Newsletter March 20-24

 

Thorson Thursday Folder

March 23, 2023

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!  ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAK! 

 

A Note from the Principal
Dear Thorson Families, 

We had a great day today at Thorson celebrating our most recent PBIS all-school reward. Since we are heading off to Spring Break, with many families and staff headed to a variety of locations, we took the students on a Thorson World Tour for this all-school reward. Each grade level picked a country and planned a fun activity for the students that relates to that country. Each class then had the opportunity to visit three different “countries”. The students had a blast. See our Thorson Facebook page for some photos of the celebration!

We are gearing up for our annual Stuff the Bus food drive. The food drive will run from April 17-21 and will benefit the Saukville Community Food Pantry.  Food will be collected at all three elementary schools in the district. More information will be provided after spring break.

Tomorrow, Friday, March 24th is a professional development day for teachers, so there will be NO SCHOOL for students.  Spring Break runs from March 27-March 31.  Enjoy the long break and if your plans take you away from Cedarburg, please travel safely!  

Please remember that Forward testing for students in grades 3-5 will be April 11-21. Teachers will be going over the online tools training and sample items during the week of April 3.  Your child’s teacher will communicate the specific testing schedule for their class. Please ensure that your child is in attendance on these days. 

Looking ahead, there is no school on Friday, April 7 in observance of Good Friday. There is also no school on Monday, April 10, as that is a professional development/records day for teachers.

Have a wonderful Spring Break! We look forward to seeing everyone back when school resumes on Monday, April 3.

Sincerely,

Angela Little, Principal
Scott May, Assistant Principal

Calendar 
3/24-04/02 No School--Spring Break
4/3-Wear Brewers Gear-Home Opening
4/6--3rd Quarter Ends
4/7 - No School - Good Friday
4/10 - No School - Records Day 
4/24-Jaguar Choir Concert 6:00 p.m.
4/25 - 4K field trip to Riveredge
4/27- 3rd Grade field trip to Riveredge (Houben/Ernisse)
4/28-3rd Grade field trip to Riveredge(Leja and Anderson)
5/2--4th Grade Chorus Concert

2022-2023 School Calendar
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Active Jaguars
Thorson Club Alert: Calling all Active Jaguars! This club provides students in 4th and 5th grade with an opportunity to be active through fun fitness activities and games. This club will encourage students to cooperate, team build, set personal goals, and practice good sportsmanship. We will be meeting on Tuesdays after school until 5pm. If this sounds like something your student wants to be part of, please sign up here by Monday, April 3rd. Any questions, please email Mrs. Kowalkowski at kkowalkowski@cedarburg.k12.wi.us

Change of Going Home Plans
If your student has a change in going home plans,  please email Mrs. Burton or Mrs. O'Morrow before 2:30 p.m.  After 2:30, please be sure to call the school office as emails are not always seen before dismissal. 

4K & 5K New Student Enrollment
Enrollment is NOW open for students that will be new to the Cedarburg School District in 2023-24. Follow the instructions on the district website to enroll. We look forward to welcoming you to Cedarburg School District!

Absent/Late Arrival
If you are going to be late or absent, please call the Thorson attendance line at 262-376-6766 before 9:00 a.m. Please state your student's full name, teacher, and the reason for the absence. If your student will be taking hot lunch they will need to leave their lunch choice as well.

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Fancy Dance
Thorson Elementary School PTO presents Ties and Tiaras fancy dance!
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 6:00-8:30 Thorson Gym.  

Celebration Rock Sign-Up
Celebration Rock reservations for the 2022-23 school year are now open! Display a happy birthday message to help make a student's birthday extra special during the next school year! You can reserve the rock for a 24-hour period for $10. Details about how to request your date and pay can be found here: http://www.thorsonpto.org/celebration-rock.html

PTO Next Meeting: April 10, 2023
PTO Agenda

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Weekly Newsletter March 20-24

 

Dear Families,

BRING on SPRING!! We are ALL ready to ditch our snow boots and coats for spring jackets!!

This week in ELA, we read Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini. While listening to the story, we worked on the strategies of predicting, visualizing, retelling, inferring, and making text to text connections!! It was hilarious - we all LOVED this story! Be sure to ask your child about his/her favorite part!

We all know what cackled and lumbered means...ask us to tell you!

Our 2 new sight words were be and there.  We had to read them and find them in our game all week.  Be sure to ask us where those sneaky piggies were hiding!

In phonics this week we worked on the /ang/ ending.  We can read and write words like hang, sang, rang, bang and clang! Ask us to show you at home!

