Cooper Elementary Newsletter

October 4th ... Picture Day

October 4th ... Final Day to Order Cooper Gear (Link Below)

October 24th & 29th ... Parent Teacher Conferences

October 30th ... Trunk or Treat & Dance

October 31st & November 1st ... NO SCHOOL!!!

It's almost time for our annual Trunk or Treat and Dance!

If weather permits, we plan to be outside on

Wednesday, October 30th from 5:30-7 PM

(we will move everything inside in advance if weather looks threatening).

***If you would like to host a trunk, please call or sign up with our secretary, Katie Penney, in the office.

***If you are unable to host a trunk but would like to donate a bag of candy, please drop off in the office the week prior!

***The night of, please arrive with small bills ($1, $5, $10) as we will be unable to make change for large bills!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

The State Superintendent's Advisory Council on Special Education will host a special public forum on the challenges and successes of Wisconsin school districts. The forum will highlight the state's Special Education policies.

We encourage all of you to attend this online forum on October 9th at 5 p.m

If you would like to publicly comment on the online forum, you are invited to do so. Comments on the DPI website may be submitted in written form from October 2nd through October 11th.

Registration is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sduCqrzwiEtbK7Rm85RAD5BStcf-7shz5#/registration

Our annual Fall (into Reading) Fest was a big hit! Thank you to all of the families who joined us! And a great big thank you to all who made it possible - our staff and high school students who volunteered, our custodians who helped with set up and tear down, our PTA who provided a free meal to all, Culvers who donated free scoops of frozen custard, Dan's Feed Bin who donated the corn for our scavenger hunt bins, and to the Superior Public Library for joining us with a great craft and game!

If you are interested in ordering any Cooper gear, click the button below! LOTS of options are available - shirts, sweatshirts, pants, shorts, backpacks, stadium seats! Ordering is open until October 4th!

Cooper Families,

Thank you to everyone who came last week for our literacy family night. It was so great seeing all the families and watching the kids participate in the fun activities. We have a lot of events coming up this month. We look forward to seeing everyone at our Trunk -or-Treat and at our fall conferences at the end of the month.

Next week we will have our Annual Parent Meeting tonight just before the virtual PTA meeting. I would like to invite all families to join me as I host a brief, informative meeting where I will share about Cooper's Title I Program and outline the ways in which our Cooper students benefit from Title I funds.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Feel free to join immediately at 6 PM where I will speak briefly, and then you may leave the Google Meet or remain in the Meet for the Cooper-Weisberg PTA Meeting that will directly follow!

Kristene Stariha, Principal

October is National Bullying Awareness Month. It is also when we will celebrate Unity Day (Oct. 16th).

At Cooper, all staff and students will be focusing on the importance of respect and empathy. When we try to take time to listen to someone else and attempt to understand how they are feeling, it can lead to empathy and respect which in turn should stop bullying behaviors. Students will not only be learning how to show respect to others, but also how to show respect to themselves, their community, the things around them, and the earth. And it isn't just the "how" of showing respect, it's the "why". We will discuss the importance of respect and the consequences (good and bad) of showing respect. One way to concretely teach how to be respectful is to give very clear examples of what is and is not respectful. Teaching children manners and showing/modeling examples is an easy way to begin to lay the foundation of showing respect to others.

These flyers are distributed as a courtesy to families in the School District of Superior; however, distribution does not imply that the School District endorses or approves the activities or viewpoints promoted in these materials.

Please email flyers to socialmedia@superior.k12.wi.us for approval in a png format.

• REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR DISABLED PERSONS The director of human resource, who is the ADA Compliance Officer, shall ensure that the following notice is made a part of each communication concerning a District activity to which the public is invited: "Upon request to the director of human resource, the District shall make reasonable accommodation including the provision of informational material in an alternative format for a disabled person to be able to participate in this activity."