Panda Press
Paddock Road Monthly Newsletter
October 4, 2019
Calendar Events
October 18 - Intersession - NO SCHOOL
October 21 - Teacher Professional Learning - NO SCHOOL
October 22 - Don and Millies Family Night
October 25 - PICTURE RE-TAKES AND STAFF PICTURE
October 29 - 5th/6th Music Program - 7:00pm WMS
October 31 - Halloween Parade/Parties - 2:15 pm
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Halloween…
Fun and Friendly Costumes Please!
Halloween is coming soon. It’s time to think about your costumes. For our school parade and party please wear only fun and friendly costumes. Fun and friendly excludes blood, gore, scary/frightening masks or clothing, and weapons.
We also ask that students do not bring make-up or hair coloring. While fun, this is often time consuming to put on and can create a mess in the restrooms. If anyone has questions concerning the appropriateness of a costume, please
contact the office. Thank you for keeping things on the fun and light side!
Parade and Parties
The parade will begin at 2:15pm. We are asking that parents please arrive no earlier than 2:00pm to begin set up.
Please do not have your child wear their costume to school. There will be time to change before the parade. The parade will start in the hallway by the blacktop entrance. It will progress down the hallway and out the art room.
Weather permitting, the students will go out the art room, walk around the front of the building, and walk back into the South doors by the blacktop.
Food Safety
Please be mindful of the Safer and Healthier Food List. Attached are the lists of what
to bring for parties or birthdays. Thanks for helping to make Paddock Road a caring community for all of our students.
We hope you have a fun and safe Halloween!
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Want to Register for Battle of the Books? Click below.
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Parade
Positive Office Referrals
Show and Tell
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Two Hour Late Start Details
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Original Art Works Will Go Home @ Conference Time
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Attendance Alert
Studies show that chronic absenteeism is a red alert that students are headed for academic trouble and eventually for dropping out of high school. Chronic absenteeism: students who miss a total of 18 days of the entire school year.
Fact: Only 17 % of students absent 10% or more of the school year in Kindergarten and 1st grade can read at grade level after the 3rd grade.
Partner with us in increasing attendance and bring your child one step closer to realizing their UNLIMITED potential!
Here are some helpful tips you can use to help your child come to school on time every day.
Set a regular bedtime and morning routine.
Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before.
Don’t let your child stay home unless she is truly sick.
If your child seems anxious about going to school, talk to teachers, the school counselor, or other parents for advice on how to make him/her feel comfortable.
Develop some backup plans for getting to school if something comes up. Call on a family member, a neighbor or another parent.
Avoid medical appointments and extended trips when school is in session.
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Peer Pressure
Counselor Corner
“Everyone is doing it!” It is a child’s battle cry. Wanting to do what all of the kids are doing is a part of growing up. The desire to “belong” often becomes a desire to conform. If peer pressure is negative, shifting your child’s healthy activities and positive behaviors toward dangerous ones, you have a right to be concerned. To help your child cope with peer pressure, there are several tactics you can choose. One of the best ones is to be physically and emotionally close to your child from the very start. Studies show that the child who is the most susceptible to negative peer influence is the one who feels least close to a parent.
Additional tips:
· Make your rules clear and don’t ignore problems when your child breaks them.
· Set strong, effective limits.
· Discuss what behavior would be appropriate in a variety of situations.
· Acknowledge how hard it might be to turn down a friend. Stress how “grown up” and “strong” it is to stick to your guns when you know what you are doing is right.
· Above all, stress that children have a choice! They can evaluate the situation, consider the facts, examine their own feelings and values, and arrive at the best choice.
(Taken in part from Pediatric Hints, Children’s Hospital)
Sarah Lieske, NCC, LMHP
School Counselor