Where Learning Never Ends

Manchester Elementary School Where Learning Never Ends

Martin Tierney, Principal Katie Purper, Assistant Principal Yellow Jacket News November, 2015 Our “Happy Bee” logo is used with permission from DJ Inkers, www.djinkers.com. We are happy to welcome our new school nurse, Mrs. Annie Gilotte. Mrs. Gilotte comes to Manchester with experience in Carroll County Public Schools. She has been the nurse at Charles Carroll Elementary. Mrs. Gilotte’s first day will be Monday, November 2nd. Last month a very successful Bingo was held to raise money for our new playgrounds. Over $5,000.00 was raised. A great deal of hard work went into making this event such a success. A huge thank you goes out to Mindy Lankford, Gina Shaneybrook, Laura Tawes, Maria Staiger and Cindy Ringley for planning and organizing this event. A second thank you goes to the entire group of volunteers who helped out that evening. We could not have done it without them. Many former Manchester Elementary students did an awesome job. The support from our families and the community since we started fund raising for the playgrounds has just been unbelievable. We are happy to announce that through all of this support and hard work we are approaching our goal. With the upcoming Unwind Candle Promotion, Sign Campaign and potential generous contribution from Sheetz, it looks like we will be able to acquire the funds necessary to construct our play areas. Mrs. Grace Giermek, chairperson of the Playground Committee, deserves accolades for her dedication and hard work on this project. Our students will be reaping the rewards of her efforts. We will keep everyone posted on this exciting news. May all the families of our Manchester School Community enjoy this Thanksgiving season with family and friends. We have so much to be thankful for in our school community. As always, thank you for your support of our school and for modeling the importance of education for our students. To all families traveling this Thanksgiving, be safe. Veteran’s Day November 11th, is a day set aside for us to pause and honor the many men and woman who have served our country. Many families in our school community have firsthand knowledge of the sacrifices these heroes make for all of us. Please remember to say thank you to all our former and current man and women who serve in our armed forces. Students will be participating in various activities on November 11th related to Veteran’s Day.

American Education Week American Education Week is being celebrated the week of November 16th to the 20th. Parents, guardians and family members are welcome to visit classrooms on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of the week. During American Education week, classrooms may be visited between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Preschool age siblings should not be visiting classes during American Education Week. Teachers try very hard to provide a normal routine and structure during the week. Young children can cause undue disruptions to instruction. Parking is limited at Manchester. Visitors may park on the parking lot of Emmanuel Lutheran Church.

Early Dismissal Days Friday, November 6th and Wednesday, November 25th are scheduled Early Dismissal Days. Manchester students will begin getting dismissed at 1:00 p.m. There will be no school on November 6th or November 25th for Pre-K students.

Conference Night Conferences will be held on November 17th, from 4:15 to 7:15 p.m. Please contact the school office to schedule a conference.

Thanksgiving Holiday In celebration of the Thanksgiving Holiday, schools will be closed from November 26th through November 27th. Donuts With Dad On November 17th and 18th the PTA will be sponsoring Donuts with Dad. What a great way to start the day. We hope to see many of our dads, step dads, grandfathers or other significant males who play an important part in the continued well being of our students, able to participate in this wonderful event. November 17th will be for students with last names beginning with the letters A to L and November 18th for students with last names beginning with letters M to Z. Donuts With Dad is held at the Manchester Activity Building.

Progress Reports Progress Reports will be sent home on November 11th, for all students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grades.

Lunch Room News

If you’d like to visit your child during their lunch break, please feel free to do so. Simply call the office the morning of your visit or the day before, if you’ll be buying lunch, and let us know that you are coming. We ask that you sample the delicious food our Cafeteria ladies make for our students, staff and parents every day. PLEASE DO NOT BRING FOOD FROM A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT INTO THE SCHOOL.

