LINCOLN
NOVEMBER 2009
Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn
PARENT-TEACHER
CONFERENCES –
Conference letters went home on Monday, October 26 with students. Confirmation slips will be sent home with the
report cards on Wednesday, November 4.
Information regarding your child’s performance in the Accelerated Reader
Program along with DIBELS assessment was included. Conferences will be held on
Tuesday, November 10 and Thursday, November 12.
Since communication between
school and home is vital to your
child’s learning, we value this time to meet with you and discuss mutual
concerns and successes. Although we attempt to schedule a time that works
for most, we realize that it does not work for all. If you have not scheduled a
time to meet with your child’s teacher, please call the school so that a time
can be arranged. If we do not hear from you in regard to conferencing, please
expect the school to contact you. It is essential that we see you all.
Lost
and found items will be on display on a table by the office during
conferences. Please check for any items
your child may have lost at school. There
is NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 13.
Please be looking for your child’s TOPS report on a
regular basis. This report will give
you information concerning your child’s progress in reaching his goals. Thank
you for your help in promoting reading at home. Your enthusiasm and
encouragement are vital to your child’s attitudes and success.
ILLNESS - As you know, flu and other illnesses are upon
us. While it would be nice to provide you again with information concerning
preventive measures, that is not possible. We are working closely with the
Dawson County Health Department to monitor conditions and make decisions about
the best steps to take concerning our schools. Since we can not predict the
extent or duration of this problem, it is impossible to provide specific steps
or courses of action. We want to keep schools open and functioning in a normal
manner during this flu season if possible. We will keep you updated with new
information as it becomes available. For now we are doing everything we can to
keep our school functioning as usual.
In regard to the health of your child, we entrust you as
parents to make the best decisions regarding symptoms of illness, illness,
and school attendance. If your child is running a fever, has diarrhea, or is
vomiting, they should not be sent to school. Keep sick children at home for at least 24 hours after they
no longer have fever or do not have signs of fever, without using
fever-reducing drugs. Keeping children with a fever at home will reduce
the number of people who may get infected. If they are coughing, have a sore
throat, a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and/or are feeling very
tired, they probably should remain home as well.
The best way that you
can help us is to make sure that you or someone else can make immediate
arrangements to get your child home if the school calls and informs you that
your child is ill. We are not equipped to make extended arrangements when your child
needs the comfort and security of being home.
PARENT
MEETING – An information meeting is scheduled for Thursday
evening, November 5 to discuss the need for and the development of a parent
group to support the work of
CHARACTER
COUNTS PILLAR OF THE MONTH IS CITIZENSHIP – With elections taking place it is a good time to
emphasize citizenship. During the month we will feature the duties, rights,
conduct and responsibilities of the citizen of a state. Some important points to make with children
are:
*Be a good citizen and a good
neighbor.
*Care about and pursue the common
good.
*Be a volunteer – help your school
and community be better, cleaner & safer.
*Protect the environment by conserving resources, reducing
pollution, and cleaning up after yourself.
*Participate in making things better by voicing your
opinion, voting, serving on committees, reporting
wrongdoing,
and paying taxes.
MANNERS
OF THE WEEK FOR NOVEMBER:
10/29 11/2 – Use appropriate table
manners. Use napkin etiquette at lunch;
chew food with your mouth closed.
11/5 – 11/8 – Present your best self to
others.
11/12 – 11/16 – Refrain from unnecessary talking in the
hallways. Walk around, not through,
people having
conversations.
11/19 – 11/30 – Use “Please”, “Thank You” and “Excuse Me”
frequently.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR - Make your
destination the book fair at
Join us in sharing a love of reading
with students at the Scholastic
Book Fair, November 9-12 at the library. It’s a great way to connect
your kids with books they want to read!
The book fair will open the evenings of November 10 and 12 during
parent/teacher conferences from 4 to 7 PM. This is a great time to visit
and spend some time browsing with your favorite student.
We appreciate your dedication to creating lifelong readers. See you at our Book Fair!
AMERICAN
EDUCATION WEEK –
November 16 – 20 is observed throughout the nation as American Education
Week. Education is available to all
regardless of race or creed and is a privilege we often take for granted. We honor all who have a part in educating our
young citizens. A note of appreciation to your child’s teacher might be
appropriate at this time.
DATES TO REMEMBER
November
4 – Report Cards go home
November 5 – Reading
recognition assembly 2:15 in the gym
November 9 – 12 – Book Fair – Lincoln
November 10 & 12 - P/T Conferences 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. –
All grades
November 13 – NO SCHOOL
November 16-20 – American
Education Week
November 25 – EARLY OUT – 1:00 P.M.
November 26 – 27 – Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL
December 10 – Christmas Concert for Gr. 1-4 DCHS Auditorium 7:00 p.m.
December 14 – Christmas Program for K in the