BAXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAXTER BULLETIN SPECIAL EDITION 2991 Baxter Rd, Anchorage, AK 99504, 907-742-1750 November 11, 2019 CALENDAR NOV 12 - PTA Mtg 6pm NOV 13 - Community Flu Shot Clinic 2-5PM Join us for a NO COST fu shot clinic at: NOV 15 - Popcorn Friday NOV 22 - Turkey Shoot 6pm NOV 28 & 29th NO SCHOOL; Thanksgiving Baxter Elementary Holiday Wednesday - Nov 13th DEC 6 - Family Bingo Night DEC 10 - Band & Orch Concert 9:45 am 2:00pm - 5:00pm PTA Mtg 6pm DEC 13 - Popcorn Friday • Open to anyone ages 6 months and older. Roar • No insurance required. DEC 18 - Baxter Choir Concert • Parent or guardian consent required for ages 17 and under. • Contact the school nurse with any questons. DECEMBER 20th - JANUARY 5th NO SCHOOL (Winter Break) Important Numbers: Attendance: [email protected] www.facebook.com/ Attendance: 742-1750, Press 1 BaxterElementaryASD Nurse: 742-1751 Cafeteria: 742-1767 http://baxter.asdk12.org Office: 742-1750 November 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 10 11Veterans 12 PTA MTG 13 FLU SHOT 14 15 POPCORN 16 Day-NO 6PM CLINIC FRIDAY SCHOOL 2-5PM 17 18 19 20 21 22 TURKEY 23 SHOOT 6PM 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 THANKSGIVING THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY HOLIDAY December 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAMILY 7 BINGO NIGHT 8 9 10 PTA MTG 11 12 13 POPCORN 14 6PM FRIDAY BAND & ORCH ROAR CONCERT 15 16 17 18 CHOIR 19 20 21 CONCERT NO SCHOOL DECEMBER 20TH - JANUARY 5TH. HAVE A HAPPY WINTER BREAK! FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S DESK Hello Baxter Families, What an interesting November we are having! This mild, wet weather is definitely not the Alaska we are used to. Winter weather is inevitable though, as evidenced by the snow on our mountain tops. Now is the time to dig out and dust off winter gear. We know that the weather can change drastically just like that, making appropriate clothing a must. Thank you for making sure your child is prepared for the conditions. It is so much more enjoyable outside when you can run and play and aren’t trying to stay warm and dry. We need your help! There is no coverage on our school grounds until 8:40 in the morning. Students are being dropped off and walkers are arriving to school before 8:40. This is creating unsafe conditions for students. If students arrive before 8:40, we will be calling home to see what plan we can put in place to ensure they are not arriving early. Thank you for supporting us in keeping your children safe. Unfortunately, at this time, we are no longer able to provide morning coverage for students to play on the playground. We have less staff members this year and are stretched thin on our duty stations. The tough decision was made that in order to keep students fully supervised and safe, we are having students line up at 8:40 at their assigned classroom doors. The playground is off limits due to elimination of a duty station. Please remind your bobcat that the playground is closed in the morning. If we can figure out a way to provide coverage we will reassess opening up the playground at that time. Our teachers love to offer field trips to our students! They are unique learning opportunities that enrich what is happening in the classroom and give students opportunities to experience and see things in our community. Field trips bring learning to life! We don’t want students to miss out on these outings due to financial hardship. It is extremely important that you communicate with your child’s teacher if this is the case and we can ask for scholarship money from our PTA. If you do not communicate with the teacher, we will have no choice, but to provide an alternate activity at school for students as oftentimes we have to prepay for the number of seats, etc. that we will be using. Once we turn in the number of students attending, it is usually out of our hands. Our wonderful, hardworking teachers often pay the difference out of their own pockets, even though we ask them to let PTA know (they are just wonderful and giving like that J) and it can be significant amounts of money. We appreciate your understanding and attention to this. Please come and visit often. We love having you here! As always, if we can ever be of any assistance, please don’t hesitate to give me, or your child’s teacher a call or send an email. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please call or visit one of our offices. Warm Regards, Dawn Campbell, Principal and Lisa Lansdale, Assistant Principal ©Jason Miczek Photography Help Your Child Succeed in School: Build the Habit of Good Attendance Early School success goes hand in hand with good attendance! DID YOU KNOW? • Starting in kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school. • Missing 10 percent (or about 18 days) can make it harder to learn to read. • Students can still fall behind if they miss just a day or two days every few weeks. • Being late to school may lead to poor attendance. • Absences can afect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up. Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves. Start building this habit in preschool so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important. Good attendance will help children do well in high school, college, and at work. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Set a regular bed time and morning routine. When Do Absences • Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before. Become a Problem? • Find out what day school starts and make sure your child has the required shots. CHRONIC ABSENCE • Introduce your child to her teachers and classmates before 18 or more days school starts to help her transition. • Don’t let your child stay home unless she is truly sick. Keep in mind complaints of a stomach ache or headache can be a sign of anxiety and not a reason to stay home. WARNING SIGNS 10 to 17 days • If your child seems anxious about going to school, talk to teachers, school counselors, or other parents for advice on how to make her feel comfortable and excited about learning. SATISFACTORY • Develop back-up plans for getting to school if something 9 or fewer absences comes up. Call on a family member, a neighbor, or another parent. • Avoid medical appointments and extended trips when school Note: These numbers assume is in session. a 180-day school year. For more on school readiness, visit attendanceworks.org and reachoutandread.org ©2011 Reach Out and Read, Inc. All rights reserved. ATT1PG_09/11 EARN CASH FOR OUR SCHOOL NO MORE CLIPPING. ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR SMARTPHONE. The NEW and improved Box Tops mobile app uses NO MORE CLIPPING LOOK FOR state-of-the-art technology to scan your store SCAN receipt, find participating products and instantly THE NEW YOUR RECEIPT LABEL: SEE HOW AT add Box Tops to our school's earnings online. BTFE.COM SIGN UP FOR FREE HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Already have an account? Sign in RECEIPT BUY SCAN EARN BOX TOPS PRODUCTS YOUR RECEIPT CASH FOR OUR SCHOOL You can find Box Tops on hundreds of Use the app to snap a photo of your Box Tops earnings are identified and products throughout the store. receipt within 14 days of purchase. automatically updated at BTFE.com. You do not need to clip or send Box Tops labels to school. BOX TOPS CLIPS ON PACKAGES Traditional Box Tops clips are being phased out of production but may continue to be found on many products throughout the store as packages transition to the new Box Tops labels. You can still clip these and send them to school. Please make sure each clip has a valid expiration date. BUY CUT SEND BOX TOPS OUT THE BOX TOP YOUR BOX TOPS PRODUCTS FROM EACH PACKAGE TO SCHOOL SEE PRODUCTS & LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ALL-NEW BOX TOPS IS HERE! THE BOX TOPS APP AT BTFE.COM DOWNLOAD THE APP: © General Mills LOOK FOR BOX TOPS ON THE ALL-NEW BOX TOPS IS HERE! HUNDREDS OF PRODUCTS! DOWNLOAD THE APP: CLIP: Traditional Box Tops clips are NO MORE CLIPPING SCAN: If you see this label, do not send it to school. Use being phased out of production, but you YOURSCAN RECEIPT the new Box Tops app to scan your store receipt within 14 can still send unexpired clips to school. SEE HOW AT days of purchase. The app will find participating products and Every valid Box Tops clip is worth 10¢. BTFE.COM instantly add Box Tops to your school’s earnings online. 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