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Middle Years Program Grades 6-8
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CALENDAR
10/15-17 Parent/Teacher Conferences - ALL students ONLINE 10/18-19 Educators' Conferences - NO SCHOOL 10/30 4:30-6:00 School Board Meeting 11/1 6:30-8:30pm Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction 11/4 Daylight Savings Time 11/13 Science Fair 11/14 School Pictures Retake Day 11/15-16 Concordia Language Village Field Trip (Optional) 11/17 - 10:00am-4:00pm Math & Science Family day at UofM 11/19-11/21 Online Days
11/21 Last Day of Tri 1 11/22-23 Thanksgiving Break no school 11/26 - 1st Day of Trimester 2 11/27 - 4:30-6:00pm School Board Meeting
12/6 - Chili Potluck/Ice Skating Party 9:00-1:00pm
12/18 - 4:30-6:00pm School Board Meeting
12/19 - 1/1 Winter Break
1/2/13 - School starts again
1/8 - 6:30 Open House
1/21 NO SCHOOL MLK Day
1/24-25 Book Fair & Parent/Teachers meetings - ONLINE Days
1/29 - 4:30-6:00pm School Board Meeting
1/31 - Movie Night 6:00-8:00pm
2/7 - 9:00am-3:00pm Afton Alps Ski Trip
2/13 - 8:45 am Spelling Bee
2/18 - President's Day NO SCHOOL
2/26 History Day
2/26 - 4:30-6:00pm School Board Meeting
3/1 - Last Day of Tri 2
3/4 - 1st Day of Tri 3
3/11 - MCA Math testing begins
3/14 - Pi Day
3/18 - MCA online Science, Reading and Modified Testing begins
3/19 - 4:30-6:00pm School Board Meeting
3/25-29 Spring Break
4/15 - MCA paper reading & math testing begins
4/18 - School Musical
4/24-27 Washington DC trip
4/30 - 4:30-6:00 School Board Meeting
5/1 - Decade Day/IB Field Day
5/6-8 - 8th grade Eagle Bluff Field Trip
5/10 - Staff Planning Retreat
5/16 - Talent Show
5/27 - Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
5/28 - 4:30-6:00 School Board Meeting
5/30 - ON Campus Day - Community and Service Fair
5/30 - 4:00 Family Picnic
5/31- Last Day of School ON CAMPUS day
5/31 - Graduation
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Greetings!
Learning thrives on high quality feedback, and for feedback to be high quality, it must be timely, specific, and clear about strengths as well as areas for improvement. This is all true whether we're talking about teachers providing feedback to students, coaches providing feedback to athletes, or directors providing feedback to actors. It needs to address the product, performance or action, and not the person. It should happen in a time frame that allows the responsible person or people to improve based on that feedback so the next performance is improved. This applies to schools, too. To that end, we're asking for your feedback now, early in the school year, so we can recognize and highlight our strengths, improve on our areas of weakness, and otherwise strive to make CVA the best school it can possibly be. Please take a few minutes to complete this online survey. The upcoming online days and break provide a great time to do that, so please complete the survey before October 20. Your thoughtful and candid responses are much appreciated! Thanks! |
Next Week's Schedule FAQ
Monday, Oct. 15: conferences from 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Tuesday, Oct. 16: conferences from Noon - 8 PM
Wednesday, Oct. 17: conferences from 9 AM - Noon
Please email your teachers with assignment questions and note that there may be some lag time before you receive a response since we will be busy meeting with parents.
Yes! There will be Study Center, 8:30-3:30, Monday through Wednesday next week.
No, there will not be the general After-School Program next week.
Yes! There will be Lego League on Tuesday and Friday, as usual.
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Attendance
Our unique schedule requires a unique approach to attendance. For on-campus days, attendance is done traditionally, based on physical presence in the classroom. For online days, intellectual presence rather than physical presence is required. That means students must show significant progress towards learning or work completion to be marked "present" in each class. There must be evidence of engagement and progress. It's not enough to just log in, nor does a mere physical presence in Study Center count during online days. This approach is intended to help motivate students to complete their work and to move towards learning-based attendance rather that seat-time based attendance. Please let us know if you have any questions!
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Student Spotlight
Check out these articles about our PASCAL student Zach and our Fusion student Brandon. CVA kids are awesome!
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Ann Bancroft Foundation Fall 2012 Grant Deadline
The Ann Bancroft Foundation Fall 2012 Dare to Dream and Let Me Play Grant round is underway. Girls throughout Minnesota are eligible to apply. Awards, up to $500, can be used for an activity the girl herself has chosen (such as sports teams, music lessons, dance, camps, theater or art class, etc. The possibilities are limitless!)
Each girl must have a mentor (not a parent) guide her through the process, and she must fill out the application found on the Ann Bancroft Foundation website. Go to:www.annbancroftfoundation.org and then click on Grant Programs, then on How to Apply for a Grant. You can download an application. Both the girl and her mentor must fully complete the forms.
If you have questions, call Katherine at 651-470-2882 or email her at klcohen1@comcast.net.
Applications must be postmarked by November 2, 2012
And sent to:
Ann Bancroft Foundation
808 14th Avenue S.E
Minneapolis, MN 55414
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Oyate Teca Project
Collection Date Extended
Help the Student Council/Eco Club!
CVA has the opportunity to support the Oyate Teca project on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The collection date has been extended until the end of October. Please help out a community in need by donating any gently used and new items. We genuinely appreciate everything that has been donated so far. Click here for more information.
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Scholastic Book Fair
The book fair will be open from 7-8 during the dance/fun night.
It will also be open all next week during conferences. The times are as follows:
MON: 7:30 to 2:30
TUES: 12-8
WED: 9-12
You can also shop online!
