SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
MAY
5/1
5/3
5/6
5/7
5/8
5/9
5/9
5/11
5/14
5/15
5/16
BOE meeting @ 6:00 pm
School Spirit
Chinese Acrobats
PFY Showcase
3rd Grade Field Trip
4th Grade Field Trip
PFY last day
5K/Chicken Barbecue
PTA Meeting @6:30
Art Galleria @ BOE 6:00pm
Orientation for 4th Grade parents at SMS
6:00 pm
5/17 2nd Grade Field Trip
5/17 PreK Field Trip
5/20 Science Fair & STEM and SIT Meeting
5/22 Kindergarten Field Trip
5/22 Volunteer Breakfast 8:15am
5/22 SMS Guidance Counselor speaks with
4th graders 1:00pm
5/24 Field Day
5/27 NO SCHOOL
5/28 (week) Aquatics Lab
5/29 Spring Concert @ 6:30pm
5/31 4th Grade Goes to SMS
5/31 PBIS Picnic
5/31 Fish Mobile for PreK & K @ 11:00am
JUNE
6/3
4th
Grade Orientation for students
at SMS 1:10 pm
6/5 3rd Grade Field Trip
6/5 2nd Grade Awards Assembly 1:30pm
6/6 1st Grade Field Trip
6/7 Kindergarten Portfolio Day
6/7 2nd Grade Field Trip
6/7 3rd Grade Awards Assembly 10:15am
6/7 Prek & K Safe & Healthy Summer
5:30-7:30pm
6/10 Awards Assembly Grade 1 @ 10am
6/10 Awards Assembly Grade 4 @ 8am
6/11 Last day for students
6/14 Last day for teachers
7/1 Summer School – First Day
Our Mission:
The mission of Sudlersville Elementary School is to
educate and enlighten each of our students through
an engaging curriculum and high expectations (for
behavior and achievement) by dedicated teachers
and staff with support of parents and the extended
community.
Principal’s
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SES Applies for Green School Recertification
By: Michele Hampton
The Maryland Green School Awards Program is a
framework for a holistic, integrated approach to
authentic learning that incorporates local
environmental issue investigation and professional
development with environmental best
management practices and community
stewardship. Mrs. Embert and Mrs. Valenti are
coordinating activities in order to acquire Green
School status for SES. Currently, students are
participating in "No Waste Wednesdays" by
observing the amount of food that they throw
away each day. During the first week, SES
students reduced the amount of waste by four
pounds, and continue to decrease the amount of
waste at the rate of two pounds per week. SES
students started this project by weighing the
fourth grade lunches and soon will extend this to
the other grades. They are making efforts to
reduce the amount of waste. Good luck to SES
eagles, and I hope they accomplish their goals and
have a noteworthy learning experience. SES has
applied for Green School Recertification.
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
AUTHOR OF THE MONTH
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Matthew Hinefelt
Garry Harris
Trey Leager
Sara Marie Reny
Tyler Myers
Cole Glanding
Maeson Dobbins
PTA President Receives Parent Involvement Awards
By: Michele Hampton
It is my pleasure to announce QACPS Volunteer of the
Year, Mrs. Annette DiMaggio. Mrs. DiMaggio will be
honored at the QAC Gala on April 18th. Furthermore,
Mrs. DiMaggio is this year's recipient of the Parent
Involvement Matters Award (PIMA). She will represent
Queen Anne's County at the Maryland State
Department of Education Gala. Mrs. DiMaggio also will
be interviewed and a candidate for the state
award. Congratulations, Mrs. DiMaggio!! We are
proud of her persistent efforts with parent
involvement.
Paige Falstad
Colin Gray
Brian Rodriguez
Third Graders Win County
Arbor Day Contest
Four third graders received awards for their
participation in the county wide Arbor Day
contest. Savannah Fritzsche placed fifth among
all third graders throughout Queen Anne’s
County. She received a cash award and her
poster printed on her personal T-shirt.
Emily Kolanda and Betzy Garcia received
Honorable Mention awards that also included
cash prizes. Destiny Wallace was awarded “Best
in Class.” Congratulations!
JA in a Day
Sudlersville Elementary School hosted its first JA in a Day. Lessons were taught supporting the
financial literacy standards. Students are preparing for college, careers and responsible living by
becoming financially literate.
