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Last year, Steve Bishop,the parent of SkylarBishop, approachedMrs. Matz about an op-portunity for LowesD.C. to donate materialsand labor to help beau-tify Riley Elementary!On September 18th,about 35 employeesfrom Lowes D.C andparent volunteersshowed up and diligentlygot to work.

Thanks for everything,Riley looks great!

School FeesPlease remember to payyour childs school fees.

They are $25.

Make checks payable toFostoria City Schools

BGSU StudentsWe will be having studentsfrom BGSU here to help

work with our students onvarious interventions. We

are excited about thisopportunity help!

Campus WearEvery Friday students areable to wear a Fostoria CitySchools t-shirt to showschool spirit. It has to sayFostoria some-where on it.

School Information

From the Desk of Mrs. Bernal, PrincipalThanks Lowes D.C.!

September/October 2013

Volume 1 Issue 2

Riley Elementary School

1324 Walnut St 419-436

-4145 Fax 419

-436

-4158

Inside this issue:

School Information 2

School Pictures 2

Title I Information 2

Title I Information 3

PTO Information 3

School GuidanceInformation

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Fostoria CitySchools

Important Dates:

October 4th Fire Safe-ty Program

October 17th-Riley Cafe

October 21st-25 BookFair

October 22nd and 24thconferences. 3:00-7:00.No Project Success10/22 and 10/24

October 30th-PictureRetakes

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Picture Retakes will be onOctober 30th

Students will be required towear Campus Wear for Fall

Pictures. In the spring, studentswill be allowed to wear regular

clothing.Picture Information will be

coming home soon!

Leveled Literacy Intervention is being used to give students who are below grade levelextra reading assistance. Lessons are given 5 days a week for thirty minutes. The lessons in-

clude rereading, phonics, vocabulary, word work, writing in response to stories, answering ques-tions about stories and reading new books both fiction and nonfiction. Students also takebooks home that have been read at school for extra practice.

Riley Elementary is very lucky to have two Bowling Green State University Stu-dents who are getting their Masters Degree in Reading. Ashley Snoddy and Tori Roper arehere on Mondays and Wednesdays to provide reading intervention and are also working withstudents with Leveled Literacy Intervention.

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Title I Information

Riley Elementary School

PLEASE

REMEMBER TO

READ AND SIGN

YOUR CHILDS

PLANNER

EVERYDAY.

More School Information

Say,

Cheese

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

changes in transportation home.

419-436-4145

Upcoming Events

The Riley/Longfellow candle sale will begin on

9/26 and end on 10/14. We will be sending

home the order forms on Thursday. All moneyis due at the time of the order. The nextRiley Caf is Oct. 17th! We look for-

ward to seeing you. Please park on all the paved

areas.

Trick-or-Treat Bingo will be Oct. 28th at FIES.We are asking for each child to bring a bag ofcandy to school. This can be brought anytime

between now and Oct. 28th. More information

will be coming home at a later date.

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Title I Information Continued

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PTO NEWS AND EVENTSHi everyone, its a new school year and we have a lot of good things to tell you. First of all we have decidedto combine the PTO from Longfellow, Riley and FIES into one organization. We feel this will not only makeus larger and more effective, but also help those parents with students in multiple schools, so they wonthave 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 daugh-ter Willow and I moved here last year, but we are no strangers to Fostoria. For the past 10 years Ive beenworking for a local company and would travel here nearly every month with Willow. I am also familiar withworking with the PTO as Willow is my 7th child I have raised which has had me working within the schoolsystem 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 & Longfel-low). We are all committed to making sure this years PTO is very effective and powerful, supporting all ofour schools 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 Peelers*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 likefield trips, new learning software, playground equipment and much more.

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

Dont have day care? Bring your kids well provide supervision, snacks and help with their homework.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 going onthat 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/RileyLongfellowP Email: ptopresident@fostoriaschools.org

Sincerely,

Carylcstone@wepresent.com

Right to Know

Notice of Right toKnow TeacherQualificationsParents/Guardians have the right to knowabout the teaching qualifications of theirchilds classroom teacher in a school receiv-ing Title I funds. Longfellow Elementary, RileyElementary, andFostoria Intermediate Ele-mentaryreceive Title I funds. The federal NoChild Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires thatany local school district receiving Title I fundsmust notify parents that they may ask aboutthe professional qualifications of their childsclassroom teacher. These qualifications in-clude:

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 qualifications.Parents should contact the school

offices for this information.

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

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My Wonderful PAX SchoolWe are starting our second year of implementing PAX Good Behavior Game at RileySchool. This is very exciting because we have seen such great results with teachers increas-ing teaching time while decreasing disruptive behaviors in the classroom. Over the pastyear, we have shared information about PAX through newspaper articles highlighting thelaunching of PAX in our school as well as in the spring when Riley experienced an oppor-

tunity of professional lm crews coming in to lm PAX in Action within the classrooms. Aselection of students also presented a short play at a board meeting last year highlightingcomponents of PAX. Just in case you missed these exciting highlights from last year, therewill be many opportunities throughout this school year to hear and learn about PAX in ourschool

We are making our school a Wonderful PAX School every day, but we need your help. Our

PAX motto has been I better my world and I better myself. We want our students to see

they can not only spread PAX in our school, but everywhere they go. Starting next week

your child will be bringing home a book called, My Wonderful PAX School and will be

asked to complete chapters at home with you. Each month, I will highlight a chapter andencourage your child to complete it with the help of you. To make it even more exciting,

when they bring their book back to school with the completed chapter, they will receive an

additional 100 minutes for their class to add to their PAX games. This can be very bene-

cial for their class! Each of the classes are in competition working to earn the most PAX

minutes which are added up at the end of the month rewarding the top 1st grade and top

2nd grade class with a BIG PAX Prize!!! We are seeing such rewarding behaviors with many

of our students and are hoping you can have a Wonderful PAX home too!Characters of the

Month

September

Lucas Barlekamp

Kristian Carter-Stokes

Devon Miller

Keaton Doane

Chelsea Tyson

Serenity VanRavenswaay

Izabehla Rodriguez

Traivon Cousin

Addisyn Talley

Amberlee Dayton

Brooklyn Holman

Anyanka Stansbery

Leonardo Medina

Jayla Uballe (absent)