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During the week of February 8th the School of Innovation will be col-lecting donations for the United Way of Lake County. We have asked the children to make a donation of at least $0.25 for each day they would like to participate during spirit week. Many children asked if they could give a one time lump sum and then participate each day. GREAT IDEA! All proceeds go to the United Way to help those in need in Lake County. Thanks for your support! Monday (2/8) Hat Day (proper uniform attire please) Tuesday (2/9) Crazy Sock Day (proper uniform attire please) Wednesday (2/10) Career Day (dress for a future career) Thursday (2/11) Jersey/Sports day (uniforms, jerseys, sweats) Friday (2/12) Red dress down day (wear some red for our Valentine’s Day Party !)

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Important dates:

02/08 WHITE DAY

United Way Hat Day

02/09 BLUE DAY

United Way Crazy Sock Day

02/10 GREEN DAY

United Way Career Day

02/11 WHITE DAY

United Way Sports Day

02/12 BLUE DAY

United Way Dress Down Day

Valentine’s Day Party with

help from the W-E SOI PTO!

02/13 W-E SOI PTO

Parents Night Out Mardi

Gras Reverse Raffle at

La Vera Party Center

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Inside this issue:

W-E SOI PTO Page 2

News and Notes 3

Grade 3 page 4

Grade 4 page 5

Grade 5 page 6

Encore page 7

Speakers, pictures and

more!

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1st Annual W-E SOI PTO Mardi Gras Party

Join us in support of the Willoughby-Eastlake School of Innovation PTO on Saturday, February 13th from 6pm until 11pm. This adults only event at La Vera Party Center will have a Mardi Gras theme, so be sure to invite your fun friends and family members. Please leave the kiddos at home for this event.

Every ticket includes the following:

Open Bar: Beer, wine and liquor Dinner: Sit down dinner with salad, rolls, chicken, pasta, vegetables, and dessert One reverse raffle ticket

Schedule:

LaVera Party Center (next to The School of Innovation)

6:00 pm - Doors open 7:00 pm - Dinner

Throughout the night:

Mardi Gras-themed 50/50 bead game Chinese raffles Reverse raffle Hilton Head condominium raffle (do not need to be present to win) Entertainment Ticket Cost: $50 per person Do you work for a company that would like to get a group together to support this event? Purchase a table for $500, which includes 8 tickets, plus sponsor recognition on the regis tration site, Facebook, and at the event. This event is limited to 200 guests, so please purchase your tickets as soon as possible.

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Spring Conference Day is Tuesday, February 16th, from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Teachers will be contacting families they would like to meet for a student conference. If you would like to request a conference please contact a teacher on your child’s team. Conferences are only one day, so we are asking that requests be on a need basis. Thank you.

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D.A.R.E. Graduation for the SOI 5th grade will be at South High School on Wednesday, March 9th at 7:00 p.m. The program will last one hour. 5th grade students are asked to be at South High School at 6:45 p.m. All family and friends are invited. We will be joined by our 5th grade friends from Edison Elementary School. Please call the office with any questions.

SOI NEWS AND NOTES

The SOI Staff has noticed a trend of students wearing items that are not uniform approved. The uniform .pdf has been attached to this Spark Remark for your review. Thanks for helping us enforce the uniform policy at the School of Innovation.

This week the 3rd graders concentrated on summarizing, main idea and support-ing details, characteristics of informa-tional text, suffixes, and root words in Reading. In grammar we covered past and future tense verbs, combining sen-tences with similar verbs. In writing we wrote fictional narratives. Some math concepts covered included multiplica-tion and division facts, solving multipli-cation and division problems, and multi-step problem solving.

Some conversation prompts for you to ask your child:

“Approximately how many peo-ple live in Ohio per Senator Eklund?”

“What are some things that we decided we could recycle or re-use at SOI?”

How many cubic yards of trash is put in a landfill each year for just our 75 SOI 3rd grade fami-lies?”

3rd grade Weekly Update

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In science we began to research energy usage at SOI and more about energy conservation. Social studies concen-trated on the purpose of government, what services the government provides and how it relates to energy. SOI stu-dents used engineering research to begin to create a plan for conservation energy. We also got new Bitsbox books! The students love them!

