Fairbrook Elementary School Newsletter

260 N. Fairfield Road Beavercreek, Ohio 45430 937-429-7616

www.beavercreek.k12.oh.us/fair

Fairbrook Flashes April 26, 2013 Issue 8, 2012-2013

PRINCIPAL’S POST

Dear Fairbrook Families: I want to begin by telling you what wonderful children you have. I also want to express my appreciation because I get to interact with them each day. Fairbrook truly is a ―Great Place To Live and Learn‖ and it is because of our community. Our community consists of each of the children, parents, staff, and everyone who lives around here. Without our community, we would not be able to be as successful as we are. We have volunteers at school each and every day. Some tutor, some organize books or help in the cafeteria or library, some give assessments or grade papers, others help plan all of our PTO events and activities. All give their time, talents, and often money to help our students. Our volunteer luncheon this week was a small token of our appreciation, but words cannot express how important each of you is to Fair-brook and to me personally. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! The calendar is full so be sure to check it frequently. We finished our first week of testing and have one to go. The students are taking it seriously, our attendance has been amazing, and I know they will do well. They have worked hard all year so they are prepared. I’m sure they will be happy to get this part of the year behind them, but I am proud that they are trying hard. Besides studies, our kiddos are involved in all sorts of sports, music, and other activities outside of school. The weather is getting nicer each day and I hope they are getting out for some fresh air. Hopefully, we will be able to have out-door recess most of the time. It is too pretty to stay inside. Please remind them that they still need to get enough rest and that in class they need to concentrate and do their work. PTO has been busy with Food4Fund$, movie night, Kroger sign up incentives and much more. We just installed the new leaders for next year and will be meeting in the next months to set up next year’s calendar. They have some great ideas and lots of fun things planned. They want to take a whole different approach to fund raising (no more Entertain-ment Books or Nut Sales). You will be receiving more infor-mation over the next month, but I am excited. The emphasis will be on getting everyone involved, parent, teacher, commu-nity member, and student. The theme will be around healthy living and activity. I can’t wait! Muffins With Mom, the Spring Book Fair, Family Fun Night, and other activities are still in the works for this year. Make sure to check the calendar. You don’t want to miss a minute of all the fun! Please be sure you dress your children in layers so they can be prepared for the ever changing weather. If your children have PE, please make sure they wear or bring sneak-ers on PE day. Other footwear can be dangerous, even if it is super cute.

IN THIS ISSUE

Principal’s Post 2013-2014 School Calendar Volunteers Needed Congratulations! Food4Fund$ Fundraiser For Owen’s Place Thank You Girl Scout Troop 30937 Ankeney Incoming 6th Grade Orientation Meeting Coy Middle School Incoming 6th Grade Meeting Attention Future Trebein Elementary Parents Kindergarten & 1st Grade Registration PTO News Boxtops/Rewards News Masterworks Coordinator Needed New Fairbrook Fundraiser Communicating with Fairbrook Lost and Found Nurses Notes Dress For The Weather Student Drop Off In The AM May Calendar

Please take a moment to check your child’s lunch account balance. We don’t want anyone to be hungry as we reach the end of the year. We only have 4 full weeks and 3 days of the last week left (where did the year go???). We have a lot more learning and teaching to do along with all the other fun things coming up. It is so important that each student comes every day. We need to accomplish as much as we can in the time we have left. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher, Mrs. Laravie our counselor, or me. We can all be reached by email or phone. You are also welcome to meet with any of us, but we ask that you make an appoint-ment so we can be sure to be available for you. Thank you for your continued support and for loaning us your children each day. Respectfully, Terri Noe, Proud Principal

Friday, August 16 Staff Development Day

Monday, August 19 First Day for Teachers

Tuesday, August 20 First Day for Students

Monday, September 2 NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

Tuesday, September 24 2 Hour Delay - School Begins at 9:45AM

Monday, October 14 NO SCHOOL - Staff Development

Friday, October 18 Early Dismissal at 1:15 - End of First Grading Period

Friday, October 25 NO SCHOOL - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, November 1 NO SCHOOL - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thursday, November 14 2 Hour Delay - School Begins at 9:45AM

Wednesday, November 27 - 29 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

Monday, December 23

through Friday, January 3 NO SCHOOL - Winter Vacation

Monday, January 6 First Day of School After Winter Vacation

Friday, January 10 Early Dismissal at 1:15 - End of Second Grading Period

Monday, January 20 NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr Day

Monday, February 17 NO SCHOOL - President's Day

Tuesday, February 25 2 Hour Delay - School Begins at 9:45AM

Friday, March 21 Early Dismissal at 1:15 - End of Third Grading Period

Monday, March 24 - 28 NO SCHOOL - Spring Break

Thursday, April 10 2 Hour Delay - School Begins at 9:45AM

Friday, April 18 NO SCHOOL - Good Friday

Monday, May 26 NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

Friday, May 30 Last Day for Students

Friday, May 30 Early Dismissal at 1:15 – End of Fourth Grading Period

Monday, June 2 Last Day for Teachers

Beavercreek City Schools 2013-2014 Pupil and Teacher School Calendar

The last edition of the Fairbrook Flashes will be published on Friday, May 24th.