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
Pre-K News
Kindergarten News
Grade 2 News
What happened to spring? We
have been very busy in Pre-k
learning about how living things
and their environment grow and
change over time. They have
been reviewing numbers 0-10,
measurement, patterns,
and letters of the alphabet and
their sounds. We will bring
closure to the unit Growing and
Changing by taking a field trip to
Godfrey's Farm to pick
strawberries on Friday, May
17th. The children are very
excited about going to the
farm. Our final unit in Pre-K will
be about getting ready for
Kindergarten. The children will
continue to work on letter
identification (uppercase and
lowercase) by name and by
sound. In math, they will
explore the use and the meaning
of currency and coins. In
science, they will continue
to identify and describe bugs.
The Pre-k field day will be Friday,
May 24th. In addition, our End
of the Year Picnic/ Blue Sky
Puppet Show sponsored by The
Judy Center will be at SES on
Friday, June 7th. Please be on
the look out for more
information which will be sent at
a later date. A huge thanks to all
the parents in the A.M. and P.M.
classes for all of your help this
year.
Your Pre-K Team
Kindergarten is looking forward
to many great activities in the
next few weeks . Our trip to see
Cinderella is on May 17, we pick
strawberries on May 21 and there
are special events planned for
June 7. We are also planning a pet
show (with stuffed animals) in
May. Watch your child's folder for
more details about these events .
Remember to read with your child
and ask detailed questions about
the story!
The Kindergarten Team
May and June will be busy months
Grade 1 News
The end of the school year is
quickly approaching. For the
remainder of the year, in
math, we will cover time,
measurement, geometry and
fractions. These are very
important topics. Please
continue to do homework
nightly. Please continue to
read and complete reading
logs. This is the very best
thing you can do to support
your child's reading and
writing skills.
IMPORTANT
1st GRADE DATES
5/29/13 - Spring Concert
6/6/13 - Tentative date for
Tuckahoe field trip (more info
to follow)
6/10/13 - 1st grade Awards
Assembly @ 10:00
Please pay attention to the
school calendar for school
wide dates.
Thank You! First Grade Team
for us! Please check your child’s
communication folder for upcoming
events such as Field Day, Field trip
information, end of year activities
etc. There will be forms that need
to be signed and returned.
A field trip has been planned for
Friday, June 7, 2013. Second grade
will be going to The Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum in St.
Michael’s to learn about the bay
environment. This is a change from
our original date, due to several
factors. It will be an extended day
trip with a return time of 3:30. We
will be able to have 9 chaperones
(ride the bus) per class. We will also
have our end of year picnic and our
awards ceremony on Wednesday,
June 5, 2013, so save the date. We
will be spending most of the day at
the Sudlersville Park.
You know we are continuing with a
rigorous academic routine from
now until the end of the year. Our
Reading Literacy Block is going well.
Most of our students continue
making steady gains. Math units
will incorporate geometry, money,
time, measurement and graphing.
In Science, we will be completing a
unit on the Environment and
beginning our last unit on Life
Science. Writing will continue to be
a focus for the rest of the year.
Please continue reading and
completing reading logs each night
and helping your child with his or
her homework.
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
Grade 3 News
MAGNIFICENT MAY
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Wow! This has been a fast year! It is hard to believe we are
approaching the last month and a half of school! There are many
important events coming up so make sure to mark your calendars~
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013- “Minute to win it” PBIS event1:30- 2:15 p.m.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013- Field Trip to Herr’s potato chip factory
Friday, May 24th, 2013~ Field Day! (Note ~it is $4.00 if you wish to
purchase lunch.)
Monday, May 20th, 2013- Science Fair
Monday, May 27th, 2013- Memorial Day~ no school
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 Spring Concert at 6:30 *(note- change
of date due to conflict with high school graduation.)- (just for those
students who signed up to be in Mr. Harrison’s chorus group.)
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013- Field trip to Sassafras Environmental
Center
Friday, June 7th, 2013- Awards Assembly 10:15 am
“End of the Year” party under the pavilion immediately following the
assembly
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013- Last day of school
We still have much academic ground to cover between now and the
end of the year. In Math we will be studying Topics 11-16 with a focus
on two and three dimensional shapes and attributes as well as area and
perimeter. Literacy block will continue until May 31st, 2013 so please
make sure your child continues to read four times a week for twenty
minutes as well as complete weekly reading logs. In Social Studies we
will begin our “Econ and me” economics unit that will correspond with
our field trip to the Herr’s Potato Chip Factory. As you can see we will
be “busy bees” between now and the end of the year.
