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2013 December Newsletter
9989 Concord Road * Dublin, OH * 43017 * 614.798.3570 * Fax 614.718.8961
Please check out the Eli Pinney website for school calendar events and other important
information. Scan the QR code above to access.
www.dublinschools.net/pinney
Greetings Pinney families,
I hope everyone enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving break with their friends and family. We now move into
the busy holiday season and there is plenty of excitement going on at Pinney. I’d like to thank all of
our families who are participating in our annual Adopt-a-Family program this month. We have a
special relationship with Welcome Warehouse and all of the wonderful things they do to support our
Dublin families. This month, we will once again sponsor over 20 families in our community for the
holidays.
As we move into the chill of winter, please make sure your child leaves for school with outerwear appropriate for the day's weather. Make a habit of checking the weather forecast and encouraging
your child to wear a jacket, hat, scarf and gloves on these colder days. Please write your child’s
name on these items as our lost and found tends to build up during the winter season. Our current
lost & found items will be donated to Welcome Warehouse on Saturday, December 7th.
* 20 degrees or below with wind chill - all recesses will be indoors
* 21-25 degrees with wind chill - lunch recess will be indoors, short recess may be outdoors
* 26 degrees with wind chill and warmer - all recesses will be outdoors
Thank you for helping our Pinney students stay healthy and warm.
Go Panthers!
Troy Ehrsam, Principal
Notes from
the Pinney Office
Office Communication
• Students may not enter the building until 9:00 a.m. daily.
• Be patient in the pick-up line at the end of the day. Cars need to remain in a single file line to
pick up students. Also, please drop off your child at the sidewalk or side door in the morning.
A Pinney staff member will monitor the side door beginning at 9:00 a.m. daily. We do not want
children walking through cars and/or traffic. Student safety is our priority.
• Give the buses the right of way during arrival and dismissal. No cars in the bus loop during the
following times: 8:45-9:15 a.m. & 3:15-3:45 p.m.
• Call the office or the automated attendance line (718-8960) if your child is going to be absent
or late. Please send in a note if your child is signing out early for an appointment.
• If your child is going to be absent from school, we would appreciate a phone call before 9:30
a.m. of that day. Ohio state law does require us to now have a written note upon a child’s
return to school after an absence of any kind. An absence form can be found in the downloads
section of our Pinney website (Absence Notification Form). We would appreciate your help by
sending in this form or a note explaining the absence upon your child’s return to school. It is
also important that you know that absences due to a family-planned vacation are no longer
excused absences.
• All phone number changes should take place at the building level. Please do not call the
district office to change your contact information. Please call the Pinney office for questions
(798-3570).
• Send in a note if your child’s end of the day arrangements change. Without a note, we will
follow typical end of day routine.
• Both students need a note giving parent permission when bringing home a friend. New “Note
to School” pads can be picked up in the office.
• Write your child’s first and last name on the inside of lunch boxes, backpacks, jackets and
other items so that we can return them if lost. All lost and found items will be donated to
Welcome Warehouse at the end of each trimester.
• The archived “Pinney Post” can be found in the “Newsletters” link on our website.
• Check your child’s backpack frequently.
School Day
AM Preschool
8:45-11:15 am
PM Preschool
AM Kindergarten 9:10-11:40 am
PM Kindergarten
Grades 1-5
9:10-3:40 pm
ELI
Latchkey (7:05 a.m. start & 6:00 p.m. end)
12:45-3:15 pm
1:10-3:40 pm
12:05-1:05 pm
Clinic Communication with Mrs. Slack & Mrs. Pagan
Clinic Communication
The Dublin City School District has developed policies to help insure the health and safety of all
our students. These policies have been developed in direct correlation with the recommendations of both Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control. It is even more
important that parents familiarize themselves with these policies and adhere to them as we
move into the time of year when flu and other contagious illnesses become more prevalent.
Please take time now to review the following information. If all of our parents follow these policies, we can reduce illness and absences for your child.
• It is important to keep any child home exhibiting signs of illness. Signs of illness include fever
of 100 degrees or higher, vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat, chills, irritability, or unusual skin rash.
Other signs of illness are red and crusty eyes, as well as, other symptoms that are unusual for
your child. If your child has been home ill, they must be symptom free without medication for
24 hours before returning to school. If they have been placed on an antibiotic for a contagious
illness, they must be on the antibiotic for 24 hours before returning to school.
