Dear Arrowhead Families,

Everything is off to a great start for the 2010-2011 school year! I would like to take amoment to welcome all of our students, families, and staff to our Arrowhead Family.We are very pleased to once again be rated as an “Excellent” school by the OhioDepartment of Education. Additionally, this year the Copley-Fairlawn City Schools arerated “Excellent with Distinction.” We could not earn these designations without thehard work of students and staff, and the support of our families and communities.Thank you for all that you do to make Arrowhead such a special place to be!

September shaping up to be a busy month! Information will be coming home shortlyabout our School Picture Day which is September 28. This year we will be utilizingOhio School Pictures district wide. We believe that you will like the level of qualityand service that they provide. OSP also offers a la cart pictures and online orderingwhich I know many of you will like.

Our PTA membership drive, as well as our Fall Fundraiser, are both underway. Pleaseconsider supporting our PTA by becoming a member. There are many opportunitiesfor parents to volunteer and get involved in our school.

Finally, this year our theme is “Students Blossom and Grow at Arrowhead.”This naturally ties in to many of the great things we do with our Nature Zone and inthe classroom on a daily basis. The book Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden is the book thatwe are using throughout the year to tie in with this theme. Whether it is learning anew concept in math, reading a new favorite book, using clay for the first time in Art,or caring for our newly hatched chickens in the Nature Zone, your child is going tohave many opportunities to blossom and grow this year. We are very fortunate tohave such a nurturing staff and wonderful support coming from our parents andcommunity. I hope that you will take time this year to appreciate all of the smalland special moments, and watch your child make some amazing growth physically,academically and socially.

Best wishes ~ Mr. La Badie

ARROWHEADLINES

Arrowhead Primary School1600 Raleigh Blvd.Copley, Ohio 44321

330-664-4885

SEPTEMBER 2010 ISSUE 1

From our PrincipalMr. Andrew La Badie

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PTA President News1st Vice President News

3ACME Receipts

Campbell’s Soup LabelsGreenhouse News

PTA Meeting ScheduleNewsletter/Website

4Summer Garden Club News

5Nature Zone NewsMark That Calendar!

6News from the Coop

7Guidance Goodies

8Arrowhead PTA Online

Bus/Carpool/Dismissal Change Forms

WELCOME BACK!

Thank you to our “Excellent”parents & community membersfor supporting our schools bypassing the August levey!

Welcome back to a new year! As a PTA we are excited for the many things we have going on at the school thisyear. I’m not going to elaborate on these activities for two reasons: First, while I am universally accused of talkingtoo much, I just don’t like putting words on paper. Second, and more importantly, I do not want to “steal the thun-der” of the individual committee members who will present details of their PTA committee elsewhere in this andother newsletters throughout the year.

Forms have gone out to members for volunteer sign-up, but please feel free to call me anytime if you have questionsor comments about the PTA, or just want to help with something.

Let’s have another great year at Arrowhead Primary School!

Please join the PTA and come get involved with the school.Please call 330.666.9494 or email me with any questionsgiselleddavis@gmail.com.

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PTA PRESIDENTGiselle Davis

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� ACME RECEIPTS = SUE DEPTOWICZ, CHAIR; LISA POOLE, CO-CHAIR� AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS – PAULA MEEKER, CHAIR; JULIE ROTH, CO-CHAIR� BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB = JACKIE WELLS, CHAIR; ANGELA DAVIS, CO-CHAIR� BOX TOPS = CASEY PITTMAN, CHAIR; LISA POOLE, CO-CHAIR� CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS = ANNIE STELLER, CHAIR� GREENHOUSE = CHRIS HOPKINS, CO-CHAIR; JESSICA HUTH; CO-CHAIR, KIM VOLKOV, CO-CHAIR� LIBRARY COORDINATOR = ANGELA DAVIS, CHAIR� MEMBERSHIP = BETH HERTZ, CHAIR� NATURE ZONE = JUDI KISS, CHAIR� NEWSLETTER = MARCY SUPELAK, CHAIR� PICTURE DAY = JENNIFER VORELL, CHAIR� PINT SIZED BLOOD DRIVE = BETH HERTZ, CHAIR� ROOM PARENT COORDINATOR = MELODY HUNTER, CHAIR; STEPHANIE O’CONNOR, CO-CHAIR� SCIENCE FAIR = SHERYL DEPPISCH, CHAIR� WEB PAGE = MARCY SUPELAK, CHAIR� WEE DELIVER = BETH HERTZ, CHAIR� YEAR BOOK = BARB KNABE, MARCY SUPELAK, CO-CHAIRS

