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Union Grove Elementary School MessengerUnion Grove Elementary School MessengerUnion Grove Elementary School MessengerUnion Grove Elementary School Messenger April 2013

1745 Milldrum Street Union Grove WI 53182

Phone: 878-2015 Fax: 878-3133 Website: www.uges.k12.wi.us

Administrator: Brenda Stevenson Principal: Thomas Johnson Assistant Principal: Sloan Allen

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DONATION CHALLENGEDONATION CHALLENGEDONATION CHALLENGEDONATION CHALLENGE April 1April 1April 1April 1----30303030

Earn a chance to have World Champion Donald Driver visit our school!! Get the entire family involved! Clean out

your closets and go to any participating Goodwill Store & Donation Center between Monday, April 1st and Tuesday, April 30th. The school with the greatest number of items donated will receive a visit from Donald Driver. It’s that easy! This is a great way to give back to your community and help the environment too! If you are taking your own items to the Goodwill store, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR THE SPECIAL SLIP! Fill out the slip, and INSERT IN THE SPECIAL BOX! Otherwise, we will not receive credit. This year are trying to get 75,000 items donated!! Get those closets and basements cleaned out and we could have Donald Driver at our school! Thank you for your help. Go Pack!! To get a jump start on those 75,000 items the PTO will be hosting a clothing drive on Saturday, April 13 from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM in the UGES large gym. Bring your clothing items ONLY and the PTO will take them to Goodwill. To help us out, please have your items counted when dropping them off. Thank you!!!

Friday Night FREE Family Movie

Night at UGES Friday, April 19

6:00 PM

See Rise of the Guardians on the BIG

screen for FREE !

Doors open at 5:30 PM, movie begins at

6:00 PM. Movies are shown in the big gym.

Feel free to bring blankets, pillows or lawn

chairs to sit on. Bleacher seating will be

available.

FREE popcorn! Concessions

will be available for purchase.

Children under 10 must be

accompanied by an adult.

Summer School 2013 Plans are underway for Summer School 2013. Do

you know what your family will be doing this summer? Would you like your children to have fun as well as educa-tional experiences with their peers? Then attend summer school! We offer a summer program for students who will be entering grades K-7 this fall. The classes will meet from 7:45 to 11:45 AM, Monday through Thursday during the dates of June 10 through July 3. Forms were sent home in February and are due by April 1st. Please return the forms and payment of $10 promptly.

The UGES Drop In Summer Recreation program will be returning this summer as well. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:45-11:45 AM from July 8-July 25. This program is free and for UGES students only.

The summer enrichment program with a Discover

Wisconsin theme, for students currently in grades 2-7, will run from June 11-27.

Congratulations to the Boys’ Volleyball team and Coach Cleven on being the

2013 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!

NEW FOR THE 2013NEW FOR THE 2013NEW FOR THE 2013---2014 SCHOOL YEAR!2014 SCHOOL YEAR!2014 SCHOOL YEAR!

Next year our school day will begin at 7:40 AM, five minutes

earlier than this year. The warning bell will sound at 7:35 AM.

Dismissal will remain at 2:45 PM.

Outstanding Students of the Month One student is selected per month from each grade level by their teachers for various positive rea-sons based on our C.H.O.I.C.E. initiative (Care, Help, Own, Include, Cooperate, Excel). Each stu-dent receives a packet of goodies for his or her efforts. Congratulations to all the students!

2nd Grade Ben Gulan is this month's outstanding student! He continually makes excellent choices all day every day.

3rd Grade Cole Reesman is always eager to help, cooperate, care, and include. He excels in all subjects and his eagerness to learn is demonstrated through all the thoughtful comments and questions he shares in class. He fills both stu-dents' and teachers' buckets all day, every day. Thanks Cole!

4th Grade James (Scooter) Molbeck is a very intelligent student with great manners and a sincere love of learning. He is helpful, hard working and a great class leader.

5th Grade Desiree Durbin is a positive role model who works very hard. She is always willing to help other students without being asked.

6th Grade Grace Klawinski sets high goals for herself and achieves them through hard work. She also is very eager to help others out and goes above and beyond on a regular basis. Way to go Grace!

7th Grade Victoria Abunaw is a new student to our building who has added a positive personality and creative ideas to class. She is energetic and has a great smile on her face every time she walks into the building. It has been a pleasure to meet you Victoria. Great job!

8th Grade Hailey Saal is a great student with a tremendous work ethic. She is a kind and respectful student. Keep it up, Hailey!

