Parents/Students
At Chippewa Valley Schools we believe that parent involvement is the key to a great education. Throughout the school year, parents attend meetings, conferences, building and extracurricular events.
To better communicate with our parents, we sponsor parent-teacher conferences in the fall and spring. These conferences provide an opportunity for parents to discuss their child's progress with our teaching staff. We also sponsor educational nights throughout the year designed to help with a variety of parenting issues and topics.
Parent Links
Student Links
Ordering School Lunch
Health Clinic
Sick Children...Send to School or Stay Home?
Deciding when a child is too sick to go to school can be a difficult decision for parents to make. When trying to decide, use these guidelines AND seek the advice of your health care provider.
Dispensing Medication at School
Links to the required forms are below. Please print out, complete, and return the applicable forms to the clinic so that we can administer medication (prescription and/or over the counter) to your child during the school day. The State of Michigan requires that these forms be on file with the child's school before any medication can be dispensed by the school. PARENTS MUST BRING ALL MEDICATIONS WITH THE FORMS TO SCHOOL FOR THE STUDENT. Please do not send medications in student backpacks.
Helpful Links
Promoting Positive Behavior
Positivity Project
The staff at Ojibwa uses the Positivity Project to empower students to develop character skills, build positive relationships, and become their best selves.
Click on the following link to learn more about the Positivity Project:
What is the Positivity Project?
Click on the following link for parent resources from the Positivity Project: Positivity Project Family Resources
The Ojibwa Hoots
Each day is a new adventure. Here at OJIBWA we P.I.C.K. Perseverance, Integrity, Self-Control and Kindness to help guide us through our day!
Student Pledge: I pledge to work toward my highest potential by showing Perseverance, Integrity, Self-Control and Kindness.
Student Promise: I will Persevere by showing Integrity, having Self-Control, and being Kind to others.
Social Emotional Learning
Click on the following link to learn more about Social Emotional Learning:
What is SEL?
Restorative Practices
Click on the following link to learn more about Restorative Practices:
What are Restorative Practices?
Specials
On a daily basis, each student will attend one of the following specials classes: Art, Physical Education, Music, and Science. Throughout the week all students will experience each of the four classes. Please see below for descriptions of each class.
Art
Students are provided with a hands-on experience within the subject of art. The content covered includes drawing, painting, collage, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking and textiles. During Art class, students will do the following:
- Learn to use a variety of artist’s tools
- Learn about safety in the art room
- Learn to think creatively and critically when talking about art
- Make connections among concepts, processes and content learned in art and other subjects
- Learn about the history of art
- Learn about and recognize great works of art
- Learn to form and express opinions about their art and the art of others, using art vocabulary
Physical Education
Kindergarten and 1st Grade: Primary consideration is given to developing motor skills and fitness at an introductory level. Emphasis at this level will be placed on movement education, cooperative games and fitness.
2nd and 3rd Grade: At this level, students will work on refinement of motor skills, with emphasis on group play, fitness, and game-type activities. Also, at this level, skill patterns are introduced to provide transition to activities taught at the intermediate level.
4th and 5th Grade: At this level, the focus is on specialized skills and sports activities, with an emphasis placed on quality of movement and correctness of skill patterns. Also, at this level, a measure of time is set aside for individual and team sports.
Music
Students are provided with a hands-on experience within the subject of music. During Music class, students will do the following:
- Learn to perform using voices and instruments
- Learn to think creatively and critically when talking about music
- Multicultural experiences learning music from other countries and regions
- Learn about the history of music
- Learn about and recognize different pieces of music and instruments
Science
Science specials is all about the Engineering Design Process and coding! Students learn the importance of making a plan, creating their design, and most importantly improving their ideas as they complete each engineering challenge. Some of our engineer design challenges include: racing boats, building strong bridges, creating the tallest towers, testing all different types of rockets and so much more! We have so much fun with these hands-on challenges!
Coding is also part of each year in science specials. We begin with Code and Go mice where students program the mouse to follow a maze to get to the cheese. Then we move on to Ozobots. Students code the Ozobots to follow paths and different commands with markers and paper and with iPad apps. We also use Dashbots that students control through the iPad and students can tell the Dashbots what to say. In addition, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students program NXT robots to complete different tasks.
Our Classroom creatures are a bonus! We have a leopard gecko, named Lizzy, a painted turtle, named Franklin, tree frogs, preying mantises, and our fish pond. I am so lucky to teach our wonderful students at Ojibwa!
What are Watch D.O.G.S.?
WHO: Students and fathers and father-figures of Ojibwa Elementary School
WHAT: The WATCH D.O.G.S.® program was created by a group of parents and educators in a single school in 1998, and has since grown to one of the largest and most respected family and community engagement initiatives in the country. Each year thousands of schools across the country utilize the WATCH D.O.G.S. ® program to reach out to the fathers and father-figures of their students and invite those men to spend at least one full day volunteering in their child’s school. Each year WATCH D.O.G.S. ® generates millions of in school volunteer hours in support of our students and educators.
WHY: Students gain a positive male role model.
Some students do not have a father-figure present in their home and with the limited number of male teachers, more positive male role models are needed in the school setting.
Schools gain an extra set of eyes and ears. The presence of Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) can increase a sense of security at the building for students and staff, and it helps create an environment conducive to learning.
Fathers and father-figures can spend meaningful time with their students in the school setting and gain a greater awareness of the positive impact they can have on their student’s life, just by being a ‘dad’.
When Watch D.O.G.S. invest a day at school, they can learn how better to partner with the school to meet the educational goals of students.
FOR MORE INFORMATION on the WATCH D.O.G.S.® program, call 1-888-540-3647; e-mail info@dadsofgreatstudents.com; visit dadsofgreatstudents.com.
How To Become A Watch D.O.G.S.
1. Complete the Watch D.O.G.S. registration form and CRC form. To access these forms, please visit: Watch D.O.G.S Registration Form
2. Submit the completed registration and CRC form to the main office. Please allow two weeks for these forms to be processed.
3. After the forms have been processed, sign-up for the date(s) you would like to volunteer at Ojibwa. To access the sign-up, please visit: Watch D.O.G.S.Sign-Up
Watch D.O.G.S Volunteers
Volunteers, at the end of the day (the day you volunteer), please take the Watch D.O.G.S survey to help our staff improve the program. To access the survey, please visit: Watch D.O.G.S Survey (school code: MI1491)
Again, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to volunteer at Ojibwa!
