Aviator Air Newsletter
Maple Dale Elementary's Parent Communication
February 21, 2020
Our Flight Plan
Attendance Line: (513) 686-1726
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
February 24 - 28: STEAM Bus Visits MD!
February 27: Art Expo 2020 Spirit Day!
March 2: Author Visit!
March 6: MD Spirit Day! Wear your GREEN shirt!
March 6: 3rd Grade Field Trip - UC BA Chem Lab
March 6: Greene Band & Orchestra Demo for 4th Grade
March 11: All Pro Dad Breakfast!
March 12: 4th Grade Field Trip - Mathew 25
March 13: End of the 3rd Quarter
March 16 - 20: NO SCHOOL! Spring Break!
March 23 - 27: MAP Testing Week @ MD
March 26 & 27: 1st Grade Field Trip - Rowe Woods
March 26: 2nd Grade Performance @ 7pm
School Happenings
Student Information for Classroom Placement for Current Kindergartners through 3rd Graders!
The placement of students each year is a task that our staff takes very seriously. Please click here to complete this optional form. This form is optional for parents. While considering your child’s learning characteristics and social interaction style, your child’s current teachers are carefully placing your child in a friendly, collaborative group with other children with whom he/she works well. If you would like your child to be placed with a specific peer, please complete the form below. Every effort will be made to place your child with one of the students listed below. Please list six names to ensure a classroom placement with a peer. If fewer than six names are provided, the likelihood of your child being placed with a peer listed is decreased.
Please complete by March 23, 2020.
Nurse Needs....
Dear Maple Dale families,
I am very low on pants for boys and girls. I prefer leggins in any size for 2-4,4-6,6-10,10-12 for girls and elastic pants for boys. Almost empty on underwear for both as well. It has been a busy wet month. Any donations is appreciated.
Thank you!
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Carolyn Adee,RN,BSN,MSM,LSN
Look at what our favorite dog, Bode is up to!
Art Spirit Day - Thursday, February 27th!
In honor of the 2020 District art show opening February 28th - March 1st at Sycamore High School, we are having an Art spirit day here at Maple Dale Elementary. Thursday February 27th will be Art Spirit Day. The theme is Art Gallery Opening. Students may dress as a famous artist (exp. Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, Jean Michel Basquiat) or a famous artwork (exp. Mona Lisa, Starry Night, American Gothic, The Great Wave, The Scream.) Or dress as a security guard or museum worker in the gallery. Be creative, and we hope to see you and your family opening night, Friday, February 28th 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Sycamore High School for the Art Expo located in the gymnasium.
One Book, One School Celebrity Sightings!
Got plastic bags?
Guess what? Plastic shopping bags are recyclable. But if you think you can toss them in with the bottles, cans or cartons in your recycling bin, we have some bad news. Bags require special sorting and processing machines ― and not every recycling plant has those. In most areas of the country, people should not mix plastic bags in with other recyclables. But people do, and on a massive scale, which causes severe technical problems at general recycling facilities.
A group of Maple Dale 4th graders decided to initiate a plastic film recycling collection here at Maple Dale in our continued efforts to be more environmentally friendly. Working with the administration, the students decided to set up a station near the cafeteria to collect not just plastic grocery bags but other types of plastic film such as clean zip-lock bags, dry cleaning bags, bread bags, etc. Click here to see what types of plastic film is recyclable. These bags will then be delivered to an appropriate recycling facility.
Our 4th graders were inspired to start this important efforts due to reasons like the information shared in this article. We are so proud of our 4th graders for their passion and initiative to help save our planet!
Every Kid Outdoors
Did you know that you own millions of acres of national parks, historic structures, cultural artifacts, ancient forests, snow-capped mountains, and clear blue lakes? Our federal public lands and waters belong to all Americans and are waiting for you to explore them! You can get your Every Kid Outdoors pass at www.everykidoutdoors.gov, the official website where parents, educators, and kids can learn more.
To help engage and create our next generation of park visitors, supporters and advocates, Federal Land Management agencies, launched the Every Kid Outdoors initiative. The immediate goal is to provide an opportunity for each and every 4th grade student across the country to experience their federal public lands and waters in person throughout the school year.
Every year, beginning September 1, all kids in the fourth grade have access to their own Every Kid Outdoors pass at www.everykidoutdoors.gov. This pass provides free access to national parks across the country.
The Every Kid Outdoors pass is good for the 4th grade school year, until August 31. Information on obtaining the pass is available by visiting www.everykidoutdoors.gov.
PTO Corner
Box Tops are due - February 24th!
Milers is Back for Spring!!
You're invited!
We do need volunteers during lunch hours to ensure the program keeps going well. Come on out and enjoy the outdoors at the same time!
Who: Parents of Maple Dale Aviators
What: 1st - 4th graders running laps around the blacktop playground during recess. Volunteers required to monitor children, hand out foot tokens to children achieving milestones, and help enter data into a spreadsheet
Where: Maple Dale Elementary playground
When: 3/4/2020 - 5/6/2020. 1st & 3rd graders: 11:30 - 12:50. 2nd & 4th graders: 12:35 - 1:35. Please sign up for shifts on specific dates you are able to volunteer.
Why: Wonderful opportunity to interact with your child during lunchtime recess! Promote health and wellness from an early age
Please email Jessica Allison at jessie0603@yahoo.com with any additional questions.
Maple Dale Spring Book Drive (March 9-13)
Openings for a few good volunteer leaders for 2020-21 PTO
In Case You Missed It...
Join the PTO today!
Reserve Your Maple Dale Elementary School Yearbook online!
How It Works
- Your yearbook team captures amazing images throughout the year.
- Your yearbook team creates a personalized yearbook for your school.
- Your yearbook will be delivered to you later in the year.
Yearbook Photos Needed/Wanted
Monthly Lunch Menu
Around Sycamore
Fashion for the Cure
In The Community - Flyers
About us
Email: reinkea@sycamoreschools.org
Website: http://www.sycamoreschools.org/Domain/12
Location: 6100 Hagewa Drive, Cincinnati, OH, United States
Phone: (513)686-1720
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mapledaleaviators/
Twitter: @MapleDaleElem