 Breakfast is served every morning from 9:00 – 9:25, even on early dismissal days! The cost of breakfast is $1.50.  Lunch is served every day, even Early Dismissal Days! Please make sure your child has a lunch or lunch money.  If your child has to borrow lunch money, make sure they pay back what they borrow the very next day. The Cafeteria has a limited amount of money to lend students.  Thanksgiving “Dinner” will be served for lunch on Thursday, November 12.  If you send your child with a food item that requires a spoon or fork, please send the spoon or fork with them. The PTA has generously donated spoons and forks for the students to use at lunch time. Any donations of spoons and forks are greatly appreciated!  Once again, Baked Potatoes will be available on Tuesdays and Thursday.

Reminders  A photo ID is required when entering the building. Please make sure you have your ID ready when you come to the front doors.  Donations of tissues are greatly needed and appreciated by everyone!  There are a lot of clothes in Lost and Found. If you think your child has lost a piece of clothing, please have them go to the Cafeteria and check the Lost and Found bin.  If you will be volunteering, please do not bring your younger children with you to help. We love children and appreciate that you would like to help, but we need to consider the safety of the younger child and the distraction of other children.  Students and young adults (anyone under 18 years of age) should not be in any of the work rooms. This is also for safety reasons. Instrumental Music Notes - Mrs. Rees Congratulations to all of our 5th grade BAND members who performed at the MVHS football game last month - they did a great job representing Manchester Elementary! Our beginners (first-year students) continue to focus on their basic playing skills related to sound production, but are also working on improving their note reading skills as we begin learning more familiar “tunes”. String students recently began using the bow and continue to work on proper left hand and finger position. Please take note of our upcoming concerts:  Winter Concert (5th Grade Band, Orchestra, & Chorus) - Tuesday, December 8th (7:00 p.m.) and Wednesday, December 9th (9:30 a.m.). If needed, a snowdate is planned for Monday, December 14th.  5 th Grade STRING students will be performing at the 3rd annual “Northern Region” Event on Thursday, January 21, 2016. This year’s event will take place at North Carroll High School. Students will be combining their efforts with students from Ebb Valley Elementary, North Carroll Middle, and Manchester Valley High School. More information will be sent home once the details have been finalized.

Please continue to encourage GOOD PRACTICE HABITS at home! Help your child set up a regular time for practicing throughout the week – students should be recording their daily practice times on their chart. Practicing is essential for improvement and helps to build better fluency (playing with few or no mistakes) and confidence!

Health Room Information

Flu Mist – 1st Dose – Tentatively set for Monday, November 9th.

Medication Please remember that students are not allowed to transport medicine to or from school. All prescription and over-the- counter medicine taken at school must be transported by an adult and be in its original container, with the student’s name printed on the label (prescriptions). All medicine must be accompanied by a medication consent form completed by a physician and signed by the physician and the parent. These forms are available from the school office.

Clothing for the Nurse’s Office According to CCPS health policy, only new (unused) underwear may be given to students when needed. The health room is only able to stock a small amount of new underwear due to space and cost. We are asking that parents/guardians send in an extra set of underwear and clothing for their child to use if needed during the school day. Clothing should be labeled and will be stored in student lockers or cubbies. If your child needs to use underwear from the health room, please replace the underwear with a new pair as soon as possible. In the event that new underwear is not available, a parent/guardian will be contacted to bring in clean clothes for their child.

Fever Policy Fever is an elevation of the body’s normal temperature. Generally, a temperature of 100 degrees F (37.3 degrees C) or above may be considered a fever.

According to CDC guidelines, students who present with a temperature of 100 degrees or more shall not return to school until fever-free for 24 hours without medication.

