Borlaug PJ Day & Food Drive

Hello, Borlaug Families and Staff,

Friday, December 13^th, is PJ Day at Borlaug.  This spirit day is sponsored by our Student Council, and they want to encourage students and staff to wear pajamas to school.   If you choose to bring slippers to wear indoors, be sure to have a change of shoes or boots for outside as well.

The second reminder is about our Borlaug Food Drive which is ending this Friday, December 13^th.  The Borlaug Student Council is collecting food for families needing assistance over Winter Break.  Any additional food will be donated to the Crisis Center.  Please bring donations to the classroom or the main office.  If your family would like to receive a Winter Break Basket, please contact Shannon Miner at 319- 688-1159. She can help arrange pick-up or delivery.

Pre-K	Uncooked rice/pasta/crackers
First Grade	Boxes of cereal/oatmeal/brown sugar/syrup
Second Grade	Canned vegetables/beans/pumpkin
Third Grade	Canned soup/gravy/canned meat
Fourth Grade	Instant mashed potatoes
Fifth Grade	Canned fruit/cranberry sauce
Sixth Grade	Cake mixes + canned frosting
Staff	Gift Cards or other foods

Thank you for your support.
Celeste Shoppa

Borlaug Halloween Slide Show

It was wonderful to see so many of our Borlaug families participating in our Borlaug Halloween festivities.  Below is a link to a Borlaug Halloween slide show that we hope you enjoy.

http://www.edline.net/pages/Borlaug_Elementary_School/Activities/Halloween_Lunch_Table

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you,

Celeste Shoppa, Principal

Borlaug Slide Show to Share

Hello Borlaug Families,

 

We have a new Power Point slideshow that is available at the following link:

http://www.edline.net/pages/Borlaug_Elementary_School/About_Our_School/The_Borlaug_Community

The Power Point presents information about Borlaug Elementary, our students and families, as well as Dr. Borlaug’s story.  We have this presentation running on our office monitor as a way to welcome families and to give visitors something special to view while waiting in the office.  Thank you to Amy Sorensen, our Instructional Coach, for creating this.

 

We hope you enjoy!

Welcome to Borlaug and the 2013-14 School Year!

Hello Borlaug Families,

We were very excited to welcome our students and families to the first day of school! There were so many smiling faces, happy to be back to Borlaug.

Please call us at 688-1155 if you need any assistance with updating your E-Registration. We are currently at about 80% of our families updated.  We need to have 100% updated, so we are sure we have the most current information for contact purposes.

We will have early release on both the first and second day of school.  This means we will dismiss at 2:00 on both Wednesday, August 21^st and Thursday, August 22^nd, with Friday’s dismissal at 3:00.  We want to remind our preschool families that preschool begins on Monday, August 26^th.

Thank you to our wonderful PTO for sponsoring a Boohoo/Yahoo Breakfast on the first day of school.  It was an informal time to socialize and have a light breakfast with other Borlaug parents.

Have a great week!

Principal Shoppa

 

Thank you for a wonderful school year!

It is hard to beleive our last day of school is almost here - Monday, June 3rd. It will be a 2:00 dismissal day.  Our 6^th grade graduation will be on the 3rd as well in the gym starting at 9:30 am, and we will have an all-school sing-along and Orff Club performance starting at 12:45.  Please feel free to attend to help us celebrate our first year at Borlaug.

It means a great deal to have such a supportive and dedicated community, and I thank you all for making this journey one filled with joy and respect for all we have accomplished!  I wish you a wonderful and safe summer.

Mrs. Shoppa

Thank You, Borlaug Community, for an Outstanding First Year!

Hello Borlaug Families,

I want to take this opportunity to thank the Borlaug Community for an outstanding first year, as I am filled with great pride because of our students, families, and staff.   It is amazing to look back and to reflect on our accomplishments, making wonderful memories of our first year together: community nights, school colors, school mascot, establishing PTO, community build, building tours, opening day, Dedication Day, back-to-school nights, Orff Club, sing-alongs, PBIS school-wide celebrations, holiday celebrations, book fairs, conferences, Chess Club, International Festival, Fine Arts Nights, Borlaug’s Got Talent, spring carnival, spirit days, etc.  

It means a great deal to have such a supportive and dedicated community, and I thank you all for making this journey one filled with joy and respect for all we have accomplished!  I am extremely proud and honored to be Borlaug’s principal! 

Celeste Shoppa, Principal

Borlaug May Reminders

Our Borlaug Carnival, sponsored by our PTO, will be tomorrow, May 11^th from 4:30-6:30pm.  Due to the uncertainty of the weather, the carnival will be held indoors in the gym, multi-purpose room, and in the first floor classrooms.  We hope you will be able to join us for an afternoon of fun!

