Happenings at the Hive

November 8, 2024

Dear Solon Stinger Families,

We are excited to share another wonderful construction update in this week’s newsletter! We are thrilled to announce that construction on our gym is now complete! This week, our students had the chance to use the new space, and it’s already becoming an incredible addition to our school. Whether for physical education, school events, or recreational activities, this new gym will be a central part of our students' experiences for years to come.

We look forward to many more exciting moments in our new gym and beyond! We will see our third grade families next week for our first music program in our new space.

Yours in learning,

The Solon Robinson Elementary Team

Upcoming Dates

November

13th - PTO Meeting - 4:00 P.M. (Media Center)

14th - 3rd Grade Music Program - 6:00 PM (Gym)

27th-29th - Thanksgiving Break; no school

December

6th - December birthday sundaes

11th - Panda Express Dine to Donate

20th - End of 1st semester

23rd-Jan. 6th - Winter Break; no school

Purple Star Designation

We’re proud to announce that Solon Robinson Elementary School has been designated a Purple Star School by the Indiana Department of Education! The Purple Star designation is awarded to schools that demonstrate a strong commitment to service members, veterans, and their families. To be recognized, a school must meet a variety of criteria. You can read more about it on our website at www.cps.k12.in.us/purplestar.

Festive Fridays to Benefit Angel Tree

Congratulations to our Robotics Team!

Congratulations to our Robotics Team on their competition last week. Team B made the top 10 and made it to the finals! Great work, Team!

ILEARN Checkpoints

As we shared in August, CPCSC students in grades 3-8 are participating in the pilot of Indiana’s new ILEARN Checkpoints this school year. During the week of November 18, your student will bring home their individual student report detailing their performance. More information about the reports and ILEARN Checkpoints is available on our website.

What's Happening in Third Grade?

Mrs. Baechle's Class

Pumpkin Day in 3rd grade was so much fun! Students did a taste test with 4 different pumpkin treats, designed and wrote about their pumpkin, and did a math investigation measuring height, weight, circumference, and counting seeds. It was a great day!

Mrs. Coil's Class

Mrs. Coil's class has been participating in several fun activities over the last few weeks:

Pumpkin Day

We had a wonderful time learning about pumpkins. We learned about their life cycle. We also learned to make predictions and to use Math tools to help us weigh and measure our pumpkins. Finally, we had a delicious taste test and graphed our data.

Halloween

We had a spooky time during our party. We ate yummy food, played Four Corners, completed an Escape Room, and watched Spookley the Square Pumpkin.

Playground Pictures

We were all so excited when we were able to finally play on our amazing new playground. It was the perfect day with the weather.

Mrs. Filkins's Class

Mrs. Filkins's class has enjoyed many fun activities this fall: Their Unit 1 culminating tea party activity, a field trip to the Shedd Aquarium, and Halloween.

Ms. Smith's Class

Miss Smith’s class learned about the Election Process on Monday. Afterwards, the class participated in a mock presidential election! The presidential candidates were characters from a story the class read throughout Unit 1 of CKLA, The Wind in the Willows. The class had to decide who would make the best president — the irresponsible Mr. Toad, the caring Mr. Badger, or the responsible and skillful Mr. Rat. Based on the popular vote, Mr. Rat was elected!

Stinger Ticket Winners!

Congratulations

The students pictured below are proud recipients of Stinger Tickets, awarded for their exceptional behavior and acts of kindness in the cafeteria. These students have gone above and beyond to create a positive and respectful environment, setting a great example for their peers. Let's celebrate their efforts and continue to spread kindness and good manners throughout our school community!

PTO Corner

DMI Fundraiser

DMI Fundraising Totals are in! Thank you so much to everyone that supported us. We are so grateful.

Introducing Beekeeper of the Month Initiative

We are proud to partner with Julie Bodamer and Julie Rivera on our newest initiative, the Beekeeper of the Month program. Each month a character trait will be designated with a definition. Each classroom teacher will choose one (1) student from their classroom that embodies that specific trait during the month. The chosen Beekeeper of the Month will have their names recognized over the announcements, receive a certificate to document their achievement, along with a Beekeeper of the Month magnet added to the outside of their locker and a small token of appreciation from the PTO. Our hope with this program is to partner with staff and families to promote positive behaviors in the lives of the students.

The November Character Trait is CITIZENSHIP. More information will be coming home next week on how to form a 'home connection' with this initiative. We are so excited and look forward to the success of this program.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers Needed for December First Friday Birthday Sundaes

PTO Meeting Reminder

Our last meeting of 2024 is THIS COMING WEDNESDAY (Nov 13) at 4PM in the Solon Robinson Media Center. For parents coming to the meeting after 4PM, please use door 10S. Ring the bell for after school care and they will let you in.

We have been consciously working towards building up our active membership and getting YOU more involved. It was so encouraging to have had such support from parents and staff at our last meeting. The last meeting was a short one, this meeting will have more information about upcoming events and plans. Thank you and we hope we can continue to build a relationship with all of our awesome staff and families. Please also note there will NOT be a meeting in December.

Last but certainly not least, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who came out and supported us at Texas Roadhouse this past Tuesday. We appreciate your support and will update you with a total for that Dine to Donate as soon as we have it.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call/text us at 219 661 7550. We appreciate all your support through our various fundraising initiatives, we don't know what we would do without you.