January 15, 2014

2nd Nine Weeks

Soaring Eagles 2nd Nine Weeks

Dates to Remember:

1/15 – Report Card Day

1/17 – PBIS Party

1/17 – Honor Roll Reward

1/20 – No School MLK Day

1/23 – Books, Blue Jeans, &

Pizza

1/24 – Sweet on Reading & AR

Country Western Dance

1/29 – Progress Report #1

1/30 – Dominoes Pizza Night

2/3 – INSERVICE DAY

2/20 – Progress Report #2

2/27 - LEAP Parent Night

3/3 – 3/5 MARDI GRAS BREAK

1st Grade

Delino – Tarrin Turner

Nordberg– Aaliyah Landaverde

Tarver – Dakota Berry

VanAsselberg – Nathan Istre

2nd Grade

Caldwell – Mylee Benoit

LeJeune – Samuel Fontenot

Ney – Audrey Hughes

Thomas - Amandeep Sandhu

3rd Grade

Guthrie – Journi Singleton

Hawkins – Kayden Sedano

Porcello – Zoey Benoit

4th Grade

Abshire – Britnee Thibodeaux

Istre – Joseph Ward

Miller – Caden Singley

5th Grade

Hernandez – Camron McWilliams

Sargent – Mattilyn Maples

PK

Bailey – Emma Caswell

Maple – Braxton Garrett

McFatter – Jett Dutile

K

Broussard – Kahailee Touson

Jackson – Noah Parker

Woods – Kate Johnson

Guidry - Bryson Breaux

Testing Reminder:

Please don’t forget the dates of state testing:

Phase 1 LEAP – March 18 (4th Grade Only)

LEAP/iLEAP – April 7-11 (Grades 3-5)

Please remember not to schedule any

appointments during that time!

Second Grade AR Success

Second Grade Teachers would

like to congratulate our Top AR

readers for the 2nd 9-weeks:

Ms. Caldwell - Matthew

Steckling, Mrs. LeJeune - Kaden

Drounette, and Mrs. Ney - Anna

Claire Bailey.

PK & Kindergarten Corner

Ms. McFatter's Pre-K class has

been studying a unit on clothes.

We have talked about different

types of clothes fasteners, clothes

can have letters, numbers, and

patterns, and we can make

clothes! We are learning

that letters have sounds which

make words that we can read!

We are recognizing everywhere

we look we see letters, numbers

or shapes! We're reading our

books about clothes and enjoying

them. Also, we're learning how to

act and talk sweet to teachers

and classmates because we are

little cupcakes!

Kindergarten celebrated their first

book club. Damon Caldwell

(Woods), Jada Daigle (Jackson),

and Logan Brawner (Jackson) led

the group in a discussion about

the book Mama Panya's

Pancakes. After the group met,

we shared pancakes and syrup.

Our Christmas program was a

huge success! The children

worked as pairs learning lines

from the poem written by Mrs.

Ericia Guillory. We also did a

Gingerbread Man character

analysis, where we compared the

gingerbread man in a series of 5

books. The children also enjoyed

eating gingerbread man cookies

and graphing the part they bit off

first. The head of the cookie was

the winner!

Artist Comes To R.W.Vincent

As an exciting conclusion to our

comprehensive study of historical

master artists, our 1st and 2nd

grade SPARK and REACH students

created a masterpiece of their

own. We invited local artist,

Chelle Martin, to design a

Louisiana themed painting in

Pablo Picasso’s cubist style. It was

a wonderful opportunity for

students to demonstrate their

knowledge of artistic style, while

learning technique and solidifying

an appreciation of art. Student

artwork will be judged and

selected pieces will be featured at

the Henning Cultural Center in the

spring!

Fourth Grade Gets Slimey

Fourth grade students investigated the properties of solids and liquids by making “oobleck” a substance with properties of a liquid and a soilid.

Third Grade Branches Out

The third graders in Mrs. Hawkins's class have been busy studying the Louisiana State Government. They create a Branches of Government mobile using actual "branches". The students all had fun, and learned about our state government in the process.

Class News

First Grade is In Shape

In first grade we are learning all about shapes. We are learning the different attributes of two dimensional shapes so that we can compare and create them. These will help us in the upcoming lessons on three dimensional shapes.

Yearbooks are still available but they are

now $25. We are selling them until they

are sold out! Also, 5th grade ads are now

on sale. Remember this is in addition to the

cost of the yearbook. There is a limited

amount of ad space, so get your pictures in

by the January 31st ad deadline. The past

few years, we have run out of ad space and

yearbooks.

New Playground Equipment!

Our new playground equipment is

here and the finishing touches are

taking place so we can play. The

equipment was purchased with the

Sulphur bond issue and various

fundraisers the last few years. We

are excited to play on all the new

equipment!

Campus News

Super Hero Teachers Several times a year at RWV we “cape” a special teacher

in recognition of the hard work of her class. We have a

Super Hero Teacher of Success Maker math and reading,

AR, and STAR math and reading. The award is based on

the students’ performance above benchmark.

