Louise Troy Tiger Prints
November / December , 2010
Volume 1, Issue 3
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
11-15
Picture/ID re-take Day
Interims mailed home
11-19
Principal for a Day
11-22 thru 11-26
NO SCHOOL
Holiday Break
11-29
Return to school from break
12-7
GR 7 trip to Boonshoft
12-8
GR 7 trip to Boonshoft
12-11
Parent Group noon- 2 p.m.
Movie and Open Gym
12-14
Winter Celebration @ 10 a.m.
12-16
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End of the 2 Qtr/1 Sem.
Winter Celebration @ 6 p.m.
12-17
NO SCHOOL
Records Day/Report cards
mailed home
12-20 thru 1-3
NO SCHOOL
Holiday Break
1-4
Return to school from break
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Beginning of 3 Qtr.
From the desk of Mrs. Busse, Principal
As I look back upon last quarter, we have many
reasons to celebrate! Over 100 of our students had
perfect attendance. Attendance is a crucial piece in
student success in school. I commend these
students for making school a priority in their lives.
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On November 8 we recognized our students’
academic and attendance accomplishments at our
first awards assembly for the 2010- 2011 school
year. Our hats go off to these students. On the last
pages of this newsletter you will find the names of
all of our students and their accomplishments for
the first quarter. We wish these students continued
success and encourage those who are not quite
where they need to be to continue with their efforts.
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November 19 was Dayton Pubic Schools’ Principal
for a Day event. On this day community members
serve as principal in many of our school buildings.
We were fortunate to have Dr. Herbert Martin as our
building Principal for a Day. Dr. Herbert Martin is a
professor at the University of Dayton. He is a poet,
lecturer, actor, narrator and is known nationally for
his scholarship and unforgettable performance of
Paul Laurence Dunbar’s dialect poems. It was
wonderful to have Dr. Martin with us for the day. I
am not sure who enjoyed themselves more, the
students or the staff.
The holidays are officially here. We hope that you
will celebrate the holiday season with us at our
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Holiday program on December 16 at 6:00 pm.
This promises to be a wonderful night of
entertainment and enjoyment for kids of all ages.
Mr. Corey Turner, our Music Teacher, has been
working diligently with the students and parents
preparing for the program. There have been
COMPUTER LAB
OPEN HOURS
The computer lab is open every
Monday and Wednesday from 3:00
– 4:00. Students, parents and
community are welcome!
numerous nightly practices and regular sewing
parties for the many costumes needed in this
production. A special thank you goes to the
entire Louise Troy community for your support
and help in the efforts of what promises to be a
tremendous celebration of our students talents
and the holidays. Make sure to mark your
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calendars for December 16 !
Welcome to our staff !
We welcome to our staff Mr. Thomas Massie! Mr. Massie
is our Math Intervention Teacher (MIT).
HOLIDAY AID
Nov. 10th – Dec. 13th
Student Council is sponsoring the Holiday Aid
Campaign. We ask students to bring in canned
goods and non-perishable items for this food
drive. The donations will benefit those in need
in our community. If we each can give a little it
will mean a lot to many families! The classroom
with the largest donation to Holiday Aid will earn
an out of uniform day.
Parents are always welcome at Louise Troy!
Building Hours
8:20 – 3:00
Student supervision begins at
8:20. Please help us ensure
your child’s safety by making
sure they do not arrive before
there is supervision.
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Mr. Deron Bell, Louise Troy’s Educational and Community Resource Coordinator, is
responsible for linking community resources to Louise Troy, one of the multiple schools
he serves. We have community links with Mr. Marlon Shackelford of BBI (Black Brothers
Involvement) providing weekly 7th and 8th grade boys mentoring, leadership, and life
skills. Ms. Kisha Foster of YWCA Dayton Girls Inc., provides weekly 7th and 8th grade
girls with resources and tools that are needed to reach their highest potential in life while
evaluating goals and values, and the skill set to avoid unreasonable risk, losing
everything and not gaining anything.
