News from the Village - Cyber Village Academy's Weekly e-Newsletter

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

Mission

Cyber Village Academy prepares students to meet the challenge of a rapidly changing world with confidence by helping them to become

inquiring, knowledgeable, caring and active citizens who value academic rigor, integrity, self reliance and compassion.

Greetings!

I have the same question on my mind as everyone else this week: When will the snow end!?? Oh well, at least the sun is shining now. Mr. S. just reminded me that Field Day is supposed to be in less than two weeks - May 1!

Thank you to everyone for their patience as we worked on the decision to postpone the musicals on Thursday. The older kids were working on the dress rehearsal when Mrs. Naglak and I conferred, and it was great to see them all in their costumes and so ready for the performance. Once it finally happens, it's going to be great! Stay tuned for a finalized date. Hope to see you all there!

Dave Glick

Eagle Bluff

There will be a mandatory Eagle Bluff meeting on Monday, April 29 at 8:00 a.m. in Amanda's room. Please contact Amanda with any questions.

Talent Show and Silent Auction

What: CVA Talent Show & Silent Dessert Auction

Where: CVA Gym

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013

Time: Talent Show beginning at 7:00 P.M. (Dessert Auction during Intermission)

Your Part

Bring in a dessert for the auction. (Tables will be set up for the dessert auction near the entrance of the auditorium.)
Support CVA by bidding on the desserts.
Cheer on our students as they display visual and creative talents.

Silent Auction Guidelines

Desserts will be placed on tables near the entry. Please have them set out prior to the beginning of the talent show.
You are to wander around (socialize), feasting your eyes on the scrumptious desserts that are up for bid, signing your name and dollar amount to any and all that make your mouth water.
Make sure to go back to double (and triple) check your favorites to be sure that no one out-bids you!
At the end of the allotted auction time (intermission), all bids will cease.
Immediately following the intermission, winners of the delicious desserts will be announced. Payment is needed at this time.

May Lunch Orders

Lunch orders for May are due in the office by April 29. For a copy of the form, click here. All Monday and Tuesday hot lunches must be pre-ordered and pre-paid! Please do not send money with your child in the morning to purchase a lunch for that same day.

Pizza Wednesdays will continue offering cheese and pepperoni pizza for $3 per slice or 2 slices for $5. However, students are requested to pay in advance into a lunch account using the attached order form rather than bringing cash each week.

Milk is also available daily at a cost of $0.05 to students. Students can sign up for milk in advance, or purchase it daily.

Student Email Accounts

CVA will be moving the hosting of student email to Gmail this summer. This does not mean you will have a "@gmail.com" email account. Your email address will remain the same. The move will be completed the first week of July. Here is the important information you need to be aware of:

Before the switch

NONE of your files or emails will be moved to Gmail.

If you have any contacts, emails, or files in CVA's current student email system, please start saving that information. After the switch over is complete, your old accounts will be deactivated and you will no longer be able to access that account.

After the switch

Starting July 1st, make sure to use the Student Email link on CVA's website. When the move is complete, we will change that link to point to our new server.

Your email address will NOT change.

When logging onto email, you will no longer need the "@cva.k12.mn.us". Only enter your username (everything before the @ in your email address).

The password you use to logon will NOT change.

If you have any questions, please contact Gerry.

Student Spotlight

Zander D. ("Zandrax") recently won third place in a Minecraft contest held by St. Paul Public Libraries. Feedback from judging was, "Judges were wowed by the obvious care and effort you took in designing your Hogwarts library, as well as very charmed by the video tour. The dance floor, as well as dancing, were a huge hit!" Zander was awarded an iTunes gift card.

To check out his work, click here!

Family Fun Night

Huge Success!

What a great night! I'm sorry if you had to miss it--we had a lot of fun! About 27 families attended, including toddlers, kids, teens, parents and grandparents, for about 90 - 100 people.
We had some action packed dodge ball games, amazing origami, beautiful art work, silly photos, new martial arts moves, rousing games and bingo! See the slide show on the

Parent Group website

Thanks to all of the volunteers who made it happen--and for going the extra mile to get supplies, come early to set up, and work all night to make sure things went smoothly. Volunteers were Julie Swanson, Dana White, Misha Liang, Michelle Albrecht de Grados, Amber Van Dyke, Jenny Edgerton, Roy Liang, Carlos Grados, Emeline Beager, and Carl Anderson. Our door watchers were also appreciated, or no one would have gotten in: Dave Glick, Megan Cole, Beth Samy, and Chad Rosa.

We're thinking of having the Second Annual Family Fun Night in the fall next year. We'll keep you posted. Hope you can make it!

