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10-10-14 Greetings Countryside Families! Taste of Countryside On Tuesday, September 30 we experienced our 1st “Taste of Countryside”. This was a fabulous event that allowed ALL Countryside students to try/taste many of the treats produced in our Countryside garden this year. Many thanks to our wonderful parent volunteers – Megan Ulland and Tamara Whear – for guiding and supporting our garden project since its inception, as well as organizing the Taste of Countryside. What a cool day we had! Thank you also to our 5th graders for assisting with picking, preparation and serving for the event. Check out the pictures of the Taste of Countryside on the Countryside homepage! Students tasted garden fresh items, as well as delicious recipes made with items grown in our garden. They included:

Cherry and Grape Tomatoes

Carrots

Turnips

Parsnips

Cucumbers

Kale

Variety of Herbs

Edamame – recipe will be posted on the webpage

Salsa Verde (onions, jalapeno peppers, tomatillos from the garden) – recipe will be posted on the webpage

Potato Leek Soup (leeks from the garden) – recipe will be posted on the webpage A New Twin Cities Marathon x3? Excitement percolates in the halls and through the walls of Countryside Elementary School for many these days. Yes, a love for learning is building; however, a student-led desire is also mounting for even more. Using marathon measurements, the Wellness Committee has created a program encouraging our students to exercise the mind but also the body and soul (heart). With 26 as our favorite number, 2600 pages read is the goal in Grades 3-5. The primary grades are starting this year with 26 books completed. Countryside’s upper playground shows signs of the formation of a new dirt track. Yes, eight laps around equals one mile. How many laps equal 26 miles? Ask your child. A caring heart is perhaps the most

The Cougar Newsline OCTOBER 10, 2014

Countryside News

Message from Principal Bergman

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challenging to measure; however, Countryside staff members continue to watch for outward displays of all six Countryside PRIDE values. With a “finish line” of May 22, 2015, who knows what Countryside’s students will accomplish? Ask a child near you to find out! – submitted by Mr. Monseth Giftwrap fundraiser update: Please be aware that that end of the giftwrap sale has been extended to Monday, October 20th. Greatest thanks to our wonderful PTO for all they do! Enjoy fall in Minnesota, Karen Bergman, Principal Mark Your Calendars Friday, Oct. 10 Grand Tasting during Lunch Monday, Oct. 13 Bus Evacuation Practice Drills Monday, Oct. 20 Gift Wrap Fundraiser Ends Thursday-Friday, Oct. 16-17 No School Friday, Oct. 24 Author Visit – John McCoy Saturday, Oct. 25 Countryside Bash – Fall Parent Party, 7:00 PM at Pinstripes Wednesday, Oct. 29 2-Hour Late Start (staff professional learning) – Classes Start at 11:15 Friday, Oct. 31 Fall Class Parties Volunteers Needed:

Volunteers are still needed to help with vision and hearing screening on Monday, October 13 from 9 to

11:30. If you can help, please sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/a/livingtooth.com/spreadsheets/d/1dDdMjn3PySJ4sFBhJGQ3DtKqIqgQ31oK70sghCoDY4g/

edit#gid=0

Tracey Hickey, R.N., Licensed School Nurse

Dear Countryside Family,

Bookie Monster drawing took place on Sept. 30th

Here are the winners!

Joey B.from Mr. Monseth’s class, Erin P. from Mr. DeYoung’s class, Simran

M. from Mr. DeYoung’s class, Eric K. from Mrs. Hruby’s class, Kaiya T.from

Mrs. Weinberger’s class, and Carsten K.from Mrs. Venne’s class.

CONGRATS!

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FINAL NOTICE! JOHN COY BOOK ORDERS DUE NO LATER THAN

MONDAY, OCT. 13th!

