Bushnell Buzz
January 7, 2022
Mrs. Walters' News
Dear Bushnell Elementary Families,
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a safe and restful two weeks. And an added bonus of a couple snow days too! We are now ULTRA rested and ready to rock this month!
First off, now that we have some snow on the playground, please send your children with appropriate snow gear. If your child is need of something specific, we have donated items we can happily provide. Just give us a ring in the office to let us know! And if you have any items to donate- we would be much obliged.
January is National School Board Appreciation Month. Many of you probably don’t know the members of our school board, as their work is done behind the scenes. However, I do want to recognize them here in our newsletter, as they volunteer MANY hours to our district and have done an amazing job of guiding our district to the success we have had over the years. So please join me in thanking each of our seven school board members: Brian Krajewski, Laurie Kuna, Gary Blough, Pat Nugent, Tom Kaywood, Dan Stephens, and Jessica Curtis.
Reminder: Monday, January 17th, will be a half day of school for students. Dismissal for students will be at 11:50. While students are at home our staff will be getting some professional development and working collaboratively to better support our students.
We have a mid-year benchmarking opportunity that will assess your child's ongoing reading growth using Acadience. This is an exciting point in the year as so many skills have already been established. First graders are continuing to build their phonological awareness which means the sounds that letters and combinations of letters make together. Kindergarten students are launching into reading whole words and becoming more proficient with their 'snap' words which are the most frequent words they will find in their books. You can partner with this growth by encouraging your child to read every day at home.
IMPORTANT! With school breakfasts and lunches being free this year, we have a much lower number of families who have filled out the Free/Reduced lunch application for food service. If you took part in this program or if you think you might qualify this year, please take the time to fill out an application at www.lunchapp.com. Our school receives Title 1 dollars based on the number of students who qualify to be used for staffing interventions, ipads and chromebooks, school social work, and much more! Please take just a moment to fill out the application. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Erin Walters
Bushnell Elementary Principal
Important Dates...
1.17 1/2 day students, dismiss at 11:50
1.18-1.20 First grade classes to WWC
1.27 Kids Have Rights (virtual)
1.28 PBIS Pajama Day Celebration