Parent Information Night for Special Education

There will be an informational night Friday, March 16th from 6-8pm at Princeton High School (in the student dining area) for parents of students involved in special education.  Sue Beck will be speaking on the topic of 8 Keys to Preparing Your Son or Daughter for Transition to Adult Life.  If you need childcare and/or would like to attend the dinner at 5:30, please contact Janet Maine (parent mentor) at 864-1112 or jmaine@princetonschools.net.

Testing and other important news

Greetings! We are finishing up our second week of testing and we feel it was successful! The kids did wonderful and the teachers were organized and ready to go! We continue to have testing next week for 4th grade so please make sure your kids are getting a nutritious breakfast and good night's sleep.

March is a busy month so I wanted to post all the activities so you can put them on your calendar!

3/10 PTA Business Meeting 6:30-8 p.m.

3/11 Spring School Pictures and Group Pictures

3/14 FunFest PTA, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

3/20 Late Arrival, School starts at 10:15 a.m.

      End of third grading period

3/26 Spring Music Program 6:30-7:30 p.m.

3/27 Report cards go home

3/30 Conference Exchange Day, no school

3/31 Spring Break, no school

I enjoy visiting Scholastic's website for ideas for the classroom but also to see what they're recommending parents.  I read an article about the benefits of reading to your children.  For SFA, we have the students read to themselves, aloud to siblings, or to you.  The article outlined several benefits of parents reading aloud to their children.  You are able to model what fluent reading sounds like, you can share your ideas about a story, and are able to have constructive conversations that dig deeper into a topic.  Scholastic also recommended several books to read with your families. Check it out and start reading to your kids for an enjoyable nightly activity!

Fraction Strips

If you have a third, fourth or fifth grader, they have started talking about fractions in math class.  I will be sending home a paper copy of these fraction strips for your child to color and cut up to use at home.  I wanted to post the link here as well for you in case you need it again. This website has fraction circles that even include the decimals and percentages.  This website has the fraction circles in a more simplistic form.  Let me know if you need anything else!

McTeacher Night and other events in December

Come join us this Thursday, December 4th from 5-7pm at the McDonald's on Cornell Road for McTeacher Night.  It benefits Evendale Elementary plus you get to spend time with the Evendale staff outside of school!

Other events in the month of December:

Tuesday, December 9-     Home for the Holidays-Food and Clothing Drive begins

                                         Holiday Gift Shop begins

Thursday, December 18      Academic All Star Lunch

                                            Winter Parties PreK

Friday, December 19           Winter Parties- K-5

Monday, December 2- January 2    Winter Break

For my SFA class, your book project is due on Monday, December 15th.  I will be handing out brown grocery bags in the next week if you need one.  Parents, if you have any questions about the project, please contact me at 864-1216 or djoseph@princetonschools.net.  

Parents Night Out in Butler County

I receive this email from Jen Powers at Butler County Family & Children First Council.  I'm not involved with the event but I thought I would pass along the information if you're interested.  She attached a registration sheet to my email so if you'd like me to send it to you, contact me at djoseph@princetonschools.net.

Here is her contact information:

Jen Powers

Family Connections Coordinator

powersj@bcesc.org

Strong Families, Safe Communities

Butler County Family & Children First Council

400 N. Erie Blvd. Ste A, Hamilton, OH  45011

(513) 887-5506 (office), (513) 884-6474 (cell),

(513) 887-2709 (fax)

Here is information on the night out:

Help families SAVE THE DATE for October 23^rd PARENTS NIGHT OUT!

Don’t forget to refer families with children who have special needs within the ages of 5-12 for “PAUSE for parents, Play for kids” Parent’s Night Out at The Charleston Club from 5 pm-8 pm on October 23^rd!

Upcoming Events

It's officially fall! It certainly doesn't feel like it- I've worn a sweater to school this week one too many times and I regret it by 9:30!

School is busy and I'm sure you don't need to be reminded of the many things happening here (to accompany your full-to-the-brim home calendar) but I thought I'd give you an update.

On Tuesday, October 7th, the 3rd grade students will be taking the OAA.  This is an important test so please make sure your kids get a good night's rest and test worthy breakfast that morning.  This test will be paper pencil but in the spring when they take the PARCC assessment (The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers), they will be taking them on a computer.  You can visit the PARCC website for more information.  Please start now having your child work on the computer and visiting this website for PARCC games to teach your child how to manipulate the various tools available to them for the test.

Other Upcoming Events:
Conferences: October 9th from 4-8pm
The Scholastic Book Fair is in Room 204. It will be open October 6th, 8th, and 9th from 9-3:45pm.  It will also be open conference night on the 9th from 4-8pm.
PTA Meeting: Octobre 14th at 6:30pm in the Community Room
Harvest Parades and parties: Pre-K- October 30th from 10:45-11:30am, A.M. Kindergarten- October 31st from 10:45-11:30am and P.M. Kindergarten-5 from 2:30-3:30pm.

Holidays with Harry Potter

                                         

                                    

Barnes and Noble 9455 Civic Center Blvd. West Chester, OH 45069 (by RAVE movie theater) 513-755-6193

Join the Fun All Day Long: October 18th is Harry Potter Day at Barnes and Noble West Chester! Come and meet some of your favorite Harry Potter characters! There will be story times, snacks, scavenger hunts, crafts, trivia and costume contests, games, readings, and all sorts of magical fun. Come ready to dive into the world of Harry Potter! Date: October 18, 2014  Time:9am-10pm Harry Potter Events:12pm-8pm Remember to tell them you're with Evendale!

You can help by:           Buying a Book about ANY holiday and donating it to   Evendale library.                  or   Purchasing anything   at the West Chester Barnes and Noble on Oct. 18th, and telling the cashier you are supporting the Evendale Elementary School event. A percentage of each sale will go towards buying new books for our library.                                           You can           Shop online from  OCT 18-22 Using the bookfair code: 11455409.

Welcome back to the 2014-2015 School Year!

Can you believe summer is slowly coming to end, which cues up the start of school? I can't! I had a wonderful summer, traveling and relaxing. It went by a little too quickly for me!

It was wonderful to see everyone at the ice cream social on Monday. It's such a fun way to kick off the start of the school year and it's always exciting to hear about everyone's break. Curriculum night is coming up Tuesday, August 26th at 6:30 pm.  Please join the Evendale staff as we provide information about our school curriculum.  Also, we are off school Monday, September 1st for Labor Day. The first PTA meeting is on September 9th at 6:00 pm, so come and join us as we talk about what's happening for the upcoming school year!

I look forward to another amazing school year and please pass this link on to other Evendale families!