Symmes Elementary School
Symmesational News!
Friday, March 29, 2019
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
March 28 - Spring Picture Day
March 29 - Report Cards distributed
April 1 & 2 - 3rd Grade Ohio State Testing (AM)
April 3 & 4 - 4th Grade Ohio State Testing (AM)
April 11 - PTO Meeting - MPR - 9:30 am
April 11 & 12 - 3rd Grade Ohio State Testing (AM)
April 15 & 16 - 4th Grade Ohio State Testing (AM)
April 19 - NO SCHOOL - Spring Vacation Day
April 22 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Professional Development Day
April 26, 27 & 28 Symmes Players Performance at Sycamore Junior High School
James and the Giant Peach, Jr.
PURCHASE TICKETS FOR : JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH JR.
Symmes Players is proud to present: Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach JR!
Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl and tells the story of a young orphaned child who finds a loving family in a most peculiar way. Sent by his mean, conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, James discovers a magic potion which results in a tremendous peach occupied by somenot-so-normal characters. From the center of the gigantic fruit, James and the unlikely crew launch a journey of enormous proportions. Together they discover that while we are all born into a family, we then go on to create a family of our own.
Performances are at the Sycamore JUNIOR High School Auditorium
Friday, April 26 @ 7pm
Saturday, April 27 @ 7pm
Sunday, April 28 @ 2pm
Enjoyable and fun for the whole family! Tickets are only $7 and should be purchased online at https://bit.ly/SymmesPeachTix
Celebrate World Autism Day by wearing BLUE!
Student Information Sheet
K - 3rd Grade Parents:
If you would like to share information for the upcoming 2019/20 school year, please go to the link below. This form is completely optional. Please complete the form by April 26th, 2019.
Attention All Fourth Grade Parents!
Human Growth and Development parent night is Wednesday April 10th at 7pm. Nurse Ferron will be presenting at this parent only night, an overview of our curriculum and video shown to all 4th grade boys and girls in the district. Please mark your calendars to attend if you have not done so in the past. Students will attend the class in the afternoon of Friday, May 3rd. Nurse Ferron will present the girls and Mr. Pierce and Mr. Phou will present to the boys.
SCREENS & TWEENS - A SERIES FOR FOURTH GRADE PARENTS
Keeping our children safe in this digital age is a concern we all face as parents, especially with the easy access to screens that our children have. The PTO has organized a 3-week series for parents where you will learn cutting edge information and tools that can immediately be applied at home.
Tuesday, April 2 (6:30-8:30 pm): SCREENAGERS Documentary viewing followed by parent breakout sessions.
Click here for a preview >> http://bit.ly/EHGScreenagers
Tuesday, April 9 (6:30-8:00 pm): Author and speaker Steve Smith will talk about how social media and video games can impact mental health and more.
Click here to learn more >> http://bit.ly/EHGDigitalTattoo
Tuesday, April 16 (6:30-7:30 pm): Sycamore Tech Dept. will lead a training on tools parents can use to help manage screen times and Chromebook safety.
PLEASE RSVP here so we are prepared for your attendance >> http://bit.ly/EHGRSVP
We hope you can attend all 3 impactful sessions!
Any questions? e-mail Patricia Barros at barros.patricia2012@gmail.com
Ohio State Testing
Sycamore Community Schools is seeking Adult Volunteers for April 22nd - Professional Development Day
The certified staff of Sycamore Community Schools will be participating in a professional learning activity called “Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE)” led by facilitators from Think Tank Inc. on April 22nd. The purpose of the activity is to engage our staff in authentic, empathy-building experiences to better understand the daily struggles some of our families may experience as a result of economic fatigue.
Each session will include 120 staff participants. We are in need of 20 volunteers (COPE Resource Leaders) for each session to “role play” various community and business members. As a COPE Resource Leader, you will be given your role by the COPE facilitator during training. Training will be provided in the first hour of the volunteer shift. The time commitment will be approximately 3-1/2 hours. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide babysitting services on this day, therefore volunteers are asked not to bring their children along.
Volunteer Times and Locations
Morning Session: 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Junior High Gym and High School Gym
Afternoon Session: 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Greene Gym and Maple Dale Gym
Sign-up on Eventbrite
For the morning session at Sycamore High School, click here.
For the morning session at the Sycamore Junior High School, click here.
For the afternoon session at Maple Dale Elementary, click here.
For the afternoon session at Greene Elementary, click here.
Additional Information
Contact Chris Beech, Associate to Assistant Superintendent
e-mail address: beechc@sycamoreschools.org,
phone number: 513.686.1700, ext.#5003
Trex Recycling Program
Do you sometimes get worried about the amount of plastic we throw away every day? It can take up to 1000 years for plastic items to decompose in the landfill.
To offer a little help with this problem, Symmes Green team would like to introduce Trex recycling collection. We will have a Trex bin placed by the entrance to school. You can drop off grocery bags, bread bags, case overwrap, dry cleaning bags, newspaper sleeves, ice bags, wood pellet bags, ziplock & other re-sealable bags, produce bags, bubble wrap, salt bags, and cereal bags. All materials must be clean, dry and free of food residue.
For students there is also a Trex recycling bin placed in cafeteria, especially for those bringing food items in ziplock bags. In the next weeks, students will start learning how to incorporate this additional step into they recycling routine.