Central Chatter
September Edition
Upcoming Events
5th - PTA Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
8th - Popcorn Festival
11th - School Picture Day
28th - 1/2 Day - 12:00 p.m. Student Dismissal (Staff Development)
OCTOBER:
11th - End of 1st Grading Period
12th - No School - Fall Break
25th - 1/2 Day - 12:00 p.m. Student Dismissal (Parent Teacher Conferences)
26th - 1/2 Day - 12:00 p.m. Student Dismissal (Parent Teacher Conferences)
Picture Day
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Ready, Set, Kindergarten
This is a free program and will be offered at Central on Tuesday afternoons from 12:00-2:00 p.m. beginning September 18th.
For more information or to enroll your child, please contact RSKValpo@gmail.com. You will need to provide your child's name, date of birth, and home school. (Note: eligible children must have turned 4 by August 1, 2018)
Background Checks
If you are in need of a background check form, please let your child's teacher know and a copy will be sent home with your child.
Healthy Schools Policy
Skyward Family Access
Once you are logged on, you can access your child's grades by clicking on "Gradebook." You are also able to click on the letter grade for each subject area and you will see individual assignment scores.
Thank you for all you do to support learning at home!
The One and Only Ivan
The benefits of reading aloud are remarkable. Studies have shown that reading to children helps them to listen better and longer, to build bigger vocabularies, to understand concepts better, to feel positive about both books and learning – and much more.
This year, Central is participating in a school-wide book reading experience with the One School, One Book program (OSOB). This past Friday we had our kickoff assembly where the book was revealed, students were paid a visit from a special primate visitor, and every student and staff member received their very own copy of The One and Only Ivan.
As part of the OSOB initiative, Central would like to adopt a gorilla through the Brookfield Zoo Share the Care Animal Adoption Program. We are asking families to consider donating pennies, or other spare change that you may have (no bills, please), to this wonderful cause. The money will help provide food and shelter for our adopted gorilla at the zoo. As part of the adoption process, we will receive an adoption certificate, window cling, and photo of our adopted gorilla, in addition to knowing we are helping an animal in need. If you are interested in giving to this cause, please send in your coin donation in a plastic baggie labeled “Pennies for Primates” by September 20th.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Nurse Notes
Our clinic is in need of gently used clothing items. If your child has grown out of items that you are willing to part with, we will happily and gratefully accept them. We are specifically looking for girl and boy pants (all ages).
Over the next couple of months, vision and hearing screenings will be completed for students in grades 1, 3, 4 and 5. In the event that your child's screening requires followup, notification will be sent home. We appreciate your diligence in following up with these items as they can greatly impact your child's educational experiences here at school.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with further questions.
Thank you,
Mrs. Fisher
German Language Opportunity
Greetings from the German program at Valparaiso University! Again this year, we will offer our weekly, after-school German language program for children in grades 1-5 called Kinder lernen Deutsch. New this year is that we will accept beginners (and more experienced children) in grades 1-5.
This is an excellent and inexpensive opportunity for your students (subsidized by the university's endowed funding for German programs). Additional information and registration form is posted at ValpoLife.com (link below).
PTA Corner
PTA Meeting
Below is a complete schedule of this year's meetings.
- September 5th
- October 3rd
- November 7th
- December 5th
- February 6th
- March 6th
- April 3rd
- May 1st
Popcorn Parking
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