November 19, 2015

/ CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thursday 11/19 PTO Bingo & Ice Cream Night, 6:30PM

Game on! Bingo and Ice Cream Night will occur this evening at 6:30 pm in the auditorium. Bring your lucky bingo shirt and an appetite for fun. There will be a ton of raffle prizes as well as prizes for winning bingo, celebrity bingo callers, and ice cream. Bingo boards are $5 each with either an ice cream treat or an apple and a raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets will be given to families who donate food for the West Hartford Food Pantry on Bingo Night. Monday 11/23 Leisure Svcs, Morning Club (Grds 4 & 5)-Volleyball, 7:30AM Student Council Meeting, Library, 3:30PM Tuesday 11/24 Grade 5 Orchestra, 7:45AM Turkey Bowl, 2:00PM Wednesday 11/25 Grade 4 & 5 Choir, 7:45AM Thursday 11/26 Thanksgiving-SCHOOL CLOSED Friday 11/27 Thanksgiving Recess- SCHOOL CLOSED Monday 11/30 Leisure Svcs, Morning Club (Grds 4 & 5)-Volleyball, 7:30AM Tuesday 12/1 Grade 5 Orchestra, 7:45AM Board of Ed Meeting, Town Hall NEWS submissions due

Wednesday 12/2 Grade 4 & 5 Choir, 7:45AM PTO Family Fitness Fun Night, 6:30PM

Deadline 11/25/15 Kids, grab your parents and plan for a fun evening of physical activity that ranges from bowling, horseshoes and volleyball to jump rope and yoga. Events will be set up throughout the school, and students and their parents are encouraged to play together for an evening that promises to be anything but dull. Due to our limited space, please RSVP to Andrea Dixon at aadixon@aadixonfamily.com by Wednesday, November 25th if you are interested in participating in this event. Thursday 12/3 Leisure Svcs, Morning Club (Grds 2 & 3)-Volleyball, 7:30AM Grade 5 Band, 7:45AM The Norfeldt NEWS is published Grade 4, Four on the Floor, A Reading Event, 6:00PM

Norfeldt Day at Bertucci’s, Sunday, 12/13/15 from 11-9 pm Our next Norfeldt dining fundraiser will be at Bertucci’s in Bishop’s Corner. Please bring the attached flyer to Bertucci’s between 11 am and 9 pm that Sunday. Bertucci’s is on the Go Card -- $10 off a purchase of $40. Don’t have a Go Card? Purchase one at Bertucci’s (11-2 pm and 4:30-6:30 pm) for $10 and see it pay for itself immediately. See you there!! International Night, Thursday, 1/28/16, 6-8 pm Norfeldt's 3rd Annual International Night will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2016. We are excited to build on the success of this most popular Norfeldt event and are looking forward to increased participation and attendance this year! Flyers have been sent home with students regarding specific ways to participate such as hosting a booth, providing a culturally relevant food item, performing a short culturally significant talent, set up/clean up or welcome table. If you are interested in volunteering for International Night 2016, please contact Jessica Richard jessrich74@yahoo.com or Jessica de Perio Wittman jessica.deperio@gmail.com.

For more Norfeldt calendar information please visit http://norfeldt.whps.org/

P.E. Notes:

Physical Education now has a twitter account on the Norfeldt website. Check out what is happening in class by going to the specials section of the website and then clicking on physical education.

Also, on October 21st thirty one Norfeldt student/athletes participated in the annual townwide cross country run at Charter Oak school. Children in grades 4 & 5 ran for one mile while students in grade 3 did a half mile run. The results for our student/athletes were. In 5th grade: Carson Raisner (1st) 6:05, Daina Mizuno (7th) 6:31, Dylan Albanese (18th) 6:58, Troy Griffith (19th) 6:59, Brigid Bernoski (28th) 7:21, Rowan Ivens (44th) 7:56, Baylee Krulewitz (47th) 7:59, Arjun Mantripragada (48th) 8:01, Clare McDaniel (57th) 8:37, Justin Dinowitz (60th) 8:47, Maddie Mazlish (70th) 9:58, Neil Pandya (72nd) 10:05. In 4th grade: Owen Ludgin (11th) 6:51, Nevo Bachar (32nd) 7:57, Ava Kobelski (39th) 8:35, Molly McHugh (40th) 8:36, Daniel Cattelan (44th) 8:46, Joelson Krulewitz (45th) 8:47, and Katie Chaletsky (68th) 10:06. And in 3rd grade boys: Carter Ivens (1st) 3:35, Tommy Cote (5th) 3:46, Jack Mazlish (12th) 4:07, Sam Shefsky (13th) 4:08, Tyler Albanese (18th) 4:14, Jake Barash (26th) 4:33, Owen Wang (44th) 5:13, Jack Harwood (51st) 5:49, and Daniel Vakman (56th) 6:06. 3rd grade girls: Lexi Dominguez (7th) 4:06, Jule Kimmel (30th) 5:02, and Geneva Swanson (42nd) 5:39. Congratulations to all of our star runners! Norfeldt was well represented! Mrs. Kathy Sweetland and Mr. Dan Golden Physical Education Teachers

