A Message from the Principal

Dates to Remember:

Dec. 20 - Spirit day - theme is holiday sweaters

Dec. 23 - Jan. 1 - No school. Classes will resume on January 2nd

Jan. 10 - Family movie night

Jan. 14 - 5th grade band and choir concert

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December 18, 2019

The Kimberly Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability ("Protected Classes") in any of its student program and activities.

Dear Woodland Families, We’ve enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate the magic of the season dur-ing the past few weeks. Students throughout the school have been cele-brating in a number of ways. Students shared their musical talents with family and classmates through our sixth grade concert and school-wide holiday band tours. During both performances audiences were treated to the sounds of the season by our student musi-cians. Our school and district continues to value the contributions a strong commitment to the arts plays in developing well rounded students. We also had a number of opportunities for students at Woodland to give back to the community as well. Our student council members volun-teered to ring bells for the Salvation Army, students participated in a pa-jama drive to help clothe those less fortunate and our Band Council sold hot cocoa and candy canes during their evening performance as a fund-raiser for local charities. I continue to be proud of how our students strive to live the Kimberly Area School District’s four Community Values and sincerely appreciate the generosity of those within our Woodland family as well. In addition to music and volunteerism, students also engaged in theme-based problem solving activities, reflected on those they are most grate-ful for in their own lives, and will find time to celebrate within their home-rooms as well. As our school wide celebrations and activities wind down later this week, our attention will turn to winter break. As we prepare to depart for the new year, the Woodland Intermediate staff and I want to wish you and your family a safe and joy-filled holiday season. Happy Holidays, Dave Lamers

Winter Break

There will be no school starting Monday, December 23rd through Wednesday, January 1st. Classes resume on Thursday, January 2nd. The Woodland Intermediate Office will also be closed during this time. Enjoy the holiday break!

This Friday, December 20th is a spirit day at Woodland School and the theme is holiday sweater day. The PTO will be serving popcorn to all Woodland students. Volunteers are needed to pop popcorn on Friday morning. Please click here to sign up if you can help out. Thank you!

Spirit Day

Community Events

Please visit the KASD website and check out the Community Events page for more great opportunities and activities for your family.

Faces in the Crowd

In an effort to recognize students who are going above and beyond what is ex-pected of them at Woodland Intermediate, “Faces in the Crowd” has been estab-lished. Once a month students are nominated by their classroom teacher or spe-cials teacher. December “Faces in the Crowd” are: Tori Van Eperen nominated by Mrs. Meyers, Will Girard nominated by Mrs. Curtis, Katelyn Owens nominated by Mrs. Heinz, Kiara Sanders nominated by Mrs. Bailey, and Kamryn Puls nominated by Mr. Lamers. Congratulations to each of you for being a positive role model at Woodland Intermediate School!

Tori Van Eperen Will Girard Katelyn Owens Kiara Sanders Kamryn Puls

If anyone has items that they would like to donate to Mr. Calmes for use in his art classes, please bring them into the office. If you are not sure if we will use particular items, please contact Mr. Calmes. We are always looking for peo-ple to donate items from home or work. Thank you!

Art Room Donations

Mr. Calmes would like to recognize the following 6th grade stu-dents on having their yearbook cover drawing selected to appear on the BACK of the yearbook: Haley Tennessen, Aynslea Portz, Carly Poggenmann, Claudia Asman, Sidney Best, Katelyn Owens, Kiara Sanders, Esther Gilkerson, Kate Midtvedt, Liam Paradiso, Isabel Pagan Vega, Annabel Schneider and Aubrey Laswell. And a very special congratulations to Peyton Taylor for having her yearbook cover drawing selected to be on the front cover of this year's yearbook. Congratulations to all 6th grade stu-dents who submitted a drawing and for sharing your talents with Woodland!