• Please remember that parents are responsible for supplying the school with any medication
(prescription and over-the-counter) that needs to be given during school hours. The appropriate
forms(s) must be completed for clinic staff to be able to administer the medication. Prescription
and non-prescription forms are available on the district web site at www.dublinschools.net or
from the clinic. The clinic staff is happy to help you determine which forms are needed for your
child.
• Please make sure to call the school if you change phone numbers. This information is vital as
we often need to contact a parent(s) if there is an injury or illness. When listing someone as an
emergency contact, please make sure it is a local person who would be able to pick up an ill
child.
• Remember that cough drops are considered a medication. They must be kept in the clinic and
must be sent in with a non-prescription medication form that has been completed by a parent.
Students are not permitted to carry cough drops with them during the school day.
• When leaving a message on the attendance line, please provide any symptoms your child has
such as student's temperature, cough, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea,
etc. Please also include if your child has been seen by a doctor or travelled abroad.
Please feel free to call the clinic and speak with the
clinic aide or school nurse regarding any questions or
concerns you have. Thank you for your help keeping
all of our students healthy and safe this season.
Clinic phone # - (614) 718-8955
Counselor
Corner
Mrs. Cellar
During the month of December, I will visit each classroom
grades K-4 for a guidance lesson. In kindergarten, we will
read A Cat and A Dog by Claire Masurel to focus on
friendship and the emotions that go along with friendships.
In first grade, we will read Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee
Curtis. Students will participate in an activity that will help
them identify positive and negative feelings and develop
their feelings vocabulary.
In second grade, students will participate in an activity called “New Experiences.” We will also read
and discuss the book Frogís Breathtaking Speech by Michael Chissick. The objectives of this lesson are for students to express feelings about new experiences and learn coping skills for dealing
with new experiences.
In third grade, students will participate in a discussion titled “How Do I Feel?” The objectives of this
lesson are to learn to identify feelings and to learn that people have different feelings about the
same event.
In fourth grade, students will participate in an activity called “Tease Tolerance.” We will also read
and discuss the book Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig. The objective of this lesson is to learn ways to
deal with feelings about being teased.
In fifth grade, students will participate in an activity called “My Mistake.” The objective of this is for
students to be able to differentiate between making mistakes and being a total failure.
On Friday, December 6, all 5th grade students will view a video on the emotional and physical
changes during puberty. We watch a very brief video about the physical and emotional changes of
puberty, followed by a brief Q & A session. This lesson is meant to open conversation between you
and your child, leaving it up to your discretion on how much you decide to share with your child at
this time. If you follow the link below to the P & G website, you can preview the video we will be
watching. Girls will view the girls only video with Mrs. Cellar and all female 5th grade teachers and
the boys will view the boys only video with Mr. Ehrsam and Mr. Lowe. This is the video that all
Dublin Elementary students view. There are also additional resources available on this site.
http://www.pgschoolprograms.com/programs.php?pid=1
Another great resource for girls is the American Girl book The Care and Keeping of You. I recommend this book for all young ladies.
MOPA
museum of pinney art
News from the Art room...
Thanks to all of the families that came to the Eli Pinney Celebration of The Arts event on November 20, 2013.
It was a great night for the students to showcase their amazing creative talents. It was a joy to see everyone participate and have fun at this great annual event. The students loved seeing our Superintendent, Dr. Hoadley,
jamming on the drums as well. Hope to see you all at the next Celebration of The Arts 2014!
What Do You Love?
The first grade students have been working hard this past
trimester exercising their creative muscles and learning about
relationships
in the
process.
They will be
studying
relationships
in Art all year.
Each project
the students
engage in will
relate to the
concept of
relationships
in some way.
To begin their
first project, we
discussed what the word relationship meant. We read the book
“Iggy Peck Architect” by Andrea Beaty. This book features a
young boy who is fascinated by architecture. When he enters the
second grade, his teacher lets him know that architecture has no
place in second grade. At the end of the book, when the
students attend a field trip, a bridge suddenly breaks trapping the
class on a small remote island. Young Iggy saves the day with his
architecture skills and builds a new bridge to save the class. We
discussed this book in relation to how Iggy Peck had some
amazing talents that others did not recognize. As a result, it was
hard for him to form relationships with his classmates. In the end,
Iggy was able to share his talents and be proud of who he was.