Author John Coy will be visiting with grades 3, 4, and 5 on October 24th

. Mr. Coy is

happy to autograph books for students. If you would like to purchase a book and

have it here for the day of his visit, please complete the order form no later than

Oct. 10th

. The order form is linked off the Media Center page or you can click here:

https://sites.google.com/a/apps.edina.k12.mn.us/cs-media-center/. Just print out the

order form and submit it with a check to your classroom teacher. Most of the books

are $6.99 or $7.99.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID-THE LONG HAUL -- We have a great opportunity for your

family to order THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID-THE LONG HAUL book that comes

out on Nov. 4th

. The classroom teachers will be collecting the order forms and money

and we’ll deliver the book right to your child. Your child will receive the book on the

first day it is out in print - Nov 4th. The books are paperbacks and are offered at a great

price of $8.99. (Click here for an order form …

http://edinaschools.org/cms/lib07/MN01909547/Centricity/Domain/393/Diary%20of%20

a%20Wimpy%20Kid%20presale.pdf)

Do you know we have a new typing program? Kids are loving it! Typing Pal

for grades 3,4,and 5 is available at home. Grade 2 works mainly here at school.

It is linked right off the main school page under “Quick Links” Encourage

your child to sit up, look at the keyboard, place fingers on the home row of the

keyboard with pointer fingers on the f and j keys, and to be accurate. Speed

will come with accuracy.

Quick Tech Tip: Want a quick way to find something on a webpage- a specific

webpage (vs. a website)? Press the CTRL and F keys and a search box will

pop up. Type in your query word, like “Typing Pal” and it will highlight on the

page where those words are located. Ask your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grader to show

you how that works-they know!

If you haven’t had a chance to checkout our Media Center webpage, here is the link.

There is some great information and resources there for parents and students.

https://sites.google.com/a/apps.edina.k12.mn.us/cs-media-center/

SAVE THE DATE:

Tuesday, Nov. 18th

is our annual book fair!

Keep Reading! Ms. Mestler

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We need your box tops! Countryside earns 10 cents for every box top

submitted. Please turn in your box tops to Countryside (there is a collection box

outside of the office) by Friday October 24th. This free fundraiser can make a big

difference for our school!

Questions? Contact Countryside PTO at PTO.Countryside@gmail.com

Super Food Tasting – Oct. 10

On Friday, October 10, Chef Robert from Concord brought super food tasting to

Countryside. Each month students will have the opportunity try a new super food prepared

by Chef Robert. The October super food was sweet potato salad offered during lunch.

Students who try the super food each month earn a sticker that says “I tried it!” This fun

monthly event is sponsored by the Countryside Wellness committee.

Sweet Potato Salad

2 large sweet potatoes diced ½” (2.5 lbs total)

.25 cup canola oil

.5 cup diced celery

1 small red onion diced ½ “ (.5 cup)

2 stalks celery, medium dice (.5 cup)

3 oz Raisins

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

.5 teaspoon black pepper

.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon brown sugar

Peel potatoes and cut into1/2 “ cubes

Toss sweet potatoes in oil and place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

Roast at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes or until tender.

Place potatoes in cooler and cool potatoes until completely cold.(40 degrees F or cooler)

Combine the potatoes with red onion and celery.

Whisk together the lemon juice and the brown sugar until the sugar has melted. Then add the spices and whisk together.

Combine the potatoes, raisins and the dressing, toss to coat and serve chilled.

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THE COUNTRYSIDE GIFT WRAP SALE IS ENDING MONDAY, OCTOBER 20th

You get two more weekends to sell items from the gift-wrap catalog and buy items for ourselves. The

sale is one of Countryside PTO’s biggest fundraisers. It gives us a great opportunity to make money to

buy important things for our school like Smart Boards, hand washing stations, and many of the things

teachers request. To meet our goal and raise $10,000, each family is asked to sell about 8 items. Please,

help the PTO raise money and support the gift-wrap sale.

Please, help our school and support the gift-wrap sale. Please have all Gift Wrap packets returned by

Monday, October 20th.

Thank you

BUY TICKETS NOW!

Join us for a night of Bowling, Bocce and FUNdraising for Countryside!

Saturday, October 25, 2014 Pinstripes Bowling, Bocce & Bistro

7:00pm

Buy Tickets Now:

@ Countryside PTO Website https://sites.google.com/site/countrysideptosite

$45/Ticket or $80 for 2 Tickets

Family Sponsorship: $200, includes 2 event tickets &10 raffle tickets for the Countryside Parking Space!

The Night Includes:

Silent Auction

Featuring classroom art projects

Heavy Hors D’oeuvres

Bowling Tournament

Hip Happenings – sign-up is at The Bash!

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Oceans Spa, Holiday Cookie Exchange, Yoga Class and Evereve Shopping Event

Raffle for the Countryside Parking Space

Cash Bar, Bocce, Games and More!