Yearbook Cover Contest Winner

Winning cover by Peyton Taylor

Spelling Bee And now for a little humor... Q: What kind of bugs read the dictionary? A: Spelling Bees Woodland Intermediate is very proud to announce this year’s spelling cham-pion--5th grader Brooklyn VanGompel. She won in Round 8 where she cor-rectly spelled the word “jodhpurs”. Second and third places went to 6th grad-er Noah Kluender and 5th grader Lauren Pentek respectively. Special thanks go out to all of our 12 contestants (Ella McGee, Annalise Mon-roe, Lauren Pentek, Grant Rothmeier, Blake Wall, Brooklyn VanGompel, Aus-tin Dickey, Noah Kluender, Alex Lom, Aaryan Nanaware, Maycee Reisner, and Blake Zielinski) for their active participation and good sportsmanship. Best wishes to our Woodland representatives as they participate in the Re-gional Spelling Bee at Lawrence University on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020.

The Box Top competition will be starting after the holidays so keep saving those box tops! More information will be coming soon! Not only do the box tops earn money for the school, also the class bring-ing in the most box tops will win a prize! You can help make the counting easier by cutting them out on the dotted lines (the box top company is very strict about this) and put them in groups of 50 into Ziploc bags. Also, expired box tops are not eligible. Thank you!

Box Tops Competition

On Tuesday, January 14th at 6:30 pm, the 5th grade choir and 5th grade band will be performing.

Music Notes

Family Movie Night Save the date! The Woodland PTO will be sponsoring a family movie night on Fri-day, January 10th and will be showing Toy Story 4. All students and their families are invited. More details will be coming.

The 5th graders will view the Marsh Media video about puberty in Healthy Living class on January 20th or 21st. Mrs. Vandenberg, the school nurse, will be showing the boy video to the boys and Mrs. Curtis, the Healthy Living teacher, will show the girl video to the girls. If you have any questions about the video or the unit objectives, please call Mrs. Curtis at 920-730-0924 (ext. 2864) or email her at scurtis@kimberly.k12.wi.us.

5th Grade Human Growth & Development Video

Woodland Intermediate Specials Newsletter

Volume #11 Issue #4

Physical Education

5th and 6th grade P.E.

The 5th and 6th graders just

finished up volleyball. The class's

played 4 vs 4 to finish up the unit.

We have started basketball. The

students will go over the skills

and rules of the game that include:

dribbling, passing, shooting,

traveling, and double dribble. The

students will get into games

towards the end of the unit.

To understand the court of

basketball the students are

drawing out a basketball court on

a sheet of paper. They are

labeling all the lines on the court

with anything else that needs to

be labeled. They are also putting

four rules of basketball on the

back of the sheet.

Mr. Weyers (ext. 2660)

Computer

5th Grade Computer

Applications

Students are currently wrapping up their Online Communication unit and will be beginning Intro to Coding/Computer Science. Fifth graders will be using the code.org curriculum called CS Fundamentals to learn basic coding strategies and concepts.

In addition to completing this new unit, all intermediate students will also be participating in a world-wide coding event called the Hour of Code. In our building, this event will take place during the week of December 16th. Keep an eye out for more info to come on this exciting celebration of Computer Science!

Mrs. Berndt (ext. 2625)

World Studies

6th Grade World Studies

Students are discovering how much fun the Spanish language and culture are as we learn Spanish greetings, numbers 1-31 and calendar vocabulary. Students are looking forward to our upcoming research project, which is to create a Google Site about a Spanish-speaking country. Be sure to ask them to share it with you!

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

Mrs. Berndt (ext. 2625)

Woodland Wolves Chorus

Choir: We celebrate this concert with a pizza party and will begin our rehearsals for the KASD Choral Festival in January, girls on the 21st, boys on the 23rd. We will have combined (both boys and girls) on February 4th, 6th and 11th. The performance will be on February 17th in the KASD field house. If there are any additional students interested in joining choir, those are required rehearsals, allowing for ample time to learn the concert music. Please let Mrs. Been know if your child would like to join and make arrangements to have her/him at those rehearsals. Attire for that performance will be black bottoms (pants or skirt with black tights/leggings), black shoes, and a white top (tie is optional).

If your student has a schedule change which makes is hard to commit to the Spring concert on April 7th, please let me know before the KASD Choral Fest in

February.

Healthy Living 5

th Grade

Healthy Living-5

We have recently finished our

nutrition unit. I’ve told the students

that even though our nutrition unit

has ended, our goals of choosing

what we eat based on the “Choose

Myplate” criteria will never end! :)

Thanks for your support at home with

their choices.

