The The The Cornerstone of the Community

Mentor Public Schools

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Calendar:

Orchard Hollow LimbOrchard Hollow Limb We reach higher to be the B.E.S.T.

Be Excellent Students and Teachers

10/12

NEOEA Day (No School)

10/16-10/18

Scholastic Bookfair

10/17 & 10/18

Parent-Teacher

Conferences (by appt.)

10/19

No School

End of 1st Grading Period

10/22

3rd Grade Field Trip to

Mentor Fire Safety House

Art Club 3:00

Chess Club begins 3:10

10/23

Report Cards available on

Parent Portal @ 8:00 am

3rd Grade Fall AIR Testing

5th Grade Mathletes

10/24

3rd Grade Fall AIR Testing

10/26

Boo Grams Sale during recess

PTA Pumpkin Patch 6:00

10/29

4th Grade Field Trip

A Message from the Principal

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Volume 15, Issue 4 10/11/2018

Orchard Hollow Elementary School

8700 Hendricks Road (440) 257-5955

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Principal: Karen Trunk

Secretaries: Moni Giebel & Gina Hagey

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Dear families, Many thanks for your attention to the all-important annual update. We now have 100% of our updates completed and I want to thank you for your attention to this. The annual update ensures that we have your accurate and updated contact and permission information if there should be an emergency here at school, along with several other items that used to come in the mail. I look forward to seeing many of you in the hallways for conferences next Wednesday and Thursday, October 17-18. Teachers should have sent out reminder letters, as many of you self-selected conference times at Meet the Teacher Night. Please try to be prompt, as most of our teachers have very tight schedules, and one late meeting sets all of them back for the night. Thank you in advance to Dana Kaufman and her hospitality committee for providing dinner for our teachers on those evenings, and also for Mary Scott and Megan Beers for chairing our annual bookfair which will take place next week. The bookfair will be open during conference nights, and also for students during the day. “Boo-grams” or short Halloween messages sold by our Student Ambassadors, will also be available for purchase during conference evenings. Many of you will remember the Bright Bytes survey we took last spring. Our district goals are to improve our student’s “digital citizenship” through lessons based on this data. As you can see in the trend below, our students in grades 3-5 have not really been learning about how to share information online This is one of the items our teachers will continue to emphasize as they begin to teach the digital citizenship lessons

Have a wonderful weekend! Regards, Mrs. Karen Trunk

Picture Re-Take Day is

Wednesday, November 7.

Not satisfied with your original

portrait? Simply return your original condition

package to the Lifetouch photographers for a

re-take free of charge.

New to the school or absent on picture day?

You can still order online in advance at

mylifetouch.com or fill out an order form and

provide it to the photographer.

Picture Day ID: WP098009Y0

Week of Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

10/5 Olivia Disbrow Mary McMahon Mya Santell Jaxyn Greenwood Dylan Riley Melody Garrett

10/11 Rhea Williams Truman Arndt Sawyer Stanek Kara Kelly Sydney Sampson Emma Harris

Students

recognized

for doing their

Student Winner: Rocco Fiore Orchard Hollow’s September “Get Back to Exercise”

Challenge Winners:

Marco’s Pizza Night

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Marco’s

Pizza Night on October 3rd. 83 orders were placed (72 online) for a total of

$1,663.75 in sales. Orchard Hollow will receive $324.28.

Congratulations to Miss Morse’s class

for placing the most orders. They will receive a free pizza party courtesy of our

Andrews Road Marco’s Pizza.

Thank you very much Marco’s Pizza and Orchard Hollow Families.

1st Quarter Report

Cards will be

available on the

Parent Portal @ 8

am on Tuesday,

October 23, 2018.

Staff Winner: Mrs. Patterson

VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CHECK REQUEST

Fingerprinting to be completed at the Mentor Board of Education office. Located at 6451 Center St. Mentor, OH 44060 440-255-4444

Office hours 7am-5pm. June and July hours 7am-4:30pm. Walk-in’s welcome, no appointment needed.

****Photo ID required to run the background check**** You will be asked to provide your Social Security number.

Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

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A volunteer background check must be completed EVERY school year.

Funday Fridays

October 18 (Thurs) ~ Dress like a video

game character Day

October 26 ~ Hat Day

November 2 ~ Black Out Day

November 9 ~ Crazy Hair Day

November 16 ~ Tie Dye Day

November 30 ~ 80’s Day

The next meeting for OFFICERS and ALL REPRESENTATIVES will

be on Tuesday, October 30 @ 8:00 am.

25 cents to participate

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DAY

On sale during parent-teacher conferences

and during recess on Friday, October 26th.

Grams with a treat for

50 cents!

Ways to support your school:

Giant Eagle: Sign up at www.gianteagle.com/about/apples-

forstudents or by calling1-800-474-4777. Our School ID # is 2633.

Enroll in BoxTops for Education (http://tiny.cc/Boxtops) or just collect

them and send them to school with your child.

