NAN-O-GRAM
We have noticed several students
coming to school late, and with some this has become a seriously chronic
habit. When your child arrives late to
class, there are behaviors you are perhaps not aware of that may have an effect
on him or her for the rest of the day. A
tardy child begins the day disorganized, rushed anxious, and embarrassed.
I remember years ago finding one of
my second graders hiding behind the classroom door sobbing because she was late
and had left her backpack, with her homework in it, in her mom’s car. It broke my heart! It wasn’t her fault, she was only seven, but
she had to deal with the consequences.
Excessive tardiness could cause your
child to receive a blue ticket. As of
Little kids are relatively clueless
about time, but the older kids definitely are affected. Punctuality is always important and should be
the norm no matter what we do or where we go…even for the non-morning people,
like me.
Keep reading to your kids!
Mrs.
Corgiat
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
November
9 is the last day of the first trimester of school. Parent Teacher conferences will be held the
following Thursday afternoon and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16. Appointment
times are being sent home today. (Fourth and fifth grade parents, due to
teacher requests some of you may have Wednesday, Nov. 14, evening appointments – so please double check your
date.) If you are unable to make your
appointment please contact Miss Polly in the office, 232-5763, to reschedule.
Conferences
are only for kindergarten through sixth grade students. Preschool students will have conferences the
next time around in February. If you are
a parent of a preschooler and would like to meet with either Miss Shauntel or
Miss Cindi now, please contact them to set up a time.
GIFT WRAP/COOKIE DOUGH
FUNDRAISERS
ALL orders MUST
be turned in tomorrow! Orders are
going to be submitted over the weekend.
Thank you!
HSCS Raffle
Winners!
Congratulations to the first round of
winners in the school monthly raffle.
They’ve already made their money back and more! We still have seven more drawings to go, so
you can still buy a ticket if you want too!
1st Prize of $400
– David & Angela Stites
2nd Prize of $200
– Kenneth Cole
3rd Prize of $150
– Louise Bollinger
The next drawing
will be held
Are you computer savvy?
We need someone who knows how to
use Excel to help update our HSCS Alumni list.
This would be a great opportunity to earn service hours and work at
home. If this sounds like the right job
for you, please contact Dawn Fitzpatrick at 232-1196 X18.
IT’S AUCTION TIME AGAIN!!!
This
year’s 18th Annual Dinner/Auction is scheduled for
Now
is the time to start soliciting items for the auction. Attached to your newsletter is the
solicitation information. As you know,
every family needs to solicit at least one item for the auction, or make a
themed basket. New this year is the
option to purchase a one page advertisement for only $100.00 to be placed in
the Auction Booklet. If you are a
business owner, this might be the perfect option for you.
The
Annual Dinner/Auction is Holy Spirit’s largest fundraiser! Please fill out the bottom of the attached
form and return to the office as soon as possible.
Thank
you for your continued support of our awesome school!
Dawn Fitzpatrick
Auction Chair
HEADPHONES FOR COMPUTERS
Have
you sent your child’s set of headphones in yet?
They have them at the dollar stores, and they work just fine, so please
purchase a set and send them in.
DAD’S BASKETBALL
Calling
all Dads in need of a little exercise or who just like to play basketball. Beginning this Saturday, Oct. 27, Dads will
be gathering in the school gym from
BOOKS, BOOKS,
BOOKS
Operation
Wishbook is a
community-based volunteer project designed to place new paperback or hardback
books in the hands of less fortunate children for Christmas. The desire to read
is not born in children—parents, caregivers and teachers plant it there.
Children need to be read to at an early age. It is important for young children
to hear the sounds of language. Imagination and vocabulary develop rapidly
during read aloud times. Children of all ages need to be exposed to quality
literature. Children who read or have been read to at home stand a better chance
of success in school and in life. What better way to increase literacy than to
have books in the home to read!
The Operation Wishbook
drive is a chance for underprivileged children to receive books during the
holiday season. You can help promote literacy in our community by dropping off
new books in the decorated collection boxes in our school hall, available from
November 1st through November 29th.
A convenient and inexpensive
opportunity for purchasing a new book for this wonderful cause would be through
student classroom book orders…many great books are only 95¢! Another opportunity idea is our Scholastic
Bookfair that runs during Parent-Teacher conference week in early
November. Thank you in advance for your
generosity!
COAT DRIVE
Michaela
Dungey and Olivia Wathne will be doing a coat drive for Tyhee Elementary to
help the students there keep warm. They
will be collecting the coats through November 7. A box for donated coats – all sizes - is in
the school hallway. They will also
gladly accept hats, scarves, mittens and gloves. Thank you for your support,
Michaela
Dungey and Olivia Wathne
OCTOBER PAY-OFF/HALLOWEEN
This
year we are going to combine Halloween fun with pay-off, by having Gross Grub
and Halloween activities all on the same day – HALLOWEEN! But, in order to
pull it off we need lots of help for the day and into the evening of Halloween.
During
the afternoon of Halloween, the students in grades K-6 will travel from
classroom to classroom doing different activities from looking for worms
(gummy) in whip cream, eating “Gross Grub”, to watching a great science experiment.
Two volunteers from each class will be
needed to assist the teacher. If you
would like to help, please let your child’s teacher know. Plus, if you have a great “Gross Grub” recipe
and would like to share, please feel free to do so. Students will be allowed to wear their
Halloween costume from lunchtime on.
Come
night time, the PTC is also hosting a Halloween dinner in the cafeteria as well
as Trunk or Treat on the playground.
They will need help with the food part, so once again please let your
teacher know if you can help, or sign up on the sheet in the school
hallway.
Some
of you may be wondering just what is Trunk
or Treat? Well, instead of kids
going from house-to-house collecting candy – they go from trunk-to-trunk. Parents park their cars on the school
playground and the kids go from car-to-car collecting candy. Decorated trunks are always welcome but not a
must. This has been extremely popular
with the kids, so please join us for the fun.
Sign up sheets are in the school hallway or you can let your child’s
teacher know.
HALLOWEEN
COSTUMES
Our
school values and principles will not sanction any costume that promotes any
kind of violence, blood and guts, or demonic theme. No accessories will be permitted that include
knives, swords, guns or any weapon-type items.
Also, please be attentive to
masks that impair vision and costumes that might be flammable or that prohibit
ease of movement.