Sharon Ferralli, Principal

Four Seasons Newsletter November 2016

November: 1 Wed Flu Shots 5 Sun Day light savings time 8 Wed PTA Meeting 6:30 PM 9,10 Two Hour Early Dismissal at 1:30 No PM Pre-K or ECI 10 Fri Veterans Day Celebration 10:00-10:30 16-21 5th Grade to Drownproofing 20 Mon Report Cards go Home 20 Mon Q&A discussion in the Media Center @6:00 22—24 Thanksgiving Holiday schools and offices closed 29 Mon Picture retakes

December: 7 Thur Two Hour Early Dismissal at 1:30 No PM Pre-K or ECI 8 Fri Schools closed for students Parent Teacher Conferences 19 Tues Winter Chorus & Band Concert 6:30 PM 20 Wed Winter Strings & Steel Drum Concert 6:30 PM Dec 25—Jan 2 Schools Closed—Winter Break

We have much to be thankful for in our school community and our lives. Your sup-port of our school and children makes Four Seasons a wonderful learning environment. It is great to have so many people volun-teering and attending school functions like the Book Fair, PTA Ice Cream Social and Sharktoberfest parade. The faculty and staff join me in wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. May your time together be filled with laughter, fun, cherished memories and good food!

Magic Moments for October *P/T conferences were well attended with parents attending 326 of the 348 scheduled conferences. That’s 94% participation. Thank you for your participation in your child’s learning and our school! *Our Harvest for the Hungry Food Drive resulted in thousands of pounds of food to stock the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. We are fortunate to be a community who can give so much. *The Sharktoberfest parade and celebration were well attended and fun for all. We’re always excited to share fun moments with our families! * We have two new Salisbury interns on board. Ms. Leah Reiblich is in Ms. Markey’s kindergarten class and Ms. Jazmyn Goodwyn is working in Mrs. Jones’ second grade class. We are excited to have them on our team through December! *Lots and lots of students participated in our Magic Monday PJ Day on October 16th. It was perfect weather for the day…rainy and a bit chilly. *Our fall Book Fair took in over $14,000! The profits will be used to purchase more books and supplies for our Media Center. This is a great help to our school since BOE funding is limited. *Our PTA provided a nice fall luncheon for all teachers and staff. It is always warmly received and most appreciated!

Principal’s Message…

Office Hours

8:00 AM—4:00 PM New Student Registration

10:00 AM—2:00 PM

OUR MISSION

Fostering a life long love of learning in a Safe and orderly environment with

Excellent teachers facilitating Students' active learning.

FOUR SEASONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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Sharon Ferralli, Principal

Four Seasons Newsletter November 2017

MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN! MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN! MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN! MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN!

Sharon Ferralli, Principal

Four Seasons Newsletter November 2017

MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN! MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN! MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN! MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN!

NEW TO OUR SCHOOL THIS YEAR?

Join us for a Q&A discussion

WHEN: Monday, November 20th

TIME: 6 PM WHERE: Media Center

WHY: To determine +/- impact of our school programs on students & families

Feedback from October P/T Conferences

Agenda books – After a review of over 100 agenda books from all grade levels last year we found that less than 5% of them were used on a weekly basis. For that reason, we moved to a system that we hoped would be more manageable for young students. Each grade level prepares a monthly calendar/list with learning and homework highlights (e.g. content/concepts, special as-signments, tests) in place of making children record homework in an agenda book. You can find your child’s important dates and responsibilities in the cover of his/her RED take-home/VIP folder. Homework - Reading for 20 minutes in addition to 10 minutes of practice on math facts are expected every night. Other homework includes (but is not limited to) work on re-do as-signments, completion of unfinished classwork and prepara-tion for Passion Project presentations. Journals – Monitor your child’s work and progress in reading and/or math by having the subject journal brought home at least one night each week for review. We find that setting spe-cific nights by school or grade level does not work as well as parents selecting their own night for review.

NEWS TO SHARE December conference times will be offered via the Sign-Up Genius app. We hope this technology saves valuable time for everyone. Make sure your child is reading for AR and working on math facts at home. Teachers are monitoring progress towards the grade level goal. Progress towards these goals is used as a re-port card indicator in the Respect for learning category. Our BoxTops Campaign continues to bring in much needed money for our school programs. Gather everyone’s BoxTops and send them our way!

