CALENDAR
2/27 Handbells 1 rehearsal
2/28 HIstory Day 3:00-4:00
2/28 CVA Board Mtg 4:30-6:00
2/29 Re-enrollment forms due
2/29 Registration forms for Concordia Language Villages Field Trip due
2/29 Handbells 2 rehearsal
3/1 CVA Enrollment opens to public
3/2 Last Day of Tri 2
3/14 Pi Day
3/15 Mixed Blood Theater Field Trip level 2-HS
3/19-3-24 Spring Break
3/29-30 Concordia Language Villages Field Trip #2
4/22 End of Green Shoes initiative
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Moodle How-to
Click here for a copy of the how-to sheet showing how to access the CVA Moodle system, classes, gradebook and student email system.
FAMILY DIRECTORY
The CVA family directory is available on the website when you log into the website via the Staff and Student Logins page.
Use your student's username and password. Please remember that this information is to be kept within our CVA community.
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Aluminum Recycling
Please bring your aluminum recycling to school any day in a tied plastic bags. Small bags can be brought to the resource room.
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Green Sneakers EcoChallenge
Please turn in your old tennis shoes to Mr. Orr or there are 2 white boxes with green plastic bags in them located by the student mailboxes! Questions? click here.
End Date: April 22, 2012
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MS Walk Cats & Eagles Team
The MS Walk is on Sunday, May 6th this year. Please click to join the Cyber Cats Team! Our team captain is Emily B, a CVA alum, and the team has now been renamed to Cats & Eagles |
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Greetings!
In a recent CNN Health article, Denise Clark Pope, senior lecturer at Stanford University's School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, a project that aims to reduce unhealthy pressure on young people, said: "We live in a society where there is a premium on performance as opposed to mastery or effort; on grades and scores over engagement; on speed and outer appearances over intrinsic motivations. Many parents are getting caught up in the craziness, in the 'more is better' and 'faster is better' mind-set. Children end up overscheduled and in and out of schools and classes, with very little time left over, including for sleep." Look below for some strategies for reducing your children's stress levels.
A reminder: If you haven't yet done so, please assist us in preventing the adoption of unfair financial regulations that will prevent Charter School teachers from participating in state retirement funds. Click here to take action and please forward this email to other public charter school supporters. David Alley |
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MCA Testing
This year students will be taking the Math MCA online. This opportunity should be great for students as they can take the test up to three times if they do not meet or partially meet standards. Teachers will be able to receive immediate testing results. Students will be taking the test during a block schedule with their math class.
- Here are the first round testing dates:
- Geometry: Wednesday, February 29 - 12:30 - 2:00
- Level A: Tuesday, March 13 - 8:30 - 10:00
- Level B: Tuesday, March 27 - 8:30 - 10:00
- Level 1: Tuesday, April 3 - 8:30 - 10:00
- Level 2/3: Tuesday, April 3 - 2:00 - 3:30
- Level 3: Wednesday, April 4 - 12:30 - 2:00
- Level 2: Wednesday, April 4 - 2:00 - 3:30
Families will be able to sign up for a second or third test on an individual basis with Amanda.
Reading MCA
The Reading MCA will be on April 23 and April 24 from 8:30 - 10:00. The test will be in paper format as it has been in previous years.
Want to give your student some practice opportunities? Click here for directions to access an item sampler. You will need your child's Marss # which you can find on last year's MCA test results or email Melissa and she can get it for you.
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Community & Service Opportunities Please join Great River Greening as they continue their efforts to restore native landscapes throughout the state! Individuals of all ages, families with supervised school-aged children, and community and corporate groups of any size are welcome to participate in Greening's volunteer restoration events. - Indian Mounds Regional Park - St. Paul - Saturday, April 21 from 8:30-12:30
- Pilot Knob Invasive Removal Event - Mendota Heights - Saturday, May 5 from 8:30 - 12:30
- Cherokee Bluffs Regional Park - Saturday, May 12 from 8:30 - 12:30
- Rum River Easement Property Tree Planting - Saturday, May 19 from 8:30 - 12:30
To sign up, go to their website and look under "volunteer", email Josh Kriz or call him at 651.665.9500 ext 11 |
Earth Day Speaker Needed Student Council / Eco Team Needs Your Help!