It will contain LOTS of important information regarding the end of this school year and the

beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. HAPPY READING!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

EARLY DISMISSAL

Thursday, May 30th Dismissal is at 1:15PM

FOOD4FUND$

THANK YOU GIRL SCOUT TROOP 30937

Please note that the 2013-2014 Beavercreek City Schools Calen-dar is on page 2 in this edition of the Flashes.

FUNDRAISER FOR OWEN’S PLACE

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

WHAT : FOOD4FUND$ WHERE: Max & Erma’s (Fairfield Commons Mall) DATE : Thursday, May 9th TIME : 11:00AM to Midnight Fliers will be sent home with students before the event. A flier is required for the PTO to receive 20% of sales for ALL dine-in and carry-out orders.

A BIG thank you to Mrs. Dillon and her troop for doing spring cleaning of the front flower beds and pulling off the dead plants from last fall. They also planted a few flowers in the planter by the front door. We are ready for spring and summer!

Kindergarten Assessment When: May 13, 14, 15 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) Where: Fairbrook Elementary Time: Shifts each day from 7:30AM-11:00AM or 11:40AM to 2:30PM Volunteers are needed to sign in students for assessment, take photos of students, make appointment reminder calls, and various other little jobs. Since the assessments are held at the building, any questions that cannot be answered can be referred to the office or the counselor. Please call the office if you would like to volun-teer — 429-7616.

Student Council would like to thank everyone that helped us raise money for Owen’s Place. Through the candy sales and hat day, we were able to raise $964 for this wonderful cause. Hopefully this summer you will have an opportunity to go to Rotary Park and see firsthand the progress being made at Owen’s Place thanks, in part, to the donations made through all of the Beavercreek schools.

CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Lamb, Grade 1, for being nominated and chosen as one of two elementary teach-ers to receive the Beavercreek City Schools Teacher of the Year award.

KINDERGARTEN & 1ST GRADE REGISTRATION FOR 2013-2014

You can still register your child for Kindergar-ten and first grade at the Fairbrook school office until May 11th. Registration after that date will be held at the Board of Education Office, 3040 Kemp Road, by appoint-ment only. Kindergarten attendance is mandatory in the State of Ohio prior to enrollment in first grade. To be eligi-ble for kindergarten, a child must be five years of age by September 30, 2013. For your convenience, and to expedite registra-tion, parents may pick up kindergarten packets in the building office. Packets for incoming first graders are available on-line at http://www.beavercreek.k12.oh.us and then click on Student Registration. To be eligible to enroll in first grade, students must have successfully completed an accredited Kindergarten program. It is vital that children who will be attending kin-dergarten and newly enrolling in first grade in the fall be registered at this time. This enables the school system to make arrangements for placement, classroom facilities, teaching materials, and transportation. If you have any questions regarding kindergarten registration, please contact the building office (429-7616) or the Pupil Services Department at 458-2414.

ANKENEY INCOMING 6TH GRADE STUDENT/PARENT ORIENTATION MEETING

All 5th grade students and their parents who will be attending Ankeney Middle School for the 2013-2014 school year are invited to a Student/Parent Orientation Meeting in the Ankeney Gym at 7:00PM on May 14th. Academic, classroom, and building information will be shared. In addition you will have an opportunity to tour Ankeney and have questions addressed. We will begin promptly at 7:00PM and end by 8:00PM. The 5th grade students will also be visiting Ankeney on Tuesday morn-ing, May 14th. Please mark your calendar for the student/parent meeting.

We look forward to meeting you! ANKENEY PTO MEETING Ankeney is preparing to elect board members for the 2013-14 school year. If you would be interested in serving in any of the following board member positions, please contact the current PTO President, Mickey Cole, ankeneypto@hotmail.com. Elections for President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Volunteer Coordinator, and Fundraising Coordinator will be held at the May 13th meeting at 7:00PM in the IMC. Nominations for board positions can be taken at that meeting. Even if you do not believe that you can fill a position, please come to the meeting to voice your vote. There are many opportunities to become involved in the PTO. We hope to see you!

