Cooper Newsletter

School Hours: 8:10-3:20

Phone: 262-763-0180

Principal: Mrs. Jackey Syens Email: jsyens@basd.k12.wi.us

Secretary: Mrs. Lindsay Szpara Email: lszpara@basd.k12.wi.us

Health Aide: Mrs. Deb Jelinek Email: djelinek@basd.k12.wi.us

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Hello Cooper Family and Friends,

I cannot believe the month of May is here and we are in our last full month of school! What an amazing year it has been! I think back to September when I welcomed our students and families back to Cooper. Some were a little nervous and others very excited to start this new school year!

I want to express my sincere gratitude to all our Cooper families for all your kindness and support this year and the past five years while I served as Cooper Principal. I am retiring at the end of June after 32 years in public education! I will treasure the memories that I have made here at Cooper and the Burlington Area School District! I know that I will see many of you around the community! I wish you all the best!

We begin this month celebrating our teachers! May 1-5, is Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you to all our Cooper teachers and "home teachers" for doing all you do in the classroom and at home to brighten the lives of our students. Your effort is noticed and appreciated!

During this week our PTO is also sponsoring the Scholastic Book Fair May 3rd-May 5th. Students will have time to visit the book fair during the school day. The book fair will also be open in the evening on May 4th during the spring music concert until 7:30pm.

Speaking of the music concert, our Spring Music Concert for third, fourth and fifth grade is Thursday, May 4th. Mrs. Ivkovich, our music teacher, has planned a wonderful concert showcasing students playing a variety of instruments and singing beautiful songs. Please look for an email with specific information.

Mark your calendars to attend the "POP IN" family event Thursday, May 11th between 4:30-6:30pm. It is a fun, hands-on event when the whole family can be involved! Learning activities will be set up in the classrooms, Music, Art and PhyEd spaces. Students will showcase their work and share their success with their parents/guardians. They are so excited to share this learning with others. Please see more details below.

Let's think about SUMMER!! I would like to encourage you and your child to set summer goals so all this hard work continues into next school year. Set aside time each day for reading, doing some math and some writing. The Burlington Public Library and BASD teachers are partnering to provide several fun and enriching reading and math events at the public library. Please look for information on the public library website and flyers.

If you are looking for some fun and educational ideas, check out our Summer School and Summer Rec offerings! There's a large variety of educational and sporting activities. There is even special pricing if your child attends Summer School and then attends a Summer Rec activity~ check it out!

There are a number of field trips and volunteer events this month and in June. If you would like to chaperone or help at school, you will need to complete a volunteer application form. I look forward to see you~

Thank you again,

Mrs. Jackey Syens

The Scholastic Spring Book Fair will be May 3rd-5th. Students will be able to purchase books during the school day. The book fair will also be open Thursday evening before and after the Spring Concert.

Our music teacher, Mrs. Ivkovich has planned a fantastic Spring concert to showcase the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. The performance is on Thursday, May 4th. Grades 3 will perform at 6:30 pm and grades 4th & 5th graders will perform at 7:15 pm.

There is a 2:00 dress rehearsal in the Cooper gym. I am always impressed hearing our students' beautiful singing, and seeing how talented they are playing the recorders.

You can still purchase your raffle tickets in hopes of WINNING one of the awesome Raffle Baskets!!

SELLING TICKETS at POP IN Family Event- Thursday, May 11th 4:30-6:00pm prior to the drawing.

Raffle Basket Drawing-

• Thursday, May 11th 6:00pm at the "Pop In" learning celebration event- Please mark your calendars for this evening.

The Burlington Area School District Elementary School Counselors are organizing a “Careers on Wheels” event for all BASD 1st and 4th grade students. Careers on Wheels will take place on Thursday, May 18, 2023 from 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM.

The main goals for Careers on Wheels are:

• To expose students to a variety of careers.

• To help students to connect their current schoolwork to the world of work beyond school.

• To increase enthusiasm and excitement about their future career interests.

Before/After Care- Register by May 17th. REGISTER for 2023-2024 care before May 15. See the Before / After School Care webpage for information and registration instructions. Register in Skyward and pay a $40/child registration fee by May 15 to hold a spot.

Open to grades 5K-5th.

