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November Calendar 1 - Pep Rally & Spirit Table 1 - Basketball: Clifty Creek @ Parkside, 5:30pm 2 - Roller Skating Party, Columbus Skateland, 6-8pm, $3 admission 2 - Legado Informational Meeting, Clifty Creek Cafeteria, 6-7pm Spanish, 7-8 English 8 - Autism Parent Meeting, Harrison Room, 6:00pm 8 - Basketball: Parkside@ CSA Fodrea 9 - Legado Informational Meeting, Clifty Creek Cafeteria, 6-7pm Spanish, 7-8 English 10 - Veteran’s Day Program, gym, 1:30 10 - Fall Book Fair, 8am-3pm 10 - Fall Social/Book Fair, 5:30-7pm 11 - Basketball: Richards @ Parkside 14 - PTO Meeting, Forum, 1:30pm 15 - Basketball: Parkside Bye week 16 - Spell Bowl Competition 20-24 - NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break 29 - Basketball: Schmitt @ Parkside
November 2017
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Book fair hours are 8am-3pm and 5:30-7pm.
If you would like to shop with your student during the day, please ask your teacher what time they will be shopping.
A collection box will be set up at the cash register for loose change and donations that our library will use to purchase new books. For every $1, Scholastic will donate 1 book to schools devastated by hurricanes this fall.
Teachers have the opportunity to create a wish list of books that would benefit their classroom. Teacher wish lists make holiday shopping easy!
Join us Friday evening for our Fall Social!
Students can participate in a scavenger hunt of games throughout the school
Book Fair in the Harrison Room
Volunteers are needed at all times for both events. Look for the volunteer form in your gold folder or email [email protected]
Fall Social and Book Fair
Friday, November 10, 5:30 - 7:00pm
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Soon it will be getting colder outside, please dress your children appropriately for the weather. We go outside for recess daily as long as the temperature is over 20 degrees.
Veteran’s Day Program Friday, November 10
1:30 pm Parkside Gym
On Friday afternoon, November 10, the Parkside students will present a Veteran’s Day program at 1:30 pm in the gym. Each student received an invitation in their Gold Folder to give to a Veteran if they would like to invite them or someone currently serving in the military to the program. There was also information about sending a picture of a Veteran in uniform to be presented in a power point presentation during the program. Photos of living or deceased Veterans in black/white or color photos can be sent to Mrs. Dell in a digital format [email protected] or brought to school in an envelope with the Veteran’s name, student’s name, and student’s classroom teacher. The photos will be returned in the gold folders after the program.
Online Shopping Program
SchoolStore.com is a website that parents can use when they are doing their online shopping. Parkside receives money from the website when parents use this site. Please take time to open the packet and read the information. Everything can be done online to participate in this program. Go to www.schoolstore.net to complete the sign up process and send email invitations to family and friends. After you sign up and send email invitations, you can enter your Golden Ticket number to find out if you have our school's winning Golden Ticket that is worth $100! Make sure to write down the prize code on your envelope and return it to the office to receive an Emoji ring. Check out information in the packet that was sent home to see all the other prizes your child may be eligible to receive.
Parkside parents, teachers, and students, Explore Exhibit Columbus now thru November 26th! Columbus has 18 new art installations around town. Most of these are temporary, so don't miss out on the fun! Many of these are interactive. Walk through a maze, go inside a teepee, sit in a chair of grass, climb a series of platforms, and much more! Please take a picture of you with the art, and bring it to me for the Exhibit Columbus photo display outside the art room. Pictures may also be emailed to [email protected]. Have fun! - Mrs. Vallette
Good Luck to the Parkside SpellBowl team as they will compete at Southside on November 16th. These kids have practiced 750 words over the past several weeks and are prepared for the single on November 16th at 5:00! Spell Bowl participants include: Wyatt DeHart, Harshil Gandhi, Ram Gowda, Leo Guo, Amrit Kar, Aditya Mohan, Hitashi Patel, Frankie Polyak, Andy Qin, Rishabh Rasjesh, Parth Shah, Samual Song, Steven Sun, Vardhan Yepuri.