Other kids wanted to learn more about architecture from Iggy and
he started forming relationships with his fellow classmates. We
used this book as an inspiration for our art making. The students
were asked, “what do you love to do?” We talked about how we
form relationships with others based on many things and for many
reasons, one of which is the interests and passions we share with
others. The students did a great job creating art that expressed
their loves and passions. New relationships were formed and
connections were made once the students saw some of the
amazing talents and
passions of the amazing
first graders!
Inventing A Community
The second grade students
are studying community in
Art all year. We are looking
at what a community is,
how it works and what
makes a community strong.
We began this project by
looking at the book “One World, One Day” by Barbara Kerley.
This book takes a look at 24 hours around the world. It compares
the daily routines from many different cultures and communities.
We discussed the similarities and differences found in each area.
select any interesting quotes and/or words to create a small
The challenge for the students was to get into small groups and
portfolio. The next step was to look carefully at the words and
create their own community. We discussed several important
think of a piece of art they could create that went with those
factors in a community such as rules, clothes, food, traditions,
words, but also connected to them in some way. This required
housing, transportation and many other integral parts of a
the students to use critical thinking to make connections to both
community. Each group had to come up with a main theme that
themselves and their pre-selected quote. The students did a
their community would be centered on. Some groups centered
great job creating meaningful works of art that combined text and
their community on nature, while others chose being active. We
image to express something about themselves.
looked at the work of contemporary artist, Martin Azua, and his
Basic House as an example of a type of house. We also looked
I Am...
at the work of Barbara Kruger and her examples of some of the
The fourth grade students will be studying identity in Art all year.
rules of a community. Each group then created a small model of
This big idea will be explored from multiple perspectives through
their community and each member worked on a different part of
various art projects to get students to think critically about the
it. The final step was to share their community with the class and
identity formation
explain their choices and reasons for making it. As a class, we
process. To begin
discussed some of the benefits and draw backs of living in these
this first lesson, the
communities. This was a great first project to get the students to
students discussed
think about what a community is and all of the parts that give it’s
what identity is and
sense of identity.
how do we form
our identity. We
Connection Between Words and Images
looked at the work
Third grade students will be studying communication all in Art all
year. Art, as a form
of Yves Klein, Felix
Gonzales-Torres,
of visual
and Liu Bolin, all artists who deal with issues of identity in their
communication,
work. The students were then given time to reflect on who they
is essential for
are and what their identity is. They reflected on things they love
success today in
and why, things that shape who they are, places that affect who
all areas of life.
they are, and many other aspects of identity. The last step for the
Being able to
students was to create a piece of art that reflected their identity in
decode not only
some way. It could be about something they learned, something
words, but
they love to do, something they are passionate about, something
images as well, is
they have an opinion on, and many other possibilities as well. The
a skill that
students did a great job of not only thinking critically about their
everyone needs to be fluent in. We began this lesson by
identity, but creating deep, meaningful works of art that showed a
discussing what communication is and some of the many ways
great deal of introspection and emotion.
we communicate. We looked at a wordless picture book, “Wave”,
by Suzy Lee. Looking at a wordless picture book opened the
Rethinking School Spaces
door for endless interpretation and limitless imagination. Next, we
The fifth grade students will be studying leadership in Art all year.
looked at the work of Barbara Kruger. Her work pairs together
As fifth graders, they are viewed as the leaders of the school. The
words and images to generate deeper meaning than words or
students will be taking on leadership roles and designing/creating
images alone could achieve. For the art making portion of the
art that demonstrates leadership, while making an impact in some
lesson, the students were to look through various magazines and
way here at Eli Pinney. To begin this unit, we discussed what
leadership is and what it means to be a leader. We talked about
difference in the world? These 3 questions will be explored from a
variety of perspectives through many different mini-lessons and
challenges. This
project fosters
empathy, compassion
and respect, as well as
creativity,
communication,
collaboration and
critical thinking. The
students will also
explore the design
process when they
leadership styles and their role as leaders of the school. The first
challenge for these students was to create inspiration boards that
reflected their identity. The purpose of this inspiration board was
to think about what makes them unique, what they like, what
textures, colors and materials they like. We then used these
inspiration boards to create design firms. These design firms will
be working together on several tasks throughout the year. The
first task for the design firm was to create a small miniature
billboard/sculpture that represented their creative abilities. This
sculpture featured their design firm name and slogan as well. The
purpose of this activity was for the students to practice the 5
“c’s”: creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking,
begin to think about
how they can make a
difference in the world.
