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Newsletter -February 2012

Nutrition Nuggets Newsletter - Food and Fitness for a Healthy Child

February Dates to Remember

Feb.2 – Thursday…
- Craft Club 3-4pm
Feb. 7 - Tuesday…
- Parent Talk 8:15-9:45am
- Homework Helpers 3-3:45pm
Feb. 9 - Thursday…
- Craft Club 3-4 pm
Feb. 10- Friday…
- Family Fun Night-Dance Party 6:00-8:00 pm
Feb. 14 – Tuesday…
- Kindergarten Bake Sale
- Homework Helpers 3-3:45pm
Feb. 16 –Thursday…
- Craft Club 3-4pm
Feb. 21 - Tuesday…
- Parent Talk 8:15-9:45am
- Homework Helpers 3-3:45pm
Feb. 23 – Thursday…
- Last Craft Club 3-4pm
Feb. 24 – Friday…
- Term 3 Progress Reports go home today
Feb. 27-March 2…Winter Vacation

February Birthdays

Kindergarten...Noah R. - 26
Grade 1…Jasmin B. – 1, Kalvin H. - 2
Grade 3…Redell B. – 6 Isabella O. – 23
Grade 4…Gabriel C. – 24

Honor Roll

Grade Four
- Honors
  Kelly K…Cheyenne P... Emerald S…Joseph S ...Jeannette W
Grade Three
- High Honors
  Karlie G…Isabella O
- Honors
  Redell …Samantha C... Henry J…Will M... Kaleb M…Alexis M... Joshua W…Ria W

Principal’s Corner

School St. School staff has increased over the years. Most days it’s hard to fit all our cars in the school parking lot. Some parents are pulling into the parking lot around morning arrival and/or afternoon dismissal. We ask that parents do not drop off or pick up students in our parking lot. Our procedures are in place to ensure the safe arrival and dismissal of all students. As it is stated in our handbook, the parking lot is for staff only during drop-off and pick-up. Thank you.

Bake Sale
From time to time we have Bake Sales. These help raise money for fieldtrips and class activities. Along with sweet treats, we always sell bagged popcorn as a healthy alternative. Items only cost 25 cents. Thank you to all the parents who send items in for these special events.

Chains of Kindness
Linking Rochester Schools Together
Starting February 6th – 24th
As a whole school and district wide, students will be earning paper chains strips by exhibiting KIND actions and words. We will work as an entire district to create the longest recycled paper chain in Rochester. We also need your help. A family letter will be sent home to inform you of our focus and goals for this rollout.

PTO News

PTO is encouraging parents to participate in the Box Top Challenge. Look for our Valentine collection sheet.
Please let the office know if you need more sheets. Box Tops should be affixed to the sheet before turning them in.
The January Box Top classroom winner is Grade 2. Alonnah M is the individual winner. She gets to have lunch this month with Mrs. Booth.

Staff Spotlight

Dorothy Sylvia- Special Education Teacher

Mrs. Sylvia has been teaching for 22 years. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine-Farmington.

Dotty has just completed her Masters Degree with High Honors in Special Education from New England College.

Mrs. Sylvia has such a successful way of combining her teaching expertise with an amazing balance of nurture and kindness. She provides a positive, supportive environment so all students can be successful.

Mrs. Sylvia likes to do kayaking, scrap booking, reading and swimming.

School Street School is very proud of Mrs. Sylvia.

February Math Message
Did you know that researchers have found evidence to show that with proper use, calculators can improve children’s understanding of mathematics? The use of calculators promotes good number sense and problem solving skills.

To learn more about how the use of calculators contributes toward learning, visit the following websites:

http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/about/understanding-em/calculators/ http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/parent-links/