Calling all 4th, 5th, and 6th grade MATHLETES! If you are interested in trying out for MATH BOWL, please plan to come to Mrs. Logston's room after school on Monday, November 13th. There you should plan to stay until 3:45 as you take a qualifying test. This year the focus topic is ALGEBRAIC THINKING. Math bowl allows the use of calculators, so plan to bring a calcu-lator to the qualifying test. I encourage anyone in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade who would like to test their skills to come try
out! The competition will be in late March. Practices will be held on Tuesdays after school until 3:45 after Thanksgiving Break. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Logston at [email protected]
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Third Grade
Miss Bodkins’ Spotlight on Students: Vyom Desai Alejandra Morales Gomez Jiyun Shim
Climb Aboard the Holiday Train Family members are invited for Mrs. Love's class performance of "The Holiday Train" on Tuesday, December 19th at 9:00 in the Forum. Come get in the Holiday spirit with music, fun and refreshments.
Fourth Grade Mrs. Carr wrote and received a $500 grant from The Society of Indiana Pioneers. This money will be used for her class to research famous Hoosiers at the Bartholomew County Public Library third quarter, and the rest will help defray bus expenses for each 4th grade Parkside class to visit Simmons School in May. Thank you Mrs. Carr and congratulations!!
Fifth Grade October 18-20 was the fifth grade trip to Bradford Woods. We were thrilled to have perfect weather for our outdoor adventure! Students were given opportunities to fish, shoot a bow and arrow, throw an atlatl, play games, perform skits, participate in a Native American tribal council, and hike, hike, hike. Our hikes taught us all about native birds in Indiana, native plants in Indiana, animal in-teractions, ecosystems, animal adaptations, and taking care of our environment. We even waded in the creek to find benthic macroinvertebrates. (Ask a fifth grader what a benthic macroinvertebrate is!) We enjoyed family-style meals of spaghetti, fajitas, and pancakes in the mess hall. We also ate hot dogs we cooked ourselves over a fire on the trail during our long hike. The trail-group leaders were hilarious; they taught us songs and performed skits for us. We found that even our teachers have a joke or two to tell during the campfire night. Thank you to all the adult chaperones who joined us for this trip. It was a wonderful three days of learning and fun!
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5th Grade Gold Kara Buntin, Michael Crossman, Damaris Garcia, Amber Gibby, Luke Hensley, Sara Hobbeheydar, Grace Huang, Grace LaSell, Daniella McNeill, Hitashi Patel, Andrew Qin, Rishabh Rajesh, John Roberts, Chloe Rommeck, Izabella Ross, Parth Shah, Samuel Song, Srilakshmi Srivathsan, Cole Stevens, Steven Sun, Neal White, Lakshmi Yepuri, Nurfatihah Zulkifly 5th Grade Silver Lydia Andrews, Arsh Attar, Hunter Beesley, Blainey Bennett, Braden Bostic, Aidan Brown, Andrew Brown, Chloe Davis, Dhruv Deshmukh, Julia Euler, Holly Evans, Emily Haines, Charles Hill, Lukas Hoehn, Rhea Jain, Yuka Kawanami, Charley Kerber, Emmersen Logston, Benjamin Psota, Elijah Psota, Liam Rarey, Lillian Retz, Darby Rocker, Bryan Rodriguez, Miles Wilking, Kendall Yamcharern 6th Grade Gold Laney Acton, Sarah Azeem, Ava Chastain, David Chen, Luke Dornfeld, Talara Eudy, Annabelle Fields, Farrah Fox, Carli Freeman, Leo Guo, Evie Hipwood, Amritanshu Kar, Amelia Maddox, Mia McClellan, Hannah Michel, Aditya Mohan, Izabelle Munn, Ella O’Connor, Blake Osbourne, Ella Partin, Param Patel, Meghana Penmathsa, Gabe Piper, Frankie Polyak, Haley Potter, Nola Ruble, Erik Selvggi Domeij, Ajay Singireddy, Brynn Stewart, Henry Ulrich, Deshna Venkatachalam, Jianing Wang, Aidan Whitley, Kathryn Wilson, Jasmine Yang, Vincent Zeng 6th Grade Silver Adam Alesandro, Emma Allman, Johnathan Barbieri, Gracie Blair, Chloe Day, Ethan Deak, Joseph Del Genio, Katherine DeLap, Tracey Dominguez-Jimenez, Gabrielle Duncan, Hudson Elwood, Maria Flores, Faline Fox, Nico Gotoh, Brianna Guthrie, Rachel Harrison, Samuel Hsu, Dillon James, James Letts, Kylee Martin, Angelina McCray, Kayden Miller, Lyrik Miller, Kristina Newland, Tristan Nott, Isaac Riddle, Rachel, Roland, Daniel Simon, Dawson Smith, Emily Torres, Tristan Tyner, Braylenn Vanosdol, Ravinder Varma, Faith Yamcharern
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Helping Children Control Their Anger
Children need to know that anger is an acceptable feeling. Too many times they get the mes-
sage that they are not supposed to ever be angry. We teach that feeling mad is okay but acting
mean is not. Parents can help their children to control their anger by helping them to identify
their feelings and the physical reactions that their body is having, and then also helping them
find a way to release the anger. For example: “Wow, I can tell you are getting really frustrated
with your homework. I see that you are clenching your fists and breathing faster. Maybe it
would help you to take a short break and then come back to try again.” By talking to your
child in this way you are naming their feeling (frustration), noticing how they are acting
(breathing fast and clenching fists), and giving them a way to stay in control (take a short break
to relax). There are three important rules to follow in managing your anger:
1. Never hurt yourself. 2. Never hurt others. 3. Never break things.
If children and adults follow these rules, we all feel more in control when angry feelings oc-
cur. Parents need to be a good role model when handling their own anger in order for children
to learn to control their anger instead of letting the anger controlling them.
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Thank you to everyone who helped make the walkathon possible! It was great to spend some extra time outside and we had a great turnout. A special thanks to our office staff and parents that were able to participate in the walk on Friday. Whether you came and walked, helped hand out prizes or snacks, donated items or money, or encouraged your student to participate: thank you. Be sure to visit this year’s sponsors*, and thank them for their support! Thirty-One Gifts – Carrie Adler Flambeau McDonald’s Northside Pediatrics Elwood Staffing Taylor Brothers Columbus Cycling and Fitness Rich Anthony’s Music Machine Spring-Green Lawn Care Hamilton Skate Rink Beck Rocker, PC KidsCommons The Tony London Company Congratulations to the top earners for each grade: Blake Osbourne – Top for School Pre-K – Jay Glick and Olivia Cruser Kindergarten - Dominik Keaton 1st – Emma Spock 2nd – Saanvi Pradeep 3rd – Ellie Eaton and Kaylee Choi 4th – Lauren Degner 5th – Holly Evans 6th – Tristan Nott
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Bonus Programs We are getting ready to turn in our first round of Box Tops. Thank you for all your donations and for using the new Box Tops bonus app! Please continue sending in Box Tops.
Remember to sign up to link your Kroger Plus card to Parkside school. We just earned $178.95 from 42 families that are signed up! That is wonderful, but we really need more families involved. It's fast and easy to sign up. All you have to do is remember to use your Kroger Plus card when you shop. Kroger will donate to our school quarterly. Look for a reminder on how to sign up coming home soon. Thank you for all your continued support!
Parkside Courtyard Thank you AGAIN to Tasha Tyner and her family for the beautiful fall decorations!! Our resident chipmunk is stuffing his cheeks for winter. We have enjoyed watching the birds in the birdbath! The birds are eating the seeds from the zinnias, black-eyed Susans and sunflowers. However, come winter, we can use birdseed or cash donations. Please leave them in the office and/or contact Mrs. Carr at [email protected]
Roller Skating Parties
Our next roller skating Party is Thursday, November 2 from 6-8pm. Be sure to mark your calendars for our next skating parties: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 & Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Times will be 6-8pm. Entry is $3 per skater and includes skate rental!
Parkside Pirates
You are invited to our
next PTO Meeting:
Tuesday, November 14
at 1:30pm in the Forum
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Harlem Wizards The Harlem Wizards are coming to town!
Sunday, November 5 2-4PM, doors open at 1PM
Columbus North Memorial Gym, 1400 25th Street
Are you ready to have some fun with the Harlem Wizards, WNBA's Tamika Catchings, Dr. Roberts and the BCSF "Stars" team made up of BCSC administrators, teachers and special guests, including Mr. Smith from Parkside Elementary? The evening promises to be a fun filled event that is great for kids and adults and guarantees to put a smile on your face! This event is hosted by The Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation (BCSF). At a Wizards’ game, fans will witness amaz-ing basketball talent combined with hilarious comedy. It’s two hours of family time where parents, grandparents, and kids can all laugh together. When you’re in the stands, you’re more than a spectator; you’re part of the show with loads of audience participation. The experience can only be summed up in two words: Awe-Inspiring!
Get your tickets online today https://harlemwizards.thundertix.com/events/109317 or in person at the BCSC Administration Building or Viewpoint Books - 548 Washington St., Columbus.
Thank you to Heritage Automotive Sales in Columbus and Hotel Indigo for their sponsor-ship for this BCSF community event to support our BCSC teachers and students!
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