A few perks of the online fair are:
· it's available for an extended time and all orders ship FREE to school
· it offers an expanded book selection for all ages-from preschool to adult.
All in-school and online Book Fair purchases benefit our school.
Amanda still needs a volunteer to work the fair. This is a great opportunity for Community & Service. There must be an adult with the student. The shift that need to be covered is Monday from 7:30 to 9:30. Please let Amanda know if you would like to volunteer.
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Chinook Book Fundraiser CVA is selling the Chinook Book as a school-wide fundraiser. These coupon books have a green focus and feature great local restaurants, grocers, boutiques, hardware stores, entertainment venues, and more! To get a sneak peak at all of the great deals in this book, you can visit the Chinook Book website. Chinook Book coupon books are for sale for $20, and mobile coupon packs for use with smart phones are new this year and sell for $14. Students have an envelope to take home to collect payments and record any sales they make. As soon as they return their envelope with the payments, they can collect their books from the office to distribute. All envelopes are due back October 24th. The advisory classroom that sells the most books by the 24th will win an ice cream party! Chinook Books are already available in the office, so you can pop in and buy one any time, or come thumb through our display copy to see all of the great deals inside! Contact Melissa in the office if you have any questions. |
Staff Snacks for Conferences
Interested in showing your appreciation for Cyber Village Academy teachers and staff? We are seeking finger-foods and snacks to have available for staff during parent teacher conferences, October 15th-17th. Baked goods, dips and chips or crackers, fruits and veggies, or anything else you can think of would be greatly appreciated! If you would like to set up a crock-pot with a warm item, we can do that as well. If you can bring your item to the school on Monday morning, that is preferred. However, if you are not able to come to CVA on Monday but have a conference scheduled later that week and can bring your food item during your conference time that is just fine. If you have a Tupperware or crock pot that you would like returned, please label the item with your name so that we can return it to you. Thank you!!!
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Annual Spaghetti Dinner
and Silent Auction
CVA 8th graders will once again be putting on their annual SPAGHETTI DINNER and SILENT AUCTION here at CVA to help cover the cost for Eagle Bluff (the annual 8th grade end of the year field trip)!!! The date and time for this year's event is Thursday, November 1st from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Please mark this date down on your calendar as this is an event for the entire CVA Community. Feel free to bring family and friends.
- The spaghetti dinner will be conducted similarly to last year in a more eco friendly way. We are asking that families, if possible, bring their own re-usable dishes, silverware and glasses. The 8th graders will provide a washing/drying station for the dishes as well. (The 8th graders will do the washing and drying! :-) If you are unable to bring your own dishware, don't worry. We will still serve you!!
- The cost is $5 per person or $20 for a family of 4 or more. Checks should be made payable to CVA. To purchase tickets you can either buy them at the door or you can buy tickets from Melissa. (This method is preferred so we can plan for the correct amount of food and have limited waste.)
- The cost includes spaghetti, breadsticks, salad, desserts and beverage. Please note that there will be vegetarian and gluten free options available in noodles, sauce, meatballs, dinner rolls, and desserts!!
- Please note for the silent auction we will have "BUY IT NOW" prices available on all items. This will allow for families to purchase items right away for a certain amount.
Each Advisory class is invited to create a basket for our Silent Auction to raise money for the 8th grade trip to Eagle Bluff in May. Each advisory will decide on a theme for their basket and individual students will be asked to purchase a small item for the basket keeping with the theme. Christy's class has decided to create an arts and crafts basket!
Click here for a list of the Silent Auction items we have received so far.
If you have any questions please contact Ms. Jane, Mrs. Koenen or Mrs. Mann.
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Concordia Language Villages
Every year the 6th - 11th graders have the opportunity to go on an overnight field trip to the Wilder Forest (near Stillwater, MN) to experience a Concordia Language Village. The entire 2 days are conducted in Spanish and it is a fabulous chance for your student to be immersed in Spanish language and Culture. This year's theme is Indigenous Cultures and Traditions and will include new games, foods and crafts. The two (identical) trips are planned for November 15-16 and March 14 & 15. Permission slips were placed in student mailboxes this week for the November trip and are due by October 15. The cost is $69 per student which includes room, board and programming. We will carpool to and from the camp. For every 10 students we need to provide one parent chaperone, so if you are interested in coming along with your student please let Lauren Odle know. This is a first come/first served opportunity on both the camp and the chaperoning. The maximum number of students I can take at a time is 25. More details on the camp can be found at www.concordialanguagevillages.com
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Student Council
Sandwich Making
The CVA Student Council successfully completed their first "sandwich-making" activity for Our Saviour's Housing in Minneapolis. Along with bags of chips and granola bars, Sara H, Aniq A, Seamus F, Noah R, Holly C, Thais H and Mackenna K made 80 sandwiches to deliver to the shelter. What a great way to show you care! Thanks for volunteering! We are still accepting new members into the CVA Student Council. Click here for a permission slip. The next Student Council meeting is on Tuesday, Oct 23.
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CVA SOCCER UPDATE
Next Week's Practice: NO PRACTICE NEXT WEEK!
Please don't forget to turn in your son(s) or daughter(s) Medical Release form and Consent for treatment forms ASAP to Mr. Orr or Melissa.
NO GAMES NEXT WEEK!
Games this week: 7th/8th grade team is tonight Friday, October 12th at 4:30pm at Ft. Snelling Field D.
NO GAMES NEXT WEEK!
Full schedules can be found by clicking on the following links 5th/6th Grade Schedule and 7th/8th Grade Schedule.
If you have any questions please contact Mr. Orr.
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Yours for the kids, 
The Team at
Cyber Village Academy
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