Nighthawk News
October 16 - October 20
Events and Reminders:
* Monday will be a cycle day 2.
* Monday starts Red Ribbon week with our "Outrageous Red" day. We are asking all students to wear red on Monday! The rest of the schedule is attached is pictured in the Red Ribbon week section.
* Halloween is a 1/2 day of school with 11:30am dismissal. Orange information sheets were sent home this week!
* Parent-Teacher conferences are coming up at the end of November. YELLOW sheets went home this week for you to fill out and return for time preferences so we can help accommodate schedules as best we can. Please return these by this Wednesday 10/25.
Halloween Information
* Halloween is a 1/2 day with 11:30am dismissal.
* Our Halloween parade will start at 10:00am. Parents are welcome to line up around the John Story Trail as the kids will be going out the front door and following the trail around the playground. If you wish to take your student home immediately following the parade, please sign and return the orange slip that went home this week. Students will still come back into school to complete the parade and then will be released through the front doors. Please do not try and take your student from the parade line.
Picture Day November 1, 2023
Paper Forms are available in the office if you'd prefer one to order. Please send a note if you would like one sent home!
Red Ribbon Week
Congratulations to our Red Ribbon Week Public Service Announcement Winners! Paisley, Grant and Dan recorded their slogans at WMSA radio Wednesday and it will play next week during Red Ribbon week! Make sure to tune in.
PSPK Fun
Jazzy Jack-O-Lanterns in Music Class
Our 1st and 2nd grade musicians have been practicing their music notation! This week, they created “Jazzy Jack-o-lanterns” using music notes and rests to create the faces. They’re absolutely fa-BOO-lous!
4th Grade Raider Academy
Clarkson Stem - Catapults and drawbridges made with limited resources!
Looking Ahead to November...
* Nov 1 - Picture Day
* Nov 5 - Daylight Savings ends - Fall back 1 hour!
* Nov 9-10, NO SCHOOL
* Nov 20-21 - 1/2 Day 11:30am dismissal
* Nov 22-24 - NO SCHOOL
Positivity Project Trait of the Week: Creativity
Dear Families,
This week our school community will be focusing on the character strength of Creativity. Creativity means you come up with new and original ways to think about and do things.
Creative people can look at the world in original ways. They are open to new experiences, and have an imaginative and independent thought process. They generate lots of different ideas and can pursue them with energy and enthusiasm. Creativity is a process that takes courage. Anytime you share your original ideas with the world, you risk being criticized or even ostracized.
On a group level, creativity is vital. It helps us solve seemingly impossible problems, create something we never knew we wanted, or simply see the world in a new way. Technological examples include the printing press, refrigeration, electricity, automobiles, and the internet. Just think of what we’d be missing without Renaissance art, Enlightenment thinking, Harlem Renaissance jazz, or hip-hop emerging from the South Bronx in the 1970s and 80s.
To practice and encourage the character strength of creativity with your child, please visit the Positivity Project’s P2 for Families (password: P2) where together you will watch a video, read a quote and talk about the answers to three questions.
Have a wonderful week!
A Message from the PTO
Candy Bar Fundraiser
Candy Bar Fundraiser has officially ended! If you did not hand in your $60 by Friday October 20, please send it in ASAP. You are responsible for all $60, we do not accept returned 1/2 sold boxes. Thank you to all the families who helped us sell 339 boxes!
PTO November Meeting
The next PTO meeting will be Monday November 6 at 4:30pm in the Library
Community Events
Join us for the annual Halloween Party at the nature center.
Activities include:
Games
Scavenger Hunts
Trick or Treat
Live Reptiles
Crafts
and more
Geared towards kids 12 and under and their families.
Free of charge.
The Nicandri Nature Center is funded by The New York Power Authority.