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Your Star Center News - MAY 2017
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May 2 5th-8th Grade Band Concert, 6:00pm, LGMS
May 3 5th Grade Parent Night at LGMS, 5:30-6:30pm
May 8 PTO Meeting, 5:30pm
M
ay 9 Orchestra Spring Concert for 4th-8th Grade at
LGMS, 6:00pm
May
11 Early Release, 1:35pm
F
amily Cartonera Night, 5:30-7:00pm
4K Round-Up at Star Center, 4:00-6:00pm
M
ay 16 LAST DAY of Spring Clubs and Track, 3:35-4:30pm
May 18 District TRACK Meet, 4:00pm at LGMS
M
ay 19 PTO Silent Auction and Community Picnic, 5:00-6:45pm
May 22 4K Field Day
M
ay 24 Last day for Early Childhood
May 25 Awards Ceremony, 9:00am
Talent Show, 1:30PM
May 26
4K Fly-Up Celebration, AM Class: 9:30am & PM Class: 1:30pm
(Students come to school at their regular time.)
FIELD DAY
LAST DAY of SCHOOL! Enjoy your summer break!
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EARLY RELEASE
Thursday, May 11
at 1:35pm
NO 4K Classes
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LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
FRIDAY, MAY 26th!
We have some fun things planned for the
last day of school!
Check out the schedule:
FIELD DAY--Kindergarten through 5th Grade
4K Fly Up Celebration
AM--9:30am
PM--1:30pm
(Students will come to school at their normal time.)
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5TH-8TH GRADE BAND CONCERT
TUESDAY, MAY 2ND
6:00PM at LGMS
BEGINNING BAND
RENTAL
INFORMATION NIGHT
If you have a child interested in Beginning Band, mark your calendar f
or
Monday, May 15th by appt from 3:00-7:30pm at LGMS.
More information will be sent home with your student.
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4TH-8TH GRADE
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
TUESDAY, MAY 9TH
6:00PM at LGMS
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BEGINNING ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENT RENTAL NIGHT
If you have a child interested in Orchestra for next year, mark your calendars for Thursday, May 11th at 4:30pm or 6:00pm at LGMS.
More information will be sent home with your child.
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St
ar Center School's
Family Cartonera Night
Thursday, May 11, 2017
5:30-7:00pm
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I believe strongly in the power of story and in sharing those stories with others.
Three years ago, with the help of Heather Brooke Robertson-Devine and the amazing staff at Star Center Elementary, we began having our students share their stories when we started The Cartonera Project, our school-wide celebration of every student being an author.
Each year, our students take a favorite piece of their writing, publish it into a cardboard book called a cartonera, then share it with our school and community at our writing celebration of The Cartonera Project.
EVERY 5K-5 student in our school participates. EVERY student has a story to share. EVERY students' book is read by someone else.
This is powerful stuff!
Our Star Center Cartonera Celebration will be on Thursday, May 11th this year from 12:30 - 1:30 pm and 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Everyone is invited to come and celebrate our student writers and the power of writing.
I am also excited to bring our story of The Cartonera Project: Every Student an Author to other schools around the country when I speak at the following conferences:
USM Summer Spark (Milwaukee, WI): June 12th
All Write Conference (Warsaw, IN): June 22nd
Illinois Reading Council Conference (Peoria, IL): October 7th
Sometimes, crazy ideas turn into big, important ideas. I couldn't be prouder to be a part of this!
Jennifer Laffin
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PTO SILENT AUCTION AND COMMUNITY PICNIC
Friday, May 19th from 5:00-6:45pm. Food will be for sale at the picnic. Lots of Silent Auction Baskets and Raffles AND.....the Racing Sausages will make an appearance!
See flyers below for more information!
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IT'S TAX DAY IN 5TH GRADE!
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Check out our
"
TAX DAY" PROJECT from Mrs. Laffin's 5th Grade class
featured in the
Lake
Geneva
Regional News!
