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Inside this Issue:
Dear Robert Frost Families,
Looking for a GEM
Assessment Dates
Assessment Preparation
2
Counselor Corner
From the School Nurse
3
Calendar
Ice Cream Winners
Word of the Month
4
DATES TO REMEMBER
FEBRUARY:
1st
13th
Market Day 5-6:00 p.m.
Board Meeting
WSHS—6:00 p.m.
14th Valentine Parties 2:45 p.m.
20th President’s Day
NO SCHOOL
23rd Early Release 2:30 p.m.
25th Bowl-A-Thon
27th Board Meeting
WSHS—6:00 p.m.
The second half of the school year is well
underway and I would like to take this
opportunity to thank you for the wonderful support you give to the staff and students. You are a blessing to us and our
community. Thanks for…volunteering in
classrooms, facilitating Junior Great
KINDERGARTEN 101
Parents of prospective kindergarten
students are invited to attend a
March 5th
Volunteers ARE Needed!
Please Call Linda Komlos at
797-7280
Parents or guardians will be
notified of the decision in writing.
Registration Packet Pick-Up
Annehurst Elementary -ORPointview Elementary
Wednesday, February 15th
From 7—8:00 p.m.
February 21, 2012
6:00—8:00 p.m.
(At your home attendance school.)
Building Security
In order to continue to provide a
safe environment for our students,
parents, and staff, we ask that ALL
visitors and volunteers enter through
the main doors, stop in the office to
sign in and get a badge. EVERYONE
Student Sign-In
Open Enrollment
Please remember, if your child arrives
Deadlines Moved Up school late, the adult bringing the child
The deadline for submitting
Intra-District Open Enrollment
applications for elementary
schools is May 1, 2012.
Applications are accepted
beginning on the first day of
school for the next school year.
KINDERGARTEN
PARENT INFORMATION MEETING:
Book Fair
The Scholastic
Book Fair will be
held the week of
Books, working in the media center, running the school store, assisting at the
Falcon publishing room, organizing the
Variety Show, the Fun Fair, the Weekend
Folders…and much, much more!!
Heartfelt Thanks!
at
to
school must come to the office with the child
and sign him/her in. When completing the
sign-in sheet, please be sure to fill in a reason
for the child being late. If no reason is provided, it will be considered an unexcused
tardy. Also, please sign the sheet so we know
which adult brought the
child in.
Thank you for your
cooperation in this matter!
must have an identification badge on
at all times in the building during
school hours. You will be asked to
return and sign in if you are out and
About in the building without one.
Also please remember to sign out and
Moved? Moving?
If you moved over the Winter Break or have signed a
new lease agreement, please provide the Welcome Center, located on the 3rd floor of the
Ohio Health Building at Polaris and Africa
Roads with a TWO new Proof of Residency, and
Robert Frost with phone numbers and/or any
updates to your child’s emergency information.
It is important that we have the most current
information on file for your child in case of an
emergency.
www.westerville.k12.oh.us/Rfrost/index.htm
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Robert Frost is looking for our
next GEM to receive this award.
**Anyone
can make a nomination**
NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE
Mrs. Bunting’s
kindergarten
students pose
in their
pajamas in
support of
a school-wide
food drive
sponsored by
Student
Council.
Assessment/Test Dates:
Grade 2-4
Terra Nova/InView/NNAT will be given March 5th—16th
Grade 3-5
CLIP AND SAVE
Robert Frost has a treasure
chest of GEMs to choose from
and we look forward to your
nominations!
GREAT EDUCATOR MENTOR AWARD
All GEM Award winners
will be honored at the
May Board of Education Meeting.
CLIP AND SAVE
GEM AWARD:
February 16th.
8th Annual
DEADLINE for Nominations:
CLIP AND SAVE
Westerville Parent Council & Roush
Honda are sponsoring the
Test Preparation
This distinguished honor is given to a
community member, a volunteer, a parent
or district/building faculty and staff who
makes a difference in the lives of students at each building and/or the school
district as a whole.
Looking
for a GEM
at Robert
Frost!
Please do not schedule
vacations or appointments during these days.
All tests will begin first thing in the morning. Students will need to be on time to
complete testing each testing day. Parents are asked to avoid student absences, tardies and doctor appointments during test dates. Students need to be prepared for
testing with proper rest, breakfast, and two sharpened #2 lead pencils. If you have
questions about the tests, you can contact your child’s teacher or to www.ode.gov.
Sample tests are available to help parents with the Ohio Achievement Assessment
(OAA) on the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) website.
CLIP AND SAVE
State OAA’s will be given April 23rd—27th
Making children familiar with the terms
that they may see on the test is an important part of our test preparation. Simple vocabulary may be the stumbling
block that may keep some children from
doing well on the test. Our teachers are
working, across the grade levels, to help
children learn how different words are
used. Below is a listing of some of the
words or phrases that they will probably
see on the test. As you talk with your
child, you may want to use these words
to help him/her to understand them
“outside of the school setting.”
