R E I D V I L L E

ROCKET November 2016

Tues., Nov. 8—Election Day—Holiday

Thurs., Nov. 10—Veteran’s Day Program, 1:00 pm

Thurs., Nov. 10—PTO Rocket Roll, Grades 2-4—2:30 pm -3:30 pm

Fri., Nov. 11—PTO Morning with Pastors , 7:00 am

Tues., Nov. 15—Last Day for Good News Club for 2016; resumes Jan. 24, 2017

Tues., Nov. 15—PTO Roebuck Family Skate Night, 5:30 pm—8:30 pm

Thurs., Nov. 17—Galaxy of Stars Family Night: PTO 6:00 pm—Talent Show 6:15 pm

Fri., Nov. 18—Thanksgiving Luncheon (come during your student’s regular lunch time)

Wed.—Fri., Nov. 23, 24, and 25—Thanksgiving Holidays (no school)

Mon.-Fri., Dec. 5—9—PTO Santa Shop

Fri., Dec. 9—Make Up Picture Day

Sat., Dec. 10—Reidville Town Christmas Parade—3:00 pm

Mon., Dec 12—Winter Wonderland Literacy Program—6:00 pm

Fri., Dec. 16—Sing-a-long, 9:00 am—Half Day for Students, Dismissal 11:25 am

WINTER HOLIDAYS—Dec. 19—Jan. 2—Students Return Jan. 3

Dear Reidville Family, Greetings, everyone! We recently enjoyed many special events together here at Reidville Elementary School such as Red Ribbon Week, Fall Festival, and All Star Dads’ Breakfast. It is always amazing to me to see the multitude of programs we have at Reidville to celebrate our children, parents, and our community! Student learning continues to be at the forefront of everything we do for our students here. Our students are learning new grade level standards, and we are committed to ensure learning through great teaching, coupled with the use of our new tech-nology. You will be amazed at what you will see as far as our technology is concerned. Our students in grades 3 and 4 are now 1:1 with student laptops, and our K4 – 2nd graders have access to iPads and desktop computers. All grade levels recently completed MAP testing (Measures of Academic Progress) for both Math and Reading, and second grade students completed the CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test). These results are used to help teachers ensure greater academic success for our students. On November 18th, we will have our delicious Thanksgiving meal during your child’s lunch time. Please make plans to come and join us for this special day with family and friends. We are so thankful for all of you! As a reminder as the days get cooler, please remember to send your child to school with a jacket or coat. Our little ones still want and need to play outside during recess and a warmer coat is warranted. We do ask that you write your child’s name in their outerwear so we can return it to the right owner should it get misplaced. Also, please remember to use Cunningham Circle and not Pine Street for car rider pick up in the afternoons. When we use Pine Street we are blocking College Street and other areas that we need to keep clear for safety vehicles. Car rider pick-up is going much better and we appreciate your help! As always, we want to thank you for sharing your precious child with us. We appreciate your support and want to assure you that your child will be loved and cared for each and every day. If you have any questions or comments, please know my door is open for you, too, so call or stop by any time. Thank you!

Dr. Kim Deering, Principal

Healthy Habits for Home—Book Bag Safety—from Nurse Amy

Happy School Year 2016-2017! Wow, have you noticed how heavy your child’s book bag is? Not sure what all they have in them but I do

know they only get heavier as they advance in grades. To avoid improper use, teach your child the correct way to load and carry their book

bag. To help your child avoid back strain, neck strain and prevent future back problems, follow these guidelines for book bag design:

1) Look for lightweight canvas material; 2) make sure they have two wide-padded, adjustable shoulder straps; 3) padded back; and 4) indi-

vidualized compartments.

Teach your child how to properly load and wear their book bag to avoid back pain and strain. 1) Always use both shoulder straps; 2) pack

heaviest objects into the book bag first so they are carried lower and closest to the body; 3) fill compartments so that the load is evenly dis-

tributed throughout the book bag and items do not shift during movement; 4) adjust the straps to fit the book bag snugly to the child's body,

holding the bottom of the book bag 2 inches above the waist and keeping the top just below the base of the skull; 5) do not carry the book

bag low near the buttocks; and 6) lift the book bag by using the leg muscles and keeping it close to the body.

