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• Friday, Decemeber 5th - Dental Clinic 
• Thursday, December 11th - PTO Meeting @ Washington 6:30 pm 
• Monday, December 15th - Holiday Dress Up Days! 
• Wednesday, December 17th - Board of Education Meeting 7 pm 
• Friday, December 19th - Last Day of Semester 
• Monday, December 22 - Friday, January 2nd - Winter Break 

PLC Wednesday Dismissal will continue with 3-5 dismissing at 1:55 pm. This will take place every Wednesday, unless it is a District Half-Day, in which case we will dismiss at 11:25 a.m.

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Dear Families,

Stepping into our school this time of year is truly special! The twinkle in the students' eyes and the extra energy in the hallways remind us that the holiday season has officially arrived. It’s a wonderful time to pause, reflect, and celebrate the incredible progress our students have made.

In the next three weeks, students will be invited to participate in Dress Up Days, the Christmas Store, and our end-of-the-year celebration on December 19th. Information can be found below. 

We wish you and your family a safe, peaceful, and joyful holiday season. Let's work together to finish off the year strong before we take our well-deserved break!

Emily Stephenitch
Principal

In the event the district uses an E-Learning day, please refer to the graphic below for our schedule and attendance during those days. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out! For more information about E-Learning, please review the parent letter or the District E-Learning Plan. 

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

For the rest of the semester, students will learn to identify their own and others' emotions and apply strategies to manage them through the Second Step program. Below are the skills students will be taught this month.

3rd Grade Goals

• Describe how empathy leads to an act of kindness 

• Identify and describe kind acts they could do for someone 
• Use empathy to identify a kind act they could do for a person in their school community 

   

  4th Grade Goals 

• Explain different points of view in a given situation

• Generate questions a person could ask to better understand someone's point of view 

• Explain how understanding someone's point of view could change their own thinking or actions 

• Demonstrate taking another person's point of view 

   

  5th Grade Goals

• Empathy in the Community: Describe how empathy can help someone identify and solve a problem in their community 

• Understanding points of view: students build empathy for different groups affected by a community problem by learning more about each group's perspective to help find better solutions. 

For the rest of the semester, Students will focus on what collaboration looks like as a learner.

Students will be nominated for positive office referrals based on their growth or display of success criteria (information to the right).

• Students with a fever of 100.0 degrees or greater will be excluded from school until he or she is 24 hours fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medication, such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen

• A doctor’s note or clearance by the school nurse may be required prior to return if a student missed 3 or more consecutive days

• Students with vomiting or diarrhea will be excluded from school until 24 hours after symptoms resolve, without medication.

Daily Schedule

(Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Fri.)

• 7:40 am School Doors Open

• 7:55 am Classroom Doors Open/End of Breakfast

• 8:05 am Tardy Bell Rings

• 11:25 am Lunches Begin

• 2:45 pm Dismissal

Wednesday PLC Schedule

• 7:40 am School Doors Open

• 7:55 am Classroom Doors Open/End of Breakfast Line Bell

• 8:05 am Tardy Bell Rings

• 11:25 am Lunch Begin

• 1:55 pm Dismissal

Morning Procedures:

Run Club: Begins at 7:15 and ends at 7:55. Students can participate anytime during this time frame.

Breakfast: Begins at 7:40 and ends at 7:55

Hallway: Students wait by their lockers until 7:55, when they go into their classrooms.

Tardy Bell: Students are considered late at 8:05.

After School Procedures

Bus Dismissal: 2:40 pm and leaves by 2:50 pm

Walker/Car Dismissal: 2:45 pm

*At 3:00 pm, students will be brought to the front of the building due to no supervision on the playground.

*Students should not be on the playground without adult/parental supervision after school hours.

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