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HORACE MANN EDUCATOR Horace Mann...ALL IN, ALL THE TIME!
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
This month’s classroom social development lessons will focus on
building a habit of Putting First Things First: Work First, Then
Play. If we think for a minute or two, we surely can find exam-
ples of this idea in our adult lives:
“After I finish writing these thank you notes, I’ll have a cup of my
favorite hot tea.”
“Before I sit on the couch to watch a TV show, I’d better get
through today’s emails.”
“When I’ve saved enough money, I’ll take a vacation!”
In the field of psychology, this is called the Premack Principle. It
states that rewards can be used to encourage us to complete the
things we aren’t as excited about. In addition to the practical out-
come that something important will be done, there are some neat
side effects from doing the hard thing first, aren’t there? For ex-
ample, energy isn’t being wasted worrying about the work. Fur-
thermore, the confidence that comes with developing this self-
discipline will help in all areas of life.
3 School reopens 8:45 am
9 Yearbook sales begin
10 PTA meeting, 7 pm, Library
11 All Pro Dad’s Breakfast, 7:45 am, Art Room
16 Martin Luther King Day, NO SCHOOL
20 Staff professional day—NO SCHOOL for students
26 Group Pictures
27 PBIS 2nd Quarter Activity
30—February 2 Kids Love Musicals, Grades K-3
13 Last day for Yearbook sales
14 Valentine’s Day Room Parties
20 President’s Day, NO SCHOOL
JANUARY 2017
Horace Mann Elementary School
1215 West Clifton Boulevard
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Colorful Student Art Work!
January 2017, Page 2 PTA News
“Welcome Back! Hope you had a great Winter Break!
December was a fun month for the PTA! We held our Annual PTA Holiday Gathering at Around the Corner. With about 30 people in attendance, it was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to gather with friends and celebrate.
The PTA was busy spreading holiday cheer with several events throughout December. The Teacher Cookie Walk was a big success -- the table in the 2nd floor conference room was loaded with sweet treats for the teachers and staff to take home to their loved ones. Thank you to everyone who contributed and to Laura George who coordi-nated this successful event. Many of our PTA volunteers gathered to decorate the gym for the Winter Program, creating a lovely backdrop for an excellent vocal and in-strumental program. Special thanks to Amy Lardi, Katie Steinmuller, Geeta Lopez, Debbie Baker, Monique Smith, Amanda Whaples, Kristy Gibbons, and JoAnne Mahmoud for their amazing help!
In the midst of all the holiday fun, the Board of Education shipped more than 25 books to be used in our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms. Our PTA volunteers who spent many hours assigning reading levels to each book included in the shipment. In one day, the books were all ready to go to the classrooms. Thank you to our volun-teers for their quick and tireless work!
We are already planning for next school year and gathering names for PTA Officer and Chair positions. If you are interested in one of the positions, would like to nomi-nate someone, or would like to help with the elections process, please contact Kristy Gibbons at [email protected] as soon as possible. It's a great way to get in-volved in school and meet other parents!
Our next meeting is on January 10th at 7:00 p.m. in the school library. Lakewood's H2O volunteer group and an adult supervisor will provide babysitters for the meeting to keep the kids busy. If you have not already sent in your PTA membership, please do! Your involvement and support help us continue to host fun, educational events as well as support the work of our teachers. Even if you can't make the PTA meetings, join. There are many ways to be involved!
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PTA News, continued January 2017, Page 3
Please join us for our 2nd Quarter PBIS Reward Event on Friday, January 27. We are planning a Winter Carnival in the gym for our students to enjoy during recess. We welcome parent participation in this fun event that rewards our stu-dents for excellent behavior! There are a few interesting events coming up in January around the Lakewood City Schools district:
1/11/17 -- Superintendent Chat at 6:00 pm in the Roosevelt Elementary School Learning Resource Center
1/21/17 -- Lakewood Project Concert, Lakewood High School, 7:30 pm
1/24/17 -- Lakewood High School New Academic Wing Open House, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Be sure to "Like" Horace Mann Elementary PTA on Facebook! You'll find a lot of great info and pictures of school events. You can also check out the Lakewood City Schools web site for more info, links to teacher blogs, and more!If you have any questions, comments, or topics of discussion for the PTA, please email [email protected]. We want to hear from you and we're always interested in new topics for discussion at our PTA meet-ings, on our Facebook page, or our Wednesday parent helper group. January Events
1/9/17 - 1/13/17 -- Terra Nova Testing, Grades 2 & 5
1/10/17 -- PTA Meeting, Library, 7:00 pm
1/11/17 -- All Pro Dads, Art Room, 7:45 am
1/16/17 -- MLK Day/No School
1/19/17 -- End of 2nd Quarter
1/20/17 -- No School
1/27/17 -- PBIS 2Q Reward Party
February
2/14/17 -- Valentine’s Day Room Parties
2/15/17 -- All Pro Dads, Art Room, 7:45 am
2/17/17 -- No School
2/20/17 -- President’s Day/No School
2/21/17 -- PTA Meeting, Library, 7:00 pm
2/27/17 -- Reading Spirit Week Begins
Directory Information
The Lakewood City School District, upon request, will release certain information known as "directory information."
