2014-2015
AMANDA CLEARCREEK
PTO 2014
PTO OFFICERS:
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President – Katie Stevens –
catering1katie@aol.com – 740-438-2790
Vice President – Christina Varney –
christina.varney@yahoo.com – 614-832-3335
Secretary – Jennie Cowdrey –
jrcowdrey6@gmail.com – 330-221-7397
Treasurer – Misty Winston –
misty_trh@hotmail.com – 606-316-5030
Our Mission:
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The Amanda-Clearcreek PTO is a nonprofit
parent teacher organization (PTO) whose mission
is to establish and nurture a close relationship
between the parents, teachers, and students. The
PTO sponsors assistance to teachers in classroom
settings, raises funds for supplemental
educational materials and experiences, supports
school and family social interaction, and provides
a non-biased forum for sharing information on
issues that impact our children. It is our belief
that the team effort of a parent teacher
organization offers the best possible learning
environment for our children.
FUN EVENTS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR:
Secret Santa
 This will be held on a Saturday morning in
December from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.
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The kids will be able to get their picture taken
with Santa and then go shopping all by
themselves in our Winter Wonderland store!!
Parents – we didn’t leave you out!!! There will be
a vendor fair and Scholastic Book Fair in the
cafeteria for you to do a little shopping as well!
Texas Roadhouse Night Out:
 Come and enjoy dinner with your family and
friends at Texas Roadhouse and help support our
PTO.
 Mark your calendars for Oct. 2nd and May 6th!
KISS Breakfasts:
 Kids Invite Someone Special breakfast
 The kids can invite someone that is special to
them to breakfast at school!
 There will 3 KISS breakfasts this year – Sept.
26th, Feb. 10th and Apr. 16th!!
And many, many more…
BOX TOPS AND CAMPBELL’S SOUP LABELS
We do collect Box Tops and Campbell’s Soup
Labels!!
Please send them in with your child to school. We
will have little competitions going on with the
classrooms to see who can collect the most!!
The winning classrooms will get a small prize!!
COMMUNICATION IS KEY!!
Our PTO board believes in good communication.
We want you to know everything that we have
planned and everything that you need to know.
Please visit our facebook page –
“Amanda Clearcreek PTO”
Come to our Parent Meetings:
 Sept. 9th at 6:15 at the Primary Cafeteria
 Jan. 13th (time to be determined by the parents)
 Apr. 14th (time to be determined by the parents)
VISIT US TONIGHT
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We encourage you to visit our table tonight to ask
questions, meet our board members, pick up
information with important dates, and sign up on
our contact list to receive emails or texts from us.
We have some really neat ACES apparel that we
will be taking orders for soon. We wanted to
have it ready for tonight but unfortunately it is
not.
We are looking forward to a great year
with you, the kids, the teachers and
the administration.
Please contact any board member if
you have any questions. Our
contact information will be available
on the school website very soon.
Thank you for your time!!
Kiddos – we hope you have a
WONDERFUL school year!!
Elementary School Day
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Arrival:
8:40 A.M.
Tardy:
9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
Half Day Absence: Arriving between 10:30-2:30
Full Day Absence: Leaving before 10:30 A.M.
Tardy: Leave after 2:30 P.M.
 If a student is tardy more than 3 times in a 9 wk. period, he/she will
receive a lunch/recess detention.
 If a student is tardy more than 3 times, he/she will not be considered for
perfect attendance.
 A student who is tardy 8 or more times is subject to disciplinary action
and/or referral to Fairfield County Truancy Officer.
Fees
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 Fourth Grade Fees: $23.38
 Super Science Classroom Magazine
 Eureka Math Workbook
 Computer Headphones
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary
Lunch
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 Regular Lunch: $2.00
 Extras: $ .25 to $ .50
 Milk Only: $ .40
 Menus available on the school website.
Grades
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 Letter Grades
Grade
Percentage
A
95-100%
A-
92-94%
B+
89-91%
B
B-
86-88%
83-85%
C+
C
80-82%
73-79%
C-
70-72%
D+
67-69%
D
63-66%
D-
60-62%
F
59-0%
Personal Items
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 All personal belongs, such as but not limited to,
cameras, radios, disc players, electronic games, balls,
toys, MP3 players, laser pens, trading cards, Ipods,
are not to be brought to school unless they have a
purpose in the classroom and/or the child’s teacher
has given permission according to school policy.
Attendance
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 Regular attendance by all students is vital for student achievement!
 However, if your child is going to be absent, please call and leave a
message at school. A telephone answering service has been provided
so that parents may call before or after school hours. When calling in a
students absence please state your name, the student’s name, your
phone number and the reason for the student’s absence.
 Students have two days for every missed day of school to complete
make-up work.
 Reasons for an excused absence:
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Personal illness of the student;
Illness in the student’s family
Death in the family; or
Religious reasons
Dress Code
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 Hair should be worn in such as way as to not disrupt
the educational process.
 All shirts must have sleeves.
 Refer to p.12 for specific information regarding the
dress code.
Volunteers
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 If interested in volunteering your time to help a
teacher and/or student, please get a Volunteer
Handbook and complete the application.
Bus Safety
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 Please refer to p. 11 for the bus safety rules. These
rules have been established for the safety of all
students and will be enforced.
 For the safety of your child, changing how a child is
to go home will not be accepted by phone. Please
send in a note with change request. *In the event of
an emergency, change in transportation will be
approved by the building principal or transportation
director.
Student Schedule
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 Homeroom/Social Studies
 Science with Mrs. Ogborn
 Specials
 Reading with Mrs. Meyer
 Lunch/Recess
 Math with Mrs. Hines
 Intervention/Pack-up in homeroom class
PARCC Testing
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 Students will be tested on computers.
 Students will have following tests:
 Math
 Reading
 Social Studies (4th grade only)
 Very task based where the students need to complete
a task with the given information or graphics
Contact Information
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 All teachers have emails and phone numbers
accessible on the web
 Class website: www.ac-bishop.weebly.com
 All contact information is included in the handout
sheet