an amazing group of dedicated

parents and I am so thankful for

all of their work.

It has been an absolute pleas-

ure working with your children

each day. Their energy, silliness,

and kind-hearted nature make

me excited for the great things

to come.

Karla, Lydia and I wish you a

Happy Thanksgiving. Be safe in

your travels and be sure to

spend time with family and

friends. Go Warriors!

Mr. Fowler

Welcome to November and

the second quarter of the year. I

am so proud of our Knox stu-

dents and all they have accom-

plished to date. We are seeing

tremendous growth in every

child as they have settled in with

routines and procedures.

As I continue to get to know

your children, I wanted to share some of their silly stories with

you. I have tied more shoes

than I ever thought possible in

these first two months of

school! Our Kindergarten stu-

dents have been practicing hard

and many have mastered this

skill.

1st graders think “See Food”

is funny at lunch! After a little

education about not talking with

mouths full, I had to chuckle

about this.

2nd graders tell the goofiest

jokes! “Did you hear the joke

about the roof? Never mind. It’s

over your head!”

3rd graders have educated me

on “Five Nights at Freddy’s.”

Apparently this is a popular

video game right now.

4th graders have so much

energy! I can’t keep up with

them on the playground as they

whiz around playing tag or kick-

ball.

We have a busy schedule in November. We welcome grand-

parents to school on Tuesday,

November 10th to get a little

taste of what we do. We will

hold a Veteran’s Day program

that afternoon. Our students

will be heading to WBHS to see

a sneak-peek of Bye Bye Birdie.

The Harlem Wizards will be

here on the 16th (and yes, Mr.

Fowler has been recruited to

take them on). We will have a

Thanksgiving Feast on the 20th

to get students ready for the

upcoming holiday. Our PTO

continues to plan and imple-

ment amazing events for all our

students each month. They are

Message from the Principal

Stay After and Elementary Night a Huge Success

3rd and 4th graders had the

opportunity to “Stay After” on

Friday, October 9th thanks to

our PTO. Students had a great

time participating in a Dance

Off, a floor scooter race, getting

Warrior tattoos, playing dodge-

ball, and minute to win it. Cook-

ies, juice, snocones, and pizza

rounded out the night as stu-dents prepared to make their

way to the football stadium.

Lining the entrance to the

field, all elementary students

cheered, clapped, and fist

bumped as our West Branch

Warriors made their entrance

for the game against Louisville.

A big thank you to Mr. Manley

and all of the teachers and par-

ents who helped make this pos-

sible.

KNOX

ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

November, 2015 Volume 1, Issue 4

Upcoming Events:

11/2-Holiday Sweater Day

11/2-2nd Nine Weeks begins

11/6-Report Cards go home

11/10-Grandparent’s Day

11/10-Veteran’s Day Program

11/10-PTO Meeting

11/11-Picture Re-takes

11/13-PTO Movie Night

11/16-Harlem Wizards

11/20-Thanksgiving Feast

11/25-30-Holiday Break

K and 3rd grade students

learned about fire safety

thanks to a visit from the

North Georgetown and

Homeworth volunteer fire

departments in October.

Knox News

Mrs. Plocher helps students with

face tattoos before the game.

Knox would like to welcome all grandparents

to our Grandparent’s Day on Tuesday, No-

vember 10th. Grandparents will have a

chance to visit their grandchild’s classroom,

take part in fun activities, and enjoy refresh-

ments. Please mark your calendar and tell

grandma and grandpa to join us for a great

day of learning.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH

Grades 3-4 from 10:00-11:00am

Grades K-2 from 1:00-2:00pm

We realize that not all children have a grand-

parent in their lives. We want to be very

sensitive to this and invite a “special person”

in your child’s life to attend in their place.

Calling All Grandparents!

Welcome New Staff

Follow us on

Twitter:

@KXWarriorNation

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Veteran’s Day Celebration

Our music classes are hard at work preparing

for our Veteran’s Day celebration. Please join

us at Knox Elementary as we celebrate the

brave men and women who have defended

our country throughout the years.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH

2:20-3:00pm

Knox Elementary Gymnasium

Knox and Damascus students will see a sneak

preview of the high school’s production of Bye

Bye Birdie on Friday, November 13th. Students

riding buses will be

dropped off directly at

WBHS that morning.

Car riders should also

be dropped off there

by 9:00am. All students

will be returned to Knox E lementary

around 11:30am to

resume their day.

THE WIZARDS ARE COMING BACK TO THE BRANCH The Harlem Wizards are coming back to West Branch! Come out and see the West

Branch Warriors dominate (or maybe that should be get destroyed?) by the Harlem

Wizards.

Tickets will be on sale at all schools starting on October 26th.

Presale: Students $8 and Adults $10

Game Day: Students $10 and Adults $12 There are 30 courtside seats for sale at $25 each. This incudes ticket to the game,

meet and greet with the Wizards with a poster autograph and halftime fun with the

Wizards.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH

Doors open at 5:30pm. Game starts at 6:30pm

Knox’s team roster includes: Mr. Fowler, Ms. Fitts, Mrs. Emmons, Mr. Basalla, and Ms.

Woods.

