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Dear Families, Welcome to Cherrington! There is a positive energy at Cherrington as we embrace many changes this year. The Cherrington Chatter will continue to bring families infor-mation throughout the school year, but in this first edition, we simply want to welcome everyone and touch on just a few points of interest. We are excited to welcome new staff members to our Cherrington family. Lee Rutherford joins our 3rd grade and Sarah Krempasky joins our 4th grade team teaching Reading/Literacy Skills. We are ex-cited to have two experienced teachers join our family! Look for regularly updated news about activities and district information in the monthly Cherrington Chatter, including updates regarding the small group, guided instruc-tion that we continue to implement at Cherrington. We look forward to a year full of wonderful learning experiences and celebrating our successes! Go Cougars! Principal Heck
Dates to Remember: Aug. 18 WELCOME COUGARS! Aug. 23 Kindergarten First Day Sept. 1 Walk-a-thon Kick Off Sept. 1 Open House: Gr. K-5 6:00pm-7:30pm Sept. 5 LABOR DAY-NO SCHOOL! Sept. 8 PTA Meeting @ 7:00pm Sept. 9 All Pro Dads, 8 am Sept. 15 Interims Sept. 16 Playground Social, 6-8pm Sept. 23 Walk-a-thon Sept. 26 Picture Day! Sept. 29 EARLY RELEASE Oct. 13 PTA Meeting, 7 pm NOV 8.WAIVER DAY-NO SCHOOL
Principal’s Post
Lunch Prices:
Lunch $2.60
Milk $ .60
Reduced Lunch $ .60
Breakfast $1.25
Reduced Breakfast Free
WELCOME BACK!
CHERRINGTON CHATTER Cherrington Elementary School Thursday August 18, 2016 Volume 9, Issue 1
LUNCH/RECESS Schedule:
3rd Gr. 11:00/11:30 1st Gr./ ADK 11:30/12:00 4th Gr. 12:00/12:30 2nd Gr. 12:30/1:00 5th Gr. 1:00/1:30
The Cherrington Choice
I Choose to Respect Myself & Others By:
Following adult directions Speaking appropriately
Keeping hands ,feet, and objects to myself Walking quietly in the building
Being prepared to learn
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Open House: September 1, 2016 6:00pm-7:30pm
Don’t miss Cherrington’s Open House event coming up on Thursday, September 1st. Please join us for the opportunity to get to know your student’s teachers and learn about classroom routines, homework
procedures, and gain a better understanding of Ohio’s Learning Standards. Teachers will elaborate on how
they will apply these state mandated standards to the process of ensuring students are meeting specific academic expectations according to grade level. This is also an opportunity to meet our specials
teachers and discover what your child is learning and doing in Art, Music, and Physical Education classes.
Please see http://www.corestandards.org/ for more information about the Common Core, or visit the Ohio Department of Education at www.ode.state.oh.us and search “new standards.”
Counselor Connection: Welcome Back Cougars!! Hello, I am Mrs. Porter, the School Counselor. I service the entire school with classroom guidance lessons and am here to help students and staff. This year we are heavily focusing on PBIS. We are all about creating positive experiences here at Cherrington for both the students and the staff. In order to create the most positive envi-ronment for learning, we have created a Positive Behavior Framework Handbook; most of you may have received this at Back to School Day. This handbook explains our school’s rules and behavior expectations. We have five simple rules here at Cherrington, that we call the CHERRINGTON CHOICE:
I choose to respect myself and others by: Following adult directions
Speaking appropriately Keeping hands, feet, and objects to myself
Walking quietly in the building Being prepared to learn
These rules are recited daily during the morning announcements and are also discussed in greater detail within the classrooms. Each week we will have a corresponding question that will be our focus for the week. As the School Counselor I will also be tailoring my lessons to better facilitate the Cherrington Choice. By following these five simple rules our students will be able to partake in an incentive that we are launching for this school year (2016-2017), called Cougars with Character. When a student has met the Cougars with Character criteria, he or she will have the opportunity to participate in the incentive activity at the end of each quarter. The incentive activities will be school wide or grade wide (k-2) (3-5) depending on the activity. The goal is to promote positive behavior that fosters an environment conducive to learning. Cougars must meet the following criteria to participate in the quarterly incentive activity: 1st Quarter- consistently followed Cherrington Choice 90% of qtr. 2nd Quarter- consistently followed Cherrington Choice 92% of qtr. 3rd Quarter- consistently followed Cherrington Choice 94% of qtr. 4th Quarter- consistently followed Cherrington Choice 96% of qtr. I hope that the students are just as excited about these incentives as we are. I cannot wait to see each one of you this week as we start our new school year!!!! Best of luck to a great school year, Mrs. Porter School Counselor [email protected] 614-797-7050
ATTENDANCE LINE:
If your student is going to be absent or late for school, PLEASE contact the attendance office before 9:00am.