This fall our 8th grade students are participating in Success Skills, a Junior Achievement
program. Each week a volunteer from the Dayton Rotary Club visits our classrooms to
provide our students with engaging, academically enriching and experiential learning
sessions in work-readiness education and career perspectives. Topics discussed
include: rapport building, career choices, communication, conflict resolution,
cooperation, effective teamwork, job interviewing, problem-solving and workplace
values. Skills such as active listening, analyzing information, brainstorming, critical
thinking, deductive reasoning, interpreting information, oral and written communication,
problem-solving, public speaking, self-assessment and working in groups are explored.
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THE ALPHA TIMES
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Ms. Hampton – 6 Grade
Students are still working
on predicates and moving to
nouns in Language Arts.
We studied the election
process in Social Studies
and discussed the Senate
and House of
Representatives’ seats in
Washington, D.C.
We have started a new
theme in Reading entitled
“What Really Happened?” Do
you really know what
happened to Amelia Earhart?
We are enjoying this theme
this quarter.
TIGER PLEDGE
I pledge to treasure
Louise Troy
As a place to learn
and grow,
By being honest and
fair to all I know,
To show respect and
be kind to all I meet,
To be responsible
and safe each day of
the week,
To strive to be the
best I can be,
So all can succeed in
our Tiger family.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the
Louise Troy School is
to prepare students
for their future by
providing a safe,
respectful and
responsible learning
environment.
Math – Ms. Chester
We just finished our “Stretching and
Shrinking” Unit in 7th grade. We will
begin our next unit, which is entitled
“Accentuate the Negative”. In this
unit, students will extend their
knowledge of positive and negative
numbers. We will be working on
adding/subtracting,
multiplying/dividing and using order
operation to work on algebraic
expressions.
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In 8 grade, the students are
beginning a unit called “Growing,
Growing, Growing”. This unit
focuses on exponential growth and
decay. Students will discover how
to create and interpret tables,
graphs and equations of
exponential data.
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Dr. Thomas – 6 Grade
We are working toward the
OAA. We are working
through the Measuring Up
book and the Bits and Pieces
I booklet. In Science, we are
working through Unit B,
finishing up Chapter 4.
I encourage parents to
continue working with the 6th
grade team and please stop
by the class and check on
your children.
Science – Ms. Knight
The seventh grade has
begun a chapter on
populations, ecosystems
and ecology. We will
soon be starting a unit on
renewable and nonrenewable resources in
relationship to the
environment.
The eighth grade has
started astronomy and
just finished their
“cardboard
constellations”. We will
begin a unit on stars and
the universe next week.
Counselor’s Corner
Hello Parents:
I am looking for 8th grade students that may be
interested in becoming a Sinclair Community College
Young Scholar. The Young Scholar’s program is
recruiting for the Winter session. See Mrs. Dorsey for
an application or to answer any questions you may
have. I’m here on Thursdays.
LANGUAGE ARTS
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Ms. Stein’s 8 graders are
working on “The Landlady”
for their present piece of
literature. The 7th grade
class is working on
“Homesick”. We are still
working on OAA skills i.e.
grammar, comprehension,
vocabulary, spelling,
writing, etc.
Social Studies – Mrs.
Martcheva
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8 grade is working on a new
unit about “The American
Revolution”. We are starting a
project creating scroll documents
using Revolutionary War quotes.
Their project quotes were on
display in the 6-8 Pod the week
of 11/8. We also made Veterans
Day cards to Vets that were
delivered on Veteran’s Day
(11/11/10) to our local VA
Hospital on Gettysburg Ave.
The 7th graders are working on a
new unit about India. We are
learning about the early history
as well as current events. We
will also start learning Yoga in
the classroom. Yoga is a
meditative practice associated
with the Hindu religion. Yoga
refers to traditional physical and
mental disciplines that originated
in India.
