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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Hello Piñon Parents!
Happy Autumn! Fall is definitely in the air. The cool fall air has been very
invigorating during our Move-It Time each morning. It is a great way to start the
day.
We have been busy here at Piñon in other ways. The teachers and students have
settled into their routines, our Safety Patrol is up and running, and many of our
clubs have started. Primary students have finished their initial Istation
assessments, and upper grade students have completed MAP testing. We have
several before school enrichment clubs starting at 7:30 and I have heard good
things from the kids about these experiences.
We had a fabulous Preschool Back to School Night. The teachers set up some
wonderful centers and provided snacks and fun galore. It was a great evening.
Coming up we have a Bond Election Meeting for Pinon and Chamisa parents to
hear more about the election and to help us get the word out. That meeting will
be at Chamisa on Wednesday, October 2nd from 5:30-6:30PM.
PTO will be hosting an evening PTO meeting to see if we can get more parent
involvement. This meeting will be at the White Rock Library on Tuesday, October
8th from 7:00-8:00PM. Please come out and support our PTO. They do so much
for our students and we need lots of volunteers to make things happen. In fact,
the Fall Carnival is scheduled for Saturday, October 19th and we would
appreciate your assistance and participation at this event. If you can help out,
here are two links to sign-up: Bake Sale and Pie Walk. The Fall Scholastic Book
Fair will run from October 18th-25th and be open during the Carnival.
Weekday shopping hours are 7:45 A.M. – 4:15 P.M.
Soon we will be preparing or our first round of Parent-Teacher conferences,
marking a half-way point in the semester. Your student’s teacher will be
contacting you to set up a meeting time. This is a great opportunity to check on
your child’s progress in school and we encourage you to attend. Thank you all for
your participation in your students' education. I am glad to be working together
as a team to help them achieve all that they are capable of, and THRIVE
during their elementary years.
Ivanna Austell, Principal
10/2 Parent Mtg, Bond Issue @ Chamisa @ 5:30pm
10/2 Coffee & Conversation with Prin., Coun., & Brandi Seekins @ 8:30-9am
10/5 World Teacher Day
10/8 PTO Mtg. 12:25pm @ School & 7pm at White Rock Library School Board Mtg. 5:30pm PTO Fundraiser Charleston Wrap Money and orders due 10/8
10/14 Indigenous People’s Day (No school) Students and staff
10/10 Fire Dept. Visit K-2nd 8:30am-12noon
10/15 School Board Mtg 5:30pm
10/18-10/25
Book Fair – begins Friday after school Daily 7:45am-4:15pm Open during Carnival 10/19
10/19 9:30-10am Fun Run Fall Carnival 10am-2pm
10/22 Picture Day Retake
10/23 Red Ribbon Week – Anti Drug Campaign
Unity Day – wear Orange 10/23-
25
Parent Teacher Conf. No Students Th. & Fr. Oct 24 & 25
10/31
Halloween Parade 2:30-3:15pm
Piñon Paw Print
October 2019
UPCOMING DATES
IMPORTANT ATTEDANCE REMINDERS
It is our policy that parents must come into the office and sign their students in if they are late in
the morning. We are having problems with parents dropping their students off late without signing
them in, and it makes keeping an accurate record of attendance difficult.
It is our policy that parents who sign their students out during the day must wait in the office (or
in the hallway outside the office) for their students to meet them. For safety reasons, we need to
see you and your students meet up before you leave.
Hello Piñon Parents and Guardians!
My name is Lea Ann Alison, attendance clerk for Piñon
Elementary School. In order to account for our students, I need
parents to communicate with me about where your children are.
To report an absence, you have a few options. You can call the
absence line at 663-2681 and leave a detailed message. These will
be checked each morning until 9:00a.m. You can also call the office
during office hours at 663-2680 or 663-2684 to report an absence.
Office hours are from 7:45a.m. – 3:45 p.m. My email is another
option- [email protected].
If your child will not be here first thing in the morning but will be
coming later in the day, please just give me a call to let me know so
it is not recorded as an unexcused absence. For prearranged
absences, there is a form that needs to be filled out. You may pick
one up from the office. If you ever have any questions, please feel
free to call me. Thank you in advance!
Homework Club.
Monday-Mrs. Roberts’ Rm. 101
Thursday – Mr. Seigel’s Rm. 105
3:20pm-4:20pm
Clubs & Activities at Piñon
Mileage Club The Mileage Club is back: We meet at 7:30AM on Tuesdays and Fridays on our
paved track! Please remember to bring a water bottle.
Bridge Club Bridge Club for Grades 4-6
Friday’s during lunch. Room 102, Mrs.
James
Chess Club - Tuesday 12:20-1:05pm (During
lunch) Open to all grades. Room 106 & 105
Board Games Fridays -7:30-8:15am
Grades 4-6 Limit 10 students,
will rotate attendance if needed.
Room 605
Lego Club - Gr. 1-3 – Monday @ 7:30-8:15am
Room 403 & 405 Mrs. Hughes & Mrs. Flesner
25 student limit, will draw names and rotate
participation every 8 weeks.
Yoga Club – Mondays @ 7:30-8:15am-Rm 602
Grades 2-4, limit 10 students.
Student Council Gr. 4-6
Limit 20 students
Thursdays at Lunch in RM. 405
(Mrs. Flesner’s room)
Bring your lunch and have
fun!
Stay tuned, more
clubs coming soon!
Creative Writing
Drones
When to keep your child home
Any fever over 100.5 without any fever-reducing medication (like ibuprofen or
Tylenol) in the past 24 hours.
Any vomiting in the past 24 hours that isn’t caused by post-nasal drip or
inadvertently gagging.
Any unrelenting or uncontrolled cough.
Contagious or infectious diseases (such as strep throat that hasn’t been treated
for a minimum of 24 hours).