Hot Topics

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“Ask your child about some of the other students’ energy efficient de-signs that were shared on Friday.”

“What does persevere mean?”

“What were some of the things Senator Eklund spoke about during his visit?”

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4th grade Weekly Update

Friday afternoon was the true high-light of our week. The take home Energy Challenge projects were in-credible. Not all students present-ed due to our time constraints. They will have the opportunity Monday and Tuesday of next week. Many students are working on long division in Math,

while some are learning how to multiply and divide large numbers with decimals. Our research and communication skills got a real workout as we read articles about Valley Forge and Paul Revere. Cause and effect, context clues, and word studies were also part of our studies.

5th grade Weekly Update A big thank you to Mr. Dressel, from Eastlake Middle School, for helping the students learn more about reliable re-sources! We will begin to research the Incas, Mayans and the Aztecs soon. The students will be creating a presentation to teach their peers about the civiliza-tion they researched. In Science we began learning about light energy. The students are in the midst of trying out different exploration

stations on reflection, refraction, trans-mission and more. They will finish up these stations next week. Learning more about plot and theme are ongoing within our classrooms. The students will begin writing narratives soon. Analyzing the parts of a text are key to being able to write one.

Hot Topics


“What did you learn from Mr. Dressel about researching?” “What is Info Ohio?” “How did Omar shine in the story from Science and ELA? “

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Art/Design

All grades worked on their final logo entry. They were very creative. I’m sure we’ll have a winner! Grade 5 finished prepping their collages for making the jigsaw puzzles

Physical Education

This week all grade levels kicked off our February Fitness Month by participating in 2 different 25 minute workout videos ( T25 Fitness) that focused on Cardiovas-cular Fitness, Speed, and Flexibility. The students did an awesome job with fo-cusing on their own personal health and the changes they can make to stay healthy. Next week we address the 3rd element of fitness (Endurance) by start-ing our Jump Rope for Heart Campaign. A representative from The American Heart Association will be talking to the kids on Tuesday about fitness and keeping their hearts healthy. Along with this activity, the Jump Rope for Heart flyer went home with every student and a fitness calendar for practicing good eating and exercise habits. Please read through the Jump Rope for Heart Flyer with your kids because some of the procedures have changed from years past. Our goal as a school is to raise $2500.00 for the American Heart Association and to raise awareness of keeping a healthy heart. All students need to bring tennis shoes for P.E. class next week because we will be jumping all week.

Fab Lab

Fifth Graders are cutting their jigsaw puzzles on the Epilog Laser.

Professional Speaker Series

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This week The School of Innovation welcomed Mr. Dave Malinowski of the Willoughby Fine Arts Association. Mr. Dave spoke about pursuing an acting ca-reer, his love for the stage, the roles he has taken on, and how he has found a new passion in teaching and directing actors on stage. Many of our children knew Mr. Malinowski and some are currently performing in “The Little Mermaid”! Thanks for an entertaining and informative visit Mr. Dave!

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Staff Spotlight — Mrs. Reed

My name is Lisa Reed. I enjoy being a part of the spectacular 3rd grade team at School of Innovation. I previously taught 3rd grade for 10 years at Royalview. I am a proud former Willoughby-Eastlake student and I attended Thomas Jefferson, Eastlake Middle, and North High School.

I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from Cleveland State University and Master's Degree in Reading from Lake Erie College. In 2009, I worked with two other W-E teachers to become a National Board Certified Teacher. I enjoy working each summer for Camp Invention for the district.

My family and I live in Willowick, which is only a few minutes away from where I grew up. My husband and I enjoy spending time with our little 2-year old, Noah and our daughter, Lily, a 3rd grader at SOI.

State Senator John Eklund made a special visit to the School of Innovation this week to assist with our GO GREEN capstone theme. Senator Eklund ex-plained his role on special government committees that specialize in energy and natural resources in Ohio. He had valuable information on the law making process and how long it can take for an idea to become a law. He was very impressed by our students and the questions they asked him during the Q&A period of his presentation. Thank you Mrs. Myers for inviting a State Senator to present to our students!

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