CSES PTA Newsletter Principal Jodi S. Poff • 5404 Springlawn Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24018 • csespta.com • 540-772-7558
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From the Principal’s Desk. .
Fall is here and we are finally feeling it in the air! I hope you are planning to join us at the CSES PTA Fall Fun
Run event this Friday at the CSMS track. This is a fun, FREE, family event!
A not-so-fun topic is pediculosis, also known as “head lice”. These are tiny, wingless insects that live close to the human scalp. It is hard to spot head lice because they are very small, avoid light and move fast. The eggs, also called nits, are easier to see. Nits may appear yellowish or white. Nits are most often found in the hair behind the ears and at the back of the head and neck. Unlike dandruff or dry scalp/skin, nits cannot be easily flicked off the hair because the nits are attached to an individual strand of hair and are difficult to remove. Head lice move by crawling (not jumping or flying) and are spread through head to head direct contact with an affected person. It is possible, but not common, to spread head lice by contact with items that have been in contact with a person with head lice - such as clothing, hats, scarves, combs, brushes, or towels. The
spread of head lice is not related to hygiene.
While teachers and school staff have experience with the detection and prevention of head lice, it is imperative that schools and parents cooperate together to prevent this nuisance from spreading. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School Nurses indicate that, while a nuisance and frustrating to families directly affected by it, head lice does not pose a health risk and should not keep otherwise healthy students from attending school. Here are some resources that can help you in checking your child(ren) for head lice: http://www.healthline.com/health/lice-symptoms#1 or https://www.centerforlicecontrol.com/how-to-check-for-lice/ or contact Karen Barr, CSES school nurse. If you notice your child scratching his/her head or would like your child’s head checked at school please let us know. Unfortunately, I have first-hand experience with this - my own kids were not good at sharing with each other,
until they shared head lice with each other and me one summer!
Sometimes parents discover head lice on a child at home and provide treatment without sharing this information with the school. It is certainly a parent’s decision whether or not to notify the school, but I’d like to ask all parents to please notify school if you discover that your child has nits or lice so we can limit head-to-head and article-to-article contact at school to help prevent the spread of this nuisance. Students may be encouraged to store jackets/coats/hats in backpacks rather than having these items touching each other while at school. Lice may also spread by transfer from one person to another by items such as brushes/combs/hair accessories, headphones (personal headphones are allowed for classroom and computer lab use), pillows/towels. If head lice is discovered on your child at school, you will be notified by the school nurse that lice/nits have been found on your child. The school nurse will also notify you of the need for treatment. A key step in eliminating and avoiding reinfestation is diligent monitoring of your child’s head for approximately 7-10 days
after the initial discovery of head lice.
I hope you find this information helpful and will let me know if you have questions or need clarification. As always, please don’t hesitate to call or email me with ideas, questions, or concerns – I enjoy hearing from you
– (540) 772-7558 or [email protected].
Jodi Poff, Principal
President’s Message
What an amazing September we had here at CSES! Thank you to ALL who have turned in volunteer forms
and signed up to help at the various activities throughout the year! The PTA succeeds only because of YOU!
If you have not yet joined PTA, please do! Remember, every level of involvement helps: whether you sign
up for a board position, volunteer here and there at an event, or just become a PTA member. All levels are
important and contribute to the success of our PTA.
October is a busy month here at CSES! Our first fundraiser is in full swing - “Keep Cool and Run for
School” Fall Fun Run is scheduled for October 6th. Come join friends, families, and teachers for an evening
of FUN! We are encouraging everyone to run/walk one mile around the track. Healthy habits start early, so
bring the whole family and get some fresh air and exercise! Attend, participate, and make this healthy
choice for your family!
Our school will participate in Red Ribbon Week at the end of this month. The Red Ribbon Campaign
aims to educate children and encourage participation in drug prevention activities. In the CSES Classroom,
the emphasis will focus on making healthy choices, developing positive self-esteem and self-confidence,
developing healthy friendships, and taking responsibility for oneself. The children can participate in FUN
dress-up activities for the week of October 23rd. More information for the week’s activities can be found in
our newsletter and additional educational resources can be found at redribbon.org.
Let’s all work together to help educate our children on making healthy choices. See you on the track.
And Happy Fall!
