Crocker Highlands Elementary School

Every year, our second and third graders participate in a project we call the Living Museum. Students learn about the lives of important people and share what they learn by writing a short report, creating a display, and dressing up as the person. We work on this project in the library, but much of the work needs to be completed at home with help from an adult. You can help your child by making sure they have time at home to work on the project. Ask questions, remind them of important steps, and provide explanation and advice when needed. It can be tricky, but do your best to let your child do the work.

You’ll find resources to help with this project here on our library website:http://library.crockerschool.org/pathfinders/biographies/

Just in case they don’t make it home, here is a copy of the assignment, a sheet to help with note taking, and a sample paper.

Important Living Museum deadlines:

Report Due: see individual teacher
Display Due: Wednesday, February 22
Dress Up Day: Friday, February 24

“But I always say, one’s company, two’s a crowd, and three’s a party”
Andy Warhol

We bring you this famous quote – for two reasons:

•     We want you to host a party! You can host a party for any size gathering    -  most of our parties are for 20 or less people.
•     Party can be for any combination – Adult only, Kids only or Kids and Adults

For kids – the grade level specific party are always very popular. We already have a Third Grade Swim Party booked!  We want to have at least one party per grade – so get together with some parents and plan something fun for our Crocker kids!

Some ideas:

Mani/pedi party

Miniature Golf/Bladium/Bowling/Pump it Up parties

Cooking Party

Arts/Crafts Party

Dance Party

Need more ideas? Contact your full-service party team at parties@crockerschool.org

Ready to host a party?? Enter it into our system here and you are all set!

https://crockerhs.ejoinme.org/?tabid=326620

Sincerely Social,

Cass Caulfield & Michelle Szylko

On Wednesday, February 15, Crocker Highlands will participate in the National African American Read-In Chain.  The African American Read In Chain seeks to make reading a traditional part of Black History month celebrations throughout the country and help cultivate a greater appreciation of African American literature.  The event is sponsored by the Black Caucus of National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and NCTE.

At Crocker, volunteer readers visit classrooms and read books by African American authors or illustrators, or featuring African American characters and stories. Crocker families and alumni are especially encouraged to participate. If you have a friend or neighbor who might be interested in participating, please ask them!

The schedule for readers on Wednesday, February 15:

8:30-9:00  Coffee in library. Readers assigned room and select books (or they can bring their own).

9:00-9:30:  Readers go to classrooms, introduce themselves, read a story, and talk with students.

If you or someone you know might be interested in reading, please let me know by email lisa_a_hobbs@yahoo.com or stop by the library.  If you have a preference for a particular grade or class, let me know.

Thank you,

Lisa Hobbs, Crocker Librarian

We made our goal of $100K in pledges. Our Community really stepped up to the challenge this year. On behalf of our kids, THANK YOU!! Please know that we are still counting on your recurring pledges through the end of the year to meet this goal.  We are also still accepting additional contributions and company matching.  The more we raise, the more funds we have next year to continue all the great programs the PTA funds!”

See you at the Auction!

Check our new page  http://crockerschool.org/annualgiving_donations/ on the Crocker website to make sure we received your gift. Can be a 10 day lag between donation and seeing your name.

Are you interested in having your program covered by PTA funds next year?  Attached here is a link to the PTA grant application for next year’s programs http://crockerschool.org/pta/forms/. Any program that will require more than $750 of PTA funds next year, needs to submit a completed grant application by February 29th.  People interested in securing funds less than $750 still need to request funds in writing, but can do so without this grant application.  The deadline to request funds for next year’s budget is February 29th whether it be a grant application or just an email is February 29th.  If the grant application/request for funds involves “instructional minutes” the application should be emailed to ELIZABETH.RHINE@ousd.k12.ca.us.  If the grant involves non-instructional minutes, it should be submitted to president@crockerschool.org.  We should have a good idea by early April, what we can cover in next year’s budget.  If you have any questions about filling out the form or about the process, please email us at president@crockerschool.org

On Friday, January 6th, we held the third of our 8 assemblies celebrating the Crocker Cougar “word of the month.”  The Cougar word for November and December was  “Acceptance.”    Ms. Fisher’s and Ms. Butler’s first grade and Ms. Ski’s 4th grade buddy classes were our “ Acceptance Cougars”.  At the assembly, Nico, Mason and Renzo, and (as representatives from each buddy class)  recited a poem called  “I Like” trading lines, with the entire buddy classes chiming in.  The poem was about accepting each other’s differences.

“i Like.”    I like soda.  I like milk.   I like satin. I like silk.   I like puppies.  I like kittens.  I like gloves. And I like mittens.  I like apples.  I like pears.  I like tigers.  I like bears.  I like to slide.  I like to swing.  (all) We don’t agree on anything!  I like butter.  I like jam.  I like turkey.  I like ham.  I like rivers.  I like lakes.  I like cookies.  And I like cakes.  I like yellow.  I like blues.  I like pizza. I like stew.  I like summer. I like spring.  (all) We don’t agree on anything!  Does that matter?  No!  We accept each other’s differences!

The Cougar Celebration board near the office also has a photo display of the buddies spelling out ” CROCKER COUGARS SHOW ACCEPTANCE!”    These pictures are also in the website Photo Gallery.    Thanks also to all the other teachers and students who learned about Acceptance these last two months.   Let’s keep that Acceptance coming:  here at school, at home, in the community, in the environment.  But don’t forget about Respect, our Cougar word for September and Cooperation, our Cougar word for October either!

And in case you missed it in last week’s bulletin, our Cougar word for January is Self-Discipline.  The website http://crockerschool.org/ has more information about this important word!