Deer Run Tracks

Home of the “Bucks” Mr. Eric Elmore, Principal Mr. Nathaniel Jones, Superintendent of Schools Mr. Jeremy Coleman, Asst. Principal

Important Dates:

Extravaganza Night DRES

May 12th– 5:30pm

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Music Program DRES

May 12th @ 6:30pm

(1st & 3rd Graders)

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KG Graduation

May 24th @ 9:00am

(Adams, Hamilton & Mason)

May 24th @ 10:15am

(Hawk, Wilson & Tippmann

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5th Grade Graduation

May 25th @ 9:00am

(DRES)

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Last day of School

May 25th

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Dear Parents:

The school year is starting wrap up and summer is just around the corner. The scholars have completed ISTEP+ testing for the year, and are now focusing on NWEA testing. We also have a number of other exciting activities coming up. Please keep a look out for information about these wonderful opportunities as

we finish up the school year.

Pike Township takes pride in providing every student with their best possible learning experience. To that end, we maintain elementary class size guidelines per grade level throughout the district. Deer Run Elementary School (DRES) will be sending home a form asking if your child will be returning to DRES for the 2016-

17 school year. This important information allows us to maintain appropriate class sizes as we plan for next school year. Please return this form to your child’s

teacher or the front office no later than Monday, May 23, 2016.

Online registration can be completed starting June 1st. Here is the link to the

school registration webpage: http://www.pike.k12.in.us/Content/regsitration.

Sincerely,

Mr. Elmore

ATTENDANCE LINE

317-216-5292

May is Better Speech & Hearing Month!

Focus on listening and speaking with your child this month!

*Choose a book that you loved as a child and read it aloud or listen to it on CD with your child. This will help their listening compre-hension. Talk about what is happening in the story using who, what, when , where, and why questions, and discuss the parts that you

both liked the best.

*Play a game where you tell each other silly directions to follow (stick out your tongue, moo like a cow, do a funny dance). Start

with one step, and move up to 3-4 steps.

*Take turns finding an object around the house and saying that word in a complete sentence (“The banana is on top of the refriger-

ator”). Try to put two objects together in the same sentence.

*Have a category scavenger hunt. Have your child run around the house and find five things that are red, five things you wear, five things that make noise, five things that are soft, etc. Then, you can find five related items and have your child figure out what category

they belong to.

BOX TOPS!

It’s easy to help your school earn money for

fun activities, events, & supplies!

Buy your favorite Box Tops Foods!

Cut out the Box Tops from the packages!

Send the Box Tops to school with your child!

We get CASH for every single Box Top that is collected for things we need the most! Our goal this year is $1,500 and we need you to send in those Box Tops for that to

happen! All those Box Tops

really add up!!

BOGO Book Fair Coming to DRES

Students received information this week telling them the time for their classes to come to the Scholastic Book Fair in the library. This is a BOGO Book Fair. That means buy one book and get a second book free. Students must pay for the more expensive of the two books, but the second one is free!! The Scholastic

Book Fair is open May 9-13 at the following times:

Monday, May 9 and Wednesday, May 11 – 8:30 to

4:00

Tuesday, May 10 to 8:30-3:00

Thursday, May 12 – 8:30 to 4:00 and 5:30 to 6:00

Friday, May 13 –

8:30-11:30

The Garden at Deer Run

The garden committee would love to have par-ent volunteers to come do weeding over the summer while school is not in session. Volun-teers please contact Mr. Kroon

askroon@pike.k12.in.us

Barbie’s Needed!

Do You have any old Barbie’s you’re willing to donate to the 4th grade? We will be having a Science/Math

experiment in May and need as many as we can get!

No hair? No Problem! Chewed up? We’ll take it! All

we ask is that it at least have legs and a head.

Please send in any Barbie’s by May 13th.