This week our poem was Spring Celebration! We sang our poem, we read our poem, and we made up movements for our poem.  We know you will like watching us perform our poem on Seesaw on Friday!

In Writer's Workshop, we started a new writing unit! We are learning how to write an Opinion piece! This week we practiced telling our opinions to our partners in a game called Would You Rather! We are looking forward to learning all about this new writing genre!

In Math this week, our students had experiences with measurement. We spent time comparing the weights of objects stressing the concepts of heavier and lighter. We also estimated and counted capacity in non-standard units, with a focus on counting by 10's and 1's!

Thank you Mr. Hannem for coming to our Thorson Nature Center and teaching us how to find and tap a Maple tree! We can't wait to see how much sap we collect from our kindergarten tree! When we get back from Spring Break we will get to try our Thorson Maple Syrup - yay!

GREAT NEWS!!

The entire school earned a PBIS reward today!! We traveled Around the World (Thorson) and learned about 3 different countries from different teachers in our school! Be sure to ask us which countries we visited and what we learned!

Have a WONDERFUL Spring Break!! 

💚💛Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky

Weekly Newsletter- March 13-17th

  

 Dear Parents,

This week we worked on the r blends spelling pattern.  This includes fr, dr, and pr words.  Words like frog, dress, and prep are included in this spelling pattern.  The students practiced building the words and reading the words.  We looked for the words in our stories and poems.  This week we also practiced the star words "saw" and "had".  We continue to practice these words daily.  Please be sure to practice these words with your child!

The story this week was Jamie O'Rourke and The Big Potato.  It is a very silly story about a very lazy man who caught a leprechaun!  While listening to the story, students worked on identifying the problem and solution, retelling, inferring, making connections, and stating their opinion.  Ask your kindergartner what their favorite part of the story was.

Here is a link to the video for you to enjoy!

We work on a poem each week.  This week's poem is called "Luck of the Irish"  We created movements, looked for rhyming words, and sorted out word families.  I am sure you have heard this poem often at home!  

In math, we are using pan scales.  We can weigh two items and see which one is heavier and which one is lighter.  We have been having fun testing them out!

Reminders:

Tomorrow is Jaguar Jump Start!  We will be meeting in the gym.  Please have your child to school on time!

Wear GREEN tomorrow!

Thank you for all of your support!

From the Thorson Office

 

Thorson Thursday Folder

March 16, 2023

Wear Green Tomorrow 

 

A Note from the Principal
Dear Thorson Families,

I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to our PTO and all who supported our winter carnival last weekend. This event was a great success; most importantly, our students had an amazing time. It was so great to have this event back. Thank you to all of the chairs for the carnival, all of the volunteers, including many of our amazing staff members, and to all who attended or supported the carnival in any way. We are looking forward to having this event back each year!

Please note that an exciting event is coming up for girls in grades 3-5. The district is again sponsoring Girls in STEAM Saturday, which will be on April 22. See below for more details. This is a popular event, so if you are interested, please register immediately.

As a reminder, we are beginning class placement work for the 2023-24 school year soon.  Please read this important letter regarding class placement and parent feedback. If you would like to provide feedback regarding the classroom environment that best suits your child, please follow the instructions in the letter and provide this by tomorrow, Friday, March 17. Please remember that specific teacher requests cannot be honored.

We invite students to wear green to school tomorrow. We will have our all-school Jaguar Jumpstart in the gym scheduled for last Friday. Please be sure your child is on time, as we will start this all-school assembly promptly at 8:50 a.m.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Angela Little, Principal
Scott May, Assistant Principal

Calendar 
3/17- 3rd Grade Field Trip Milwaukee Public Museum
3/21-Down Syndrome Awareness Day (wear colorful socks)
3/24-04/02 No School--Spring Break
4/3-Wear Brewers Gear-Home Opening
4/6--3rd Quarter Ends
4/7 - No School - Good Friday
4/10 - No School - PD/Records Day 
4/25 - 4K field trip to Riveredge
4/27- 3rd Grade field trip to Riveredge (Houben/Ernisse)
4/28-3rd Grade field trip to Riveredge(Leja and Anderson)
5/2--4th Grade Chorus Concert

2022-2023 School Calendar
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Active Jaguars
Thorson Club Alert: Calling all Active Jaguars! This club allows 4th and 5th grade students to be active through fun fitness activities and games. This club will encourage students to cooperate, team build, set personal goals, and practice good sportsmanship. We will be meeting on Tuesdays after school until 5pm. If this sounds like something your student wants to be part of, please sign up here by Monday, April 3rd. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Kowalkowski at kkowalkowski@cedarburg.k12.wi.us

Girls in Steam
We are excited to announce that registration for this year’s Girls in STEAM Saturday is officially open! This year’s event will be on April 22, 2023, from 8:30AM-12:00PM for CSD students in grades 3-5. Please see the attached flyer for details and a link to the registration form. We expect registration to fill up quickly this year, so please save your spot as soon as possible. Registration will close for all students when we have reached our available spots or on March 23, 2023. Thank you! Please contact Krista Penrod (kpenrod@cedarburg.k12.wi.us) with any questions regarding the 2023 Girls in STEAM Saturday event.

Change of Going Home Plans
If your student has a change in going-home plans,  please email Mrs. Burton or Mrs. O'Morrow before 2:30 p.m.  After 2:30, please call the school office as emails are not always seen before dismissal. 

5th Grade Band Concert
We will have our first band concert on Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm in the Thorson Gym. Students need to arrive at 6:40 pm. This will be a very short, informal concert. (roughly 15-20 minutes) Students should dress nicely and bring their instruments, music, and music stand.

4K & 5K New Student Enrollment
Enrollment is NOW open for students new to the Cedarburg School District in 2023-24. Follow the instructions on the district website to enroll. We look forward to welcoming you to Cedarburg School District!

Absent/Late Arrival
If you will be late or absent, please call the Thorson attendance line at 262-376-6766 before 9:00 a.m. Please state your student's full name, teacher, and the reason for the absence. If your student takes hot lunch, they must also leave their lunch choice.

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Celebration Rock Sign-Up
Celebration Rock reservations for the 2022-23 school year are now open! Display a happy birthday message to help make a student's birthday special during the next school year! You can reserve the rock for 24 hours for $10. Details about how to request your date and pay can be found here: http://www.thorsonpto.org/celebration-rock.html

PTO Next Meeting: April 10, 2023
PTO Agenda

YMCA Before and After School Programs
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From the Thorson Office 3/9

 

Thorson Thursday Folder

March 9, 2023

 

A Note from the Principal
Dear Thorson Families,

It is carnival week at Thorson! We are looking forward to the big event on Saturday. The carnival will be from 11:00-3:00 this Saturday, March 11 at Thorson. Thank you to all who have already signed up to help or have purchased wristbands to attend. You can still sign up to volunteer at this link. We hope to see many of you at this fun, family-friendly event!

For the month of March, we are learning about the character traits of courage and perseverance. We will have our all-school Jaguar Jumpstart in the gym tomorrow morning where we will continue our work with these concepts. We begin promptly at 8:50 a.m., so please make sure that your child is here on time tomorrow morning. Don’t forget to have your child wear their Thorson spiritwear or school colors!

Our next PTO meeting is Monday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. We will meet in the Thorson Community Room. Please enter at Door 14. We invite all to join us!

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Angela Little, Principal
Scott May, Assistant Principal

Calendar 
3/11 - Thorson Winter Carnival 
3/17- 3rd Grade Field Trip Milwaukee Public Museum
3/24-04/02 No School--Spring Break
4/7 - No School - Good Friday
4/10 - No School - PD/Records Day 
4/25 - 4K field trip to Riveredge
4/27- 3rd Grade field trip to Riveredge (Houben/Ernisse)
4/28-3rd Grade field trip to Riveredge(Leja and Anderson)

2022-2023 School Calendar
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Change of Going Home Plans
If your student has a change in going home plans,  please email Mrs. Burton or Mrs. O'Morrow before 2:30 p.m.  After 2:30, please be sure to call the school office as emails are not always seen before dismissal. 

5th Grade Farwell Messages
Attention 5th Grade Parents: The yearbook committee would love to include a farewell/best wishes message to your 5th grader in the 2022-2023 yearbook. Please complete the following form by March 10, 2023, to get your spot in this year's book. 

5th Grade Band Concert
We will be having our first band concert on Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm in the Thorson Gym. Students need to arrive at 6:30 pm. This will be a very short, informal concert. (roughly 15-20 minutes) Students should dress nicely and bring their instruments, music, and music stand.

4K & 5K New Student Enrollment
Enrollment is NOW open for students that will be new to the Cedarburg School District in 2023-24. Follow the instructions on the district website to enroll. We look forward to welcoming you to Cedarburg School District!

Absent/Late Arrival
If you are going to be late or absent, please call the Thorson attendance line at 262-376-6766 before 9:00 a.m. Please state your student's full name, teacher, and the reason for the absence. If your student will be taking hot lunch they will need to leave their lunch choice as well.