We are looking for a guest speaker for Earth Day! Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, 2012. We will be hosting a presentation at CVA before this date and are in need of a guest speaker. If you know of someone who works in the area of alternative energy, conservation, animals, recycling, or any applicable area, please ask them if they would be interested to volunteer. Please email Mr. Rand with questions or suggestions. |
| Strategies for Stress Relief
Allow for playtime, downtime, family time -- literally sitting down, having meals and doing activities together. Studies shows that family meals are the single strongest predictor of higher achievement and fewer behavioral issues for children between 3 and 12! Children need time to reflect, to rejuvenate, to rest, Pope says. "And we include sleep in that because lack of sleep is correlated to higher rates of depression and anxiety."
Problem-solve. Ideally, problem-solving is with kids instead of for them. Ask open-ended questions such as "What do you think may help?" Having them brainstorm a list of possibilities, reminding of strategies they have used in the past, and getting them to come up with solutions can all be very empowering for a child.
Watch, listen, communicate, reassure, validate. Listen and watch for atypical behaviors. Talk about some of the things that caused you stress and how you learned to RESPOND rather than just REACT to it.
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| Substitute Needed!
Mr. Orr is still looking for someone to teach his classes on Monday, March 26th. Please contact Mr. Orr ASAP at corr@cybervillageacademy.org for details.
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Concordia Language Villages
Optional Overnight Field TripNOTE THE DATE CORRECTION PLEASE!
This week is the deadline for signing up for this trip. 6th through 10th grade Spanish students are invited to the Wilder Forest near Stillwater, MN for the Concordia Language Village overnight field trip on March 29-30. The total cost is $69. Please turn in registration and health forms by Feb 29th to Lauren Odle. |
Yearbook Advertising
Each year we fund our yearbook in a variety of ways. Students pay for individual yearbooks, but we try to lower that price by adding advertising. Do you have a business or service that you'd like to advertise in our yearbook? 1/4 page ads are $25, 1/2 page are $50 and whole page ads are $100.
An additional opportunity to embarrass....er... honor your student is to send us a baby picture and caption or message for your child (or both!) for $5 each. This includes High School students!
Please click here to email Lauren if you are interested in advertising, adding baby pictures or messages. Our deadline is mid-April. Thanks for your support! |
Join us for History Day
Come help the Level 2, 3, and 3+ students celebrate History Day on Tuesday, February 28 from 3:00-4:00. This year's research theme is Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History. Exhibits will be in the Gym and Websites and a Documentary will be in the Music Room. More Websites will be presented in the upstairs Science Lab. Student Council students will sell snacks in the entryway to the gym. Note that students DO NOT have to bring card tables for their exhbits. We will have enough tables at school. Street parking may be your best bet. Please be careful if you enter the parking lot because Talmud Torah dismisses students at 3:15. Thank you, thank you, thank you to parents and former CVA students who have volunteered to be judges this year. We now have 20! See you at the fair!
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Treats Needed for History Day Judges
Each year one of the ways we show our appreciation for History Day judges is to give them treats. This year the treats will be in the Global Studies room.Each year one of the ways we show our appreciation for History Day judges is to give them treats. This year the treats will be in the Global Studies room. Please contact Dominique if you are able to bring treats on Tuesday, February 28 at 2:00.
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Two Language Learning Scholarship Opportunities Available for Minnesota Residents
You are probably aware of the Concordia Language Villages field trips that CVA students have been going to for several years. In addition to the field trip program, CLV also offers 1, 2 and 4 week summer programs. These are tremendously effective ways to learn a new language and now there is some significant financial support available for your children. Languages include Arabic, Danish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, English & Korean.
Office of Higher Education:Minnesota residents in grades 3-11 are eligible for $1000 Minnesota State scholarships for Concordia Language Villages sessions. Click here to learn how to apply.
Passport Fund: Concordia Language Villages also offers scholarships for summer youth programs in ALL languages. The deadline for Passport Fund scholarship applications is February 29. Click here to print a scholarship application form.
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Pennies for Patients updates
Thanks to you all for your wonderful donations! This year, we earned $346.80 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This is an incredible achievement. Our goal was $400, and although we did not reach that goal and there will be no water balloon fight at the end of the year picnic, you should all be very proud of yourselves! WAY TO GO, CVA!
To learn more about the LLS or Pennies for Patients, please click here to follow the link to their website.
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Yours for the kids, 
The Team at
Cyber Village Academy
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