Welcome to February, Wolf Pack! Here's what's going on at school.
This morning, SAP students watched the 2nd graders' Lunar New Year Parade!
Upcoming Events
- TONIGHT Wednesday, February 1 - Luminary Art Night at The Makery
More info below!
- Tuesday, February 7, 5:30-7pm - Family Education Night - Zones of Regulation - More information below - RSVP here today!
- Wednesday, February 15 - Dine Out Fundraiser at Raising Cane's in Roseville
- Tuesday, February 21 - Advisory Council Meeting, 5:00-6:00 pm in the SAP Library and SAPSA Meeting, 6:30-7:30pm in the SAP Library
All are welcome!
- Save the Date: Saturday, February 25, 5:30pm - Luminary Festival - More information below
Read-A-Thon
THANK YOU to families, teachers, parent volunteers, and, most of all, our enthusiastically reading students for making the Read-A-Thon such a success this year! Our students blasted past the 195,000 minute reading goal, reading more than 370,000 minutes! We also exceeded our fundraising goal, raising over $20,000 to provide classroom materials, books, field trips, athletic gear, art supplies, artist residencies, enrichment activities, and more!
Last Thursday there was a school-wide livestream, where we announced the lucky Read-A-Thon prize winners and class pizza party winners. It was so sweet to hear students cheering for each other! All students also received a book selected by their teachers, made possible by rewards from the Scholastic book fair.
Since students surpassed their reading goal, in the afternoon they got to help tape Dr. Duke to the wall! Everyone got to stick on a piece of brightly colored tape, and then we pulled the stool she was standing on... and she stuck in place! What a fun way to celebrate our students' success. Thanks, Dr. Duke!
Our students read a phenomenal 370,876 minutes during the Read-A-Thon this year!
That's more than 257 days of constant reading!
Needs more tape!
Looking good! What happens when we pull the stool?
Dr. Duke is stuck to the wall!!!
Even stuck in one place, Dr. Duke shows that she can still travel 'around the world' in a book!
If you still have Read-A-Thon materials or donations hanging around, you can drop them in the office or online at https://www.givemn.org/story/Read2023
Family Education Night - Zones of Regulation
Tuesday, February 7, 5:30-7pm at SAP - Adult Education: Using the Zones of Regulation at Home - Free pizza and childcare provided!
Please RSVP by February 1st (today!) so that we can plan for space, food, and childcare. If you have any questions for the school counselors and social worker, you can enter them here as well!
Questions about the event? Email advisory@sapsamn.org
SAP LEGO League Teams
Two teams of SAP 4th and 5th graders competed at the LEGO League competition at Capitol Hill last Saturday, where they demonstrated their robots and presented their innovation projects. Teams 'Pickle Bricks' and 'LEGO Legion' made us proud! LEGO Legion even took home a programming award! Thank you to Ms Kopp-Reddy and Ms Woods-Weisman for leading LEGO League at SAP.
SAP Luminary Festival Update
Thank you to all the donors and volunteers who have already pitched in to help with preparations for the Luminary Festival. We are overwhelmed by your generosity. More opportunities to help will be announced next week.
Here is some news that astonished us: we are just 13 items away from completely crowd-sourcing the materials for the event. Do you think we can do it? You can help get us there by purchasing 1-2 items here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1HG22OPXUJ19P/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
The first Art Night at The Makery this Monday was a smashing success! Volunteers braved the sub-zero weather and prepped hundreds of jars to hang in the school forest. They also helped create giant blue flames out of fabric for one of the installations. Wednesday evening (tonight!) more volunteers will gather to create waterproof paper lanterns!
As a reminder, the festival is Saturday February 25th and we can’t wait to see you there. Read more about the festival or make a donation here: https://www.givemn.org/event/Sapluminary
Family Loses Home in a Fire
You may have heard that a family in our community recently lost their home and all of their belongings in a fire. While we are so relieved that they are physically safe, they need our support as they rebuild their lives. You can find more information and offer help here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rebuild-restructure?fbclid=IwAR3mSMWRbeIIVL4CR0Bm3eXO5ADJ7fID_srMjC5lY1xN3u40ce_grl10Rlc
Dine Out to Support SAP
Turn your family's cluck, cluck, clucks into buck, buck, bucks for SAP! Don't forget to mention the fundraiser when you order.
Planetarium Field Trips
Many of our students had field trips to the Como Planetarium last month! Here, 1st and 2nd graders learn about other planets' moons.
More links
The SPPS COVID Policy is available HERE. Please don't forget to report any illness with COVID to SPPS.
School Spirit Wear can be purchased HERE.
Every Meal is a free weekend food program, with food distributed to students at school ahead of the weekend. Please contact Mr. Edwards if you have questions about the program: errol.edwards@spps.org Otherwise, you can learn more and sign up online. Information is available in English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Karen, Arabic, Amharic, and Pashto. Use the links below to find out more or to enroll. MORE INFO HERE ENROLL HERE
Joy of the People asked us to share information about their summer soccer camps -
"Always the most fun. Ever. Lots of Joy and a little soccer. No tryouts. Ever. Non Profit Soccer Club combating Pay to Play with a focus on Free Play."
Weekly camps, Punch Cards, Endless Summer and more.
Enter code [summer23] at checkout to save an extra 10% by February 15th. More details and registration in link. https://www.joyofthepeople.org/general-6
What's for lunch in February?
Have a great week, Wolf Pack!
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