Congratulations to our last round of Super Heroes –

Mrs. Delino, Mrs. Ney, Mrs. Guthrie, Ms. Sargent, and

Mrs. Porcello!

RW Vincent Gives Back

The R.W. Vincent Student Leadership Team held its annual can

food drive from November 1-15th

. All food was donated to the

Salvation Army for their annual Christmas drive. Over 1500 cans

and boxes of food were donated to help the needy in our

community. Second grade won a pizza party for collecting the

most can goods. Pictured above are student leadership team

members: D’Marrick Guillory, Gabe Istre, Sydney Thomas, Kyle

Thibodeaux, Allison Watson, Abigail Massey, Jack Buoni, Leah

Slaven, Allie Alexander, Kylie Andres, and Grant McMichael.

Mrs. Istre’s 4th

grade work on projects. Mrs. Tarver’s 1st

grade works on math problems.

Hanah Ramirez has been selected to represent R.W. Vincent as Student of

the Year 2013-14. Five finalists were selected based on grades and test

scores and participated in interviews and a writing contest. Hanah is a

member of the Student Leadership Council, received the most athletic

award, plays tournament soccer, honor roll/banner roll student, member of

4H, plays softball, and an avid reader. She has won many academic awards

in her 6 years at R.W. Vincent. Her parents are Misty and Marcos Ramirez .

Congratulations to Hanah on this outstanding accomplishment!

New Laptops A HUGE Hit!

RWV received over 100 new

laptop computers with the recent

Sulphur bond issue. Students are

enjoying working on projects and

on-line websites to complete

work and learn about a variety of

topics.

New Teacher Spotlight

Miss VanAsselberg R.W. Vincent welcomes Miss

VanAsselberg to our staff this

year! Miss VanAsselberg just

completed her first year of

teaching after graduating from

McNeese. She has one brother

who is married and a niece. She

likes to spend time with family

and friends, shopping, and

traveling. Her favorite vacation

spot is the Grand Canyon.

Mrs. Oliver

R.W. Vincent welcomes Mrs. Oliver

who teaches SPARK to 4th and 5th

grade. Mrs. Oliver graduated from

L.S.U. and has been teaching for 4

years. She has been married for two

years. She has visited 27 different

states and 4 countries! Her favorite

vacation spots are New York with

her mom and aunt and Washington

state with her husband.

AR News

R.W. Vincent students are

working hard to improve

reading skills and we are

proud to announce:

Top Reader: Bianca Barnes

R.W. Vincent Totals:

Points Earned: 5115

Number Books Read: 7,684

Class with Most Points:

Mrs. Hernandez – 456.7pts.

Handwriting Contest Winners

Four students won the annual handwriting

contest at R.W. Vincent for the 2013-14

school year. The winners were Kimberly

Davis 5th grade, Halle Caldwell 3rd grade,

Audrey Hughes 2nd grade, and Emalee

Anding 1st grade. These students will

compete in the Zaner-Bloser State Contest

for a $250 prize and a chance to go to the

national competition.

Music Notes

We are having a great time in the music room this year. All the first-fifth grade classes worked hard on their Jambalaya of Louisiana Traditions program music and were able to show their parents and family members how well they sing! I was so proud of all of the children for learning their songs, participating in the readings, and working hard to put on a good performance. The music classes have been listening to special music when they come to the music room. During the second nine weeks we listened to “Autumn” from The Four Seasons, by Antonio Vivaldi; Concerto for Horn in E-Flat Major, the third movement: Finale:Allegro, by Franz Josef Haydn; and Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade and Gnoemus, Modest Mussorgsky, and various Christmas carols by different composers. We’ve also been learning new skills, songs, and singing games in music while practicing familiar songs, games, and known elements of music as well as preparing new concepts and unknown elements of music. R. W. Vincent Elementary School’s HONOR CHORUS singers were selected in November. They are working to learn the four special honor chorus pieces on Wednesdays after school and will be going to Lake Charles-Boston Academy of Learning for rehearsals on Thursday, January 23 and January 30 from 3:30-5 pm, and all-day on Friday, January 31, to prepare for the honor chorus concert. The concert will be held at 11 o’clock in the morning in Bulber Auditorium on the McNeese Campus on Saturday, February 1. Congratulations to the singers who were chosen for this big honor: Bianca Barnes, Ortasia Harmon-Ceasar, Rylee Deshotel, Dale Johnson, Christofer Koonce, Maddi Maples, and Dante Williams. Our alternates are Ashlynn O’Quain and Gamma Thompson.

The R. W. Vincent Elementary School chorus for 4th and 5th graders, MUSIC MAKERS, began rehearsing on Tuesday, September 24. Rehearsals are held every Tuesday and Thursday after school from 2:55 until 3:45. We are getting ready for Festival! We could use some more singers, so any fourth or fifth grader who would like to join for the second semester should see Mrs. White right away for an information form. We had a new singer join our group today, and he did a fantastic job! Our MUSIC MAKERS mission statement is posted outside the music room!