Heinen’s: New customers are welcome to obtain a Preferred

Card and join the Tasteful Rewards Program at any store location or

online at www.heinens.com. Past participants must Re-Select

Orchard Hollow every year by logging into their Tasteful Rewards

profile at www.heinensrewards.com.

Marco’s Pizza: In addition to our monthly pizza nights, our school

receives extra rewards ANYTIME you order online by choosing

Orchard Hollow Elementary from the list of schools. Tell your friends

and family too!

CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES FEES

2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR

Listed below are the 2018-2019 elementary consumable supplies

fees. These fees include technology usage, consumable

workbooks for math and handwriting, science lab fees, and

a music fee for grade 4:

Grade K $71.00

Grade 1 $58.00

Grade 2 $70.00

Grade 3 $60.00

Grade 4 $63.00

Grade 5 $58.00

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Applications Being Accepted for Cafeteria Substitutes:

For: School Nutrition Who: You!! What: Kitchen help When: As needed Where: District-wide Hours: approximately 4 to 5 hours per assignment Pay: $9.00 per hour Restrictions: Applicants must be friendly, work well with staff and students, have the ability to work independently, follow all health de-partment regulations, and be available for work every day. In addition, they must be able to lift heavy pans and stand for long periods of time. Conditions: Applicants must be willing to work at any school and be available every day during the late morning to early afternoon hours. How: Apply on-line via the district website. Then call the School Nu-trition office at 440-974-5227.

For More Information: Call the office of School Nutri-tion at 974-5227. *At the time of hire, applicants must have background checks and a

TB test. The background checks cost $46 and will be reimbursed

after working twenty (20) assignments. The TB test costs $11 and

will not be reimbursed. The test will be administered at the Cardi-

nal Clinic on Tuesdays and read on Thursdays. HR must have re-

sults of the background checks and the TB test prior to any work

assignments.

For the security of all, please do

not allow anyone to “piggy-

back” when you either enter or

exit the building. It is district

policy that all visitors announce their name

and purpose prior to admittance to a

building. A polite statement would be

something to the effect of, “I’m sorry.

Please buzz the office for admittance into

the building.” We appreciate everyone’s

diligence in this matter. Thank you!

Vision Statement IV: Provide a safe and secure environment in which students can grow academically and socially.

As part of our District Strategic Plan, Mentor Public Schools seeks to ensure the safety of students and staff in our buildings. As part of our district safety plan, every building completes at least one “Lock Down” drill each year. These unannounced drills, in addition to the regularly scheduled fire and tornado drills can be frightening for younger students as they begin their school experience. Please take a few moments to talk to your young child about safety and security at school. The adults in the buildings take their job of keeping students safe very seriously; as always, if you have any questions please contact your school principal.

NO IDLE ZONE!

Parents, please remember that the

sidewalk in front of the school is a Fire Lane

with no parking or stopping. If you are

dropping off for We Care, please park your

car in a legal parking space and walk your

children in. If you are dropping off before the

start of school, please pull up to the open

space in the black fence and Mr. Phillips will

assist students who are exiting vehicles.

Thank you so much for your

cooperation.

An important reminder:

Please call the office if your child will be absent or if he/she is going to be late to school and would like to purchase a school lunch. If we do not include your child in our morning lunch count by 9:15 am, they will be offered an alternate lunch.

Office Hours: 8:00-4:00 Phone: 257-5955

Student Hours: 8:50-3:00

Supervision for students begins at 8:30.

Teacher Hours: 8:15-3:30

Nurse Hours: 8:30-3:30 everyday

Late Arrivals

Tardy: Student should be seated in their classroom

by 8:50 (not walking in the door). Arriving after

8:50 is considered tardy and students MUST be

signed in by an adult in the office.

Medical: If you have a morning appointment,

please notify the office by 9:00; also indicate

whether your child will be purchasing a school

lunch.

Absence

If your child will be absent, please call the office

by 9:00. Homework will be made available upon

your request after 3:00 pm.

Dismissal

If you need to change your child’s dismissal,

please indicate this by using the yellow note from

home paper. Phone calls should be for

emergency purposes only; before 2:00pm please.

Orchard Hollow School General Information

A Dismissal Reminder: Please know that there is no

supervision for those students who leave the building

without an adult, also known as “walkers.” There is

no crossing guard for those students walking into the

Pinegate Neighborhood. We understand that many

students are met by an adult at the sidewalk;

however, in the event there is a mix-up or a circumstance causing

a delay, the children may be walking home alone. This is quite

concerning, especially for our youngest students. Students

designated as “Pick-Ups” do not leave the building without an

authorized adult signing them out. You may change your child’s

dismissal at any time by sending in a note to your child’s teacher.

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Dear Parents: When sending in

cash money to the school, please take special care to write both

your child’s first AND last name,

the teacher’s name and the purpose of the money on the envelope to ensure that the

correct account is being credited. We

appreciate your cooperation with this matter. Thank you.