Yet this year we'll be discussing

another important health issue-

tobacco and vaping. As “invincible”

5th graders, it is often difficult for

students to grasp the idea that the

choices they make now will have

immediate and long term effects on

their health. Knowing the effects

cigarettes and e-cigarettes have on

their physical, mental and social

health will help them with the

decision to not smoke cigarettes.

We will be watching the 5th grade

human growth and development

video on January 20th and 21st. I am

also still trying to confirm our speaker

from the Sexual Assault Crisis Center

before the semester ends.

As always, if you have any questions

or concerns, please contact me.

Mrs. Curtis (ext. 2864)

6th Grade Art The 6th grade students are currently working on a sheet metal project. The students started out their sheet metal project by searching on their chrome book for an image or logo that is an interest of theirs. The 6th grade students then drew their image onto a piece of computer paper, while drawing out their image they were sure to use rulers and stencils to make their image was very neat and clean. After their drawing was finished they taped their computer paper to a piece of sheet metal and put a book underneath the metal for cushion. The students then retraced with a pencil right over their lines on their drawing so that their image would copy onto the sheet metal. After they had their image copied onto the metal they took the computer paper off and begin to bubble the metal. The 6th grade students had to bubble up and bubble down the metal so that the metal had an example of being sunk down and popped out. The students used different shaped wood tools to push into their metal. The 6th grade students also added a texture in the background of their metal with one of the wood tools. The students then used different colored sharpies to decorate their metal with color. When the students were all finished with their metal they created a frame for the back of their metal with paper. The frame had to incorporate images, words or other things that go along with the image on their metal. The students then made a name tag and used their chrome book to fill out their check off sheet (self- assessment) on our Google classroom. The metal projects will be displayed in the hallways when they are finished.

-The Elements of Art we have covered are: Color, Form, Line, Shape, Space, Texture and Value.

Mr. Calmes (ext. 2321)

Band

Congratulations to all our 6th grade band students on a wonderful concert. The quality of music that was performed by our

Woodland students was incredible. The hard work and

practice was obvious when listening to the beautiful music performed by such young musicians. We are proud of our students. After the concert, we had a hot cocoa and candy cane social

which raised $412.72. These

donations will be given to the American Red Cross and a local animal shelter. Thank you to all who support our students in their music endeavors.

Ms. Shimek (ext. 2621)

Mrs. Carpenter (ext. 2654)

MUSIC

Music Room News

Grade 5: Preparations are well under way for the January 14th concert! This

concert will be held at 6:30 in the evening and will feature every member of the 5th grade class singing songs about

the immigration to America from Europe in early American history. The students

have been working very hard at learning

to sing in 2-part harmony. Every student is expected to be in attendance. Please

let Mrs. Been know if there is a conflict that cannot be accommodated. There will be a rehearsal at 1:30, if there is a

family member who is unable to attend the evening performance, they are

welcome to come at that time. Students should dress in nice clothes for the evening concert, to make a good first

impression! Nice pants, shirts with no logos or writing, skirts and dresses are encouraged. Please wear low or no-

heeled dress shoes. Thanks! Grade 6: Our concert was fantastic,

thanks to the 6th grade students! You

really brought your best efforts to our performances! Thank you, parents for

your support. We are moving back into reading music, looking for dynamics, key

signatures and other important clues for how the music should be performed. We will have a brief unit of playing tone

chimes to review note names, in preparation for our next round of piano keyboarding.

Mrs. Been (ext. 2647)

ART

The Kimberly Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual

orientation, sex, (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (“Protected Classes”) in any of its student program and activities.

Woodland Intermediate School

Intramural Basketball

Woodland will be offering an intramural basketball program after school.

Practices will begin January 6th and 7th, and run through February 10th and 11th Practices end at 4:00 pm

Mondays and Wednesdays • 5th and 6th grade GIRLS Tuesdays and Thursdays • 5th and 6th grade BOYS

Players will be taught the basic fundamentals of basketball. This is an excellent program for students who have never played basketball before. The final games versus Mapleview will take place at Woodland on Feb 10th (girls) and Feb 11th (boys) from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm.

