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March Calendar…2 ..........Dr. Seuss’ Birthday5 ..........PreK Dental Program7 ..........Destination Imagination competition in ............Sellersburg, Indiana9..........Kindergarten Roundup, 6-7 p.m.12 .........Pop Band Performance/Fundraiser,............ 6:30 p.m., cafeteria10-13 ....Kindergarten Registration, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.13 ........3rd Grade Cardboard Creation Exploration13 ........Third Quarter Ends16-24 ....SPRING BREAK -- NO SCHOOL25 ........Classes resume31 ........PreK Field Trip to kidscommons

march 2015

christopher L. Smith, Principalcasey Voelz, assistant Principal

A note from Mr. SmithDear Parkside Families, Our third through sixth grade Pirates are in the midst of the ISTEP+ Part 1, formerly known as the Applied Skills Test. The testing window is open February 25 through March 12. Parkside is doing the bulk of the testing the week of March 2. The ISTEP+ is the high stakes assessment given by the state of Indiana to assess student achievement as well as to grade schools and school corporations. Our third grade students will be taking IREAD 3 March 10-11. It is very important that students attend school during these testing windows and do their very best on each and every test. School Pictures Mark your calendar for spring pictures on April 13. All spring pictures will be prepaid this year as we have done in the past. Only students with pre-paid envelopes will have their picture taken. More information will be sent home in the Tuesday folder. Call regarding abscences I would like to remind parents to call school by 8:30 if your child is absent. We need to know by then as we begin calling all parents of students that are unverified.Construction Our secure entrance may be finished when you receive this newsletter. If it is not, it should be in the next couple of days. This means all visitors must pass through the office to get anywhere in

the building. We are very pleased to finally have a secure entrance at Parkside to improve the safety for our students. The remainder of the construction will begin during spring break. The Harrison room will become two classrooms that will be temporarily used during renovations. The primary wing of the building will be getting new technology and new cabinetry. The intermediate wing will be getting new technology, new flooring and new cabinetry. Primary classes will only be out of their rooms one to two days. Intermediate classes will be out of their rooms one to two weeks. No work will be done in the intermediate wing during the second round of ISTEP testing. Summer break will bring new flooring in the cafeteria, bathrooms, office, library, Harrison room, forum, and intermediate hallways. Bathrooms will also be remodeled with new stalls, sinks, and tiled walls. We are very excited about the fresh look and greater access to technology this ren-ovation will bring to our school. Please feel free to call me if you have questions. Remember parents and teachers working together are a key to the success of our children!

Mr. Smith, Principal

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Grade-Level News2ND GRADE Second grade will be going on a field trip on March 3 to the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis.

Let’s see how many chapstick/lip balms that the kindergarten and PreK can donate this month for the United Service Organization at Camp Atterbury. Thank you for being kind and responsible by helping the military. Your donations may be dropped off in Mrs. Watts’ third grade room. USO

at Camp Atterbury

Kindergarten and PreK, you’re up!!

Good luck to the Parkside DI Teams that will be competing in Sellers-burg, Indiana, on Saturday, March 7. This year Parkside is proud to have 12 teams and 84 students from grades 1 through 6 representing our school! Best wishes for tremendous success and lots of fun along the way!

Do you love music? Do you want to see your fellow Parkside students per-form? If the answer is yes, come attend the Parkside Pop Band Concert on Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. This concert is free to attend and will feature two student bands, solo and duet acts, and a surprise end-ing. There will also be an opportunity for those attending to donate! All donations will go towards funding the music classroom at Parkside. Parkside Pop Band was started as an idea for a senior

Destination Imagination News

Parkside Pop Band Concert & Fundraiserproject. A group of several talented 4th-6th grade students have been practicing very hard for the past five weeks and promise to put on an en-tertaining show featuring songs such as “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, “Firework” by Katy Perry, and many more. Be sure not to miss out on the opportunity to come and support your fellow classmates and Parkside

students as they take the stage! We hope to see you there!

Read with me!

Parker Bear will wrap up on Monday, March 9 and forms are due back by the end of that week. The top three readers from each grade level and top three classrooms with forms turned in will all receive prizes!

