Rootstown Elementary News 4190 State Route 44 – Rootstown, Ohio 44272 – (330) 3257971 – Fax (330) 3252683 Mr. Jeffrey Turner, Principal www.rootstown.sparcc.org January 2016 Volume 6, Issue 3 Rootstown Schools, in collaboration with the community, will provide a quality education in a safe environment for students to become productive, life-long learners. Parents, All of us at Rootstown Elementary would like to wish each of you a Happy New Year and hope your rd elementary child will find much success in 2016. It is difficult to believe that we started the 3 nine st weeks on January 25th. Report cards, STAR and AR reports (Grades 25 and select K and 1 grade students) came home with all students on January 22nd. Please take the time to examine these reports and contact your child’s teacher with any questions or concerns. As we begin the new year, I would like to take the time to update you on past and upcoming events in the building: Santa Shop On behalf of Rootstown Elementary, I want to thank our PTA volunteers, especially Cindy Sladkey, for their time and effort purchasing and coordinating our Santa Shop. The students loved the opportunity to shop for their family and this was made possible through their efforts. Thank you! Center of Hope Food Drive I want to thank all of you who donated food items during our annual food drive in November. The elementary was able to collect over 2,000 food items that were donated to the Center of Hope. This is a great show of compassion for those less fortunate than us. The homerooms that collected the most in the rd th 3 5 category was Mrs. Lewis’ grade classroom with 346 food items and in the K2 category was Mrs. Bartholomy classroom with 138 food items. We had over 2,000 food items for the building! Thank you to Mr. Rodstrom for coordinating this collection again this year. Parent/Teacher Conferences th Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on February 11 from 4:007:00 p.m. Your child’s teacher will be in contact with you if a conference is needed. If you are not contacted and you would like a conference time that night, please contact your child’s teacher. ‘ 80s Da y Students and staff at the elementary school recently celebrated the 80th day of school by dressing like people did in the 1980s. The halls and classrooms were full of neon clothing, big hair, leg warmers, and track suits. Rappers and rockers were present, too! Rover PRIDE Tshirts Thank you to the PTA for donating the Rover PRIDE TShirts to all students and staff! Special thanks goes to Cindy Sladkey, Veronica Miller, Tracie Roberts, Brenda Giebel and Lisa Scott for their effort coordinating this for our students and staff. Special Visitors’ Night Open House (formerly Grandparents’ Night) th This annual event will take place on March 16 between 67 p.m. Students are permitted to bring a special visitor to meet their teacher and participate in a literacybased activity. Additional information will be communicated at a later time regarding this night. Book Swap During the week of March 14th, the elementary will be collecting new or gently used books for our Book Swap that will take place the week of March 28th. We will also collect books the night of Special Visitors’ Night. More details about the Book Swap will be sent home at a later time. State Testing This year’s AIR state testing for grades 35 will occur in April and May. These tests are part of the state of Ohio’s requirements and are not designed by our local district. In the past, these tests were known as OAAs (Ohio Achievement Assessments) and PARCC assessments. Please see additional information regarding specific testing dates for your child later in this newsletter. Please do not schedule time away for your child within these test windows. Your help and support is greatly appreciated. Finally, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 3303257971 or turner@ roversk12.org I am looking forward to a great 2016! Reminder: Please make sure you send your child with winter coats, hats, gloves, and boots for outdoor recess. Students should not come with a “hoodie” as a coat. Sincerely, Mr. Turner Principal [email protected] Lions Club Awards The students listed below were selected for the Lions Club Good Award. They were selected based on their attendance, listening skills, work habits, and citizenship. Congratulations! Month Student Grade/Teacher October 2015 November 2015 December 2015 January, 2016 Matthew Schrock Isaac Simkanin Ava Miller Addison Yohman 5th Mrs. Burrell 1st Mrs. Bartholomy 2nd Mrs. Svenson 3rd Mrs. Morgart Library from Mrs. Polack Thank you for a successful Elementary Book Fair. New books will be out on the shelves for students over the next couple of weeks. It is great to see the enthusiasm of reading in the building. Mrs. Polack Did you know that the elementary library offers resources outside of the school day? CAT, Jr. is the elementary’s online catalog that they can look up books with the AR reading levels. Students can also use INFOhio to help them with their homework and reading, 24/7. Kindergarten through Third Grade students would benefit from BookFlix and the Early World of Learning . Explora and World Book for Kids are great research databases for older students. Please check the Elementary Library web page, http://[email protected] for access to these web sites and other news. Parents or family members who like to organize are always welcome to volunteer in the library. Please contact Mrs. Polack, 3303257971. Message from Mrs. Ray, School Counselor Ohio’s State Tests rd th This year state standardized testing has changed from years previous. Students in 3 – 5 grade will be participating in computerbased testing from April 11th May 13th. In grades 35, students will take two days of testing for both English Language Arts and Math. In 4th grade, students will take two days