Riley November 2013 Newsletter

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Dear Parents,Here at Riley Elementary, we want to thank you for your support withthe candle sale, Trick-or-Treat Bingo and the Spirit Wear fundraiser!

All of the money that is raised benefits all of our students by PTOhelping to fund field trips, purchasing materials for the classroom, orany other student needs we may have. Below are some pictures of thedifferent activities staff and students participated in as part of thePTO.

Boxtops for Education

Keep sending in yourboxtops. So far we havecollected over 5000,boxtops. That equals$500.00 for our school!

School Information

From the Desk of Mrs. Bernal, Principal

November,2013

Volume 1 Issue 3

Riley Elementary School1324 Walnut St 419-436-4145 Fax 419-436-4158

Inside this issue:

School Information 2

Title I Information 2

Title I Information 3

PTO Information 3

School GuidanceInformation

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Fostoria CitySchools

Important Dates:

November 11th-VeteransDay

November 11th-Riley Caf

November 19th-CandleDelivery.

November 22nd-Mid Terms

November 27th-No School.Bank Day

November 28th-29th.

Thanksgiving Break November 25-26th no

Project Success

Dressing for the Weath-er

Now that it is starting toget colder out, please

remember to send yourchild to school with acoat, gloves, a hat andsocks on their feet!

Campus WearEvery Friday students areable to wear a Fostoria CitySchools t-shirt to show schoolspirit. It has to say Fostoriasomewhere on it.


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Why reread books? The more a child reads a book again the better he/she will be at reading.The more a child sees and reads a book the more likely the child is going to recognize the words thatwere at first unfamiliar and the more confident your child will feel about reading. The more one prac-

tices something, the better one gets at doing it. One needs to practice over and over again how to tieshoes or how to ride a bicycle. The same thing is true with reading. The more a child reads the betterthat child gets at reading. If a child doesnt practice especially at home they will continue to struggle.Make the time you spend listening to your child read a fun time and a special time with you. Acting outthe story together can make it a fun time. Hopefully, during these times your child will find a joy inreading and will find a favorite type of book they like to read and will eventually just want to read ontheir own for fun. Then we will have all succeeded in our mission to make all children life long readers!Family Science Night is Tuesday Nov. 19th 5:30-7:30.

Family Science Night on Tues. Nov. 19 Keep this date in mind, we will be having a Family ScienceNight on Tues. Nov. 19 from 5:30-7:30.

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Title I Information

Riley Elementary School

PLEASE REMEM-

BER TO READ

AND SIGN

YOUR CHILDSPLANNER

EVERYDAY.

More School Information

Please remember to call the schoolbefore 2:30 if there are any changes

in transportation home.

419-436-4145

Dear Parents and Guardians,Fostoria City Schools is pleased to announce that we are now able to send announcements (i.e., clos-ings/delays, etc.) via SMS text messaging to your mobile phones.If you would like to receive these announcements as text messages, please do the following:

1. Ensure your school has your cell phone number on file.**If the school did nothave your cell phone number on file and you contact them to add

it, wait at least24 hours before proceeding to Step 2.

2. From your cell phone, text the word Jointo the number 56360.****If our School Connect messaging system finds a match for your number in its data-

base, you willreceive a confirmation message thanking you for joining school alerts.

At any time, you can unsubscribe by texting Stopto 56360.3. Create a contact on your phone with the name of your school or school district (if you have

children in multiple schools in the district), or another meaningful name, and the phone num-ber 56360. Then when you receive a text from this number, you know who is sending it.

Thank you,

Andrew Sprang, Superintendent


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Volume 1 Issue 3

Title I Information Continued

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Right to Know

Notice of Right toKnow Teacher QualificationsParents/Guardians have the right to know about

the teaching qualifications of their childs class-room teacher in a school receiving Title I funds.Longfellow Elementary, Riley Elementary,andFostoria Intermediate ElementaryreceiveTitle I funds. The federal No Child Left Behind

Act (NCLB) requires that any local school districtreceiving Title I funds must notify parents thatthey may ask about the professional qualifica-tions of their childs classroom teacher. Thesequalifications include:PTO News!A great big thanks to Parents, Teachers and Students for all you work making the following events a

huge success!FIES catalog sale has ended and we are very proud of our students who worked so hard to bring in rec-

ord breaking sales.The candle sale at Riley & Longfellow has also ended and your candles will be delivered soon! Greatwork kids!And how fun was our Halloween Trick or Treat Bingo? If you didnt attend you missed a great time!

