gillett elementary school newsletter - october 2017 · 2017-10-02 · time and a fun kickoff for...
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Dear Gillett Families, The 2017-18 school year is off to a ROARING start! We’re excited to be working with our
students this year, and are already striving to set the up the groundwork for some amazing gains!
Just a reminder that we are operating on a different grading schedule this year. Since we are
moving to trimesters, we will not be having our parent/teacher conferences in October, but at the
start of December. We will be sending home a progress report of our testing results on October 13th.
Conferences will be held on December 7th and 14th. However, our teachers are always happy to meet
with you prior with that if you have any concerns, and will always endeavor to maintain excellent
communication with you. Please give us a call at (920) 855-2119 if you would like to schedule a
meeting.
We’d also like to remind you that with October comes the annual Harvest Hoedown, and we
will be having that right here in our gym on Thursday, October 26 from 5:00-7:00. It’s always a great
time and a fun kickoff for the school year. We hope to see all of you there!
I wanted to address the subject of our fundraisers we occasionally run here at the school. We
place a high priority on keeping student fees down at the Elementary level. This month, we offered
parents a magazine order fundraiser. Like our other school fundraisers (Milk Moola, Box Tops, and
another magazine drive in January), this was entirely optional, although we do encourage it. The
proceeds from the fundraisers go to events that directly impact our students, such as our end-of-the-
year assemblies or supporting our PBIS celebrations. The PTO graciously supports all student field
trip costs with their Tote Raffle fundraiser, making grade level fundraisers a thing of the past. We
thank those parents who choose to participate in these fundraisers. If have any questions, concerns,
or compliments on how we run our fundraisers, please feel free to stop in and talk with me.
Hopefully, you’ve seen our new locked doors in the office this year. All visitors will need to be
buzzed through, adding an extra layer of security. Safety first here at Gillett Elementary School!
Go Tigers!
Mr. Angeli Elementary Principal
Newsletter - October 2017
Gillett Elementary School
“Why did my child get a tardy
slip this morning?” We want to clarify our morning
procedures. Each morning, the buses drop
students off at the Elementary School and the
doors open at 7:30. At that time, students can
go to the cafeteria for breakfast or outside for
recess (or both, if they finish breakfast early).
They cannot go out for recess and expect to
have breakfast when they come in. At 7:45,
the bell rings and students line up to come
inside and go to their classrooms. By 7:50, we
expect students to be in their classrooms and
ready to go, and at that time, the front doors
are locked.
While we know there are sometimes
students still finishing their breakfasts, the
expectation is that all students are in the
building and getting ready for class at 7:50. At
8:00, several grade levels promptly begin their
intervention times or head off to specials, and
teachers need those ten minutes to do their
morning procedures beforehand. So, it is our
practice that if your student arrives at or after
7:50, they are marked as tardy.
If you have any questions, concerns, or
compliments, please feel free to contact us here
at school.
Sincerely,
Mr. Angeli, Principal
Changes to end of day plans?
We would just like to remind you that if your
child will be doing something different than
what they normally do at the end of the day, we
need to be notified in the office PRIOR to
2:00 PM. You can do this with either a note
sent to school in the morning with your child,
writing in your child’s assignment notebook, or
calling the school PRIOR to 2:00 PM. Any
calls received after that time are unlikely to be
honored due to the notification process. Thank
you for your cooperation and understanding.
The students in Miss Neuenschwander's
Kindergarten class read the book,Pete the Cat.
Then they created a cute headband of Pete the
Cat to wear home. We love Pete!
Nursery Rhyme Fun in Mrs. Regal's 5K Class
We had a blast acting out "Little Miss Muffet",
"Humpty Dumpty", and "Hickory Dickory
Dock".
More 5K pictures……next page
News from 5K
OR
We are very excited about the
beginning of a new school year in first-grade.
There are new teachers, new friends, and so
many new materials to learn. If you just walk
past the first-grade classrooms there are all
kinds of interesting things going on.
Our most important focus at this level is
reading. For teachers it is a thrill to watch the
students come to school so eager to learn to
read. As teachers we want to provide them
with the best opportunities to become
successful readers. One of the challenges
reading teachers face is making sure that each
child is learning at his or her own level.
Another is teaching using the strategies that are
most effective for each particular student’s
learning style. We are working hard to reach
students at their different levels and through
their individual learning styles.
The first-graders are working very hard
in math. They are identifying numbers,
counting, skip counting, beginning to add,
telling number stories, looking at calendars,
and this is just the beginning.
Even though Reading and Math are the
two most important subjects we teach in first
grade, talking about them doesn’t even begin to
scratch the surface of all of the wonderful
things we do and learn. It is obvious why we
are as busy as bees learning about Science,
Social Studies, Health, Grammar, Writing,
Spelling, Penmanship, Following Directions
and Social Skills. There are so many new
things to learn every single day.
We like to say:
2, 4, 6, 8, First-Grade is Really GREAT!
Mrs. Britton and Mr. Collins
Mrs. Britton's students enjoy building
structures in S.T.E.M. Science class. This
lesson was a great opportunity to talk about
cooperation and working together. They
learned that they could only make a little, tiny
structure when everyone built their own
project, but that when they all worked together
and shared materials and ideas, they could
make a giant structure!
It’s hard to believe that almost a month
of school has passed. The second graders are
hard at work! In reading, we are working our
way through Unit 1, which focuses on
exploration. What can we learn from exploring
new places and things?
In math, students are learning to
quickly add and subtract. Practice those facts at
home! Once a month, the two second grade
Greetings from 2ndgrade!