Watch for each month’s Outstanding Students in the Westine Report!

Spanish Bee

Congratulations to Janelle Shiffler on winning the Spanish Bee held on March 28. Janelle competed against students from UGES, Yorkville and Raymond to take the title. Way to go!

Forensics Team Update-First Place!

On Wednesday, March 13th the Forensics team competed with five other schools including Drought, Raymond, Washington-Caldwell, Kansas-ville, and Yorkville in a possible seven categories. All Union Grove team members earned first place ribbons. Great job team! Mass Band Mass Band Mass Band Mass Band ---- Friday, April 12th Friday, April 12th Friday, April 12th Friday, April 12th

• All 5th-8th grade band students will attend a mass rehearsal

at UGHS from 8:30 - 11:45 a.m.

• We will return in time for lunch. 5th/6th graders must

bring a cold lunch that day.

• The 5th grade will have a concert at 10:10 a.m. at UGHS.

• Parents are welcome to attend that performance.

• The 6th-12th grade band students will perform at 6:30 p.m.

at UGHS.

• Permission slips are due Tuesday, April 9th.

K-4 PTO Skate Night at Traxside Skating in Burlington

Monday, April 29 5:30-7:30 PM

Skate and have a snack all for one low price. More detailed information will be

sent home with students.

Great job to everyone who participated in Jump Rope for Heart. We earned $6,445.00. The top three money earn-ers were: 1. Brock Pulk 2. Annelise Tornow 3. Abby Wilks

April 13 – American’s Creed Day

I believe in the United States of

America as a Government of the

people, by the people, for the people; whose just

powers are derived from the consent of the gov-

erned; a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Na-

tion of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one

and inseparable; established upon those principles

of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for

which American patriots sacrificed their lives and

fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to

love it, to support its Constitution; to obey its laws;

to respect its Flag; and to defend it against all ene-

mies. American's Creed Day is a Wisconsin Public School Observance Day recognizing the Ameri-can's Creed, written in 1917 by William Tyler Page, a messenger in the U.S. House of Represen-tatives. His essay was judged the "best summary of American political faith" in a national contest.

8th Graders can start bringing in one baby picture and a recent photo for the end of the year PowerPoint. Do some Spring Break cleaning!!!! Pictures are due no later than Friday, April 26.

Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week April 15-19, 2013

Wisconsin Severe Weather Facts • Wisconsin averages 23 tornadoes annually. Last year,

only 4 tornadoes were reported in Wisconsin by the National Weather Service (NWS).

• The strongest tornado, rated EF2, hit near Patch Grove in Grant County on September 4, 2012. No fatalities or injuries occurred with the tornadoes.

• The peak tornado season in Wisconsin is April to Au-gust, but tornadoes can occur any time of year, like the January 7, 2008 storms near Kenosha.

• Tornadoes can occur any time during the day or night, but are most frequent between 4 pm and 9 pm.

• Know what they know! Everyone should have multiple ways to receive weather information. A NOAA weather radio, access to local TV, and Smart Phone apps can keep you informed when severe weather threatens.

Be sure to have a plan at home:

• In a home or building move to a pre-designated shelter, such as a basement, and get under a sturdy table or the stairs.

• If a basement is not available, move to a small interior room or hallway on the lowest floor and get under a sturdy table. Put as many walls as possible between you and the storm.

• Stay away from windows.

Some websites to check out: FEMA for Kids: http://www.fema.gov/kids ReadyWisconsin Web - http://readywisconsin.wi.gov

Pennies for Patients Coin Drive for the

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Thank you to everyone who participated - what a wonderful success! Once again the students, families and staff of UGES continue their tradition of giving generously! Every-one's participation contributed to our overall school total of $1,052.56 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! Thank you to everyone for supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Skyward Family Access

While you are online checking your child’s grades and/or attendance, please take a moment to verify your address, phone number and emergency info is up to date. If changes are necessary please call the office or send a note with the changes to the office.

Please note that the address listed is where your

fall registration information will be mailed to.

Science Opportunity UW-LaCrosse is hosting two pro-grams for kids entering 6-8th grades interested in sci-ence. The programs are Boys Science Exploration Camp and Girls in Science. The two events are held at the same time on June 22-23. The following is the link for the boy's pro-gram: http://www.uwlax.edu/conted/boysscienceexploration/index.htm and this link is for the girls: http://www.uwlax.edu/conted/girlsinscience/ Early bird fees end on April 4.

