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Be sure toclip or copy the calendar on the frontpage tokeep up todateonevents atLongfellow.

October 2013

Fostoria City Schools

Principals Message

The week of October 7th-11th is a very important week for allschools in Ohio; it is Count Week. During this week, the Ohio Departmentof Education carefully monitors the attendance of all students. They usethe data that they gather to determine how much money each district willreceive from the state. We have to report how many students are in atten-dance for the week based on our daily attendance as well as the number ofexcused absences and unexcused absences. Only those students whohave excused absences are included in the number for which we receivereimbursement.

At Longfellow, we will be checking each absence to be sure that it isexcused and legitimate. According to our handbook, an excused absenceis defined as one where:

1) the student is ill, (see page 2 to see how ill is defined) 2) there has been a death in the family, or3) there is a religious observance.

As always, a note with the date, students name, reason, and par-ents signature should be sent on the day that the student returns for anexcused absence. In addition, parents are required to call the school to re-port the child absent for the day. If we do not receive a call from you, aschool resource officer may visit your home to check on your childs wel-fare. Unexcused absences include: oversleeping, car trouble, missing thebus, and truancy. (For further information regarding these definitions, youcan see the Fostoria City School handbook which is available at our district

website).To encourage attendance, we have implemented a system at

Longfellow wherein classes who achieve 95% or better attendancefor the week will receive recognition. This is posted outside of eachof the classrooms. Classes who attain the goal will receive incen-tives when they have received a certain number of stars. In addition, stu-dents who have great attendance for each quarter (theyve missed only 1day or had only 1 tardy) are given a coupon for a local restaurant.

Please help us reach our attendance goal!

This issue:

Principals Message 1

2So When Should My Child

Stay Home?

What is an SLP? 2

PTO News 3

Miscellaneous 4

Dates to Remember

Week of October 7th

through 11th

CountWeek; see articles onpage 1 & 2Monday, October 7thPTO meeting in theFIES cafeteria at 5:30PMThursday, October10thLifetouch PictureDayFriday, October 11th

Preschool Parent meet-ing at 10:15 at KaubischLibraryFriday, October 18thEnd of First QuarterFriday, October 18thParent Meeting for Kin-dergarten at 10:00 atLongfellowTuesday, October 22ndand Thursday, October

24th

Parent-TeacherConferences from 3:00-7:00 PM

Monday, October28thTrick-or-TreatBingo at FIES for all Ele-mentary Students from5:30-8:00 PM

Volume 10, Issue 2

Longfellow Elementary619 Sandusky StreetPhone: 419-436-4135 Fax: 419-436-4155

Melissa DepinetPrincipalEmail: mdepinet@fostoriaschools.org

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PTO News

Page 3Be sure to clip or copy the calendar on the front page to keep up to date

on events at Longfellow.

Hi everyone, its a new school year and we have a lot of good things to tell you. First of all we have

decided to combine the PTO from Longfellow, Riley and FIES into one organization. We feel this will not

only make us larger and more effective, but also help those parents with students in multiple schools, so theywont have to split their time or deal with several fundraisers.

Next, let me introduce myself, my name is Caryl Stone and I am the new president of your PTO. My

daughter Willow and I moved here last year, but we are no strangers to Fostoria. For the past 10 years Ivebeen working for a local company and would travel here nearly every month with Willow. I am also familiar

with working with the PTO as Willow is my 7th child I have raised which has had me working within the

school system since the early 80s .The rest of your officers are made up of seasoned Fostoria PTO veterans:

Mindy Lance: Vice President

Addi McElroy: Secretary

Bonnie Counts: Treasurer (FIES) and Jason Lewis: Treasurer (Riley & Longfellow).

We are all committed to making sure this years PTO is very effective and powerful, supporting all of ourschools in a very positive, fun and creative way.

Here are some of the activities we have lined up:

Candle Sale

Halloween Trick or Treat & Bakery Bingo

Spirit Wear Sale

Santa Shop

McDonald's Sticker Sale

Parent and child play and learn events

Heres how you can help!

Through the efforts of the PTO and all of its great teachers and parents, we are able to fund things

like field trips, smart boards for their class rooms, new learning software, playground equipment and much

more.Of course wed love you to attend the meetings, the next is October 7th at 5:30 in the FIES cafeteria.

Dont have day care? Bring your kids well provide supervision, snacks and help with their home-work. Well even have snacks for the adults. Next meeting is salad night.

Dont have time for meetings? Just sign up to help with an event, every month theres something go-

ing on that would only involve a few hours of your time. Have a little bit more time to spare, then help chair

an event!

Wed love to hear from you!

Facebook.com/RileyLongfellowPEmail: ptopresident@fostoriaschools.org

Sincerely,Caryl

cstone@wepresent.com

You cant build a reputation on what you are going to do. - Henry Ford

Please join us on

Monday, October 7th

at 5:30 PM at FIES!

mailto:ptopresident@fostoriaschools.orgmailto:ptopresident@fostoriaschools.orgmailto:ptopresident@fostoriaschools.org

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Birthday wishes!10/2 Nolan Martinez

10/3 Chase Borkosky, Mercedi Goelz

10/5 Laney Bauman

10/6 Trinty Harman

10/7 Clarissa St Clair-Rickard

10/8 Aliah Van Scyoc

10/10 Emilee Neville

10/13 Andrew Siebenaller, Keyara Carn

Howard, David Velasquez, Braydan Ward

10/14 Landen Riser, Koralis Colon-Velez,

Zoreilis Colon-Velez

10/17 Blake Hernandez

10/18 Kameron Heiserman

10/22 Jayceon Phillips

10/23 Riley Moyer, Nicole

Medlock

10/25 Adylyn Grine

On Thursday, October 10th, Longfellow students will be photographed by LifetouchNational School Studios. Fliers with order information concerning picture day will be senthome with your child this week. Some key things to remember:

Only those submitting money can choose the pose and back-ground color.You can pay by cash, check, or money order. Checks andmoney orders should be made out to Lifetouch. You can alsopay by credit card by visiting mylifetouch.com. You will need towrite the Online Payment Code on the order form and return itwith your child on Picture Day.

All children will be photographed but only those submitting money will receivetheir pictures.Retakes will be on Thursday, November 21st.

Students at Longfellow only do not have to wear campus wear!

Page 4 A picture is worth a thousand words. Napoleon Bonaparte

Picture Day

Info on Upcoming EventsSlips for Parent-Teacher Confer-ences will be coming home soon.

Youll be given the option of whenyoud like to meet with the teacher.This is a great time to catch up onhow your child is doing in schooland what you can do to help!One of our most well-attended PTO

events is coming up on Monday,October 28th. It is our Trick-or-Treat Bingo. FIES is hosting theevent this year but Preschoolthrough 6th Grade students are in-vited; its a great chance to usethat costume a second time:)Information on the Preschool meet-

ing at Kaubisch has been sent. Ifyou didnt see it and want to at-

tend, give us a call.Watch for fliers with information

about the Kindergarten parentmeeting should be sent homesoon.If you received a letter about your

childs RIMP plan, be sure to call usto set up an appointment. Thanks!