Michelle Musser
PTA President
THANK YOU for all your hard work raising money for our school. Now, let’s get on the track & have
some fun! PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE FALL FUN RUN on OCTOBER 6th, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Rain or
Shine! Bring your water bottle & a lawn chair as needed! We will have the FUN Run, field games,
Kona Ice (bring cash), music by DJ $ Bill, an inflatable obstacle course, face painting, and more!
The evening’s tentative schedule is as follows:
6:10 pm Start of the Fun Run for students in grades PK-2 (and their families)*
6:40 pm Start of the Fun Run for students in grades 3-5 (and their families)*
7:15 pm Raffle Drawings
* Note: if you have children in multiple grades and want to run as a whole family, we would suggest
running with the older student group at 6:40 pm.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!!
DOUBLE PLATINUM DONOR BRONZE DONORS
For questions, contact
Laura James, [email protected]
INCENTIVE REWARDS
Thank you to all who came out and purchased food
from Chipolte! We earned our school $497.68 on this one
evening!!!
We are excited
to announce
that we are
having a
McTeacher’s
night at McDonald’s located at Oak Grove Plaza on
October 17th from 5:00-8:00 pm. You will see many
familiar faces at this event and it will be a fun night for
kids and teachers alike! There will also be cookie totes
for sale. The cookie tote is a bakers’ dozen of warm
fresh baked McDonald’s chocolate chip cookies. All
profits from cookie sales will go to our school and can
be purchased by anyone that comes to McDonald’s - not
only those of us there to support CSES! McDonald’s will
donate 25% of all profits to our school, along with cookie
tote sales. Reminder flyers will be backpacked home the
week of the event.
Please send in your Box Tops for Education! We have
a deadline of October 20th for our fall submission!!
Please put them in baggies and be sure to check the
expiration dates! Please don’t use collection sheets
unless your child will be heartbroken not to do so!
Current Box Tops are dated 2017 and after!
After 30 years, Campbell’s Labels for Education will
be ending. Please keep sending in remaining labels until
December 15th, 2017. Our last submission earned our
school 523 new points!!
Please consider shopping at www.smile.amazon.com
when you are planning to shop Amazon. You can earn
our school .05% of your purchase. Simply go to
www.smile.amazon.com and select Cave Spring
Elementary on your first visit. Our last earnings
statement was $31.82.
If you have not yet linked our school to your Kroger
account, please do so by going to
Kroger.com/CommunityRewards, then select Cave
Spring Elementary. Just this last quarter earned our
school $2,267.25!! This must be renewed each year!
August Starting Balance: $8,336.34 Ending Balance: $15,336.48 Checking Account Balance: $15,336.48 Income: Kroger Cares
Income: Direct donations, Fall Fun Run Corporate Sponsors, Kroger Cares, Amazon Smiles, Silent Auction,
Membership, Spirit Wear, and interest.
Expenses: None
Deadline is October 20, 2017
More information to come!!! For more information, visit pta.org
CSES is currently in the process
of starting up the Geography
Club again this year! We are
inviting 4th & 5th graders to
participate! We will meet after school and
applications are due by October 6th! We will also
host a Geography Bee in January through the
National Geographic Society. Parent volunteers are
needed to ensure the success of this program.
CSES RUN CLUB Registration Now Open!!
WHO: Any 4th or 5th grade student with an interest in
running, and younger students of parents able to volunteer.
WHAT: Opportunity for kids to stay after school & walk/jog/
run, learn more about fitness/nutrition, & have a fun time
simply being active. Students will work towards mileage goals
& receive incentives/awards along the way.
WHEN: Current schedule is 2:20 pm - 3:00 pm on the dates
listed below.
DATES: October 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 November 2, 9, 14, 16,
21, 28, 30 December 5, 7
PARENT VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED! If your child wish-
es to participate, submit the application form and review the
Rules & Procedures Form. Please email [email protected] if
you need these forms.
October 3
PTA Board Meeting, 6:00 pm CSES Library
October 6
“Keep Cool and Run for School” Fall Fun Run
CSMS Track, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
October 10
Smile! It’s Fall Picture Day!
October 13
Early Dismissal, 12:20 pm
October 17
McTeachers’ Night - CSES at McDonald’s, 5:00-8:00
pm
October 20
PTA Reflections “Within Reach” entries due.
