The Scoop From Mrs. Shoup

CENTURY PARK LEARNING CENTER

Century Park Learning

CALLING CPLC

Main Office: 254-6820

Attendance: 254-6829

FAX: 254-6823

Tonia Shoup 254-6822

Our office business hours are

7:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

Please send a note to your

student’s teacher with if

they will need a transpor-

tation change or early

pick up. It is not enough

to tell your student, and

the office becomes very

busy at the end of the day

and we may not be able to

get a message in time.

ABSENCES

Please call the office at

254-6829 before 9:00 if your

child is going to be absent.

If your child has an illness

that is contagious, please

include that information in

the message.

If your child will be late,

please also leave lunch and

classroom information. (We

need to know if your stu-

dent will be taking Hot

Lunch, and if so, whether

they want an A or B lunch

or Chef Salad.)

Tonia Shoup, Principal Emily McAlpine, Assistant Principal October 2016 Newsletter

Art Walk 2015—“Lights, Camera, Art!” We are eagerly awaiting our 4th Art Walk. The FCC is hopeful that this will be our only fundraiser this year.

On Friday, September 30, students will take home their Art Walk T-Shirt and pledge envelopes. Please have them wear the new shirt to school on Monday, October 3rd. Students are encouraged to return pledge enve-

lopes the week of October 10.

We will have our “Family Night” on Thursday, October 13th from 5-7 p.m. Family members are invited to take

a stroll through CPLC and enjoy our students’ artwork.

We could use some High School students to volunteer that night. If you have a student who needs community

service hours, please email Mrs. Shoup at tshoup@gpsbulldogs.org.

Intermediate Special Persons Day Our intermediate students will be hosting Special Persons Day on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd. Classroom schedules will be sent home later in October. Please try to limit guests to no more than 2 per student.

Have you checked out the parent portal for Infinite Campus? Many parents have found it to be very helpful to view their child’s “grade-book”. The parent portal allows parents to view their 4th-6th grade child’s grades and missing assignments. Many parents are familiar with the parent portal through the high school and middle school. It is a valuable tool for all parents, and you do need to be signed up to get any alerts from GPS. Sign-ing up for Parent Portal and including your email address will also allow you to receive electronic copies of important notices. If you need the initial ID number, please email Evelyn at epaauwe@gpsbulldogs.org and

also let her know whether you wish to receive electronic copies of newsletters and notes.

PARENT PORTAL

Daycare for Half Days On October 6, students will have a half day of school and will be dismissed at 11:36. Notes were

sent home in the middle of September to all parents about an alternative plan for parents needing

daycare on half days. You must register no later than Friday, September 30, 2016 if you are

interested in having your child/children participate. Please copy this link into your browser in

order to register: bit.ly/half-daysignup1. You may call or email Scott Merkel with questions at

smerkel@gpsbulldogs.org or 616-254-6557.

The FCC is looking for volunteers that can help count money the week of October 10th. Volun-

teers will count at approximately 2 PM each day. If you can help, please email Crista Hines at

CristaHines@gmail.com .

Help is also needed to hang art work! Mrs. Vecchio would love helping hands on October 4th

from 1-3:30 PM and October 10 from 8:30-11:30 AM. No experience is needed!

Art Walk Volunteers Needed

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FCC Meeting

Please mark your calendar with next month’s FCC meeting date. The October meeting date is Friday, Oct. 7th at 8:45 a.m. New parents are always welcome! Meetings are held each month in the Commons at 8:45 AM. Other meeting dates for the year are as follows: Nov. 4, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, Feb. 24, Mar. 24, Apr. 28 and May 19.

Punt, Pass, Kick Results

What a great night for Punt, Pass and Kick! Grandville had over 250 students compete at the

Middle school on Wednesday night!! Century Park had over 50 students enter the competition.

The winners move on to the regional finals, that will be held on October 9 at West Ottawa High

School.

Girls: Boys:

6-7 Jackson Thomas

8-9 Ella Koetje 8-9 Brien Martin

10-11 Calli Dykhouse 10-11 Tyson Mann

12-13 Devin Koetje

14-15 Andrew Smitley

CPLC has benefitted greatly over the years from clip and save programs and we will continue to use them this year.

Box Tops for Education – these are found on various products.

