Ireland Elementary School
August 30, 2019
Mindfulness - Let Us Explain...
During week 1, our students watched this video - https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=59s&v=3bKuoH8CkFc
"My favorite part of the whole week was going to the room by the cafeteria to learn about our brain," said a fourth grader. Through this training, it is our hope that students understand why they get mad or why it is hard to calm down and much, much more!
Explaining how mindfulness and the brain works can be a daunting task, yet it can be one of the best ways to show how mindfulness works for us and how it helps our brain to function properly.
Mindfulness and the Brain Made Easy - https://blissfulkids.com/mindfulness-and-the-brain/
Kindness Challenge of the Week
Learn 5 new things about a classmate.
Every week, your child will be receiving a kindness challenge! If they complete the challenge, they get to put up a sticker on our kindness challenge board!
Jump in on the fun at home too! Help us promote kindness to all - at school, home, and community!
First FAMILY FUN NIGHT - Friday, September 13th
I am excited to announce that we are going to have our 1st Family Fun Night for our Ireland Elementary School Community.
Mark your calendars for Friday, September 13th from 6:30 - 8:00pm. We are encouraging your family to attend a free, fun, family night! We will have organized activities and games - kickball, corn hole, sidewalk chalk, jenga, and much more! The whole event will be outside in our play area.
The event is for the FAMILY. It is not intended for parents to drop-off students. Please do not arrive early, as we will be setting up all the stations. In the case of rain, the event will be cancelled.
We could use cases of bottled water and large containers of Country Time lemonade if anyone would like to donate!
More details will be sent home at a later time, but we wanted to get this on your calendar!
School Picture Day - Mark your Calendars!
Picture Day is coming up on 09/12/2019!
Send in your order to school, or you can order online at inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/39587SF
Use order code: 39587SA
Parent-School Reading Connections
Fun with Words!
Use the following activities to build your child's phonemic awareness - the ability to hear sounds in words.
- Choose a three-letter word, such as hat. Have your child change the beginning sounds form the alphabet to make new words (cat, mat, rat, sat,) . How many can they think of?
- Pick a long word, and ask them to clap the syllables. For mozzarella, they would clap four times - moz-za-rel-la.
- Ask your child to say a word without the first sound. For example, can you say rat without the r? (Answer: at.)
- Think of a word, and give your child a "sound" clue to figure it out. For example, I am thinking of a word for something you chew but don't swallow. The word has a uh sound in the middle (Answer: gum).
New GJCS App! - Let's Launch this App!
The GJCS app is your "one-stop-shop" for all of our academic information. The App contains"
- Daily calendars, announcements, and food menus
- Alerts and notifications
- Staff email, calling, and social media feeds
- News, weather, driving directions, and more!
It is a great way to quickly access dates and other information!
Hallway Morning Song!
Girls Who Code!
Mrs. Messmer and Mrs. Lehmkuhler will instruct a Girls Who Code club of 20 girls, grades 3-5 (Ireland and Tenth). This is a FREE club. Club meetings will be held the second Wednesday of each month, from 3:30-5:00. Dates: October 9, Nov 13, Dec 11, Jan 8, Feb 12, March 11, April 8, and May 13. The club will meet at Tenth Street Elementary. Bus transportation will be provided after school for Ireland students. Parents will pick up students at Tenth Street at 5:00. A snack will be provided!
Forms are due by Friday, September 6th!
Box Top APP!
We have earned $177.30 on the app so far! Have you contributed to that?
If you haven't downloaded the Box Top APP yet, please do so! It is so easy to earn money for our school! Please spread the word to other community members. Just take a pic of your receipt using the app! If it still has box tops that you cut out, we will take those too!
We have a school goal of $2,000. Let's do this!
Bonus Box Tops!
I grabbed this bonus box tops this week!
Also, if you do Wal-Mart pick up, please email your receipt to receipts@boxtops4education.com for our school to receive the box top money!
#JasperGreat
Important Reminders and Updates
September 2nd - Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
September 4th - 5th Grade Crane Field Trip - Mrs. Mehringer and Mrs. Pfister
September 5th - 5th Grade Crane Field Trip - Mrs. Hoffman
September 12 - School Picture Day
September 13 - Family Fun Night 6:30 - 8:00pm
September 13 - Soup and Sandwich Sales Begin
September 14 - Jasper Backyard FREE movie at Jasper Football Practice Field
September 19 - Grade 3 & 5 Vision Screening
September 24 - Book Fair Begins
September 26 - Grade 1 & 4 Hearing Screening
Drop off in the morning - you MUST drive around the school for drop off. The front of the school is for bus traffic only. You may park and walk in your child, but by no means are you allowed to pull up and drop off in the front of the school in the morning.
If dropping off or picking up your child, please do not block bus exits on the county roads.
VERY IMPORTANT- If your child's transportation changes, please notify the office with a note or phone call.
If your child is sick, please call the office by 9:00am.
Volunteers!
Anyone who would like to volunteer at school or chaperone a field trip must submit a background check. Once this is done, it is good as long as your child is a student at Ireland. If you aren't sure if you have completed one, your child's teacher can look it up for you. Background Check Link
Jasper's Backyard FREE Movie!
Scrip Program
Community Support - We NEED You!
- We would love to have guest readers this year! Reading every day is very important for your child’s continued growth. Children that read for at least 1 hour a day will grow more than 2 years during the school year. Please encourage your child to read for at least 30 minutes a day.
- We would LOVE to hear about your career!
- Many programs and events will take place this year. If you would like to be on a school event committee, please use the sign up.
- A teacher or the principal will be heading up each of these new initiatives, so if you sign up, you will hear from one of us.
- Feel free to forward this to grandparents or other community members that would love to support our school!
- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A49AFA622A5FD0-community
September Lunch Menu
Scholastic Book Orders
We are IRELAND!
Email: sbauer@gjcs.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.gjcs.k12.in.us/3/home
Location: 2386 North 500 West, Jasper, IN, USA
Phone: (812)482-7751
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ireland-Elementary-School-482279435288092/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARAFiG3PHtLEmKAd5cDeCkiXQq9OSvT5IwdGN5thZayEwosa7K4OQKvDopYDB6ESEJzUS4NVtNa0lmoY