January 2009 Newsletter

Early Dismissal/No School Winter News There will be no school on The winter weather is upon us. Monday, January 19, 2009, BRRRRRRRRRR!! It is our policy not to for Martin Luther King Day. go outside for recess if the School will be dismissed at temperature is below 20 degrees with 11:30 a.m., on Friday, January 23, for the wind chill. We do try to take the Mid year Parent/Teach conferences. children outside during the winter The teachers will be contacting the whenever possible. It helps the parents, if a conference is needed. If students to get a breath of fresh air. a parent wishes a conference, please Please dress your children call your child’s teacher. Please mark accordingly. The teachers make an this date on your calendar. extra effort to be sure all students are wearing hats and gloves with coats Food Drive buttoned or zipped before going We collected 2645 pounds of outside to play. canned/non-perishable food for the Also, children are North Pekin/Marquette Heights Fire allowed to enter the school Departments. Mrs. DuBois’ building and go to the class donated 659 cafeteria before the bell rings pounds of food for on days the temperature is first place. Mrs. below 20 degrees. An “IN” sign will Wallace’s class donated be displayed on the outer doors on 600 pounds of food. these days. They will receive a pizza Children should not be arriving party and popcorn!! at school before 8:15 a.m. On days Mrs. Nicholson class when it may be (285) & Mrs. Baker’s class (221) necessary to classes received popcorn for having close school or to run 150 pounds. Thank you to all of the emergency bus parents and grandparents who routes, the donated food to help make our food information will be forwarded to the drive a huge success. local radio/T.V. stations no later than 6:30 a.m. We ask that parents listen to local radio/T.V. stations for school announcements. Please do not call the school office. School closings will be announced no later than 7:00 Tardies a.m. The following stations will be Even before the winter weather announcing the school closings: sets in, the number of tardies have increased. Tardies are counted in the Radio Stations truancy law. Even if a child has not WIRL – 1290 AM been absent, he or she could be WMBD – 1470 AM considered truant if the number of WKQA - 104.9 FM tardies exceeds ten percent of the WPEO – 1020 AM school days. At this time, a child with WCIC – 91 FM 8 or more tardies could be considered WXCL – 1350 AM truant. Please help by monitoring your child’s arrival time. T.V. Stations WHOI – CHANNEL 19 WEEK – CHANNEL 25 WMBD – CHANNEL 31 Week of December 5, 2008. Reporting Absence from School Pre-K – Stormi F chose Millennium the Please call 382- bear. 3193 to report your Kindergarten – Noah M chose Doby child’s absence from the dog. Amber D chose Mystic the school. This is the unicorn. Jesse D chose Echo the answering machine line and dolphin. is available 24 hours a day. First Grade – Reeti P chose Magic the dragon. Trinity G chose Mystic the 2008-2009 Yearbooks unicorn. Kassidy B chose Pounce the The fee will be $11 per book cat. Marissa J chose Whisper the for the 2008-2009 Marquette & deer. Rogers yearbook. The Second Grade – Damien Hymbaugh school does not make chose Nanuck the husky dog. Brayden money on this book. C chose Crunch the shark. Madison V The yearbook chose Almond the bear. Alex S chose envelopes will be sent Chocolate the moose. home during the first week in January. All Week of December 12 & 19, 2008. orders are due in the office no later Kindergarten – Brevin F chose Peace than Friday, January 30, 2009. the bear. Skylar S chose Hippity the bunny. Ethan H chose Tuffy the dog. • Campbell’s soups Dawson M chose ______. Madison B • Campbell’s Supper Bakes Meal chose Freckles the leopard. Jacob B Kits chose Chip the cat. Jonathan B chose • Franco-American SpaghettO’s Tiny the dog. Ryan W chose 1999 pasta Holiday bear. • Prego pasta sauces First Grade – Maria C chose Butch the • Swanson broth and canned dog. Madison O chose Puffer the poultry puffin. Karissa G chose Cottonball the • Pace salsa and picante sauces bunny. Breanna R chose Smooch the • V8 and V8 Splash juices bear. Maddison F chose Chip the cat. • Campbell’s tomato juice Toby M chose Stinky the skunk. • Pepperidge Farm breads, cookies, Second Grade – Lucia M chose Groom crackers and frozen products the bear. Ethan T chose Wiser the • Pepperidge Farm Goldfish owl. Alexandra S chose Derby the crackers horse. Chelsi L chose Paul the walrus. • Campbell’s Food Service products Kristina G chose Ringo the raccoon. Megan K chose Slippery the seal. Campbell’s website – Karley D chose Pinky the flamingo. www.labelsforeducation.com Audrey T chose Grace the bunny. Box Top’s website – Campbell’s Labels and Box www.boxtops4education.com Top’s for Education Please remember to save these Parents Club product labels for us. Parents Club will meet on The Box Top’s for Education Tuesday, January 6, 2009. The labels are redeemed for CASH. meeting will be held in the Marquette Three times a year, we send in the school library at 6:30 p.m. Please plan labels in bundles of 50. General Mills to attend. will in turn send us a check for a dime for each label we turn in!! By collecting and redeeming Campbell UPC labels, we can earn free educational merchandise. Simply save UPC labels from any of the following qualifying products and send them to school: