EAST ELEMENTARY
MARCH 2019
MARCH EVENTS
7 EC Milk and Cookie Day
7 PTO Dinner/Auction 5:00 pm
8 End of 3rd Quarter
8 K-4 Milk and Cookie Day
12 Club Discover 3:30 pm
12 Kindergarten Music Concert 6:00 pm
13 K-4 Dental Varnish #2 8:00 am
14 Kindergarten Enrollment 4:00 - 6:30
15 School In Session - Make Up Day
15 Email 3rd Quarter Grades
18 Spring Picture Day
20 PTO IMO's Pizza Fundraiser 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
26 JMS Parent Transition Meetings (for East's 4th graders) 6:00 - 7:00 pm
27 EC Dental Varnish #2 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
28 JMS Parent Transition Meetings (for East's 4th graders) 6:00 - 7:00 pm
30 PTO Father/Daughter Dance 6:00 - 8:00 pm
April 8-11 Buy One Get One Free Scholastic Book Fair
A MINUTE WITH DR. MAXWELL
Dear Parents,
We are continuing to work on our vision of Everyone Achieving Success Together by being SAFE, RESPECTFUL, and RESPONSIBLE. I am happy to report that we have seen a 4% increase in the students reading on or above grade level from September to December. We also only have 11 less office discipline referrals since last year at this time. Congratulations, East students!
Even with progress, we are still continuing to push every child to their potential. In order to do this, we need your help. We strongly suggest that you ensure your student is here every day and on time to receive instruction. If possible, please schedule appointments and vacations when school is out. In most classes, reading instruction begins promptly in the morning. Students go to their classrooms at 7:50 AM each morning. Teachers are working diligently to teach the curriculum set by our state and district while meeting the student at their learning level. We need your help reinforcing this at home. You may help your student learn their math facts, conduct fun science experiments while talking about the scientific process, read books, play learning games, or complete suggested activities sent home by the teacher.
With your help, we plan to meet our goal by the end the year of having every child read at his/her grade level and above.
Please know that if you have any questions, you can write a note or call us to get the information you need.
Happy March,
Jessica Maxwell, Principal
MRS. CRIDDLE'S CORNER
Dear East Families,
Can you believe Spring is just around the corner? There are a couple important dates we would like you know. Since we have 3 days (Nov. 15th, Jan. 11th, & Feb. 28th) that we will need to make up due to weather and an early release, we will now be in Session on April 18th, April 23rd, & March 15th. Students still have April 19th and April 22nd off for Spring Break.
Also, if you haven’t bought your tickets for our PTO Grilled Cheese & Chili Supper Family Auction Night, please be sure to do so. Use this form to purchase tickets, but you can also purchase that night at the door. It’s a fun event for all who attend. We have a live and silent auction along with dinner. Please join us on March 7th
Thank you,
Shauna Criddle, Assistant Principal
MRS. MOYERS' MESSAGE
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to learn from Kristin Souers, one of the authors of the book Fostering Resilient Learners. She is licensed mental health counselor who has a wealth of knowledge and insight when it comes to helping educators to create an environment in which all students can feel safe and ready to learn.
One of the things that stuck out to me was her explanation of the 10 things a person’s brain needs to be healthy:
Sleep: 8 hours for adults, 10 hours for kids
Eat healthy: Upstairs brain food
Drink water
Exercise: 30 minutes, 5 times a week or 40 minutes, 3 times a week for adults; 60 minutes, everyday for kids
Deep breaths: When in doubt, shut your mouth & breathe! (This was one of my favorite pieces of advice from this training!)
