Business Name PTO Newsletter

April 2013

11256 Bowen Rd./ Mantua, OH 44255 / Main Office 330-357-8202 / Principal : Beth Trivelli, btrivelli@crestwoodschools.org

Preschool

For the past month the morning preschoolers have been learning about

dental health, nutrition and staying healthy. They really enjoyed feeding Mr.

Big Mouth his healthy food. We are also introducing more rhyming, working

on identifying numbers 1-5, patterns and letters of the alphabet. The after-

noon class continues learning their ABC's. We have been working on many

emerging reading activities such as using a Level A book and the teacher

reads while the students follow along with their craft sticks and then we

discuss the common words. We have also had fun in our science groups

learning about wind, air and rainbows. The class is graphing how many lion/

lamb days we have in the month of March.

Dear Parents,

April showers bring May flowers! Let’s hope we have finally seen the last of the cold and snow. It is hard to believe that it is April already.

I hope all the families enjoyed the Dr. Seuss Family Literacy Night. A big thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Delaney and the community support to

make this tremendous event a success. I hope each family had an opportunity to read the Dr. Seuss book your child brought home from

this event.

I am very proud of the wonderful work of the students in all academic areas during this year. It is very exciting to see

the reading and math progress during the last few months. I would like to thank all the families for the support to en-

courage each child to make academic success. At Crestwood Primary we have implemented the new common core

standards in both math and reading which include very rigorous academic standards for all students.

Our parent information night for children entering kindergarten in the fall will be on Thursday, April 11th at 6:00 p.m. in

our cafeteria. The evening will begin with a presentation from our kindergarten teachers, as well as the school nurse.

The PTO will again invite parents to join and participate in our school community. If you know of any parent with a kin-

dergartener please encourage them to pick up a registration packet in the school office or go to the district website at

www.crestwoodschools.org.

Please join us on Friday, April 26th for the annual Earth Day celebration. This after school event has many great activi-

ties for families. Please look for further information coming home about this event.

Thank you for your continued support of Crestwood Primary School. Please feel free to contact me at 330-357-8202 or at btriv-

elli@crestwoodschools.org if you should have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Beth Trivelli Beth Trivelli

Kindergarten

Kindergarten students are busy working in Guided Reading groups. In these groups

they are working on books on their instructional level. The end of the year goal for

Kindergarten is for each child to be on a Level D. Students are working daily at Work

Stations that are made to practice letters, words, sounds and writing. In Social Stud-

ies they are learning about needs and wants and also goods and services. The Math

Topic this month is learning about tens and ones. They are also writing to 30 and

counting to 100 .

First Grade

The first graders have been busy preparing for their Spring Program on March 19th. In Social

Studies, every first grader has been learning about maps, cardinal directions and map skills.

Students created a “Flat Stanley” based on the book “Flat Stanley” by Jeff Brown. After teachers

read the story, students mailed their Flat Stanley to various parts of the country and are anx-

iously awaiting the return from friends and family members to learn more about our states. In

math, students have been working hard on adding and subtracting with tens and ones. The

topic of re-grouping in math has been added this year to the curriculum because of common

core and students are doing a great job learning this math concept. All of first grade will be busy

learning about recycling and how to take care of our earth with the upcoming Earth Day Celebra-

tion we have every year.

Crestwood Primary

PTO Board 2012-13

President

Annette Thompson

Vice President & Volunteers

Brook Moses

Treasurer

Gwen Mason

Secretary/Grants

Angie Hunter

Fundraising

Annette Thompson

Publicity/Newsletter

Stacy Turner

Spirit Wear

Annette Thompson

Fall Festival

Jen Norsen

Santa Shop/Book Fair

Lisa Wild

Santa Sock Hop

Lisa Wild

Yearbook

Carolyn Wysong

Classroom Happenings

Second Grade

All second grade students have just completed two weeks of the Iowa and Cog AT tests. Second graders took inspiration

from Dr. Seuss’s birthday and our school wide Dr. Seuss Literacy night. Using stories from the master of rhyme and silli-

ness, they practiced and reinforced their weekly targeted reading

skills. Students compared and contrasted the characters in the

Cat and the Hat by filing in a Venn diagram and then writing a 5

sentence paragraph using the data. Students used the shared

reading story Horton Hatches an Egg as inspiration to practice

their fictional writing skills. The website switcheroozoo.com al-

lowed their mixed up hatchings and stories to come to life! Dr.

Seuss’s inspiration did not stop with reading and writing. In math,

students used the shared reading story The 500 Hats of Bartholo-

mew Cubbins to practice concepts of place value of 100’s, 10’s

and 1’s. Using hat manipulatives, the students recreated parts of

the story to add and subtract numbers to 500 with and without

regrouping.

Crestwood Local School Kindergarten Information for the 2013-14 school year.

Children must be five years old on or before August 1, 2013 to be eligible to attend Kindergarten during the

2013-14 school year.

Information packets containing registration paperwork are available for parents to pick up at Crestwood Pri-

mary School or online at www.crestwoodschools.org.

The registration of students will be during the times of 9:30 -11:30 am or 1:00-2:30 pm. All registration

will take place at the Crestwood Primary Building.

In addition to the registration paperwork, parent/guardians are required to show two proofs of residen-

cy, the child’s official birth certificate issued by the State and the child’s social security card, also custody pa-

pers if applicable. Student’s immunizations must be up to date for fall entry into school.