Character Strength Awards– Optimism (April)

Kindergarten

Wilson: Alexis Davis & Bruce Villanueva

Barnum: Emmanuel Rodr iguez & Elijah Doss

Hamilton: Thomas Smith and Yarely Garcia

Mason: Aleyah Mayo & Noemi Hernandez

Adams: Saniya Hill & Elijah Newukam

Hawk: Kevyn Milliner & Francisco J imenez

1st Grade

Davis: Tyonna Peterson & Johan Cordova

Levin: Logan Fourman & Kavhan Cole

Crum: William Zavaleta & Angelina Lam

Roach: Bruno Patr icio & Ahmya Turner

McShea: Jamiah Rutland & Victor Solano

Rohrer: Jose Servin & Emily Contreras

2nd Grade

Martin: Gabr iela Contreras & Karonl Redondo

Suski: Karen Palacios & Brianna AParicio

Fifer: Jayden Pineda & Latasha Thomas

Gardner: Adr iel Toto & Tania Mayes

3rd Grade

Denham: Kelis Williams & Gabr iel Dominguez

Dalton: EJ Gibson & Amy Boinilla

Firkins: Aaron Morgan & Joshua Chavez

Granger: Jasmily Ramos & Daniela Valdez

Wood: Jazmin Gr idley & Alpha Diallo

4th Grade

Ealy: Michael Perez & Kennedy Jones

Kroon: Aeva Pimentel & Jorge Melendez

Gardner: Betzy Gonzalez & Todd Wilson

McCreary: Laura Sier ra & Er ick Bobnlla

5th Grade

Quashie: Jamie Garcia & Adan Aguilar

Mena: Sher lyn Garcia & Omar Alvarez

Vangets: Melissa Santos & Richard Woodson

McClure: Cater ine Contreras & Der r ius Pace

2nd Grade Kite & Luau Day

Second Grade kite day is on May 24, 2016. Sec-ond graders are to bring an unopened kite or purchase one from their teacher prior to this

date.

The second grade luau will be May 25. Students

may wear Hawaiian gear and bring a beach

towel.

Introducing Character Strengths

The last and final character strength is ZEST. Below is the definition and some of the behaviors attached to the character

strength of ZEST.

Just a reminder, the goal of each of the character strengths is to build these words into the students’ everyday vocabulary. Please continue to use the character strengths of gratitude, grit,

social intelligence, curiosity, and self-control, and opti-

mism this month in your classrooms.

ZEST

Definition: having enthusiasm, excitement, and energy

Behaviors associated with Zest:

• Actively participating

• Showing enthusiasm

• Approaching new situations with excitement and energy

Jump with Jill Tour at DRES

Online enrollment for new students and registration for current students is available via our website at

www.pike.k12.in.us.

The Pike Township Educational Foundation, an organization dedicated to enhancing the educational experi-

ence of every Pike student, has been nominated to win $6000 through the Indiana Members Credit Union

Gives Back Campaign. You can support them by vo&ng at: h(p://www.imcu.com/CustomContent.aspx?

Name=imcugivesback%20vo&ng%20poll. You can vote once a day from now un&l June 30.

Congratulations to all of Pike High School’s Latin scholars. This group had more medalists than any year since our participation began in 1993! Freshman Jada Johnson earned a gold medal (Summa cum Laude) in first year. Silver medals (Maxima cum Laude) were won by IB student Naomi Castellon-Perez, third-year student Carmen D’Andrea, second-year students Chyna Ferguson and Abby Beiter, and first-year students Sarah London, Martin Arias, Melanie Man, Eric Barron, and Kendall Allen. Magna cum Laude certificates were awarded to first-year students Kennedy Steele, Jacob Bering, Lexis Jones, Allison Crawford-Wallis, Rachel Landis, Nabiha Hassan, Airika Lewis, Cameryn Howard, and Carmela Angeles, second-year stu-dents Emily Hyatt, Eriel Wise-Butler, Kate Kragness, and Elijah Darden. Cum Laude certificates were earned by IB student Tiffani Banks, first-year student Akhari Cazy, and second-year students Breanna

Steiff, Zane Greene, and Megan Olson.

Pike High School was once again ranked as one of the most challenging high schools in the nation. This is the fourth consecutive year we have made the list. We are ranked 33rd in the state and 1,789 (up 99 spots

from last year) in the country.

In their first week of participating in the Food Rescue Program, New Augusta Public Academy South set a

food collection record.

The Indianapolis Star honored Eric Bradley (Boys Rugby) and Lynna Irby (Girls Track) on their list of Indi-

ana's top spring high school athletes.