CALL 614-797-7054 anytime
Cherrington Dress Code
For the safety of our students please do not let your student wear open toed shoes or sandals.
Spaghetti strap tops or shirts with inappropriate lan-guage or content are not allowed.
Part of being prepared to learn is being dressed for the weather. No matter summer or fall, dressing in layers is always a good idea.
Students will be going outside for recess, so please make sure that they wear sunscreen, sunglasses, hats, or whatever protective covering works best for your child.
The clinic tries to have clothes available for various mishaps that will occur, however we depend solely on donations. It is highly recommended to keep a change of seasonally appropriate clothes in your student’s backpack for such occasions.
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School Fees are Due!
Fees can be paid online through your student’s EZPay account; (a nominal fee is charged for online payments). Or, you can pay by cash or check in our Cherrington office.
Questions: Contact our office @ 614-797-7050
Attendance Schedule:
School hours: 9:05am-3:30pm
Students attendance will be recorded as follows:
35% of the day = tardy.
36%-84% = absent a half day.
85% or more of the day = absent a full day.
*If your student arrives to school after 11:30am he or she will be considered absent a half day. Please Report all Absences
To the attendance line:
614-797-7054
STUDENT HANDBOOK
The Cherrington Elementary School Handbook is available online at Cherrington’s website: http://www.westerville.k12.oh.us/school_home.aspx?choolID=4 under Links/Downloads. A copy is also located in the school office and our library.
From our Nurse: Dear Parents Lisa Hamburger, Health Aid and I would like to extend a welcome to all parents and students. We would like to share a few items with you. HEALTH CONCERNS- Please inform the school nurse of health problems on the Online emergency card or by email [email protected] If there are no concerns please note that on the card.
MEDICATIONS- Over the counter self car-ry meds can only be sent with a parent signed form 5330f1a. ALL prescription meds must have a physician signed 5330 F1 form. These forms are available online and in the clinic. SCREENING Ohio Department of Health states that vision and hearing screen-ings be done in Grades K,1,3,5. You will ONLY receive notification if your student is out of nor-mal limits. At anytime you may request a screening by contacting the school nurse. HEALTHY SAFE SNACKS- Please attempt to pack peanut free for classroom snacks. Chil-dren are allowed peanut/ nut snacks in the lunch room. Let’s all do our part in encouraging healthy eating and washing hands before and after eating to prevent contamination. FLU FACTS- The flu is a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract. Vaccines are offered by Healthy Heroes during school hours in October. Extra permission forms are in the clinic It’s our privilege to serve your Cherrington stu-dents health needs. Tressa Rudik RN
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Arrival & Dismissal Procedures
Busses will begin dropping off students between 8:50-9:00am. For the safety of our students please DO NOT park in front of the school along the sidewalk during morning arrival. Please remain behind the school busses until they have left at which time you are welcome to pull up to drop your
student off. Please say goodbye to your student and allow school staff members to help direct students through the main doors as they arrive.
For security purposes, when entering the building at anytime for meetings , activities or volunteering, please ring the doorbell and go to the office to sign in and obtain an ID sticker.
Bus riders will be dismissed at 3:30pm; walkers and car riders will be dismissed at 3:35pm. If you are picking up a student, please park along the curb in front of the school. In or-der to help staff assist children to their cars you will receive a yellow sign to please complete and post in your car window . Any changes in transportation arrangements must be reported to the main office and teacher in
the morning. Friends going home with friends requires notes for all students involved.
Please be aware of Board of Ed Policy 8390 which speaks to Animals On District Property. Please know that animals permitted on school grounds are limited to service animals and/or those necessary to support cur-riculum. Therefore, we ask you not bring your person-al pets/dogs onto school grounds.