Bye Bye Birdie

We have three new staff members to welcome

at Knox in our Title I Reading program.

Mrs. Kattie

Royal, 4th

Grade

Mrs. Kelly

Brodzenski,

Kindergarten

Mrs. Ginger

Williamson,

2nd Grade

Knox Students of the Week for October

Red Ribbon Week

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October 2nd: Ryanne Jordan (K), Matthew Rutkowski (1),

Jordan Wayt (2), Allison Hoschar (3), Avah Stull (4)

October 9th: Callie Hill (K), Connor Linder (1), Josiah

Fogarascher (2), Nathan Smith (3), Emmy Jones (4)

October 16th: Dylan Cameron (K), Audra Bandy (1),

Marshall Klemann (2), Ricky Watson (3), Mikalyn Fitts (4)

October 23rd: Gregory Miller (K), Brody Conaway (1),

Elaina Eichner (2), Anthony Bryant (3), Brittanie Rich (4)

October 30th: Johnny Vlaiku (K), Jeremy Roller (1), Bray-

den Moore (2), Jase Linn (3), Beau Alazaus(4)

Starting October 26th, Knox celebrated Red Ribbon Week. The red

ribbon is a reminder to our students to be drug and bully free every day.

The week started off with “Wear Red to School” followed by “Give

drugs the boot” (students wore their favorite pair of boots to school),

“It’s no sweat to stand up to bullies” (students wore sweat pants and

shirts), “Be a hero, bot a bully” (students wore their favorite superhero

clothes), and “We are West Branch” (students wore green and white to

represent how strong we are when we stay drug free and stand up

against bullying. Thank you, Ms. Rolston, for organizing the week and

thanks to all of our students who participated.

Mrs. Helms’ class celebrated Superhero day by designing their

own capes from shower curtains.

Knox Elementary School 2900 Knox School Road

Alliance, Ohio 44601

Phone: 330-938-1122 www.westbranch.k12.oh.us

The Knox PTO is excited to announce the upcoming events for November. The Fall Fundraiser will be available for pick up sometime during the week of November 09th. Grandparents Day will be November 10th, grades 3 and 4 will be from 10-11am and grades k-2 will be from 1-2pm with the veterans program at 2:15. Grandparents will go to the classrooms and refreshments will be served. We will have later events for the parents so this is for grandparents or a special friend only. A form has been sent home that needs to be returned so we can get a head count. On November 13th we will do Movie night with babysitting. Parents can drop their kids off at 5:00 and they must be picked up by 9:30. Look for a flyer to come home soon with more details. Our new Harvest Feast will be November 20th. This will allow parents to sit with their child at lunchtime (Parents will not be eating). Our annual shirt sale will be going home with the kids Friday 10/30 and will end on 11/13. All orders will be available for pick up (or sent home with child) on 12/11, just in time for Christmas. This year we have done a website so everyone can go on and not only see all the designs but also place their order and even pay online with a credit card. Paper orders paid by check or cash is still available also. The website is https://knoxpto.promocheckout.com.

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Punt, Pass and Kick Winners Announced

Congratulations to our Punt, Pass and Kick Winners! Ages 6-7: Chloe Sanor (85.4), Tallie Muniz (55.1), Allie Brammer (51.3), Gavin Gregory (148.6), Lukas Black (128.7), Caleb Woolf (107.2) Ages 8-9: Sophia Gregory (201.8), Mattison Adams (138.8), Matilynn Hawk (112.7), Jaxon Robb (200.1), Carter Hawk (186.3), Zack Gorby (154.3) Ages 10-11: Colby Smith (205.0), Beau Adams (185.1), Kyle Peterson (117.7), Mikalyn Fitts (153.6), Taiva Hagan (123.9), Kennedy Berger (117.7)

Harvest Walk Thru A Big Hit With Students

Effort Today Rewards Tomorrow November/December Grandparent’s Day; Veteran’s

Day; Thanksgiving Feast; Secret

Santa; Hot Pots Family Night;

Candle Light Lunch; Classroom

Holiday Parties

January/February

Donuts with Dads;

Valentine’s Day Parties

March/April Discount Card Sales; Texas

Roadhouse Roll Sale; Muffins

with Moms; Spring Parties; Tye

Dye Shirts (K-2); Stay After (K-

2)

May/June Teacher Appreciation Week;

Tye Dye Shirts (3-4); Field

Trips; Carnival

Directions to “Follow the yellow brick

road” not only led student to the Em-

erald City but scored them some

sweet treats along the way. This year’s

Harvest Walkthru was a huge success

as students trick-or-treated, took part

in a fall hayride, visited the “Spooky

Science” lab, jumped in the bounce

houses, and enjoyed lots of other

treats. To help get the festivities started,

Knox students helped room parents

decorate classroom doors to the

theme of The Wizard of Oz. Congratu-

lations to Mrs. Jones’ Kindergarten

class who won the competition. A big thank you to our PTO and all of

the parent and teachers who helped

make the walkthrough possible. An

especially big thank you to Mrs. Cheryl

Libb who coordinated the events. Our

students had a great time!

Mrs. Jones’ “munchkins” posing with

their winning door. Great job, Kinder-

garten!