Knights News
Unity Elementary School
Hello Unity Families!
It is hard to believe that April is already here! Spring is always a great time of year at school, the weather is improving, the grass is greening, and the trees and flowers are blooming. Students are getting excited about the completion of the school year, and all the excitement that summer brings. However, before that, we still have a lot of work to complete. I would like to keep you all informed of the events that we will be having at Unity and prepare you for the end of the school year.
Students will be coming home with their report cards on Thursday April 3rd. Parents can find the report card in their child’s backpack. If you have any questions or concerns, or cannot locate the report card, please contact your child’s teacher and they will resolve the issue.
Kindergarten round-up will be on Wednesday, April 2nd. From 8:45 AM until 2:15 PM. We will also be registering students in Transitional Kindergarten at that time as well. We estimate from start to finish the process will take about an hour to complete. If you have any questions, please contact the Unity Office.
Spring break is also just around the corner. There will be no school on April 17-21. The week that we return from spring break will begin ISASP assessments. ISASP is an assessment that is given to all students in the 3rd through the 11th grade. Our assessment window is from April 24th through May 9th. These are important days, so we greatly appreciate all the parent support we can get at this time. Please make every effort you can to get your child to school during these dates and help them have their best opportunity for success by being well rested.
As we conclude the 2024-2025 school year with the 4th quarter, we at Unity Elementary want to thank all the families who support the hard work of our students and staff.
Have a wonderful spring!
Mr. Finkey
Principal, Unity Elementary
Just a reminder that if your child brings a cold lunch and wants to purchase a milk here at school, it costs .55 cents. Please make sure that you send money with your child each day that they are going to want to buy a milk. Otherwise, please send a drink with your child to go with their cold lunch.
You can also put money in your child's lunch account so that they have money in the system to purchase milk. You can either do this online on the district website or by sending money to the school in an envelope marked with "Please deposit in lunch account for (child's name and grade)"
Mr. Chapman is excited to announce that from the start of the school year, August 23rd, until the end of third quarter, March 20th, 16 Unity students (see photos below) were absent from school one or less days!! Those 16 students received a bag of cotton candy which was generously donated by Amanda Strohbeen from Sticky Stuff Concessions!!
Also, on Wednesday, March 26th, 11 of our classrooms here at Unity had perfect attendance!! Every student in those classrooms was also treated with a serving of cotton candy thanks to the generous donation by Sticky Stuff Concessions!!
Congratulations to those students who strive to be "In School, On Time, Everyday!!"
ISAAP Testing will be taking place at Unity from Thursday, April 24th - Tuesday, May 6th. ISAAP testing is for ALL 3rd - 5th grade students. It is VERY IMPORTANT that ALL students in 3rd-5th grade are present on these testing days! Please try to plan appointments and personal days off for your students either before or after these important dates. Thank you
Field Day at Unity will be on Tuesday, May 20th! All classes will get the opportunity to spend an hour participating in fun outdoor activities and games!
Please ensure that your student dresses appropriately for outside games including running/tennis type shoes!!
A rain make-up day will be on Thursday, May 22nd!
The Title team would like to invite family members of our 2nd and 3rd grade students to “Pop Open a Good Book” from 2:15-3:15 on Wednesday, April 30th. The Title Team will be sharing information about reading with your child. Your will also receive a free book and you will have the opportunity to enjoy a snack and read with your child. Be looking for an invitation later this month.
Be Well Together!
5-2-1-0
Teach your children to be healthier. Follow the new guidelines of 5-2-1-0. If parents can model this plan, your children will follow you for healthy living.
5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables
2 hours or less recreational screen times
1 hour or more of physical activity
0 Sugary drinks, more water and milk.
It's time for April Showers, Unity!
April is definitely a big month here. Last month, we talked about what things to do to cooperate, such as having a goal, listening, sharing our ideas, compromising, using kind words and a kind tone, and everybody working together. Then, students tried out the human knot. For fourth grade, students had to collaborate and discuss a simple problem such as what to have for dinner between two options and find a common solution.
In April, we will be discussing digital safety, and students will get to attend a career fair hosted by the fifth grade class. The fifth graders have been working hard to look at their interests, and finding a career to research that matches those interests. They will make a poster and get to share their career with the school in the second week of April.
Also upcoming is the fifth grade visits to the Middle Schools! On April 8th, students registered for East will visit EMS, and on May 13th students registered for North will visit NMS.
Several students like to tell me about playing Gorilla Tag on their VR set- if you're interested, these games are available for students on the VR set to help with anxiety.
Here are a few VR apps to get you or your students started:
Have a wonderful Spring!
Caitlyn Niehus | Professional School Counselor
Sioux City Community School District
Unity Elementary
Ph: (712) 279-6839 ext. 2468
Outstanding Fees? Pay Them Today!
Do you have school fees that need to be paid? Visit the Sioux City Community School District website and click on “Pay Fees”. This will link you to MySchoolBucks where you can pay your student’s school fees online. Questions? Please give our school office a call.
Our TK & Kindergarten students exit from doors 25 and 26 (Mrs. Poulson and Mrs. Anderson's rooms). Our 1st and 2nd-grade students exit from the main entryway (door 1). Our 3rd-grade students exit from door 3 which is located behind our loading dock. The 4th and 5th graders exit from door 4 at the North end of the building. Please see the image below to assist you with this visualization. Please work with your family to agree to a common meeting place outside of the building. We do our best to limit student traffic within the building after school.
If you have a preschool child, they will dismiss out the main front entryway.