There will be no intramurals Jan. 14th, 29th, and 30th due to concerts and conferences. If interested, fill out the permission form below and return it to the school office.

****PLEASE NOTE**** Emergency Medications: Please be aware that emergency medications that are provided for use during the school day will not be accessible after school hours. Parents and students plan ahead to have emergency medication available during after school activities such as clubs and sports. If an emergency arises and a student does not have their emergency medication available, 911 will be called.

Woodland Intermediate School

Intramural Athletics Permission Form

Sport: Basketball ◻ Grade 5 ◻ Grade 6 T-shirt Size: (If your child has not received one from a previous intramural sport) Youth M ◻ Youth L ◻ Adult S ◻ Adult M ◻ Adult L ◻ ***Every child receives one free T-shirt the first time they participate in any intramural activity at Woodland Intermediate School. If an additional T-shirt is needed (lost or outgrown), they are available for purchase in the Intermediate Office for $7.00. My child, ________________________________has permission to take part in basketball at Woodland Intermediate School.

Signature of Parent _____________________________________ Date_______________

Return the bottom of this form to the Woodland Intermediate School Office.

Beyond the Books  

Attention all 5th and 6th grade students! We have a great opportunity for you!   Beyond the Books is a club founded by Kimberly High School students that works to promote role models in the community, while promoting positive educational habits. Every month, the students and the high schoolers are going to read the same book, then do activities that have to do with the book. By doing this activity, we hope to give pre-teens in the community a fun, inspiring, bonding experience that will connect them not only with high schoolers, but students their age as well. All 5th and 6th grade students are welcome, however we ask that they read the book before the meeting.   This month, we are going to be reading Finally 12 by Wendy Mass, which is the sequel to the book we 

read last month, 11 Birthdays. A brief description of the book is listed below.   “Rory Swenson has been waiting her whole life to turn twelve. And she”s got a list to prove it. Whenever Rory asks her parents for something, they always say, "When you”re twelve, when you”re twelve, when you”re twelve." Well, in exactly 18 hours, 36 minutes, and 52 seconds, it will finally happen.”     

The Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 12th , 3:15-4:15. The meeting will be held at Woodland Intermediate School.   If your son/daughter would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please fill out the form, which is linked below, and all of the corresponding information. The form will close 01/15/20, and we have a limited number of spots, so please fill it out as soon as possible to reserve your spot.  https://forms.gle/unhKXATsp1DgP4u69   If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kailey Krzoska at 21kkrzoska@kimberly.12.wi.us  

Step-by-Step Canvas Painting: December 27, Village of Kimberly Municipal Complex

How to Create a Rock Mandala: December 31, Village of Kimberly Municipal Complex

Babysitting Certification Class: February 13, 2020 or April 14, 2020, Village of Kimberly Municipal Complex

Intramural Schedule 2019-20 The intramurals program at Woodland Intermediate is designed to provide our students opportunities to participate in a variety of activities. Children will create memorable moments spending time with friends, developing new friendships, learning new skill sets, and growing their leadership and teamwork ability. All intramurals are 3-4 pm except wrestling which ends at 4:30.

Cross Country ● September 10 - October 15● Practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays● Final meet at KHS on October 15

Globetrotters ● September 18 - October 23● The club meets every Wednesday (5th grade only)

Girls Volleyball ● October 21 - November 26● 5th graders practice on Mondays and Wednesdays● 6th graders practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays● Final meet @ Woodland; Nov 25 (5th gr) and Nov 26 (6th gr)

Wrestling ● October 16 - November 21● Practices held Mondays and Wednesdays● Final meet @ Mapleview; Nov 21 (Thurs)

Choir ● Oct - December & February - April● Girls meet on Tuesdays and boys on Thursdays

Art Club ● 5th Grade: November - December● 6th Grade: February - March● More information to come

Crafty Kids ● November - December● February - March● More information to come

Basketball ● January 6 - February 11● Girls practice on Mondays and Wednesdays● Boys practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays● Final games @ Woodland; Feb 10 (girls) and Feb 11 (boys)

Boys Volleyball ● Feb 25 - Mar 31● Practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays● Final meet @ Woodland on March 31

Chess and Cribbage Club ● February - March

Coding Club (Computer Science)● March - April

Active Games● May

Actual start and end dates will be furnished at the time of sign-up. Contact Mr. Eichman (reichman@kimberly.k12.wi.us) with questions about intramurals.

