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Riley Elementary School

From the Desk of Mrs. Bernal, Principal

Dear Parents, Here at Riley Elementary, we want to thank you for your support with the candle sale, Trick-or-Treat Bingo and the Spirit Wear fundraiser! All of the money that is raised benefits all of our students by PTO helping to fund field trips, purchasing materials for the classroom, or any other student needs we may have. Below are some pictures of the different activities staff and students participated in as part of the PTO.

Fostoria City Schools

Volume 1 Issue 3 November,2013

Important Dates:
November 11th-Veterans Day November 11th-Riley Caf November 19th-Candle Delivery. November 22nd-Mid Terms November 27th-No School. Bank Day November 28th-29th. Thanksgiving Break November 25-26th no Project Success

Inside this issue:

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School Information
Boxtops for Education Keep sending in your boxtops. So far we have collected over 5000, boxtops. That equals $500.00 for our school!
Dressing for the Weather Now that it is starting to get colder out, please remember to send your child to school with a coat, gloves, a hat and socks on their feet!

Title I Information Title I Information

Campus Wear
Every Friday students are able to wear a Fostoria City Schools t-shirt to show school spirit. It has to say Fostoria somewhere on it.

PTO Information

School Guidance Information

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PLEASE REMEMBER TO READ AND SIGN YOUR CHILDS PLANNER EVERYDAY.

Please remember to call the school before 2:30 if there are any changes in transportation home. 419-436-4145

Dear Parents and Guardians, Fostoria City Schools is pleased to announce that we are now able to send announcements (i.e., closings/delays, etc.) via SMS text messaging to your mobile phones. If you would like to receive these announcements as text messages, please do the following: 1. Ensure your school has your cell phone number on file.* *If the school did not have your cell phone number on file and you contact them to add it, wait at least 24 hours before proceeding to Step 2. 2. From your cell phone, text the word Join to the number 56360.** **If our School Connect messaging system finds a match for your number in its database, you will receive a confirmation message thanking you for joining school alerts. At any time, you can unsubscribe by texting Stop to 56360. 3. Create a contact on your phone with the name of your school or school district (if you have children in multiple schools in the district), or another meaningful name, and the phone number 56360. Then when you receive a text from this number, you know who is sending it. Thank you, Andrew Sprang, Superintendent

Title I Information
Why reread books? The more a child reads a book again the better he/she will be at reading. The more a child sees and reads a book the more likely the child is going to recognize the words that were at first unfamiliar and the more confident your child will feel about reading. The more one practices something, the better one gets at doing it. One needs to practice over and over again how to tie shoes or how to ride a bicycle. The same thing is true with reading. The more a child reads the better that child gets at reading. If a child doesnt practice especially at home they will continue to struggle. Make the time you spend listening to your child read a fun time and a special time with you. Acting out the story together can make it a fun time. Hopefully, during these times your child will find a joy in reading and will find a favorite type of book they like to read and will eventually just want to read on their own for fun. Then we will have all succeeded in our mission to make all children life long readers! Family Science Night is Tuesday Nov. 19th 5:30-7:30. Family Science Night on Tues. Nov. 19 Keep this date in mind, we will be having a Family Science Night on Tues. Nov. 19 from 5:30-7:30.
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Right to Know
Notice of Right to Know Teacher Qualifications Parents/Guardians have the right to know about the teaching qualifications of their childs classroom teacher in a school receiving Title I funds. Longfellow Elementary, Riley Elementary, and Fostoria Intermediate Elementary receive Title I funds. The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that any local school district receiving Title I funds must notify parents that they may ask about the professional qualifications of their childs classroom teacher. These qualifications include: 1. Whether the teacher has met the Ohio teacher licensing criteria for the grade level and subject areas in which the teacher provides your child instruction. 2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or temporary status that waives state licensing requirements. 3. The undergraduate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate degree or certification (such as National Board Certification) held by the teacher and the field of discipline of certification or degree 4. Whether your child is provided services by instructional paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications. Parents should contact the school offices for this information.

