Osseo eNewsletter: Commitment to Community

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Issue 15 ~ May 3rd, 2007 ~

Upcoming Events:
Now - 05/18: Design Our Future
05/10: Student Work Showcased at North View Jr. High
05/14: Autism Parent Support Group
05/15: OASIS

Announcements:
North View Junior High Student Work Showcased
May 10th, 3:30 to 8:30pm. Everyone is invited to view a showcase of student work and performances.
> Click here for more info.

Design Our Future
Campaign running now through May 18 to find new logo, tag line, name, and colors to unify and reflect District 279.
> Click here for more info.

Autism Parent Support Group Programs
When: May 14th, 7 to 9pm.
Where: Weaver Lake Elementary
Panel Presentation: Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
> Please contact Shannon Ross at 763.315.7664 for more info.

Osseo Area Source of Information and Support
When: May 15th, 7 to 9pm.
Where: Weaver Lake Elementary - Media Center
Topic: Depression in Children and Adolescents
> For questions, please contact Michele Vance at 763.420.3337.

Susan Hintz

Message From The Superintendent
Strategic Planning – Action Planning Teams
Since I have devoted several of these articles in the past four months to updating the community about our strategic planning process as significant events unfold, I’m sure that faithful readers of this column are by now wondering just how long it takes to produce a quality strategic plan. The answer is “whatever it takes for your organization.” For ISD 279, I am pleased to inform you that we are on track to complete our strategic plan by June of this year.
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Allan Grant Selected To Ask Presidential Candidates A Question
District 279 Colleagues,
I want to thank you for voting in the AFT “You Decide” Contest. I have been invited to Washington, D.C. to ask my question to the Presidential Candidates in attendance at the AFT Executive Council on May 16th. At this time, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson have indicated that they will attend this meeting.
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3rd Graders at Edgewood produce Old Time Radio Show

Edgewood radio show 3rd Grade students at Edgewood Elementary create and produce an old time radio show in our own TV studio called, “Radio Rocks”. As part of their sound unit, 3rd graders learn about the history of radio by visiting the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Each class then chooses a familiar fairy tale or story, writes a script and creates sound effects to go with the story. Edgewood radio show The radio show is broadcast live to classrooms. All of the radio shows were recorded and can now be heard as podcasts on our school webpage. Listen in and be entertained with classic stories, music, jokes and more!

Select a classroom to listen:
Mrs. Peterson’s Classroom presents “Jack and the Beanstalk”
Mrs. Knapko’s Classroom presents “The Golden Goose”
Mrs. O’Connell’s Classroom presents “Encyclopedia Brown”

Quel Voyage! District Students Attend French Language Camp
Twenty-six Level I French students from Osseo Area Schools made the journey to northern Minnesota to participate in a weekend French immersion program at Camp Lac du Bois Concordia Language Villages near Bemidji, Minnesota. Students from North View, Maple Grove and Brooklyn junior high schools joined together on this trip the weekend of March 16-18.
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