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Thomasboro Grade School Elizabeth Acton, Principal

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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 01

August 2019

Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year at Thomasboro Grade School! We want to extend a special welcome to the many new families who have joined our school community, as well as a welcome back to all returning families.

At Thomasboro Grade School, we believe that every child has a success story! Our goal is to partner with our families to provide a welcoming and peaceful environment with high academic expectations and positive student behavior.

Family involvement is a critical aspect of our school success! Please feel free to visit our school. We welcome you and appreciate the support you give our school. For the safety of everyone, we ask that ALL visitors check in through the front office and obtain a visitor’s pass.

Please take time to review important information provided in this monthly newsletter. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide important updates, reminders, and announcements to ensure your support and ongoing participation.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you should have any questions, concerns, or comments.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Acton, Principal

Upcoming Events

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Welcome Back

Important Announcements

*Please remember

to turn in a l l forms

from regist rat ion.

* I f you need to

contact the school

please remember

the phones are in

night mode f rom

4:30 p.m. to 8:30

a.m. (please leave

a message and

someone wi l l

return your cal l ) .

* I f you would l ike

to meet with Ms.

Acton or a teacher,

please cal l or emai l

to schedule an

appointment.

Student Drop-Off & Pick Up Safety: Arrival and dismissal is a very busy time. We appreciate your patience and flexibility in getting each and every student to school in a safe manner. When dropping your child off in the morning, please remember the doors do not open until 8:15. If you drop your child off before the doors open, they will not be supervised. If your child arrives after 8:25, they need to go to the office for a late pass. To ensure the safety of children arriving and dismissing from school, Phillips Street will be blocked and turned into a one way. Please be sure to follow the map that was given out at registration. If your child is a car rider, please get in the car rider line that begins on Park Street and turns onto Phillips Street. For the safety of students, please do not park on the street and walk to get your child. Bike Safety: If your child rides a bike to school they need to walk their bike across the tracks and continue walking their bike all the way to the bike racks. Please remember no riding bikes, scooters or skateboards on school property.

PBIS

Our school improvement committees met over the summer on ways to ensure a safe and caring environment. We are implementing PBIS this school year. PBIS is a way for schools to encourage good behavior. It focuses on proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments.

Some of the highlights for Tier 1 PBIS

School-Wide Expectations for students. o A copy of these expectations are

available upon request o Look for our updated posters

around the school Character Education Curriculum

o Core Essential Values is the name our new curriculum.

Social and Emotional Learning o Empowering Education is our

curriculum. This was implemented last school year.

Trauma Informed Approach o Conscious Discipline

Curriculum

This is our first full year of

implementation.

Last year was a pilot year

Check out the ratings on

this curriculum at

edreports.org!

This is our first year using this

PBIS Character Education

Curriculum.

The curriculum focuses on a

different core value (trait) each

month.

We will have a monthly

assembly to introduce the new

value.

This is our Social and Emotional

Learning Curriculum.

We are in our 2nd year of using

this curriculum.

The curriculum focuses on

mindfulness.

This is our first year using

TCi. It is a pilot year, so it

will not be fully

implemented until next

year.

This will be used in 4th -8th

grade for Science and

Social Studies.

This is our second year

using Mystery Science in

the primary grades.

We will use this Science

Curriculum in K-3 grade.

Ask your students about

Doug!

This is our 3rd year using

Eureka Math.

Check out the ratings on

this curriculum at

edreports.org!

Please Welcome Our New Staff:

Mrs. Miller: Special Education

Ms. Herman: 4th Grade

Ms. Stauffer: 3rd Grade

Mrs. Liestman: 2nd Grade

Ms. Cimarusti: 6th Grade

Mr. Hall: 7th/8th Grade Math/Science

Mrs. Pettry has moved to the

Instructional Coach Position

Mrs. Quinn is now the Title I Teacher

Mrs. Byers has moved to 1st Grade

August Core Essent ia l Va lue :

The B ig 3

C l i ck here to see this v ideo on the B ig 3 ! What is a Phase?

We’ve all said it: “It’s just a phase,” Meaning that your child will get through whatever irritating moment in time he or she happens to be in right now.

But what if we flip that? What if instead of eagerly awaiting the moment when your child will grow out of it, we embrace each Phase as a moment of time that we will never have again? What if a Phase outcome: A time frame in a kid’s life when you can leverage that moment to influence their future.

If you’re a planner, you may be concentrating on the future - a phase your child will be in sometime in the future.

If you are nostalgic, you may be focused on what your child used to be like. But instead, let’s focus on how we can use this year, these next 10 months, to influence our kids for the best possible outcome.

So don’t miss it, it’s just a phase!

Staff

Each month we will interview different

staff members. This month they were

asked the following questions:

Favorite Quote:

I love…

Would you rather: speak to animals or

speak all foreign languages?

If you could go back in time, what

decade/era would you travel to?

Elizabeth Acton Principal

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” -Confucius

I love…Spending time with family and friends, Interior

Design, Traveling, and Tacos

I would speak all foreign languages, so I could travel the

world!

I would go back to The Roaring 20s

Julie Quinn Title I Teacher

“Not all of us can do

great things. But we can

do small things with

great love.”–Mother

Teresa

Reading, Swimming,

Hanging out with

Family, and Eating Out.

Talk with animals. It

would be so

AWESOME!

Mesozoic Era, so that I

could see ACTUAL

dinosaurs!

James Arriola 8th Grade

Homeroom Teacher

“Remember, the enemy gate

is down.” –Ender’s Game

I love playing Dungeons and

Dragons

I would want to speak every

language.

I would go back to 1700s and

meet the famous Pirates of

Nassau.

Samantha Pettry Instructional Coach

“We may encounter many defeats, but we

must not be defeated.” –Maya Angelou

I love: the Cubs, Dairy Barn Ice Cream,

and coaching girls basketball.

I would rather speak all foreign languages.

I would like to travel back to the Classical

Era (Ancient Greece)

TGS