January//February Highlights:

Marco’s Pizza Night

Another successful Marco’s Pizza night took place on January 18.  Please continue to order from Marco’s Pizza on our designated pizza night.  Our school gets a percentage of the items sold. This month Coy received $138.00 from our Marco’s Pizza night.  The money received from this fundraiser pays for our "Lunch with the Principal" monthly event.  The class that has the highest pizza sales also wins a pizza party.  Mrs. Spears’ class won the pizza party!

Outside Marquee
We are thrilled to have our new sign out front of the school.  There have been many positive comments about the positive communication that is taking place with our new sign.  Please continue to check our sign out front for recent updates.

Coy Second Grade Teachers Stumble Across Rare Opportunity
The Coy second grade teachers are finding themselves in a very fortunate position.  BGSU professor, Penny Sobeleski, has partnered with Coy and our second grade teachers.  Four of Mrs. Sobeleski's top graduate students, pursing their literacy coaching certification, will begin working with and co-teaching with our second grade teachers beginning January 30.  Graduate students must complete 70 practicum hours to earn their certification.  This means we will have the luxury of two certified teachers per second grade classroom from now through April 30 working together to try some new teaching techniques while at the same time enhancing current literacy practices.  Everyone is equally excited about this great opportunity!

Power Verbs are Powering Up at Coy
January 23 our Power Verb program kicked off for a second year in a row.  Mrs. Deal, a current fifth grade teacher, researched a few years back to discover many of the same verbs used on the Ohio Achievement Assessments.  All of the verbs were gathered and short, scripted classroom discussion activities were created for teachers to use on a daily basis immediately after morning announcements.  A new “power verb” is introduced via our morning announcements every week.  We attempt to utilize the verb as much as possible throughout the week.  Our daily “power verb” initiative will continue through the administration of the OAA.  Please ask your child what the "power verb" of the week is.

Coy Playground/Backfield Meeting
Matt Medina, Coy parent, along with parent group members and Dean Sandwisch met on January 26 to further our discussion about improvements to our playground/backfield area.  Discussion items included:  adding a bridge to get to the backfield, additional parking, blocking off the island on the west side parking lot and blacktopping some of the muddy playground area.  Most suggestions were proposed for the safety of all and to add additional play area for the students.  Mr. Sandwisch suggested we hold off on any major decisions at this point as there will be upcoming discussions about the use of Permanent Improvement  money for the district soon.  However, some decisions have been approved through our PGA.  Those decisions include:   purchasing a tetherball pole, adding two cement platforms on the playground and purchasing a basketball backboard and pole.  Our next meeting will be in conjunction with the March Coy PGA meeting on March 5 at 7:00 in the Coy Library.  Please plan to attend!

Ram Drama Team Announces Next Musical
The students are thrilled as the next Ram Drama Team musical was announced on Friday, January 24.  Aladdin will be the next musical that will take place at Coy in May.  Students will be receiving additional information soon about the specifics of the next musical.  The musicals are always a great experience for all.  Please look for more information to come home soon!

Mr. Earl Postcard Program Runs February 27-March 2

The Mr. Earl Postcard Program will begin February 27.  The program entails students filling out postcards that can be sent out to friends and family.  The school gets .50 for every completed postcard without any obligation to buy anything!  Please make family and friends aware that they do not have to buy anything from this program after they receive the postcard in the mail.  Money that is raised from this program is applied towards technology needs in our building.  Thanks for all that are willing to help with this easy fundraiser!

Pint Size Hero Blood Drive Coming Our Way!

Coy Elementary School will sponsor a blood drive on March 20 from 2:30-7:30.  Students will be learning about what it means to give blood.  They will be encouraged to go home and speak with family and friends about donating blood.  Family and friends of the student will have the opportunity to sign-up to help volunteer their time working the blood drive or to donate blood.  Two years ago we were successful in collecting 26 units of blood amongst our parent/family/friend Coy community.  Twenty-six units of blood equates to helping save 78 lives.  This year our goal is set to collect 30 units of blood which could help to save 90 lives.  Please help us with our goal this year and plan to donate! 

Coy PGA (Parent/Grandparent Association)

February 6, 2012 MINUTES

Old Business

• Playground purchases
• Box Top Labels and Soup Labels contest
• Change in By-laws and officer positions

Mrs. Molnar’s Report

• Lunch with principal was held last week. 
• Hoops for the Heart w/Ms. Rossler starts 13^th.  Info will be coming home. 
• Dr. Seuss week will be 2/27/12-3/2/12.  “Read the Most Coast to Coast” 
• Mr. Earl Fundraiser packet of post cards will be coming home soon.  Students are encouraged to complete all of the post cards and return.  School receives .50 for every post card with a name and address submitted. 
• There is an ongoing concern only 200 people receive the Coy Newsletter via email.  Mrs. Molnar is going to start sending home a flyer with important events, links to read about them and all of the important dates to remember.   