Project A+ - Found on Tyson food products

School Spirit – Found on the labels of Aunt Millie’s Bread products

**just clip and turn in to your child’s teacher in a baggie or envelope with the teacher’s name on it– thank you for your continued support on this, these little labels really add up!

Clip and Save Programs

Meijer Community

Rewards

Our school number for that program is:

541743. Use of

Meijer Credit Card

will yield 1% of total purchase and cash

and pin-based debit

cards will yield .5% of total purchase.

CPLC’s picture retakes are scheduled for Thursday, November 3rd. Flyers will be sent home along with your student’s pictures as soon as they arrive. If you need a flyer for retakes,

there will be extras in the office. Please return your picture package if you are not satisfied, and Geskus will retake your child’s pic-ture. If your student missed the first picture day, please select the package you wish to purchase, include the payment made out to Geskus, and return to the teacher in a sealed envelope BY PICTURE RETAKE DAY,

Thursday, November 3rd. If you have questions, please call the office at 254-6820.

Picture Retakes

SCHOOL DAY

SCHEDULE

7:30 Office Opens

Kids 4 Health Opens

8:20 Students may

enter building

8:23 Warning Bell

8:28 Tardy Bell

Kindergarten

Lunch Recess

12:20-12:40 12:40-1:20

Corl, Huberts

Merritt/Webster

1st & 2nd Grades

Lunch Recess

11:25-11:45 11:45-12:25

Griffith/Kloppe

Hall/Kopec

Kalman/Stutzky

3rd & 4th Grades

Lunch Recess

11:40-12:00 12:00-12:40

Akhurst, Hummer

O’Callaghan, Austin,

Miller, Wekenman

5th & 6th grades

Lunch Recess

11:55-12:15 11:15-11:55

Schneider, Streiff

VandenBerg, Caterino

Hadaway, Kempema

3:41 Dismissal

4:00 Office Closes

Please remember that we do not have cardboard recycling; we actually have to pay to for cardboard pick up.

We do appreciate you paper drop offs, though. Thanks for your help!

PaperGator Reminder

The Elks Club Hoop Shoot will take place on Oct. 25, from 4:00 - 6:30 during the Tuesday conferences in the Century Park gym. Students ages 8-13 may participate in a free throw shooting challenge. Each student will shoot 10 free throws. The student in each age group with the most made baskets will

move on to the regional competition to be held in November. Last year we had a student named Tommy Gregwer that made it all the way to the National Championship! Awesome job, Tommy!! Registration forms will be available in the upcoming weeks. Check the Century Park weekly announcements if interested.

Elks Club Hoop Shoot

Hot Lunch Notice

Identification of Student Items

Please make sure you have your child’s name on his/her lunchbox. It is also helpful to put names in jackets

and sweatshirts. Students frequently take off jackets and leave them on the playground. We appreciate your

help in increasing the number of “found” items, and reducing the number of “lost” items.

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Please remember...when sending envelopes with money for hot lunch, please indicate your child’s first and

last name on the envelope. Sometimes it is not clear who the lunch

money belongs to. It would be helpful if you would also indicate your child’s classroom.

The office is still running low on clothing to fit Kindergarten & 1st grade GIRLS in case of an accident at

school. If you have any clothing size 6-8, especially sweatpants, we would love your donation. We could also

use a couple pair of sweats for older students who may tear clothing. Thanks to all of the families that donated

items for little boys!

Accidents Will Happen...

Our classroom directories will go home soon and that will contain addresses and phone numbers for most CPLC families. We ask that parents mail party invitations rather than have their child pass them out at school. The only exception would be if every child in a classroom received an invitation.

We appreciate your help in minimizing classroom disruptions and most importantly, to help prevent putting children in an uncomfortable or hurtful position.

Party Invitations

CPLC Tailgate Before Oct. 14th Game

On October 14th, CPLC families are invited to a Grandville Tailgate before the 7 PM varsity football

game. The Tailgate will be from 5-7 PM at the new athletic entrance. Tickets are $5 each or $20 per

family. This includes a hot dog, drink, chips, cookie and game ticket. It will be “Super Hero” night at the game.

Parents: We are starting out this year seeing higher number of colds and upper respiratory infections than typi-

cal. Here are a few reminders:

-Continue to review good handwashing with your children. -If your child is ill, (fever, coughing, exhaustion) please keep them home! Some of these viruses are very

“catchy” and young children can spread the infections easily.