Thank you for your continued support! The third grade team
JOYFUL JUNE
Thank you for all of your support in the 2012-2013 school year. We
could not have planned and implemented many of our events without
your support! Please remember to read, read, and read with your child
this summer! Stay busy over the break! Take every opportunity to visit
museums, go on day trips, go to the library or practice multiplication
facts! Get outside and a take a hike and discover the Eastern Shore and
then come home, read and relax. Above all, be safe and have fun! We
wish all of our third graders good luck in fourth grade~ this is not good
bye but see you next year! We look forward to meeting the new third
grade students at the open house in August! Have a great summer!
Grade 4 News
Important Dates:
May 1st 1:30-2:15 PBIS
incentive
May 2nd Jump Rope for
Heart (during specials)
May 6th Acrobats a
assembly at 8:30
May 9th 4th grade field trip
to Bombay Hook
May 16th Reading Quarterly
May 22nd Middle school
counselor visits 4th grade
May 24th Field Day
May 27th Memorial Day
(NO SCHOOL)
Week of May 28th Math
Quarterly
May 29th Aqua Lab
May 29th Dress rehearsal
May 31st PBIS incentive
picnic in the park
June 3rd 4th grade walk to
the middle school
June 10th - Awards
ceremony 8:00 am
followed by breakfast in
the pavilion
As you can see we have a lot
of event on our plate.
Please make every attempt
to have your child here each
day. We have a lot to cover
in a short amount of time.
Health Room
Our grills will soon be warming up
and we will be getting together
with our families and friends for
cookouts. Did you know that there
are about 76 million people a year
in the United States who develop a
food borne illness?
A food borne illness is most often
caused by the harmful bacteria
Escherichia coli which is found in
raw and undercooked meat and
poultry. Salmonella can be found in
meats as well as eggs, dairy
products, fish, vegetables and fruit.
The ten most riskiest foods are
leafy lettuce, greens, tomatoes,
sprouts, potatoes, berries, cheese,
ice cream, eggs, tuna, and oysters.
The following steps will help you
handle your food safely to decrease
your risk of a food borne illness:
Cook your meat, poultry, and eggs
thoroughly and use your meat
thermometer. This will kill harmful
bacteria.
Wash your produce well under
running water. Don’t cross
contaminate your foods. Clean all
of your surfaces, cutting boards,
and utensils with hot soapy water.
Don’t forget to wash your hands.
Refrigerate leftovers. Food should
not be left out of the refrigerator
for more than 2 hours. If the room
temperature is 90’F or more it
needs to be refrigerated within an
hour. Bacteria can multiply rapidly
if it is not well handled. Check to
see that your refrigerator is set @
40’F or below and the freezer is 0’F
or below.
Take the time to prepare your food
safely and enjoy your cookout!
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
We have included a
suggestion box in the
main office. Parents who
wish to leave a
suggestion may do so.
Thank you for your help!
Students learned about saving money
in a presentation by Queenstown Bank.
Madison Sherwood, kindergarten
student, is pictured.
The Fabulous Chinese
Acrobats
By: Michele Hampton
On May 6th, The Chinese
Acrobats are scheduled to
perform for the Sudlersville
Elementary School
students. Students will see
contortions, plate spinning,
foot juggling, Chinese yo-yo,
and group acrobats. An
interpreter will be with the
performers to enrich with facts
about Chinese culture and
customs. This assembly is
supported by the SES
PTA. Parents are welcome to
attend.
STEM Night and the
Science Fair
Hopefully a paper came home to you
about the Science Fair on May
20th. I know we have many budding
scientists here at SES! Participation
is optional, yet we can help you
along the way if you are
interested. Please let me know if
you have any questions or would like
another copy of the instructions.
Students will have the opportunity to
share their project during our STEM
night on May 20th at 5:30. Dinner
will be provided, and parents and
children will participate in STEM
activities and view the Science Fair
projects.
It should be a great night, and I hope
to see all our families there, whether
or not you participate in the Science
Fair!
Math Matters
MATH MATTERS
for the summer
Your home is full of
opportunities to explore math
with your child and, at the same
time, build his or her selfconfidence and understanding
of mathematical ideas. This is a
chance for you and your child to
"talk math" that is, to
communicate about math while
discovering relationships
between numbers. Being able to
describe mathematical patterns
and relationships, such as those
between "addition and
subtraction" or "odd and even
numbers," is important to later
success in math.
Students need practice in order
to maintain their math skills
during the summer break.
Be sure to talk about numbers
and math in your daily activities.