Parker Bear Reading Program

KINDERGARTENMs. Thompson Kiara Athaide Ava Kerber Ryot Smith Danika HoehnMrs. Ruble Atticus Gentry Rosbel Gonzalez Nathan KleinMrs. Critzer Annika Mukherjee Alan Edward Ponce Kielynn RobertsMrs. Starnes Dereck Prieto Marina Zoey Reid Esmeralda Salinas

1ST GRADEMrs. Knight Kyra Brown Kayden Gay Edwin Marquez Luis Ramirez Mickey Romano Nino Akhalaya Lily Guo Reith KohliMiss Henry Serenity Ozbun Rebecca Simon Jayden BeachMs. Gallion Khalil Price Alexis Salas Noah SimpsonMrs. Love Morgan Jarvis Jaxxon Games

2ND GRADEMrs. Sprong Kokona Simatani Emma Simms Sam Song

Mr. Hashman Josiah Staggs Aidan Brown Jennifer MartinezMrs. Taylor Daniella Preston Benjamin PsotaMrs. Elwood Skyelar Ross Greta Schuetz

3RD GRADEMrs. Brougher Mayra Garcia Lucero UrquidiMrs. Watts Jianing Wang Erick Selvaggi Domeij Daniel Mendez Farrah Fox Miss Bodkins Cheyenne Hutchinson James Letts Brooklyn WortonMrs. Rawlins Nico Gotoh Hudson Elwood Sarah Azeem

4TH GRADEMrs. Carr Lukas Iorio Animesh BhatnagarMrs. Harmon Christian Barrera Nathan Imlay Elijah Riley Jennifer ZarateMrs. Grider Christian Huddleston Jason TorresMr. Ulrich Isabel Garduno Luis Gonzalez Kamden Hiquet Christopher Jeffries Ayden Lentz Jimena Hernandez

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March Students of the Month5TH GRADE

Mrs. Logston Paige Osbourne Matthew Liu Sanjana Jain Ryan Clulow Mr. Rayburn Dallas Clem Leah George Robbie Lewis Olivia StaggsMrs. Chastain Brayson Bennett Dominic Hovis Brain Jaimes OcampoMrs. Abplanalp Curran O’Connor Josh Orantia Juhi Patil Sierra SpencerMrs. Baker Danielle Taylor Dylan Murray Belicia Garcia

6TH GRADEMrs. Rawlings Grace Lemley Addie Rush Angel Olguin Thessie JohnsonMrs. Eddelman Devon Cox Kristina Knoch Lucas StaggsMrs. Stroh Caleb Potter Nela Riddle Madeline Romanski Ann ZhangMrs. Hendrickson Kyle Johnson Nathaly Munnicha Jacob Shinkle Matison Walsh

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Counselor’s CornerTips for Good Attendance• Attendance is a parent and student responsibility. Let your child know that you think attending school daily is important. Show them you are interested in their school activities and tell them that you want them to do well in school.

• Good attendance habits start at an early age. Make sure your child goes to school regularly and on time. This helps them develop a positive view of school and the importance of attendance. • Discuss with your student that arriving to school on time and to report to class when dropped off.

• Become involved in your child’s school life and school activities.

• Take an interest in your child’s school work. Check homework for accuracy and completeness.

• Read the school newsletter. Post the school calendar and notes on the refrigera-tor, or other prominent location to highlight school activities and important student information.

• Do not provide inappropriate excuses for your child to miss school. Do not let them take time off from school for minor ailments–particularly those which would not prevent you from going to work.

• Don’t expect or let older children stay home from school to babysit younger siblings.

• Set good examples and enforce rules. Speak well of the school and support school staff.

• Make a contract with your child to improve his/her attendance. Reward positive improvement.

LISTEN, LISTEN to the pounding feet, of JUMP THUMPER’S little feet!!!!!! Thank you to all third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students for leading a healthy lifestyle and firing up their brain neurons for learning by jumping rope for 30 minutes from 7:30-8:00 a.m on Wednesdays and Fridays during the month of February and the first week of March. Students learned a variety of jump rope skills, cross-lateral skills, rhythms, partner skills, jump rope games, and small group jump rope skills. Very proud of you! Each student received a medal on a ribbon with a picture of the brain lit up and a rib-bon. Way to go JUMP THUMPERS! Also, thank you to Carrie Utterback for assisting me

with Jump Thumpers. TOE-TOKENS will begin after spring break providing temperatures are fit and we have NO more SNOW!!!!!! Students get ready to run/walk your laps around the soccer field during recess before lunch and collect as many miles and Toe-Tokens that you can! Thank you for leading a healthy lifestyle!!!!! Have a super and fun spring break while making HEALTHY CHOICES!