Congratulations to the UGES Ponies Battle of the Books Team! On March 25 they completed three weeks of bat-tling against the WESTOSHA area schools. The Po-nies ended up in fourth place and have prizes to show for their reading efforts. Nice work Ponies!

Math Meet Congratulations to all the students who recently partici-pated in the Math Meet at the Kenosha County Office Building. This year’s Math team included: Grade 5: Jacob Toltzman, Jesse Moran, Ayla Bounds and TJ Manteufel Grade 6: Morgan Lekschas, Abby Boyle, Alexis Daigle and Lucas Martin Grade 7: Aimee Spiering, Mackenzie Pfeiffer, Joe Martinsen and Mitchell Toltzman Grade 8: Leah Blasczyk, Max Wagner, Janelle Schiffler and Samantha DeLong

April Public School Observance Days

Prisoner of War Remembrance Day-April 9, commemorates the date during World War II when the largest number of Americans were captured in the Conquest of Bataan. Guber-natorial proclamation shall suitably recognize those who suf-fered captivity in foreign countries while in active service with the U.S. armed forces and request that some portion of the day be used for solemn contemplation on the plight of those who have been held prisoners of war. Enacted Nov. 29, 2001 from the 2001 Laws of Wisconsin, Act 20 budget bill.

Patriot’s Day-April 19. Patriots were colonists who wanted independence from British rule. Most hoped to find peaceful ways to settle their differences with England. When the British decided to look for Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were hiding in Concord, Paul Revere and Billy Dawes rode through the night warning other Patriots in New England. The American Revolution began when the first shots were fired at Lexington on April 19, 1775. Each side said the other fired first. Patriots' Day was established to mark the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Enacted August 30, 2001, from the 2001 Laws of Wisconsin, Act 16 budget bill.

Environmental Awareness Day

(also known as EARTH DAY) April 22

Former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day in 1970 to organize a national public demonstration that would bring atten-tion to the environment. His efforts made environmental issues an integral part of political debate. Environmental Awareness Day marks the anniversary of Earth Day, (a Public School Ob-servance Day). In honor of Earth Day UGES will be participat-ing in many special Earth Day activities that week. Keep in-formed on these and other upcoming events in the Daily Ex-press on the school website .

About FIRST Robotics and Margaret Rivest, 8th grade First Robotics is a program that promotes science and technology in the community. Teams of students have six weeks to build a robot that completes the given chal-lenges successfully. The video below describes this year's challenge. Not only do teams build robots, but they do lots of community outreach. They volunteer in the community and promote the values of FIRST every-where they go. Awards are given to the teams that have the best outreach programs and show enthusiasm for ro-botics and learning. The following link describes this year’s challenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa5MGEZNrf0 Margaret’s team has already done wonderfully this year! Robotics Team #1714 competed March 7th-9th at the FRC regional in Duluth, MN. They finished the competi-tion with a record of 6-4, and placed 21st out of 50 teams. By the end of the tournament, they were able to climb to the top of the pyramid for a 30 point score, one of only 3 teams to do so in the entire tournament. They received the Engineering Inspiration Award, one of the highest honors in FIRST. This award qualifies them for the World Championships in St. Louis. They had another amazing accomplishment at their last regional - a top-level climb! Here is also a link to a short You Tube video of their ro-bot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv_u2x76v90 Best of luck to Margaret and her team in St. Louis at the World Championships.

SUMMER ENRICHMENT 2013SUMMER ENRICHMENT 2013SUMMER ENRICHMENT 2013SUMMER ENRICHMENT 2013

This year’s program theme will be “Discover.” We will use re-

search and writing skills to investigate the history of Wisconsin

and discover the things that Wisconsin has to offer.

The Summer Enrichment Program is for students entering

grades 2-7 for the 2013-2014 school year. The program will

run from June 11 through June 27.

Classes-

· Students entering grades 2-4 will meet on Tuesdays from

12:45-3:00 PM.

· Students entering grades 5-7 will meet on Wednesdays from

12:45-3:00 PM.

· All Student Field Trip on Thursdays Field trips (optional) will take place on Thursdays (full day) and

will include all students. Tuesday/Wednesday meetings pro-

vide hands-on activities, important information, and prepare

students for the field trips.

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 10.

Questions? Contact Mrs. Ketter or Mr. Cleven

PTO Collection Campaigns: • NEW!! Malt-o-Meal cereal bags. They

will accept ANY brand of plastic cereal bag. • Box Tops for Education • Labels for Education (Campbell's Soup) • Frito Lay Chip Bags (any size, not torn) • Elmer’s Glue Bottles (empty) • McDonald's receipts (from SE WI locations only) • Tyson Chicken product labels Toss them in bags and send them to school with your child. We earn cash or merchandise on all of these!

