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May Mustang Messenger
May 2-6 Staff Appreciation Week May 5 Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough
Pickup 2-5 May 10 PTO Meeting at 6:00 in the Multi
Purpose Room May 13 Books for Bikes Drawing & Fund Run
Kickoff Assembly ASB Spirit Day– Neon Day May 17 5th/6th Grade Band & Strings
Extravaganza-Spokane Arena 7:00 pm May 18 PTO Dine Out at Flying Goat ALL Day May 20 Final Collection Day for Generation
Alive Donations May 27 Hats on Day– 50¢ to wear a hat May 30 Memorial Day– NO School June 2 PTO Skate Night at Pattison’s 6-8 pm June 3 All School BBQ June 6 1st Grade Music Program 6:45 pm June 7 PTO Finch Fund Run June 9 PTO All School Tie Dye June 10 Hats on Day– 50¢ to wear a hat June 13 Kindergarten Performance 2:00 June 14 6th Grade Graduation 7:00 pm Finch
Multi Purpose Room June 16 Last Day of School! 11:35 Dismissal
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
Main Phone: 354-2600 Attendance: 354-2555 www.spokaneschools.org/finch
Dear Finch Parents: How to assist your child with a positive testing experience. Here are a few tips: On test day, make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats a healthy breakfast. Many teachers report that students who don't do well on tests haven't gotten enough sleep, and haven't eaten breakfast on the morning of the test. Doing both of these things will ensure that your child is working at full capacity. Remain positive: Staying calm will help your child stay calm. If she/he gets nervous about the test or is likely to experience anxiety during the test, help them practice some relaxation techniques that they can try once they are taking the test. On a Daily Basis: In addition to these strategies, there are a number of ways that you can maximize your child's learning capabilities throughout the school year, which can lead to confident test-taking. Some of these strategies include: Assisting your child with homework and ensuring that your
child is completing all homework assignments Helping to develop good study habits, thinking skills, and a
positive attitude towards education from an early age Ensuring that your child has good attendance at school Staying in communication with your child's teacher Encouraging your child to read as much as possible, and to
increase their vocabulary - even reading magazines, newspapers, and comic books regularly will help improve reading skills
Looking for educational games and programs that engage your child
Helping your child learn how to follow directions carefully. Finally, remember that standardized tests and grading systems are not perfect; each format has its own limitations. As you help your child do his/her best on the tests they take and in all of their schoolwork, also remind them that testing is just one part of their education. With your support and involvement, he/she will be well on their way to his/her own bright future.
Sincerely, Kim Fox Finch Elementary Principal
From Your PTO Taco Time Dine Out was a great success. Thank you for supporting the Classroom Assistance Fund!
Our last Dine Out of the year is all day on Wednesday, May 18th at Flying Goat on NW Blvd.
Thanks to Pizza Rita for the $150 for the pizza box flap points and to all the students for bringing them in. Keep them coming – we get 50 cents a flap!
Thank you to Lyn Hippauf for chairing Muffins with Mom, and to all of the staff and parent volunteers for working the event. We hope everyone had fun and enjoyed a break in the morning routine.
The first week of May is Staff Appreciation Week. Every year we provide lunch for the week for our wonderful staff. Flyers went out in April for parents to bring in lunch dishes to support this effort. Thank you so much for your contributions. The staff really enjoys this special week and we love showing them how much we appreciate them!
Please note the May BOGO Book Fair is canceled due to scheduling conflicts.
Please join us for the school year’s final PTO Meeting Tuesday, May 10th (second Tuesday of the month) at 6 pm in the multi-purpose room. We will be electing next year’s PTO Board members and planning the events for next year. This meeting may last longer than the normal hour, but we are providing pizza and childcare. Please come and vote on the board positions and events to next year’s calendar.
Thank you to Mrs. Hester, Ms. Michelson, Mrs. Zambryski, Mrs. Hippauf, Ms. Gilbertz, and Mrs. Luciani for representing our teaching staff at the April meeting. We really appreciate your support!
If you have any questions or concerns that we can help you with please contact us at [email protected].
Warm Weather Dress Here are some reminders of appropriate school attire:
• T-Shirts and tops need to be full length, not cropped or showing waistlines.
• Tank top straps need to be wide. Spaghetti strap tops can only be worn with a sweater or jackets to cover them. Straps should be 2 fingers width wide as a rule.
• Mesh tops may only be worn over other shirts.
• Shorts are acceptable; but please, no extremely “short shorts” or skirts. Shorts should be to the end of fingertips when arms are held down at their sides.
• High heels, or “Slip ons” such as soccer slides and flip-flops are not safe for school. All footwear should be safe for running, play activities and the playground.
• Sunglasses, hats and other head coverings should not be worn in the building.
Please review these rules with your children so that appropriate clothing is worn by all our students. We will call you for a change of clothes if student does not meet these standards. Thank you for your support!
LAST PTO Dine Out Night for the school is at The Flying Goat ALL DAY on Wednesday May 18th!
MEDICATION INFORMATION On the last day of school, we may have several doses of your child’s medication left over. Please stop by the office to pick up all remaining medications. Unused
medication cannot be sent home with your child. All medications that are not picked up by Monday, June 20th will be disposed of. Questions? Please call Jennifer Larson, our Medication Aide, at 354-2576.
