Kingston Elementary October Newsletter 2014
Calendar of Events
Kingston Elementary O c t ober Newslet t er 20 14
Sept. 29thOct. 3rd
4th & 5th Basketball Silo Tournament
October 5-11
Fire Safety Week
Dear Families:
October 11
Kindergarten to Pumpkin Patch
October 6-10
4th & 5th Grade Basketball Calera Tournament
October 10
Kindergarten Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch
October 13
4th Grade Basketball Home
We have had a great start to the school year. Everybody is working hard to make this the best elementary school in the state. The school received our report card from the state and we did very well scoring a B. The teachers and staff here at school are working very hard to increase our scores this year. Parents and guardians have a very vital role in helping our school be successful. We have Parent Teacher Conferences coming up, October 13 & 14 from 3:30-7:00. It is very important that you make it a priority to meet with your student’s teacher. If school is important to you it will be important to them. Parents matter in the success a child has in school.
October 13
Pre K Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch
October 14
5th Grade Basketball Away @ Silo
October 13&14
Parent/Teacher Conference 3:30-7:00
October 14
Box Tops Contest Ends!!!
October 15-17
Fall Break (No School)
October 20-25
5th Grade Basketball Caddo Tournament
October 24 & 25 Prevent Blindness Vision Screening October 22
Fall Portraits
October 27-28 & 30 4th & 5th Grade Tishomingo Tournament
We would like to remind parents to encourage their students to wash their hands before eating and after using the restroom. The weather is changing and this is the time of year we start to see an increase in student absences due to illness. The school is taking every precaution to help prevent the spread of germs and your help is greatly appreciated. Students need to have a set schedule where they are going after school. We no longer change buses at the last minute. We have hundreds of students that ride buses. This is a great service our school district provides. It is very confusing for students to come to school and not know where they are going after school until late in the day. Some buses are full and we can’t just add a student at the last minute. So we will get them to their set destination every day. We appreciate your help with this matter. If you have an emergency come up, just call and we will help all we can. Please do not pick your child up early unless it is an emergency. Anytime we have to call a classroom for a student it disrupts the learning process. Again, thank you for all the support you provide to our school. Please be involved with your child’s education. It is very important for their success.
October 30
Student of the Month Lunch
Sincerely,
October 31
Happy Halloween
David Gill
PreK-KG-1st-2nd From the Nurse's desk.... There are several things you can do and also teach your children to do in order to stay healthy:
Students of the Month PreK: Kaidence Horton KG: Dalton Barker 1st: Taylin Stewart 2nd: Jayla Smith 3rd: Victoria Kelley 4th: Akira Wolff 5th: Katelyn Beadle
1. WASH YOUR HANDS! Wash your hands before you eat, before preparing food, after playing outside, and any time they become soiled. 2. Cough and sneeze in the crook of your elbow instead of your hand! This way you will not contaminate surfaces such as door knobs and desks when you touch them with your hands. 3. When you use a tissue, use it only once then throw it away. Do not save it in your pocket. 4. If your child is sick and running a fever of 100 degrees or greater, or if they are vomiting, or have diarrhea, they MUST be kept at home. Head checks will be done on October if your child has lice or nits you will have to pick them up from school and cannot return to school until lice and/or nits are completely removed. Your child will need to see the nurse upon returning to school. Prevent Blindness will be here again this year to screen all elementary students on October 24th & 25th, if your child wears glasses please make sure they have them that day. If you have any questions please feel free to call me: 580-564-0904.
Monti Walker, RN
Go to www.boxtops4education.com and sign up to be a supporter for our school. The Marketplace is great for HOLIDAY SHOPPING. The Marketplace provides the convenience of shopping from your computer and having it shipped directly to you, while earning $$$$ for our school.
Gradebook is available for parents, it has attendance for Students in grades PreK-5th, and grades for students 1st –5th. Contact the office at 564-2993 for more information.
REMEMBER in order to earn from these sites you MUST go through the Box Tops Website. www.boxtops4education.com
Kingston Website: www.kingston.k12.ok.us
It all adds up by: Clipping, & Shopping through the Marketplace.
Box Tops DUE NOW
Thank You, Bonnie Knape Box Top Coordinator
Contest ends October 14th Shop Box Top Marketplace for the Holidays. www.boxtops4education.com
It’s almost book fair time!!! Check out our Book Fair Website at: scholastic.com/fair. Our Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled for October 6th-October 14th. The book fair will be open every day from 7:30 AM until 3:45 PM and in addition, on October 13th and 14th, the nights of Parent-Teacher Conferences, we will stay open until 7:00 PM. We accept the following payment methods at our fair: Cash Checks (Payable to the Kingston Elementary) Credit Cards If you are out of town or can’t make it to our Book Fair, you can also help support our school by shopping online. All orders ship free to the school Browse an expanded book selection-all ages through adult The online fair will run from October 1st through October 21st. You can access the online extension through our book fair web site mentioned above. We can really use parent/guardian volunteers during certain hours of the book fair. If you can help on any day or time, please contact me by email at kthomas.k12.ok.us or simply send a note with your child. Our busiest time is from 7:30 AM to about 8:30 AM and again from 2:30 PM to about 3:45 PM. Any hours you can volunteer would be greatly appreciated. You will receive one book of your choice for volunteering.
Karen Thomas Elementary Librarian
Kingston Elementary 2014-2015 Before School Program The Before School Program will be Monday thru Friday 7:00-8:00.