DECEMBER 8th – P/T CONFERENCES If you missed the opportunity to conference with your child’s teacher in October please make sure your sign up for a time in December. We’re experimenting with the Sign-Up Genius app! Everyone will be notified via Connect Ed / Blackboard when the link goes live!

Principal’s Message Contin-Tips Over-the-counter medications do not work for many cases. What does work is wet combing hair with a high quality lice comb in the following ways: front to back, back to front, and side to side. After all nits and lice are removed, this process is repeated for seven to ten days (removing any leftover nits or hatched lice). In addition, there is a fair bit of laundry, bagging stuffed toys, and vacuuming required. The final recommendation is to check the child’s hair for lice once a week for prevention with wet hair and a lice comb.

Suggested Sources: * http://www.headlice.org/ * http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/.

An example of a high quality lice comb can be found on Amazon: * https://www.amazon.com/Nit

-Free-Terminator-Professional-Stainless/dp/B000HIBPV8. Hope this helps! * These websites are not sanctioned school programs, and are not endorsed or required by your school.

HEAD L

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Just a reminder Please make sure your child dresses appropriately f for the weather. As the air outside gets cooler, please remember to wear coats, hats, gloves and w warm socks! Each student should have a change of clothes to k keep in their locker.

New Substance Abuse Lesson

All elementary school counselors in the Arundel and South

River feeder schools will deliver one lesson about substance

abuse prevention starting at the end of November and

continuing into December. This topic is in response to the

Opioid crisis in Maryland and the lessons will be taught in all

AACPS elementary schools in grades 3, 4, and 5 during

regular guidance times. If you would like to preview the

materials, lesson plans are located at https://

www.aacps.org/Page/5481. Please contact Lori Stuart, our

school counselor at ldstuart@aacps.org or 410 222-

6501 if you have any questions.

Thank you for your generous support this year for the

Harvest for the Hungry

2017

We collected over 300 boxes!

4th grade lead the school with 69 boxes of food collected

while Kindergarten was a close second with 65 boxes.

You are invited to visit instruction in action! ECI – Tuesday, 11/14 - 9:30 to 10:00 and 2:30 to 3:00 PreK – Tuesday, 11/14 - 9:30 to 10:00 and 2:30 to 3:00 Kindergarten – Thursday, 11/16 – 10:00 to 11:00 Grade 1 – Thursday, 11/16 – 10:15 to 10:45 Grade 2 – Friday, 11/17 – 10:40 to 11:40 Grade 3 – Wednesday, 11/15 – 11:15 to 12:15 Grade 4 – Monday, 11/13 – 10:45 to 11:45 Grade 5 – Tuesday, 11/14 – 9:45 to 10:45

You are always welcome to stop by to visit any of the Cultural Arts classes anytime you are in the building.

The Anne Arundel County Public School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex age, national origin, religion, disability, or socioeco-nomic status in matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs. Questions regarding nondiscrimination should be directed to the Office of Investigations, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401; telephone: 410-222-5286; TDD 410-222-5500.

Four Seasons Elementary School is equipped with a video camera system. It covers selected interior and exterior public portions of the building and grounds. It is NOT monitored constantly, but it is monitored during emer-gency situations. During certain events, when the safety or security of students may be in question, authorized personnel from local, state or federal police or fire emergency units may be given access to view images projected on the camera system. If you have any questions about the sys-tem, you should call the Supervisor of School Security at 410-222-5083.

Safety First!!! Parents and visitors please keep in mind the safety of our children when dropping off

and picking up! Per Maryland Motor Vehicle Law and Board Policy parking in fire lanes and

bus loops is prohibited. If you have any questions regarding this policy please call

Transportation at 410-222-2925.

Drive slowly, exercise courtesy on parking lot, and follow directions of teachers.

Watch for children!

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Please be advised that smoking and alco-hol are prohibited on AACPS property at

all times.

Book Fair

Volunteers

Thank you for all of

your help. We couldn’t do it

without YOU!

Thank you so much FSES parents! We have al-ready had a lot of help from wonderful volunteers for the movie night and dance. You can still sign up for the PTA on our website at four-seasonspta.org. We have several events this month and hope to see you there. Chick Fil A Night November 7th 5 - 8pm PTA Meeting November 8th 6:30pm Military Appreciation Brunch November 10th (RSVP Only - For Military Families) 10 -

Happy Thanksgiving!