Ledgeview Elementary School Newsletter
November, 2009
Mrs. Donna Bambic
330.467.0583
d on n a . b a mb i c@ n or d on i a s ch o ol s . or g
Principal’s News
Dear Ledgeview Families,
Time flies when we’re having fun and it’s hard to believe that we are
approaching the winter holidays! Your children are demonstrating excellent
behavior and I love to observe them solving problems, working cooperatively
and engaging in meaningful work in their classrooms.
Teachers are
increasingly using technology in the classroom to motivate our digital kids.
We are installing new SmartBoards, and Mimeos (portable SmartBoards) in
several classrooms. In addition, we have added Flip video cameras, a student
response system, and computers.
Coming Attractions
October Happenings
30 Fall Assembly K, 2, 3 @
10:30; K, 1, 4 @ 1:15
November Happenings
6 No School Kindergarten
Kdg. Conferences
Report cards mailed
11 PTA, 9:30
12 Market Day
Evening conferences
16-20 PTA Book Fair
19 Evening Conferences
25-30 Thanksgiving Break
December Happenings
1 School resumes
3 2nd Grade Family Math
6:30-8:00
7-11 PTA Holiday Shoppe
10 Market Day
11 Chanukah starts
17 4th Grade Winter
Concert, 7:00 @ HS
18 COSI Program
Help Wanted
Volunteers needed:
Book Fair Nov. 16-20
COSI – Dec. 18!
Student Council Food
Drive through Nov. 13!
Upward Math is a school sponsored, online math tutoring program for
students who qualify. Other interventions take place daily in every classroom.
Our goal is for 100% of our students to pass the Ohio Achievement tests! Our
Building Leadership Team is setting goals in math, reading and school
climate to guide our improvement from Excellent to Excellent with Distinction.
Mr. Lonnie Shedroff and Mrs. Tracy Nash are two parents serving on
Leadership Team.
PTA has provided wonderful family activities this fall. The KISS
(Kindergarteners Invite Someone Special) breakfast was fun for dads,
grandpas and kinders. The fall outing at Longwood was fabulous for our
families who roasted marshmallows and painted pumpkins together. First
grade students and families created projects during their Art Night. If you are
not yet a member, please consider joining - we appreciate our PTA!
The PTA Book Fair is scheduled November 16-20. For more
information, please visit the PTA Book Fair website at:
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/ledgeviewpta
The Chick-fil-A fundraiser will support the Outdoor Learning Pavilion,
now through Dec. 15. Market Day is PTA’s main fundraiser and supports all of
PTA’s educational activities and programs.
Parent Conferences are just around the corner. Don’t miss this
opportunity to ask questions about the curriculum, classroom expectations and
your child's progress. This is a time for you, your child and teacher to work
together to support your child’s learning and achievement.
Thank you for sending your children to school on time every day ready
to learn! I am honored to work with you for student learning and achievement.
Yours for an excellent education,
Donna Bambic
The Pillars of Character
Responsibility
Trustworthiness
Respect
Caring
Fairness Good
Citizenship
LV School Newsletter
November 2009
Page 2 of 4
PRIDE
T
The Ledgeview
Student
Mission:
With team work
and my own
effort,
I will never stop
learning!
Congratulations to Kathy Sansavera who was awarded a $500 grant from the
Nordonia Hills Foundation for Accelerated Reader books.
Ledgeview students and staff will celebrate Veteran’s Day on November 11.
Students are creating art to welcome Veterans who will eat lunch in the cafeteria with
students. This will be a red, white and blue day for students and staff.
ATTITUDE
Encourage a healthy attitude with Fuel Up To Play 60. Your children and our
school can earn prizes by logging on to www.FuelUpToPlay60.com. Students engage
in activities, pop quizzes and challenges to earn points and compete against other
schools. This is a fun home activity for K-12 students. Eat healthy! Get active! Win big!
COMMUNITY
To protect our children against germs, our custodians are cleaning and
disinfecting the building every day and we encourage students to wash hands or
sanitize hands frequently. We receive flu updates from Summit County Health
Department almost daily and follow their guidelines. Check out the district web page for
more information on H1N1 @ www.nordoniaschools.org.
We welcome River Valley Paper Recycling to our school. This new company
accepts cardboard and phone books along with all the paper we have collected over the
years. Please drop your recyclables in either of the two bins at LV. All proceeds
support the LV Library.
The library also needs 1 gallon zipper bags for students to carry library books to
and from school. These bags protect student library books. Please consider donating a
box to the library.
