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Monday, January 3rd
Tuesday, January 18th
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School resumes
7th/8th grade volleyball
vs. Flanagan at home 6:00p.m.
7 /8 grade boys basketball vs. Saunemin
At home 6:00p.m.
8th Grade Night
Tuesday, January 4th
Wednesday, January 19th
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7 /8 grade boys basketball
vs. Flanagan at home 6:00p.m.
Thursday, January 6
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Hat Day $1
Board of Education Meeting 7:00p.m.
Thursday, January 20th
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7 /8 grade boys basketball at Grand Ridge
6:00p.m.
Friday, January 7th
Tuesday, January 25th
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End of 2 quarter
7 /8 grade volleyball at Odell 6:00p.m.
Saturday, January 8th
Wednesday, January 26th
7th/8th grade boys basketball
Conference Tournament at Grand Ridge
Through 1/12/11 TBA
January Monthly Assembly 8:00a.m.
Saturday, January 29th
PAWS Ice Skating TBA
Monday, January 10th
Monday, January 31st
7th/8th grade volleyball at Saunemin 6:00p.m.
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Tuesday, January 11
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7th/8th grade volleyball vs. Grand Ridge
At home 6:00p.m.
Thursday, January 13th
7th/8th grade volleyball at Woodland 6:00p.m.
Friday, January 14th
School Improvement Day 1:00p.m. Dismissal
Saturday, January 15th
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7 /8 grade boys basketball shootout
At Waltham TBA
Monday, January 17th
No School
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
7 /8th grade volleyball vs. MVK
At home 6:00p.m.
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From the Desk of Mrs. Smith:
Holiday greetings! The holiday season is just around the corner and we hope that you
have wonderful plans to spend time with family and friends.
This week at Cornell Grade School is very busy. A few of the events are listed below.
First, the Holiday Christmas Program is on Thursday, December 16. It originally was
set for Monday, but due to the snow day, we moved it to Thursday at 6:30p.m. Please
have your child here at the school and in their classroom by 6:15. A special thank you
to both Mr. Young and Mr. Beirne for planning such an excellent program. I know
everyone will enjoy the program. Second, the K-4 students are planning parties and
many activities over the next few days. Lastly, our junior high students will be having
a surprise on Friday and it should be lots of fun!
Our holiday parties will be on Friday, December 17, starting at 12:45 p.m. with holiday
vacation starting at 2:00p.m. School resumes at 7:55 a.m. on January 3, 2011.
Our students continue to practice ROAR Traits. Please continue to support the ROAR
traits listed below at home as well. Students look to adults for guidance and
consistency. Together we can build ROAR character traits that will last a lifetime.
Remember ROAR stands for
R = Responsible
O = Organized
A = A+ Attitude
R = Respectful
Be sure to check our web site at www.cornellgradeschool.org. This is a great way to
see what is happening at Cornell Grade School. In addition, continue to monitor your
student’s progress through TeacherEase.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at the school (815)3582214 or e-mail me at smitha@cornell.k12.il.us
Have a wonderful holiday season and I hope you are able to spend time with family and
friend. Thanks for supporting our school.
Mrs. Amy B. Smith
Superintendent
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Stay Fit...Don’t Sit!
By: Lynette Cavinder
“Tis the season to sit down and pig out.” With the temperature dropping, it’s time to
come up with some creative ways to get up and get active. Adults and kids alike all need
to keep moving. Here are some fun activities that you and your kids can do over the
holiday break:
Exercise bands are becoming more and more common. They are used for strengthening,
balance, and visual skills. They are easy to use and your kids can exercise with you! You
can stand on it with both feet, the traditional way, for strengthening exercises like bicep
curls, upright rows, lateral raises, and more. You can come up with many other ways to
use your exercise band to keep your body in shape.
You can keep your exercise simple while enjoying it with your child. Have them pick an
animal and both of you move around the room or the house the way that animal moves.