of testing for Social Studies. In 5th grade, students will take two days of testing for Science. It is very important that your child is present in school on testing days, wellrested, comfortably dressed, and having eaten a healthy breakfast. Many students will travel to the middle school on their designated testing day. Students will be practicing going to the middle school and using the computers in that building over the coming weeks. Red Ribbon Week and AntiBullying Week In October, students recognized Red Ribbon Week with special dressup days, daily announcements, and daily trivia. The goal of this week was to reinforce the importance of living a healthy and drugfree life. Thank you to all who participated in this week! In November, students recognized AntiBullying Week with special dressup days and morning announcements. Furthermore, each class or grade level created a poster to highlight unity within each classroom. The third through fifth grade teachers voted on the poster they thought was the best in kindergarten through second grade. kindergarten through second grade teachers voted on the best poster in third through fifth grade. The winning classrooms won donuts and juice while the runnersup received donutholes and juice. The winning classroom for third through fifth grade was Mr. Apthorpe’s homeroom class. The runnerup was Mrs. Schler’s homeroom class. In kindergarten through second grade, Mrs. Bartholomy’s class was the winner with Mrs.Svenson’s class being the runnerup. The pictures below are the winning posters. Thank you to all who participated! Grades 35 Winner: Mr. Apthorpe’s Homeroom Class 4th grade Grades K2 Winner: Mrs. Bartholomy’s Class 2nd grade 2015 Holiday Season I want to say thank you to all who helped in any way with the holiday help for our families this year! Through our school giving tree, we were able to provide gifts for 10 families which amounted to 24 children total! The Ravenna Police Association gave seven families of 9 children the opportunity to Shop with a Cop. Furthermore, various families in the community provided Christmas gifts to three families in the building. Finally, the community churches provided Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets to nine families for both holidays. As always, thank you to all who were involved and helped with ensuring that many families in our building were able to have a wonderful holiday season! Turner Award Winners Each month a student from each grade level is chosen to receive the Turner Award based on his or her demonstration of the character trait of that month. Each student demonstrated the character trait of responsibility. Responsibility was the character trait for the months of November and December. Congratulations to the following students! K Troy Kopac: Mrs. Cox 3rd Lillian Hockstra: Mrs. Lewis 1st Ben Kang: Mr. Hindman 4th Jessica Yaksich: Mrs. Schler 2nd Riley Monegan: Miss West 5th Carson Flowers: Mrs. Sutton Message from the Nurse, Mrs. Baldwin LIGHTS...CAMERA...ACTION and the FLUMIST Clinic It was an exciting day for our students who participated in the FluMist Vaccine Clinic. FOX 8 News and the Record Courier were on hand to photograph and interview a few of our kindergarten students who participated. The students talked about how the vaccine “tickled” their noses. The FluMist vaccine, administered through the nose was given to 100 elementary students. We were very proud of our students and how well they represented the school. Our plan will be to offer this clinic again next school year in the fall. While flu season can start as early as October and continue through May, February is the highest month for flu activity. Not only can the vaccine keep you from getting sick, it also protects the people around you such as young children and the elderly. If you or your child have not yet received the vaccine, it’s not too late to contact your health care provider to receive one. Kindergarten Registration and Screening Tuesday, April 5, 2016 between 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. or Thursday, April 7, 2016 between 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Registration packets can be picked up in the Elementary School main office starting on Monday, March 7, 2016 A screening date and time will be given to you when you pick up the registration packet. Office hours: 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Elementary School saves the following: Akron Children’s Hospital (Pop tabs collection) ACME Receipts Community Cashback Program (runs from August 20, 2015 through January 6, 2016) Box Tops for Education Campbell’s Soup Labels Empty computer ink cartridges & cell phones (NAME BRANDS ONLY) Target Stores (ID#84909 Giant Eagle (register at Giant Eagle our ID# 0927) www.gianteagle.com/about/applesforstudents or 18004744777 These items can be sent to school with your child. Thank you! Important Dates January 2016 25 February 2016 2 11 12 15 19 22 March 2016 1 7 15 16 17 2125 April 2016 1 5 7 5 7 18 29 Board of Education Meeting 6:00 p.m. PTA Meeting 6:00 p.m. Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:007:00 p.m. Classroom Valentine’s Parties 2:00 p.m. No School – Presidents’ Day Observed Interims Distributed Board of Education Meeting 6:00 p.m. PTA Meeting 6:00 p.m. Kindergarten registration/screening packets can be picked up at the Elementary School Office 5th Grade Band Concert at Middle School at 7:00 p.m. Special Visitors’ Night 6:007:00 p.m. Race for Education 8:00 a.m.2:00 p.m. Spring Break Report Cards go home PTA Meeting 6:00 p.m. 5th to 6th Grade Orientation 6:00 p.m. at the Middle School Cafeteria Kindergarten Registration/Screening 8:00 a.m.3:00 p.m. Kindergarten Registration/Screening 10:00 a.m.5:30 p.m. Board of Education Meeting 6:00 p.m. Interims Distributed
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