Please save Project A+ labels from bags and boxes of Tyson products. We
have received over $100.00 for library books during the last 3 years from these labels.
We are collecting Campbell’s barcodes from labels that are marked with either 1 point or
5 points. On bottle items, the points are on the caps. These points help us purchase
technology. For a complete list of items to save check out www.labelsforeducation.com.
Student Leaders
Student Council members for the 2009-2010 school year have been elected. Fourth grade leaders are:
Faith Banks, Elise Jurkovich, Lindsay Kanieski, Camryn Kucharski, Mason Mimms, Delaney Munroe, Shelby
Novak, Lauren Palinkas, Johnathan Polace, and Caitlyn Rizzo. Third grade student council members are: Karlyn
Caffey, Mitchy Collica, Jordan Dearth, Gracie Gallagher, Hannah Hover, Emma Kleismit, Jacob Malensek, Sammy
Nestor, Parampal Sadhu, and Evan Swan. Student Council is collecting nonperishable food and coats for kids.
Third grade peer mediators were selected by teachers and trained with third graders across the district at
Macedonia City Hall. Dr. Deb Wallace, community intervention specialist and her high school team of mediators
helped with the training. New mediators are Aiden Bell, Mitchy Collica, Amy Rose Dudycz, Hannah Ford, Adam
Hegedus, Hannah Hover, Matt Korodi, Kailey Smotek, Evan Svendsen, and Caitlyn Whitehead. Fourth grade peer
mediators, trained last year, are: Jack Andel, Lindsay Kanieski, Delaney Munroe, Talia Naylor, Lauren Palinkas,
Johnathan Polace, Navdeep Sadhra, Jenna Toth, Johnathan Woods, and Dustin Yuhas. Peer mediators help other
students solve problems peacefully through dialogue.
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center… Making Career Connections
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center’s K-12 Career Development Program, in cooperation with our school district, is looking
for people to share their career experiences with students. Students are more motivated when they understand why learning is
necessary—when it is relevant to their lives and their futures. With your help, CVCC helps students make real world
connections between classroom learning and future career choices.
You can volunteer to be a guest speaker in the classroom. Many jobs incorporate skills that your child is learning in
school. Math, writing and reading skills are important in all careers. Science is used not only in medical fields, but in factories,
veterinarian offices, hair salons, police/detective work and other work environments. Your experience is valuable!
To volunteer to be a speaker at Ledgeview or in another school in Nordonia, send an email to Tish O’Dell, Elementary
Career Specialist, at todell@cvccworks. For more information, contact CVCC at www.cvccworks.com .
LV School Newsletter
September 2009
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Ledgeview is committed to EXCELLENCE!
Meet Our Co-Curricular Teachers
Elementary music is an active, music-making experience for all children based
on Ohio’s Content Standards for Music. In Miss Piekarski’s classes, kindergarten students
have been learning about beat with poetry, songs and recorded music. The beat is the steady
pulse in music and students express it by patting hands, marching, movements, and playing
percussion instruments. Kindergarten students also learned to echo sing with children’s
songs.
Mrs. Thompson’s first grade students have been practicing beat and singing skills and
will begin learning the concept of rhythm. First grade students sing songs to develop their
skills, including Cookie Jar, Charlie Over the Ocean, Snail, Here Comes a Blue Bird, Miss
White, and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.
Second grade students reviewed beat, rhythm, ta (quarter note), ti-ti (eighth notes), tarest, the pitches so and mi, echo singing, and playing xylophones and other percussion
instruments. They are learning about the pitch la. Some of their favorite songs include Bill
Grogan’s Goat, Bow Wow Wow, Come Back Home My Little Chicks, We Are Dancing in the
Forest, Snail, Hot Cross Buns, Naughty Kitty Cat, Skin & Bones and The Ghost of John. They
also learned about The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas.
Third grade students are very anxious to begin playing recorders and will need their
recorders every music day in third and fourth grades! Students developed singing and
rhythmic movement skills with folk songs John Kanaka, The Bear Song, Scotland’s Burning,
and The Ghost of John. Students discussed pioneer life in Ohio while learning Great Big
House. (Hale Farm is a great place to learn about early life in Ohio!) Students learned about
time signature including bar lines, measures, and a double bar line.
Fourth grade students reviewed eight rhythm symbols and the pitches in the
pentatonic scale (do-re-mi-so-la-high do). They learned two new rhythm symbols, one single
eighth note (ti) and the whole note. Students practiced ti while learning Shaker folk song,
Simple Gifts and learned a new song that included whole notes, Sioux Indian Lullaby.