 New Business

• Outside field update and progress - Meeting in March.  During the meeting Feb 6^th plans were discussed to add parking along the rear driveway of the school and possibly future parking on access road along the retention pond.  Swings, basketball hoop and a new megaphone were decided upon out of funds voted to use at past PGA meeting.  Next meeting will be March 5^th after PGA meeting.
• Mom's Night In:  February 10^th.  Will run 5-9.  We will have about 20 vendors.
• Carnival:  March 30 – volunteer sign-up was passed around.  Additional face painters and possible art students and high school students as volunteers were discussed.
• Yearbook orders and messages.  Yearbooks were ordered and the message flyers will go home shortly.
• Kindergarten Information Night will be 3/28/12.  We still need 2 volunteers to help.  It was suggested we look for a current kindergarten parent who would like to help.  Discussed putting together a small raffle for a backpack filled with school supplies and also some Coy bumper stickers be purchased to pass out.  Mrs. Molnar was going to look into some designs and then later we can sell the remaining bumper stickers to current parents at Carnival and Dad’s Day.
• Spirit Wear Spring Sale and chairperson.  A new chairperson is needed!
•  Dad's Day theme - voting in March.  T-shirt design flyer will go home with 5^th graders to be voted on at the March 5^th PGA meeting.  We are going to confirm and limit the number of colors the students can use on the design.
• Mother’s Dance Themes were discussed.  Chrissy Finch is looking for 5 different ideas to let the students pick as their theme. 
• Monthly Drawing
• Voted to give $50 to Clay High School Operation Graduation again this year.

Kindergarten 2012-13 Parent Information Night 

PowerSchool - Your key to monitoring grades and attendance 

Letters regarding access to PowerSchool were sent out in the mail on Thursday, September 22nd.  This letter provides information as to how you can access an online account which will contain information such as attendance and demographic information for all students, as well as grades for students in grades 2-12.  You are encouraged to set-up your child's online account and monitor your child's grades on a regular basis.  Midterm reports will not be sent out for grades 2 - 12 during the school year due to the ability to access grades online.  You must login to your child's PowerSchool account to view his or her grades leading up to grade cards.  If you have any questions regarding this system or if you did not receive the letter, please feel free to contact Linda Toth at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 419‐693‐0661 x3273.

Please contact the teacher directly if you should have any questions regarding grades. Report cards will be distributed to every student at the end of each quarter.  The dates in which grade cards will go home are listed below:

October 28th
January 13th
March 23rd
June 5th or Last day of school

Lost and Found

Reminder - our lost and found bucket is overflowing with items.  It will be emptied at the end of every quarter and the end of this quarter is fast approaching.  Please check for lost items outside of the office doors immediately!

Good Search/Good Shop....don't order anything online without using it!

Here's a new easy way to raise money for Coy Elementary School. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they'll donate about a penny to Coy every time you do a search!

Please do all of your online shopping any time of the year through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, where you can shop at more than 900 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will come back to Coy. You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to your Coy...NO STRINGS ATTACHED!  Please do not delay, help us today.

Here's the web site — http://www.goodsearch.com. You can also read about GoodSearch in the NY Times, Oprah Magazine, CNN, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal.

Kroger Community Program

Enrolling in Kroger Community Rewards is quick and easy.  Visit www.krogercommunityrewards.com to enroll.  The program costs you nothing to join and Coy School benefits from your regular purchases.  Kroger required all participants to re-enroll over the summer.  If you did not re-enroll, please follow the steps listed above.

Receive School Newsletter via e-Mail!

Oregon City Schools will be transitioning all schools to electronic newsletters.  All you need is an e-mail account to subscribe.  Simply visit www.oregoncityschools.org to subscribe to your school newsletter.  Just select the school you want to receive newsletters from, then enter your name and e-mail address. You will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link you must click to confirm.  Once confirmed you will begin receiving monthly newsletters from your school(s).

The newsletters will include important dates, popular website links (e.g. staff directory, lunch menus, calendars), and current school news.  Each newsletter will highlight current school events and accomplishments as well as provide district communications.  This system is integrated with our website making it an efficient process to create the newsletters.  Providing newsletters via e-mail will also cut printing and distribution costs.  Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time by clicking a link on the bottom of their newsletter e-mail.

 Don't wait, sign up today!

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