PTO News!
A great big thanks to Parents, Teachers and Students for all you work making the following events a huge success! FIES catalog sale has ended and we are very proud of our students who worked so hard to bring in record breaking sales. The candle sale at Riley & Longfellow has also ended and your candles will be delivered soon! Great work kids! And how fun was our Halloween Trick or Treat Bingo? If you didnt attend you missed a great time! Spirit Wear Our spirit wear sale is currently under way at all 3 schools. There are 3 different designs to choose from in several styles and colors. Orders must be returned to school by November 5th. Students will be able to wear the shirts and/or crewneck sweatshirts to school on Fridays! However, the sweatpants will not be allowed. Campus Wear Campus wear will soon be available for sale at FIES. Details to Follow! Santa Shop Mark your calendars, the Santa Shop will be open Dec 9, 10th & 11. And this year well have night hours so students from Riley and Longfellow will be able to participate. Carnival Its time to start planning our spring Carnival. Please contact Mindy Lance if youre interested in helping. (419) 934-2676 Questions or Comments: Facebook.com/RileyLongfellowP Email: ptopresident@fostoriaschools.org Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Caryl

Science Family Fun Night at Riley!

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Time: 5:307:30

Volume 1 Issue 3

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For the month of October, our character word we learned about was Respect. We learned that Respectful students look for the good things their friends are doing instead of looking for the bad things to tattle on. Ask anyone who works with young children to name the problem they struggle with the most, and more often than not, tattling tops the list. In order for tattling to not turn into a habit, children must develop the ability to discern between a situation that can be taken care of independently versus an urgent, more serious situation that calls for adult assistance. To help students discover alternatives to tattling, we read a story titled, A BAD CASE OF THE TATTLE TONGUE and learned the rules to tattling. We also played the game Pin the Face on the Tattletale to practice the rules. Here are the rules we are trying to follow

To continue reinforcing the Rules to Tattling from last year, we read the storybook Dont Squeal Unless Its a Big Deal. I like this story because it seems pretty simple for the students to understand there are problems that are truly kid sized that they could try to solve on their own first and then there are problems that are a Big Deal from the very beginning that require help from an adult. The story really encourages the reader to be a problem solver before telling an adult about it. It also breaks the situations down that are considered an emergency such as someone is hurt, someone is hurting them, someone is hurting animals/pets, destroying property, etc. These are situations that our students are encouraged to come for help right away. To help them further distinguish between kid sized and big deal problems, we played an activity with situation cards and asked them to identify which of the two. Both the teachers and the students really enjoyed the story as well as the activity. You can reinforce these concepts at home by using the same language with your child if you are finding that tattling is a problem amongst your children.

If a person or animal is in danger, you must warn someone.

If the problem involves you, take charge and try hard to solve it yourself first.

Is the problem a Now problem or a Not Now problem? Can your problem be solved at a later time?

If the problem is not dangerous and is does not involve you.

DO NOT TATTLE

I hope you have enjoyed reading and doing the activities from the first Chapter of My Wonderful PAX School with your child. For the month of October we focused on Chapter 1. If your child completed Chapter 1 and returned it to his/her teacher, they received 100 PAX minutes to add to their class total. So GREAT job! Starting in November, your child will once again be bringing his/her book home to begin working on Chapter 2. I love the enthusiasm our students are putting into PAX!

Brayden Drenning, Aiden Delehoy, Dakota Wheeler, Meiko Diaz, Skylar Thoman, Brendyn Brown, Layla Desbin, Ronnie Diaz, Gavin Miller, Vincent Kidwell Jr., Madison Courtney, Brandon Leal, Ginger Not Pictured: Thaddieus Switzer-Vande Velde; Khiaire Ibarra

Respect is a basic building block for all other character lessons. When students respect themselves and others their behavior and attitude make it easier for them to display all the other positive character traits. These students display this character trait on a daily basis and are great role models for all of us. Great job Riley students!