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BrownBrown Local Local Schools Schools January 2018 WINTER 2018 330-863-1355

JANUARY 2018 FEBRUARY 2018 MARCH 2018 S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

JANUARY DATES FEBRUARY DATES MARCH DATES 2 - NO SCHOOL - Winter Recess 8 - Parent /Teacher Conferences PM Elem/MS/HS 16 - End of 3rd 9 Weeks - NO SCHOOL - Staff 12 - End of 2nd 9 Weeks - NO SCHOOL - Staff 19 - NO SCHOOL - Presidents’ Day Professional Development Professional Development 26-30 - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break 15 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

CHILD FIND MALVERN KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION Child Find is the process of lo- cating, evaluating, and identify- Kindergarten Registration and Screening for the 2018-2019 ing children with disabilities who school year will be held at Malvern Elementary School on may be in need of special educa- Thursday, April 5th and Friday, April 6th, 2018. Parents that have tion and related services. Local children who will be eligible for Kindergarten in the Fall of 2018 school districts are required by can call the Elementary office to make an appointment for federal and state laws to find screening. (Children must be 5 years old on or before August 1, children who may need special 2018) Appointments may be made by calling 330-863- education services and related 1355. Elementary office hours are 8 am until 3 pm. Children services. need to be with their parent(s) during this screening process. The screening will take approximately one If you know of a child who is sus- hour. Parents must bring the following paperwork with them to pected of having a disability un- the screening in order to register their child: Child’s Birth Certif- der IDEA or section 504, contact icate, Child’s Social Security Card, and Child’s Immunization Andrew Burman, Director of Spe- Record, 2 forms providing proof of residency, driver’s license cial Education at 330-863-1355 for picture I.D., and custody papers, if applicable. or via email at bur- [email protected].

Brown URGENT Local Schools EMERGENCY CLOSING INFORMATION encourages all families to have a contin- School cancellations, delayed starts and early dismissal information gency plan, or back-up plan in case the decision is made to will be communicated via the following notification systems: have a delayed start or early dismissal on any given school day. It is PHONE: One Call Now school messaging program (Please be sure to keep your contact information important to keep your emergency current in the school offices. Call 330-863-1355 to update your contact information.) contact information up to date for our ONE CALL NOW phone communi- TELEVISION: WKYC-TV 3, Newsnet TV 5, Fox 8, WTOV Channel 9 cation system. If you have changed RADIO: WTAM 1100AM, WMVX, WMJI,WGAR,WAKS,WMMS,WHLO,WKDD,RADIO your phone number, FREE OHIO 1350AM,WHBC 1480 AM/MIX 94.1 FM, WTUZ 99.9 FM, WJER 1450 AM, WCRF disconnected your 103.3 FM, WCLV 104.9 FM land line or have a different work ONLINE: wkyc.com, wtam.com, wmvx.com, wmji.com, wgar.com, kisscleveland.com, phone number, wmms.com, 640whlo.com, wkdd.com, 1350radiofreeohio.com, newsnet5.com, fox8.com, please advise the WTOV9.com, wjer.com school office. Malvern Elementary’s Preschool Receives Highest Rating Mrs. Mandy Snode, Ms. Erin LaCaze, and a group of preschool students recently celebrated when they learned that their program had earned a five-star rating by the The ACT state funded test will be Ohio Department of Education and administered to all high school the Ohio Department of Job and Juniors on Tuesday, February 27th. Family Services. The evaluation pro- Students currently enrolled in cess includes on-site visits, family grade 11 have the opportunity to and community involvement, proper documentation and much more. Brown Local take this exam free of charge. Schools is extremely proud to offer our young Hornets an opportunity to de- Malvern students attending RG velop skills that are necessary for students leading into kindergarten. This Drage Technical School will test award would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of with their Malvern High School Ms. Mandy and Ms. Erin, the active involvement of our families, and collabora- graduating class. Please watch for tion with the Stark County ESC. If you would like to learn more about our pre- more details regarding the ACT school program, please call or email Ms. Mandy at 330-863-1355 ext. 2017 test date. or [email protected].

The holiday season has been a busy and meaningful one at Malvern Elementary! We are still continuing to focus on implementation of Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) which we call our STING! Program. Please talk with your child about how they STING it! at school. Follow us on Facebook ‘Malvern Elementary School’; our reso- lution is to post something new every day!  During our morning breakfast meeting, we are reviewing out Sting It! Procedures. We will soon be reading and discussing Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Happy Kids during our morning meetings.  Student Council members completed a food drive, pop tab drive to benefit Akron Children’s, and are making stuffed animals with our parent and grandparent volunteers for patients at Akron Children’s Hospital. We also held a very successful spirit week!  PBIS Rewards are in full swing--students have duct taped Mrs. Weber to the wall and played an intense Dodge- ball Tournament. January’s Sting It! Reward is a Drive-in Movie & Popcorn. Please ask your student about the grade level behavior expectations!  A huge thank you to the Excellence Committee for a great Hornet Santa Shop.  A huge thank you to Mrs. Julie Fairless & team for our 2nd & 3rd grade Christmas music program. Looking for- ward to additional programs later this year! Some dates to remember: Feb. 8 Spring Conferences Feb. 26-Mar. 2 Right to Read Week Mar. 23 Jump Rope for Heart! American Heart Association