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Thorson Winter Carnival - March 11

LAST CALL for volunteers for the Thorson Winter Carnival!  We still have a few spots open that need to be filled to make this year's carnival a success!  Please click the link below to see what areas may interest you! There are two shifts, so you can volunteer for one shift and play in the other!  We really appreciate volunteers as this couldn’t happen without you!  
Volunteer - Did you know it is also fun to volunteer at the carnival? Please click the link to sign up to volunteer! There are two shifts, so you can  volunteer for one shift and play in the other! We really appreciate volunteers as this couldn’t happen without you!  
Donate a Basket - The PTO is so excited to coordinate Carnival Baskets again to help raise money for the school. The Basket Raffle is always a HUGE success and a lot of fun for the students and their families. Click here for more details. 

Celebration Rock Sign-Up
Celebration Rock reservations for the 2022-23 school year are now open! Display a happy birthday message to help make a student's birthday extra special during the next school year! You can reserve the rock for a 24-hour period for $10. Details about how to request your date and pay can be found here: http://www.thorsonpto.org/celebration-rock.html

PTO Next Meeting: March 13, 2023
PTO Agenda

YMCA Before and After School Programs
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Weekly Newsletter March 6-10

 

Dear Families,

We have been tracking Lion and Lamb days in Number Corner...ask your child what that means! We are all looking forward to MORE Lamb days ahead!!

This week in ELA we read the story The Three Billy Goats Fluff by Rachael Mortimer - WE LOVED IT!! While listening to the story, we worked on the strategies of predicting, sequencing the story, retelling, and making connections.  We also listened to the original version of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.  We did a great job of comparing and contrasting the 2 stories!

We loved making these cute projects to go along with our story!!

Our poem was Splish Splash! We are ready for SPRING PUDDLES!!

Our phonics focus was the S BLENDS. We read words that begin with these blends, we sorted pictures that begin with these sounds and we practiced making these words with letter tiles.  Be sure to ask us to practice some of these words at home, too!!

Our 2 focus sight words were they and came. 

This was our sight word game this week...be sure to ask your child where the Billy Goats were hiding!

This week during Math, we played some new games! We built addition equations, we counted with dimes and pennies and we worked on decomposing numbers! Be sure to ask your child which game was their favorite - Roll, Add and Compare, A Dime and Some Pennies, or Shake Those Beans?

*Don't forget...THE THORSON CARNIVAL IS THIS SATURDAY! We hope to see you ALL there!

Have a GREAT weekend!!

💚💛Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky

Newsletter February 27-March 3

Dear Families,

This week we talked about blends.   We learned about the pl, sl, and cl blends.  We made words and sorted out pictures.  We worked on the star words "if" and "out."  We reviewed these words in this week's stories, poems, and writing.  We continue to review all words and assess through the year! Please continue to work on these words with your child.  

The story this week was Monster Trouble. While reading the story, we practiced the skills of predicting, retelling, making connections, and answering questions.  We learned about the important skill of perseverance.  That is the character trait of not giving up and trying even when things get hard.  Ask your kindergartner how Winifred AND the monsters showed perseverance in the story.

Please enjoy the story.

Check out the cute monsters we made to go with our story!

We work on a poem each week.  This week's poem is called "Your Body"  We created movements, looked for rhyming words, and sorted out word families.  We are sure you all have heard this poem often at home!

In math, we are continuing our work with identifying shapes.  We have learned about many of the 3D shapes.  The students loved learning to draw some of the 3D shapes.  Ask your kindergartner to draw them for you!  We are also continuing our work at identifying if a number is greater than or less than another number.  We played a fun game where a student would ask for a number, and we would cross out numbers that were greater or less than that number.  The game would continue until the correct number was found.

Here is a peek at our game board!

Reminders:
Tomorrow is an early release day!  Thank you, families, for making plans for your kiddos!  Teachers will be in meetings.

Ensure your kindergartner has two snacks a day- one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  No hangry students!  :)

From the Thorson Office

 

Thorson Thursday Folder

March 2, 2023

*Early Release Tomorrow*
1:45-Kindergarten-5th grade
4K-AM--8:50-10:35  PM--12:00-1:45

 

A Note from the Principal
Dear Thorson Families,

We had a great week celebrating reading! The students enjoyed the fun dress up days and some extra special books that they read in their classrooms and in the library. We will close out the week by getting “cozy” with a good book. We invite students to wear their PJs to school tomorrow.