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CUB’S CORNER
Mr. Joe’s class
ECIP is currently
working on the
alphabet and has
made it to the letter
“M”. We also recently
finished our alphabet
monster. The kids
did a tremendous job
painting him. We are
continuing to work on
our socialization skills
and motor skills.
Early Childhood Education News
We have been working hard this quarter. We are counting from 1-10, learning how to identify
our names and learning the difference between living and non-living things. Starting on
Monday, we will see who can count from 1-10. If your child counts farther than that, we will
have them identify those numbers. They will have an activity sent home with them on Thursday
for homework along with the Book-in-a Bag. We will also introduce a letter a week and send
home activities for your child to work on. Please remember that we are not allowed to send
home worksheets.
However, your child will be sent home activities that they need to work on during the week.
Please make sure that you work with them.
Field Trip Dates:
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 –
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
$5.00 for adults
Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011 –
Possum Creek Metro Park
Free
Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011 –
Newport Aquarium
$13.00 for adults
Thursday, May 19, 2011 –
Cincinnati Zoo
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$5.00 for 1 chaperone
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Reminders:
Please make sure your child has an extra pair of clothes and it does not have to be a
uniform.
Make sure that your child is picked up ON TIME.
If someone new is picking up your child, please make sure they have an i.d. with them.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call us at 542-4204.
Ms. Handy & Mrs. Thompson
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CUB’S CORNER cont.
HEY KDG PARENTS!!!
The Kindergarten classes are
hard at work getting ready for
first grade! We need more
crayons and pencils. HELP
US!! We need you to work on
first and last names –
recognizing them and writing
them. We have been working
on high frequency words: I, see,
me, my, like, a and you. Start
building a flash card system
adding words as we go.
Currently we are working on
s,t,n,m and a. You can help by
checking your child’s school
bag daily, looking at their work,
and reviewing it with your child.
Remind your child to follow
rules and be a good citizen.
We will be having a reward at
the end of December.
Mrs. Haywood’s 2nd
graders have been
reading and building
their estimation skills.
Students are required
to read at least two (2)
books each weekend.
For each book they
read, they must fill out
a “Booklink”. What’s
the fun part? Each
“Booklink” is traded in
for an “estimation
ticket”. Estimation
tickets are filled out by
estimating how many
items are in the jar at
our estimation station.
The student with the
closest estimation
wins a prize. So, the
more you read, the
more chances you
have to win.
Ms. Byrd’s students are hard at
work on increasing their word
recognition. They are also
practicing recognizing high
frequency sight words at their
grade level and learning their
ringed personal sight words in
context. The students are to
read nightly to help increase
their word recognition and
decoding skills. My third
graders have been provided
with a “Student’s Reminder for
Decoding” handout. All
students benefit from extra
reading experiences. You can
share reading aloud with your
child through the following
activities:
¾ Stop part of the way
through the story and
ask your child to predict
what will happen next.
¾ Ask your child how the
story made him/her feel.
¾ After reading the story,
ask your child to
suggest a different way
the story could have
ended.
Reading together is fun!! Help
your child start reading more
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BLUE TIGER’S NEWS
We in Mr. Turner’s/Ms. Hawkins’
room learned to do multiple column
addition with regrouping this month.
We also learned about Nevada,
Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
Also, in Ms. Hawkins’ Science
Group #1, we are learning about
plants and are in the process of
making a PowerPoint presentation
about the tree leaves we are
identifying. In Science Group #2,
we are making a chart about
animals that hatch from eggs.
Did you know that sharks hatch
internally from eggs?
Ms. Hawkins’ SUPER SPELLERS:
Dwight Anderson
My’ka Coleman
Aaron Davis
Cassie Dews
Raymond Hooks
Lance Jones
Dontiarra McClesky
Tyree Pierce
Shyreek Reynolds
Chelsey Seaman
Mr. Turner’s Student of the
Month: LaSean Bailey
**Terrence Taylor celebrated his
birthday on Oct. 28th. Happy
Belated Birthday Terrence.