Writing
Reading
prewriting
sentence
formal letter
paragraph
friendly letter
non-fiction
greeting
noun
body
verb
closing
fact-opinion
punctuation
description
revise
illustrator
edit
topic
details
story-line
article (news)
theme
descriptions
fantasy
characters
author
synonym
summarize
antonym
retell
interview
setting
organize
similarities
selection
fairy tales
dictionary
plot
thesaurus
narrative
phrases
fictional
in-depth
poem
exclamation point
period
comma
narrative
www.westerville.k12.oh.us/Rfrost/index.htm
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Counselor’s Corner
MR. MCCLAVE, Guidance Counselor
[email protected]
“I-Messages”
It is important to model HONESTY to
children by being honest with yourself
and others. Your honest actions will
speak much louder than your words.
One way to be honest with children and
to help them to be honest with others is
to help them learn how to express their
feelings appropriately. An example of a
positive way to express feelings is by
using a “feelings talk” or an “I statement” Teachers and counselors use this
technique often with children to assist
them in resolving their conflicts peacefully and honestly. For example, a student who is being teased by another
student may have tried ignoring the
teaser to no avail. The student can try
using the “feelings talk” by saying, “I
feel upset when you tease me. I would
like for you to stop please.” By using
an “I statement” the person can become
empowered and feel some sense of control over the situation. Even if the
teaser continues, the person has let
them and others know what they want
to happen.
When your child refuses to do a
chore a parents might try the following
approach. Using a calm voice say to the
child, “I feel disappointed when you do
not do the chore that we agreed upon. I
would like for you to do the chore.” As
the parent, you should have a set of
consequences for home rules that are
broken just as in school. A consequence may be that you, the parent, do
not do something that the child wanted
to do until their task is completed. The
“feelings talk”, may not always work
in every situation but it is a useful tool
to have in your pocket! Give it a try!
I feel ___________ when __________.
I would like ___________.
Family Meeting Activities:
(Remember the snacks!)
Make a sign displaying the “feelings
talk” example shown above. Hang it in
a prominent place such as the refrigerator (if
you can find room!). Practice using
“feelings talk” by role-playing different
situations among family members and
other people.
From School Health Services:
IS IT THE FLU?
The flu and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses but they are caused by
different viruses. The flu and common cold
have very similar symptoms, so it can be
difficult to tell the difference between
them based on symptoms alone. In general,
the flu is worse than the common cold. If
you have the flu, you may experience
some or all of the following symptoms:
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Fever*
Cough
Sore throat
Runny or stuffy
nose
Body aches
Headache
Chills
Fatigue
Sometimes diarrhea and vomiting
Donations to W.A.R.M. allowed students
& staff to wear their pajamas to school!
389 lbs
Books to share & discuss…
A Day’s Work; E. Bunting
of food was collected!
Skull of Truth; B. Coville
Robert Frost
Trumpet of the Swan;
E. B. White
FUN FAIR
Why Mosquitos Buzz in
People’s Ears; V. Aardema
Undercover Tailback;
M. Christopher
is Coming
Friday, March 16th
*It is important to note that not everyone
with flu will have a fever.
If you experience flu-like symptoms, you
should stay home and avoid contact with
other people except to get medical care.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you stay
home for at least 24 hours after your fever
is gone except to get medical care. Your
fever should be gone without the use of a
fever-reducing medicine. You should stay
home from work, school, travel, shopping,
social events, and public gatherings. You
should contact your health care provider if:
• You have flu-like symptoms and age 5
or younger, especially younger than 2
• You have flu-like symptoms and 65 or
older
• You have flu-like symptoms and pregnant
• Anyone with flu-like symptoms and any
of the following:
• Cancer
• Blood disorders such as sickle cell
disease
• Chronic lung diseases such as asthma
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• Kidney disorders
• Liver disorders
• Neurological disorders
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Weakened immune system
• High fever (over 101 by mouth) that
lasts more than 12 hours
• Signs of dehydration (dry lips, not
drinking)
• Trouble breathing
• Little or no appetite
• Any other symptoms that do not go
away or get worse
*For other information from Health Services (including
nurses’ schedules, area clinics, medication forms, and
more), go to the district web site at www.wcsoh.org,
select District Departments, then Health Services.
www.westerville.k12.oh.us/Rfrost/index.htm
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February 2012
Sun
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Wed
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Sat
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Market Day
Pickup 5:00 p.m.
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B
8
C
11
Interim Report
Distribution
Student Council
3:30 p.m.
5th grade DARE
9:30 a.m
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13
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A
15
B
Valentine Parties
2:45 p.m.
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20
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HOLIDAY
(Presidents’ Day)
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Student Council
3:30 p.m.
22
F
nd
Elementary 2
Rotation Ends
16
C
17
D
GEM Nomination
Deadline
HS P/T Conference
Comp Day (No
School for HS Only)
23
24
A
B
18
25
Early Release
Day Grades K-12
Yearbook “Group”
Picture Day
26
27
C
28
D
29
E
Market Day
Pickup 5:00 p.m.
Our February WORD of the MONTH:
Honesty
At Home, At School
In the Community
The quality of
being upright in
principle and actions.
Truthfulness, Sincerity, Not Lying,
Cheating or Stealing, Honor, Integrity
Ice Cream Winners
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
Cade C
Kassidy M
Tayla P
Ailey G
Devray K
Reed H
Mohamed J
Jason K
Andrew C
James M
Natalie K
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Brinlee Romney
Tufah Dahir
Hunter Swain
Sam Olson
Taylor Griffiths
Michael Sutphin
Mabry Nichols
Isabella Ceckitti
Emmanuela Owusu
Kaitlyn Sturgell
Jack Richards
Amanda Champlin