A Message from Mrs. Stolarz

Lindzie Paape won “Principal for the Day” from the Back to School Bash last

month. As one of her duties, she composed the principal’s message today.

Hello! this news is brought to you by:Lindzie Paape and Allison Holbrook. We were a principal and vice principal all day today. Our day started with car rider duty and morning an-nouncements. Today most students were behav-ing in class. We supervised the Ga Ga pit during 3rd and 4th grade recesses. We also visited 5th grade classes and saw lots of hard working stu-

dents. Students were a little loud at lunch, especially 3rd graders. There were not enough substitute teachers so we had to help Mrs. Stolarz teach in Ms. Klavas’ class. We taught a health lesson about family and learned about how sound is created in science class. Then we had Happy Meals for lunch. Yum! We helped Mrs. Holloway and Mrs. Parker with a lot of tasks while Mrs. Sto-larz listened to the 5th grade Human Growth talk. We didn’t want to do that. Who is “Jer Bear”? We also want to tell you about how classes earn the right to have Jer Bear, a stuffed bear astronaut, for the week. Jer Bear is given to the class that has the highest SOAR score for the week. The first thing is that you need do to win Jer Bear is be on your best behavior in the hallway. One way of behaving in the hallway is self control. Self Control in the hallway means no talking or goofing around. You also need self control in the gaga pit and when you have a substitute in your class. Did you know that there's a Jer Bear in each pod. So always make sure you are on your best behavior and maybe your class will win Jer Bear!

Finally, our day ended with more su-pervision. The hardest part of our day was definitely writing this newsletter! We liked talking to students the best. We also liked watching students in-volved in their work and helping in the office. I hope you enjoyed the news. Have a good weekend, Lindzie and Allison

Jerry Ross Elementary School 11319 Randolph Street Crown Point, IN 46307

Phone: 663-3010 Fax: 662-3529

Website: www.cps.k12.in.us/ross/

Phone: 663-3010/Fax: 662-3529

“Home of the Rockets”

UPCOMING EVENTS

Picture Retakes

November 8

3rd Grade Grandparents Day

November 11

InView Testing 3rd & 5th

Grade

November 15 & 16

Spell Bowl Competition

November 17

Student of the Month B’fast

November 18

Formal Lunch

November 22

Thanksgiving Break

November 24 & 25 No School

Office Hours

The Jerry Ross office hours are 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Friday, November 4, 2016

November

Life Skill of the Month

Gratitude

Jerry Ross is accredited with

Standard 1: The school maintains and communicates a purpose and direction that commit to high expectations for learning as well as shared values and beliefs about teaching and learn-ing.

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Lunch Menu

Monday 11/7

Corn Dog

Baked Beans

Rocket Red Peppers

Peaches

Oranges

Tuesday 11/8

Soft Taco

Brown Rice/Corn

Fresh Carrot Sticks

Mandarin Oranges

Apples

Wednesday 11/9

Cheeseburger Deluxe

Steamed Green Beans

Fresh Broccoli

Pineapple/Bananas

Thursday 11/10

Chicken & Gravy

Dinner Roll

Mashed Potatoes/Gravy

Crispy Garden Salad

Fruit Medley/Apples

Friday 11/11

Veteran’s Day

Fish Sticks

French Fries

Carrot Sticks

100% Fruit Juice

Grapes

Club schedule Amigos Spanish Club– Wed., Nov. 9 @ 3:45-4:45 pm

Chess Club-Thurs., Nov. 10 @ 3:45-4:45 pm

Drama Kids-Tues., Nov. 8 @ 3:45-4:45 pm

Engineering Club– Wed., Nov. 9 @ 3:45-4:45 pm

Spell Bowl– Mon., Nov. 7, Wed., Nov. 9 & Thurs., Nov. 10 @ 3:45 - 4:30 pm

4th Grade Intramural Volleyball– Tues., Nov. 8 @ 3:45-5:00 pm

Rocket Boosters Group 2– Tues., Nov. 8 @ 8:15 am

K-Kids– Tues., Nov. 8 @ 3:45-4:30 pm

Newspaper– Tues., Nov. 8 @ 8:10 am

***Science Fair Call Out Meeting***

Thursday, Nov. 10th 3:45-4:30 In the Arena. It is not absolutely necessary that you at-

tend, but it is highly recommended. This will also be a time for questions and explana-tions of the timeline, etc.