For the first lesson in this project, the students reflected on who
they were on a “Hmmm?” questionnaire. This sheet helped the
students dig deeper into who they are and what events have
shaped their lives. They took inspiration from this sheet and used
some of their answers to create a piece of art that reflected
something about themselves. Each and every artwork represents
a great deal of thought and emotion. While they are all
aesthetically pleasing, they all have a great deal of personal
reflection in them as well.
and craftsmanship. The firms also practiced what it was like to
have a deadline to complete a task. They created many amazing
sculptures representing their creativity in a short time span. The
Please feel free to contact me with any questions. If you
next step in this design process is for the design firms to select a
would like to donate any small materials, cardboard, plastic
space in the school that they would like to transform into a
or other interesting and unique items to the art room for the
creativity spot for students to use on a daily basis. The students
students to reuse in their artwork, please email me. The
will research, create models, integrate math and science to create
students tend to go through the recyclable materials at a
budgets and scale drawings, and create a short presentation they
will give to Mr. Ehrsam about their design ideas. Stay tuned to
see the amazing spaces these fifth grade leaders think of.
The Challenge part I
The students in Mr. DeMatteis’ class will be exploring identity
fast pace, so any items to replenish would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you again for your support.
Sincerely,
Jason Blair
through a year long project called “The Challenge.” The
Challenge is a project that encompasses all academic disciplines
and challenges the students to get to know themselves and
others better, as well as using their passions and talents to make
a difference in the world big or small. The project centers on 3
questions: Who am I? Who are you? and How can I make a
blair_jason@dublinschools.net
MUSIC MUSINGS
ELI PINNEY ELEMENTARY, MRS. SUE CASTO, INSTRUCTOR CASTO_SUSANNE@DUBLINSCHOOLS.NET
CLASSROOM
HAPPENINGS
EACH GRADE LEVEL CONTINUES TO
BUILD ON KNOWN CONCEPTS AND
DISCOVER NEW ONES. FIRST GRADERS HAVE MASTERED “MUSICAL
OPPOSITES” SUCH AS HIGH AND
LOW AND FAST AND SLOW. THEY
ARE NOW WORKING ON STEADY
BEAT. SECOND GRADERS HAVE
BEEN INTRODUCED TO TIE AND ARE
WORKING ON A NEW PITCH, “DO.”
THIRD GRADERS ARE LEARNING
ABOUT OCTAVES THROUGH LOW LA
AND THE EXTENDED PENTATONIC
SCALE AND EIGHT-SIXTEENTH
NOTE RHYTHM COMBINATIONS.
FOURTH GRADERS ARE DISCOVERING SYNCOPATION AND EXPANDING
MELODIC SKILLS WITH THE FULLY
EXTENDED PENTATONIC SCALE,
INCLUDING HIGH DO. FIFTH GRADE
STUDENTS ARE HAVING A BLAST
LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE RECORDER. ADDITIONALLY, FIFTH
GRADERS ARE PRACTICING
RHYTHM PATTERNS THAT INCLUDE
WHOLE NOTES AND WHOLE AND
HALF RESTS.
Fifth grade students practicing recorder skills.
Pinney Celebration of the
Arts
Pinney community members of all ages were able to experience student
activities in art, music, library and physical education at the Pinney Celebration of the Arts on November 20th. In music, student leaders guided
participants through a condensed process of singing “Pete the Cat: I Love
My White Shoes” and adding instruments. This activity enhances singing
and playing skills as well as providing students an opportunity to improvise. It was especially exciting to see DCS superintendent, Dr. Hoadley,
join in on playing the drums! Thanks to all who attended.
Third graders use a program on the SMART
board to practice the half notes and other
rhythm patterns.
Third graders dance the Circassian Circle
Mixer from Northumberland, England.
-- Physical Education -- Ms. Hathaway
During our Fall Harvest lesson, our first and second grade students played
Batmobile and Trick or Treat Tag. Teamwork and cooperation were essential
during Batmobile to gather “treats” (frog bean bags) from the houses and return them to the collection bin. Trick or Treat Tag involved dodging and fleeing the ghost. Being tagged by a ghost meant that you were now a mummy
helping the ghost. The third, fourth and fifth graders played Haunted House
Tag. During this game, the trick or treaters ran through the neighborhood to
the haunted house to collect candy (beanbags) and arrive back home without
being tagged by the ghost. In this game, being tagged by the ghost meant
that you had to visit the “graveyard” to complete a simple task before returning to the game.
