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The CUB COURIER Kate Valenzuela, Principal

Sandee Oehring, Interim Principal

www.ohsd.net CRESCENT HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL February 1, 2017

A Message from the Interim Principal

Hello CHE Families, I am very excited to share with you that I have returned to Oak Harbor and will be acting as Interim Principal effective now until spring break. Many of you might remember that I substituted for Mrs. Valenzuela for the start-up of the 2015-2016 school year when she had her first baby. Mrs. Valenzuela has now had her second baby and both baby and Mrs. Valenzuela are doing fine! I am looking forward to reconnecting with you and your children at Crescent Harbor Elementary. I am also excited to work with our new staff members and to watch the new CHE projects, such as our garden, become a reality. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like to speak with me. I can be reached at 360.279.5650 during school hours.

Sandee Oehring

LUV Bugs!! LUV Bugs are coming and 50¢ buys a lot of LUV! Get one for yourself or for a friend. Order forms will be distributed on Wednesday, February 1 and extra order forms will be available on the PTA Board by the office. Make sure your order form and payment are returned to the office by Friday, February 10. Only 3,000 LUV Bugs will be available, so make sure you don’t miss giving someone a little LUV by the deadline. If there are any LUV Bugs left on February 9, an announcement will be made for on-site school sales the following day. LUV Bugs will be distributed on Tuesday, February 14.

Math Night – Fun for the Whole Family!

Come play with numbers through fun games, activities, and hands-on projects. Join us Thursday,

February 23rd

at 6 p.m. We’ll have eight different stations with fun activities to reinforce classroom

learning in a fun way. Free dinner will be served and students will create projects to take home.

Students need to be accompanied by an adult.

Little League Registration Register now for the 2017 baseball and softball season. Forms are available online at northwhidbeylittleleague.org or in paper at Big 5, McDonalds, Wendy’s, Burger King, or Dairy Queen. Families are able to sign up online this year or mail your form to NWLL, P.O. Box 473, Oak Harbor, WA 98277. Take $10 off if registered by February 1st. Questions? Call the league phone at 679-1522 to leave a message.

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News from the Farm

The garden beds are almost finished and the

wood chips are beginning to cover the mud

paths out there. We expect to start planting at

the end of February, weather permitting. We

are excited to report the delivery of a “Hoop

House” kit. It is a 20’ by 48’ plastic covered

greenhouse: great for an outdoor classroom

on a rainy day AND a good place to grow our

tomatoes this year!

Contact Anza at [email protected] if you have experience putting one of these metal framed hoop

houses together. We need some special skills for that job.

Every Day Math

Parents can help students practice their math skills and see how math works in the real world by

incorporating math learning into family life. Here are some easy and fun ways to include math -- doing so

can be a fun bonding experience.

Cooking and baking can help students better understand fractions. Younger children can

explore all of the different measuring spoons and cups and discover how two half-cups of flower

or sugar gives them exactly the same amount as one full cup. Older children can help by doing

the math to double a recipe or cut one in half. Have them write down the new measurements and

then double-check their math before whipping up a tasty dish to share with the whole family!

Shopping with a calculator can help children practice addition and subtraction skills. Let them

add up how much you’ve spent on groceries, how much you’ve saved on coupons, or older

children can help decide which product size is the best value through calculating and comparing

cost per ounce/unit.

Home and Vehicle Maintenance provide lots of opportunities. Teach children to use a tire

gauge and calculate how much air needs to be added to or subtracted from car or bicycle tires.

Older kids can figure out gas mileage. Let kids help you calculate how much paint and/or

supplies you need for your next home project and, with proper supervision, kids can practice their

math skills helping to build simple structures or making sewing projects.

Saving money for a special treat is a powerful way to build math skills. Have children keep a

chart of how much money they will need to get their desired object and help them track how much

money they have saved to date.

Road Trip Games are a fun way to pass the time. Pick a number between 1 and 10 and have

each child try and find a license plate whose numbers equal the target number. Younger children

can add the numbers together. Older children can try adding some of the numbers together and

then subtracting one. And those who know multiplication and division can try out those skills.

You can also find many games and activities that reinforce math skills. In addition to online programs,

consider dominoes, card games and puzzles. Most of all, help keep math fun and let kids know that what

they are learning in school is valuable and will help them their whole lives.


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Unexcused Absences: Snow Day We still have several students with unexcused absences from December 9th -- the day school started two hours late due to weather conditions. If you elected to keep your student home that day instead of send them to school at 11 a.m. and haven’t already sent in a note to excuse their absence, please do so. Given that school was in session, albeit delayed, we will need written notes to excuse any student absences on that day. Thank you!

Parents/Guardians of 4th

and 5th

Grade Students

The current Oak Harbor Middle School Parent Teacher Association would like to invite you to attend their

next meeting February 8th

at 5 p.m. in the OHMS cafeteria. With the reconfiguration of OHMS and

NWMS, they are seeking members to form the new Oak Harbor Intermediate School (OHIS) PTA and are

looking to vote in board members for the 2017-2018 school year no later than April 30, 2017. Please join

their current meetings and help plan and prepare for SY 2017-18.

Whidbey Has Talent K-12 Talent Show

The Whidbey Playhouse invites K-12 students of Whidbey Island to audition for the Second Annual Whidbey Has Talent Show. Qualifying acts will be showcased at the April 9th Whidbey Has Talent Show at the Oak Harbor High School Student Union. Interested applicants may pick up an audition application from the Whidbey Playhouse on Midway Blvd, your school music teacher or from the school office. For more information and to download a Whidbey Has Talent Audition Application, go to the Whidbey Has Talent Website at http://www.whidbeyhastalent.com/ or their Facebook Page. The deadline for applications is February 25

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Upcoming Events Wednesday, February 1 – Thursday, February 9: PTA LUV Bug sale Wednesday, February 1: K-Kids Meeting 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. Thursday, February 2: Volleyball OVE at CHE, 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 7: PTA Meeting 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, February 8: Oak Harbor Intermediate School PTA meeting at OHMS cafeteria, 5 p.m. Thursday, February 9: Volleyball BVE at CHE, 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 14: Valentine’s Day LUV Bug distribution Monday, February 20: President’s Day, NO SCHOOL Thursday, February 23: Volleyball CHE at OHE 4 p.m. Thursday, February 23: Math Night, 6 p.m.

Did you know? The levy has paid for major capital projects such as flooring, siding, roofs,

HVAC, painting, energy saving measures, facility modifications & improvements and related

equipment. Is also provides support for the school lunch program!


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OAK HARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

Oak Harbor Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to youth groups. Designated to handle inquiries about nondiscrimination policies are:

Title IX and Affirmative Action Officer, Kurt Schonberg (360) 279-5012

Section 504 and ADA Coordinator, Janice Gaare (360) 279-5071

Students Learn About Seeds Students in second and third grades are learning all about seeds in preparation of planting the first crop in our new school garden this spring. Anza Muenchow, the WSU Master Gardener and Small Farms Coordinator and other Master Gardeners recently visited the classrooms and brought a sampling of seeds and sprouts for students to touch, dissect, and actually try with their taste buds! Students learned the difference between monocot and dicot seeds and took apart a split pea to identify all of the parts of a seed. They examined dried beans, sunflower seeds still in the flower, and learned how to grow alfalfa and radish sprouts from seed. We look forward to getting out in the garden this spring.


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