Rocket Squad Students in grades 3 and 4 may write a letter to Dr. Deering stating why they should serve on Rocket Squad. Rocket Squad members are lead-ers in our school who serve as our safety patrol. They help keep us safe so we can learn! Students who serve as a Rocket Squad member have morning and afternoon positions in the cafeteria, in the hallway, in the gym, and at our car rider door. Congratulations to the following Rocket Squad Members!

Team September Team October

Jake Boykin Bella Ross Zion Anderson Aidan Neville Chloe Verrett

David Hurt Madison Speer Reese Calsing Morgan Partridge

Esther Kim Caiden Stovall-Harris Collin Gaffney Nathan Price

Katherine Kramer Ramon Tovar Karson Hendrix Amber Rickards

Ashley Morales Blake Walter Carolina Johnson Ava Sturgill

Evan Parris Brady Wykel Bella Konon Taylor Tomes

Blake Rodgers Malachi Nelson Maya Valdez

Student Council Updates

Reidville Elementary will celebrate a Spirit Day on Thursday, November 17. Students may wear their favorite team’s colors.

This includes any pro or college team, as well as our Byrnes Rebels or Reidville Rockets teams! We are all part of a team!

The theme of the day is “Team Up Against Cancer”

PTO News and Update The Reidville Elementary School PTO is off to an amazing start this school year! We had over 85 families and over 40 staff mem-

bers join the PTO this year. We still have Reidville Rocket shirts available for purchase for $10. The PTO began the school year

with Spirit Night at McDonald’s in August. We had a record-breaking turnout and raised over $450 for the school. We also still

have a few Greenville and Spartanburg Attraction Value Guides available to purchase for $20. Please contact us if you are interest-

ed. This year’s Reidville Fall Festival was a HUGE success with inflatables, games, food vendors, silent auction, and Storybook

Pumpkins. We want to thank everyone who made this event possible! Thank you also for the awesome support of the Boosterthon

Fun Run!! We are thrilled with the response to this fundraiser and the students have really enjoyed it. We have a few PTO events

coming up and we need your help. Our Santa Shop is December 5-9 and our current needs are donations to sell (small handmade

crafts or store-bought goods), as well as parent volunteers to help students shop. We also need parent volunteers to help with lunch

duty for our Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday, December 14, and we need parents to send in some food items for the

Teacher Appreciation Lunch. If you are interested in helping with either event, please email us at rocketspto@gmail.com. We

would love to have you join us! Please keep using your Publix and Ingles loyalty cards to earn money for our school while you do

your grocery shopping during the holidays. Also, keep sending in Box Tops and using the Reidville PTO Amazon Smile page as

you do your Christmas shopping. Keep up with school and PTO events by liking us on Facebook—“Reidville Elementary School

PTO.” If you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at rocketspto@gmail.com. Thanks!!

Kindergarten has had a wonderful fall season. We have learned about letters, letter sounds, rhyming words, vowels, numbers, and a lot

of other skills. We have learned rules and routines and how to be great bucket fillers. Kindergarten took a great trip to the Anderson

Dairy! We were able to see how a dairy farm works and we were also able to pick a pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch. Kindergarten also

took a tour around Reidville and we looked at all of the wonderful places in our community. We are looking forward to the winter season

and all of the fun and excitement that it brings!

Fourth Graders have been rocketing through fourth grade this year! Our students have completed multiple units in every subject:

learning new skills, improving upon what they already knew, and integrating it all with the technology we are blessed to have at Reidville

and throughout our district. All of our fourth graders have become solid classroom citizens in communities working together to learn

and grow. As a grade-level, our students have participated in school-wide events and had one AMAZING field trip experience to Swamp

Rabbits Education Day. Our students also turned in some fantastic stats at our school's first Fun Run. Pledge collections should be un-

derway using the official collection envelopes sent home. Look for many more learning activities in Schoology, with feedback and grades

available to you and your student at home. Also make sure to look at agendas each night for daily and weekly activities and homework.