After the Fall Harvest lessons, the younger students began a rolling unit. Within the rolling unit, we discussed and implemented stepping with opposition, bending the knees and using a back
swing before releasing the ball. The students practiced this technique at
rolling stations. Following the station work, we competed in a game of
pinball. Pinball is a rolling game where each team protects their bowling
pins from the other team and secondly, students roll the balls across the
gym to knock down the opponent’s pins. Within this lesson, we were able
to discuss guarding strategies as well as offensive strategies such as: distractions, sneak attacks and angles. To complete the rolling unit, students
participated in a game called Frogger. The students (frogs) try to navigate
safely across the gym (the river), while other students are rolling the balls
to tag the frogs in the shoe.
Following the Haunted House Tag game, the older students earned
a free choice day. Since there are only 2-3 free choice days throughout the year, the students are
very careful as to what they choose to play. The students create a list of games they would like to
play and then the class votes on which game to play. In an attempt to please everyone, once a game
has been chosen for the day, that game can’t be played the next free choice day. Some of the games
chosen were: All for One Dodgeball, Pinball, Capture the Flag, Tag, Star Wars, and kickball.
To celebrate Thanksgiving, the students were divided into small teams to complete a challenge.
This problem solving activity involved going to the grocery store to do some
holiday shopping for grandma/pa. The students took turns riding and pushing each other on the scooters around the gym to collect the ingredients that
grandma/pa needed to complete their holiday recipes. To make it more challenging, we added thieves who stole ingredients which required teams to
double check their shopping list before they checked out. It was fun to
watch the students communicate and work through obstacles.
The younger students will be finishing rolling and moving onto throwing,
both under and overhand. The older students have begun a basketball unit.
During the unit, we will practice fundamental skills as well as be introduced
to offensive and defensive strategies. After the winter holiday break, we
hope to have a tournament in which the students can apply their skills to a
game situation.
Library Lingo
Mrs. Riley
Dear Parents,
Below is an explanation of some of the links from our library website. Students have learned
how to use these websites in the library. We hope you will also use them at home to help your
students find books to read, complete projects or homework, or just for fun! Here is the link to
our library website: http://www.dublinschools.net/EPESLibrary.aspx.
Destiny Quest is our online Library Catalog. Click on the link to search
for books from home. If your student logs in using his or her school username and password, you can see which books your students already
have checked out and when they are due.
Our library wiki is a space where we will work on group projects and
also post work we have completed in the library. Students need to log
in to the wiki using their school username and password. Students can
also add to their work from home using the wiki.
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture
books, which students can read or have read to them. The username
for this site is “pinney” and the password is “books”.
The Pebble Go site includes databases designed for younger researchers and it allows students to hear the text read aloud and to watch
video clips. The username for this site is “pinney” and the password
is “books”.
INFOhio is a collection of databases and other resources that can be
accessed by Ohio students. INFOhio provides reliable and up-to-date
resources on many subjects for all age groups. The username for this
site is “dublin” and the password is “infohio”.
This link will take you to the catalog of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Use this link if our library does not have the
books you want or need!
Mrs. Guzik --- Reading
Rap --- Mrs. Torpey
Many parents have asked us: How can I help my child with his/
her reading at home? Here is a menu of prompts that can be very
helpful to adults who are working with children as they read.
Please remember, this is a menu. Select the appropriate prompt
and use just a couple of these prompts while you are reading with
your child.
Try these prompts when your child is just learning how to look at print (Kindergarten/First Grade).
*Does that word start or end with those letters?
*You can write that word. Does it look like a word that you can write?
*It starts like that, can you check the last part of the word?
*Look at the picture and think about what is happening.
*Does that make sense?
*Does that sound like the way we talk?
*Can you put those sounds together quickly?
For a more developed reader, you might want to try a few of these prompts:
*Can you cut off the end part, so you can look more carefully at the beginning of the word?
*Can you break that word into parts or syllables?
*Do you see a part in that word that can help you?
*Try something that looks right to see if it makes sense.
*Reread to check.
*Can you put some of the words together quickly?
*Did you stop or pause at a punctuation mark?
*The title of the book is: ________. What do you think this story is about? After reading:
Why do you think this has that title? What would be another appropriate title for this book?
