Roosevelt Roadrunner Report
Volume 1 : October 2018
Principal's Report
It is hard to believe we are already into our 7th week of the 18-19 school year. Our students, teachers, and staff have worked hard to build strong classroom communities and are deeply engaged in learning and growing. In addition to the great learning in our classrooms, many of our students have been on exciting field trips, learning about our community and environment.
Our teachers are continually working to provide meaningful and targeted instruction to all of our students. One exciting example is in our 5th and 6th grade classes. Our 5th and 6th grade teaching team is working hard to support the needs of our students during their WIN (What I Need) time. On days 1, 2, and 3, students are broken into groups based on their MAP test scores. Within these groups, teachers are able to more purposefully target learning needs and design instruction that is informed by the students’ MAP scores. We are excited to see the growth our students will make as a result of this more targeted learning time.
We continue to work on our school-wide PBIS expectations that all Roadrunners are respectful, responsible, and safe. Each month, students are working to earn a reward by reaching a certain number of school-wide earned Roadrunner tickets. This month’s goal is 500 tickets. Please reinforce these positive traits with your child at home.
On November 2nd, we will hold our first school-wide PBIS activity period. During this time, students in grades K-2 and 3-6 will be divided into cross-grade level groups and work with different teachers from the building. Through these community and relationship building activities, we hope to strengthen our whole-school community, as well as broaden our relationships with our students.
We have many exciting events coming in the next few months. Please mark your calendars for the following:
November 8th – Family Literacy Night
November 9th – Veteran’s Day Lunch
November 12th and 15th – Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences
December 7th – Winter Music Program, Grades 3-6
As always, thank you for your continued support of our school. Because of the outstanding parents and school community we have, Roosevelt is able to do great things every day!
Sincerely,
Kelly Snyder-Chase
Flyers You May Have Missed
Student Apparel Order Form
Staff/Parent Apparel Order Form
Veterans Day Lunch
Message from the Nurse
Facts of Lice
It takes just 30 seconds of head to head contact for lice to move from one head to another. Here are some tips to help prevent your children from getting lice:
· Check your child's head for lice once a week for the first month or so after school starts. Look for brown or gray eggs (about the size of a sesame seed) glued to the hair shaft, approximately 1/8” to 1/4” from the scalp. You can always have a professional head check done at Lice Clinics of America-Central WI if you want to be sure your child is clear of head lice.
· Use lice prevention products containing peppermint, tea tree, or rosemary. There are numerous products available, including shampoos, conditioners, and sprays. Lice prevention products attack a louse’s “olfactory” nerves. In other words, lice can’t stand the smell. The products will smell pleasant to you and your child, but not to lice. Since lice move to new hosts primarily through head-to-head contact, they will avoid a head that smells of peppermint, rosemary, or tea tree.
· Talk to your friends. Silence about head lice is one of this critter’s best friends. People don’t like to talk about lice because they mistakenly believe lice are a result of poor hygiene. Don’t let that stop you. Tell your friends what you’re doing to prevent lice infestations, and encourage them to do the same. Anyone who has dealt with lice in the past will appreciate it!
· Go to PlzDontBugMe.org for more great prevention tips!
If your kids do get lice, keep calm. There are a variety of treatment options. OTC treatments are relatively inexpensive. They do require multiple applications to be successful, and are approximately 20-50% effective. Prescription treatments are also available, and are up to 70% effective. Lice Clinics of America-Central WI offers lice treatment advice and education, as well as treatment options for every budget, including a guaranteed one-and-done heat treatment that is 99.2% effective.
When You Should Stay Home
School policy requires a student to stay home if he or she:
- Has a fever of 100.0 degrees or higher
- Has been vomiting or has diarrhea
- Has symptoms that keep him or her from participating in school, such as:
- Very tired or lack of appetite, (for no known reason)
- Cough that he or she cannot control, sneezing often; Pertussis
(whooping cough), RSV, and influenza are in our community or
nearby communities; consult your physician for testing with cough
or cold symptoms
- Headache, body aches, or earache
- Sore Throat - a minor sore throat is ok for school, but a severe sore
throat could be strep throat, even if there is no fever. Other
symptoms of strep through in children are headache and stomach
upset, or rash. Call your doctor if your child has these symptoms.
- Keep your child home until his or her fever has been gone for 24
hours, without medicine. Colds can be contagious for at least 48 hours.
Returning to school too soon may slow recovery and expose other people
unnecessarily to illness.
- Keep you child home until 24 hours after last vomiting or diarrhea
episode.
- Keep your child home is he or she is coughing or sneezing frequency,
as this will spread the germs to others.
Inclement Weather
Dress appropriately for the weather
Proper winter attire is important since students go outside for recess during the school day when the wind chill is above 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Proper winter attire includes a coat, hat, and gloves or mittens. Students will be required to wear boots and snow pants if playing in the field when the snow comes!
During days of inclement weather (rain, windchill below zero, extreme heat, etc.), students will not go outside for recess. If there are medical reasons that a student should not go outside for recess, a note will need to be sent from a parent or doctor.