Ada-Borup Elementary
May Newsletter
May Days
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." - Melody Beattie
I am eternally grateful for the students, families, and staff of our Ada-Borup Community. Although we have all experienced many challenges over the past several weeks, we have worked together to find the silver linings. My heart is so full as I watch the interactions between our students, families, and educators.
May brings warm weather and warm feelings in the traditional school year. We strive to connect with our students as we head towards the final days of school.
Warmest wishes!
Bree Triplett
Principal, Ada-Borup Elementary
Ada-Borup Elementary Year End Schedule
May 1 & 4: No school - Professional Development for Staff
**meal service and child care are still happening**
May 5th: Bus deliveries and pick up of curriculum materials (packets)
May 11th: Bus deliveries and pick up of curriculum materials (packets)
May 14th: Last Day for Tue., Thur. Voluntary PreK
May 15th: Last Day for Mon., Wed., Fri. Voluntary PreK
May 18th: Bus deliveries and pick up of curriculum materials (packets)
May 21st: 5th Grade Virtual Graduation
May 22: Last day of curriculum instruction provided.
All buses will travel normal bus routes to pick up all schoolwork and school-owned material (iPads, charger, and books) on the morning of Friday, May 22nd.
Students that need additional time to complete assignments may keep materials until May 27th
May 26th-28th: Parent/teacher online/teleconferences
Teachers will set up a time to conference with parents about year end
May 27th: 2nd round of material pick up
All buses will travel normal bus routes to pick up all remaining schoolwork and school owned material (iPads, charger, and books)
Hard at work!
Meal Program
Just look at that concentration!
**Disclaimer, this video was produced in March. We are and have been maintaining the recommended social distance guidelines. **
We Will Survive
At first we were afraid
We were petrified
Kept thinkin’ we could never live without you by our sides
But then we spent two weeks gettin’ our distance learning on
And we grew strong!
We even created this song!
And so we’re back, in internet space
We just popped in to see all the smiles on your face
Soon we’ll be sending all the busses out on school deliveries
I’ve even really missed Mr. Wahlin buggin me!
Go on go! Get ready to soar!
Just log on now
And open the distance learning door
We weren't sure what to do
We weren’t ready to say goodbye
We know we won’t crumble
We won’t lay down and cry!
On no not us! We will survive!
Oh as long as we know how to learn
We will not take a dive
We’ve got all the tools to give
We’ve got all our love to give
We will survive, We will survive!
*Dance Break*
It took all the strength we had not to fall apart
Kept thinking, we should join in with the world of hearts
And we spent oh-so many days feeling sorry for ourselves
We used to cry
But now we hold our heads up high!
You see us! We are brand new
We’re ready to bring our distance learning plan to all of you
So we felt like dropping in just so you could see
That Mr. Wahlin is still here and bugging me!
Go on go! Get ready to soar!
Just log on now
And open the distance learning door
AR/Reading Incentive Program
Math Wiz!
So proud of his hard work!
Child Care Kiddos enjoying lunch
Class Lists/ Parent Requests
Ada-Borup Elementary School
Classroom Request Guidelines: 2020-2021
Parents wishing to make a request for their child for the upcoming school year must make the request in writing to the principal by submitting a completed Classroom Information form (attached below).
It is not possible to honor all requests.
Parents are cautioned not to request placement or non-placement of specific teachers. Requests that include the teacher's specific names on the Classroom Information form will be thrown out. Teacher specific requests must be communicated to the principal so a personal meeting can be scheduled to discuss the situation. Please remember that what may have been heard about a teacher or teachers from other parents or community members is specific to that parent/teacher/student situation. Just as each child is unique, so is each teacher. An experience that other parents may have had with their children may be totally different from what your child could have with the same teacher.
Requests for a child not to be placed with another child, for whatever reason, must be noted in writing on the Classroom Information form. Given other circumstances and teacher recommendations, it is not always possible to honor these requests.
ONLY WRITTEN REQUESTS RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, May 15th WILL BE CONSIDERED.
All parent requests received by the deadline of May 15th, 2020, will be strongly considered, however, the final placement decision is based upon a variety of factors including but not limited to academic and social considerations, total class size, male/female ratio, and heterogeneous grouping.
The final decision on all student placements rests with the principal after due consideration of staff recommendations and parent requests. We will do our best to place students per parent requests, however, as stated; we may not always be able to.
Class placements will be communicated via mail in August.
Thank you for the support you give your child and for your cooperation and understanding.
"PAW"GRESS UPDATE
Dear Ada-Borup,
As you look around our community, everyone has joined together, made sacrifices, and shown resilience during an unprecedented time. Parents, guardians, siblings, and students have taken on Distance Learning and have handled it incredibly well. The way our students and parents have handled themselves has been outstanding and that is a testament to the strength of our community.
Now that we are a few weeks into Distance Learning, I want to take this opportunity to give you some tips to enhance your reading instruction with your child at home. Our teachers build their lessons around the Five Building Blocks of Balanced Literacy which are; Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and the ultimate goal: COMPREHENSION.
Please do not hesitate to communicate any needs that you may have!
Go Cougars!
Kenley Wahlin
April and May look very different
So, the decision to keep schools doing distance learning was made and shared last week. While we all hoped that would not be the case, no one is surprised. What does this look like for you and your family? For my family- my 16 year old has to step up and be the adult. Not very many families have the ability to have a child step up and help with the distance learning. New roles, new responsibilities, new challenges that have never been dealt with related to learning. However, there are resources that we have also never had access to before. One of those resources is mental health support via video. This support can be from the school social workers, the school nurse, Northwest Mental Health Center, even Doctors on Demand to name a few. Mental health support is so important at this time, because a lot of our support were friends and family when we got together. Now gatherings aren’t an option. Negative coping mechanisms such as drinking, drugs, risky behaviors- are on the rise because youth and adults are bored and isolated. Some are still socializing and being judged because of it. We are all experiencing high levels of stress. Whether it is financial, health concerns, isolation, whatever your source of stress, we know stress is toxic when not managed properly. Please let someone know if you need support of any kind. Norman Mahnomen Public Health will try to connect you with additional resources related to whatever the struggle might be.
For more information call 218-784-5425 (public health office) or 218-280-3125 (school nurse Tracy cell) or email tracy.johnson@co.norman.mn.us
On a positive note- the weather is shaping up and getting out in the sun will definitely help with improving moods for many. Please reach out if you need any assistance.