Children can count coins, tell
time, add up costs and calculate
change. They can practice their
facts using math card games like
“Top It”.
Coin clues. Ask your child to
gather some change in his or her
hand without showing what it is.
Start with amounts of 25 cents
or less (for first-graders, you can
start with pennies and nickels).
Ask your child to tell you how
much money and how many
coins there are. Guess which
coins are being held. For
example, "I have 17 cents and 5
coins. What coins do I have?" (3
nickels and 2 pennies).
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
Clip and save. Cut out grocery store
circle to the end of each color. Your
coupons and tell how much money is
child has just made a circle (pie) chart
saved with coins. For example, if you
of how he or she spends 24 hours.
save 20 cents on detergent, say 2
Compare this with how other people
dimes. Ask your child what could be
in your family spend their time.
purchased using the savings from the
During summer vacations, on rainy
coupon. A pack of gum? A pencil?
days, while waiting at the doctor's
How much money could be saved
office, or on a stroll through the
with 3, 4, or 5 coupons? How could
neighborhood, learning never ends.
that money be counted out in coins
Your children can explore some
and bills? What could be purchased
fascinating mathematical possibilities
with those savings? A pack of
in the world around them every day.
notebook paper? A magazine? How
For instance, math can be found
much money could be saved with
outdoors in nature: look for
coupons for a week's worth of
symmetry in leaves; count the
groceries? How would that money be
number, sizes, and kinds of trees on
counted out? What could be
your street; and look at the various
purchased with those savings? A
shapes and patterns of blooming
book? A movie ticket? What
flowers. Children will be learning
percentage of the original price is the
math and enjoying it too!
coupon worth?
Count the ways. How many ways can
you make 10 cents, 25 cents, 30
cents, 40 cents, or 50 cents? You can
help your child add the coins in
various ways to get different
We had 132 students in grades PreK-4
answers.
meet their reading goal for quarter 3.
Tracking Time with TV: While
We need the support of all parents to
watching television, make a chart
help their children become successful
showing how much time in every
readers. Please see that you child
hour is used for commercials
compared to how much time is used reads each day and completes their
for the actual show. Do this for every reading logs. They only need to
complete 4 reading logs each week, but
half-hour of television you watch.
should still read every day. Reading
Then make a bar or pie chart
showing the two amounts. Time the success is a team effort! Help you
child to reach their reading goal for
minutes carefully.
Tracking Time in your Day: Together quarter 4.
with your child, keep track of how he Make reading fun! Take your child to
the library to check out books that
or she spends time in one 24-hour
period: time spent sleeping, eating, interest them. The librarian can help
playing, reading, and going to school. you to find books that your child can
read. Don't forget the importance of
Measure a strip of paper that is 24
inches long. Let each inch represent reading to your child. Scan the words
1 hour. Color in the number of hours with your finger as you read to your
child so that they can follow along.
for each activity, using a different
Feel free to contact me if you have any
color for each activity. When
finished, make the strip into a circle questions.
Barbara Thurber
and place it on a blank piece of
paper. Trace around the circle. Then Reading Specialist
make lines from the center of the
Reading
Art News
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
Congratulations to all artists for their
amazing hard work all year long! The
art room has been producing
extremely colorful art in the form of
collage, paintings, and drawings.
Students are finishing up exploring
color and value, as well as collages. To
wrap up the year we will be working
on a variety of art integrating textures
and creatures. This has been an
exciting year. Thank you for all of your
hard work. I will be out on maternity
leave until the end of the year. My
replacement is very lucky to teach
such fine artists! See you in the fall!
Also, congratulations to those artists
who participated in the Earth Day Art
Exhibit. The creations were so
amazing. Students used such a wide
variety of found items, formerly
known as trash, to create amazing
works of art. Quite impressive!
Thank you, Cassie Hosler
Did you know…
Music
Jump Rope For Heart is Coming
to Our School!
On Wednesday, May 29th , SES
will be presenting the annual
Spring Concert. The 1st grade
classes will be performing,
along with the 3rd/4th grade
spring chorus, and the 4th
grade recorder club. The Eagle
Squad will also make a special
appearance. The show will
begin at 6:30 pm.
Performers will need to
arrive at 6:00 pm.
Guidance
Education pays ...
Education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates
Did you know that heart disease and
stroke are the #1 and #3 cause of
death in America?
Did you know that a majority of
those lives impacted by heart
disease could have been
prevented through lifestyle
changes?
Healthy behaviors begin at home
and should be reinforced at school.