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Congratulations to our Destination Imagination Finalists!
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Congratulations to Star Center Students, Gage K., Brennyn J. and Zoe Z., who will be advancing to the Destination Imagination Global Finals on May 22nd in Knoxville, TN!!
At Globals they will be competing against teams from 48 states and 24 foreign countries. The team competed in the technical problem "Show and Tech". They had to build a stage that moved one team member from one point to another another, create 2 theatrical special effects and had to create an opening act and a closing act.
Other Star Center students competing at the DI state level included third graders Sivryn A. and Shyann T.
All Destination Imagination Teams began working on their selected problem in October 2016.
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EARTH DAY AT
STAR CENTER!
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Thank you to our Little Explorers after school club for helping to keep Star Center so neat and tidy!
They spent their time after school picking up garbage in the field and on our playground to help celebrate EARTH DAY!
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RUNNING START CELEBRATION
FRIDAY, APRIL 28th!.
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First graders at Star Center Elementary were challenged to read 35 books in seven weeks outside of the classroom as part of the Running Start reading program. All students who met or surpassed the goal were treated to an award ceremony, t-shirt, book, and celebration sponsored by the Star Center PTO.
The top two readers from each first grade classroom for the Running Start reading program are:
Front Row from left:
Trinity D.
(129 books)
Allison M. (126 books)
Zoey A. (324 books)
Hannah K.
(244 books)
Back row: Yuvia O. (270 books)
Caitlyn H. (162 books),
Sara K. (137),
Miah B. (127 books)
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Save The Date: 2017-18 School Year
E-Registration
Please CLICK HERE for important registration information for next school year
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Introducing the
Lake Geneva Schools Community Backpack
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Lake Geneva Schools is pleased to announce a new community resource for area families called the Community Backpack, available now on LakeGenevaSchools.com/backpack.
The Community Backpack is designed to serve as a centralized, online hub where families go to find out about programs and resources for kids in grades
pre-K through 12.
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Click here for the full
LUNCH menu.
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Don't miss this exciting annual event & your chance to get the best picks of annuals, perennials, vegetables, fruits, shrubs & more. Proceeds benefit the Badger FFA. Get sale times & a list of available plants at http://bit.ly/2o3LDeS
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Badger High School Spring Play "The Anatomy of Gray" - May 4, 5 & 6 at 7:00PM in Recital Hall
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Tickets are available in the Badger High main office and at the door for $5/person. Badger students are free. Limited seating is available.
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DISTRICT 4K ROUND UP
May 11, 4-6PM at
STAR CENTER
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Central-Denison and Star Center Elementary Schools are rounding up 4K students
or the 2017-2018 School Year. Meet the 4K teachers, participate in fun activities, experience the 4K environment & register for school!
LEARN MORE, CLICK HERE
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4K Registration Going on Now!
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Save The Date: "Bob K Day - June 3"
Join us at Badger High School on Saturday, June 3, from 3-9pm to celebrate the life & memory of our beloved former Badger High Principal Bob Kopydlowski. Fun activities for all ages, food, live music & more. Admission is free. Donations are welcome to support the B
ob K Memorial
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YBASE Before & School
C
hildcare Coming N
ext School Year!
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We are excited to announce that Lake Geneva Schools has partnered with the Geneva Lakes Family YMCA to provide YBASE, a before and after school child care enrichment program for the 2017-2018 school year at Central Denison and Star Center Elementary Schools. YBASE is for children in grades 5K-5th grade who are enrolled at Central Denison, Eastview or Star Center. Registration opens May 1 at the YMCA (schools cannot process registration requests). Limited spots are available, so early registration is encouraged.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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The Badger Community Education Spring Program Brochure
Is Here
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Explore a wide variety of classes for all ages. Register in person at Badger High School or via US Mail
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Lake Geneva Schools Spring Concert Schedule
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Enrichment Programs
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& Swim Lessons
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