DATES TO REMEMBER:

March 6 SW Movie Night 6:15 pm

March 8 Daylight Savings. Turn clocks 1 hr. ahead. March 9 Family Math/Showcase Night @ SW 6:30-7:15 p.m.

March 10 5th Grade Harbor Lights Meeting Showcase 6-7:30 p.m.

March 12 PTO Blizzard Beach Day!

March 19 PTO -PJ Day & Read in the Dark

March 19 Permission to March Forms sent home with students March 26 PTO Favorite/Funny Hat Day

March 26 1/2 Day School. Parent/Teacher Conferences 1-4 & 5-8 p.m. SW dismissal 12:14 pm

March 27 SW Spring Carnival Night

March 31 Parent/Teacher Conferences 5-8 p.m.

April 3-10 No School - Spring Break

April 13 PTO Mtg. @ NOON (new time)

Sheldon Woods Mission Statement Sheldon Woods, in partnership with the community and fami-lies, will provide a safe and positive learning environment that meets the needs of students and upholds high academic stand-ards. Through the process of inquiry, students will develop into caring, knowledgeable, and reflective young people who posi-tively impact both the local and global community.

West Ottawa Public Schools Preparing Students to Be College, Career and Life Ready!

Sheldon Woods Newsletter 15050 Blair St., West Olive, MI 49460

Phone: 616-786-1700 / Fax: 616-786-1791 March 6, 2015

PTO News April 13 PTO Meeting at NOON PTO Meetings are held in the Library at 7:00 pm on the first Monday of every month.

PTO Board Members:

Co-President: -Sarah Black -Lisa Dirkse

Co-Treasurer: -Angie Dick -Stacy Voss

Secretary: -Corrine Wallace Volunteer Coordina-tor: -Jamie Dirkse

A Note From the Principal’s Office…

Dear Parents,

Harbor Lights Middle School is hosting an information night for Sheldon Woods’ 5th grade parents and students on Tuesday, March 10 from 6:00-7:30 pm. This information night is designed to explain and showcase the opportunities your student will experience as they become middle school students at Harbor Lights.

Here are a few of the opportunities offered at Harbor Lights:

Advanced courses in English, mathematics, science, and social studies offered for high

school credit.

Harbor Lights students can earn up to six high school credits by participating in

accelerated courses.

Spanish is offered in grades 6-8 for high school credit

Academic programs prepare all students for college preparatory curriculum in high

school

Outstanding music programs in band, choir and orchestra

Twenty-four interscholastic athletic teams for 7th and 8th graders

Numerous after-school extracurricular and enrichment opportunities

If you are unable to attend the information night, visitation can be arranged by calling the Harbor Lights Middle School office at 786-1000. Enjoy the weekend and the time with your families! Karen Abraham, Principal

Dear Sheldon Woods Families,

Winter has been quite an ordeal this year, and as most of you know, West Ottawa has had seven snow days as of this writing. Six of those will be forgiven by the state, but we need to make up the instructional time for the 7th. Here's how that will work:

HS and MS: no days or time needs to be added as we had enough cushion built into both to cover one more day's instructional time.

Elementary: At Sheldon Woods, we can add 7 minutes to the end of the day to make up the time. Our new dismissal time will be 4:00 p.m. We will begin this on Monday, March 9, 2015. This will prevent us from needing to run school on Mon-day June 8, 2015 and allow us to finish the year's student days on Friday, June 5, 2015 as originally planned, provided we don't run into additional snow days.

This seven minute change comes with short notice, but in order to take advantage of as many days as possible and keep the added minutes low, we need to begin the change right away.

Thank-you, Karen Abraham

Sheldon Woods Family Math Night/Showcase !!!

Family Math Night/Showcase

is scheduled for

Monday, March 9

beginning at 6:30 p.m. There

will be spirit sticks for those

students who attend, lots of

fun math activities, including

measuring and making your own

smoothie! We can’t wait to see

you there!

YEARBOOKS!!!

Our Sheldon Woods Yearbook have arrived!

If you would like to order a yearbook, please order online at:

Www.geskusphoto.com/yearbookorders 1-800-473-3885

Once you are there –Select Sheldon Woods Elementary from the drop down box

— then “Continue.” Yearbooks cost $8.00.

For those of you who ordered picture packages that included a copy of the year-

book, the yearbooks were sent home with students this past Tuesday.

Please mark your calendar for our

annual Spring Carnival Night on Friday, March 27, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Come and en-joy a fun night of playing games, eating good food, and trying your luck at a Fantastic

Raffle of Fun Prizes! We are always looking for a lot of volunteers, so please call the office at 786-1700 to

sign up., or return the attached volunteer form. Donations are being requested for Pop/Bottled Water, Baked Goods, and Raffle Prizes.

Please drop off donation to the school office before Carnival Night. Thank you!

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Coming Up Soon!

Conferences are being scheduled for:

Thursday, March 26, 1-4 & 5-8 p.m. (1/2 day of school for

grades K-5. SW dismissal will be at 12:14 pm)

Tuesday, March 31, 5-8 p.m. (full day of school)

If you haven’t returned the “Conference Time Prefer-

ence” slip, sent home with your child, please do so by

Monday, March 9.

Our Specialist Teachers, for Spanish, Art, Music,

Technology, and Physical Wellness, will be at Sheldon

Woods on the evening of March 26, 5-8 pm.

