Champlin-Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science: Parent Links 2011-2012

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Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Dear CBPA Families,
This is Marilyn McKeehen with CBPA updates.

On Friday, June 1 we mailed our last shipment of plastic bottle capts to AVEDA. We will be no longer collecting plastic bottle capts as all of Hennepin County recycles plastic bottle caps. You can now leave them attached to your plastic bottles.

We still have a few yearbooks for sale. Students may purchase yearbooks in the k-2 office for $15. Checks made payable to Yearbooks or Design or exact change, please. As students clean out their desk on June 7th, we have a box in both offices for gently used school supplies for our homeless shelf. Students who have a negative balance in their lunch account, please take care of that payment by June 7th. This weekend we will be finishing our 3-5 greeting garden. On Saturday, June 2nd Mr. Kevin Brandt will be preparing the last flower beds and we would love families to help plant on Sunday, June 3rd from 10-4 pm. Mr. Mann will be planting on Sunday!

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Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Dear CBPA Families,
This is Marilyn MCKeehen. Thank you for your support on our second annual Track and Field. I would like to thank the PTO for funding the inflatable jumping houses as well as the DJ for this great event. Reminder to all students to return their media center materials on Friday, May 25th. Our second grade students will be having a concert on Thursday, May 24th at 7:00 pm. Our first grade students will be working with author/illustrator David LaRochelle this week and our fifth grade students will be going to the arboretum on Friday, May 25th. It's a busy week at CBPA. Marilyn

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Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Dear CBPA families, This is Marilyn McKeehen with highlights for the upcoming week. First of all, I would like to invite your entire family to attend the CBPA Huskies 2nd Annual Track and Field all day event on Thursday May 17th beginning at 9:30 am with lunch being served at 11:50 am. Please come and cheer on our 1-5 graders as they have fun competing and socializing with their fellow HUSKIES. The fifth graders will also be having the annual CBPA plant sale in the greenhouse during lunch and at the end of the day. All proceeds support the CBPA greenhouse and local charities. Finally, come and watch the 5th grade all stars compete against the staff in a fun relay race, which will end this fun community event. LETS PACK THE SCHOOL AND GROUNDS!! Also, the PTO has organized an outing for our families after Track and Field at Cherry Berry at 9610 Colorado Lane, Brooklyn Park. Cherry Berry is giving our school 10% of all sales form 4-7 pm. May 19 and 20 we will be working on our greeting garden. We are pleased to have the support of our community. The Champlin Garden Clug donated $2,000 and the City of Champlin ERC donated $2,009. A special thank you for the community support. The Champlin Garden Club has their annual plant sale on Saturday May 12 8 am-2 pm at the American Legion parking lot in Champlin

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Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Dear CBPA families, This is Marilyn McKeehen with an update to the upcoming week. First of all, thanks for supporting the 2nd annual Family Fun Night. Brian Mann and I had a wonderful time connecting with our students and families in a social setting. Just a reminder of the volunteer appreciation social right after school on Tuesday, May 8th. We would still like to have you join us, just rsvp on Monday to Cindy Dockendorf. It’s our one small way of saying thank you. Just a reminder that Track and Field for grades 1-5 is on May 17th. The opening ceremony is at 9:30 on the playground area. You can park in the neighborhoods behind the school. Come and stay all day or part of the day. Bring a lunch or order a lunch from school. A detailed packet will go home with students on May 9th. Have a great evening.

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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Dear CBPA Families,
This is Marilyn McKeehen with an overview of the upcoming week.
Our grades 3-5 students will all be taking the MCA state Reading test on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday evening our PTO is excited to have our 5th grade teachers present as well as Mr. Tom Haggerty, principal of JMS, on the grade 5 transition to grade 6. The meeting will be at 6:30 pm in the k-2 activity room. Our PTO Family Fun Night is exactly two weeks away. We are in need of 150 volunteers and have 60 volunteers so far. Please contact Cindy Dockendorf at 506-6030, if you would like to help out on the evening of April 27th.
Have a great weekend!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Dear CBPA Families,
This is Marilyn McKeehen with an overview of the upcoming week.