KIMBERLY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTPARENT CALENDAR

2020-2021September 2020 October 2020 November 2020

M T W TH F M T W TH F M T W TH F1 2 3 4 1 2 2 3 4 Q 6

NS 8 9 10 11 5 6 HS 8 9 9 10 11 E2&C 1314 15 16 17 E2 12 13 14 15 E2 E2&C 17 MS MS AM21 22 23 24 AM 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 NS NS28 29 30 26 27 28 NS NS 30

December 2020 January 2021 February 2021

M T W TH F M T W TH F M T W TH F1 2 3 4 NS 1 2 3 4 5

7 8 9 10 11 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 NS14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 Q/AM 15 16 HS 18 1921 22 AM NS NS 18 19 I I 22 22 23 24 25 E2NS NS NS NS 25 26 27 28 29

March 2021 April 2021 May 2021

M T W TH F M T W TH F M T W TH F1 2 3 4 5 NS NS 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 MS AM 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 AM15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21Q 23 24 25 26 19 20 21 22 E2 24 25 26 27 EN

NS NS NS 26 27 28 29 30 NS

June 2021 NS No School

M T W TH F AMAM classes only (exception: No school for 4K) KHS dismissed at 11:31am, JRG & Intermediate dismissed at 11:20am, Elementary dismissed at 12:00pm

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DAY MAKE-UP

E2 Elementary Early Release - Elementary dismissed at 2:00pm (Exception: 4K morning classes 8:45am - 10:45am, afternoon classes 11:45am - 1:45pm)

EN Elementary Noon Release - All Elementary students dismissed at 12:00pm (exception: No school for 4K)

HS High School Parent/Teacher Conferences - KHS students dismissed at 2:00pm

MSMiddle School Parent/Teacher Conferences - JRG students dismissed at 2:00pm except on November 19th - students will have a full day of school

IIntermediate School Parent/Teacher Conferences - Intermediate students dismissed at 2:00pm

*If needed, snow day make-up will be on Friday, June 4th.

E2&C4K-4th Gr. Parent Techer Conferences; No school for 4K; Grades 5K-4th Grades dismissed at 2:00pm

Q End of quarter

Do you enjoy working with children while maintaining a flexible work schedule? Have you considered becoming a substitute teacher?

The Kimberly Area School District is seeking talented Substitute Teachers who want to join a team of ambitious professionals who help all students succeed. Sometimes, our educators are away from their classrooms for things like professional development or when they are ill. That’s when we need talented individuals to continue providing a high-quality education to our students.

Qualifications:• Current Wisconsin Educator License - or - Substitute Teacher Permit• Have an Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree but not a Substitute Teacher Permit? Contact us

at (920) 788-7900 to learn more about pursuing training to obtain a Substitute Teacher Permit.

Substitute Teachers new to KASD are supported by helpful District staff at each building. The District uses Frontline, an online Substitute Teacher system, where you can view and customize subbing positions you are most interested in for your subbing career. KASD offers a competitive daily pay rate for our substitute teachers.

Are you ready to join a team of talented professionals who help every student reach their potential? Complete an online application through WECAN (Wisconsin’s K-12 hiring website) https://wecan.education.wisc.edu.

The Kimberly Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of the Protected Classes of race, color, national origin, age, sex (including transgender status, change of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity), pregnancy, creed or religion, genetic information, marital status, handicap or disability, citizenship status, veteran status, military service (as defined in 111.32, Wis. Stats.), ancestry, arrest record, conviction record, or any other characteristic protected by law in its employment practices. Concerns or questions should be directed to the District’s Compliance Officer, the Director of Human Resources, at Kimberly Area School District, 425 S. Washington Street, Combined Locks WI 54113. We are an equal opportunity employer.

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