CYCLONE CHATTER 9/12/14

Breaking News Just in:
The State of Nebraska has just released the NeSA scores from last year! A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS goes out to the Clearwater Site Students and ALL Pre-K-4th Grade Teachers!! Last year, our 3rd Graders scored an average of 134 on Reading. The state average was 114 and the Unified District was 132. In Math, our 3rd Graders scored an average of 146, the Unified District scored 139 average and the State average was 112!! 50% meet the State Standards and %50 EXCEEDED the State Standards in Reading and in Math we had 36% meeting State Standards and 64% EXCEEDING the State Standards! SWEET-
In Reading, our 4th graders scored an average of 162, the Unified District scored an average of 136 and the State average was 119. In Math, our 4th Graders scored an average of 145, the Unified District scored an average of 121 and the State average is 113! In Reading, 25% of our 4th Graders met State Standards and 75% EXCEEDED State Standards and in Math, 33% met State Standards and 67% EXCEEDED State Standards! FANTASTIC-

And I’m not done yet – Wait for it - Clearwater-Orchard, Clearwater Site is RATED NUMBER 3 in the State of Nebraska for 3rd, 4th Grades Combined NeSA Reading & NeSA Mathematics 2013-2014. (This is not an official Nebraska Dept. Of ED. Website, it is a K-12 School Performance Evaluation Website.)
How about that!!! It is the ICING on the CAKE!!!
 1 Hitchcock Elementary School Millard Public Schools Omaha PK 05 277 12.5 157.0 153.5 310.5 3 2 Adams Elementary School Lincoln Public Schools Lincoln PK 05 675 17.7 147.0 148.0 295.0 1
3 Clearwater Elementary School Nebraska Unified District 1 Clearwater PK 04 106 13.8 145.5 148.0 293.5 24

If you would like to see more ratings, go to www.schooldigger.com/go/NE/schoolrank.aspx

*********We ALSO had Three Students last year score a PERFECT SCORE in READING – Way to go Colton, Jacob and Julia!!! All your hard work paid off

Spotlight Students of the Week

Aislynn!!

Emerson

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The preschoolers are really getting into the swing of things! They are beginning to sing the daily songs and say the Pledge of Allegiance! This week they learned letters E, F, & G. They are especially enjoying that the cooks are sending snacks to go with the Letter of the Day! Thank you Janette & Deb! NO AM PRESCHOOL NEXT WEDNESDAY! (Late Start

Parent Reading Tips:
*Talk, Talk, Talk!
Talk with your child everyday about school and things going on around the house. Sprinkle some interesting words into the conversation!!
*Take control of the TV, handheld games!
It’s difficult for reading to compete with TV and Video Games. Encourage reading as a free-time activity!!

Youth Volleyball Practices are:
Saturday, Sept. 13th @ Orchard 9:00-10:30
Saturday, Sept. 20th @ Clearwater 9:00-10:30
Saturday, Sept 27th @ O’Neill - Tournament

Kindergarten has been working on letter s sound and writing it made yummy spiders to eat and working on rhyming words and beginning sounds, working with creating, identifying and labeling patterns

1st Grade in Adventures in Language they have been working on World Facts about the Big Dipper this week. They are learning the who, and what and what’s happening parts of a sentence. In Math, they are adding to sums of 7,8,and 9. They are also reading Math stories to find the sums.

The 2nd graders are just wrapping up their Magnet unit in science! This week we learned that magnets have different strengths. We tested different types of magnets to see how many paperclips it could hold. The wand magnet was the strongest! The 2nd graders are learning how to write a paragraph with a topic sentence, detail sentences, and a closing sentence. They have been practicing their spelling words on the "Spelling City" app!

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New starting September 4th!!

* All students Pre-K-4th grades with PERFECT ATTENDANCE (Doctor Visits will be excused and not count against you) for the month of SEPTEMBER, will get to have their name in a hat. We will draw one name for a $10 I Tunes Card. Starting October, we will go from the first day of school in each month to the last day of school in that month and have monthly drawings for prizes for PERFECT ATTENDANCE! Make education and coming to school a priority!!

 The 3rd Graders are keeping their eyes on the weather to see if they get to go on their field trip this Friday. If not, their raindate is September 18th. They are hitting the addition facts hard and are working on mental math. They started their unit about the geography of the United States and the Caribbean. They rocked their first MAPS test and will be testing next week.
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The 4th graders The 4th graders finished up their chapters in Nebraska history and math this week with a test. (When we get those graded... I'll give you more info about the results..if they are good. :)) We also recently started learning about plants in science. We're studying how to classify plants. We're also learning about all the different parts of a flower that help it live and reproduce.They have been collecting and saving the "high-fives" that Mrs. Metschke and Miss Schacht hand out for all their good behavior and success in the classroom. Some 4th graders have been turning in their high-fives to receive a reward. Kellen Mlnarik chose to sit in Mrs. Metschke's desk during a lesson this week. Keep up the good work, 4th graders! Keep earning those high-fives! The 4th graders have been working hard since the beginning of the year to earn their "class award." Each time the 4th graders get recognized as a class for having positive behavior, they earn one letter to go toward spelling out an entire sentence. They finished the sentence on Tuesday!! So they will be receiving a reward in the near future! ALL the 4th graders got an A or a B on the math test over multiplication meanings and facts!!!

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During the summer, all Clearwater Site Elementary Students were challenged to read during the summer and then log those minutes that they read!! There were different levels that students could reach! The first is the Gold Level – 1,000 minutes (received a shirt and books), Silver Level – 800 minutes (3 books) and the Bronze Level – 600 (2 books) minutes. We did have students met those Levels and prizes were awarded!!
Ayden read over 1,000 minutes and reached the Gold Level!!
Bailey and Faith read over 1,00 minutes and reached the Gold Level! Colby, Kellen, Adyson and Joe read over 800 minutes reaching the Silver Goal and Emma read over 600 minutes reaching the Bronze Level. A special thanks goes out to the parents for taking the time to log in the minutes!! Way to read kids!!