Mini-Society Donations

Mini-Society for Levels A and B will begin next week! Mrs. Koenen and Christy are in need of donations for the final auction that occurs at the end of Mini-Society. Students use the currency they have created and earned to purchase the items.

If you have any small toys, games, gift cards or similar items that third, fourth and fifth graders would enjoy, please drop them off to Mrs. Koenen or Christy. It's amazing what treasures can be found in the dollar bins or the never-been-opened items available at garage sales.

Thanks in advance for your help! And thank you to the Taylor family for your generous donation this week!

Open House for Cherie

TODAY, FRIDAY, APRIL 19!

4:30-6:00 PM

CVA is hosting an open house to honor Cherie Neima who has retired this year after dedicating 15 years to CVA's success. As the first teacher hired and a board member when the school was started, her efforts and personal sacrifice through the years have resulted in many valuable policies and practices within the school, among them a spirit of excellence and academic achievement, of caring and community.

If you and your children would like to express your appreciation for Cherie, please plan to attend the open house in the library at CVA. If you would like to contribute snacks of any sort please email Jennifer Naglak. We are also making a memory book so if you would like to contribute a picture and/or a short memory to share with Cherie please email them to Lauren Odle.

If you are in contact with CVA alumni please pass this message along. See you then!

Yearbooks Are Coming

Our team has been hard at work putting together a fabulous, 64 page, full color yearbook to collect some great memories! Order forms went into mailboxes last week or to print your own, click here. Each yearbook is $10, but if your family orders more than one (for siblings) there is a $1 discount for the 2nd, $2 for the 3rd, $3 for the 4th and so on. To guarantee a yearbook your order needs to be in to Melissa by April 30th.

In the past parents have had fun tormenting their graduating 8th graders by including a picture from their younger years as babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary students. LAST CALL - If you are interested in this (no cost) activity, please email the picture to Lauren Odle by April 26th. If you need one scanned she can also help with that.

Also, if you are interested in placing an advertisement for your business there is space available at $100 for a full page ad, $50 for ½ page, and $25 for a quarter page. Please contact Lauren Odle if you are interested in this. This deadline is also April 19th .

Yearbooks will be distributed the last week of school.

MCA Testing

MCA Testing is here! Please review the schedule below and be sure you get plenty of sleep and eat a healthy breakfast before coming to school!

Math Testing (based on your math level):

April 23: Math 2 and Math 2/3

April 24: Math B and MAKE-UP TESTING

Science (based on your grade):

April 29: ALL 5th Graders

April 30: ALL 8th Graders

PASCAL TESTING DATES:

Please contact Melissa to sign up. All testing times start at 8:45.

April 25

April 26

Students can take practice tests online. For directions to access an item sampler, click here. 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. We encourage students to take the practice test.

CVA Spring Clean-Up

and Planting

Saturday, May 11

9:00 a.m - Noon

CVA School Grounds

This is our first Annual Spring Clean-Up. (Hopefully the snow will be gone!) Bring your family to help keep our school grounds beautiful. Your child can also get Community Service credit for this, and you can get credit towards your volunteer hours for CVA. If you are an avid gardener or Master Gardener and can help us in the planning stages that would be great. Please see the link at the bottom of this notice to let us know.

We will be:

Cleaning up litter
Cleaning out garden beds
Spreading mulch
Planting new flowers/plants

Bring a blanket and picnic lunch (for your family), too--so afterwards we can hang-out, visit, eat and admire our handiwork!

More detailed information will be coming soon, or you can always check the Parent Group website . To go directly to the Spring Clean-Up & Planting page, click here.

We walk in honor of Emily B, a CVA graduate, who has been diagnosed with MS!

To register, click on the following link. This link will bring you to our team page: "Monkey Team of the Future." To join the team, click on the 'Join Team' button (right side of the page). Each person must register individually. Click here for the link.

What is MS?

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease that over 9000 people struggle with every day in Minnesota alone. MS is a disease that eats away at the myelin of the nerves of the brain. It can cause people to be forgetful, have trouble walking, seeing, talking, and a lot more. MS effects everyone differently.

What is the MS Walk?

The MS walk is a 6.5 mile walk, starting at Minnehaha Park. This is a great event for families, and a fun time to chat with your friends!

When is the MS Walk?

The MS walk is on Sunday morning, May 5.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The CVA Student Council

Eco Game of the Week

Schoolyard Recycling!!

brought to you by the CVA Student Council/Eco Team

So you think you are "green"? Prove it by sorting recyclables, compostables and trash. To play Schoolyard Recycling, click here!

Yours for the kids,
The Team at

Cyber Village Academy