“The Cherrington Chatter” will be on our website & distributed via email or link each month. If you would like to request a paper copy be sent home with your student please complete and return this slip:
STUDENT NAME: ______________________________________________________
GRADE: _______ TEACHER NAME: ________________________________________
2016-17 Executive Board
President – Jen Share
Vice Presidents – Lauren Brimer & Brande Arnoff
Treasurer – Dawn McEnany
Secretary – Amanda MacClements
Fundraising Chair - Kim Millington
Communications Chair- Emily Mowery
Teacher Rep - Katie Flaiz
Parent Council Rep- Joe Meyer
Contact Us: By e-mail: [email protected]
and Stay Connected
On Facebook: by searching for the Cherrington PTA private group
PTA Google Group, subscribe by emailing:
cherrington-pta+subscribe @googlegroups.com
Dear Families,
The Cherrington PTA welcomes you to the 2016-2017 school year! We have many exciting events and activities planned for this year, as well as continuing annual school events like the Walk a Thon and Winter-fest. Over the years our school has benefitted from a very active PTA, supportive parents & volunteers, and an amazing staff. The PTA and Cherrington staff work together to plan many events that are enjoyed by our student population including COSI day, field day, author visit, and movie nights. We support the school by purchasing items for the playground, providing funds to purchase technology (like additional chromebooks), purchasing school shirts for all students, and providing staff meals for teacher appreciation.
Our PTA raises money for these activities with 2 large fundraisers each year: the Walk a Thon and the Little Caesar pizza sale. The Walk a Thon is in September and gives us a great starting off point for our financial year. This is a great fundraiser because it encourages our students to exercise and 100% of the funds raised stays with our school instead of having to pay a percentage to a fundraising company. Other ways that we add dollars to our budget is with restaurant dining nights, store loy-alty cards, box tops, coke rewards, and funding factory. More infor-mation about how to take advantage of these opportunities are below. Please consider supporting these fundraising opportunities!
Shop-Scan-Support
Support our school simply by shopping at your local Giant Eagle, Kroger or Meijer and earn points for our school.
Please encourage your extended family and friends to register too.
Kroger- Register your Plus Card! All participants must re-enroll each year to continue earning rewards for their chosen organization. Our organiza-tion number is 80914. https://www.kroger.com/communityrewards
Giant Eagle- Apples for the Students -Call 1-800-474-4777 or gianteagle.com/schools/apples-for-students. Enter your Giant Eagle Advantage Card®. And register our school code: 4668.
Meijer – Log in to your Meijer account, sign up, if you have not already for a Meijer-1-Card, and add Cherrington’s organization number 746615.
Box Tops for Education and My Coke Rewards Box Tops for Education and Coca-Cola My Coke Rewards are collected throughout the school year. The funds we receive help us to purchase art supplies, new playground & gym equipment. Box tops & Coke Rewards can be left in the collection boxes in the main hallway of the school. Box Tops can be clipped & collected on the collection sheets in your PTA envelope or in bag-gies. You can send them in any time throughout the year, but during our Box Tops drives in Oc-tober & February, they will count toward a classroom competition. Funding Factory Offers Cash for Recycling Cherrington participates in Funding Factory, a 100% free recycling fundraiser. Every qualifying item has a cash value that is credited to our online account. Everything sent to Funding Factory is responsibly recycled or remanufactured. Simply bring your items to school and place them in the Funding Factory box in the main hallway. Acceptable product types include: Inkjet Toner Cartridges
Cell Phones
GPS Devices
MP3 Players
Laptops
Digital Cameras and so much more! Find a complete list of acceptable donations at www.fundingfactory.com/programs/recycling/qualifying_items.aspx Join the Cherrington PTA and become part of the “Pride” inside!!!
Annual Walk-a-Thon The walk-a-thon will be held Friday, Sept. 23rd. Students are encouraged to collect donations, in which 100% of the donations benefit our school throughout the year. Every student receives a T-shirt, snack and a fun-filled day of activities. Thanks to the combined efforts of students, staff, and families, we raised more than $10,500 last year. Watch for detailed information about the walk-a-thon at the end of August, as well as prizes that will be awarded, to come in September. Walk-a-Thon Event Sponsors Needed We are looking for local businesses, organizations to sponsors our event. We are looking for sponsors to donate items or money donations to use as incentives for participants. All event sponsors will have a sign put up on the day of the event along with their name or business infor-mation advertised in the Student Directory that is provided to every student and the addition-al acknowledgment in the PTA Newsletter. If you know someone who might want to be a spon-sor, contact Cherrington PTA.
IMPORTANT! Westerville Volunteer Statement Form
If you plan on volunteering at any point during the year, then please ensure you complete and return the Volun-teer Statement form to the office. Please see the Volunteer Statement Explanation sheet for further infor-mation.
Give your voice a vote at Cherrington PTA meetings. If you would like to become a voting member make sure to turn in your member-ship form with payment soon. If you need a form, please contact us or forms are always available outside the school office.
