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.