We LOVE FOURTH GRADE and our AMAZING fourth graders! Sincerely, Your Fourth Grade Teachers

First Grade has had a great first quarter of our new school year! As First Graders, we should all be reading at least 10-15 minutes each

day and summarizing what we have read. This is a wonderful habit to have as we strive to be life-long learners. It’s amazing to see the

correlation between reading minutes and speed in moving up reading levels. We can’t believe that November is here. We are continuing

our studies of various genres in reading. We will continue to study the elements of fiction and non-fiction books while studying the

structure of reading all genres. In math, we are finishing our study of addition and beginning subtraction. Our first graders are on

their way to memorizing math facts for the speed tests. Memorization will make subtraction much easier! Our first field trip of the

year took us to Johnson’s Farm in Inman where we enjoyed taking a hayride, exploring a corn maze, picking a pumpkin, tasting apple cider

and apple doughnuts! We considered it a successful day! We can’t wait to see our parents at the Thanksgiving Lunch on Friday, Novem-

ber 18th! We love our First Graders!!

We are off to a great start in 2nd Grade. We’ve enjoyed getting to know our classmates and teachers. In ELA, we have covered our Com-

munity and Organization Units. We are now working on our Relationships Unit. Please continue using www.readtheory.org and

www.spellingcity.com at home. In Social Studies, we are in our Government unit. Please check our website and Schoology for additional

online resources and study helps. In Math, we’ve covered number sense and place value. We are now working on addition and our fast

facts. Students will have a timed math test each week. Please be working on single addends with sums to 20 at home as well as the corre-

sponding subtraction facts. In Science, we have completed our first unit of the year on Matter. We have enjoyed many experiments with

matter. Our next science unit will be about magnets after we complete our social studies unit on Government. Students are doing a great

job using technology in the classroom. We have learned that we have our own school email address and can log in to a computer using their

unique email address and password. Students love using Schoology to find resources, activities, and websites for our current units of study.

Second grade enjoyed a walking field trip to the Reidville Fire Department to learn about fire safety. This was a great way for our kids to

see parts of our community. We are continuing to work on being more responsible and doing tasks more independently.

Third Grade is off to a wonderful year! This year every third grade student has their own laptop to use at school and home. We have

been busy learning how to use them. If your student hasn’t shown you yet, have them log in to Schoology or Google Drive from home to

see some of the new, creative lessons they have completed. Do you know your South Carolina history? Third graders are beginning to

learn all about our great state. Come and visit the third grade hall to see the different regions they have visited. In ELA, our BIG

IDEA has been community and perseverance. We are moving onto learning about perspective. The students have written personal narra-

tives and even worked on some research to go along with their reading. In Science, we just finished up our unit on Matter where we

got to explore the different types of matter while observing the properties of matter and even working on what happens when we add

or remove heat from matter. Math has kept us on our toes as we began the year learning different multiplication strategies. We then

moved onto our place value and addition/subtraction units. As you can see, we have been very busy already this year! Thank you for all

your help as our students learn and grow in third grade!

Our K4 classroom is a very busy place! We are learning about colors, shapes, letters and numbers. We are getting better everyday

at writing our names. In math we finished up our unit on sorting and have begun learning about patterns. In writing workshops we

have been learning how to draw people and how to add details to our pictures.

Honor Roll—1st Qtr.

Falk 3rd Horton 3rd McAlister 3rd Williams 3rd

Paige Boomer Jake Boykin Jonathan Cefarelli Oliver King Lunday Carter Peyton Crooke Brinlyn Jennings Isabelle Desrocher Malachi Nelson Cooper Hadden Aidan Neville Bella Konon Dylan Falk Micah Nelson Eden Simmons Emma Lewis Lily Fletcher Morgan Partridge Chloe Verrett Ashley Morales Cameron Howell Sarah Ross Madison Speer Olivia Jones

Klopper 4th Quinby 4th Watson 4th Wilson 4th Connor Crenshaw Jada-Symone Batichon Brooklyn Amble Zach Felty Jana Dzyuba Shelby Braddick Sophie Dottorelli Summer Sinkler Kara Hollis Kinsey Clark Lila Godbee Darby Ward Katherine Kramer McKenzie Denard Bryce Lehtonen Connor Williams Lily Estola Cora Moccia David Hurt Alyssa Morano Grace Klingler Jake Moss Abigail Reel Brooke Tate Eli Watson Lakota Woods