Mrs. Saxena’s 3rd grade class is working hard on
different kinds of Graphic Organizers i.e. venn diagram,
story map and K.W.L., to compare and contrast. In
Reading, students are continuously working on fiction
and non-fiction comprehension. Every week they work
on new spelling words to improve their phonics and
vocabulary. They are learning to rearrange words,
sentences and paragraphs to clarify meaning. Make
sure your child does their Book Reports every month. It
helps them in Reading and Writing and it helps them to
become fluent in both.
In Social Studies, students are understanding directions
to locate places and to interpret maps.
In Math, we are focusing and reviewing on regrouping in
addition and subtraction of 2-3 digit problems. They
have learned clue words to work on “problems of the
day”.
Students had to decide on a Science project before Nov.
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11 for the Science Fair. Parents, thank you for helping
them.
Homework is assigned daily.
Ms. Cox’s class is in Unit 2 “Celebrating Traditions” in the
reading series. Throughout this unit, the students are able to
identify a wide range of the different traditions that exist among
the many cultures of the world. The students have started
cursive handwriting and will need to practice at home regularly.
Each child will receive a cursive handwriting folder to help them
with this new writing method. In Math, the students continue to
work through the multiplication and division facts and identify
the patterns with each number. In Science, we will be looking
at and studying fossils. Reading and interpreting maps was
the key focus in Social Studies for November.
Student of the Month: Jaylin Wright- A sweet young
student that always comes to school with a good attitude
and a big smile to brighten your day! She is a great role
model! I am proud of you, Jaylin!
November Birthdays: Tyasia Archie 11/13 and
Malick Wright 11/27
December Birthdays: Da’onte Campbell 12/31
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BLUE TIGER’S NEWS cont.
Ms. Limber
In Math, we are busy working on
reviewing addition and
subtraction with regrouping,
expressions and equations,
order of operations, congruency,
symmetry and problem solving
strategies. Please be sure to
memorize your multiplication
facts at home. In Reading, we
are working on our
comprehension skills, such as
finding the main idea, details,
inference, writing a summary
paragraph and writing letters.
We are also looking for ideas to
begin working on our Science
Fair projects that are due
January 12, 2011. Now is the
time to begin so there is enough
time to do your best. Everyone
is expected to turn in a project as
part of your Science grade. In
Social Studies we are studying
our natural resources and the
“Early People of Ohio”. We also
want to thank Vectren Gas for
the presentation on how to
detect a gas leak in our homes.
November Birthday(s): 26th –
Jason Pickett
December Birthday(s): 2nd –
Miracle Howard
Mr. Robinson
We are working hard in Math
on expressions and equations
with variables, order of
operations, problem solving
strategies, patterns and
multiplying 2-digit numbers. In
Reading we are working on
comprehension skills. We are
learning to find the main idea,
details and summarizing a
story. Social Studies – we are
working out of our Ohio
textbook learning about the
“Early People of Ohio and
Conflicts of Settlements in
Ohio”. Science – we are
looking for Science Fair
project ideas. Everyone must
do a Science Fair project that
is due Jan. 12, 2011.
November Birthday(s):
Emoni Abney (11/3)
5th GRADE NEWS
Ms. Boles and Mrs.
Strickland’s classes are
working on science projects for
the Science Fair. We will be
attending a field trip (Boonshoft
Museum) that is geared towards
our science curriculum. Parents,
please continue monitoring your
students’ homework.
Ms. Boles’ Student of the
Month: Howell Smith
Mrs. Strickland’s Student of
the Month: Jamilla Harris
November Birthday(s):
Wyatt Jones (11/6)
December Birthday(s):
Doreena Hairston (12/16)
December Birthday(s):
Student of the Month:
Shawn Gardner
Brandon Cunningham (12/17)
Juan Reeder (12/5)
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