Kingston Elementary O c t ober Newslet t er 20 14
Sept. 29thOct. 3rd
4th & 5th Basketball Silo Tournament
October 5-11
Fire Safety Week
Dear Families:
October 11
Kindergarten to Pumpkin Patch
October 6-10
4th & 5th Grade Basketball Calera Tournament
October 10
Kindergarten Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch
October 13
4th Grade Basketball Home
We have had a great start to the school year. Everybody is working hard to make this the best elementary school in the state. The school received our report card from the state and we did very well scoring a B. The teachers and staff here at school are working very hard to increase our scores this year. Parents and guardians have a very vital role in helping our school be successful. We have Parent Teacher Conferences coming up, October 13 & 14 from 3:30-7:00. It is very important that you make it a priority to meet with your student’s teacher. If school is important to you it will be important to them. Parents matter in the success a child has in school.
October 13
Pre K Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch
October 14
5th Grade Basketball Away @ Silo
October 13&14
Parent/Teacher Conference 3:30-7:00
October 14
Box Tops Contest Ends!!!
October 15-17
Fall Break (No School)
October 20-25
5th Grade Basketball Caddo Tournament
October 24 & 25 Prevent Blindness Vision Screening October 22
Fall Portraits
October 27-28 & 30 4th & 5th Grade Tishomingo Tournament
We would like to remind parents to encourage their students to wash their hands before eating and after using the restroom. The weather is changing and this is the time of year we start to see an increase in student absences due to illness. The school is taking every precaution to help prevent the spread of germs and your help is greatly appreciated. Students need to have a set schedule where they are going after school. We no longer change buses at the last minute. We have hundreds of students that ride buses. This is a great service our school district provides. It is very confusing for students to come to school and not know where they are going after school until late in the day. Some buses are full and we can’t just add a student at the last minute. So we will get them to their set destination every day. We appreciate your help with this matter. If you have an emergency come up, just call and we will help all we can. Please do not pick your child up early unless it is an emergency. Anytime we have to call a classroom for a student it disrupts the learning process. Again, thank you for all the support you provide to our school. Please be involved with your child’s education. It is very important for their success.
October 30
Student of the Month Lunch
Sincerely,
October 31
Happy Halloween
David Gill
PreK-KG-1st-2nd From the Nurse's desk.... There are several things you can do and also teach your children to do in order to stay healthy:
Students of the Month PreK: Kaidence Horton KG: Dalton Barker 1st: Taylin Stewart 2nd: Jayla Smith 3rd: Victoria Kelley 4th: Akira Wolff 5th: Katelyn Beadle
1. WASH YOUR HANDS! Wash your hands before you eat, before preparing food, after playing outside, and any time they become soiled. 2. Cough and sneeze in the crook of your elbow instead of your hand! This way you will not contaminate surfaces such as door knobs and desks when you touch them with your hands. 3. When you use a tissue, use it only once then throw it away. Do not save it in your pocket. 4. If your child is sick and running a fever of 100 degrees or greater, or if they are vomiting, or have diarrhea, they MUST be kept at home. Head checks will be done on October if your child has lice or nits you will have to pick them up from school and cannot return to school until lice and/or nits are completely removed. Your child will need to see the nurse upon returning to school. Prevent Blindness will be here again this year to screen all elementary students on October 24th & 25th, if your child wears glasses please make sure they have them that day. If you have any questions please feel free to call me: 580-564-0904.
Monti Walker, RN
Go to www.boxtops4education.com and sign up to be a supporter for our school. The Marketplace is great for HOLIDAY SHOPPING. The Marketplace provides the convenience of shopping from your computer and having it shipped directly to you, while earning $$$$ for our school.
Gradebook is available for parents, it has attendance for Students in grades PreK-5th, and grades for students 1st –5th. Contact the office at 564-2993 for more information.
REMEMBER in order to earn from these sites you MUST go through the Box Tops Website. www.boxtops4education.com
Kingston Website: www.kingston.k12.ok.us
It all adds up by: Clipping, & Shopping through the Marketplace.
Box Tops DUE NOW
Thank You, Bonnie Knape Box Top Coordinator
Contest ends October 14th Shop Box Top Marketplace for the Holidays. www.boxtops4education.com
It’s almost book fair time!!! Check out our Book Fair Website at: scholastic.com/fair. Our Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled for October 6th-October 14th. The book fair will be open every day from 7:30 AM until 3:45 PM and in addition, on October 13th and 14th, the nights of Parent-Teacher Conferences, we will stay open until 7:00 PM. We accept the following payment methods at our fair: Cash Checks (Payable to the Kingston Elementary) Credit Cards If you are out of town or can’t make it to our Book Fair, you can also help support our school by shopping online. All orders ship free to the school Browse an expanded book selection-all ages through adult The online fair will run from October 1st through October 21st. You can access the online extension through our book fair web site mentioned above. We can really use parent/guardian volunteers during certain hours of the book fair. If you can help on any day or time, please contact me by email at kthomas.k12.ok.us or simply send a note with your child. Our busiest time is from 7:30 AM to about 8:30 AM and again from 2:30 PM to about 3:45 PM. Any hours you can volunteer would be greatly appreciated. You will receive one book of your choice for volunteering.
Karen Thomas Elementary Librarian
Kingston Elementary 2014-2015 Before School Program The Before School Program will be Monday thru Friday 7:00-8:00.
