Welcome back!
Message from the Principal:
The 2018-2019 school year is upon us! We are ready to welcome your children back with a Responsive Classroom approach that focuses on classroom community building, developmentally appropriate responses, and productive learning environments. Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) will hold a Wellness Day on September 7th. Students will be reminded of our positive school expectations, learn yoga, stress-reduction, proper nutrition, and have fun. This is a great way for the students and staff to come together this fall.
We are working on improved communications and safety this year. Please remember to bring your driver’s license every time you visit the school. The elementary got a new phone system and also a safety alarm system as part of the Capital Project this summer. The website has been updated and will continue to provide valuable communications in it for you to review, including the Student-Parent-Teacher Handbook.
At the beginning of each month, we send you this Home-School Connection, which will also be on this website. Soon we will be using School Messenger, which is an auto-calling system to report your child’s absence, food account balances, and important information from the main office. Finally, for photos of all of the hard work and play your children do, please join us on Twitter @SchoharieElem1.
I value you as our students’ first and most important teacher. Please reach out with any concerns or successes you’d like to share with me at any time. I can be reached at (518) 295-6651, and will respond quickly to emails at: apolikoski@schoharie.k12.ny.us.
Sincerely,
Andrea Polikoski
Attendance Makes a Difference
Your child’s teachers will do their best to help your child learn and succeed in school. But there’s one thing only you can do – get him or her to school every day.
Children who don’t attend school regularly fall behind. They can have a hard time making and keeping friends – especially in elementary school.
Show your child and his/her teachers that you know attendance counts:
– Tell your child how important school is.
– Make dental and other appointments during non-school hours.
– Don’t let your child skip school for reasons that wouldn’t prevent you from going to work.
– Avoid taking your child out of school on exam days.
– Keep track of your child’s absences. See if there are any patterns that need to be changed.
– Communicate with us if your child is expressing a worry about being in school so we can help address it.
General Information & Reminders from the Cafeteria
Elementary Student Lunch $2.25
Milk purchased separately: $0.50
Student Breakfast: $1.50
Elementary Student Meal Tickets
1 week: $11.25/2 weeks: $22.50
Free/Reduced Lunch Applications
Applications are available for Free or Reduced Price meals. Please contact Myra Trumbull, food services director/lunch program supervisor) or Sherry Roy (Elementary nurse). Please note: families eligible to receive Free or Reduced Price Meals last year (2017-18) remain eligible until September 30, 2018. All participants must reapply by October 1, 2018 to continue Free or Reduced Price meal benefits. Please be aware that we also accept applications throughout the school year. This is especially important should your employment status change during the school year.
SNN
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Dates to Remember
Sept. 5:
First Day of School for Students (grades 1-6)
4H Afterschool Program Begins
Kdg. Kick off (9:15 a.m.)
Pre-K Orientation – 1–2:15pm
Sept. 7:
PBIS Rollout/Wellness Day – 8:10 a.m. in the ’52 gym
Sept. 10:
EPTSO Meeting 6:30 p.m. at Schoharie Free Library
Sept. 11:
Late Bus Transportation begins
Sept. 12:
Bus Safety Drill – 7:40 – 8:10 a.m.
Sept. 17-28:
EPTSO Yankee Candle Fundraiser
Sept. 18:
Open House (K-6) 6-8 p.m.
Sept. 19:
Fall Portraits
Fall Intramurals begin, Gr. 4
PBIS Raffle
Sept. 20:
Fall Intramurals begin, Gr. 5 & 6
BOE meeting, 7 p.m.
Sept. 25:
Schoharie Celebrations – 8:10-8:40 a.m., ’52 gym
Blue Notes Begins
Sept. 27:
Fire Prevention Activities
Title I Meeting Night – 5 p.m.
Sept. 28:
Fire Prevention Activities
School Spirit Day – Wear Blue & White
EPTSO Welcome Back Movie Night, 6-8 p.m.