“A/B” Falk 3rd Horton 3rd McAlister 3rd Williams 3rd Brianna Chambers Zion Anderson MacKenzie Daniels Reese Calsing Rylee Ellis Logan Hartel Alyssa Gilbert Cole Krook Collin Gaffney Lexie Henderson Taylor Tomes Blake Walter Yowanha Manteghi Karson Hendrix Kayden Morrow Esther Kim Amber Rickards Lily Lubman Caiden Stovall-Harris Bella Ross Nolan Williams DJ Torrence Kendall Wilson

Klopper 4th Quinby 4th Watson 4th Wilson 4th EmmaKait Brooks Myles Covington Trey Fergus Caitlyn Austin Zoe Brown Cannon Lee Faith George Payton Boomer Kayhl Budhdev Charlotte Price Carolina Johnson Tyler Brock Kayden Bunch Kathryn Ross Nathan Price Keirston Epperly Jack Gaffney Carlee Stratton Blake Rodgers Mady Godfrey Max Knight Jason Sullivan Addison Thomason Dylan Hagler Harrison Lindsey Ashlyn Whitfield Brady Wykel Mariah Lubman Ava Sturgill Jayden Mattox Lea Tidball Tatum Morris Cooper Webb Ehrin Williams-Rice Olivia Williamson

“A”

PERFECT ATTENDANCE-1st QTR

Mrs. Fazzone’s K4 Mrs. Clark’s K5 Mrs. Reeves K5 Ms. Owens K5 Mrs. Watchorn K5

Grant Burger Abigail Cox Brayleigh Burnett Bentley Penning Derwin Batichon

Wesley DeFore Olivia Little Kayden Clark Zoe Smith Hadley Cash

Lucy Dunn Dereon Martin Grant Eleazer Shelby Frank

Farrah Krass Asher Melton Kayla Farmer Joshua Kim

Amya Mingo Blake Krook Kalina Liptak

Wyatt Pooagith Gloria Nash Chloe Morrow

Marlenne Reyes Mabry Patterson Cloe Smith

Caden Rice Cooper Tomes

Abigail Smith Tais Valdez

Levi Thomas

Mrs. Brockman 1st Mrs. Boyter 1st Ms. Flowers 1st Mrs. Snow 1st Zane Brown Judah Adams Emerie Morano Major Atkins Ben Anderson Landry Oyervides

Rowan Edens Anna Scott Buys Alexis Nichols Brayden Georgy Tyler Austin Stella Todd

Rhys Fink Jaiya Devoe Camren Rice Errol Halliburton Kaia Brown Zayne Turner

Seeger Hadden Kyler Epperly Graycie Robison Lincoln Heck Greyson DeFore

Ashton Rickards Grayden Hill Claire Price Owen Greene

Bennett Howell Molly Smith Michael Huber

Brayden Loftis Daniel Tate Danton Jones

Mrs. Auten 2nd Ms. Loftis 2nd Mrs. Pretulak 2nd Mrs. Smith 2nd

Madi Estola Dakota Burnett McKenna Brown Kennedi Broomfield

Kaylee Ferguson Leah Carter Courtland Byrd Harper Cash

Autumn Jenkins Scarlett Edwards Landon Gibby Lexie Coggins

Laila Kowalczyk Mary Alice Graham Yoselyn Hernandez Chase Henderson

Madison Niemi Casey Krook Natalee Horton Austin Kincaid

Brentley Odom Damian Liptak Peyton Pooagith Carlie Parrett

Hunter Richards Kelsea Nodine Max Ross Grayson Partridge

Addison Rogers Trinity Taylor Ben Quillen

Carson Tucker Sadie Woods Brad Shealy

Jacob Williams Addie Stanis

Mrs. Falk 3rd Mrs. Horton 3rd Mrs. McAlister 3rd Mrs. Williams 3rd

Peyton Crooke Zion Anderson MacKenzie Daniels Olivia Jones Megan Blodgett

Aidan Neville Jake Boykin Isabella Desrocher Oliver King Cristell Castro

Caiden Stovall-Harris Logan Hartel Dylan Falk Morgan Partridge Cooper Hadden

Maya Valdez Brinlyn Jennings Alyssa Gilbert Sarah Ross Cole Krook

Kendall Wilson Esther Kim Cameron Howell Taylor Tomes Eden Simmons

Ashley Morales Ramon Tovar

Bella Ross Blake Walter

Mrs. Klopper 4th Mrs. Quinby 4th Mrs. Watson 4th Zoe Brown Camden Arms Grace Klingler Eli Watson Kaleb Blackshire