Our Thorson PTO Winter Carnival is just over a week away. See the information below to pre-purchase Carnival wristbands and to volunteer to help. The Carnival Chairs and Committee have been hard at work and are excited to provide a fun, family event for our school community. Please consider helping to make this event a success by volunteering to help. There are still many slots open and in need of your help. Financial assistance may be available for those families who are unable to attend due to financial constraints. Please reach out to the school office if you would like to request this.

After spring break, students in 3rd-5th grade will be taking the Wisconsin Forward assessment. We will be reviewing the online testing tools and sample items to prepare the students for the assessment April 3-April 6. Testing will occur April 11-14 and April 17-21. 4th grade will also be taking their science and social studies portion of the assessment on 3/21 and 3/22, which is right before spring break. Although there are opportunities for make-ups, it is important that students are in attendance on all of these dates. Please mark these dates on your calendar and watch for a letter with more information about this assessment to come out soon.

Tomorrow, Friday March 3, is an early release day, with K-5 students being dismissed at 1:45 p.m. 4K will run their modified early release day schedule.  Teachers will be engaged in professional development activities in the afternoon. If your child will have a change in their going home plans, please let the office know as soon as possible and no later than noon tomorrow.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Angela Little, Principal
Scott May, Assistant Principal

Calendar 
3/3 - Early Release @ 1:45
3/11 - Thorson Winter Carnival 
3/24-04/02 No School--Spring Break
4/7 - No School - Good Friday
4/10 - No School - PD/Records Day 
4/25 - 4K field trip to Riveredge
5/1- 3rd Grade field trip to Riveredge (Houben/Ernisse)

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5th Grade Farwell Messages
Attention 5th Grade Parents: The yearbook committee would love to include a farewell/best wishes message to your 5th grader in the 2022-2023 yearbook. Please complete the following form by March 10, 2023, to get your spot in this year's book. 

5th Grade Band Concert
We will be having our first band concert on Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm in the Thorson Gym. Students need to arrive at 6:30 pm. This will be a very short, informal concert. (roughly 15-20 minutes) Students should dress nicely and bring their instruments, music, and music stand.

Read Across America! 
Monday, Feb 27--Reading is out of this world--dress for outer space!
Tuesday, Feb 28--Reading can take you anywhere--Wear something with the name of a city, state, or country on it.
Wed, March 1--We are wild about reading--Dress as if you are from the Wild West, going on a Safari, or anything with animal prints. 
Thursday, March 2--Read your favorite picture book--Wear your favorite color
Friday, March 3--Cozy up with a good book--Come to school in your PJs.

4K & 5K New Student Enrollment
Enrollment is NOW open for students that will be new to the Cedarburg School District in 2023-24. Follow the instructions on the district website to enroll. We look forward to welcoming you to Cedarburg School District!

Absent/Late Arrival
If you are going to be late or absent, please call the Thorson attendance line at 262-376-6766 before 9:00 a.m. Please state your student's full name, teacher, and the reason for the absence. If your student will be taking hot lunch they will need to leave their lunch choice as well.

Cold Weather
With winter weather quickly approaching please remind your student(s) to dress appropriately for outdoor recess. If possible, it would be beneficial to keep an extra pair of gloves and a hat in their backpack.

 

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Thorson Winter Carnival - March 11

Winter Carnival Pre Sale:
The Winter Carnival is fast approaching! Skip the lines by ordering your wristbands in advance! By purchasing a wristband, your child will gain access to a variety of games, face painting, the lollipop tree, cake walk and more! The carnival will take place on Saturday, March 11th from 11am-3pm. Adult chaperones enter for free with a participating child. Children age 3 and under get in for free but are not eligible for prizes.

All pre-sale orders are due by the end of the school day on March 3rd. Packets containing wristbands will be distributed to students on Friday, March 10th. Payment can be made via PayPal link. To purchase a wrist band click here! 

Ways you can help:
Volunteer - Did you know it is also fun to volunteer at the carnival? Please click the link to sign up to volunteer! There are two shifts, so you can  volunteer for one shift and play in the other! We really appreciate volunteers as this couldn’t happen without you!  
Donate a Basket - The PTO is so excited to coordinate Carnival Baskets again to help raise money for the school. The Basket Raffle is always a HUGE success and a lot of fun for the students and their families. Click here for more details. 

Celebration Rock Sign-Up
Celebration Rock reservations for the 2022-23 school year are now open! Display a happy birthday message to help make a student's birthday extra special during the next school year! You can reserve the rock for a 24-hour period for $10. Details about how to request your date and pay can be found here: http://www.thorsonpto.org/celebration-rock.html

PTO Next Meeting: March 13, 2023
PTO Agenda

YMCA Before and After School Programs
Click Here for information on our Before and After School Programs