*In a nonfiction text, did you notice the table of contents, glossary, captions, headings or
index? Did these features help you?
*What happened first? Next? and Last?
*What is the problem in the story and how did the characters solve the problem?
Reading with your child is time well spent. Try to
make every literacy experience with your child a positive one. It is our hope that these suggestions will be
helpful for you as your child continues to develop his/
her independent reading skills. Happy Reading!
Sincerely, Lisa Guzik and Michele Torpey
Panther Pics
IMPORTANT DATES
* December - January * ELI PINNEY ELEMENTARY
* You can also check out the Pinney calendar on the website for updated events and times.
Thurs., Dec. 5
Basketball Jones Character assembly
Thurs., Dec. 5
PTO Kinder Key Caroling
Fri., Dec. 6
5th Gr. Growth Talk
Mon., Dec. 9
5th Gr. Strings Concert
Tues., Dec. 10
Student Council meeting
Wed., Dec. 11
Market Day pick-up
Fri., Dec. 13
1st Gr. Field Trip - “Nutcracker”
Fri., Dec. 13
Adopt-a-Family Wrap Party (AM-K/1&2)
Fri., Dec. 13
Adopt-a-Family Wrap Party (PM-K/3-5)
Wed., Dec. 18
Mrs. Bollie’s “Charlotte’s Web” play
Thurs., Dec. 19
Holiday Party (AM-PS/AM-K/1&2)
Thurs., Dec. 19
Holiday Party (PM-PS/PM-K/3-5)
Fri., Dec. 20
NO SCHOOL - WAIVER DAY
Mon., Dec. 23-Fri., Jan. 3
NO SCHOOL - Winter Break
Mon., Jan. 6
Fri. Jan. 10
Sat., Jan. 11
Tues., Jan 14
Mon., Jan. 20
Wed., Jan. 22
Welcome Back!
NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day
PTO Skate Night
Student Council meeting
NO SCHOOL - MLK, Jr. Day
Marked Day pick-up
Commons
Pinney Community
Classrooms
Grizzell MS
Music Room
Commons
Ohio Theatre
Classrooms
Classrooms
Commons
Classrooms
Classrooms
1:45-2:45pm
6:30-8:30pm
3:00-3:30pm
7:30-8:30pm
8:15-9:00am
5:00-7:00pm
9:30-11:30am
11:00-11:30am
3:00-3:30pm
2:15-3:15pm
10:00-10:45am
2:00-2:45pm
Dublin Chiller
Music Rm.
5:15-7:15pm
8:15-9:00am
Commons
5:00-7:00pm
Pinney Gives Back
The “Pinney Gives Back” Monthly Food/Supply Drive is a great way to give back to our community!
Drop off your donation in the special shopping cart in the cafeteria anytime during the first two (2)
weeks of each month. Everything will be donated to the Dublin Food Pantry. We will keep track
of donations and let everyone know each month’s total. Questions? anjwolshire@att.net
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
boxed potatoes (THANK YOU!)
Total: 44 boxed potatoes
baby food & boxed potatoes (THANK YOU!)
Total: 55 baby food jars
toilet paper & boxed potatoes (THANK YOU!)
Total: 96 rolls of TP/17 potatoes
canned fruits
boxed mac n’ cheese
canned tuna or chicken
peanut butter or jelly
white or brown rice
canned stew or ravioli
Thank you for your donations!
Other News & Notes
SAFETY/SECURITY
The intercom instructions to enter the building have been revised. After you have pressed the
button, please stand on the red "X" on the floor and face the camera. Once you have been
granted access, then proceed to the door to enter. ONLY THE PERSON/PARTY BUZZING MAY
ENTER THE BUILDING. Other visitors behind you should wait until the door has closed. If they
should follow you, we would appreciate it if you kindly inform them of our entrance procedure.
Thank you for your effort in keeping our students and staff safe.
Attention 5th Grade Parents
The Ohio Department of Health requires all 5th grade students to receive one dose of Tdap
(Tetanus, Diptheria, and Accelular Pertussis) by the start of 6th grade. Please drop off, mail, or fax
a copy of your child's completed vaccine record to the attention of the clinic/school nurse as soon
as you receive that vaccine. Many of you may have already had this vaccine (also called Adacel
and Boostrix). Any questions, please contact the clinic at 614-718-8955.
Family Reading Night
Nov. 6th