Seeking creative Cooper students who want to showcase their talent for the 2023 COOPER TALENT SHOW!

We have lots of talented students and can't wait to see!.

TO ENTER: Start thinking about a talent to perform. We need singers, dancers, magicians, tumblers, storytellers, jump rope artists, poetry readers, etc.

Make sure all music is appropriate for school-thank you!

Start practicing and preparing the performance.

Performances can be done individually, partners, small or large groups!

ONLY open to Cooper students

Mrs. Nie will share the Cooper Flipgrid link where all of these will be recorded and saved.

Entries must be recorded and in FlipGrid by: Friday, May 26th

Need help? Have questions? Contact: Mrs. Nie: snie@basd.k12.wi.us

ALL Chromebooks and chargers are being collected at the end of May because the lease on these is up! If your student(s) charger is at home, PLEASE SEND THIS TO SCHOOL with your child. Your child's Chromebook will be inspected. All stickers must be removed. Please look for additional information on our district website detailing this procedure and charges for lost or damaged Chromebooks and accessories.

We are excited to celebrate! Our Student Leaders and PTO have planned a FUN and Safe last week of school!

NEED YOUR HELP-The PTO will be sharing a Volunteer Sign Up soon. We hope to see you!

Schedule~

Monday- "Wild About Cooper School" celebration

• All School Movie with snack-

Tuesday- Jungle Jam Dance :

• dress up in your "wild" animal t-shirt and get ready to jungle jam!

Wednesday- "Wild Jungle Walk" Around Cooper Neighborhood

• Friends and family are encourage to park on the route and hold banners to celebrate students and all their hard work this year! Break out the cow bells and horns!
• 2:00 start- Route will be emailed to parents/guardians
• Popsicles after for all kids provided by the PTO- THANK YOU!!

Thursday- Game Day

• LOTS OF FUN!
• Volunteers needed 8:30-3:00pm.
• Volunteer Luncheon provided by our staff-

Friday-Family Picnic

• 10:45-12:30- hope to see you!
• Bring your camping chairs, small table, and/or blanket to picnic on the grass or playground. (some picnic tables will be provided)
• A SCHEDULE will be shared closer to June

To celebrate the end of a great school year at Cooper, we are holding a Family Picnic on Friday, June 9. To make this day special for the children, we would like to invite families to come and enjoy a picnic with their child(ren) during lunch time.

If you have more than one child at Cooper, we will group siblings together at your youngest child's lunch time so you can eat together as a family. Students will have the option to purchase a picnic lunch or students are welcome to bring a lunch. Of course you families are welcome to bring lunch for the whole family.

Please look for more details coming later this month!

SAFETY TOWN is offered to any child entering 5 year old Kindergarten in fall of 2023 or older

students who have not yet attended Safety Town. This year incoming 1st grade students are also welcome.

Registration is open for both participates and volunteers. Visit www.tinyurl.com/BurWiSafetyTown to register and for more information. For more information you may also visit www.nationalsafetytown.com.

Volunteer only registration can be found at https://tinyurl.com/BurWiSTVol.

Summer School Courses will be held June 19th- July 27th, 2023 at Karcher Middle School. There will be NO summer School week of July 3.

Both remedial and enrichment courses will be offered for each grade level. Classes will be held Monday - Thursday 8:00-11:00.

Optional breakfast will be offered 7:00-7:30 AM,

Optional lunch will be offered 11:00-11:30 AM.

Please see the course options on the Community Ed tab on the BASD Website.

BASD has Full Day & 1/2 Day 4K at all our elementary schools!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

Do you have a child or know of one who will be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2023? If so, your child is eligible to attend our FREE 4K program.

BASD has Full day and 1/2 day programs as needed. Enrolling early will help with student placement and offerings.

Raffle Basket Drawing- Thursday, May 11th 6:00

Volunteers Needed for Games Day, June 9th-

• Look for a Signup Genius soon- We will need 20+ volunteers

MEETING- May 11th 6:30-7:30pm library, a Virtual Link will also be shared

Email: jsyens@basd.k12.wi.us
Website: https://www.basd.k12.wi.us/schools/cooper/
Location: 248 Kendall Street, Burlington, WI, USA
Phone: 262-763-0180
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cooper-Elementary-School-709995315851419/