From the Nurse

ILL CHILD POLICY Regular school attendance is necessary for optimal learning. However, a mere presence at school does not ensure effective learning. A child must be feeling well in order to maximize the learning experience. In addition, a child who is sick and comes to school may spread the illness to other students and staff. It is recommended that a child remain home if any of the following conditions are present:

1. Fever: Temperature of 100 degrees or higher. The child can return to school after he/she is fever-free for 24 hours, without fever-reducing medicine such as Tylenol (Acetaminophen) or Motrin (Ibuprofen).

2. Vomiting/diarrhea: A child with vomiting and/or diarrhea should stay home and return to school only after being symptom-free for 24 hours.

3. Conjunctivitis (Pink eye): Following a diagnosis of conjunctivitis, the child may return to school 24 hours after the first dose of prescribed medication.

4. Rashes: Common infectious diseases with rashes are most contagious in the early stages. A child with a suspicious rash should return to school only after a health care provider has made a diagnosis and has authorized the child’s return to school.

5. Colds: Consider keeping your child at home if he/she is experiencing excessive nose blowing and/or coughing.

6. Antibiotics: If your child has a contagious illness that requires antibiotics, he/she must be on the medication for 24 hours before considered non-contagious and able to return to school.

For 4th and 5th Grade Families

In the next month, your fourth and fifth grader will take the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (GMRT)

along with all Grade 4-8 students. The GMRT is a research-based, nationally normed reading

assessment.

The Gates-MacGinitie will be administered in one 60 minute session. This multiple choice test

provides vocabulary and comprehension scores and a Lexile reading level. Lexile level information

will support classroom instruction and reading intervention as well as student and teacher

selection of reading materials. Results of this assessment will be shared with you at

parent/guardian-teacher conferences in March.

For further information on the Lexile Framework, please see www.lexile.com.

Sincerely,

Chris Weaver, Curriculum Specialist

Holiday Fundraiser GoCards! What is the perfect gift for your

mailman, hairdresser, dentist, doctor, or

newspaper carrier? The Norfeldt Go Card!

This $10 community discount card is good

for one year at 12 businesses in West

Hartford. Get yours today! GoCard forms

are available in the school office or contact

Laura Faga directly with orders at

lauraefaga@gmail.com. Proceeds will help

build our new outdoor classroom.

We had our first Student Council meeting on Monday, November 9. Everybody had a great time,

and we made lots of progress. We have a wonderful bunch of kids! The officers are:

President; Sophia Cote

Vice President; Marley Brown Recording Secretary; Jackie Hamad

Corresponding Secretary; Baylee Krulewitz Treasurer; Carson Raisner.

1st grade representatives: Molly Silverman,

Christopher Faga, Sadie Weiner, Liam Kletter, Ali Levy, and August Alexander

2nd grade representatives: Hikari Mizuno, Ian

Polatnick, Eva Greenspan, Connor McHugh, Ian Wolfe, and Jake Monaco.

3rd grade representatives: Rebecca Samuels,

Carter Ivens, Zachary Gerken, Lexi Dominguez, Tyler Albanese, Tyler Redden, Isabella Mangini,

and Thijs Doot.

4th grade representatives: Joelson Krulewitz, Ella Wolfe, Gabriella Deslauriers, Talia Sortman,

Charlie Sink, and Julia Zydanowicz.

5th grade representatives: Corinne Daly, Kellyann Taylor, Dylan Albanese, Kendra Kane, Anya Lu,

and Lucy Homer.

