Smith Spectacular
October 16, 2016
Smith School Student Showcase:
We hope you can join us on Thursday,
October 22 for a Smith School Student
Showcase. This will be a time for you to pop
into your child’s classroom anytime between
6 and 7. Examples of student work will be on
display, as well as activities they do in the
classroom. Smith School Showcase is a
student-led event where your child leads you
through his/her work and shows activities in
his/her classroom. Since this evening is for
you and your child to share his/her work,
Smith School Student Showcase will not be a
conference time.
Parent teacher conferences will be held
Monday, November 9 between 2-7 and
Tuesday, November 10 between 12-4.
Sign ups will be available at the Smith
School Student Showcase. We will also
have childcare available during these
times.
Recess reminder: We have an extra,
start-your-day-off-right, morning recess
for the month of October. K-2 students
go outside once the busses arrive on
Monday and Wednesday, and 3rd and
4th go outside on Tuesday and
Thursday. We will keep this up for a
few more weeks while the weather
cooperates.
Scholastic Book Fair:
The book fair was a success. We
earned just a fraction less than last
year, and have been able to purchase
about $1000 worth of Scholastic
books to be featured in the library in
the coming months for all students
and staff. Look for a BOGO book fair
in May at the library!
Kindergarten Performance:
Mark your calendars! The
entire kindergarten will be
performing at our next All
School Meeting on Friday,
October 30 beginning at 8:00
a.m. Please join us!
In kindergarten this month we are
working on counting to 20 and
beyond, number recognition,
patterns, 10 frames, graphing data,
and playing games using dice. In
literacy we are practicing upper and
lower case letter recognition and
letter sounds, learning and practicing
sight words, using songs and poems
to practice rhyming, and attending to
stories during read aloud. We also
began our Switcheroo groups.
Students go to different small groups
to work on targeted instruction. Our
groups include alphabet recognition,
letter sounds, phonemic awareness
(how letter sounds work), and sight
words. In health, we are learning all
about the 5 senses. And be sure to
check out the lobby display of
seasonal kindergarten artwork. Wow,
have we been busy!!
October is Fire Safety month.
Please be sure to practice fire
drills at home (including having a
place to meet) and check those
smoke detectors to be sure that
they are in good working order!
A slice of Pie! (Partners in
Education)
PIE’s Fall Fundraiser Coin Drive is
happening now and runs until Oct.
30th. All Smith School students are
working together to try to reach the
school-wide goal of collecting 250
pounds of coins! Students will be
rewarded for their efforts with a
“Fall Fundraiser Fun Day” during the
morning of Friday, November 6th.
This will be a fun-filled morning of
outdoor games and activities! Keep
those coins rolling in and thank you
for your support with this fundraiser!
Mark your calendars for
PIE’s annual Halloween
Monster Mash on Saturday,
Sept. 24th from 12:302:30. Come in costume and
enjoy some Halloween games
and trick-or-treating down
the Haunted Hallway.
Immediately following the
Halloween Monster Mash, you
can head on over to the Rec
Department’s Fall Festival
taking place on the Smith
School playground. It
should be an afternoon full
of fun! PIE is currently accepting trick-ortreating donations for the Halloween
Monster Mash. You can send any
contributions in to the school before
Friday, Oct. 23rd. We appreciate
your donations for this fun event! PIE is selling Smith School
T-shirts and Sweatshirts.
Look for order forms coming
home in the next few weeks
with prices and ordering
information. Starting on
November 13th, PIE will place
shirt orders on the 2nd
Friday of every month. Order
forms will also be available
to print off on our website
at www.smithpie.webs.com. Grandparents’ Day photos have
been sent home in student’s
backpacks. PIE would like to thank
Mariko Brown, Ben Isenhour, and
Bill Drake for volunteering their
time and photography skills for this
special event! The first Box Top Grade-Level
contest of the school year has come
to a close. We are busy counting Box
Tops and will announce the grade-level
winner soon. The grade level to turn in
the most Box Tops will earn a fabulous
prize! The next Box Top Grade-Level
contest begins NOW! Keep clipping
and donating Box Tops to help raise
money for Smith School! Just a
reminder... PIE also collects Labels
for Education and My Coke Reward
Caps throughout the school year as
well. Thank you for participating! Join us at our next meeting on Tuesday,
th
Nov. 17 at 6:30 in the school library.
NOTE: Our November meeting has been
changed from the previously scheduled
date of Nov. 10th. We look forward to
seeing you on the 17th! Interested in being a “Slice
of the PIE”? To join the PIE
email list or to ask any PIErelated questions— contact
PIE President, Cathy Adamo,
at: adamo@roadrunner.com OR
223-1052. Upcoming Events:
Thursday, October 22: Smith School
Student Showcase 6:00-7:00
Friday, October 30: All School
Share 8:00
Friday, October 30: Last day for coin drive!