From the Administration

Nurse’s Station

Special Olympics

Guidance News

Apples for Students

Homecoming

Connect Kids

One Act & PTO

Current Drug Trends

Lunch Calendars

Sports Calendar

Here we go, West Point-Beemer!

A few weeks into the school year, and school is rolling!

Our students have completed most of the initial testing and screeners for the fall session. All students in Grades 1-11 participated in the Measures of Academic Progress, MAP, assessments. The MAP as-sessment gives instructors the opportunity to analyze data and adjust any teaching plans to best help meet the needs of our students.

West Point Elementary has also completed the fall screener, Dy-namic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills, DIBELS, a measurement of reading fluency. Research shows a strong correlation between fluent reading and comprehension. West Point Elementary can use this data to better provide support to enhance student reading skills.

While it may seem our students have been busy with testing, they have been engaged with other activities. Many of our Cadet stu-dents are participating in extra-curricular activities. These activities are an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their talents and abilities while still learning valuable skills in teamwork and sportsman-ship.

The administrative team looks forward to all of the community support in the upcoming events and seeing the students of West Point-Beemer thrive. It truly is a great time to be a Cadet!

Go Cadets!

“This Institution is an

Equal Opportunity

Provider”

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

There is probably nothing more important to you than your children. Taking them for regular checkups by a health care provider

is one of the important ways you help protect their health. Encouraging them to eat a healthy diet and get plenty of physical

activity is also very important. More and more children in the United States weigh more than they should, and being overweight

or obese (very overweight) can not only hurt a child’s self-esteem but also cause serious long-term health problems. Making

sure that your family eats right and gets enough physical activity is not always easy, but there are resources available to help

you.

We Can! is a national education program of the National Institutes of Health to help parents, families, and communities raise

children with healthy weights. Today’s lifestyles can often make it difficult for parents to keep their families at a healthy weight.

And, since children are growing, it is often not easy to know whether your child is at a healthy weight. Exactly what a healthy

weight is depends on a child’s age, height, and other factors. Your health care provider will calculate your child’s Body Mass

Index (BMI) to help you determine if your child is at a healthy weight. The BMI can then be tracked over time to see how your

child is growing. If your child’s BMI is in the healthy range, maintaining energy balance will keep it there.

Energy Balance.

Energy balance is when the amount of energy IN (in the form of calories in food or drink) is the same as the energy OUT (in ac-

tivities of daily living, sports and other physical activity). Becoming overweight happens when, over time, the energy we take IN

by eating is more than the energy going OUT. The unburned calories get stored as extra body weight and body fat. Your child will

be in “energy balance” when energy IN and energy OUT is enough to make sure they grow as they should without gaining extra

weight. Some children do not need to eat a lot of extra calories to get out of balance and add on the pounds.

In order for a child to lose extra, unhealthy weight, the energy IN must be less than the energy OUT. That means:

Choosing foods that are nutritious and lower in calories

Cutting back on portion size (if your family tends to over-eat)

Increasing physical activity

Limiting “screen time” spent watching TV and playing video games that replace physical activity.

Want to know more? Go to http://wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov and click on the “Learn It” or “Live It” links to get started! Other re-

sources include a tip sheet on taking simple steps to improve nutrition and increase physical activity, BMI calculator, tips on

cooking and eating healthy meals, fact sheets and worksheets to keep you on track and record your progress. Changing eating

and activity habits takes time, but the payoff will be better health for the whole family and the satisfaction of having worked

together to make it happen.

Be Well,

Mrs. Katie Anderson, RN, BSN

Examples of Reducing Energy IN and Increasing Energy OUT

Reduce Energy IN: Increase Energy OUT:

Instead of giving your child an entire bottle of fruit Bike to the library together.

Prepare foods by steaming, baking, or broiling in- Turn off Saturday morning cartoons and take your

For dessert, serve fruit (GO food) instead of cake, Plan family outings around physical activity like trips

Special Olympics September News:

Practices have started for flag football and unified bowling. Our first flag football invitational is on September 16th in Elkhorn and our State Unified Bowling Tournament is in October. We will also practice our flag football skills, bowling and volleyball skills in our 4th period P.E. class.

Our Special Olympics team will be selling Big Red Raffle tickets again this year. If anyone is interested in buying tickets speak with an athlete or contact Miss Rolf.

Prizes this year are:

Grand Prize: Two season tickets to the 2019 Nebraska football games on the 50. 2nd Prize: $1,000 travel voucher 3rd Prize: A 50” flat screen TV. Prices are $5.00 a ticket or $20.00 for a book of 5 tickets.

High School Unified Bowling:

There will be a meeting this month to have students sign up to bowl. You must have a school physical and your parent’s permission to participate. Practices are on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting Octo-ber 17th. Our first bowling competition is Saturday, the 27th of October.

Homecoming SPIRIT Week 2018

“Our TIME is NOW!”

Monday, September 10 – Friday, September 14, 2018

Monday: Meme Day

Dress/Clone as your favorite video/photo character.

Tuesday: Decade Day

Dress your class’s decade: Sr-50’s, Jr-20’s, So-50’s, Fr-80’s

Wednesday: Hawaiian/Beach Day

Dress in Bright Flowered Hawaiian clothes and beach wear.

Thursday: Movie/TV Day

Dress as your favorite movie/TV character.

Friday: Cadet Time! Wear Red and White

Come one and all to the Community Cadet Pep Rally on Friday, September 14, 2018 at 11:10 am in the high school gym! K-12 students will be there to cheer on all fall activities.

Homecoming candidates and their parents will be introduced at the beginning of half time of Friday night’s Cadet football game.

Our Homecoming Coronation will be at 8:00 pm on Saturday night in the high school gym. The dance will run from 9:00 pm - 12:00 pm.

Go Cadets!

Connect Kids

Enroll Now!

Connect Kids is an after school program for children K-6th

grades. Through Connect Kids, children are assisted with

homework, provided a healthy snack, and participate in fun

activities. Each activity is designed to promote healthy

relationships and lifelong success. Connect Kids is every

Monday from 3:40 to 5:00 PM at cafeteria. It is FREE and

open to any area student.

If your child would like to participate of the program,

please fill out a form (available in the Elementary office)

and send it back to the school office or ask your child to

bring it to the program on Monday, September 10th. For

more information, please call The Bridge at 402-372-

2204

Attention High School Students:

This year’s One Act performance will be a drama

based on Edgar Allan Poe’s A Telltale Heart.

One Act tryouts will be held on the mornings of

Tuesday, September 4th from 6:30-7:30, Wednesday,

September 5th from 6:30– 7:30am, and Thursday Sep-

tember 6th from 6:30-7:30am. Tryouts will b e held in

Mrs. Wiechman’s third grade classroom (room 216).

Please attend the session that is convenient for you.

One Act practices will be held Tuesdays and Thurs-

days mornings from 6:30-7:30am. Additional practices

may be added.