Spirit Wear Our spirit wear sale is currently under way at all 3 schools. There are 3 different designsto choose from in several styles and colors. Orders must be returned to school by November 5th. Stu-dents will be able to wear the shirts and/or crewneck sweatshirts to school on Fridays! However, thesweatpants will not be allowed.Campus Wear Campus wear will soon be available for sale at FIES. Details to Follow!

Santa Shop Mark your calendars, the Santa Shop will be open Dec 9, 10th& 11.And this year well have night hours so students from Riley and Longfellow will be able to participate.

Carnival Its time to start planning our spring Carnival. Please contact Mindy Lance if youre interestedin helping.(419) 934-2676

Questions or Comments:Facebook.com/RileyLongfellowPEmail: [email protected]

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!Caryl

1. Whether the teacher has met the Ohioteacher licensing criteria for the gradelevel and subject areas in which theteacher provides your child instruction.2. Whether the teacher is teaching underemergency or temporary status thatwaives state licensing requirements.3. The undergraduate degree major ofthe teacher and any other graduate de-gree or certification (such as NationalBoard Certification) held by the teacherand the field of discipline of certificationor degree

4. Whether your child is providedservices by instructional paraprofes-sionals and, if so, their qualifica-tions.Parents should contact the schooloffices for this information.

Science Family Fun Night at Riley!Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Time: 5:307:30
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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To continue reinforcing the Rules to Tattling from lastyear, we read the storybook Dont Squeal Unless Its aBig Deal. I like this story because it seems pretty simplefor the students to understand there are problems thatare truly kid sized that they could try to solve on theirown first and then there are problems that are a BigDeal from the very beginning that require help from anadult. The story really encourages the reader to be aproblem solver before telling an adult about it. It alsobreaks the situations down that are considered an emer-gency such as someone is hurt, someone is hurting them,someone is hurting animals/pets, destroying property,etc. These are situations that our students are encour-aged to come for help right away. To help them furtherdistinguish between kid sized and big deal problems, weplayed an activity with situation cards and asked them toidentify which of the two. Both the teachers and thestudents really enjoyed the story as well as the activity.

You can reinforce these concepts at home by using thesame language with your child if you are finding that tat-tling is a problem amongst your children.

If a person or animal is in danger, youmust warn someone.

If the problem involves you, take chargeand try hard to solve it yourself first.

Is the problem a Now problem or aNot Now problem? Can your problembe solved at a later time?

If the problem is not dangerous and isdoes not involve you.

DO NOT TATTLE

For the month of October, our character word we learnedabout was Respect. We learned that Respectful studentslook for the good things their friends are doing instead oflooking for the bad things to tattle on. Ask anyone whoworks with young children to name the problem they strugglewith the most, and more often than not, tattling tops thelist. In order for tattling to not turn into a habit, childrenmustdevelop the ability to discern between a situation thatcan be taken care of independently versus an urgent, moreserious situationthat calls for adult assistance. To helpstudents discover alternatives to tattling, weread a storytitled, A BAD CASE OF THE TATTLE TONGUE andlearnedthe rules totattling. Wealso played the game Pin the Faceon theTattletale to practice the rules. Here are theruleswe are trying to follow

I hope you have enjoyed reading and doing the activi-ties from the first Chapter of My Wonderful PAXSchoolwith your child. For the month of October wefocused on Chapter 1. If your child completed Chapter1 and returned it to his/her teacher, they received100 PAX minutes to add to their class total. SoGREAT job! Starting in November, your child will onceagain be bringing his/her book home to begin workingon Chapter 2. I love the enthusiasm our students areputting into PAX!
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Brayden Drenning, Aiden Delehoy, Dakota Wheeler, Meiko Diaz, Skylar Thoman, Brendyn Brown, Layla Desbin,Ronnie Diaz, Gavin Miller, Vincent Kidwell Jr., Madison Courtney, Brandon Leal, Ginger

Not Pictured: Thaddieus Switzer-Vande Velde; Khiaire Ibarra

Respect is a basic building block for all other character lessons. When stu-

dents respect themselves and others their behavior and atude make it easi-

er for them to display all the other posive character traits. These students

display this character trait on a daily basis and are great role models for all of

us. Great job Riley students!

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