-Please remember to call the school attendance line when your child is ill and will not be in school. -If you child has asthma or other respiratory disease, please make sure they are following their medication pro-

tocol. If they should have a rescue inhaler at school, please make sure this is provided. The Asthma Action

Guide should be completed if an elementary child has an inhaler at school. Unless otherwise indicated by the

physician, inhalers should be kept in the office. When little ones carry them back and forth, they can get mis-

placed and then are not available when needed.

Here is a link to the Asthma Action Guide on the district website: http://www.gpsbulldogs.org/apps/pages/

medical . Copies of this form are also available in the school offices or can be emailed to you. Please contact

the nurse at sweener@gpsbulldogs.org if you’d like to receive an email copy.

October Nurse’s Note

5710 Kenowa Ave., SW Grandville, MI 49418

Phone: 616-254-6820 Attendance Line: 616-254-6829

Fax: 616-254-6823

Tonia Shoup, Principal

Emily McAlpine, Asst. Principal

CENTURY PARK

LEARNING CENTER

Caring Partners in a Learning Community

Learn more at

www.gpsbulldogs.org

2-Hour Delayed Start & School Closing Information

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Please be informed regarding Grandville Public Schools procedures should it

become necessary to have a 2 hour delayed start of school, as well as school

closing procedures due to inclement weather. Please make note of the infor-

mation listed below:

2 Hour Delayed Start: Should it become necessary to have a 2 Hour Delayed

Start, you will be notified of this delay via the local T.V. and radio stations. In

addition, you can also go to the GPS web site at www.grandville.k12.mi.us for

school delay and school closing information. School will begin exactly 2 hours

later than normal (10:30 a.m.). Buses pick-up times will also be delayed by 2

hours. On days when we have a 2 hour delayed start of school, all 6th

grade beginning band/orchestra classes, as well as morning ECSE

classes, will be CANCELLED! School hot lunch will be provided as usual

and lunch periods will be held at their normally scheduled times.

School Closing Information: Should it become necessary for GPS to close

schools, you will be notified of school closings via local T.V. and radio stations.

In addition, you can go to the GPS web site at www.grandville.k12.mi.us for

school closing information. GPS will notify local TV and radio stations and up-

date its web site as soon as possible once the decision has been made to close

school. When school is closed, all after school and evening school activities

will also be cancelled unless otherwise announced.

Inclement Weather Arrives after School has begun: Should inclement weather

arrive in the area once school has started, it is the policy of GPS not to dismiss

school early! School will dismiss at their normal times, unless a Tornado

Warning has been issued. GPS will not dismiss students to go home during a

Tornado Warning unless a child is picked up by their parent/guardian or a des-

ignated adult individual of whom the office has been informed of by the parent/

guardian.

Each year, we test students in a variety of ways to gauge their aca-

demic progress. We use DIBELS tests in Kindergarten-6th grades,

along with classroom assessments to make decisions on how students

receive extra help. In grades 3-6, we use both MAP and dibels, along

with classroom assessments to determine if a students qualifies for ad-

ditional support. Our extra support is provided by Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs.

Bustraan and Mrs. Wiest, who are funded with 31A funds from the

state. We follow the Michigan Department of Education guidelines for

student selection and program. The extra support that is provided is

supplemental to a child’s grade level instruction.

Extra Academic Support

Every Wednesday is Grandville

“Spirit Day” at CPLC

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Wear

New Art Walk

T-Shirt

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5

COUNT

DAY

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1/2 Day

Students are

Dismissed at

11:36 AM

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FCC Meeting

8:45 AM

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Art Walk Community

Night 5-7 PM Wear Art

Walk T-Shirt

14 Art Walk for

Classrooms

Wear Vintage

Art Walk

T-Shirt

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Hoop Shoot 4-7

Conferences 4-7

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Conferences 4-7

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Halloween

Parade @ 9:30, Parties after

Parade

School Dismisses

at 11:36 AM

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NO SCHOOL

Nov 1

Victory Day

Wear U of M

Or

MSU Gear!

Nov 2

Nov 3

Picture Retakes

In AM

Nov 4

Nov 5

October 2016