Woodbury PTO Newsletter May 6, 2016 MON TUES WED THURS FRI 5/9 5/10 5/11 5/12 5/13 B Week Open House & Math 5th Grade Spring Fair, 7 - 8 pm Fling, 6:30 pm This week .... Wed, May 11: Woodbury Open House/Math Fair, 7:00-8:00 pm Fri, May 13: 5th Grade Spring Fling, 6:30 pm Coming Soon ... Mon, May 16 thru May 27: 6th Grade Camp (see below for specific dates) Woodbury News Message from Principal Young Dear Parents and Guardians, It has been an amazing couple of weeks in celebrating our students' accomplishments and performances. Last week, I had the honor of giving the Parent Perspective during the African American Male Scholars Induction Ceremony. The induction ceremony was so inspiring seeing all the academic achievements of our high achieving African American young men. Great job to the advisors: Mr. Brooks and Mr. Hicks. Next, I attended our top notch Jazz Band performance during an evening concert in the beautiful Woodbury Auditorium. The Jazz band just blew me away by their execution of 8 songs. This week, I gave the closing remarks for the African American Female Scholars Program. The young ladies accomplished and experienced many excellent achievements throughout this school year. Great job to the advisors: Mrs. Garrison, Ms. Hughes, Ms. Moore and Mrs. Thomas-Taylor. I concluded my week by attending both the 5th and 6th grade band concerts as they performed at SHHS. I had the chance to hear them during their dress rehearsal last week, but they blew me away by their performances in front of a packed gymnasium. We have some of the best band instructors in the land and our students are very fortunate to have this opportunity to excel in the arts. These are excellent examples of the "Shaker Experience." Great job to our band directors: Mr. Deep, Mrs. Koterba, Mr. Kulikowski and Mrs. Tyrrell. We have an excellent team at Woodbury Elementary School! Enrollment is still open for Shaker's summer camp, SELF. Shaker Heights City School District is pleased to provide a wide array of summer programs and enrichment opportunities for all Shaker students at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Visit www.shaker.org/self.aspx for more information and to register online. Scholarships are available for children who are eligible for free/reduced meals, and can be applied for during the registration process. Need help navigating the online registration process? Please call the office and we can schedule a time for you to come to school for help: 216-295-4150. Thank you for another great week at Woodbury Elementary School! WPBS Raffle Winners The winners for the WPBS raffle for Friday, April 29th are Kellon Smith, Zara Braun, Chloe Akins, Ariyonn Taylor, Helen Zhu, Amora Glover, Sannaa Miller, Sidney Jones, 2nd time winner Alice Yang and Nick Luther. The staff winners are Mr. Bognar and Ms. Foster. Spring Fling Updates For 6th Graders 6th grade Spring Fling is tonight from 6:30-8:30! We will have popcorn and pizza and lots of fun activities! If you haven't registered your child yet it is not too late. Students can get registered tonight at the event - $10 per ticket. Registration must be filled out by parent/guardian. This event is for 6th grade WO students only. Also please remind your student that Woodbury policy prohibits picture taking during the event. For more information please contact Carina Reimers. For 5th Graders 5th Grade Spring Fling is 1 week from today on Friday, May 13 from 6:30-8:30pm! Pizza, popcorn, a DJ, a photobooth, swimming, basketball and and an Illusionist Show, Rick Smith Jr. as seen on the Tonight Show. We are no longer taking registration forms to pre-register but you can pay at the door- $10/ticket. Registration must be filled out at the door by a parent or guardian so please plan to walk your child inside. This event is for 5th Grade Woodbury Students only. Any registration questions, contact Maria Pelletier. Please consider volunteering! We have a few more spots to make the night a huge success. Click here to sign up to volunteer. Volunteering questions, contact Mity Fowler. Woodbury Spiritwear We have a limited amount of Woodbury Spiritwear items available. Please click here to see what items are available and how many are in stock. If you would like to purchase, reserve your item on the online form. Then send a check or cash IN A SEALED ENVELOPE to the Woodbury office addressed to "Woodbury PTO Spiritwear C/O Julie Leeson" and labeled with: * Student name * Homeroom teacher name * Item (Ex: Short Sleeve, Long Sleeve or Hoodie) and size Please email Julie Leeson with any questions: Drama Club News The show must go on... but not without a fundraiser! Join us Saturday, May 14 from 