Mrs. Stolfus, our school counse-

lor, has been leading Character

Education Assemblies all week,

for grades 2-5, during which she

introduced herself and ex-

plained her role at EP Rayzor.

All students and teachers have

been trained about our Bully

Buster Program, using a moving

wax museum skit to make sure students and staff understand

what true bullying is and how to

handle it. She has reviewed the

3 Rs … Do what is Right, Be

Respectful and Be Responsi-

ble and the Promise – Good

Character will lead to a hap-

pier, healthier and a more

successful life. Each grade level

was able to gaze upon the

“golden R” out of the case,

recite all of the cheers and re-

viewed what makes a Leader of

the Pack. Mrs. Stolfus finished

up each assembly with a skit

about reaching our goals and

having GRIT. Obstacles can get

in the way during this process

and we have to have a positive

attitude and never give up. Stu-

dents then caged Stinkin’-

Thinkin’ for the year.

These traditions, through our

Character Education program,

have been a big part of E.P.

Rayzor for years and bring with

them powerful messages. Ask

your children about the experi-

ence!

Good Character Assemblies

Math News

Math Strategy Night

Mark your calendars for this

fall’s Math Strategy Night to

be held on Oct. 20th at 6:00

p.m. You will have the op-

portunity to learn and prac-

tice the math strategies that

your children are working

toward mastering. We will

have math activities for your

EP Rayzor children to allow

you the time with teachers

to gain a better understand-

ing of the importance of

learning more than one way

to solve problems. We hope

you will be able to attend.

Check out this article from

Istation:

When is a Good Time

for Technology?

E.P. RAYZOR

ELEMENTARY

Linda Bozeman, Assistant Principal Mary Dunlevy, Principal

Principals’ Press September 23, 2016

Calendar:

Sept. 27 ~ Kindergarten

Curriculum Night 6:00

Sept. 28 ~ 1st Grade Curric-

ulum Night 6:00

Sept. 29 ~ 5th Grade Camp

Grady Spruce Meeting 5:30

Sept. 30 ~ End of 1st 6

weeks

Oct. 3-7 ~ Conference

Week; 12:00 noon early

release

Oct. 10 ~ Staff Development Day for teachers; no school

for students

Oct. 11 ~ PTA Meeting

Oct. 14 ~ Mother/Son Night

Oct. 19 ~ All grade Charac-

ter Assembly

Oct. 20 ~ Math Strategy

Night 6:00 p.m.

Inside this issue:

Friday Clubs 2

Destination Imagi-

nation

3

Author Visit 3

Student Spotlight 3

Thankful for PTA 3

Volunteer Info 4

U-NITE T-shirts 5

Staff Spotlight 5

Thanks for supporting the 3R’s,

Dr. Wilson (DISD Superinten-

dent).

Reviewing the Bully

Buster program

through role play.

Club Friday

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Improv

Dance

Chess Club

Instrument

Circle

Pillow Polo

Comic Book Drawing

Story Telling

Sports Club

Gardening

For those of you new

to Destination Imagi-

nation, it is an educa-

tional challenge pro-

gram wherein students

(K-12th) come together

in teams of two to sev-

en members to find cre-

ative solutions to com-

plex challenges that

blend STEM education

with arts and social en-

trepreneurship. Teams

compete and present

their out of the box so-

lutions at regional tour-

nament. Top teams

have the opportunity to

advance to state and

global tournaments.

This is the first year our

district will be hosting

the regional tourna-

ment on Sat, Feb 25th,

2017 at Guyer High

School! Currently, we do not

have any teams at EP

Rayzor. If you are in-

terested in learning

more about DI, and per-

haps starting a team,

please contact Seema

Gokharu at seemago-

kharu@hotmail.com.

Teachers and staff

members were treated

this week with a Cof-

fee, Tea, and Coke Bar.

Thank you, for helping

EP Rayzor staff mem-

bers feel appreciated. Smiles were in abun-

dance!

Destination Imagination

Thank You, PTA

Author Visit Student Spotlight also have the opportunity

to purchase books and

have them signed by the

author. Watch for an or-

der form coming home

next week.

These students were rec-

ognized on the news and

received a gift bag for

completing the Summer

Reading Challenge: Ri-

ley Jahnke, Corbin Ca-

son, Connor and Mykul

George, Daniel Kim,

Cohen Stewart, and

Maria Olaya. Congratu-

lations, Readers!

Chris Barton, author of

several popular children’s

books (including one of

this year’s Bluebonnet

nominees, The Amazing

Age of John Roy Lynch)

will visit E.P. Rayzor on

Wednesday, October

19th. All students will

attend his presentation,

“Write What you Want

to Learn.” Students will

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Page 4 Principals’ Press

377 Rayzor Road Lantana, TX 76226

Phone: 940-369-4100

Fax: 940-455-2658

Our mission is to foster lifelong learning in a supportive

and safe environment by providing rigorous academics

and character education, so that students can be suc-

cessful, contributing citizens and lead meaningful lives.

DENTON ISD

graders are sweet-

natured, enjoy talking

about their lives, and

aim to please teachers

and their parents. We

can’t wait to see what

this year holds.”

We would like to intro-

duce our second grade

team: Ms. McNabney,

Mrs. Sorensen, Mrs.

Mitchell, and Mrs.

Crocco. They have shared

what they enjoy about

teaching this age.

“Second graders have a

love of discovery and

are interested in learn-

ing about life. It is fun

for us to watch them

gain independence: aca-

demically, socially, and

emotionally. They are

learning to set realistic

goals and work to

achieve them. Second

Staff Spotlight

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www.dentonisd.org/eprayzores

E.P. Rayzor Elementary

Principals’ Press

U-NITE T-Shirts

U-NITE, our annual community fall

festival, will be held on November 4th

at Harpool. T-shirts are on sale now

for $10 at www.eprayzorpta.org . Just

click on the shopping cart!