In our meeting, we started off by brainstorming ideas for spirit days. We had tons and tons of

suggestions! For example, we came up with ideas like time travel day, Hawaiian day, tie-dye day, and mini Olympics--just to name a few. The ideas are awesome! Next, we talked about a video that we

are making for the upcoming safety assembly. The Student Council came up with several ideas to

include in it. The majority of the people wanted us to show the right thing to do, and the wrong thing to

do. We also agreed that the video should show different locations. So, we combined those 2 ideas.

The locations we decided on were: recess, fire drills, on the computer, and on the bus. Finally, we learned how to make a motion and we adjourned our meeting. We can’t wait for the next meeting!

-Baylee Krulewitz, Corresponding Secretary

ELC Lottery Applications

The Early Learning Center at Whiting Lane School

and Aiken Elementary School is now accepting

applications for the 2016-2017 school year. The

program is family centered and has half day

sessions that meet four days a week. A lottery will

be conducted in January.

To be considered for the program, children must be

three years old by September 1, 2016, toilet-trained

by the start of the school year and exhibit age-

appropriate language, social and play skills. All

applicants must participate in a play-based

screening prior to being considered for the lottery

selection.

If you are interested, please contact Pam Macca at

(860) 233-1455. The application process will close

on November 30, 2015.

DONATIONS, PLEASE!

The PTO is seeking donations of gently

used, long-sleeved, 100% cotton t-shirts.

We need shirts of all children’s sizes and

extra small and small adult shirts. The shirts

will be used to make “Hug Shirts” which are

a calming sensory tool. Please bring your

donations to the main office. THANK

YOU!!!

Halloween Costume Donations Don’t know what to do with that Halloween

costume that will never fit next year?

Donate it! The Norfeldt PTO will gladly

accept the donation of your old Halloween

costumes. Please leave your donation in the

main office earmarked for Andrea Dixon.

Thank you!!

Thank You The Norfeldt PTO would like to thank:

Chairperson of the Baking Committee, Janice

Doot, and her committee including Noeet

Bachar, Gemma Baiges, Lisa Book, Elijah

Clapp, Tara Deveney, Andrea Dixon, Brittany

Dworman, Yukiyo Iida, Melissa Jacobson,

Mitra Kabakoff, Karene Krause, Sylvie

Laurentino, Aine McManus, Anna Rojek, Ila

Sabino, Elizabeth Siegal, Abby Williamson,

Karen Zelman, and Nella Zydanowicz for

taking great care of our teachers during

conference week.

Jessica Fehl and Kendra Kletter, Chairpersons

of the Book Fair, and their large cast of

volunteers who made the Book Fair run

smoothly and successfully including Nakia

Alexander, Susan Berey, Allison Bloom,

Georgianne Cohen, Joslyn Cruz, Ana Davis,

Nicole Greenblatt, EJ Greenspan, Jonathan

Housum, Ivy Licata, Jen Ludgin, Lori Yontef

Mathog, Kate McHugh, Liz Siegal, Monica

Swanson, and Paige Wolfe.

West Hartford Special Education PTO Friday, December 4 at 9:30am

Coffee & Conversation at Panera - Bishops Corner The first Friday of the month, parents of children receiving

special educations services meet for coffee and a chance to talk & make new friends in a casual setting.

For more information and to become a Member of West Hartford Special Education PTO visit:

www.WHSEPTO.org

Family

& Ice Cream Night Thursday, Nov. 19th

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Norfeldt Cafeteria & Auditorium

$5 entrance includes a BINGO card,

raffle ticket, and an ice cream or apple.

Extra BINGO cards are available for $1.

Bring a nonperishable item for the West Hartford Food Pantry and

receive an extra raffle ticket for a chance to win fabulous prizes!

Baked goods and water also available for sale

to benefit the 5th Grade Yearbook!

Have

fun!

Doors open 6:00 pm

Bingo and Raffle 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Ice cream (or apples) 7:30 - 8:00 pm

Enjoy Ice

Cream!

Win

Prizes!

Family Fitness Fun

Night

Wednesday, December 2nd

6:30 – 8 pm

Families and Friends

Having Fun & Being

Fit Together!

Join us for fun fitness challenges,

games, and related activities for

kids and parents. Norfeldt teachers

will serve as activity leaders.

Please contact Andrea Dixon at

aadixon@aadixonfamily.com if

you have any questions.

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Please return this portion to the Norfeldt Main Office no later than

Wednesday, November 25, 2015.

Student: _________________________ Teacher: _______________________

Number Attending (including student): ______

Parent Name: ______________________ Telephone: _________