Directory information includes a student's name; address; telephone number; [parent email address] … Directory
information shall not be provided to any organization for profit-making purposes. Parents and eligible students may
refuse to allow the disclosure of any or all directory information upon written notification within ten (10) days after the
posting of this annual notification….
One example of how “directory information” might be used is for a room parent to contact other parents via email
about party arrangements.
If you have any questions or would like to opt out of the disclosure of directory information, please contact the office.
January 2017, Page 4
THE IDEAL ARRIVAL TIME at school is 8:45.
When dropping off your child in the morning,
please use the lane next to the sidewalk. If
you need to leave or get out of your car dur-
ing drop-off, please park in a parking space
as a courtesy to other drivers.
WINTER SAFETY………..Winter is here and this
is a good time to review our winter safety
rules. Students are to walk, on the side-
walks, since icy spots are often invisible. One
of the ways we are Safe at Horace Mann is to
leave nature on the ground. Please re-inforce
this idea by reminding your child to leave the
snow on the ground.
RECESS………Be sure to send your child with
appropriate clothing for outdoor recess as
we experience cold winter weather. Stu-
dents will go outside unless the temperature
and/or wind chill is too low, or the level of
moisture is too high. Hats and gloves are
necessary for the days we are outside. If
weather does not permit an outdoor recess,
students stay indoors with supervised activi-
ties. The decision to go outside is made on a
daily basis. If your child needs cold weather
clothing, please contact the office.
ATTENDANCE LINE…….When you call the school
office to let us know that your child will miss school due
to illness, please be sure to use our ATTENDANCE
PHONE NUMBER – 529-4307. This line can be used 24
hours a day, so you can call at any time, day or night, to
leave your message. The recording will ask you to leave
your child’s name (please spell the last name), your
child’s grade and teacher, your name, and a brief reason
for the absence. This will allow the school secretary to
take care of our students, respond to the door buzzer,
and answer other phone calls that can only be made on
the regular office phone number. We appreciate your
use of the absence line phone number in the future.
Thank you in advance for your help in keeping our regu-
lar phone line available.
As an annual notice, we are informing families of the
Lakewood Schools Threat Policy……..
….No report of, rumor of, or threat of weapons in the
Lakewood Schools shall be ignored. No threat or rumor
of pending violence shall be ignored, whether made to a
student or a faculty member. Such threats or rumors
shall be immediately reported to the Lakewood Police.
The student may be kept in school until the police arrive
to investigate the incident. At the discretion of the police,
the student may be transported to the police department
where proper disposition of the incident will be deter-
mined. It is the policy of the Lakewood Police, in cooper-
ation with school authorities, to appropriately respond to
and investigate all such incidents.
More Colorful Student Artwork!
Our Lost
and Found
is right
outside
the office
arranged on two shelving units.
Please be sure to look there if an
article of clothing or other per-
sonal item belonging to your stu-
dent has gone missing.
WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL
With your help, school can be a healthy place for all. In order to prevent the spread of illness to others, it is suggested that your child stay home for 24 hours from the onset of:
● Vomiting
● Diarrhea (three or more watery bowel movements in a 24 hour period)
● Fever (temperature over 100.4°)
f your child is ill before school, keep him/her at home until your child is symptom free for at least 24 hours.
These guidelines are suggested for the good of all students. A child who returns to school before being completely well runs a risk of infecting others. Exposure to common illnesses could be life threatening to immunocompromised students.
According to the Ohio Department of Health, a physician must evaluate a suspected communicable disease:
● Bacterial conjunctivitis (pink eye)
● Staphylococcus infections (impetigo, MRSA)
● Streptococcal infections (strep throat)
Tinea (ringworm)
If prescribed, your child must complete at least 24 hours of appropriate prescription therapy prior to returning to school. A phy-sician's note must be provided for reentry to school.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Katy Corrigan, RN, BSN, B.S.Ed., MS, LSN, District Nurse, 216-227-5129, [email protected]
Kids Love Musicals!
Students in grades K-3 will participate in a musical theater “workshop”
beginning at the end of January! Kids Love Musicals is an artist-in-
residence program which uses classic fairy tale musicals to explore the
art form of musical theater and encourage students to exercise their im-
agination, creativity, and reasoning skills. With a visiting teaching artist,
students learn songs and dances, act out key scenes from the musicals,
and explore the classic American musicals of Cinderella or Jungle Book. K-3 students will participate dur-
ing Music classes from January 30—February 2. Kids Love Musicals is an engagingly interactive workshop,
rather than a performance. Every student has a part and everyone is a star! Many thanks to the PTA for
sponsoring Kids Love Musicals!
We are also proud to share that for our school is partnering with The Musical Theater Project again this
year for a special, inclusive program. Adapted Kids Love Musicals is a modified workshop tailored to the
students with moderate-intensive special needs (such as students in the CHAMPS program). The dates for
this year’s sessions are on Mondays and Tuesdays from February 6—February 28.
January 2017, Page 5