 

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Mark your calendars for the next school Book Fair. The Book Fair will be an all day buy one get one free book fair on Friday, April 11 and again that evening during the spring social.

Book Fair in April

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March’s Story:

Bear Snores On written by Karma Wilson Permission by: Writers House LLC Read by: Nathan Larrison, Boys & Girls Club Director

Parenting Tips by Lori Erfmeier, BCSC PreK Parent/Child Specialist.

Airing every day on the BCSC Cable Channel 3 at 7:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.,

5:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.

Provided by Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation’s Title I Program and the TV Production Classes at Columbus East High School

Calendario de marzo:

Bear Snores On written by Karma Wilson Permission by: Writers House LLC Read by: Nathan Larrison, Boys & Girls Club Director

Consejos para padres de Lori Erfmeier, BCSC PreK Parent/Child Specialist.

Transmitido todos los días en el canal de cable 3 de BCSC a 7:00 am, 7:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:30 p.m. y 7:30

p.m. Proporcionado por Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation’s Title I Program y las

clases de producción de televisión en Columbus East High School.

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Do your children like to make things from parts and pieces of other things? Their ideas will turn the ordi-nary into extraordinary this summer because at Camp Invention their imagination rules! Camp Invention is coming to St. Bartholomew School and is open to ANY incoming 1st-6th grader. Camp Invention is the only nationally recognized, non-profit elementary enrichment program backed by The National Inventors Hall of Fame. The camp will be June 22-26 from 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. You can register now at campinvention.org and will save $25 if you register before March 20. Take a look at Camp Invention in action with this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26yXU7cjmVM TWO IMPORTANT NOTES: Only 20 seats remain – so don’t delay in registering: http://bit.ly/regcampinvent Scholarships are available. If you are in need or know of an interested student in need, please contact Diana Graman at dgraman@stbirish.net or 812-379-9353 ext 246. All questions about the program should be directed to the Camp Director, Diana Graman, dgraman@stbirish.net or 812-379-9353 ext 246

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The Parkside MATH Bowl team earned FIRST PLACE in the blue division of the area competition held at Southside Elementary on February 26. Divisions for the competition are based on school size and grade levels participating. Parkside earned a score of 30 out of a possible 32 questions, beating the Richards Raid-ers by three points! That score was then used to rank Parkide RUNNER UP in the STATE competition. There were 107 schools that competed in the blue category this year.

The MATH Bowl team members include: Lu Akhalaya (6)

Esha Aras (4)Daniel Chen (5)Tirth Desai (6)

Mehul Dhillon (6)Riddhi Garg (6)

Sam Hobbeheydar (4)Colvin Iorio (6)Sanjana Jain (5)Matthew Liu(5)

Paige Osbourne (5)Nela Riddle (6)

Shivali Singereddy (6)Olivia Sprong (5)Drian Tricaud (6)

Nagisa Shimatani (6)Ann Zhang (6)

Brandon Zhang (6)Jessica Zhang (6).

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Marsh Fresh Ideas for EducationParkside Elementary participates in the Marsh Fresh Ideas For Education program. That means your pur-chases help us earn points that can be used to purchase educational materials.Even if you registered last year, you must go to www.freshideasforeducation.com and register your Fresh Idea card number again! Enter our school ID, which is 29028.

Target Take Charge of EducationYou can earn cash for Parkside by enrolling your REDcard in the Take Charge of Education Program! Regis-ter online or at Target. Just enter your REDcard number and designate Parkside as your school. If you have done this in the past, no need to reregister!

Bonus Programs

If you’ve never cut out labels from your kids’ favorite cereals/General Mills products, Campbells label coupons, and Tyson Project A+ labels, please do so. This is another easy fund raiser for Parkside in which you can participate. There are two collection containers close to the main cafeteria doors to drop in what you have saved so far. If possible, please cut them on the dashed lines. Poptabs go into the McDonald’s house in the same loca-tion. Thanks!

Save your Labels,Boxtops and Poptabs!

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Parkside PTO Presents 2015 Spring

Ice Cream Social !  

April 10th 5:30-7:00pm    in the Cafeteria

Travel Around the World at the International Fair in the Gym

5:30-7:00pm!

AND Check out the Book Fair! All Day 8:00am-3:00pm, 5:30-7:00pm

BOGO Book Sale!

