P INNEY
Pinney Website
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.
http://www.dublinschools.net/pinney
Greetings Pinney families,
On behalf of our Pinney staff, I would like to welcome you to the 2013-2014 school year. We enjoyed seeing many of you at the walk-through as well as the first day of school. Please check out the enclosed calendar with the many exciting events going on over the next two months. It’s always a busy time of year, but very fun and exciting for the students, parents, and staff!
I begin with a big “thank you” to our PTO for all of their hard work with the back-to-school supply delivery. Having the supplies already sitting in the child’s classroom at “Meet-the-Teacher” was very convenient.
Look for more details about the 2014-2015 supply pre-sale in the spring.
Recently, our district and school website was updated with a new format and design. You will notice that it looks much cleaner and brighter. To get to the web touts (including the Parent Dashboard,
ProgressBook, Calendar, and more), just click on the link entitled “Pinney Resources” located below the
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube icons. You will see a drop down menu that will get you what you need.
I hope to see everyone at our Pinney Palooza (formerly Community Night) on Friday, September 13th
(5:30-8:00 pm). There will be inflatables, food trucks, local vendors, and a performance from the Jerome High
School marching band and cheerleaders. See the enclosed information with details.
Thank you for your continued support!
Go Panthers!
Troy Ehrsam, Principal

• 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.
AM Preschool 8:45-11:15 am PM Preschool
AM Kindergarten 9:10-11:40 am PM Kindergarten
12:45-3:15 pm
1:10-3:40 pm
Grades 1-5 9:10-3:40 pm Latchkey (7:05 a.m. start & 6:00 p.m. end)

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

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Several staffing changes were announced at the start of the school year. Please welcome the following people to the educational team at Eli Pinney:
Susan Marschhausen (4th Grade), Lauren Barr (Instructional Support Teacher), John Boggs
(Head Custodian), Ashlea DeChant (Intervention Specialist), Amanda Slusher (Parapro), Stella
Villalba (ELL), Cori Risner (Spanish), Pam Barwick (Head Cook), and Denise Bugara-Dlugo
(Preschool Parapro/RN).
Co-Presidents
Jackie Calnon
Danielle Hodge
Co-Vice Presidents
Amy Andrews
Alice Lawler
Co-Secretaries
Suzanne Kuebler
Shannon Schmidt
Treasurers
Becca Wleklinski
Lara Abou-Chakra (Asst.)

IMPORTANT DATES * September - October * ELI PINNEY ELEMENTARY
* You can also check out the Pinney calendar on the website for updated events and times.
Mon., Sept. 2
Thurs., Sept. 5
Thurs., Sept. 5
Thurs., Sept. 5
Wed., Sept. 11
Wed., Sept. 11
Wed., Sept. 11
Wed., Sept. 11
Fri., Sept. 13
Wed., Sept. 18
Thurs., Sept. 19
NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
2nd & 4th Gr. Curriculum Night
Mrs. Howell/Mrs. Davis Curriculum Night
Mrs. Fourman/Mr. Lowe Curriculum Night
School Pictures
Pinney Palooza
Market Day Pick-up
PTO General Meeting
AM/PM Preschool Curriculum Night
AM-K/1st Gr./Mrs. Ressler Curriculum Night
PM-K & 3rd Gr. Curriculum Night
Mon., Oct. 7-Fri., Oct. 11
Tues., Oct. 8
Book Fair
3rd Gr. OAA (Reading)
Fri., Oct. 11
Tues., Oct. 15
Tues., Oct. 15
Tues., Oct. 16
Wed., Oct. 17
Wed., Oct. 16
Tues., Oct. 22
Thurs., Oct. 24
Thurs., Oct. 24
Fri., Oct. 25
Thurs., Oct. 31
Thurs., Oct. 31
Fall Festival
Mon., Oct. 14-Wed., Oct. 16 Book Fair
2-Hour Late Start Professional Development
Mrs. Foglietti Conference Night
Dads & Donuts
Dads & Donuts
Market Day Pick-up
Conference Night
School Picture Retakes
Conference Night
Harvest Party (AM-PS/AM-K/3-5)
Harvest Party (PM-PS/PM-K/1&2)
NO SCHOOL - Conference Comp Time
Classrooms
Library
Commons
Gym
Rm. 108
Classrooms
Classrooms
Commons
Commons
Library
Classrooms
Leed’s Farm
Library
Rm. 214
Commons
Commons
Commons
Classroooms
Stage
Classrooms
Classrooms
Classrooms
6:15-7:00pm
7:15-8:00pm
7:15-8:00pm
All Day
6:00-6:45pm
6:15-7:00pm
7:15-8:00pm
5:30-8:00pm
5:00-7:00pm
2:00-3:15pm
All Day
9:30-12:00pm
6:00-8:30pm
All Day
4:00-7:45pm
8:00-9:00am
8:00-9:00am
5:00-7:00pm
4:00-7:45pm
All Day
4:00-7:45pm
10:00-10:45am
2:00-2:45pm
You may have noticed that Pinney has a new “VISITOR
CHECK IN” system in place as you enter the office. You must have your driver’s license when you enter the building to volunteer or visit your child’s classroom.
Press the “CALL BUTTON” in the outer office lobby and a staff member will greet you and determine access. You will need to scan your driver’s license and print a name tag in order to access the building.
Thank you for your assistance to help keep our children safe and secure while at school. We appreciate your patience while we implement this new system.