9am- 2pm in the Woodbury parking lot to wash cars and raise money. Click here for the Sign Up Genius for anyone who can help out. We'll need 12 kids/adults an hour. Let's have some fun washing cars together! Check out our website for more information: www.woodburydramaclub.com Reminders AM/PM Student Drop-Off and Pick-Up For the safety of our students, please do not drop-off your student between 8:10-8:30 AM or pick-up your student between 2:45-3:05 in the parking lot. 5th grade students should be dropped off/picked up on Woodbury Rd. and 6th grade students should be dropped off/picked up on Parkland. If you arrive after 8:30 AM or at 4:00 PM, you may drop-off or pick-up your student at Door L. Attention Sixth Grade Parents and Guardians! The Ohio Department of Health has revised the immunizations requirements for the 2016- 2017 school year. All students entering the seventh grade are required to have one dose of Meningococcal vaccine and one dose of Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis) prior to the beginning of the school year. You may obtain the Meningococcal vaccine from your private physician, other community providers or the Shaker Heights Health Department (216-491-1480). Please consider the new guidelines when scheduling your child's next medical appointment. Students who do not meet the immunization requirements are considered inadequately immunized. However, any immunizations required by this law may be waived if you provide your written objection to the immunizations on religious or philosophical grounds, or a physician certifies in writing that such immunizations are medically contraindicated. Please feel free to drop off your student's updated immunization record to your student's school throughout the summer. Thank you for your attention to this important matter! Yearbooks Any fifth or sixth grade student who wishes to purchase a Yearbook may do so for $15. Yearbooks are on a first come first served basis. Credit card payment for the yearbook can be made online at Pay-For-It. As well, you may pay by cash, or by check (made payable to Woodbury Elementary School), sent with your child. Any payment sent to the school is to be given to Mrs. Segesdy at the main office. If you returned an order form to the office marked paid online, we must receive your payment online before we can fill your order. 6th Grade Camp News We are excited that 6th grade camp is right around the corner! The cost of camp will be $145. Payments for camp may be made in installments via cash or check sent to school with your child, or through the use of a credit card or electronic check via PayForIt, the District's on-line payment system. Once you are signed in, locate the "Activities" button to make your payment. We are encouraging all parents/guardians to begin making partial or full payments early for camp. Please note: If your check is returned for insufficient funds (NSF), your account will be debited electronically for both the face amount of the check and the returned check fee of $30. Group dates for camp are as follows: May 16-18: Goodrum, D.Farinacci, Appel, Harnish, Dang May 18-20: Pincoe, Garrison, Jaryga, Reese, Keitlen, Muttillo May 23-25: Wylie, Deblock, Lapp, Mason, Farren, Moore May 25-27: Portner, Lewis, Lapp, Heide, Meek, Kippen Prize Donations & Camperships Needed for Camp Prizes can be small, inexpensive items children would find fun. Some popular items last year were posters, t-shirts, card games, balls, hats, books, jump ropes, water bottles, and stuffed animals. We are also looking for monetary donations for "camperships" to help support all students' ability to participate in 6th grade camp. We welcome donations to the Campership fund! Do you have something to donate? Please contact Ms. Rashid at Woodbury at 295- 4154. Thank you for your help making this a great camp experience for all of our 6th graders! Rainbow Babies & Children's Safe Sitter Babysitting Program Woodbury PTO is pleased to offer the Safe Sitter Program for interested students aged 11- years old and older. The course is provided by experts from Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Injury Prevention Center, a local provider of the national Safe Sitter curriculum. The course was designed by a pediatrician to teach aspiring babysitters basic childcare skills and prepare them to recognize and respond to emergencies when caring for other children. Classes will be offered Friday, June 3rd, 2016. Woodbury students do not have school on this date. The NEW location for this program will be at the Shaker Heights Fire Department, 17000 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights, OH, from 9am-4pm.