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February 6, 2015
As we get ready for Parent Teacher conferences, let’s continue our focus on having conversations with our students about their performance and progress. Below you will see “Praise to Engage” (part 2). Share a specific strength or highlight you learned about your child at the conference and use one of the conversation starters to help.
PRAISE TO ENGAGE (part 2)
• I really admire the way that you concentrated and finished that. • You put so much thought into this. • The passion you put into that gives me a real feeling of joy. How do you feel about it? • I can see that you are working hard. You must feel proud. • I can see you put a lot of effort into that. • I liked the effort you put in, but let’s work together some more and figure our what it is
that you don’t understand. • It may take more time for you to catch on to this and be comfortable with this material,
but if you keep at it like this, you will. • Everyone learns in a different way. Let’s keep trying to find the way that works for you. • I’m proud that you’ve stuck to it and kept learning.
Again, I look forward to hearing about your experiences.
Lenore Schiff, Principal
Principal’s Pointers
FEBRUARY 4th Banking Day 5th Report Cards Issued 6th NO SCHOOL – Professional Dev
Boys Night Out, 6:00-‐8:00 11th PK Field Trip 12th School Closes at 12:50 for
Conferences Jump Rope for Heart, 1:00-‐3:00 13th School Closes at 12:50 for
Conferences 16th NO SCHOOL-‐Presidents Day 18th Banking Day 20th First Grade Author’s Tea
POINTER VIEW
MARCH 2nd Kindergarten/New Student
Registration begins 2nd Interims Issued 4th & 18th Banking Day 5th Boys Night Out , 6:00 – 8:00 11th PreK Field Trip to HoCo Library 16 President’s Day – NO SCHOOL 27th End of 3rd Marking Period, school
closes at 12:45 30th – April 6th SPRING BREAK
Important Upcoming Dates
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Student Conference Information
Conferences will take place on February 12th and 13th 2015. Some teachers will be offering evening conferences on Thursday 2/12. The scheduling window is open from 1/17-2/6. Access Pickatime from the HCPSS website.
Kindergarten/New Student Registration is set for March 2nd – 6th. Please see the school website for a complete list of items needed to register your child, and for further information.
PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
The Pointers Run Regional Early Childhood Center (RECC) toddler and preschool programs will begin accepting applications for classes for the 2015-2016 school year. These classes include children with and without disabilities. The program’s focus is helping all children develop communication, literacy, math, problem solving, motor, and social skills. Parents of children who will be 3 and 4 years of age for the 2015-2016 school year come to the school office for an application package beginning February 17, 2015. All applications must be returned by March 20, 2015. A limited number of openings are available for children without disabilities. Children are selected based upon screening information given on the application form and the “Ages and Stages Questionnaire,” as well as observations of the child’s participation in a playgroup. If necessary, a lottery process is conducted.
If you have any questions, please contact Jane Berman at 410-313-7142.
Pointers Run is still in need of STEM Day volunteers for April 15th, 2015. If you would like to design and run a science, technology, engineering or math activity, please contact Jessica Brown at [email protected] or Cara Scott at [email protected]. Thank you!
Pointers Run is collecting Entenmann's Little Bites Pouches and GoGo squeeZ pouches to recycle through TerraCycle. Not only will you be helping the environment, but each pouch has the potential to earn money and rewards for some great organizations. If you have any empty ones at home, please send them in with your child. There will be a collection box in the cafeteria.
CONTACTING STAFF MEMBERS
The PRES website (http://pres.hcpss.org/) will link you to each staff member’s email address (the best method of communication) and webpage (if available). Just click on the staff member’s name under their team to go directly to their email. Please use this as your first line of communication when time is not of the essence. Please keep in mind that when the office staff takes a phone message, it is e-mailed to the staff member.
You can now follow Pointers Run Elementary School on social media! If you are already on Twitter, follow us under the Twitter handle: @hcpss_pres. If you are not on Twitter, you can still follow our tweets by visiting our public Twitter page: https://twitter.com/hcpss_pres. To sign up for a twitter account: 1. Go to https://twitter.com/signup 2. Complete the sign up information. 3. To follow PRES go to the PRES Twitter page https://twitter.com/hcpss_pres 4. Click Follow under the blue banner at the top of the page.
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Kindergarten/New Student Registration New Student/Kindergarten Registration will be held the first week of March (2nd – 6th) from 10:00 to 2:00. Children entering KINDERGARTEN in the fall of 2015 must have been born between September 2, 2009 and September 1, 2010. Please see the school website for a list of what to bring to get your child registered. If you have any questions, please contact the school office at 410-313-7142.
The Howard County Health Department will conduct Vision and Hearing Screenings at Pointers Run Elementary on March 18th, with rescreening scheduled for March 26th. All Kindergarten (unless screened last year with pre K) and First Grade students will be screened. PK students who are at least four years old will be screened. All students who are new to MD Public Schools will be screened, regardless of grade. If your child(ren) is not in the above group and you believe your child(ren) has a vision or hearing problem, you may send a note to the teacher requesting a screening. ***ALERT – If your child currently wears glasses, please make sure they wear them on the day of the screening!*** The Health Room is in need of 3 volunteers, preferably kindergarten or 1st grade parents. Your help will be needed from 9:30am to 3:30pm on March 18th. You will be retrieving students from classrooms and returning them after being screened. Please consider helping for a couple of hours that day. Please call the Health Room to sign up for volunteering. Thank you for your help and please don’t hesitate to contact the health room if you have any questions, 410-313-5633.
Multicultural Craft Festival Saturday, February 21 9 – 11 a.m. Bring the kids to Claret Hall, 6020 Daybreak Circle, Clarksville to make crafts from around the world—fans, dragons, hearts, origami, maracas, dream catchers, and lanterns. Light snacks. This free event is sponsored by the River Hill Community Association’s Teen Advisory Committee. Please bring a non-perishable food item. Contact 410-531-1749 or [email protected] for more information. REMINDERS: Just a reminder, don’ t forget to register your cards from Giant Food’s A+ Rewards (www.giantfood.com Account Number 02671) Harris Teeter’s Together In Education (www.harristeeter.com Account Number 7583) Target Take Charge in Education (www.secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/home Account Number 58073). Our school receives rewards based on the number of participants and there’s no cost to you!
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