2013 PBS Kids Go! Young Authors and

Illustrators Club

Another Big Success!! Congratulations to all of the participants in this years PBS Kids Go! Young Authors and Illustra-tors Club! Our club submitted 18 completed books to the Milwaukee Public Television con-test. Here are our young authors and the titles of their books: Kindergarten Katie Rivest – Poor, Lost, Rich Found First Grade Reese DeGarmo – My Family Second Grade Barrett Dorval – Barrett Accomplish Katey Guerrero – 16 Magic Wishes Isabella Lichter – Super Horse Ellanor Malkasian – Au'Saunte Emily Sampson – Emma's Crazy Birthday Alle Schmidt – The 5 Friends Third Grade Bryce Burns – The Adventures of Monkey and Bear Cassidy Danhauer – Girls Can Kadyn Fleury – One Puppy Left Kaydin Gagnon – Mom Problems Eva Garcia – Friends Help Liv Garcia – The Markers Emma Miller – The Burdick Family Austin Sack – My Best Adventure Anna Salituro – Parker the One of a Kind Pig MacKenzie Wilson – The House on Maple Street Good luck to all of these writers and illustrators! You are already winners for completing a book!

Bronco Youth Wrestling Club News

Congratulations to 6th graders Gia Farrington and Alex Guardiola! They were this year's State Wrestling Quali-fiers from the Bronco Youth Wrestling Club from UGES. They wrestled at Regionals in Elkhorn and

placed 1st or 2nd in their weight class to make it to State! There were 7 wrestlers from the Bronco Youth Wrestling Club that wrestled in Madison on Friday, March 22 and 23. Special congratulations to Gia on taking third place at State!

Summer School Price Reduction!

Registration is only $10!!

Get your registration and $10 in ASAP and be part of the fun. If you already registered for summer school and paid the higher fee please call the office (878-2015) and let us know whether you would like to apply the overpayment to your family lunch account or you would prefer a refund.

Union Grove Elementary School

A HONOR ROLL 3rd QTR 2012-2013

8TH GRADE

Leah Blasczyk, Hannah Bryson, Jamie Danhauer, Jason DeBrabander, Samantha Delong, Mercedes Demay, Brendan Farmer, Dana Iverson, Alicia Jozefowski, Ciara Judd, Ryan Krause, Allison McMillian, Connor Morris, Jacob Paulson, Genevieve Petri, Margaret Rivest, Aaron Rueber, Hailey Saal, Janelle Shiffler, Lexi Sorensen, Rachel Staaden, Shea Vienonen, Maxwell Wagner, Courtney Wiedenbeck 7TH GRADE

Victoria Abunaw, Danya Almoghrabi, Audrey Black, Hannah Bounds, Taylor Clark, Daxton Cramer, Hailey Foldy, Karissa Franceschina, Riley Hale, Amy Harmon, Mal-lory Iverson, Amanda Knapp, Pavel Kostuch, Alyssa Kus, Shelby Lambdin, Chloe Langridge, Michael Larsen, Rachel Lindemann, Abigail Lueke, Abigail Martin, Joseph Martinsen, James McAndrews, Kathryn McCarthy, Jacob Meiland, Robert Ostrander, Mackenzie Pfeiffer, Emily Rasmussen, Samantha Schoff, Aimee Spiering, Jacey Staven, Matthew Tuma, Madeline Vogel 6TH GRADE

Kiley Bauer, Kaleb Beck, Aiden Belongia, Abygail Boyle, Molly Bryson, Jayme Buckner, Nora Chartier, Alexis Daigle, Madison DeMay, Leann DeVries, MaryBeth DeVries, Samantha Gilboy, Samantha Gilboy, Isela Gonzalez, Adam Gulan, Jacob Harmann, Ashton Horenziak, Cody Jacobson, Grace Klawinski, Savannah Kus, Mor-gan Lekschas, Ellen Magdaleno, Kyle Maier, Lucas Martin, Clara McDonald, Madison Minton, Lauren Nelson, William Painter, Brianne Radke, Mackenzie Rose, Hailey Sanders, Daphne Sieg, Abigail Thompson, Anna Truebenbach, Kaylee Wagner, Leah Willkomm 5TH GRADE Bailey Berger, Ayla Bounds, Jacob Bulgrin, Riley Chizek, Payton Cleven, Hailey Ehlert, Brea Fortier, Caroline Glazebrook, Brooke Gnas, Konner Goetsch, Alexander Hansen, Jacob Horenziak, James Keeker, Kelsey Kemper, Mia Kirk, Katelyn Krause, Sara Larsen, Karlee Lois, Abbigail Lovdahl, Sydney Lueth, Sofia Luxem, Todd Manteufel, Joshua Meiland, Bryn Nielsen, Anabelle Reed-O’Brien, Ryan Smith, Anthony Spring, Jacob Toltzman, Justin Wiedenbeck, Kameryn Wisch, Benjamin Younglove, Emily Zeller