Students learned about the life and music of American composer, Aaron Copland. Please
save Thursday evening, December 17 to attend the Fourth Grade Winter Music Concert at
Nordonia High School at 7:00 p.m. If you have questions about music, please contact Mrs.
Thompson @ Toby.Thompson@nordoniaschools
Elementary Art teacher, Mrs. Angie Stone, reports that students in first grade have
been studying color by identifying the primary and secondary colors as well as the warm and
cool colors. They combined knowledge of color with a study of texture and space by creating
painted rubbings of leaves. Next is a stud of germs and how to avoid getting them by taking
good care of our bodies and washing our hands regularly. Students will use colored paper and
shape scissors to create their own version of Jimmy Germ.
Second grade students have also been studying color and texture combined with
overlapping spaces and positive/negative shapes. The next project will be to create
symmetrically torn paper shapes that will become funny faces embellished with black printed
textures.
Third grade has been using their knowledge of color and texture to create warm and
cool patterned papers which are cut into leaf shapes and combined with additional textures to
create a vivid fall foliage collage. The next project will be the study of French artist, Henri
Rousseau and his wonderfully colored jungle paintings.
Fourth grade has been looking at the archipelago of Indonesia and the local art of
Batik. Students are applying crayon resist to fabric before dying it. Next, they will be using oil
pastel to create portraits of cool cats and hot dogs.
Please remember to provide an old shirt to serve as a cover-up for your child’s clothing
in art class. Students have fun exploring a variety of materials!
Miss Piekarski
Mrs. Thompson
Individual
student
learning
and
achievement
is our core
business.
Mrs. Stone
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
In Miss Blask’s Physical Education classes, students are practicing movement concepts and
applying them to the motor skill activities. They have also been learning about healthy life styles, cooperative
learning, and working with peers of all abilities. First and second graders have been working on various
ways of throwing including: underhand roll, underhand toss, and overhand throw. They are practicing throwing
the ball to various targets while stepping with the opposite foot. Students are learning how force impacts
speed and distance. In addition, the children are practicing ball handling skills such as dribbling, passing,
bouncing and catching.
Third and fourth graders will be reviewing throwing and catching. While using a football they will practice
throwing a lead pass to a receiver. Throwing a lead pass requires the correct amount of force in the throw and
timing the arrival. Students will then be involved in a short basketball unit to practice correct shooting form,
boxing out and the triple threat. Students practice with varying hoop heights. Students apply all their skills
during one-on-one basketball games with their small group.
In November, all students in grades 1-4 will start the tumbling unit. After reviewing tumbling skills, each
child will design a routine with starting and ending poses as well as balances and rotational moves.
Website Recommendations
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Miss Blask
Ledgeview Website Please visit our school @
How to Reach Us…
Attendance
330.908.6160
Mrs. Donna Bambic, Principal
330.467.0583
Mrs. Terry Carver, Counselor
330.908.6302
Mrs. Lynn Ciccantelli, School
Psychologist 330.908.6307
Mrs. Patti Pilato, Cafeteria
330.908.6305
Mrs. Deb Forman, Clinic
330.908.6350
Mr. Wayne Blankenship, Supt.
330.467.0586
Mr. Joe Clark, Asst. Supt.
330.467.0587
Mrs. Irene Beville, Curriculum
& Instruction 330.467.0585
Dr. Margo Costello, Pupil
Services 330.468.4600
Transportation 330.908.5156
http://www.nordoniaschools.org/ledgeviewelementary_home.aspx
You may access your child’s lunch account at: www.myschoolaccount.com
Home Access to maps 101: Accessing Maps101 is easy!
Go to www.maps101.com - Click on “Subscriber Login"
Username: ledge Password: view
If your primary child needs a fun interactive learning activity, explore
www.brainpopjr.com. Our district has paid for this on-line learning extension
that offers videos and interactive games on many topics and content skills.
Username: n_student
Password: student
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
United Streaming contains videos that support the content standards which is
the content your child is learning at school. To access at home:
username: LVStudent
password: Ledgeview
Other sites to try:
www.eduplace.com/kids
www.funbrain.com
www.brainpop.com
www.starfall.com
www.eduplace.com/kids.
www.mathematicsuniversity.com
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
www.kidsgeo.com
For information about the content standards, and to download practice
achievement tests, please go to: www.ode.state.oh.us