Our grades 3 students will be taking the MCA mathematics test next week.

On Tuesday, April 3, please join us for the k-5 Fine Arts night from 6:30-8:00 pm. Our choir will perform at 6:45 pm in the Rebel gym and then at 7:30 we would like all student in the gym to perform their cultural dance from our dance residency program.

To celebrate the Minnesota Twins opening game, we are having a Twins Day on Thursday, April 5. We invite students to wear their Twins gear or Twins color.

Lastly, a reminder that there is no school on Friday, April 6th. Have a great weekend!

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Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Dear CBPA Families,
I hope you all had a fabulous Spring Break. We certainly had an amazing Minnesota weather. It was so much fun to greet our students on Monday, they seemed so happy to be back with their teacher and friends.

Today your student came home with a free magazine from Medtronics titled "Science Matters". Next week our grades 5 and 4 students will be taking the MCA test for mathematics. This is an on-line test and students who are not proficient on the test will have an opportunity to take the test one more time this year to achieve proficiency in May. Grade 3 takes the MCA math test the week of April 2-5.

We have our preliminary classroom teaching staffing for the 2012-13 school year. Our class sections have remained the same in all grades with the addition of a section to grade 5. I will have parent input forms available in k-2 and 3-5 offices beginning on April 30th with a due date of May 8th. Those parent input forms should be returned to me enclosed in an envelope.

Have fabulous weekend,
Marilyn McKeehen

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Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Dear CBPA Families,This is Marilyn McKeehen with an update of the upcoming week. First of all, a reminder that there is no school on March 9th. Teachers will be preparing grades for the progress reports, which will go home with students on Wednesday, March 21. Also, a reminder that Spring Break is March 12-16. Our Read-a-Thon coordinators and volunteer teams have been busy calculating the minutes from the RAT. Please remind your student to return their RAT envelope on Monday. Thank you for joining our Pop Into Math night, we enjoyed playing math games together over a bag of popcorn.

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Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Dear CBPA Families, This is Marilyn McKeehen with a peek into the upcoming school week. The Read-a-Thon will end on Tuesday, February 28th. All pink calendars should returned on that date. A special thank you to all of the volunteers and co-chairs of this Read-A-Thon. Having a big event like this totally run by parent volunteers is amazing to me! Our 5th grade students will be all going to orchestra hall on Wednesday, Feb 29th. Our school was awarded a grant for this special event for our students

Please join us for a family event in the Rebel gyms on Thursday night from 6:30-7:30. Our Pop in to Math event promotes playing math games as a family. We will have door prizes as well.

As a reminder, spring break begins on Friday, March 9th and student return on Monday, March 19th. I would like to encourage family vacations during scheduled breaks. Having make-up homework never replaces the experiences of school. Thanks for your consideration. Have a great weekend, Marilyn McKeehen

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Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Dear CBPA Parents,
This is Marilyn McKeehen with a peek into the upcoming school week. Please encourage your child's participation in the Read-a-Thon. Calendars are due on Tuesday. Dress up day for the Read-a-thon is Friday. To celebrate the season of Fall, we are having a "backwards day". Students are invited to wear something backwards. Our PTO is excited to have a guest speaker at the meeting on Tuesday the 21st on internet safety. The PTO meeting starts at 6:30, with Bob Joiner presenting information on internet safety at 7:00 pm. I saw the presentation this summer and learned so much about helping students be safe. We hope you can join. As always the PTO meetings offer free childcare.

Kids for Saving the Earth are launching a Baggie Drive for all zip-type baggies. The baggies just need to be dry with most large crumbs disposed of. Our school receives 2 cents per bag. We will have blue containers in both lunchrooms for the recycled bags.