Welcome to First-Grade!
classrooms will challenge each other in the
“Math Bowl”.
Science is always fun in second grade!
The two classes join together for science
lessons. Our first unit is all about balance and
weighing. The students are enjoying using an
equal arm balance.
Please make sure you are marking the
time your child reads on the monthly reading
calendar! Our goal in second grade is 200
minutes per month.
Mrs. Slatky and Mr. Tesch
Welcome back to school! September has been
a busy month! We have done a lot of testing
with students to determine what interventions
might be necessary for them (WIN What I
Need) to be successful! In Math we are
starting the year off with multiplication facts.
We have already completed 2, 5, 9, and 10
facts. Please practice these facts daily with
your child at home! In Science, we started our
first Einstein unit on Sound. Students are
learning about vibrations, pitch, and volume.
Please look at your child's agenda every day.
Check to make sure homework has been
completed and sign it. It is a great
communication tool between home and school!
Mrs. Hansen & Ms. Woosmann
3rd graders working very hard during WIN
time!
On the first day of school, the students
in Mrs. School's class decorated a piece to a
puzzle. Each puzzle piece was unique, just like
they are. Their puzzle pieces all fit together to
make a schoolhouse. This shows how even
though we are different, we can all learn
together!
Students in Mrs. School's class wrote a
class book entitled “Mrs. School's Important
Class Book". It is based on The Important
Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Each child
created a page of the book letting the world
know what is most important about him/her.
The students were very excited to receive a
copy of the book to take home.
4th Grade News
The 4th graders are looking forward to
all of the ways they will grow in 4th grade.
They each made a sun showing how they can
shine by being respectful and responsible and
using all of their talents.
4th graders working together as they learn
about sound.
Welcome back! My name is Justin Van
Allen and this will be my 6th year teaching PE
at Gillett Elementary School. The students are
off to a great start learning about the
expectations of PE class and what it means to
be Physically literate. Baseline fitness tests
are wrapping up, please look for the PACER
test report card in an upcoming Wednesday
folder. New this year I will be updating
pictures, activities and information about
Gillett PE on Twitter. You can follow me at
@Justin_VanAllen. Lastly, please send
athletic shoes (no sandals) with your student on
Phy- ed days.
Oconto County Public Health will visit
Gillett Elementary and Secondary Schools on
Tuesday 10/24/17 to offer FREE flu shots to all
students in Early Childhood (EC)-12th
grade.
If your child did not bring the consent
forms home for the FREE flu shots, go to
www.ocph.info to download a form and find
more information on the flu shot.
CDC recommends a flu shot for
everyone 6 months and older. Flu is not just a
bad cold; it’s a serious illness that can lead to
pneumonia and other complications. The
symptoms can last for up to two weeks and
include: fever, cough, sore throat, headache,
severe body aches, chills, runny or stuffy nose,
extreme exhaustion, and sometimes in children
diarrheaand vomiting. While your child may
be nervous to receive a shot at school, Oconto
County Public Health staff will work together
to make your child as comfortable as possible.
Getting the flu shot every year is your
best protection against the flu! You can also
stay healthy by washing your hands frequently,
covering your cough and staying home when
you are sick. Please call Oconto County Public
Health with questions at 920-834-7000.
AODA Summit The Healthy Oconto County Alcohol and Drug
Use Work Group invites to a summit on
Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Two sessions
will be held so that all people in Oconto
County will be able to attend and give their
input on the important topic of safe and
responsible alcohol and drug use in Oconto
County.
Please join us for one of the sessions both held
on Wednesday 9/27/17:
8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. at the Bond
Community Center, 1201 Park Ave,
Oconto.
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at New View
Industries, 222 W. Park Ave., Gillett
The discussions will include introductions,
information about the work group’s community
conversations and the Youth Behavior Risk
Survey Data, community input (what are
YOUR views?), and EVERYONE’S ideas for
going forward to reach the vision and
accomplish the mission.
The Work Group vision is that Oconto County
has a safe, healthy culture for responsible
alcohol and drug use. The Work Group mission
is to provide the framework to foster a culture
of safe and responsible use of alcohol and
drugs through community action, collaboration,
education and resource connection.
Register now by calling 920-834-7036.
Refreshments will be provided.
Raising a Thinking Child
Series Words adults use with children set the
stage for a child to think and independently
solve problems. Children need practice
thinking of alternatives and developing their
problem solving skills. Adults can develop and
practice these skills at the Raising a Thinking
Child Workshop.
If you have a 4-7 year old and have
experienced any of the following: Temper
tantrums, difficulty making or keeping friends,
impatience or interrupting, not listening, (all
common, everyday problems with
children)…“The Raising a Thinking Child”
program may be just right for you!
This workshop series will help you
guide your children to solve problems through
communicating with your child. Shy children
become more assertive, and impulsive children
learn the ability to cope with frustration with
this approach.
Learn more about program and see
what past participants have said about it on
UW-Extension website below (“Building
Oconto County Children’s Critical Thinking
Skills for 21st Century Success)”.
The 7 week series will meet Oct. 3
thru Nov. 14 on Tuesday evenings (except
10/31-will be held on Mon. 10/30) at Oconto
Elementary School with an optional Free
family dinner at 5:00pm each week.
Workshop will be from 5:30-6:30 pm. Each
week. Please Register by Sept. 26 by email
barb.truttman@ces.uwex.edu or a Brochure is
available at: http://oconto.uwex.edu . Free
childcare will be provided for children of
participants. Please feel free to call (920)834-
7006 for further information. Brought to you
by Oconto Elementary School, Oconto Head
Start and Oconto County UW-Extension.
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