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Maple Dale Family Newsletter
December 22, 2023
A Note from Mrs. Zellner and Mr. West
Dear Maple Dale families,
As we approach the end of 2023, we want to extend our warmest wishes to you and your loved ones for a joyful holiday season. May this winter break be filled with laughter, warmth, and cherished moments.
We look forward to welcoming everyone back in 2024, refreshed and ready for a fantastic new year of learning and growth.
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season!
Fondly,
Mindy and Keena
Mark Your Calendar!
Monday, January 8th: A Day
Tuesday, January 9th: B Day
Wednesday, January 10th: C Day
Thursday, January 11th: D Day
Friday, January 12th : No school for students
Monday-Friday, December 25th- January 5th:
- No School-Winter Break
Thursday, January 11th:
- PTO Meeting
Friday, January 12th:
- No school- Teachers Records Day
Monday, January 15th:
- No school- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- PTO skating event * see newsletter below for more information
Thursday, January 18th - Friday, January 19th
- Lion King Program starring Maple Dale Students * show times to be communicated soon
Thursday, January 25th
All Pro Dad Breakfast * see below for more information
Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in Volunteering? Below are links to volunteer at Maple Dale
- Lunchroom Volunteer
- Milers- Fall 2023
- Workroom (Copy room) Assistant * Description in Sign Up
- Media Center Volunteer
Coffee with the Superintendent
Please join the PTO 1/11 @ 9:30am as we host Superintendent Chad Lewis to answer our submitted questions. Please submit questions below. We hope to see you there!
MD PTO Newsletter
Click here to be updated on PTO news and events
All Pro Dad Breakfast
What is All Pro Dad? All Pro Dad is the fatherhood program of Family First, a national nonprofit
organization based in Tampa, Florida. It was founded by Mark Merrill and former Tampa Bay
Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy. The organization seeks to help every
father become more engaged in the lives of their children. The goal is to enjoy breakfast with the
dads and their children while encouraging conversations about important life topics. Please join
other dads and parents at our Maple Dale chapter for a fun time of relationship building. Three
chapter breakfast meetings remain this school year: 1/25, 3/7, and 5/9.
Maple Dale students are invited to the Maple Dale Elementary All Pro Dads
breakfast on Thursday January 25th from 8am – 9am. This free breakfast
(doughnuts, coffee, and juice this month) is sponsored by the Maple Dale PTO.
Please park at the District Office parking lot. A weather delay or cancellation for
the school cancels this breakfast.
RSVP required by 1/21 if attending to have the proper amount of food.
https://allprodadsday.com/chapters/5004
The January meeting theme is dependability.
Dependability
If you have dependability, the people in your life know they can count on you to do what you say
you’re going to do. By being dependable, you show others respect and make it easy for them to
trust you.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SYCAMORE BRIDGES
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our 2023 Operation Give Back Holiday Store collection. OGB served over 1200 children this year thanks to the tremendous kindness throughout the community! We are excited to report that our record-breaking collection (image below) was a significant part of OGB's ability to reach so many children and families. Never miss an opportunity to help your neighbors in need. Sign up to receive emails when new opportunities for kindness are posted. bit.ly/SycamoreBridges. Wishing you and your families a relaxing, fun-filled, and peaceful winter break.
Nurse Adee Notes
Illness Reminders: We are in the cold and Flu season! We have seen an uptick in many illnesses throughout Sycamore and in our community. Please make sure you are following our illness guidelines before sending your child to school each morning!
If your child is ill, remember to call the school absence line
at 513 686-1726. It can be difficult to decide when and how long to keep an ill child home from school. The timing of the absences is often important in order to decrease the spread of disease to others.
If your child has a fever, is vomiting or has diarrhea they must stay home until they no longer have the symptom for 24 hours without the use of medication to control the symptoms.
Check our school illness guidelines at Illness Guidelines for School Attendance .The school district health handbook has more information and found on the district website at Sycamore Health Services School Handbook .
Lice 101 review: Lice cannot jump or fly and are transmitted by direct head to head contact with another person with lice or sharing items placed in the hair. Children should be instructed against sharing hats, clothing or hair items with others. Children should use their own pillows and sleeping bags when spending the night with a friend. Household pets do not transmit lice. Consult your school nurse and the Sycamore Student Health Handbook for more great information about lice. Here is a link from the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding best practices with lice management https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/from-insects-animals/Pages/Signs-of-Lice.aspx
I hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday break.
Carolyn Adee, RN
Maple Dale School Nurse
Phone 513-686-1723
Lost and Found
Click here to view items in the Lost and Found
Updated 12/20/23
Winter Break Bingo
Looking for something to do over Winter Break? Join Mrs Smith in Winter Break Bingo!
Social And Emotional Connections
Let Kids Struggle
This weekend, at my son’s basketball game, I was rooting for those layups to look better because he wants to improve and has been working on them... a little. When he got his chance, his form was better, but he missed, and I instantly felt some disappointment for him. But as I thought about it, the truth is, I don’t want him to think skill comes easy. I don’t want him to think a few hours of half-hearted work on lay-ups in the driveway equates to bucket after bucket made. I want him to connect trial, failure, and endurance to improvement. I want him to understand what struggle feels like now so that he is less likely to give up when he meets obstacles in the future.
No big deal, right? Add that significant life lesson to the list of never-ending parenting demands! But how do we approach this? I think there are three ways in day-to-day life:
If we know the answer or can make the feat (from Lego to layups) instantly do-able for our children.... we shouldn’t! Instead, we should stay involved and supportive by simply observing. For example, if our 2nd grader is building from a set of Lego directions and skipped a step, we don’t have to point it out right away. Instead, we can say something like, “You’re noticing something is not quite right, so you’re going back to figure out what happened.” Or we observe, “It isn’t turning out like the picture, and you noticed. You’re being so observant as you build.” This way, we’re naming their skills and strengths, reminding them they have the tools they need... we’re building their frustration tolerance through struggle.
We should constantly seek out opportunities to try new things. When kids have the chance to see that they are not going to be perfect at every new thing they try, they get practice at being... bad. They have the chance to learn, “I wasn’t great at first, but I kept trying and I got better.” If we walk away from an experience thinking, “Whew, we are not doing that ever again!” We should rethink it. Could it actually be an opportunity to struggle, then succeed? Could it be an opportunity to build frustration tolerance?
Step back and let them fail. Don’t take away those hard moments. If we think about the most important lessons we have learned in our own lives or when we truly gained resilience—it was after a hard moment. As parents, we want to rescue our kids from hard moments because we love them! But that rescue also robs them of opportunities to grow. If that 2nd grader doesn’t figure out what Lego step they skipped and they keep going only to find out later it isn’t right at all... that is okay! Do absolutely be there after that hard moment to remind them of their strengths, to help them plan for next time, and to point out that it was hard, but they are also okay.
-Renee Bernecker, LISW, CTP
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, School-Based Therapist
686-1720, Ext 1302
Resources:
The Power of Letting Kids Struggle (youtube.com) (Please check out all of Dr. Becky’s podcasts!)
7 Reasons Why Struggle is Important for Kids | Big Life Journal
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Phone: (513)686-1720
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