October 23-26
Red Ribbon Week: “Your FUTURE is Key, So Stay
Drug Free”
October 27
School Closed - Teacher Workday
SAVE THE DATE - NOVEMBER 8
SCA SKATE PARTY - 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Dress up Day - Wild, Wild, West!
OCTOBER DATES TO REMEMBER
October 23 - 26 Monday: “Team Up Against Drugs” - Students are en-couraged to wear their favorite team jersey to school. Tuesday: “Your FUTURE is Key, So Stay Drug Free” - Career Dress Up Day - what does your future hold? Wednesday: “Love Yourself, Red-Out Wednesday” - Wear Red, Red, Red!!! Thursday: “Follow Your Dreams, Don’t Do Drugs” -
Wear Pajamas to school!
National Family Partnership,
formerly the National Federation
of Parents for Drug Free Youth,
was established as a grassroots,
nonprofit organization in 1980 by a
handful of concerned and determined parents who were
convinced they should begin to play a leadership role in
drug prevention. NFP provides drug awareness by
sponsoring the annual National Red Ribbon CampaignTM.
CSES will observe Red Ribbon Week from October 23-26th
and will emphasize healthy choices and good character.
To observe this week, CSES will have the following theme
days: THANK YOU to those
who helped with our
Rebecca & Blair Wiegard - Justin & Emily Dudley - Justin, Jennifer, JD, Jessi-ca, Jordan, & Jacob Carr – Jodi Poff, Eric, & Norah Poff – David, Jenny, Bella, Mimi, & Wilson Brooks - Andrew & Eli Raymond - Jen, Andy, & Megan White - Yushen Chang – Meribel & Thomas Pan – Jennifer & Lila Mueller – Christina, Sebastien, & Vincent Cro-teau - Cyndi, Leila, & Fiona Ramey – Jason, Melissa, Chloe, & Liam Dowdy – Andrea & Andrew Draper - Aimee & Alexandra Conlee – Mark, Cindy, Garrett, & Carson Waters – Jessica, Charlie, Kaylee, Kourtney,
& CJ Goens – & Michelle Musser
CSESPTA.COM
Visit our website, the place to find
information about Cave Spring Elementary.
Our website is your source for information
such as the PTA budget, volunteer
opportunities, PTA events, PTA meeting
dates, and much more!
Cave Spring Elementary
School PTA
STAY CONNECTED!
THANK YOU….
… Bethanie Polakowski and Stephanie Weddle for the popping popcorn September birthday bulletin board & and
for the fantastic October spider birthday bulletin board
… Ronald Williams and Andrew Raymond for kicking off the Destination Imagination program!
… to the Fall Fun Run Planning Committee who have been hard at work over the past two months: Christina
Croteau, Andrea Draper, Cyndi Ramey, Heather Lindstrom, Abby Bartley, Chrissy Underwood and Carrie
Garrett. A big thank you to William Alexander for our awesome logo!
...to our hospitality volunteers who welcomed the staff back to school with yummy snacks.
… to Walmart, Fleet Feet Roanoke, Audiotronics, and Elderberrys who made a prize donation to the Fall Fun
Run!
… Erica Moseley for organizing a very successful and fun STEAM night!
… Cyndi Ramey for securing and organizing the Homeroom Parents and holding a training session for them! And
an extra big thank you to ALL who volunteered to be a Homeroom Parent!
… Cyndi Ramey and Stephanie Candelario for securing, organizing and filling the library volunteer slots. Thanks
also to Cyndi, Stephanie, and Luanne Hatcher for the Library Volunteer Lunch!
… Molly Westerhold for organizing all the volunteer forms. In addition, thank you to ALL our volunteers who
sent the form into the school. We can’t succeed without you!
… Beth Smith for putting the school directory together!
… Aimee Conlee for organizing the Fall Grounds Clean-Up Day!
Thank you to all of you that have signed up to become a CSES
PTA member! We are off to a great start but are not at 100%
participation. Please visit www.csespta.com for links and instruction
on how to become a member on-line or contact Melissa Mercure
at [email protected] for a membership form. Also contact
Melissa if you are a member and do not have a CSES car magnet.
Thank you!
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