, there will be a Sleeping Beauty soiree where dancers give a mini-performance of what they’ve been working on and enjoy light refreshments in our Depot studio space.
https://minnesotaballet.org/school/summer-opportunities/summer-classes/