ATTENTION PARENTS OF
STUDENTS WITH:
Life Threatening Health Conditions, Self Carry Medications at School or
A Health Alert Plan
The school nurse will be sending home paperwork that needs to be reviewed and completed before school starts next fall. This paperwork may include a copy of the current Care Plan, Asthma Plan form, Severe Allergy Plan form and Medication Request forms. The Asthma form, Severe Allergy form and Medication Request form must be updated yearly by the doctor and the parent. Please keep in mind that doctors also take vacations in the summer and it may be hard to make last minute appointments.
Questions? Please call Johanna Yegge, School Nurse, at 354-2405
All students entering 6th grade must receive a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) booster to attend school. Immunization date must be provided to the school office before school starts this Fall.
Questions: contact Johanna Yegge, School Nurse, 354-2405
Questions during summer, 354-7298
Windstorm Make Up Days
These days were originally scheduled to be break days, but will now be used to make
up the school days lost due to the November windstorm.
May 16 June 16
Pesticide Application
Our annual unwanted Weed & Grass Spray will be done
at Finch Elementary on May 11th. This spray is to
control unwanted grass and weeds in selected areas of
our school including the shrub beds, around the trees
and along the street curb areas. Our school has taken
steps to keep school children away from these areas
for 24 hours following the application of spray. We
ask that you and your children refrain from making
contact with or playing around the trees and shrubs at
our school during this time frame. We will not be
spraying any of the grass play areas at the Elementary
school except just around the trees. A variation from
this schedule may occur as a result of inclement
weather.
Student Corner Written by Philip Colvin, Forrest Yegge and Logan Herres
Welcome back fellow Mustangs to May’s edition of “Student Corner”. Thank you for reading our hard work. This month you’ll be reading about the Smarter Balance Test and the PTO Dine out night at The Flying Goat. As always we will provide you with a Monthly Joke! Lights, Camera, Action!
The Smarter Balance test may seem unimportant to some students, but it is actually very important. This test doesn’t just give scores to individual students, but to an entire school! The test shows the school oard what academic level Finch is at. Every students score represents Finch as a whole. Don’t forget your score counts!
An upcoming Finch event is just around the next corner. On the 18th is a PTO dineout night for Finch families at The Flying Goat. This is a great place to eat delicious pizza and keep in touch with Finch staff and parents. Mmmm…. Pizza! The three of us hope to see you there.
Now time for the ‘Monthly Joke’:
Q. What do cowboys like on their salad?
A. Ranch Dressing!
In this episode you read about the Smarter Balance test and the PTO dine out night coming up. This concludes May’s edition of “Student Corner”. We hope to see you next time for the final edition of this school year.
Band and Strings Spectacular Tuesday, May 17th
Our 5th and 6th grade band and strings students, along with students from each Spokane Elementary School (2,500 students in all), will be showcasing their talents on Tuesday, May 17th at the Veteran’s Memorial Arena. The performance will begin at 7:00 p.m. The All City Band and Strings Spectacular is a wonderful opportunity to observe first hand your child’s musical progress throughout the year. Except for parking, the Evening Spectacular is a free event. For further questions please contact Ms. Kelley or Mrs. Cantlon at 354-2600.
Moving? If your child(ren) will not be attending Finch next year, please fill out the information below
and return to the office, or you can also email the information to [email protected]. This information will help with staff and classroom placement
for the 2016-2017 school year. Thank you.
Child’s name _____________________________
Student(s) will attend _____________________________ (name of new school next year)
HELP! We have numerous pairs of glasses in the lost and found. If your student has lost their glasses, please stop in the office to see if we have them!
Books for Bikes We are kicking off the Books for Bikes reading recognition program. We have participated in this great program in the past with wonderful results. Books for Bikes is being co-sponsored by the Audubon Park Masonic Lodge #272 and our Finch PTO.
Kindergarten-3rd grade students may fill out a coupon for every 15 minutes they read at home. 4th-6th grade students may fill out a coupon for every 30 minutes they read at home. Then your child brings his/her completed Books for Bikes coupons back to school
and drops them in the Books for Bikes coupon box in the office.
We will draw four winning coupons on May 13th. The selected students will win a brand new bike provided by the Audubon Park Masonic Lodge #272 or the Finch PTO. We want to thank these two groups for supporting our students and for promoting the love of reading.
Finch 6th Grade Promotion
June 14th, 7:00 pm
Finch Multi-Purpose Room
Finch Students will have the opportunity this month to partner with a local charity, Generation Alive to help raise money to fight hunger. Students will be collecting change, and will then pack food at a “SomethingtoEat Hands-on Team” during the day on May 10th. Here is some info about Generation Alive:
Where did we come from? Founded in 2005 by Jeremy and Larisa Affeldt, Generation Alive is a movement of young people responding to the needs of other young people wherever, whenever, however. Jeremy's passion comes from his Christian faith to treat others as you want to be treated. He believes to live out his faith meant to help those who can't live out their dreams, those who simply live to survive another day due to poverty. His beliefs lead him to create Generation Alive to help the youth of America learn to live a life of compassion towards other youth who live with the pain of extreme poverty. What do we do?
Generation Alive is developing a generation of young leaders, committed to serving others and responding to the needs in their community. Moving a generation to act! We do this by moving a generation to act through awareness education and by... Instilling into young people that their compassion, their generosity and their energy are paramount in identifying and alleviating needs in their communities. Using programs focused on hunger relief, anti-human trafficking and leadership development, to provide young people with a platform to be culture changers.