For the month of April, SES will be
fundraising for a VERY important
cause! Please aid your child’s
efforts when collecting donations
for the American Heart Association.
Thank You Gifts can be seen on the
donation envelope.
Please have all donation envelopes
returned to P.E. teacher Ms. Dean
NO LATER than April 26th.
Our annual jump rope activity day
will take place on Thursday, May
2nd.
Grades K-4 will have the
opportunity to participate
in cardiovascular exercises such as
jumping rope, dancing, and more!
June:
Summer brings about many changes. Don’t forget, if you are planning to
move, please let the office know so that records can be sent to eth new
school before the school year starts. All pre-K and K registrations for
school year 2013-2014 should be done as soon as possible to plan for
classes.
Have a safe and happy summer! See you next year! Mrs. Webster
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
End of Year Award
Ceremonies
June7- Grades 2 & 3 10:15am
Pre-K, K and Judy Center are
doing the "Safe and Healthy
Summer" activity on Friday,
June 7th. 5:30-7:30pm.
June 10 – Grade 4 8:00am
Grade 1 10:00am
Kindergarten Students Display Spring Art Work
Students in Mrs. Nuse's kindergarten class display their colorful art
projects of Spring landscapes. Pictured left to right: Mrs. Nuse
(kindergarten teacher), Andre Young, Katherine Maule, Enrick
Mendoza, Ms. Leslie Storm (art teacher)
The only elementary school drill team and color guard in Maryland, the SES Eagle Squad meets weekly to
develop leadership, teamwork, and a commitment to community service. Left to Right: (front row) Levy
Lofland, Mackenzie Rodriguez, Savannah Fritzsche, Alyssa Apple, Peyton Gestole, William Brown, Bradley
Davis. (back row) Mrs. Leventhal, Joshua Mustetter, Trenay Wigfall, Brooke Garcia, Armando Macario-Galan,
Audrey Karbaum, Kiara Hohrein.
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
SES 2013 Earth Day
With the support of teachers,
parents, and community
volunteers, more than 300 students
at Sudlersville Elementary School
explored environmental issues of
the Chesapeake Bay and engaged in
community service on Earth Day,
April 22.
Students gained a deeper
understanding of environmental
stewardship and how important it
is to care for the environment of
Queen Anne’s County.
After a rousing assembly led by
Sultana, Inc., Vice President Chris
Cerino who had the students
involved in a variety of learning
activities put to music, students
attended workshops that were
designed to enrich the students’
instructional program. Student
journals were used to record
students’ responses to their handson activities. The annual recycled
art exhibit showcased student work
representing wildlife and
environmental problems of the
Chesapeake Bay.
A variety of workshops enriched
student learning. They included
squid dissection with DNR leader
Martha Shaum, fish of the
Chesapeake Bay with DNR officer
Bob Sadzinski, and regional snakes
with Tuckahoe DNR rangers.
Additional sessions included a
study of blue crabs, beekeeping on
the Eastern Shore,
LAST DAY OF
SCHOOL!!!!
the value of river buffers,
recycling plastic bottles into
other usable items, protecting
the Circle of Life, the butterfly
life cycle, the workings of our
watershed, and the importance
of sorting trash for controlling
our landfills. Fourth graders
also analyzed energy
conservation under the tutelage
of Choptank Electric’s Energy
Program Coordinator, Tom
Tyndall.
Other visiting environmentalists
included Richard Keller of
Maryland Waste Management,
retired DNR officer Nick Carter,
Andi Pupke of Chesapeake
Wildlife Heritage Foundation,
Chester Riverkeeper David
Foster, Natural Resources Police
Reserve Officer Den Leventhal,
and Land Conservancy Director
Jay Falstad who is also an SES
parent.
This 2013 SES Earth Day
celebration was led by Mary
Leventhal and Elaine Butler. A
committee of volunteers
coordinated efforts for Earth
Day. Thank you to Beverly
Greaves, Dominique Moen,
Margot Massie, Rose Seningen,
Margot Massie, Gerri Grimes,
Terri Gloyd, Missy Hollis, Lori
Yarbrough, Cassandra Hosler,
Chris Harrison, Fallon Simpler,
Nancy Smith, Robbie Hall, and
Zachary Hall.
Dr. Lowery and the State
Board have approved
our request for a waiver
on the two days we were
closed for Hurricane
Sandy. That means that
our last day for students
is June 11, 2013.
The last day for teachers
is June 14. Further
information regarding
how time on those days
will be allocated will be
forthcoming in the next
several weeks.
