Cooks Chronicle
January 2018
Kids Chat Column
This month, we have gotten ready for group competitions, received new furniture, and brand new playground equipment. In this article, we will be talking about all of these amazing topics.
Our first discussion is all of the bowls and their competitions. We have Science Bowl, Math Bowl, Robotics, and CANstruction. Science Bowl will be competing on January 24th in Mrs. Warren’s 5th grade classroom. Robotics will be participating on February 2nd, and Math Bowl will be competing on February 22nd. Spell Bowl has already competed and they got an astonishing 3rd place in Valpo and 9th in State!! Math Bowl, Science Bowl, and Robotics have been working hard so wish them luck!!!
This month we got all new furniture for the whole school. It looks great. Good choice, Mrs. Miller! We got new desks, chairs, garbage cans, recycling bins, mailboxes/crates, and speakers. Our art room has been finished since we got back from winter break and it looks stunning.
The new playground equipment is amazing. We have monkey bars, a slide, swings, and so much more! Because of the weather, we have recently been staying in the gym. But we hope to go outside and play soon!!!
And last but not least, thank you so much construction workers. You have worked so hard. We are all so thankful that we can have a brand new, marvelous school!!! All the students and staff were very patient in this process. Thank you!
By: Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, Katherine Norrod, & Micah Snider
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1/2: Bartholomew Gore
1/4: Madalynn Porter
1/5: Dylan Cosby
1/10: Kullen Eckley
1/11: Araya Hlinsky
1/12: Davin Sibo
1/13: Alyssa Schultz
1/18: Tessalie Durham
1/19: Rita Piech
1/20: Layla Glickauf
1/22: Brayden Flick
1/23: Mia Mulligan
1/24: Gabriel Drew
1/26: Elliana Satterblom
1/27: Sam Marshall, Ryan Phillips, Aidan Mulcahy
1/29: Naudia O'Brien
1/30: Avery Krischke, Trenton Siewin
1/31: Charles Blade
Science Bowl Competition
Trivia Night
The 2018 Trivia Night will be held on Friday, February 2, in the cafeteria from 3:30-5:00. Team and permission slips were sent home last week and are due back on Tuesday, January 23rd.
Robotics Competition
Valentine's Day
Car Rider Procedures
In the afternoons, all vehicles should be pulling forward to the orange cones, allowing several students to load vehicles at the same time. This will expedite our car rider process and also allow buses easy entrance to our parking lot without needing to wait for the car rider line to move forward.
Thank you for your cooperation with these car rider procedures.
Music News
Grades 1, 2, and 3 will hold their concert on Tuesday, March 13th at 6:30 p.m. at Cooks Corners. The concert will be a Patriotic theme where students are being asked to wear red, white and blue (jeans are permitted).
Grades 4, 5, and the Choir will hold their concert on Tuesday, March 20th at 6:30 p.m. at Cooks Corners. The concert will have an Indiana theme where students are asked to dress up and look nice.
Anyone with questions about these concerts can contact Mr. Meyer at tmeyer@valpo.k12.in.us.
Recess / Classroom /Building Volunteers
Birthday Book Club
Birthday Book Club has reached its’ 25th member and then some! Newest members include: Marin Anderson, Clara Warren, Dominic O’Keefe, Drexton Selman, Emma Mulcahy, Kellen Eckley, Madalyn Porter, Mrs. Maddack, Jacob Smith, Shelby Smith, Adam Warren, Titan Hedrick, Rachel Harris, Mrs. Harris, Aubrey Fernandez, Sloane Connors, Malia Howlett , Bartholomew Gore, and Evan Johnson.
Our 25th member is 3rd grader, Emma Mulcahy! Other classroom prize winners are: Torri Murray, Andrew Chen, Mason Schultz, Kylie Turner, Kaitie Shideler, Andrew Fanelli, Emily Cheuk, Clara Warren, Dominic O’Keefe, Titan Hedrick, and Malia Howlett! Congratulations to all our winners! They each received a prize bag full of goodies including a book to keep. Thank you to everyone for joining Birthday Book Club and adding new books to our new library shelves! Forms are always available in the Media Center and in the Office.
Book Rental
Every Monday (through March 5th): Chess Scholars - 3:20pm - 4:30pm
Every Tuesday: Choir - 8:00am-8:30am
Scheduled Tuesdays: 4th Grade Afterschool Sports - 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Every Wednesday (through January 31st): Robotics Team Meeting - 3:30pm-4:30pm
Every Wednesday: Drama Kids - 3:20pm - 4:20pm
Every Thursday (through 2/1/17): STEM Club Meeting for 2nd Graders - 3:15pm-4:15pm
Scheduled Thursdays: 5th Grade Afterschool Sports - 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Every Friday: Let’s Build It – 3:20pm – 4:30pm
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1/17: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:30am
1/17: Love & Logic Parent Workshop (every Wednesday through February 21st)
1/18: Team Lead to TJMS for Lunch: 11:30pm-1:25pm
1/18: VCS Board Meeting @ Admin. Bldg. – 6:00pm
1/22: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:00am
1/24: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:00am
1/24: Science Bowl Competition
1/26: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:00am
1/26: Group/Club Yearbook Photos Taken
1/29: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:00am
1/31: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:00am
2/2: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:00am
2/2: Trivia Night @ Cooks – 3:15pm-5:30pm
2/3: Robotics Tournament @ Cooks – 8:00am-4:00pm
2/5: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:30am
2/7: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:30am
2/8: PTO Meeting @ Cooks – 6:00pm
2/12: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:30am
2/14: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:30am
2/16: No School (Mid-Winter Break)
2/19: No School (President’s Day)
2/21: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:30am
2/22: Math Bowl Practice: 7:45-8:30am
2/22: Math Bowl Competition
2/22: VCS Board Meeting / Cooks Ribbon Cutting @ Cooks – 6:00pm