The Sequiota Scoop
Monthly School Newsletter - January 2020
A Note from Mrs. Wagner
Welcome to2021!
I sure hope all of you had a lovely break with your families. I personally loved that we also received a bit of snow over this break!
This week we welcomed back our students, many of them coming to us for the first time as they transitioned from virtual learning to seated instruction. We are so excited to have more of our Sequiota School family inside our walls again!
I wanted to thank all of you for your amazing support with our Winter Clothing Drive. We collected more items this year than any of the previous years that I or Mrs. Verfurth have been apart of the drive. We are so excited to share these items with our sister school and the PTA clothing bank. Thank you for your generosity.
I also wanted to thank the parents who helped plan or donate for our "Party in a Box" activities/snacks for our Winter parties. These boxes were jam-packed and many grade levels had enough supplies to spread out the fun throughout the day. Thank you for supporting our students and teachers with this!
Let's have a fantastic 2021!
In Partnership,
-Mrs. Wagner
Student absences
You may contact our front office by phone at 524-5400 or email at seatkinson@spsmail.org
Thank you for your partnership with this!
COVID Daily Screening
At-Home Screening Procedure
Every day, before coming to school, we ask parents/guardians to check and ask their child if they have any of the following symptoms and/or exposure:
- Fever – temperature 100.4 degrees or greater.
- Cough
- Rash
- Sore throat/swollen glands
- Shortness of breath
- Runny nose or congestion
- Diarrhea
- Nausea or vomiting
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Muscle pain
- Lack of appetite
- Loss of taste or smell
- Red, itchy, watery eyes
- Persistent earache
- Close contact with a person with COVID-19 in the last 14 days
Conscious Discipline
The skill of Encouragement helps us acknowledge that "we are all in this together" and our actions affect those around us.
We focus on Noticing instead of judgment as our basis for encouragement, using phrases like: “You did it! You ___ so____. That was helpful.” So for example we might say: "You did it! You threw away all of your trash so our lunchroom is clean. That was helpful!" The more we highlight what we want to see the less we're having to redirect what we don't want to see.
Below is a video link of Becky Baily explaining (more in-depth) the Power of Unity which also hits the skill of Encouragement.
Upcoming Dates
Jan. 11th:
- Math Club afterschool
- Steam Club afterschool
Jan. 14th
- PTA Board Meeting 5:30 pm (via Zoom)
- PTA General Meeting 6:00 pm (via Zoom)
- Parents as Teachers Story Time for Pre-K students 6:00 pm via this Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88497537347pwd=VzJzeGlWd25lcjF2QkJLUmZqRHZVdz09
Jan. 18th:
- NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 25th:
- Math Club afterschool
- Steam Club afterschool
Feb. 1st:
- Math Club afterschool
- Steam Club afterschool
Feb. 4th:
- Parents as Teachers Story Time for Pre-K students 6:00 pm
Feb. 5th:
- PTA HOSTS: Sequiota Virtual Trivia Night 6:30 pm
Join us for Kindergarten Registration March 3rd
Due to our desire to keep this event as safe as possible registration will be by appointment only.
Please call our front office at 523-5400 to set up a time to stop by on March 3rd between 9:30-3:00 to register.
Enrollment is easy, just follow these steps:
- Begin the enrollment process online. Before coming on March 3rd
- Schedule kindergarten immunizations. Contact your primary physician or Jordan Valley Community Health Center to schedule immunizations. For information about scheduling immunizations if you don’t have insurance or have Medicaid, call (417) 831-0150.
- Schedule a kindergarten screening. Contact the Early Childhood Education office at 523-1333 to schedule a free developmental screening.
- Complete our Health Inventory and bring it with you on March 3 (copies available the day of as well).
- on March 3rd submit required documents including social security card, birth certificate, proof of residency, etc. to your child's school.
Breakfast & Lunch Updates
Breakfast and lunch throughout the ENTIRE 2020-2021 School Year will be free for all students. Students can grab breakfast on their way to class each morning from 8:30-8:45.
What's for lunch: Click here to read the Sequiota Breakfast & Lunch Menus
Need to add money to your child's breakfast/lunch account? Click this link!
Sequiota Behavior Expectations
CLICK ON THE IMAGE (to the left) TO ACCESS OUR BEHAVIOR MATRIX
This document outlines our behavior expectations for every area of the building.
Teachers will begin teaching these expectations to our students during the first week of school and will continue to reteach these expectations throughout the school year.
Feel free to review these expectations with your children to help reinforce positive choices at school.
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SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
About Us
Email: jlwagner@spsmail.org
Website: https://www.sps.org/sequiota
Location: 3414 South Mentor Avenue, Springfield, MO, USA
Phone: 417-523-5400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SequiotaPTA/
Twitter: @SequiotaIndians