Bailey Elementary School

4630 Gallagher Road

Dover, Florida 33527

Phone: 813-707 75 31

Fax: 813-707-7535

http://bailey.mysdhc.org

“GUIDING LEADERS ONE CHILD AT A TIME”

December/January

MISSION AND

VISION

Vision: Bailey Elementary will build lifelong

learners who will lead us into the future.

Mission: Bailey Community will build a learning

environment by providing students with the

essential skills and tools that will motivate them

to be empowered leaders.

Amy Zilbar, Principal

Carol A. Mayo, Asst. Principal

MEDIA NEWS for December

Super Siblings Meetings December 1st & December 15th

Battle of the Books Discussion-Obi, Gerbil on the Loose! December 2nd

Battle of the Books Discussion-Kenny and the Dragon, December 7th & 9th

Special Guest Author Marc Franco for 3rd, 4th, & 5th Graders-December 17th

Reserve Your Signed Copy of The Kringle Chronicles, Catching Santa for $16.05

Make Checks Payable to Pants On Fire Press, turn into the media center by Dec. 17th

Please visit Capstone (200+ online interactive books) over the Holidays to keep reading and enjoying books!

COUNSELING OFFICE NEWS for December

December we will be airing our students of the month on morning broadcast and celebrating their accomplishment on the Principal’s Bull Pen Wall. Please come in and take a look. Our Bailey Bulls are awesome!

All honored students will be posted up in the cafeteria. Enjoy a good breakfast and help us celebrate Good Character.

December 15th We have the field trip to Camp Cristina. All chosen students must be to school at 7am with a bagged lunch. Good times!

Mr. Hanford’s After School Program is still in full swing, accepting interest forms and conducting interviews.

Student Council has begun their meetings and we are excited to have the voice of our students. Our first discussion was the “Canned Food Drive

We will be starting the new Character Trait of the month (Generosity)

Happy Holidays!!

A big THANK YOU to ALL of the speakers that par-

ticipated in The Great American Teach –In!

DISMISSAL TIMES

Dismissal time is 2:15 P.M. Please

do not pick up your children early

unless there is an emergency need.

Remember that your child and their teacher should have

proper closure at the end of each day and picking your child

up early disturbs this process.

Clinic News:

We are asking that all parents/guardians check students hair at least once weekly for head lice. Head Lice are small wingless insects that attach their eggs to the hair and nits are the empty egg cases. Some parents check their child/children's hair every week it is a good practice to get into. No parent likes to be called to pick up there child from school because of Head Lice, and certainly we do not want any student to miss any part of their school day due to head lice. If you have any questions or concerns about head lice please contact your child's doctor or the school nurse.

BAILEY ELEMENTARY

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR 2010-2011

ATTENDANCE

Vacation during the school year will be UNEXCUSED ABSENCES. Excused absences will

include illnesses, doctor’s appointment and family emergencies. Please try to arrange va-

cations using dates on the school calendar.

TRANSPORTATION

Bailey Elementary will not accept change of dismissal notes. Your child will need to have

ONE dismissal procedure the entire year.

Media News for January

Super Siblings Meeting January 5th

Battle of the Books Discussion-The Gollywhopper Games, January 11th & 13th

Battle of the Books Discussion-The Girl Who Could Fly, January 20th

Battle of the Books Discussion-Eleven, January 25th & 27th

Please visit the new Capstone (800+ online interactive books) at www.myon.com to see how your child can create their own book lists, review teacher's picks and recommended titles, and they can even rate the books they read. Student user name is their stu-dent number, password is MMYYYY. All of the 850 books are also RP books, students can read any books they like; however, they may only test at school on the books within their reading level. Hillsborough County is the only school district in the state of Florida to have My On Books available to all students within the district.

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Counseling Office News for January

Jan 288h The last day of Mr. Hanford’s After School Pro-gram. We will be voting for the MVTP and introducing the new members to the 2nd session.

Jan 28th Marks the beginning of the 2nd session to the After School Program

Jan 28th The Ned Show is coming to the school as part of our End of the Month Event.

Jan 28th Students Council will be hosting the very first Movie Night her at Bailey Elementary. More to come on that (look for flyer)

Students Mentor Program selection will begin this month.

We will continue looking for kids showing Kindness. Giving those students the chance to win a 50 dollar bill and a plaque.

Starting the new Character Trait of the month (CARING)

Dates to Remember

12/2 Bailey Writes

Barnes & Nobles Nite 6-8 pm (Westfield)

McDonald’s Night 5-7 pm (2nd grade)

12/8 Early Release Day/Hat Day

Science Fair Project Due (4th/5th)

12/11 PTA Parents Day Out 10:00 am-3:00 pm

Cafeteria

12/14 PTA MTG./Winter Music Performance

12/15 Tropicana Speech Contest

4th- 8:30-9 am

5th-9:10-9:40 am

12/17 PTA Date Night 5-8 pm

12/20-12/31 WINTER BREAK

1/3 Students return to school

1/6 McDonald’s Night (3rd grade) 5-7 pm

1/12 Early Release Day

1/14 END OF QUARTER 2

1/17 MLK Day-Non Student Day

1/18 Teacher work day/Non Student Day

1/26 Early Release Day/Hat Day

1/28 SPRING PICTURES

Congratulations :

Ida S. Baker Award

Cecilia Griess

Instructional Support Employee of the Year

Betty Quick