Any condition that makes it uncomfortable to participate in class (such as a recent
fracture or urinary tract infection). The nurse can sometimes provide comfort
measures to keep kids at school.
If you’re unsure if your child should stay home, please consult with the nurse at
633-2687.
Seeking RN’s
If you happen to be a RN or know one, we are in desperate need of substitute
nurses. The good news is that the work hours are school hours, so you still have
the evenings free for family or friends. And you can specify which of the district
schools you’re willing to sub at.
Musical Notes
Advanced Band News (6th grade)
Rehearsal Times
Mondays - 8:30-9:15 and Thursdays 7:30-8:15
Beginning Band News (5th grade)
Rehearsal Times
Mondays - 7:30 – 8:15 and Thursdays 8:30-9:15
Please remind students to not leave their musical instruments at school overnight.
Choir News (4th - 6th grades)
Rehearsal Times
Wednesdays 7:30-8:15am - New members welcome, the more the merrier!
Happy Fall to all! This is my favorite season! Nature shows us more colors, the weather
gives us more opportunities to be outside, and everything smells so good!
Students have finished their artwork for Art to Remember. Order Forms should be handed out the third week of October. Students studied different artists, and different art styles to inspire self-portraits. I think you will enjoy their work! We are moving on to a fiber arts unit. Kinders will be creating felt monsters, based on the book, Monsters Love School, while learning about shapes, colors, and patterns. First grade will be creating felt fish based on the book, Fish Eyes. Second graders will be learning all about owls, and creating owl wall hangings using cardboard, felt, and yarn. Third grade will learn how to sew while creating burlap buddies, based on the book, Glad Monster/Sad Monster. Fourth graders will learn the art of appliqué and the blanket stitch, to create animal pillows. Fifth grade will also look at the book, Glad Monster/Sad Monster, to inspire mini “feeling monster” pillows. Sixth grade will create their own circular looms, and learn to weave using radial symmetry. All of our lessons are National Art Education Standards based, and teach both the elements and principles of art, as well as integrated with many academic common core standards. Our next unit will be a painting unit based on marine and sea life. The unit will be introduced by an art substitute teacher while I am in Europe for two weeks. I’ve written all the standard based lessons for our sub. The classes will run as smoothly as always! I will have lots of pictures of marine and sea life from the Mediterranean to share with the kids when I return. The ninth annual Around the World in White Rock, our multicultural festival, will be at
Piñon on March 18th. If you are interested in running a booth, or doing a performance,
please feel free to contact me. It’s never too early to plan our festival!
Thank you for the support, the volunteers, and over all good creative thoughts you send my way! It’s been a fabulous start to the school year! Creatively, Mrs. Stephanie Rittner Piñon Art Teacher
From the Piñon Art Room
About Unity Day – Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - Wear Orange to School Day!
Together against bullying. UNITED for kindness, acceptance and inclusion.
Make it ORANGE and make it end! What are your true colors when it comes to showing that you believe that all youth should be safe from bullying? Come together in one giant ORANGE message of hope and support, WEAR AND SHARE ORANGE to color our nation, and even the world, visibly showing that our society believes that no child should ever experience bullying.
“ORANGE provides a powerful, visually compelling expression of solidarity,” said Paula Goldberg, Executive Director of PACER Center. “Whether it’s hundreds of individuals at a school wearing ORANGE, store owners offering ORANGE products, or a community changing a landmark to ORANGE, the vibrant statement becomes a conversation starter, sending the supportive, universal message that bullying is never acceptable behavior.”
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/unity-day.asp
Box Tops for Education is a quick, easy, and FREE way to support Piñon Elementary.
All you have to do is check your grocery store items for the “Box Tops for Education”
seal (pictured above), clip them out, and bring them to the Piñon main office. You
can even send them with your kids if you don’t have time to stop by the office! The
PTO takes it from there. Each box top clipped earns $.10 for our school.
In case you’ve ever wondered exactly how much money we’ve earned, you can always
check out the Box Tops for Education webpage (boxtops4education.com). It’s easy to
search for Piñon.
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PSST!!! Looking for some easy ways to raise money for our school?
Payment & order Forms Due: Oct. 8th
Dear Parents and Families,
Reading for pleasure unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover who
they are. Here’s what you can do to help children develop stronger reading skills and a love for reading:
Set the example. Let children see you read.
Have a collection of books in your home. Update this collection routinely to keep
up with changing tastes and reading skills.
Support our school’s Book Fair. Allow your children to choose their own books
to read.
Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our school.
It’s a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please make plans to
visit our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits.
Book Fair dates: October 18th
(begins Friday after school) – October 25th
Shopping hours: 7:45 A.M. – 4:15 P.M.
Event: Open for the Fall Carnival on Saturday, October 19th
, 10:00 A.M. – 2::00 P. M.
Two NEW shopping options! Book Fair eWallet is a safe and convenient digital payment option for your
student to shop the Fair cash-free. If you’re not able to attend the Fair, try our new online shopping.
We’ve partnered with the Scholastic Store to offer over 6,000 products that ship direct to home (with free
shipping on book-only orders of $25 or more)! Visit our homepage to get started:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/pinonelementaryschool2
We hope to see you and your family at our Book Fair! Remember, all purchases benefit our school.
Sincerely,
Suzette Williams
Librarian
Piñon Library Makerspace
Our Library is a makerspace! The before school
program, and at times in library classes, we will
have a variety of makerspace activities for students
to explore. Students can do hands-on activities that
encourage creativity and learning. Makerspace
activities are classified as STREAM (science,
technology, reading, engineering, art, math)
activities. Additionally, the computer lab now houses
our school makerspace! If you are interested in
sharing your special maker skills with students,
please contact me or your student’s teacher.
