‘Paws’ for News from the Principal

June 2, 2017

COWERN PAWPRINTS Upcoming Events

June 8

5th Grade Graduation

1:45 p.m.

June 9

Last Day of School “School’s out for summer!”

Contact Information

Adventure Connection 651-748-6898 Attendance 651-748-6824

Office 651-748-6800

School Nurse

651-748-6815

Future events can be found

on the Cowern website

listed below:

http://www.isd622.org/

cowern

Cowern Elementary

2131 Margaret Street

North Saint Paul, MN 55109

http://www.isd622.org/

cowern

Dear Cowern Families & Friends, Dr. Seuss said, “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” We’ve had about 165 days of school this year and countless memories! I’d like to share some of my favorite moments from the school year. Your children may have mentioned that I often eat lunch in the cafeteria, typically with Kindergarten and 1st grade students. This is one of my favorite parts of each day, because the stu-dents’ love for school and each other is admirable. I also have enjoyed our numer-ous all school events, includ-ing the Fund Run, Veterans

Day program, Vikings as-sembly, and carnival. The way our school community pulls together and makes these events happen is im-pressive. I’d be remiss not to mention the moments I’ve shared with staff—I appreci-ate their dedication to servic-ing students, reviewing data to make instructional deci-sions, and overall sense of pride in our Cowern commu-nity. It has been a great year!! At the end of this school year, we will be saying good-bye to seven of our licensed staff members. I’ve appreci-ated their dedication to Cowern and they will be greatly missed. Our music teacher, Ms. Caroline Amrich, has been instrumen-tal in building the music pro-gram. She has taken a new position at a charter school in Minnetonka. Mrs. Amanda Bell has served as our speech language pathologist. She is an advocate for students who receive specialized services and will be working with our younger learners, still in Dis-trict 622. Ms. Jackie

Eichenberger is headed to Harvard! We have been for-tunate to have her as a leader in our building and providing programming to our English learners. Our 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Kelli Johnson, will be teaching at Eagle Point starting next school year. She has been a mem-ber of the leadership team and helps support our build-ing in many ways. Mr. Kurt Kirschling will be taking his expertise in serving students with disabilities to a nearby district. He has helped sup-port many students in his time at Cowern. Ms. Katie LeTourneau was our 2nd grade teacher this school year and built a strong class-room community. Our gym teacher, Mrs. Snyder, is retir-ing after 33 years in educa-tion. She has a kindness about her that will be missed in the building. Thank you, families, for all of the memories, support, and entrusting us with your children. Have a wonderful summer. Best, Dr. Jen Wilson

Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end.

They simply mean I’ll miss you, until we meet again.

Our Cub Club Winners enjoyed lunch with Principal Wilson on

The winners are: Ella Vaughn, Jhanavie

Lachminarain

Ben Roering, Riley Bow-

er

Renneke

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From the Health Office

Library Books

While you’re doing your spring cleaning, please look for any library books belonging to Cowern. Thanks for your help!

The end of the year is quickly approaching. If your child has medication in the school health office, a plan needs to be put in place for medication pick-up. Any leftover medication should be physically picked up on the last day of school by a parent or guardian. If this is not possible, arrangements must be made for alternative pick-up. In such cases, please call Anne O’Brien at 651-748-6815. If the medication is NOT picked up by the last day of school on June 9th, the medication will be dis-posed of at the end of the day on June 10th. Thank you.

Be healthy. Be happy. Be well.

ATTENTION: Parents of Students Keeping Medication in the Health Office at School

Lost & Found All lost and found items will be donated on Thursday, June 9. Please check for your child’s lost items before the school year ends! They are hanging on the rack, down the stairs next to the reception desk.

Congratulations To Our Cub Club Winners!

Our Cub Club Winners enjoyed lunch with Principal Wilson on Friday, May 26.

The winners are: KG - Ella Vaughn, Jhanavie Lachminarain 1st - Levi Hoflock, Ruth Beale 2nd - Ben Roering, Riley Bower 3rd - Kayln Schons, Leila Renneke 4th - Alessandra Morales, Alaina Franco 5th - Toni Lynn Hipkins, Amina Mohamed

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PTG (Parent Teacher Group)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PTG Meeting

9/11; 6:30 p.m.

at Cowern School

We’re on Facebook!