Jackson Gaffney Jada-Symone Batichon Cannon Lee Ashlyn Whitfield Tristan Duran

Emily Grady Shelby Braddick Jake Moss Lakota Woods Lila Godbee

Ben Knight Kinsey Clark Charlotte Price Cora Moccia

Katherine Kramer McKenzie Denard Kathryn Ross Alyssa Morano

Lea Tidball Lily Estola Carlee Stratton Lauren Thomason

Cooper Webb David Hurt Jason Sullivan Mrs. Wilson 4th

Brooke Tate Caitlyn Austin Jayden Mattox

Keirston Epperly Wesley Neville

Zach Felty Zaccary Walters

Mady Godfrey Darby Ward

Christopher Gowan Ehrin Williams-Rice

Author’s Page

At the Park

By Cooper Tomes, Reeves K5

Rainy Day

By Kylee Arms, Fazzone K4

My Halloween

By Emma Kate Thomason, Brockman 1st On Halloween night I went trick-or-treating. My costume was a prom

queen zombie. I had white, black, and red. I went with my sisters and

my friend. I was trick-or-treating at Apple Valley. I wonder how many

pieces I got? I think I got over twenty pieces! I went to trunk-or-treat

and to the firetruck. I got a sharing size of M & M’s and it was the kind

that I did not like, but I had a great night! One of the houses said take

one handful. I had so much fun.

Where I’m From By Kayden Morrow, Falk 3rd

I am from

A hot summer

Place by the

Green grass where

Bugs crawl and

Creep by a clear pool

In a small house

I am from

Smells of flowers

Mom and dad beside

Me telling me good night

And good morning

From Bible stories, to songs

And you are my sunshine

I am from

Popcorn beans and

Eggs and the smell of

The salty summer

Breeze at the

Hot beach

I am from

Photo albums and

Frames my room

My closet my family

My 3 sisters that are kind

My Family Trip to Ocean Lakes By Kelsea Nodine, Loftis 2nd

Last summer I went to Ocean Lakes. When we got to the beach house we unpacked our bags and then we sat

on the couch for a little bit. Then finally we went walking on the beach. The next day we went to the park and

then I slid down the slides. I went around and around on the round about, and I swung on the swings. The

next day I went to Broadway and ate and got some stuff like candy, toys, and earrings.

John Cabot

By Olivia Williamson & Lea Tidball, Klopper 4th

T.E.R.R.I.F.I.C Kids Fazzone Lucy Dunn Williams Reese Calsing Clark Abigail Cox Klopper Olivia Williamson Owens Sadie Gilbert Quinby Eli Watson Reeves Kayden Clark Watson Bryce Lehtonen Watchorn Bella Gilbert Wilson Mady Godfrey Boyter Judah Adams Brockman Ashton Rickards Flowers Talan Bryson Snow Stella Todd Auten Hunter Richards Loftis Hayden Lister Pretulak Sadie Woods Smith Marley Ledford Falk Paige Boomer Horton Ashley Morales McAlister Sarah Ross

Student Council Kindergarten—Jack Boland, Kayden Clark, Abigail Cox, Bella Gilbert, Kalina Liptak, Cierra Roland, Adeline Watchorn, and Rachael Westmoreland First Grade—Judah Adams, Greyson DeFore, Jaiya Devoe, Allie Konon, Landry Oyervides, Annabelle Price, Skyler Smith, and Emma Kait Thomason Second Grade—Chase Chambers, Lilly Covington, Hayden Lister, Kelsea Nodine, Grayson Partridge, Ben Quillen, Max Ross, and Sadie Woods Third Grade—Paige Boomer, Jake Boykin, Lily Fletcher, Cooper Hadden, Belle Konon, Micah Nelson, Evan Parris, and Eden Simmons Fourth Grade—Payton Boomer, Emma Kait Brooks, Sophie Dottorelli, David Hurt, Max Knight, Bryce Lehtonen, Summer Sinkler, and Eli Watson

Character All-Stars are recognized at the end of each month. These students are selected because they demon-strate the character word of the month and make good choices.