COY MIDDLE SCHOOL INCOMING 6TH GRADE PARENT MEETING

All incoming Coy parents are invited to attend Ferguson’s next PTO meeting on Tuesday, May 14th at 7:00PM in the IMC/Library (immediately following the in-coming 6th grade parent meeting at 6:00PM) to find out the exciting events the PTO has planned for the transition to Coy. Also, elections will be held that night for the 2013-2014 Coy PTO board positions: Treasurer; Co-Treasurer; Fundraising Assistant; and Events Coordinator. If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact Jen Stephenson at jenrok@hotmail.com by May 7th.

ATTENTION FUTURE TREBEIN ELEMENTARY PARENTS

There will be a Trebein PTO meeting on Tuesday, April 30th at 7:00PM at the Board of Education building. We will be introducing and swearing I the newly elected offic-ers, voting to ratify the constitution and by-;laws, looking for volunteers to chair committees, and discussing possi-ble fund raising opportunities for our school. Hope to see you there!

BOXTOPS / REWARDS NEWS!

We are still collecting rewards thru mid-May to determine the spring class party winner, so please keep sending in those Boxtops, Campbell’s labels, Coke caps, and fridge pack ends, and Tyson labels. The most exciting news involves KROGER for the entire month of April! When families register or re-enroll their Kroger Shopper’s Card anytime between April 1-30 and submit a copy of their account summary sheet to their child’s teacher, each family will be entered into a drawing for one of three FABULOUS prizes! Even if you have previously registered your card, if it was prior to April 1, you MUST re-enroll this month! So, EVERY FAIRBROOK FAMILY that shops at Kroger has the op-portunity to win these prizes:

1st Prize - Huffy Green Machine AND a $100 Krog-er gift card!

2nd Prize - Sony portable DVD player with a DVD AND a $75 Kroger gift card!

3rd Prize - ―Family Movie Night‖ package: Regal gift card, movie candy AND a $25 Kroger gift card!

All it takes is a few minutes, your Kroger Shop-per’s Card and your computer: Go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com, click on the green rectangle ―Cincinnati, Ohio‖, click on ―enroll now‖, and login to your Kroger account (or create one) and then ―Find your organization‖ and type Fairbrook PTO’s #83188. Go to your Account Summary page, print it, write your child’s name(s) on it and send it in to school. Let’s see how many Fairbrook families we can sign up in April! Jennifer Stephenson

PTO NEWS

Fairbrook Movie Night Thank you to everyone who came out to support our March and April Movie Night! ―Profit‖ from these and fu-ture events will go towards the purchase of a new school sign. (The present sign is falling apart!). Looking forward to this fun event taking place again in the fall. 4th/5th Grade Musical The kids did GREAT! Special kudos go out to our parent volunteers and parent directors Amy Guthrie, Melissa Hahm, Melissa Morgan, and Allison French, who without them, there would not have been a show! Next PTO Meeting Thursday, May 9th, 6:30PM, in the IMC WELCOME! New Executive PTO Board President: Tiffany Page 1st Vice President: Krista Hunt 2nd Vice President: Molly McKenna 3rd Vice President: Lorie Lamb Recording Secretary: OPEN Corresponding Secr.: Jen Johnson Treasurer: Dede Rogers We still need help and there are still a few com-mittee positions open if you are looking to take part. Contact Tiffany Page (tiffanypage@earthlink.net) if you have any questions on what would be your perfect fit! Teacher Appreciation Week May 6-10: ―Fun in the Sun‖ theme Check the facebook page for the ―Sign Up Genius‖ tool to volunteer to send in meal items for the teachers during the week that Krista Hunt has lined up. AND contact Tif-fany Page about volunteering to cover morning/recess duty for the teachers/staff. The ―gift of time‖ is the great-est gift we can give! Spring Book Fair May 15, 16 & 17 6:30AM-1:40PM Fairbrook Elementary Multi Purpose Room Family Fun Night Friday, May 17 - 5:30PM-8:30PM ―Pre-Sale‖ wristbands are $6.00 OR ―@ the door‖ wrist-bands $8. Wristbands are for unlimited rides and bouncy fun. Tickets are 4 for $1.00 or 30 for $7.00. Tickets go to-wards games, food, drinks and treats. 25 cent cakewalk opportunities Flier/order form will be coming home soon! DARE Graduation Tuesday, May 21st at 6:00PM

MASTERWORKS COORDINATOR NEEDED

We are looking for a new leader to coordinate the Masterworks program for the 2013-14 school year. All of the artist materials and activities have been arranged already! No artistic ability required! It is the perfect oppor-tunity for even a working parent to get in-

volved with a wonderful program for our students as most of the prep work can be done at home. Please contact Michelle Vidikan at myvidikan@woh.rr.com for more in-formation.