Spotlight on Elementary Staff: Stephanie McNutt, Primary Literacy Collaborative Coach & First Grade Teacher What is Ohio State Literacy Collaborative? The Literacy Collaborative framework for literacy lessons consists of a number of elements that provide many opportunities for reading and writing. These opportunities include reading and writing across the curriculum. Teachers provide direct, research based instruction to guide students in acquiring strategies for maintaining fluency, text comprehension, and vocabulary development. Phonemic awareness and phonics instruction are provided as students engage in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Instruction moves from demonstration and explicit teaching to guided practice and then to independent problem solving. What is Mrs. McNutt’s role as primary literacy coach? This year I am training at The Ohio State University so that next year I can guide our K-3 teaching staff on how we will begin to implement the LC framework. I’ll be teaching them on waiver days and working with them in their classrooms on a regular basis on what we learn as a team. How will Brown Local students benefit from Literacy Collaborative? Not only will teachers be training on site with a highly trained literacy coach, but Mrs. McNutt will help to align reading and writing instruction between grade levels. Students will be using authentic text to learn the love of reading both in whole group and at their own instructional levels. Mrs. McNutt’s training at OSU and teacher materials have been paid for by a Straight A Grant in affiliation with MCESC. The Excellence Committee Important Athletic Department Dates The Excellence Committee has been Brown Local Schools will host the IVC North Boys Basketball working hard to create opportuni- 8th Grade Tournament on Saturday 2/3/18, game times are at 10:00 AM, 11:15 AM and 12:30 PM. The semi final games ties for field trips. In November, our will be on Monday 2/5/18 at 5:00 PM and 6:15 PM and the fourth grade class went to see “The Championship game will be Thursday 2/8/18 at 6:30 PM. Nutcracker” and the first grade class Please come out to support these athletes and watch some went to see “You’re a Good Man, exciting basketball games! Charlie Brown.” In December, our 2/10/18 TBA IVC Showcase—Girls Varsity Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Basketball at Hiland High School classes had the opportunity to visit the Akron University. Afterward, they 2/10/18 10:00 AM Jr High IVC Wrestling Tournament went tobogganing at the Cleveland Metroparks. We recently held our Hornet at Ridgewood High School Santa Shop, where students were able to purchase gifts for family members. There was a great turnout of students and helpers! Thank you to all of our 2/17/18 TBA IVC Showcase—Boys Varsity Basketball at Claymont High School volunteers who helped to make it a success! We are excited to host many other activities in the near future such as several movie nights, an elementary 2/17/18 10:00 AM High School IVC Wrestling dance, and the Senior Banquet. We also have several more field trips planned Tournament at Sandy Valley throughout the year, taking students to Carne- 2/22/18 7:00 PM East District Div IV Girls Basketball gie Science Center, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Tournament Canton Players Guild, and the Wilderness Cen- 2/27/18 7:00 PM East District Div IV Boys Basketball ter. Watch for our candy fundraiser coming Tournament soon! Information will be sent home with the 2/24/18 10:00 AM High School Sectional Wrestling students in February. Check us out on Face- Tournament at Sandy Valley book at @malvernexcellence or search Mal- vern Excellence Committee. Baseball and Softball practices start on Friday, February 19th. Track and Field practices start on Monday, March 5th. ***Spring Participation Fees are $25 for all athletes.

Malvern High School Drama Department presents Oklahoma! on High School Students Learn Job Skills March 23 and 24 in the cafetorium. Come support our students as Several students have been learning job skills this year they perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s hit musical. More in- through a grant from Carroll County Job and Family formation will be available closer to the performance. Services and Ohio Means Jobs. These students have been working on school property under the direction of Mrs. McNutt's first grade class has been learning about Mr. Tucci and have received some instruction wants and needs. We read Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the from local contractors in construction Bus, Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, Pigeon Wants a skills. They are paid for their work through the Puppy, and Pigeon Finds a Hot dog all by Mo Willems. grant, which also covers some other expenses We also read Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts. Since this of the program including equipment rent- al. Pictured is a student learning to use a skid learning was before Christmas, we wrote a letter to Santa loader. Mr. Bowling and Mr. Tucci showed the with one thing we needed for our classroom and one students how to run the equipment and then thing we wanted for our classroom. Through this learning let each try it out in an open area of school we moved into learning about producers as they fulfill our property beside the new parking lot. wants and needs. We then decided to try our hand at being producers ourselves! We spent some time making masks, bracelets, and trading cards, all items we thought Mrs Simms' kindergarten our friends would want. We then invited our friends at class participated in a school to come "shop" in our room. We had a lot of fun Gingerbread exchange with this project!! during the month of De- cember. Each student decorated a Gingerbread Man and wrote a letter about their classroom and our state. The letters were sent to 25 schools around the country and then they received one Gingerbread Man from each school. The kids loved getting mail everyday and loved hearing about other schools! BROWN LOCAL SCHOOLS Postage Non Profit Return Service Requested Organization 3242 Coral Rd NW U.S. Postage Paid Malvern, OH 44644 Malvern, Ohio Phone: 330-863-1170 PERMIT No. 20 Fax: 330-863-1366

BROWN LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION Tami Hulit, President Chad Browning, Vice President Tara Bowe Ron Ruegg Dechelle Thompson Postal Patron Scott Bowling, Superintendent Malvern, OH 44644 James Carman, Treasurer

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