Body temperatures are normally lower in the morning and a previously feverish student may again spike a fever as the day progresses. Yearbook 2015-2016 Information This school year we have a lot of help with the yearbook. Our yearbook staff is as follows: Grade for Volunteer Yearbook e-mail Misc. w/Mrs. [email protected] or Bobbie Humphrey Bankard [email protected] Misc. w/Mrs. [email protected] or Melanie Morrison Bankard [email protected] Shannon Burch Pre-K [email protected] Cristi Fischer K [email protected] Karin Hultstrand K [email protected] Candice Hoke 1st [email protected] Casey Villars 1st [email protected] Michele Grimm 2nd [email protected] Kim Shilling 2nd [email protected] Courtney Baer 3rd [email protected] Crystal Pietryak 3rd [email protected] Jennifer Grimm 4th [email protected] Angela Terrill 4th [email protected] Ellen Burkhouse 5th [email protected] Melanie Medvetz 5th [email protected]

Please take lots of pictures when you’re at school this year. We need all the candids we can get! You can forward your photos from various school events to the person/persons working on your child’s grade.

Also, we are asking 5th grade parents/guardians to send Mrs. Medvetz or Mrs. Burkhouse then shots of the students. The then shots can be baby pictures, Kindergarten or any picture that represents them in their younger days.

The individual pictures that were taken on September 17th were yearbook pictures. Make-up picture day is on November 4th.

The winner of the 5th grade Contest for the back cover of the yearbook is Caelyn Ruiz. Congratulations! All students’ artwork that was submitted will be represented in the yearbook.

Thank you to all the 5th grade students that participated.

The online sale for the yearbook has started. The site address in the previous e-mail was incorrect. You can purchase a yearbook by going to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter the school code: 11043016. The cost of a soft cover yearbook is $22.00 and a hardcover yearbook is $27.00. Media Matters in November

Battle of the Books If your 4th or 5th grader would like to participate in Battle of the Books, the permission slip is due no later than November 1st. Please have your child see Mrs. Bailey if he or she needs another copy. Thank you!

Art News

Art to Remember art has been shipped and personalized order forms are being made for each student. Any student that did not have a completed piece of art by October 23rd, will be marked as late art and will receive a blank order form with specific instructions on how to order. All order forms will be sent home with students the first week of November. The due date for order forms will need to be returned back to school by November 11th. **Orders can be placed online and directions for that will be on the order form packets. If anyone has any questions, please email me at [email protected].

****Parent Drop-Off Reminder*** Students being transported to school by car should not be dropped off prior to 8:50. THERE IS NO SUPERVISION of students available before this time. Please make sure the students exit the car on the passenger side of the car and DO NOT cross in front of or behind your car. This is for safety reasons and can be very hazardous.

Manchester Elementary School PTA November 2015 Newsletter Dear Manchester Elementary Families,

We are so thankful that we have so many wonderful volunteers here at MES. We are also thankful for our terrific staff. Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Our first PTA Movie night was a success!! Families enjoyed relaxing and watching the free movie. Thank you to Gramophone Maryland for donating the use of all of the movie equipment. Thank you to Chrissi Davis for chairing this awesome event.

Our Fall Book Fair will be held November 2-6. Children will have the chance to shop for their favorite books during their media time or on family night, which will be Tuesday, November 3rd. We love to see our students reading! Thank you to Michelle Fadrowski for chairing the book fair. Dads please join us for breakfast in November at our annual Donuts with Dad. There will be entertainment for the kids and lots of coffee for the dads. Please note the revised dates. More information will be sent home soon. We hope to see you there!

If you have any questions please feel free to email us or you can check us out on the school’s website. You can also check us out on Facebook by searching for Manchester Elementary PTA. Hope to see you at one of our many events!

Sincerely,

2015-2016 PTA Board

 President: Michele Grimm

 1st VP Volunteer Coordinator: Mary Jo Custance

 2nd VP Membership: Jenel Casey

 Secretary: Andrea Lapp

 Treasurer: Carolyn Hetterick

 Principal: Mr. Martin Tierney

 Teacher Liaison: Mrs. Andi Hummel  PBIS Liaison: Lisa Bass

 Fundraising & Bonus Programs: Lisa Tawes

Other PTA News:

Discount Cards coming soon! New this year the PTA will be offering a discount card for sale beginning in November. More details will be sent home soon, but the card will cost $10, will be valid for one year and can be used as many times as you’d like during the validation period. Several local businesses will be offering discounts with the card, such as Manchester Pharmacy, Greenmount Station, Greenmount Bowling, Salon Terese, Pizza Garden, Java Vault and MORE! These cards will make great stocking stuffers for family members or gifts for the bus driver, co-workers, or mail person!

