The 2012 – 2013 school year is our tenth year of teaching minds, touching hearts at Harold S. Winograd K-8 School.  First quarter is officially “in the books” and what an AMAZING beginning the CUBS have had.  The ARC Truck was filled and delivered garnering $1,419.75 for the CUBS Ten Year Anniversary t-shirts.  More than 300 CUBS and their families attended the Fall Community Builder.  Thanks for taking time to share pizza, a celebratory cupcake and ice cream cup, to make bookmarks, and to view the Ten Year Anniversary Video with other CUB families.  Your participation was important to our CUB community.  The aerial photograph was taken on the first cold day of the fall.  The pictures are SPECTACULAR.  As soon as the details are completed, you will receive an order form to buy a copy of the photograph if you are interested.  All proceeds will go to the purchase of our t-shirts.  The yearly fundraiser is nearing completion.  Thanks to everyone’s efforts our fundraiser made $44,336.50 which surpassed our goal.  The CUBS will receive between 40% and 50% of the final total to continue adding Promethean Boards to our classrooms.  All of the products were delivered and distributed during the first snow of the fall.  Thank you for picking up your orders in the rain, sleet, and snow. 

Our students have taken benchmark tests and progress monitoring tests.  Their assessment data is one of the tools that we use to guide our instruction as well as to determine which CUBS would benefit from additional support in the After School Program.  Our initial data shows that our students have the ability to perform at high levels.  Please encourage your students to set, review, and revise their academic goals based on the progress they are making with their learning. 

Fall sports have ended – cross country, swimming, and volleyball.  In cross country our student-athletes were consistently in second or third place as a team with several runners finishing in the top ten at every race.  The final swim meet found the CUB swimmers splashing their way to a third place finish.  And, the volleyball teams completed their seasons with a second place and a first place finish at the tournament.  We are very proud of our student-athletes for their dedication to both their studies and their sports.  Students who participate in co-curricular activities are typically more successful in school.  Boys Basketball began on Tuesday, October 23, 2012.  We look forward to a great season with Coach Haefeli, Coach Bahn, and Coach Hughes-Coffman. 

As always, with you and your child(ren) as our partners, our students are sure to meet and exceed their goals.