Abigail Cox (K-Landgraf) with
her 2nd Grade Reading Buddy
Abigail Altamirano (2nd – Kane)
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
Parent Involvement
FIELD DAY!!!
MAY 24TH 2013
• Opening Ceremonies:
8:30 am (Blacktop)
We will kick off the day with a
performance from our very
own EAGLE SQUAD!
• Our teachers will participate
in a friendly competition in
front of the entire school!
• Station start time: 9:00 am
All lunch shifts will follow the
regular schedule.
A form with bagged lunch
choices will be sent home to
parents.
• Staff vs. Students
Competition: 1:30 pm
• Awards Ceremony: 1:45 pm
Thank you! to all the
parents/grandparents who
helped make the 3rd annual
Earth Day Celebration at
Sudlersville Elementary a great
event!. They include:
Dominique Ellingsworth Mohen
(presenter and food donations),
Margo Massie (presenter), Jay
Falstad (presenter), Michael
Carroll and Beverly Greaves.
Their help in educating our
students about our earth is very
much appreciated. We are very
lucky to have them as partners
at SES!
The following are the remaining
building blocks of healthy
development that help young
people grow up healthy, caring,
and responsible and also help
them to succeed in school as
identified by the Research
Institute:
CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME –
Creative activities, Youth
Programs, Religious community,
Time at home
COMMITMENT TO LEARNING –
Achievement motivation, School
engagement, Homework,
Bonding to school, Reading for
pleasure
POSITIVE VALUES – Caring,
Equality and social justice,
Integrity, Honesty,
Responsibility, Restraint
SOCIAL COMPETENCIES –
Planning and decision making,
Interpersonal competence,
Cultural competence,
Resistance skills, Peaceful
conflict resolution
POSITIVE IDENTITY – Personal
power, Self-esteem, Sense of
purpose, Positive view of
personal future
A list of these building blocks
with further description is
available in the Parent Resource
Room – B3. Please stop by
anytime to visit and take
information home.
PLEASE NOTE: If you plan to
chaperone any of the upcoming
field trips, please be sure you
have completed the Volunteer
Application and Information
forms and attend a Volunteer
Orientation if you have not
already done so. These are
requirements of the Queen
Anne’s County Board of
Education and must be done
each school year.
The Volunteer Appreciation
Reception will be held
Wednesday, May 22.
Invitations to our volunteers
will be sent home soon.
Sleep and School Performance
When you get too little sleep on a
regular basis, a condition known as
sleep deprivation can occur, causing
you to shortchange yourself on a very
important aspect of life.
Everyone knows that food and water
are essential to life. Getting enough
sleep is just as important. Yes, life is
hectic and juggling time and schedules
can be extremely difficult. The
responsibilities of going to school,
working, recreating and enjoying a
satisfying social life all cut into the
time you have to sleep. Interestingly
enough, without the proper amount
of sleep, each category mentioned will
suffer.
Schools and Communities Real Life
Story – Sleep Deprivation Affects
Performance at School and Work
By Marsha Goldstein, LCSW
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
The Judy Center News for May and June
The Judy Center staff participated in the pre-K and Kindergarten registration to make
acquaintances, help with enrollment and give books to all the children. It was nice to
meet new friends! Please remember to tell friends and neighbors to call the school
for an appointment to register their children if they have not already done so.
Please save the date for Friday, June 7th, 2013 for our annual end-of-the-year picnic! The Judy Center
provides this culminating activity to celebrate the year we have had with our pre-k, Kindergarten, Family
Center, Playgroup and Child Care Provider and other partnering agency families who live in the SES zone.
The event features children performing songs and finger plays and the Blue Sky Puppet Theatre will be
presenting “Bananas”, a puppet show about the importance of health and nutrition. The Judy Center will be
providing bag dinners for all! This will be held at SES on Friday, June 7th from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00p.m. (ending
time may be later depending on how many classes perform). Please look for flyer coming soon. Due to
ordering meals, R.S.V.P. will be necessary.
The Judy Center Playgroup is making plans for the summer now. Playgroup will continue throughout the
summer and may have to offer two sessions depending on enrollment. Please look for Playgroup flyer/invite
coming soon as well. The Family Center also runs 12 months and will continue to offer playgroup on
Wednesdays. This has been a great year to be a part of the Judy Center/SES community! Thanks for making
us feel welcome!
SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Title 1 School & Judy Center Partner
MAY 2013
Second Graders acting out
“Henry & Ramona”