SPAN

SPAN’s last meeting of the school year is today,Tuesday April 23 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center. Barbara Dullaghan, the Elementary Gifted and Talented Coordinator in the Bloomington School District, will give a presentation on and answer questions about Executive Functioning and organizational skills in gifted children. Executive function can be defined as the cognitive process that regulates an individual's ability to organize thoughts and activities, prioritize tasks, manage time efficiently, and make decisions.

We will also have elections for Board members for the next school year. Email Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com with questions. Hope to see you there!

Community Ed. Newsletter & Flyer

Click on the link to the Community Ed. Newsletter:

http://www.priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us/2794201711924550/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=64260

Host a Foreign Exchange Student

World Heritage

History Day

These were the students who participated in regional History Day. 

SPAN news

SPAN news:  SPAN (Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network) will have its last meeting of the school year on Tues., April 23 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  Barbara Dullaghan, the Elementary Gifted and Talented Coordinator in the Bloomington School District, will give a presentation on and answer questions about Executive Functioning and organizational skills in gifted children.  We will also have elections for the SPAN Board for the 2013-14 school year.  We are still  looking for another Board member with younger elementary students to join our Board; please email Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com if you are interested in joining our Board, to ask questions, or to be placed on SPAN’s email list.

FROG Faith Club at FMSC

HOMS/TOMS FROG Faith Club

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) Outing on March 15^th

Dinner with over 70 people at Tin Shed (average price per person)-$7.00

Driving in winter weather to Chanhassen’s FMSC  location – 15 minutes

Working with 30 students and 10 adults at FMSC – 90 minutes

Packaging 44 boxes/9,504 meals/feeding 26 kids for a year in Peru – PRICELESS!  

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Introduction to German class

As we wrap up 3rd quarter in Introduction to German, we had one last fun project to do.  We studied animal vocabulary, and how to talk about our favorite animals.  Then to finish up the unit each student had to create a 'compound animal' using the German grammar concept of compound nouns; where multiple nouns are put together and the gender of the last noun is the gender of the whole word.  (Which is why German as 40+ letter words! Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän (Danube steamship company captain))  Everyone created a compound animal from at least three of the different vocabulary words we learned.  Here are just a few of the cool creatures created by the Intro to German class!

Picture 1: Der Schildkrötetintenfischhai (Turtle-Octopus-Shark)

Picture 2: Der Tintenfischschweinseestern (Octopus-Pig-Starfish)

Picture 3: Der Hundkatzewaschbärtiger (Dog-Cat-Raccoon-Tiger)

Picture 4: Das Schildkrötepenguinetigernashorn (Turtle-Pinguine-Tiger-Rhino)

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Emily Thomas
German Teacher