Fox flash december 2015 - MSD Washington Township | Indianapolis

The Fox
Flash
A publication of the Fox Hill PTO
December/Diciembre 2015
Un publicación de la Fox Hill PTO
From the Principal:
Del Director
PLEASE
Dear Fox Hill Families,
Es madas Familias de Fox Hill,
I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving
Break! As we enter a cold me of year, I want to
be sure to review with you our Winter Weather
Policy. Students will be going outside for recess
if the temperature or wind chill is 20 degrees or
above. Please make sure your students come to
school with appropriate school a re (hats,
coats, gloves). If you need assistance with any of
these items please let us know.
¡Espero que todos hayan disfrutado de nuestra semana
de descanso para el Día de Acción de Gracias! A la
venida del empo de frío, quiero repasar con ustedes
nuestra Polí ca de Tiempo de Invierno. Los estudiantes
saldrán afuera para el recreo si la temperatura actual o
combinada con el enfriamiento del aire debido al
viento es de 20 grados o más. Por favor asegúrense de
que sus hijos vengan a la escuela ves dos apropiadamente para el clima y lleven puestos chamarras, gorros
y guantes. Si sus hijos necesitan cualquiera de estos
ar culos de ropa, por favor no quennos.
Adults are still
NEEDED for these
classrooms to have a
December 17th
winter party
Read Your Heart Out is our theme for our
at-home reading program which encourages
your child to do the following…
1. Read for 20 minutes a night for four
nights per week.
2. Choose Good Fit books to read
independently.
3. Par cipate in BOOK-IT Reading Program
which gives them a chance to earn a free Pizza
Hut pizza.
4. Complete and turn in a reading log weekly
with parent signature.
5. Meet his or her Lexia minutes.
Our goal of this reading program is that students
will only learn to love to read by prac cing
reading. We hope that you will help encourage
a love of reading at home by being a reader
yourself. Each month at our All-School
Assemblies we highlight the grade level who
reads the most minutes. Our first graders won
last month – way to go First Grade Team!
I hope to see you at our 4th grade Winter
Musical on the evening of December 10th from
7-8:00.
Best regards,
Sean G. Taylor
Leer Con Ganas es el tema de nuestro programa de
lectura en casa y este anhela a sus hijos a que …
1. Lean por 20 minutos en casa 4 días durante la
semana.
2. Elijan libros que ellos puedan leer independientemente.
3. Par cipen en el Programa de Lectura BOOK-IT
en el cual se pueden ganar una pizza gra s de Pizza
Hut.
4. Llenen y entreguen semanalmente su lista de lo
que han leído y que esta esté firmada por los padres.
5. Completen sus minutos requeridos en el
programa computarizado de Lexia.
Pensamos que al prac car la lectura los niños se
convierten en amantes de la lectura. Esperamos que
nos ayuden a desarrollar ese amor a la lectura en casa
y que los niños los vean a ustedes también siendo
lectores. Una vez al mes, cuando se reúne toda la
escuela, reconocemos al grado que ha leído el mayor
número de minutos. El mes pasado los ganadores
fueron los estudiantes del primer grado. ¡Buen Trabajo
Primer Grado!
Espero verlos durante el Programa Musical del 4to
grado el jueves, 10 de diciembre de 7 a 8 p.m.
Saludos Cordiales,
Sean G. Taylor
The following classes
have no room parent
volunteers for class
par es there will be
no party without
parent volunteers .
Kindergarten
Mrs. Gray
Mr. Alumbaugh
1st grade
Ms. Haines
2nd grade
Ms. Phelps
3rd grade
Ms. Herman
4th grade
Ms. Brooks
5th grade
Mrs. Dickerson
Mr. Butler
Ms. Jenkins
Please contact Becky
Peterson at
jtpeterson@comcast.net
or 697-0687.
From the PTO co-Presidents:
Happy December Fox Hill Families!
Hard to believe that it is already December! We hope everyone had a Happy
Thanksgiving and a wonderful week off! We want to thank everyone who
donated pantry items for our Food Drive! We collected 789 food items so
much food and congrats go out to the second grade with the 185 cans,
second was the fourth grade with 141 cans, and third was third grade with
136 cans. 820 pounds of food was delivered to Second Presbyterian Church
for the orthside Food Pantry which assists Washington Township Families.
ext Thursday December 11, popcorn will be distributed at lunch me, each
bag will cost 25 cents. Also, coming up in December is the Pacer game on
Friday December 19th, ckets were distributed last week. Winter par es are
also on the horizon on Dec 17th at 2:30, we are s ll in need of room parent
volunteers for the following classrooms Mrs. Gray, Mr. Alumbaugh, Ms.
Haines, Ms. Phelps, Ms. Herman, Ms. Brooks, Mrs. Dickerson, Mr. Butler, and
Ms. Jenkins .
