November 2016
Upcoming Events
December Dates
November Dates
No School
4
PTO Meeting SH LMC 3:45
21
Early Release 12:45
23
No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
24-25
Early Release 12:45
14
PTO Meeting
19
Holiday Program
15
Winter Break
23-Jan 1
Birthday Party Invitations:
Please respect our elementary students’ emotional growth by not distributing birthday party
invitations at school, unless the entire class is invited. Please send such invitations using alternate methods such as the U.S. Mail system or social media.
Dropping off items:
If you need to drop off an item for your child during the school day, please leave the article
in the office to help reduce classroom disruptions. Our office stall will make sure your child
receives the item in a timely manner without effecting your child’s learning.
Early Release:
Newsletter
S P R IN G H I L L E L E ME N TA RY
Things to remember
Early Release days are considered a full day of school. When students are absent on those
days they will be considered absent for a full day.
Winter Program
Happy Holidays Wisconsin Dells! Spring Hill Elementary School presents “Holiday
Snow time” our 2016 Winter Program. The performance will be on Friday, December 16 for
all 4K-5 students. Dress code is anything that puts the students in the holiday spirit! Santa
hats are okay to wear but make sure nothing is tall so no one gets their face blocked… and
make sure your student can dance in their shoes!
There are three separate concerts beginning with 4K, 5K, 1st at
12:30pm, 2nd & 3rd at 1:30pm and 4th & 5th at 2:30pm. You
are welcome to take your student(s) home with you after their
performance. Make sure to sign them out with their classroom
teacher, in the grade-level hallways. We also ask that all guests
depart immediately following a performance to open up parking
spaces for the next show.
Come celebrate winter with us on Friday, December 16, 2016.
Hope to see you there!
4K Activites
Seal a Smile
November 15 — Parent
Workshop - Discipline Techniques 6:15 - 7:15pm—4K
Classroom
Columbia County Seal-A-Smile will be
coming to put sealant on students who parents signed the permission form on the following days in December 1st thru 8th. The
2nd visit will be in April 2017. Parents can
still sign up for this procedure.
November 21 - Story Time at
Kilbourn Library 10-11am
November 21 - Zinke’s Trip
11am-12pm
November 22 - Moosejaw 10-11am
Bundle Up
Students are reminded to come to school
dressed for cold weather. Unless the
weather is extreme, all children will be
expected to remain outside during recess
unless they have an excuse from a doctor.
Reading Link
Hello Parents!
The week before Thanksgiving is
Children’s Book Week. We just want
to remind ALL PARENTS that there
is nothing better for your child than
READING (except for love!). Grab a
good book and enjoy reading to or
alongside your child.
We read to succeed!
Happy reading!
“The Spring Hill Way”
Respect. Responsibility.
Attitude. Achievement.
PTO News
Thank you to all parents and students for
making the Box Tops contest a success.
The grade that collected the most Box
Tops was 2nd Grade.
PTO Events
Spring Hill Elementary receives10cents
for each Box Top for a total of $1084.20
Totals per grade were:
4K
5K
1
2
3
4
5
1088
1194
1610
2419
1560
1237
1244
11/21 PTO Meeting 3:45 SH LMC
11/18 SHE Spirit Day! Wear your favorite sports jersey and/or favorite
sports team colors
Looking ahead to the Winter Program
on December 16th, the PTO will be
sponsoring a tissue box drive! We ask
that all families attending the Winter
Music Program bring in 1 box of tissue.
The collected tissues will be distributed
among the elementary classrooms.
It’s time to Fill up the Pantry
Spring Hill Elementary School will be having a
Food/Necessities Drive starting November 1418. Each grade level will keep track of the
amount of items they collect. At the end of the
week, the grade with the most items collected
will be rewarded with a surprise. After talking
with the people who work at the pantry, I’ve
listed some items that are always needed
throughout the year.
Needed necessities items are: toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, dental floss, deodorant, hand
soap, body soap, shower gel, shampoo, conditioner,
combs, hair brushes, razors, hand lotion, toilet paper,
paper towels, laundry soap, fabric softener, band aids,
**Think of the things your family uses weekly.
These are the items that are in constant demand
at the food pantry. Please don’t send anything in
glass bottles or foods that are expired.
Q-tips, cotton balls, wet wipes, Vaseline, lip balm, baby/
body powder, diapers (all sizes) Kleenex, Tylenol/
aspirin, children’s Motrin/ibuprofen.
If you want to send food items, the pantry needs:
dinners ready to make (Hamburger Helper, Betty Crocker), macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, jelly, canned
meats, tomato sauce, tomato paste, spaghetti sauce,
noodles, canned fruits, cream soups, cereal, or anything
you want to send.
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Principal’s Corner
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We all run late sometimes. But, it is important to understand that when a child is late to school,
she misses out on important instruction. Every minute that a child is in school is important to her
learning. When she is tardy, she faces the challenge of trying to settle in and catch up with what
other students are doing. She is behind and has to struggle to understand material the teacher
has already explained. Being late is detrimental to her learning, especially if it occurs on a consistent basis. According to the national initiative Attendance Works, missing just 10 percent of the
school year in the early grades causes many students to struggle in elementary school, and lateness in later grades is associated with increased failure and dropout rates.
Below, I have attached some tips, adapted from Parenting Magazine, for helping your child get
moving!
Prepare the night before: Have your child set out her clothes for the next day the night before. Her backpack should contain all her books, supplies and homework she will need for the
next day. Get all of the supplies and equipment needed for after school practices and activities ready.
Don’t excuse their lateness: If your child is tardy or misses school because he or she is not
taking the responsibility to get ready and get there on time, don’t give them an excused absence. Don’t write them a note. Tell the school what happened and let your child pay the consequences for their lateness.
Use an alarm clock from an early age. Put an alarm clock in your child’s room from an early
age. This will teach them that they have the responsibility to wake up and follow a schedule.
By the way, I think it’s easier if it’s introduced when someone’s really young—it’s part of the
message to kids that they have to learn how to organize their lives as they grow.
Make them pay for their lateness—literally. Another thing you can do, especially with
younger kids, is to charge them for their lateness. So tell them, “For every minute we have to
wait for you, you’re losing five minutes of video game time.” For older kids, it might be five
minutes of cell phone time. And if you have to, make it ten minutes. This is effective because
now, when your child makes other people late, there’s some cost to them also. They feel it a
little more.
Thanks for your assistance in getting students to school on time!
Jenny Kurtz
Associate Principal
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