The kids love the parachute at school. You can use a blanket or sheet to create your very
own parachute at home. It really works the upper arms! There are so many different
activities you can do: place stuffed animals on the top and try to shake them off, make a
mushroom and sit under it like a tent, work on opposite movements like move really fast,
move slow, make it go up high, keep it low. If you use your imagination, the activities are
endless.
There are some simple Cardiovascular Games that will bring laughter into your house.
Marching Band: everyone pretends to be in the marching band, playing their favorite
instrument. When you say “switch” everyone turns around quickly and start marching in
the other direction. You can change up the speeds. Blast-off: Everyone crouches low to
the ground and count down from a specified number. When you reach ten, everyone
jumps up high in the air while yelling “Blast Off!” Obstacle Courses: Set up different items
in any order you wish. Try to arrange them according to how fast your kids will go
through each obstacle. Try using a “through the tunnel” obstacle. Your kids will love it!
Don’t forget to go through the obstacle course yourself too!
No matter what it is that you do, if you exercise or play with your kids this Christmas
break, you will get great benefits from it both physically and mentally! Happy Holidays!
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
In January, kindergarten will continue to work on stability skills through jump/land
activities and through dancing/stretching. First through fourth grades will do their
basketball unit and then their nutrition unit. The Jr. High class will do their speedball
unit and then begin Health education in the third quarter. My teacher page on the
school website has all of the general information needed for this course.
Look for the December road runners in the next newsletter.
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HOOPS FOR HEART AT CGS: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART AT CGS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
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FCW Lady Falcons
Basketball Team
Pork Chop Dinner
Friday, Jan. 28, 2011
Time: TBA
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Sports Article
7th and 8th Basketball
The 7th grade team is showing improvement. The team consists
of 5th and 6th graders on the team and a couple of 7th graders. They
are 0-8 but are improving dramatically as the season progresses.
The 8th grade team is 5-3 and has 4 games left including the
conference tournament. The 8th grade team looks to go into the
regionals with confidence. Good Luck to both teams!!!
7th and 8th Volleyball
The volleyball team started practice on November 29! Their first
game is in January. The 8th grade team consists of Seyarra Ruddy,
Gabby Chesnutt, Alyson Kauffman, Kelsi Scot, Nikki Rogers,
Jessica Potter, Kassin Phinney, and Mandy Urbanek. The 7th grade
team is Emily Burkitt, Carrie Campbell, Amanda Dana, Abbie
Fletcher, Cheyenne Kreuch, Morgan Melvin, Ivy Motl, McKenzie
Hutton, Kylie Kindermann, and Liberty Vollmer. Good Luck!!!
7th and 8th Girls Basketball
Congratulations to both 7th and 8th grade teams on making it to
the state tournament. The 7th Grade team placed second in the 7A
State game. Both Kelsi Scott and Liberty Vollmer were members
of this winning team.. Also congratulations to the 8th grade team
for making a state appearance as well. We are proud of both teams
for their hard work and successful season.
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A Walk Back In Time to………1985
The members of the graduating class of 1985 were:
Patrick Henry Bennington, Wendy Alane Bohm,
William Eugene Garretson, Steven Roger Gschwendtener, Douglas
Richard Hatzer, Raymond John Howard II, Karolyn Marie Hubbard,
Devra Janae Ifft, Kirk David Janssen, Gerald Lee McKinley,
Richard Alan Kolesar,Eric Joseph Mills, William John Pulliam,
Bruce Eugene Rexford, Todd Miles Rudolph,
Randall Thomas Schwartz.
Tidbits of 1985:
President: Ronald Regan
A gallon of regular gasoline: $1.20
Price of a loaf of bread: $1.00
Cost of a first-class postage stamp: $0.22
Source of these tidbits:
www.google.com
This month’s student editors are:
Gabby Chesnutt
Amir Dana
Nicole Fitzpatrick
Matt Gurgone
Alyson Kauffman
Kendall Loudon
Seyarra Ruddy
Derek Vollmer