September—Responsibility October—Courage Fazzone Kylee Arms Ashlyn Partridge Clark Cooper Meadors Lydia Ledford Owens Rachael Westmoreland Matthew Morales Reeves Mabry Rose Patterson Tais Valdez Watchorn Joshua Kim Chloe Morrow Boyter Violet Braunschweiger Jaiya Devoe Brockman Zoey Knight Allison Constable Flowers Anna Sosebee Jeremy Jackson Snow Owen Greene Greyson DeFore Auten Madi Estola Lilly Covington Loftis Christine Rodgers Leah Carter Pretulak Sadie Woods Yoselyn Hernandez Smith Ben Quillen Kayden Meno Falk Kayden Morrow Yowanha Manteghi Horton Lexie Henderson Lily Lubman McAlister Dylan Falk Mackenzie Daniels Williams Kerrie Wilson Allana Eleazer Klopper Max Knight Ava Sturgill Quinby Shelby Braddick Abigail Reel Watson Cora Moccia Brooklyn Amble Wilson Mariah Lubman Tatum Morris

2016—2017 Rocket Stars

September

K5 3rd Hadley Cash Jake Boykin

Cierra Roland Olivia Jones

Adeline Watchorn Aidan Neville

Rachael Westmoreland Chloe Verrett

1st 4th

Tyler Austin Payton Boomer

Camren Rice Kinsey Clark

Molly Smith Sophie Dottorelli

Sophia Townsend Jana Dzyuba

2nd Chase Chambers

Mary Alice Graham

Yoselyn Hernandez

Brad Shealy

October

K5 3rd Matthew Catano Jonathan Cefarelli

Kayden Clark Logan Hartel

Joshua Kim Cole Krook

Matthew Morales Caiden Stovall -Harris

1st 4th Kaia Brown Zach Felty

Jamiya Edwards Jake Moss

EJ Halliburton Cooper Webb

Charlie Roper Tristin Wilder

2nd Casey Krook

Peyton Pooagith

Brad Shealy

Jacob Williams

“Counseling Corner”

By Kimberly Rozman, School Counselor

Dear Parents,

Last month our students had the opportunity to celebrate making healthy choices with our annual Red Ribbon Week.

In 1985 a Drug Enforcement Administration officer, Enrique Camarena, was killed for his attempt to put an end to a

Mexican drug cartel. Ever since, we have used Red Ribbon Week as a time to educate all students of the dangers of

harmful substances.

At the elementary level, this can be difficult for our students to understand. In my guidance lessons I talk to our little

ones about asking before eating, drinking, or touching anything they find lying around. This is an attempt to avoid

accidental exposure to household poisons. We talk about how medicines are drugs that are meant to help us but we

have to still be careful and follow the instructions. Our students also learn about the harmful effects of smoking, al-

cohol, and illegal drugs. Unfortunately, we are only able to scratch the surface in a week. Please use Red Ribbon

Week, and every week, as an opportunity to talk to your kids about making healthy choices. Our third and fourth

graders learned about healthy coping skills to deal with stress in life. As kids get older, their friends may offer drugs,

alcohol, prescription medicine, or even smoking as an alternative to dealing with life. Peers may say things such as

“it will make you feel better”, “this will help you be stronger” or “this will help you get more work done”. The reali-

ty is that our children need to know what good things to put into their bodies to live as healthy as possible. They need

to know not only how to “just say no” but they need to know why they are saying no and what alternatives they have.

One of our most important “Refusal Skills” is to tell an adult. Encourage and model for your child how to deal with

bad days, stress, and anger in a way that is healthy. If your child comes to you, tell them “thank you for telling me”

and work with them to help.

If you or someone you love is struggling with substance use of abuse, please seek help. Below is a small list of some

of the helpful resources available in our area that provide emotional support, counseling, or even drug abuse services.

Middle Tyger Community Center: 864-439-7760

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health: 1-800-866-4673

Phoenix Center: 864-467-4747

The Forrester Center for Behavioral Health: 864-582-7588