JR Club Corner

NEHS Club-Supplies 4 GIs

October 27-Nov. 11

The Jerry Ross National Elementary Honor Society is helping the Porter County Pilots Association

and the EAA Chapter 104 of Valparaiso by sending care to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for the

holidays. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Perkovich at aperkovich@cps.k12.in.us

Picture Retake Day will be Tuesday, November 8th! If your child missed picture day they will have their picture taken on the 8th. Also, if you are new to Jerry Ross and missed the first picture day, you will have your picture tak-en for the year book!

We will have our Annual Veteran’s Day/3rd Grade Grandparents Day program on Friday,

November 11th, beginning at 1:30 pm.

Please bring in non perish-able food items for the Student Council’s An-nual Food Drive. You can bring or send in food

items Monday, November 7th to Friday, November 11th. Thank you for all you do!!

Have you ever thought about driving a bus for

Crown Point Schools? We also are looking for

monitors to help our special need students on the

bus. Would you like to be off summers and holi-

days with your children? Crown Point Schools

Transportation Department is recruiting new bus

drivers. In addition, we are recruiting monitors

to help our special need students on our bus-

es. We provide full training for the CDL license

or for the monitor job. We will be starting a new

training class soon. If you are interested in either

of these jobs, please apply on the corporation

website under employment opportunities. Please

call Rich, our driver trainer at 663-1465 if you

VEGETABLE OF THE MONTH: SWEET POTATO – This veggie,

also called a yam, kumara, plus others, is an edible tuberous root with

smooth skin whose colors range between yellow, orange, red, brown, pur-

ple, and beige. The flesh colors can be beige through white, red, pink, violet,

yellow, orange, and purple. A sweet potato is NOT closely related to the

common potato. This veggie can be prepared many ways but in North

America we tend to make them: candied, mashed, casserole, pie, fried/chips

and baked. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. All

parts of this plant are used for animal fodder (food). The nutrient content of

this vegetable raw is complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber and beta-carotene,

with moderate contents of Vitamin B5, B6 and manganese. The nutrient content of this vegetable raw is complex

carbohydrates, dietary fiber and beta-carotene, with moderate contents of Vitamin B5, B6 and manganese.

Look for a yummy Sweet Potato recipe in next weeks newsletter!!

BREAKFAST AVAILABLE EVERY

MORNING: Students who eat breakfast have better attention

and memory. School breakfast is healthy, & con-

venient. Students who participate in school break-

fast show improved attendance, behavior, stand-

ardized test scores as well as decreased tardiness.

Students who eat school breakfast attend, on aver-

age, 1.5 more days of school per year and score

17.5% higher on standardized math tests.

Formal Lunch We are in need of Parent Volunteers to help us with our Annual

Formal Lunch on Tuesday, November 22nd. We will have one time slot from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. The next will be from 12:00

pm to 1:30 pm. Parent volunteers pour water for students and help “bus” tables like real waiters. If you would like to volunteer please contact Mrs. Parker at 663-3010 or aparker@cps.k12.in.us

Pie Sale Pick-UP

Pies sold during our Pie Sale will be ready for pick up on Tuesday, November 15th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Please make arrangements for your pies to picked up on Tuesday evening. We will not be able to store any pies that are not picked up. If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Owen at stephowen18@gmail.com.

Spirit Wear This is the last week to order Spirit Wear!! The last day is November 13th! Still need to shop? Go to https://winfieldjerryross.itemorder.com/sale. Any questions, please contact Kim 219-306-1680 or kimneff31@yahoo.com.