Muffins With Mom

6:45AM-7:30AM—Wednesday, May 15—Last names A-L and Kindergarten B

6:45AM-7:30AM—Thursday, May 16—Last names M-Z and Kindergarten A

$1 per person

DRESS FOR THE WEATHER

Make sure that you check your Fairbrook Student Handbook (page 22) for appropri-ate dress code regarding clothing and foot-wear. The Student Handbook is available on the Fairbrook website: www.beavercreek.k12.oh.us/fair. Short skirts or shorts are not permitted even with tights underneath

If you are cleaning out your closets or getting ready for a garage sale, the clinic is in need of girl’s and boy’s pants, socks, and underwear (all sizes). Knit or athletic wear work well to fit various body types. Thanks in advance if you are able to donate any items.

NURSES NOTES

COMMUNICATING WITH FAIRBROOK

Parents can e-mail or leave a voicemail for any Fairbrook staff member. For a directory, please check out our web site at:

http://www.beavercreek.k12.oh.us/fair/ A list of all staff member’s email accounts was included in your student packet.

Drop off begins @ 7:25AM

Drive slowly

Pull your card forward as far as possi-ble in the drop off zone. Students must exit from the passenger side.

Cars must yield to busses at all times!

STUDENT DROP OFF IN THE A.M.

LOST AND FOUND

BE FOREWARNED!

All items left in our Lost & Found barrel by the end of the day on the last day of school will be donated to a

charitable organization. Our lost and found is overflowing with coats, jackets,

sweaters, lunchboxes, and more!

NEW FAIRBROOK FUNDRAISER

Are you ready for some Fairbrook spirit!! This fall the PTO will be introducing a new fundraiser. This fund-raiser will REPLACE both Entertainment Book Sales and Nut Sales. Students and staff will be participating in a 1/2-mile Fairbrook obstacle course pledge-a-thon. The goal of this event is to both raise money for the Fairbrook PTO (that means our students and school!) and to raise awareness of the benefits that come from an active, healthy lifestyle. We are currently looking for three or more volun-teers to help us solicit local businesses for donations sup-porting prize packages. Lists of specific vendors and sample letters for requests will be provided to keep this job simple. If you have a business and feel you might be in-terested in helping support this new fundraiser through a donation or other means, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Kate Wagner at kml307@yahoo.com if you have questions or would like to help with volunteering or donations. We look forward to kicking off this great new event! Kate Wagner, Committee Chair Cheryl Shimovetz, Committee Chair

May 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

8:00 Gr 2 CogAT Tests

8:00 Gr 3 Reading OAA Tests and Gr 5 Science OAA Tests 7:00 Trebein Elem PTO Mtg at Board of Ed Building

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8:00 Gr 2 IOWA Test

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8:00 Gr 3 Math OAA Test

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8:00 Gr 2 IOWA Test 8:15 Halstead Class to Wartinger Park

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5 6 7 8

PTO Luncheon for Staff

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Food4Fund$ at Max & Erma’s 6:30 PTO Meeting

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Kindergarten Assessments 7:50 Gr 3 Boonshoft Program 7:00 Ankeney PTO Mtg.

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Kindergarten Assessments Gr 5 Visits to Anken-ey and Main (Coy) 9:00 K-4 Boy Scout Visit 6:00 Gr 5 Parent Mtg for Coy @ Ferguson 7:00 Coy PTO Mtg at Ferguson 7:00 Gr 5 Parent Mtg at Ankeney

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Kindergarten Assessments Book Fair 6:45 Muffins With Mom

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Book Fair 6:45 Muffins With Mom 8:30 Gr 4 Entrepre-neurship Day

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Book Fair 5:30PM-8:30PM Family Fun Night

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Armed Forces Day

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8:00 Beavercreek Library Visit in IMC

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8:00 Beavercreek Library Visit in IMC 6:00 DARE Graduation

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23 KA Field Day 8:00 Gr 3 State Showcase

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Spirit Day KB Field Day 8:30 Gr 1 Economics Day Gr 5 to Beaver-Vu Bowling

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26 27

NO SCHOOL Memorial Day

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8:30 Grs 3-5 Musical 12:30 Grs 1-2 Movie

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Field Day Gr 5 Talent Show

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Students Last Day EARLY DISMISSAL 1:15 8:30 Awards Assem-bly 5:30 Market Day Pickup

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Staff Last Day

BHS Graduation @ Nutter Center

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