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1021 Johnsville Road The Dino Dispatch Sykesville, MD 21784 Eldersburg Elementary School 410-751-3520 Fax 410-751-3553 Cynthia A. Bell—Principal Frank Klauder—Assistant Principal www.carrollk12.org/ees Principal ’ s Message Happy New Year! We are starting the year off with milder than usual tem- Vol u me , Is s ue peratures however they fluctuate daily. Please have your child dress appropri- ately. Students go outside for 1/2 hour recess daily if the actual or “feels like” January, 2020 temp is above freezing. Also please label your child’s outerwear. We have many items in our lost and found. Our lost and found is located outside of the office near third grade. If your child has lost an item please have them check. We do clean it out several times a year and donate the unclaimed items to charity. Inside this issue: We often get notes from physicians excusing students from PE. If a stu- dent cannot take PE they also cannot participate in outdoor recess. Students excused from PE will remain indoors for recess. They will be able to choose an Volunteer 2 indoor activity to participate in during this time. We want to make every ef- PBIS/ETM fort to keep your child healthy and safe during their physician recommended Kindergarten Registra- tion period of restricted activity. Student Vacations All parent drop off should be made at the rear of the building. We discour- age cars from the front during the bus windows for safety reasons. If you Counselors Clipboard 3 need to accompany your child into the building then it is necessary to park in the front lot and enter through the main doors. Also if your child is late you Nurses News 4 must come to the front and bring your child in to sign them in. During drop off Media News please remain in the line of cars and have your child exit at the fence. Please do not park and walk students through the parking area. We want to keep all of Emergency Closings/ 5 our students safe. Delays Kindergarten News 6 Cindy Bell, Principal First Grade News Testing Dates Second Grade News 7 Third Grade News 5th Grade MISA 5th Grade MCAP 4th Grade MCAP 3rd Grade MCAP Fourth Grade News 8 Fifth Grade News Monday, March 9th Tuesday, April 7th Friday, April 17th Tuesday, April 7th Tuesday, March 10th Thursday, April 9th Monday, April 20th Thursday, April 9th Thursday, March 12th Tuesday April 14th Friday, April 24th Tuesday, April 14th Friday, March 13th Thursday, April 16th Monday, Aril 27th Thursday, April 16th Thursday, April 23rd Friday, May 1st Tuesday, April 21st Thursday, April 30th Monday, May 4th Tuesday, May 5th Thursday, May 7th Friday, May 8th Tuesday, May 12th Calendar January 2020 29th – Schools Closed for Students February 2020 2nd– School Reopens 14th—PTA Meeting @ 7pm 4th—Parent Conferences 3:45-7pm 20th—School Closed/M.L.K.Day 4th—Report Cards Distributed 28th – End of Marking Period 11th—PTA Meeting @ 7pm Volunteer Program We are indeed fortunate to have so many parent volunteers! However, before offering your services in the classroom or as a chaper- one on a field trip, both new and returning volunteers must complete training. Volun- teers must completed this training annually at least 7 school days prior to volunteer- ing. The volunteer training can be completed online this year by going to car- rollk12.org and clicking on Volunteer. Please make sure you complete the entire process to avoid any complication in volunteering. We appreciate our Volunteers! Many additional responsibilities are on your shoulders when you come and help us. Please remember when you are volunteering in the December was a warm school or on a fieldtrip you need to abide by the guidelines reviewed during the volun- month, but cold weather teer training. Confidentiality is very important. Please do not discuss or report what is coming!! Please send you see with a child at school to anyone other than the teacher/administrator. If you your children to school are concerned about something let the teacher or an administrator know. with their winter wear. Thank you for your help!! Students will go outside in temperatures of 32 degrees and above. PBIS/ETM This week information came home with grades 3-5 about Eldersburg’s Diversity Club. If interested the form needs to be returned promptly due to limited space per grade. Students will then receive the permission form to be filled out with contact information. We look forward to seeing returning stu- dents as well as new become part of this year’s club. As we return after the winter break it is a good time to review the 3R’s ma- trix with your child/children to be sure they understand how to be respectful, responsible and ready to learn in all areas throughout the building. This simple Student step can help us get off to a great new year. Vacations In order to provide the best Kindergarten Registration educational experience we can for our students, as This years Kindergarten Registration Dates have been published. If you know well as allow staff to pre- anyone who has an incoming Kindergartener please share the below dates. pare lessons, we ask that There will be more information to come in the next newsletter. requests for student vaca- Kindergarten Registration Dates—March 9th-13th tions be submitted to the school office for approval prior to them occurring. Thanks for your support! “Working Together; Learning Forever" P a g e 2 Counselors Clipboard Hello EES families! Here’s a quick review of what we learned during our school counseling classroom lessons this past month: Kindergarten Your child learned about emotions with the characters from the movie Inside Out. We talked about the clues people give about their feelings through their facial expressions, body language and tone of voice. We watched an Inside Out video clip and then identified each emotion. Students drew a picture of how they felt at that moment (because feelings change throughout the day) and wrote or drew the reason why they had that feeling. Some book suggestions for home are: The Way I Feel by Janan Cain, My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, and The Feelings Book by Todd Parr. First grade Every other Monday I have the pleasure of teaching mindfulness lessons to first grade students. Your child has learned ways to calm his/her body when having a big feeling. Our focus has been on various kinds of breathing including belly breathing, peaceful breaths, flower breaths and squiggle breaths. The last few weeks, they have also been working on their own interactive folder to use as a reminder and resource of the mindfulness strategies they have learned. In addition, during my regular classroom lesson time, they learned how their words/actions/behaviors affect others. We read Everyone by Christopher Silas Neal and then they completed a ‘My Actions and Others’ mini book. Second grade The focus for second students was on listening and following directions. I wanted to make this fun so we started with a Kid Dance Around video that required listening and then following the directions. Next, I gave oral directions for a farm scene coloring page. The directions were given once, one step at a time. Finally, stu- dents worked in small groups to assemble a lego plane. They were instructed to follow the step-by-step direc- tions. Two books you could read at home to reinforce these skills are Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Lis- ten by Howard Binkow and Listen Buddy by Helen Lester. Third grade Ever heard of Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun? Well it is a book by Maria Dismondy and tells the story of Lucy who has the courage to be who she is even if her lunch (the book title) is a bit unusual. After discussing the story, students were randomly paired to complete a venn diagram comparing how they were different and the same. Generally speaking, they were surprised to discover they had a lot more in common than they thought they would. Fourth grade Your child learned about perspectives and how to see things from another person’s point of view. We first summarized the story of the Three Little Pigs and then read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. We then looked at several pictures from various perspectives and agreed that there are many ways to view things. We finished with a line and dot drawing; ask your child for more information about that. Just wondering . Is it a Duck? Or is it a Rabbit? Fifth grade Everyone wants to be successful, right? Well that was the focus of my classroom lesson in December: the three keys to success. I administered three “job tests” to “unlock” each key – following directions, thinking and concentrating. This was a fun way to remind students they will use these skills their entire lives. Please refer to the School Counselor’s page on the Eldersburg Elementary website: https:// www.carrollk12.org/schools/elementary/ees/Teams/Pages/SchoolCounselor.aspx for more information and resources. Thank you for your support at home! “Working Together; Learning Forever" Page 3 Nurses News Happy New Year! It is still Flu season. WE survived the first round! Thank you for keeping your children home when they were sick and notifying me of the illnesses. You can continue your support by: WASH, WASH, WASH YOUR HANDS! This is still the best defense against illness. En- courage your children to wash, especially before meals, using soap and warm water.