Intermediate News- November 1
Update For Intermediate Families From Principal Gene Hoskins
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Intermediate News - PTO Book Bus, Patriotism Week, and Much More....
November is here! There are many exciting things happening for intermediate Spartans during the month of November! Please look through this newsletter to find more information on the following topics:
- Virtual Student Supply Pick-up #3: On Tuesday, November 3 from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM we will have our third supply pick-up for virtual students. You can pick-up supplies in the back parking lot. As in past months, please pull up to the back cafeteria door and staff members will take the supplies out to your vehicle.
- Sodus PTO Book Bus: On Saturday, November 7 our Sodus PTO will be sponsoring another "Book Bus", delivering free books to neighborhoods throughout the District. For a schedule of stops, please see the post in this newsletter. The last stop of the Book Bus will be in the Elementary School Parking Lot. Sodus SRO and Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Caitlin Fitzgerald will be sponsoring a free car seat check from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM in the Elementary School parking lot. Come to the Elementary School parking lot Saturday to pick-up some free books and have the Wayne County Sheriff's Department make sure your car seat is properly installed.
- Patriotism Week: Please read through the post on Patriotism Week. This is an annual celebration at Sodus Intermediate School and it is sponsored by our Intermediate School Improvement Team. We are asking for your help to recognize those in our community who have served in our Armed Forces.
- Principal's "Word of the Day" Writing Challenge: I have given students an opportunity to earn some bonus "Spartan Bucks" for writing a paragraph that uses the past week's "Words of the Day". Students can use the Spartan Bucks to buy things at our school store. Check out more information on the challenge in the post below!
Thank you for the privilege of working with your children! I feel blessed to work with our outstanding Intermediate School Team and our incredible students! As always, if you have any questions about information contained in this newsletter, please do not hesitate to contact me through email at ehoskins@soduscsd.org, by phone at school at 315-483-5206, or on my cell phone after school hours at 315-576-7090. I am looking forward to a great week!
Gene Hoskins
Intermediate School Principal
Sodus Intermediate School - Principal Gene Hoskins
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Todos los boletines digitales de la Escuela Intermedia Sodus se publican en el margen izquierdo de la página de la Escuela Intermedia del sitio web de Sodus. El enlace a la página de la escuela intermedia se encuentra a continuación.
Email: ehoskins@soduscsd.org
Website: https://www.soduscsd.org/Page/476
Location: 54 Mill Street, Sodus, NY, USA
Phone: (315) 483-5206
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SodusCSD/
Patriotism Week - Veteran Recognition
Our Intermediate School students will be participating in Patriotism Week from November 9 - November 13 this year. This annual week-long celebration is sponsored by our Intermediate School Improvement Team. In years past we have ended the week with an assembly during which we recognize family members of our students and staff members who are veterans or who are currently serving in a branch of the Armed Forces. Unfortunately we will not be able to hold our in-person assembly due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, we would still like to honor these family members by recognizing them in a video that can be shared with our school community.
If your child has a family member who is a veteran or who is currently serving in the Armed Forces, we would like to include him or her in this video recognition. Please email me at ehoskins@soduscsd.org by Friday, November 6 and include the following information:
- Your child’s name
- Name of the veteran or active duty service member
- His or her relationship to your child
- Military Branch the he or she served in (or is currently serving in)
- If possible, please include a picture for our presentation along with the email
Thank you for helping us recognize those in our community for their service to our country!
Sincerely,
Gene Hoskins
Intermediate School Principal
Principal's "Word of the Day" Creative Writing Challenge for Intermediate Students
Dear Intermediate Spartan:
Becoming a better reader requires building a strong vocabulary and also improving your writing skills. This week we began a new daily tradition in the Intermediate School - our “Word of the Day” during the morning announcements. After announcements Mrs. Blanchard emails all students the Word of the Day so you can see how it is spelled and have the definition. Each Friday we will also send you my weekly “Word of the Day” creative writing challenge. My challenge to you is to create a short paragraph or story that uses each of the “Words of the Day” for the week. These paragraphs or stories can be as creative as you would like, but they must be school-appropriate and use the words correctly. If you submit a story or paragraph that uses all of the words correctly, I will give you $10 in Spartan Bucks. These stories must be shared with me as a google document, or emailed to me at ehoskins@soduscsd.org, by 2 PM on the following Monday. Understanding proper spelling and punctuation are important, so stories that use the words correctly and also have correct grammar (spelling and punctuation) will earn an additional $5 in Spartan Bucks.
This week’s “Word of the Day Challenge” should be submitted to me by 2:00 PM on Monday, November 2 and include this weeks “Words of the Day”: extinct, echo, erosion, orbit, nucleus
Remember - this is an OPTIONAL opportunity to earn Spartan Bucks! If you decide to create the story with the words, you can email it to me or share it with me as a google document.
You have several ways you can turn in the story or paragraph that you create:
You can type it as an email and send it to me.
You can create a new google doc, type in the story or paragraph, and then share that google doc with me.
You can write it out on a piece of paper and then turn it in to your teacher next week.
Good luck!
Mr. Hoskins
SEL Tip: Social-Emotional Learning Tips From Sodus MTSS Coordinator Kristin DeFeo
SEL Tip #9 - Self-Awareness
Emotional Vocabulary Lists - Using emotional vocabulary lists is a great way to help people understand emotional cues. Link this back to SEL Tip #3 and
1) "Name it" using the wheel
2) "Claim it"
3) "Tame it!"
Below is one visual you can use to help you articulate how you feel!