Buy Tickets Now – Last year’s event sold out!

Can’t attend or want to increase your support for Countryside? Please consider a cash donation to our Fund-A-Need efforts. Just click here to

donate!

Save the DATE! November 18, 2014 8am-8pm

Volunteers Needed! To Sign-Up, click on Link Below.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044fabab23ab9-countryside/179677

Questions??? Contact:

Heide McDermott, 602-540-1452, dirltrend@gmail.com

Megan Ulland, 617-455-1396, megan.ulland@gmail.com

Kelly Wellborn, 214-536-7719, kdwellborn@sbcglobal.net

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best

of all.” Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Please be sure to check out the Edina Community Opportunities for Youth page on Facebook

at http://goo.gl/uhmmL

"Get connected with EPS Social Media. Stay up to date with the latest information coming

into and going out of Edina Public Schools. “Like” us on Facebook, follow Superintendent

Dressen on Twitter @EdinaSuper and read stories from The Mill Blog

www.edinamill.blogspot.com"

Edina PCN Presents:

Until It Hurts: America’s Obsession with Youth Sport and How It Harms

Our Children

Monday, October 13, 2014, South View Auditorium, 7-9PM FREE!

Over the last seventy-five years, adults have staged a hostile takeover of kid’s sports. In

2003 alone, more than 3.5 million children under age fifteen required medical

treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which were the result of simple

overuse. The quest to turn children into tomorrow’s superstar athletes has often led adults

to push them beyond physical and emotional limits.

Longtime sports journalist and author, Mark Hyman’s recent writing examines the

problematic state of youth sports and opens a much-needed discussion among parents,

coaches, athletic trainers, recreational professionals and others. Leave with these

effective tools to help your child/adolescent learn these important skills.

www.edinapcn.com

Jr FIRST Lego League Expo - December 13, 2014 at Edina Arts Performing Center Atrium, Edina High School. New to Edina and to the Twin Cities Metro area this year is a Jr FIRST Lego League (JrFLL) Expo. JrFLL is designed for children ages 6-9 and it features real-world concepts to be explored through research, teamwork, Lego construction and imagination. Teams of 2-6 children are coached by parents, with help from our Edina High School students, examine a real-world scientific topic in-depth, build a Lego model to represent their solution, and present the information they have learned to judges using their Lego brick model and a "Show Me" Poster. Consider it similar to a science fair, but they get to build with Legos!

Information about Jr FLL and details on how to register teams is on the US FIRST

website, http://www3.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/jr.fll.

For more specifics on this year’s Think Tank Challenge, click

here: http://jrfllshowcase.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/CoachInfo/2014%20Jr.FLL%20Thi

nk%20Tank%20Final.pdf

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Kris Pastor, is the local contact for JrFLL, can be reached at kpastor@comcast.net.

Laurie Shimizu, is a local contact for FIRST, can be reached at lshimizu@usfirst.org.

Make a Difference for Animals Join Jenny Friedman of Doing Good Together (DGT) to create simple project to benefit rescued animals on Thursday, October 9 at the Edina Community Center. Another family opportunity on November 11 will address issues of homelessness. Edina Community Education Services is partnering with this DGT to offer opportunities to serve together and practice ICCCAR values as a family. For more information and to register, go to https://edina.thatscommunityed.com/course/adult-fall-2014/do-good-together-make-a-difference-for-animals

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Second Annual Carnival Concert

EHS Varsity Band

The Edina High School Varsity Band will be hosting its second annual Carnival Concert! The concert is

particularly geared towards families and children 12 years of age and younger, to promote the joy of

music at home and in our Edina schools. It features fun and games hosted by Edina High School band

students prior to the show, including an “Instrument Petting Zoo” where the kids may touch the different

band instruments. Concert music is especially suited to our young audience members, and will feature

Edina elementary music teachers as guest performers.

Date: Saturday, October 25, 2014.

Time: Carnival - 6pm. Kids Carnival Concert - 6:30 pm

Location: Fick Auditorium, Edina High School

Tickets: $3, all general admission. Kids 12 & under FREE! Tickets are available at the door

Conductor: Andy Richter

For more information, please contact Band Director Andy Richter or Martha Lundquist at the EHS Band

Office: 952-848-3123, or visit us at

www.edinabands.com