1st Vice President ~ Volunteer CoordinatorLisa Martin

Here we are at the beginning of another Arrowhead PrimarySchool year and things are already up and running ~ our PTA isno exception. Some of our committee chairs and volunteers arealready in place too, and I want to take this opportunity to thankthe folks listed below. Additionally, I want to extend an invitationto all of our Arrowhead parents who want to get involved, a

chance to do so. We have so many places for you to share yourtalents. Fill out the Arrowhead Committee form that went homerecently via the backpack, or give me a call and we’ll find theright place for you.

Thank you and here’s to a great 2010-2011 year!

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Attention All ACME Shoppers:Arrowhead is once again collecting Acme Receipts. Our goalthis year is to earn $400.00 in cash back which means we need$8000.00 in receipts. If your Acme receipt says (at the bottom)Cash Back with a dollar amount,kindly place receipts in an enve-lope marked Acme receipts andsend to school via your child'sbackpack. Thank you!

ACME ReceiptsSue Deptowicz ~ Lisa Poole

Don’t forget to collect Campbell’sSoup Labels to earn “free”money for Arrowhead!

Simply clip the UPCcodes from Campbell’sSoup, Chunky Soup,Spaghetti-Os, PepperidgeFarm or V8 products,and submit in the plasticdrawer marked “Campbell’s Soup” in the Arrowhead lobby.

Campbell’s Soup LabelsAnnie Stellar

NEWSLETTER / WEBSITEMarcy Supelak

The next edition of Arrowheadlines will be distributedon Friday, Ocotber 14th. Information to include in thenewsletter and/or website must be received by October 9th.Please submit your information to Marcy SupelakEMAIL: marcinegd@roadrunner.comBACKPACK: c/o Luke - Room #401Questions, call me at 330-666-7165. Thank you!

In an effort to conserve paper,Arrowhead PTA Meeting Minutesand PTA Council Meeting Minuteswill be available online at

www.copley-fairlawn.org/arrowhead

News from the GreenhouseChris HopkinsJessica HuthKim Volkov

� The PTA had the Greenhouse Classes up and running thesecond week of school. All of the 1st-4th Grades haveGreenhouse class at least twice a month and theKindergarteners come out once a month. This year, each classwill be caring for their own vegetable garden, learning aboutplants and caring for the earth, and doing other projects cen-tered around “Our small friends in the Nature Zone” (bees,worms and other insects).

� In September, the 1st-4th Grades made fresh salsa withproduce from their vegetable garden and all of the classes willalso be touring the Nature Zone Gardens.

� We are planning some recycling projects later in the year• 2-Liter Pop Bottles with the lid and the label removed. • Old candle wax or candles that are burnt down

Please save these items and send them to school with yourchild, or they can be dropped off in the Greenhouse.

� We will also have several classes throughout the year thatwill need additional parent helpers. Please contact JessicaHuth atjjhuth@roadrunner.com if you are interested.

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PTA Meeting Schedule2010-1011Meetings are at 9:30amPlease come and participate!

September 9thOctober 7thNovember 4thJanuary 13thFebruary 10thMarch 10thApril 14thMay 12th ~ Volunteer Brunch

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SUMMER GARDEN CLUB NEWSPaula Mularcik

� We had two wonderful weeks of summer garden club thispast summer in the nature zone. Close to 30 students fromArrowhead and Fort Island, gathered each of the weeks in thenature zone to learn about survival skills, shelter and fire build-ing, knot tying, and first aid, one week and nature zone animalvisitors, barred owls, red foxes, tree frogs, voles/moles, andhoneybees, the other week. The summer garden club that metin August is responsible for all the monarch butterflies thathave been hatching over the first two weeks of school in theoffice. The students found those monarch butterfly caterpillarsin the nature zone the last day of camp in mid August.