Please join us for our last PTO meeting for this school year.  We will meet at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 14^th, in the Borlaug library on second floor.

Please stop by to check out the Borlaug lost and found as we have many items.  These items will be picked up by the Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church volunteers for community distribution.  This pick up will take place after the last day of school which is Monday, June 3^rd.  The last day of school is a 2:00 dismissal.

We are looking forward to a great end of our first year at Borlaug.

Thank you,

Mrs. Shoppa

Borlaug’s Got Talent!

Borlaug’s Got Talent was a huge success!  The Borlaug PTO, with leadership from Leslie Notle, was able to raise $1391.00 from the event.  The Borlaug students were so proud to share their talents, and it was a wonderful way for our community to gather and to celebrate our children. Thank you for supporting the event, and we look forward to continuing this new Borlaug tradition.

Borlaug International Festival was a huge success!

I want to thank our dedicated parents and staff for an outstanding International Festival last Friday evening.  It was wonderful to see us gathered as a community celebrating our various cultures through displays and sharing delicious foods.  Below is a link to a photo slide show of our International Festival which we hope you enjoy viewing as a family.http://www.edline.net/pages/Borlaug_Elementary_School/Activities/International_Festival

This Friday, March 15^th, will be a special day at Borlaug – It’s Beach Day! Spring Break is just around the corner, so let’s pretend we are on a sunny beach instead of experiencing an Iowa winter!  We hope our Borlaug students will dress for the occasion with a fun t-shirt, or hat, or sunglasses, etc. 

This Friday will also be our School-Wide BINGO celebration!  Our Borlaug Bulldogs have reached our goal of 40,000 Borlaug Bulldog tickets through their respectful, responsible, and safe behaviors. We will celebrate by playing BINGO for the last half hour of the day.  We will use our PA system and the SMART Boards to play as classroom teams.  It is sure to be lots of fun!

I hope you have a super Spring Break!

Celeste Shoppa, Principal

Borlaug’s Read Across America event held on Friday, March 1st

Hello Borlaug Families,

We hope you enjoy the

below link which is a slide show from Borlaug’s Read Across America event held on Friday, March 1^st .  The National Education Association’s “Read Across America” is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on the birthday of beloved children's author, Dr. Seuss.
http://www.edline.net/pages/Borlaug_Elementary_School/Activities/Borlaug_Celebrates_Read_Across

Each Borlaug classroom, Preschool – 6^th grade, enjoyed a visit from a member of the Coralville/Iowa City community.  The community members read their favorite children’s book, sharing their own love of reading, and its importance in their lives.

The Press-Citizen paper newspaper covered the story as well.  You will find an article in the Saturday, March 2^nd paper under local news, page 3A.  It is wonderful to spotlight reading and our fabulous Borlaug community.

Principal Shoppa

H2O for Life/Schools & Borlaug Partnership

Borlaug is proud to participate in a project to help people in the developing world who do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. We have joined an organization called “H2O for Life/Schools” to provide a donation system to help fund a clean water source for a school in need. We are officially announcing this new partnership as part of our International Festival on March 8. At the International Festival, we will have a table set up to take donations online or by writing a check. Our 5^th and 6^th graders have been learning about the very serious water needs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It feels right to reach out to people in need at this time. You can donate to this cause any time, by going to the website: “H2O for life schools.org” (http://h2oforlifeschools.org/). At this website, go to “Find Your Group,” select “Iowa” and then select Borlaug School. Here is a link about our partnership: http://www.edline.net/pages/Borlaug_Elementary_School/News/H2O_for_Life_flyer_Borlaug_pdf

                   

Thank you,

Celeste Shoppa, Principal

Borlaug Fine Arts Nights

Our Borlaug Fine Arts Nights are coming soon!  Wednesday, January 23^rd starting at 6:30 pm at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, we will have the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd graders sharing their musical talents.  On Thursday, January 24^th starting at 6:30 pm at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts,  we will have the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th  graders, along with the Orff Club, sharing their musical skills.  On both evenings the lobby will be open at 5:45 with the students gathering at 6:15 to be ready to perform at 6:30 pm.

The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts is located at the corner of 5th Street and 12th Avenue at 1301 5th Street  Coralville, IA 52241. Here’s a link to the center’s location and direction page -  http://www.coralvillearts.org/index.aspx?nid=98

We hope you will be able to join us for these evenings of musical celebration led by our fabulous music teacher, Mrs. Larsen.

Principal Celeste Shoppa