There will be a “Kindergarten Parent Information Night” for par-ents on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at 6:00 P.M. at the Crestwood Primary School multi-purpose room. No child care services will be available at this time. All questions can be directed to Crestwood Primary School at 330-357-8202

Book Fair The spring book fair will be taking place on Tuesday, April 16th & Thursday, April 18th, during the school day. It is a buy one,

get one FREE sale. This is a great opportunity to have your children get some books for summer reading. A flyer will be com-

ing home showing a sample of some of the books that will be available. We are also looking for volunteers - if you would like

to help out during the fair, please contact Lisa Wild at 330-714-9029 or

wild9200@yahoo.com<mailto:wild9200@yahoo.com>.

Next PTO Meeting Thursday, April 4, 6 pm

We have had great participation at our new nightly meetings. New parents are welcome to join at any time throughout the school year. We will be meeting in the library.

Spring Pictures Friday, April 5

Spring student pictures will be taken on Friday, April 5th. Everyone’s photograph will be taken. A proof will be sent home with an order form, so you can preview the pose(s) be-fore you purchase.

Spring Nature Photography Contest Deadline Monday, 4/8

The deadline to submit pictures for the Spring Photo Contest has been extended to Monday, April 8th. Pic-tures must be printed out to be accepted (5 x 7 or 8 x 10 suggested)

New Kindergarten Parent Information Meeting Thursday, 4/11

There will be a meeting for parents of new kindergarten students on Thursday April 11th at 6:00 pm in the Crestwood Primary School multi-purpose room.

PTO Book Fair Tuesday, 4/16 and Thursday, 4/18

Our PTO is sponsoring a book fair for students on Tuesday, April 16th and Thursday, April 18th.

Akron Zoo Mobile April 22, 23, 24, and 25

For those who registered, remember which day your child is signed up for. The program is held in the cafe-teria right after school and ends with child pick up at 4:30. If you have questions, please contact Debbie Campana at 330.310.1360 or e-mail at dmcampana@hotmail.com. This is the last week for our zoo club for this year. A big thank you to Mrs. Campana and all the helpers who made this activity such a great suc-cess!

Earth Day Celebration Friday, 4/26

The Earth Day Celebration will be on Friday, April 26 from 4:30 to 6:30.

Mark Your Calendar

For These Upcoming Events

CPS First Graders Presented

Seasons Change

On Tuesday, March 19th our first grade students performed their spring music program. The stu-

dents from Mrs.Brode, Mrs. Picone and Miss Benton’s classes performed at the 6 pm program.

The students from Mrs. Chesla, Miss Harr and Mrs. Crowe’s classes performed at the 7:15 pm

program. Mrs. Gilles, vocal music teacher, directed the students as they experienced the four sea-

sons through songs, instruments, dance and much more in “Seasons Change.” Both performances

were outstanding !

C r e s t w o o d P r i m a r y

F a m i l y L i t e r a c y N i g h t

Our Family Literacy night was enjoyed by many on Tuesday, March 5th. This was truly a community

event, with volunteers and support from local businesses and organizations. Participants stretched

their imaginations as they entered the remarkable world of Dr. Seuss. The event included stations that

explored Dr. Seuss’s books; children received a Dr. Seuss Passport, made crafts and played games. All

Children were given a free Dr. Seuss book.

OH, the fun we had!

Congratulations to these students

Caught in the Act for March

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Summer Express Workbook

Help prevent “summer slide”! Scholastic offers a workbook which has 100 fun-

filled activity pages that reinforce skills and also prepares students for the next

school year. Topics covered include reading, math, writing, vocabulary and lots

more depending on the grade level. A full color page of stickers is also included.

Each book reviews the previous grade level and introduces skills for the next grade level. You can order

online at www.scholastic.com and search for Summer Express workbook.

Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Tristen Addis Emily Amon Aimee Barnauskas

Bryce Bennett Aspen Baynes Lorna Benden

Faith Brewer Blake Baumgardner Logan Burkhart

Alex Brown Roxxy Bretz William Burns

Zachary Brown Cody Brugmann Brian Cox

Chasity Butcher Josh Delaney Kelsey Downs

Joshua Corey Lilly Dillon Caroline Edwards

Braden Craft Emma Eastridge Brooke Engelhart

Madison Dustman Grace Giulitto Molly Gilles

Joey Guyette Emmy Grebb Dean Hazel

Alyssa Hallis Ryan Hejl Jonas Honeycut

Grace Ittel Cassidy Herman Henry Hoover

Emery Johnson Bella Hunter Madison Hunter

Jake Kohler Nicholas Jordan Dylan Justice

Dominic Kurtzman Summer Lanphear Alyssa Lawson

Peyton Larch Sydney Mclean Emma Norsen

Taylor Larch Mia Miller Cadence Olson

Madison Lintner Xander Ramsey Logan Perkins

Justine Mathers Olivia Richards Ivana Quinn

Shyanne McAllister Austin Russell Lacey Ramsey-Fife

Aiden Nelson Charlie Schweickert Harmony Rezabek

Drew Pfost Deanna Stahl Olivia Sayre

Aiden Pokorny Makenna Tyburski Kara Schmitt

Ava Romesberg Stella Wallace Avrie Shenkel

Camden Shelly Lana White Logan Shukys

Isaac Szoka Ella Wright Charolette Simon

CJ Vandercook Maddison Ubienski

Nick Wesley

Donald Whitehair