Union Grove Elementary School

B HONOR ROLL 3rd QTR 2012-2013

8TH GRADE

Derek Andersen, Bryce Ashworth, Jordan Born, Cheyenne Braun, Christopher Breytspraak, Casey Capece, Mariah Cochran, Kalyn Culbert, Nicholas Ditscheit, Brittney Durbin, Marco Griego, Alyssa Gronholm, Nicholas Gursky, Bradley Hansen, Kyle Hinkley, Giulia Hoke, Kylie Horenziak, Madison Keller, Alexus Korslin, Dawn Kroes, Clayton Maurer, Macgregor Mianecki-Saylor, Katelyn Miller, Amanda Moran, Kellen Panyk, Sarah Piotrowski, Chance Rosenstock, Nicholas Saal, Rebecca Saltzberry, Rachael Samalis, Angel Schneider, Allison Sprague, Madison Stuckey, Amber Varebrook, Jaxom Vienonen, Jordan Welch, Carson Werth, Nathan White 7TH GRADE

Valencia Abunaw, Morgan Axtell, Tyler Bilski, Jack Black, Aiyana Braun, Brooke Broad-way, Brandon Callewaert, Logan Chudada, Kayli Daniels, Kyle Davis, Cody Deschler, Savanna Dransfield, Allison Dujua, Brandy Durbin, Jenna Egeland, Reese Elliot, Devin Falduto, Brandi Fitzpatrick, Alexander Friday, Andrew Goggins, Cameron Hansen, Jerome Hipper, Mackenzie Hoegsted, Rhianna Johnson, Shane Kieslich, Trenton Korslin, Carlin Kortendick, Brenden Nielsen, Makaila Norton, Jakob Petersen, Mackenzie Peter-son, Jack Pettit, Jazmine Schmidt, Nicolas Schmidt, Miranda Smith, Samantha Sorenson, Noah Squires, Kane Talley, Mitchell Toltzman, Nicholas Tracy, Seth Weippert, Joshua Witt 6TH GRADE

Nathan Albright, Jake Andersen, Sierra Busch, Catherine Carnick, Hunter Christman, Aaliyah Cochran, Tanner Crow, Joseph Ditscheit, Gianna-Teresa Farrington, Mariah Fatla, Cole Ford, Alexander Fortier, Austin Fortier, Heather Fortner, Destiny Gay, Tyler Gehrand, Justin Griffith, Alejandro Guardiola, Adam Guerrero, Emily Hanson, Tyler Hoegsted, Joshua Hoke, Bryce Holland, Kaylyn Isaacson, Matthew Keller, Matthew Lacher, Carson LaPointe, Alexandria Maier, Alyssa McAndrews, Michael Miller, James Mutter, Calvin Obermeyer, Kylie Pallesen, Isaiah Parrish, Sheila Peraza, Destanie Peterson, Alexandria Pietsch, Courtney Piotrowski, Leopoldo Ruiz, Halee Spencer, Sydney Staaden, Ariana Stice, Keith Storm-Voltz, Donovan Talley 5TH GRADE

Peyton Axtell, Maggie Blum, Emma Brouwers, Kara Bushman, Grace Cayemberg, Alayna Cee, Caleb Deschler, Darren Drake, Austin Drdak, Desiree Durbin, Masin Epping, Mallory Farmer, Emerick Garcia, Kayleigh Goetsch, Gracie Goldberg, Reece Holland, Caleb John-son, Joshua Lacher, Corey Loch, Zachary Lowe, Kayla Maurer, Richard McNabb, Conner Modrow, Samantha Molbeck, Callob Noel, Baylie Norton, Alex Ottelien, Peyton Rasmussen, Brandon Russell, Anthony Schiro, Joshua Slaasted, Brianna Sorensen, Madi-son Vanswol, Olivia Weippert, Spencer Welch, Francis Wietrzak, Khalen Wolfe, Ashley Wyma