� The following produce was harvested from the nature zonevegetable gardens this summer by the summer garden club:32 lbs. of onions, 29 lbs. of tomatoes (and those were just theearly ripening ones!), 5 lbs. of garlic,36 lbs. of green beans, 35 lbs. ofzucchini, and a few pounds eachof peppers, carrots, and peas.

� Thanks to Nick andAllison Martin who werethe camp counselors forour camp this summer!

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� New hand painted signs were made this summer by LisaNaymik and her daughter Crea Naymik-Krantz. These signshelp designate the different gardens and areas in the naturezone. Next time you are at school, stop out to see them. Thankyou Lisa and Crea for all your work on these signs to helpbeautify the nature zone.

� If anyone knows how to use a computer drawing program(CAD), we need a map of the nature zone gardens made thisyear. Please contact Paula Mularcik at BnPWOOD4@gmail.comfor details.

� Thanks to all the volunteers who came out and helped inthe nature zone this summer. The volunteers who came onthe August 19th nature zone clean up day included:Melanie, Trev, and Kaylee Smith; Jared Davis and hisbrother; Ethan Davis; Nathan Stark; Al Eddy; Brad,Frank, and Paula Mularcik; George Lyon; DebbieLucas; Janet Okruch; Joann Ulichney; Heather andVirginia Williams; Veronique, Gabe, Micah, Rebecca,and Rachel Stark; Sam Moreland; Mr. La Badie, andMr. La Badie’s Father.

� Thanks to the following boys for helping move those hugeboulders in the nature zone this summer: Jared Davis andhis brother, Ethan Davis, Nathan Stark, Frank & BradMularcik, Nick Martin.

Nature ZonePaula Mularcik

MARK THAT CALENDAR!

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Please remember to check the newsletter calendarand our website for important dates!

www.copley-fairlawn.org/arrowhead

Tuesday 9/28/10Picture Day

Thursday 9/30/10Conferences ~ 4:30pm

Friday 10/1/10 Mid-term Reports Go Home

Monday 10/4/10 Panoramic All School Picture

Tuesday 10/5/10Ohio Achievement TestingGrade 3 ~ Reading

Thursday 10/7/10PTA Meeting ~ 9:30 am

Saturday 10/9/10Fall Nature Zone Clean Up

~ 9:00am - 1:00pm

Wednesday 10/13/10Donuts with Dad (A-L) ~ 8:15am

Thursday 10/14/10Donuts with Dad (M-Z) ~ 8:15am

Friday 10/15/10NEOEA Day ~ NO SCHOOL

Monday 10/18/10In-Service Day ~ NO SCHOOL

Wednesday 10/20/10 Pumpkin Carving in theNature Zone ~ 6:00-8:00pm

Thursday 10/21/10 Conferences ~ 4:30pm

Tuesday 10/26/10 Boo at the School ~ 6:30-8:00pm

Friday 10/29/109Halloween Parade/Parties

~ 2:30 pm

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Fall Nature Zone Clean UpOctober 9th � 9am - 1pm

Pumpkin Carving in the Nature ZoneOctober 20th � 6 - 8pm

Boo at the SchoolOctober 26th � 6:30 - 8pm

< 15 chicks hatched on 9/13/10. There may be more hatching in the next few days!

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NEWS FROM THE COOPPaula Mularcik

The chickens have arrived at Arrowhead! We are enhancing ournature zone with chickens this school year. This will provide fora wonderful learning opportunity for our students. The chickeneggs were placed in an incubator in the library on August 24th.They are expected to hatch the week of September 13th! Initially,the chickens will reside in the school lobby for a few days andthen will move to the greenhouse for about 6 weeks. After thatthey will be big enough to move into the coop. The chickencoop was purchased through donations from The SummitCounty Farm Bureau and the Arrowhead PTA. The chicken yardwas constructed this summer by Alex Stopar, a Copley HighSchool student, as his Eagle Scout Project. Check out the naturezone bulletin board across from the music room for up to dateinformation on the nature zone and chickens.

