Arboretum Elementary School October 2018 Courage
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Arboretum Elementary School October 2018 Ms. Sheila Weihert, Principal 1350 Arboretum Drive Waunakee, WI 53597 608-849-1800 Extension 1 - Attendance [email protected] Extension 2 - Health Office Extension 3 - School Counselor Extension 4 - Principal Extension 5 - Food Service Extension 0 - Office Courage In October, students and staff at Arboretum Ele- mentary will be focused on the character trait courage. Parents can talk with their children about courage to reinforce what we are doing at school. We ask children to have the courage to invite oth- ers into games during recess or stand up for some- one that might be excluded. It takes a lot of thought and courage for an elementary student to stand up for themselves or others. Ask your child about how they use courage at school, home, and out and about with friends. PTO Arboretum Dash Thank You! THANK YOU very much to our families, students, staff, volunteers, sponsors, and community for your support, time, and energy with our Third Annual Arboretum Dash! It was a huge success, and a fabulous day on Friday, September 21st! Final Details: We ran 10,154 total laps! Our fundraising total is almost to $26,000! Over 120+ volunteers helped make our event possible! Thank you to our 20+ community sponsors! 1500+ water cups were used! 50+ handmade signs of encouragement lined our fields! 260 hotdogs and 185 hamburgers were served at our family picnic! We had miles of smiles, and so many steps to help us raise money for our fabu- lous school! WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU! If you'd like to contribute to our main PTO fundraiser of the year, checks/cash will be collected until Friday, September 28th. They can be turned into the office. This fundraiser supports our PTO programs throughout the entire year along with new playground equipment, technology, and alternative seating options for students. Thank you again for making this a huge success! PTO Arboretum Dash Fun! Thanks Allison Fonseca and Teresa Leuch for capturing our big day in pictures! T OGETHER WE L EARN . T OGETHER WE GROW . Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, October 11 and March 14 3: 45-7: 45 p. m. Friday, October 12 and March 15 — NO SCHOOL DAY 8: 00 a.m. —12:00 noon Parents may sign up for conferences on google. Sign up sheets were emailed to parents. Arboretum Elementary School conferences will be held on Thursday, October 11 from 3:45-7:45 p.m. and Friday, October 12 from 8:00 a.m.—12:00 noon. There is no school on October 12. Each conference is scheduled to last 15 minutes. Parent Teacher Conferences are an excellent opportunity to support your child by communicating with your child’s teacher. If you feel that you need more than 15 minutes, please schedule a time outside of conferences to meet with your child’s teacher. Parents that sign up for conferences on Thursday, October 11 have conferences at the same time on Thursday, March 14. Parents that sign up for conferences on Friday, October 12 have conferences at the same time on Friday, March 15. Some teachers at Arboretum Elementary work Babysitting will be available on in other school buildings. Below is the shared staff schedule for conferences. conferences for kids walking to 10 years on Thursday. Valerie Clevenger, Physical Therapist Thursday at Prairie and Heritage on Friday Back by popular demand!! No sit- ter for Parent Teacher Confer- Lyn Cederholm, Pathways Friday ences? No problem!! The High School DECA and FBLA Club will be offering babysitting Please check from 3:45pm-7:45 Lost and Found Clothing pm on Thursday, October 11 in the Arboretum gym during Parent during Conferences. Teacher Conferences. They will Please remember to provide activities, games, and fun for the kids! Donations will benefit LABEL clothing. the DECA and FBLA Clubs. TOGETHER WE LEARN! TOGETHER WE GROW!! PTO BBQ Kick Off Thank You! Halloween Parade The PTO of Arboretum, Heritage, Wednesday, October 31 Prairie and Intermediate Schools would like to thank all parents Gym at 8:00 a.m. who volunteered at the 24th an- nual PTO BBQ Kick Off. Thank you for providing a fun and enjoy- Arboretum Elementary School will able event for students, parents host a parade of ghosts, goblins and and community members. characters on Wednesday, October 31 at 8:00 a.m. Please be in the gym bleachers by 7:45 a.m. to avoid The Waunakee Community School crossing into the parade. Students District is very fortunate to have are to wear costumes to school and involved parents . bring a change of clothing for later in the day. Students should not wear any costumes with a violent theme or that contain toy weapons as accessories (guns, swords, knives, etc.). Please keep makeup to a minimum. If a stu- dent costume includes a mask, make sure the child can safely see with the mask on. Families are invited to view the parade in the gym. Please watch the parade until all students are fin- ished walking out of the gym. Waunakee Arboretum PTO Is on Facebook! Become a fan to get reminders and up- dates of all current events! What is PBIS? Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) provides a framework for teaching desired behaviors in all areas of our school. Similar to our tiered model for academics, PBIS includes Tier 1 universal teaching for ALL students. This sys- temwide direct teaching of desired behaviors occurs in all classrooms, during spe- cials, and in all public spaces in the school (playground, bathrooms, hallway, assem- blies, etc). Students are taught schoolwide expectations and when data shows a need for re-teaching or “boostering” certain areas, new lessons will focus on helping to increase desired behaviors in that particular area (example, playground). In addi- tion to directly teaching behavior expectations to students, staff recognize appropri- ate behavior by giving out green tickets to students who are displaying desired be- havior. This acknowledgement system helps to reinforce positive behavior and hope- fully increase desired behavior. Please ask your child about the three core values at Arboretum and what they’ve learned about being safe, respectful, and responsible in different areas of our school. Students enjoyed skits presented by teachers during our first assembly of the year to learn how to use the quiet sign and how to be safe, respectful, and responsible in various areas of the school. We also sang our brand new Arboretum Song created by Mrs. Thomas. It was a huge hit, thank you Mrs. Thomas and the PBIS team! Please mark you calendar! December 14 February15 15 April 12 Box Tops for Education! Can you believe the 1st month of school is over? Thank you for turning in your September and summer collection sheets! Keep collecting those box tops to earn money for Arboretum. October’s collection sheet will be going home in your September 27 Thursday Folder. Your Box Top Coordinators, Jodie Sorenson and Becky Thousand Fourth Grade Helpers Safety Patrol and Morning Announcers Students receive safety patrol schedules and morning announce- ments in Thursday folders. Morning announcers should be in the office by 7:30 a.m. so they have plenty of time to practice. Service Club A meeting with Mrs. Worrell and Ms. Weihert will be scheduled with Service Club students at their afternoon recess to discuss ways students can serve the school! Please ask your child how he/she will be serving the school. Attendance Line Holiday Music 849-1800 Extension 1 or Email Program [email protected] Dress Up Day Fire Safety Week October 8-12 Friday, December 21 Firefighters will visit classrooms to talk about fire safety on Friday, October 5. October Birthday Party Ms. Weihert will be dishing up ice cream sundaes to students NO School with October birthdays on Monday, October 29 a t 1 2 : 4 5 p.m. for grade 1, 12:55 p.m. Friday, October 12 for grades 2 - 4, and 1:30 p.m. for Kindergarten in the lunch Thursday, October 25 r o o m . Parents are welcome to join in Friday, October 26 t h e f u n . Please continue to save: B o x T o p s Milk Moola Caps Used Printer Cartridges P o p T a b s C a m p b e l l ’ s Labels for Edu- cation has been discontin- ued. Please place in the green box outside of the o f f i c e . Art to Remember www.arttoremember.com Turning your child’s artwork into professionally made products. Actual samples of your child’s artwork is on the order form. Order Forms Distributed November 9 Order Forms Due November 16 Late orders cannot be accepted. Orders will be sent home with students in December. We are very excited to offer Art To Remember. Artwork is created in class and parents may order products such as magnets, mugs, coasters, etc. It’s a program that is so meaningful, delightful and successful! It promotes inspira- tion and self-esteem with our kids! Chris Madden, our Art Teacher, has been busy with the kids since the beginning of the school year! There’s stationary, ornaments, mouse pads, tiles, shirts, aprons – and MORE. These make great gifts for CHRISTMAS for parents, kids, grandparents, friends, family and teacher gifts. Get your keepsakes and enjoy your child’s art for many, many years to come! Thank you to Joy Jensema, PTO Art To Remember Coordinator ! Canned Food Drive September 24—October 17 Arboretum Elementary School will Needed Items conduct its annual “Canned Food Drive.” Students are asked to bring * Snack Items—Crackers, granola bars non-perishable food or other gro- Condiments—Ketchup, pickles, dressing cery items to school.