Special thanks to Cub Scout Pack 888 for their hard work this summer on the Pinney grounds. The pack helped plant flowers and clean up the school grounds. Thank you for your service. Special mention to
Dublin Lowes and Meijer for their generous donations as well as
Baker’s Garden Center for their help with landscape design.
The Dublin City Schools Alumni Association is once again sponsoring an exciting community event and we need your help! On Oct. 12 we will host the Dublin 5K honoring Dublin City
Schools graduate and fallen hero, Captain Nick Rozanski.
The event is being held to bring Dublin alumni and the Dublin community together. Funds generated benefit the Dublin Education Foundation (DEF), providing grants for Dublin City
Schools programs and projects that positively impact student learning. The 5K will also benefit the Nick Rozanski Memorial Foundation which benefits students and families within the local
Dublin community through scholarships and other charitable foundations.
Location: Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Times:
Kids fun run - 8:45am
5k walk/run - 9:00am
Prizes are awarded to the top runner along with the top runner in various age groups and the kids fun run. Dublin City School employees receive a discount when registering for the event.
Your promo code is: dublineducator. The first 300 runners receive a shirt and cinch sack. If you have any questions please contact the Directors of the DCS Alumni Association Stacey
Holderman and Kay Leigh Michallow (Both DCS teachers).
Visit www.dublinalumni.org
to register yourself and your friends for this event.
Have Coffee with our new Superintendent
Dr. Todd Hoadley this fall!
“ This is an opportunity for the public to chat with me about the District without an appointment,” Dr. Hoadley said. “It is important for me to be visible and engaged in the community not just when the District is on the ballot, but all the time.”
• September 16th (7-8:30pm - Panera Bread - 2750 Martin Road -next to Barnes & Noble off of Sawmill Road)
• September 23rd (1-2:30pm - Tim Hortons - 7493 Sawmill Road (corner of
Sawmill & Hard Roads)
• October 4th (7-8:30am - Panera Bread - 6665 Perimeter Loop)
- These coffees will be informal and there will be no set agenda of topics

The “Pinney Gives Back” Monthly Food 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 boxed potatoes
October baby food
November toilet paper
December canned fruits
January boxed mac n’ cheese
February canned tuna or chicken
March
April
May peanut butter or jelly white or brown rice canned stew or ravioli
Thank you for your donations!
Beginning of the Year Diagnostic Assessments
At the beginning of every school year, teachers give diagnostic assessments to students.
We will use the data from these assessments to design and implement our instruction for each individual student. So that you are aware, here is a list of some beginning of the year assessments students will be completing:
Kindergarten: Kindergarten Readiness Assessment - Literacy (KRA-L), Developmental
Reading Assessment (DRA2), and Developmental Spelling Inventory (DSI), Math Diagnostic
Assessment
First, Second: Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA2), Developmental Spelling Inventory (DSI), Math Diagnostic Assessment
Third, Fourth, Fifth: Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA2), Developmental Spelling
Inventory (DSI), Measures of Academic Progress (MAP). The MAP is a new computer-based diagnostic assessment the district is using this year to provide us with diagnostic information about our students.
At conferences, teachers will be sharing student strengths and weaknesses based on these assessments as well as other academic and social learning activities in the classroom.

Earn money for Eli Pinney just by using your Kroger Card – it’s that easy!
When you shop at Kroger using your Kroger Plus card, Eli Pinney will automatically receive a percentage of your purchase.
All you have to do is register your current Kroger Plus Card.
***Kroger has changed their policy to require us to register every year. If you have registered in the past, you need to re-register this year***
Follow these easy steps to register online:
(If you have registered in the past and have a password, you can proceed to step 5).
Go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com
and click OHIO
1. Click on enroll then sign in/register, then go to SIGN UP TODAY
2. Enter ZIP CODE to select favorite Kroger store along with your e-mail and a password (you will receive credit at any Kroger store).
3. You will then receive an e-mail in your inbox…click on the link.
4. Once at the Kroger site, click on MY ACCOUNT to enter your log in information (email and password).
5. Click on EDIT KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS INFORMATION and enter your
Kroger Plus Card number.
6. Update and confirm your information and enter PINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CODE 81392.
When you shop, the bottom of your receipt should show Eli Pinney Elementary PTO.
Thank you for your support!

• Kids Activities:
Purchase $10 Wristband for kids age 4 and older and enjoy unlimited:
Face Painting !
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Dance Party Room !
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Inflatables
3 Point Shooting Contest
Cake Walk ! !
Photo Booth !!
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Lacrosse Fastest Shot
Hula Hoop Contest !
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• Food Available:
Pizza Cottage
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Mojo To Go
Kona Ice Truck
***All food carts accept cash only***
• Other Guests and activities:
• 5:30-6:00 pm- Jerome High School Band & Jerome High School Cheerleaders
• Concord Township Fire Truck !
• Cub Scouts
• Eli Pinney Spiritwear !
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• Sandy Candy- Purchase 1 for $2 or 2 for $5
• 7:30pm-8:00pm ALL NEW...“ The Incredible Mr. Bob Show” , Juggling, Comedy &
Magic
*Wristbands $10 (required only for kids) will be sold at school on 9/12 & 9/13 and at the event welcome tables located in commons & playground.
• All proceeds go to Eli Pinney PTO General Fund