Teamwork: Working with others and connecting to other brains
Challenge: When faced with a challenging task, instead of giving up, ask for help and keep trying
Limit screen time: 2 hours max entertainment screen time a day
Too much screen time invites the downstairs brain to be in charge
Helps you to see wide! Too much screen time can affect development of peripheral vision
Gratitude: Finding things to be thankful for and expressing thanks
Laughter
The terms “upstairs brain” and “downstairs” brain are used to describe the thinking (“upstairs”) and the emotional (“downstairs”) parts of the brain. While the above information applies to people of any age, for students to be ready to learn, it is necessary for the upstairs, thinking part of their brains to be in control. For many students who are not getting enough sleep, adequate nutrition, or exercise, and/or too much screen time (for entertainment), the downstairs, emotional part of their brain is often quick to take charge which not only inhibits their ability to learn, it can also lead to disruptive behavior, poor decisions, etc. Mrs. Ashley Diebold, a second grade teacher here at East Elementary, shared an article earlier in the year about explaining the upstairs and downstairs parts of the brain to children. (How to Teach Your Kids About the Brain https://www.mindful.org/how-to-teach-your-kids-about-the-brain/)
While we do our best to meet as many of these brain-needs here at school, we simply can’t do it all without support at home. If there is anything I, or anyone else at school, can do to help your student have a healthy, ready-to-learn brain, please let me know!
NEWS FROM THE NURSES
The nurse's office could use donations of clothing items: girls underwear, girls pants, boys underwear, and socks.
This is the time we usually see an increase in sickness (stomach bug, strep throat, flu, etc). Please do not send your child until they are 24 hours free of fever (without the use of Tylenol/Motrin), vomiting and diarrhea…Any child who comes back before the 24 hour period may be sent home to prevent the spread of illness (unless a doctor's note is provided).
Remind your child to wash their hands, cough into their elbow, drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep. Don’t forget to eat your fruits and vegetables. (Don’t forget to wash those water bottles daily with soap and water or use a fresh clean water bottle!)
Read-a-thon Update
Thank you all so much for your support with our school Read-a-thon! It was exciting to see all of our students logging minutes and as a school, we read over 110,000 minutes! It was so amazing to promote reading while also raising money for our school. We're excited to be able to provide books for summer reading and engaging new reading resources to our teachers.
Thanks again for your support!
Lauren Foeste & Kate Palisch, Reading
JACKSON R-2 ELEMENTARY SUMMER SCHOOL
COMMUNICATION CORNER
Amy Brueckner, MA, CCC-SLP, Julie Layton, MA, CCC-SLP, Lori Heuring, MA, CCC-SLP,
Christy Gibbs, MA, CCC-SLP
Oral Motor Skills
Allowing your child to drink from a straw promotes appropriate speech development more than a sippy cup.
Tips to remember:
--Put the straw only on your child’s lips and not resting on his/her tongue.
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB - FEBRUARY
K-5
Kynsleigh Hamm
Katie Hoffmeister
Landon Wren
Aidan Diebold
Drake Keller
Jay Lukefahr
Addy Montz
Lily Clubbs
Early Childhood
Luke Colwell
Brantley Goering
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PBIS SPIRIT STATION
2/8/2019 Expectation: Safe Restroom & Technology (Special Guest: National Guard) Kendrick Poindexter, Easton Dunaway, Logan Lee, Tucker Welker, Joanna Johnson, Asa Harrell, Evan Boss, Caden Dillingham, Max McCall, Temperance Clark, Mason Biri, Cash Lucious, Shane Demyan, Chase Rnadol, Harrison Miller, Gavin Bengtson, Adrian Thiele, Jimmy Williams, and Ben Austin Miller.
2/22/2019 Expectation: Safe - Playground (Special Guest: Wrestling) Brody Ross, Wyatt Campbell, Cambron Butler, Kamden Stovall, Aiden James, Maelani Carter, Cooper Heuring, Serenity Cantrell, Nolan Strickland, Connor Larson, Charles Hillis, Beck Johnston, Hannah Funk, Ryder Lohman, Ashton Clark, Eva Kilburn, Joshua Funk, Jillian Brown and Yaidan Alvarez.
EAST ELEMENTARY
Website: jacksonr2schools.com/East-Elementary-school/
Location: 455 North Lacey Street, Jackson, MO, USA
Phone: 573-243-5271