BROTHER’S PIZZA

Donuts With Dad (note date change) –Children love spending time with their dads, step-dads and grandfathers. Join us for donuts on November 17th & 18th. Sit back and relax and enjoy some time with your child. How could your morning be any better….we will even clean up all of the mess for you.

Winter Event- The Winter Event will be held on Saturday, December 5th. More details will be sent home later this month. Mark your calendar; you won’t want to miss this fun event.

Volunteers- It takes countless hours and many volunteers to run all of the great PTA sponsored events throughout the year. There are many opportunities to support your school through volunteering and if everyone gives just a small amount of time (1-2 hours) a year, we would have more than enough help. I would encourage every family to try their best to help out with one event this year. Every little bit truly does help and it is amazing how much can be accomplished when we all pitch in.

Our Fall Book Fair is November 2nd – 6th and we will need lots of help throughout the week. If you are able to volunteer during the school day or from 5:30pm – 7:30pm on Tuesday, November 3rd for Family Night, please email Michelle Fadrowski at [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who helped at the Fall Fun Run. It was a great day and we couldn’t have done it without you!! Thanks to Michele Postol and Valerie Bortz for planning such a great event!

Mary Bourg Melissa Detota Michele Grimm Ahna Hackler Kristen Hadden Christi Fischer Melanie Medvetz Brenda Myers Cambria Olsen Karen Parr Heda Rigby Lisa Simone

OUR FIRST PTA MOVIE NIGHT WAS A BIG SUCCESS AND OF COURSE WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS! THANK YOU ALL!

Bobbi Boetler Jeff Boetler Chrissy Cornew Andrew Davis Michele Grimm Ron Larson Julie Mulhern Heda Rigby Janice Stencil Jessica Vogelsang THANK YOU, CHRISSI DAVIS, FOR CHAIRING THIS EVENT! REFRIGERATOR PAGE – November 2015

November 1 Daylight Savings ENDS – Turn your clocks back 1 hour

November 2-6 PTA Fall Book Fair

November 2 Robot Club Meeting – 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

November 3 Family Night at the Book Fair – 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

November 4 Make-Up Picture Day

Brother’s Pizza Day

Green Club Meeting – 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

November 5 1st Grade Field Trip – Bear Branch – 9:45 am – 3:30 pm

Volunteer Training – Media – 7:00 pm

November 6 2 hour 45 minute Early Dismissal – We start dismissal at 1:00 pm

NO Pre-K

Marking Period Ends

November 9 – December 9 Playground Sign Campaign

November 9 Scheduled Flu Mist

November 11 Veterans Day

Art to Remember Order Forms Due

Green Club Meeting – 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

November 16 – 20 American Education Week (please visit on Tuesday, 11/17, Wednesday, 11/18 and Thursday, 11/19 from

10:00am – 3:00pm)

November 16 – December 4 Unwind Candle Fundraiser

November 16 Road to Respect Club Meeting – Media – 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Robot Club Meeting – 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

November 17 Donuts with Dad – Last names starting with A – L – 8:00 am – Fireman’s Activity Building Parent/Teacher Conference Night

November 18 Donuts with Dad – Last names starting with M – Z – 8:00 am – Fireman’s Activity Building

November 24 Road to Respect Club Meeting – Media – 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

November 25 2 hour 45 minute Early Dismissal – We start dismissal at 1:00 pm

NO Pre-K

Nov. 26 & 27 Schools and Offices CLOSED - Thanksgiving Break