Each classroom will be responsible for helping to care for thechickens over the course of the school year. (Teachers will signup their class for one week time slots a few times during theyear.) When your child's class has a turn coming up, you willreceive a letter with the details of what the children will be doingto care for the chickens. Three to five students from the classwill be sent down to the office at a certain time each day to meetMr. La Badie or another staff person or a parent volunteer to goout to the chicken coop to feed and water the chickens andgather eggs once they start to lay eggs(egg laying will begin in

March). There will be a chicken check list of “things to do”when the students go out to care for the chickens. When thechickens are in the coop, the students will have to put on specialboots before entering the chicken coop area. Gloves will bemade available to those who wish to wear them. Hand washingwill be done before and after each student handles anythingrelated to the chickens. If for some reason you would rathernot have your child participate in this program, the letter that issent home right before your child's class will be caring for thechickens will have an “opt-out” section to fill in and return ifthose are your wishes.

We plan to have a chicken naming contest along with weighingthe chickens periodically to be able to watch their growth. Wealso will record the number of eggs gathered each day. We willneed parent/student help on the weekend days and holidays.It will take about 20 minutes of your time if you sign up to helpon one day of a weekend. Detailed instructions will be givenfor what you have to do when you come in to help with thechickens and it will be fairly simple (feed, water, and play withthe chickens). If you would like to help on this committee,please contact Paula Mularcik at bnpwood4@gmail.com.

Next time you are at school stop out to see the chicks and thechicken coop.

Mr. La Badie welcoming the newest addition to Arrowhead! �

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FOR A GREAT CAUSEPLEASE READ…My name is Robbie Deppisch and I am in fourth grade. As most of you know,I have been saving the tabs of aluminum cans for almost three years now, todonate to Akron Children’s Hospital. The hospital turns the tabs in for money topurchase hand-held games, books and puzzles for the kids to play while theyare on a dialysis machine, sometimes for many, many hours. PLEASE, PLEASE,when drinking from an aluminum can, pull off the tab and put it in a bag andsend it to Arrowhead School with your child, to my attention. Please get yourfriends and families involved! This summer, I spoke with local businesses, andthey too are helping me collect tabs from their employees/friends/family. LETSCONTINUE TO COLLECT POUNDS AND POUNDS OF TABS TO HELP THESE KIDS!The last day to collect tabs is the last day of school! I THANK YOU AND THECHILDREN AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL THANK YOU, FOR HELPING!

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Guidance GalleryMrs. Long-Rice, Counselor

330-664-4887

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Visitwww.copley-fairlawn.orgclick the Arrowhead PTA linkand find important informationregarding:

� PTA Committees� PTA Meeting Dates� PTA Meeting Minutes� PTA Officers� Fund-raising� Coming Events

and Much More!

ONLINE

DismissalChangeRequestForm

Teacher: ________________________________

From: __________________________________

Date: ___________________________________

Child’s Name: ____________________________

Phone Number: ___________________________(where we can reach you during school hours)

______ will be carpooled with ____________________________________ (name) on ___________________________ (date)

______ my child has a doctor/dentist appointment today and needs to be dismissed at ______________________ (time-no later than 3:15 - thereafter in the carpool line), OR will be late tomorrow _______________________________ (date)

** you must have a note from the doctor or dentist office to prevent being marked tardy upon your arrival / return to school.

______ we will be out of town from ________________________________ to ______________________________________Please make arrangements with your child’s teacher regarding work that will be missed.

______ Other _________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Early Dismissal ends at 3:15 - Any students waiting in the office at this time will be sent back to theirclassrooms for carpool dismissal. After this time all students must be picked up in the carpool lane.

These forms are for making dismissal changes, late arrival notifications, or general requests from the office. Please feel free to make copies and use as necessary.

Please use the Bus Pass form below if you are requesting ANY bus changes (different busses orstops). Again, please know your child’s bus number, who they are to get off with, or what stop ifdifferent than home, when filling out the request. The drivers keep these bus passes on the bus sothere is no discrepancy when it comes to where your child should be. We follow your instructions.

vBuS PASS ~ Copley-Fairlawn City Schools

School: Arrowhead Teacher: Date:

Names: Grade:

To ride bus #_______ to the stop:

or get off with:

Permanent � Temporary �Change of stop � Change of bus �New student � Student moved �Date(s) of change(s):

Authorization:

Driver: File this pass on your bus for the duration of the request.

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