Join your Friends and family for a night of fun!

Apri l 10th, 5:30-7:00pm

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INTERNATIONAL FAIR

Parkside Gymnastic room 5:30 - 7:00 pm Would you like to share the beauty and traditions of your country or one that you love? We are looking for individuals to host tables at the International Fair.   You could share something special about your country – ideas include games, photos, native dress, crafts, customs and more.  We really need you to help make this event educational and fun!

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If you are able to create and staff a table for the International Fair, please contact to Emilie Mazieres at int.fair.parkside@gmail.com

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                                 Attention  Parents  and  Families!

For those who will donate items for the ice cream social, please  remember  to  bring  those  items  in  to  the  school  office  by  April  8th,  2015.  Thank  you  for  your  generosity!!!  

Volunteers  are  needed  to  scoop  ice  cream!              

Return  this  form  by  April  7th,  to  your  child’s  teacher  OR  email  degners@att.net    

Yes!  I  will  scoop  ice  cream:    check  one  

(From  5:15-­‐7:00pm)  ___              or  (From  5:15-­‐6:15pm)  ____              or  (from  6:15-­‐7:00pm)_____  

Name:  ___________________________________________________    

Name:___________________________________________________  

Name:___________________________________________________  

I  am  interested  in  helping  or  participating  with  the  International  fair  in  the  Gym  April  10th  5:15-­‐7:00pm!  

 Yes!  I  will  volunteer  or  participate  at  the  international  fair  April  10th.  Write  your  name(s)  and  email  address  and/or  phone  contact  number:  

Name/Info:  

Please  email:  Émilie  Mazieres                emilierobineau@yahoo.fr    for  more  information  

Yes!  I  will  volunteer  for  the  book  fair  on  April  10th.    Please  contact  Shelly  Osbourne  for  more  

information:    skosbourne@yahoo.com            Name:________________________________  

                                                                                                                                             

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COlumbuS RECyClES CuRbSidE RECyCling PROgRam

The Columbus Recycles program provided by the Columbus Sanitation Department offers the oppor-tunity to have FREE convenient curbside collection of recyclable materials for single-family Columbus residences and apartments with four units or fewer that are currently sanitation customers. This new service will be offered every other week starting in this month. Sign up for a free recycling toter, find out what material are accepted, and find out more at http://www.columbus.in.gov/columbus-recycles/.

Green Team NewsCaPS RECyCling diRECTiOnWe are making a change in plastic caps recycling at Parkside at the end of this school year. We will continue to collect caps until the end of May if you need a place to recycle them. You can put caps in the recycling toters provided by the new Columbus Re-cycles program. Mrs. Starnes plans to make outdoor furniture using the caps she has on hand to create more outdoor furniture. Thank you for your caps recycling efforts!

PaRkSidE PaPER RETRiEvER RECyClingParkside will continue to have PaperRetriever bins for recycling newspaper, junk mail, and other paper. Even with the new Columbus Recycles curbside program, not all residences are eligible for the city program. We are still recycling paper from Parkside Court Retirement Center and paper from Parkside School in the PaperRetriever bins, which earns mon-ey for Parkside PTO. Whether you choose to recycle with the new Columbus Recycles program, PaperRe-triever, or another choice, we thank you for helping save trees by recycling!

 

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The Key Clubs from North and East hereby invite you to participate in our 14th ANNUAL Aluminum Tab Collection Contest. The school which collects the most tabs per student, will be awarded possession of the traveling trophy with its school name added as the 14th year winner in the annual “Aluminum Tab Collection Contest.” Traveling trophies will also be presented for second and third place schools. For each 25 pounds of tabs that your school collects, you will receive one entry into our drawing for ONE FREE special program on recycling, pro-vided by the BCSWMD Education Director, Heather Siesel. This is not the usual free program offered by BCSWMD. It will be provided for one classroom (perhaps the class that collects the most pop tabs in your school) and will include several free goodies for every student.

Key Club’s Aluminum Tab Collection Contestto benefit Ronald McDonald House

Send your aluminum tabs in a plastic bag and de-posit into the Ronald McDonald box located outside the cafeteria. The Ronald McDonald House, near Riley Hos-pital, serves families whose children require care at any Indianapolis area hospital. Guests stay at the House regardless of their ability to pay the requested $15 per night donation. The House depends on the support of other organizations, such as Key Clubs, to maintain operation.