Please take a moment to visit with them. If you have any

questions, please call the school office at 786-1700.

Friday, March 27, 6-8 p.m.

Calling all Parents & Sheldon Woods Alumni!

Please sign up below and send back with your child ASAP.

Games & Pizza will be from 6-7:45 pm. The raffle will begin at 7:45 pm in the

gym. Food will be available in the gym beginning at 6 pm.

Many workers are needed! Please sign up below to help.

We need your help! 1st Shift report 2nd Shift report 3rd Shift report

@ 6:00 -6:30 @ 6:30-7:00 @ 7:00-7:45

____Game Worker ___1st Shift ___2nd Shift ____3rd Shift

____Food Worker ___1st Shift ___2nd Shift ____3rd Shift

____ Set Up Crew 4:00 p.m. ____ Clean Up Crew 8:00 p.m.

DONATIONS NEEDED

____ Snack size chip bags ____ Blow pops/tootsie pops

____ Cans of pop (3-12 packs) ____ Bags of candy

____ Case of water (1 case) ____ Decorative pencils

____ 2 Liter bottles of pop ____ Cakes/cookies/brownies for Cake Walk

All donations may be dropped off at the office. Your donation allows for 100%

profit for Sheldon Woods PTO programs!

THANK YOU!

Name: ____________________________ Phone: _________ Email:______________

Other family workers: ______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

PTO Carnival

GEMS FROM THE GYM - Mrs. Jill Scholten This week, in Physical Wellness, students began to learn about and play the sport of vol-leyball. Students in grades 2-5 will be specifically working on three skills during this unit: serving, setting and bumping.

So, what do you know about the sport of volleyball?

Did you know that when volleyball was first invented, it was much different from the game today? You could have as many players as you wanted on each team. There were nine innings per game, with three outs per inning. There was also no limit on the number of hits of the ball on each side of the court.

Here are the basic rules of volleyball today-

Volleyball is played by two teams of six players on a court divided by a net. The object of the game is to send the ball over the net so that the opposing team cannot return the ball. Each team has three hits to attempt to return the ball. The ball is put in play by a serve that is hit by the server over the net to the opponent. When the receiving team wins a volley, it gains the right to serve, and the players rotate one position clockwise. When the serving teamwins a volley, it wins a point and the right to continue serv-ing. The ball must clear the net on a serve. A game is played to 21 points or some other agreed upon number. The team that wins the best two out of three games wins the match.

Terms and Lingo: Ace- When the ball is served to the other team and no one touches it.

Sideout - When the team that served the ball makes a mistake, causing the ball to go to the other team.

Roof - When a player jumps above the height of the net and blocks the ball.

Dig - When a player makes a save from a very difficult spike.

Kill - When a team spikes the ball and it ends in either a point or a sideout.

West Ottawa Wonders and Spanish Immersion Preschool Enrollment for 2015-2016!

West Ottawa is excited to offer two tuition-based preschool programs: West Ottawa Wonders (WOW) Preschool and Spanish Immersion Preschool. Both half day programs are designed for 3 year-olds (Tu/Th) and 4 year-olds (MWF) and are offered to all families. WOW Preschool programs are located in Lakeshore Elementary School. Class size is limited.

If you would like to speak to someone regarding West Ottawa Wonders Pre-school or Spanish Immersion Preschool, please contact Wendy Johnson at 616-786-1420 or johnsonw@westottawa.net

YMCA

Tulip Time! Will your child be marching in the Kinderparade?

Tulip Time is right around the corner! First through fifth grade students, and adult vol-unteers, are invited to march in the Tulip Time Kinderparade, but are required to wear a Dutch costume. (Kindergarten students do not march unless they are accom-panied by a parent volunteer supervisor) Thursday, May 7th, is this year’s date for the Tulip Time Kinderparade. Please be sure to see the attached flyer from the Holland Area Newcomers regarding the 64th Annual Dutch Costume Resale on Tuesday, March 10! If your student would like to march in the Kinderparade, this is a GREAT place to find a costume! Check it out!!

Permission to March Forms

will be sent home with

students on March 19.

Adults must have a volun-

teer form on file with the

school.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

PTO Mtg. 7 pm

3 4 5

White Out Day

6

SW Family

Movie Night

6:15 pm

7

8

Daylight Savings –

turn clocks ahead

1 hour

9

SW Math Show-

case Night

6:30-7:15 pm

10

5th Grade

Parent mtg. @

Harbor Lights

6-7:30 pm

11

Hope Strike Time

Dance Assembly 9 am

12

Blizzard Beach

Day

13 14

15 16 17

St. Patrick’s

Day

18 19

PJ Day & Read in

the Dark Day

Permission to March

forms sent home with

students

20

Spring

Begins !!!

21

22 23 24 25 26 Half Day

K-5 SW dismissal at

12:14 pm

Parent/Teacher Con-

ferences 1-4 & 5-8 pm

Favorite/Funny Hat

Day

27

Readathon Assem-

bly 3:00 pm

SW Spring Carni-

val Night! 6-8pm

28

29 30

Birthday Table

at noon

31

Parent/Teacher

Conferences

5-8 pm

March 2015

Remember to return your child’s “Permission to

March” Form for the Tulip Time Kinderparade,

by April 2nd.

If you have a REWARDS card

for Target, Meijer’s, or

Family Fare, be sure to use

it. Sheldon Woods will receive

a % of your sales.

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