Cowern Elementary

Parent Teacher Group

Thank You! THANK YOU to all our teachers, staff, and volunteers for a successful 2016-2017 school year! Whether it was counting box tops, replenishing cheese dip at the dance, marking laps at the Fund Run, calling restaurants for fundraisers, running raffles at movie night, ushering at Musicville, or one of the many, MANY more activities that raised funds for new technology to help all students learn, THANK YOU. WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU!!!

Plaza Theater Movie Night

Movie to be announced

When: Coming next Sept. 2017!

Time: 6pm

Cost: $3

($2 of the $3 admission comes back to Cowern)

“See you at the movies!”

PTG Upcoming Events—Mark Your Calendars! NOW through June 9, 2017: Cowern Elementary Pizza Fundraiser! Order Pizza online from any Papa John’s metro-area location using promo code “Cowern20” and you will get 20% off your purchase which will go directly to supporting Cowern! MARK YOUR CALENDAR: First PTG meeting of the year will be September 11, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at Cowern. See you then! Keep up on all things Cowern Parent Teacher Group by joining our Facebook group at www.facebook.com/cowernptg or subscr ibing to our calendar at http://bit.ly/2rmoFBE.

Questions or concerns?

Contact us at

cowern622@gmail.com

Kari Aase Manny Alvarez Nichole Alvarez Caroline Amrich Mary Andren Amanda Bell Julie Bergman Peter Bergman Deb Biddick Grace Brown Renee Brown Todd Brown Sara Buffie Aaron Byrd Sarah Byrd Cheri Carver Emma Cass Nora Cass Ryan Cass Heather Chapman Katie Chapman Ben Chorlton Rochelle Chorlton Laura Corkish Johanna DeHaan Luke DeHaan Amber DeKory Megan de los Reyes Beth Dodge Ximena Duarte Jackie Eichenberger Andrea Ek Barb Engstrom

Jodi Fiege Paul Fiege Kayla Finn Jim Foster Lynsey Foster Danielle Gates Mary Glagavs Tracy Goetti Barb Goracki Dawn Goracki Gerald Goracki Danielle Grass Tyler Grass Claudia Guzman Lisa Harrington Jane Hausken Tim Hausken Deb Heinsohn McKenzie Hennessey-Purdy Kaia Hill Emily Hoffman Cathi Hogan Kay Honsa Terrie Hubin Ben Jarman Judy Jarman Ben Jarman, Sr. Leah Johnson Melissa Johnson Carolyn Jones Dean Kern Kurt Kirschling Emily Knudsen

Sage Kruse Christie Lamers Jason Lamers Kia Lee Sarah LeMire Katie LeTourneau Bridget Luczak David Luczak Ellie Luczak Michelle Luczak Jesse Lusti Mbaimba Mends Tiffany Michaels Jason Moldan Kirstin Moldan Malia Moua Lori Murphy Carey Nadeau Julie Nelson Debra Norum Megan O’Conor Sara Omar Carrie Owens-Sagvold Mallory Patwell Patti Peters Carson Peterson Denise Peterson Linsey Peterson Perry Peterson Robin Pettis Cynthia Piersdorf Htoo Poe Marni Pumper

Kaehla Quinn Angela Redman Alex Rhyner Kim Roering Susan Roessler Wanda Roth Michelle Schneider Mary Shake Pam Simanski Tyler Simanski Emily Simords Joan Snyder Jenny Studer Kim Swangstue Julie Swanson Dave Terry Beth Thibodeau Emogene Thibodeau Gary Thibodeau Mary Thury Lisa Torgerson Traci Trombley Mario Valento Cassie Vervair Jen Wilkins Nichole Willms Jen Wilson Logan Woods Tara Woods Troy Woods Megan Yang Abbie Zakrzewski Jimmy Zakrzewski Brian Zimpel

We did our best but likely missed a few, and for that we sincerely apologize. Please know that we appreciate you sharing your time and talents with us and we look forward to doing it all again next year!

Box Tops Etc. Collection CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Corkish’s class and her sub Mrs. Stafford for bringing in the most box tops—wahoo! The total for this round was $135. For the 2016-2017 school year, we collected a grand total of $835 in Box Tops and other labels. THANK YOU for all that clipping and counting!

Cowern Student Council Picnic Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Student Council picnic was a blast!

Playing at the park, kickball, mystery game, eating pizza and a surprise visit from

Hometown Creamery was so much fun! Thanks for a great year, Student Council!