Also, be on the lookout for Spring a er school enrichment forms which will go
home before winter break!
We wish everyone a very Happy Holiday and a Happy ew ear!
Jennifer Broemel and Becky Peterson
and the Fox Hill PTO
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4th grade Winter music program, 7 p.m.
De e er 11
Popcorn day
De e er 1 th
Winter classroom par es 2:45 p.m.
De e er 1 th
End of 2nd quarter and Teacher workday
De e er 1 th an ar 2nd
Winter break
an ar
Report cards distributed
an ar 14th
Honors Celebra on
an ar 1 th
o school or snow day make up
an ar 1 th
Incoming 6th Grade curriculum night at
each middle school for parents
an ar 21
Grade 3 IREAD Parent ight
6 pm
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Día de palomitas de maíz
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Fiestas en el salón de invierno
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Fin del segundo trimestre
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Las boletas de calificaciones distribuidos
14 de enero
Celebración Honores
1 de enero
o hay escuela hoy
Visiting author:
Carmen Agra Deedy
Carmen Agra Deedy is the author of several
popular children’s books. Her children’s
have won numerous awards. She is also
known interna onally for her master
storytelling skills. She was born in Havana,
Cuba and came to the U.S. as a refugee in
1964. Some of her most beloved books
include 14 Cows for America, The Yellow
Star, Mar na the Beau ful Cockroach and Library Dragon. Ms.
Deedy will be presen ng to our students on Monday, January 11,
2016. Parents are invited to a end this special event. More
informa on about mes will be available in January.
A er Winter Break, we will be offering some of Ms. Deedy’s books
for presale. All books will be individaully autographed by Ms. Deedy.
This is a wonderful way to remember this special event.
Thanks to the MSDWT Advancement Center and to Kids Ink
Bookstore for their support of this project.
A huge thank you to
Jennifer Broemel for organizing third
thursdays
Holly Garringer for organizing the fall
festival
Taryn greaser for organizing and
counting the box tops and labels
Sara Greiwank for organizing the fall
fundraiser
Jenny Maze for Organizing the Yearbook
Becky Peterson for organizing the
thanksgiving luncheon
and our food drive volunteers
Heather cook, Shawna hurst-winston,
and Suzanne lincoln
Mi en and Glove Drive
We will be collec ng mi ens, hats and gloves between
now and the end of January. Please donate new or
gently used items to help keep students in our community warm this winter. There is a blue box outside of
the Media Center to accept your dona ons. Last year,
we collected over 165 items!
Look for your order
forms this January!
Enrichment forms will go
home before break with a
deadline mid January.
Programs offered February May and include: Basketball,
Taekwondo, Cheerleading,
Sports of All Sorts, Duct Tape
Creations, Art, Mad Science
and Chess.
Bringing the P P (Primary ears Program) Home
Many parents are interested in how they can support the IB P P
program in their own home. One way is to u lize the language
of the Learner Profile with your students. The Learner Profile is
central to the P P program. These a ributes are discussed daily
in class with your students to help them to recognize their
common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet. Each
month, we will highlight one of these a ributes and offer
sugges ons of what you can do at home.
aring
Students who are CARI G want people around them to be
happy and are sensi ve to their needs. They think about the
world and work to take care of their community and the
environment. They remember to treat others how they themselves would like to be treated. How can arents hel to
de elo students who are Caring at home
Role model the caring behavior you would like to see in your
child all the me. our child has big eyes and ears and no ces
everything you do. Using kind words, helping people without
being asked, being an ac ve listener all show your child that
you care about people. Even a simple thing, like holding a door
Be on the lookout for January’s Box Top compe
for someone, shows your child that you are aware of others
around you and want to help them.
Think about how your family can get involved with community
organiza ons. Reduce, Reuse Recycle. Some mes this can be
challenging, but make the effort to establish these habits in
your home. By developing children who care about the environment, you are helping the future of the globe. Smile. A er
reading a book, spend some me considering how the people in
the book acted. Was someone in the book caring All of the
me or just some of the me Were all of the characters in the
book caring or just some of them Some books to consider:
Click on this link to find books (These are also available at the
Fox Hill Media Center.) on the subject of Caring.
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s orm.do listID 637093
If you see your child behaving in a caring way, e-mail or drop a
note to Mrs. Pfadt (jpfadt@msdwt.k12.in.us) describing their
behavior and we will be sure that (s)he is recognized here at
school!
on!
Follow Fox Hill on Twitter:
@FoxHillElem
or find Fox Hill on the web:
www.msdwt.k12in.us/fh
earbook order forms for the 2015-2016 school year will be coming home in January!
Old yearbooks are available
for 5. There are 10 le
from 2014-2015 and 10 le
from 2013 -2014. If you are
interested you can contact
Jenny Maze at
jjmazes@gmail.com to
request an old yearbook.