WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AND MENU

March 4– March 8, 2018

720 West Summit Crown Point, IN 46307 Phone: 663-0047 Attendance: ext. 21002 Fax: 662-4320

Website www.cps.k12.in.us/tball

Message from Mr. Ciochina

Did you know that March is Disability Awareness Month? We are so proud to celebrate and support all types of learners at Timothy Ball. Each and every day I am reminded how amazing our students, teachers, staff, and families are in the different ways they value, respect, and support each student to achieve his or her best. If your student ordered a t-shirt, it should be arriving soon!

Our first grade students did a fantastic job at their Music Informance on Tuesday night! They enjoyed showing their guests what they have been working on in Music class!

Congratulations to the new inductees into Timothy Ball’s chapter of National Elementary Honor Society!

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me if I can be helpful in any way. Thank you for being a supportive and collaborative part of our Timothy Ball community.

Upcoming Dates and Event

MARCH 12th - Grade 4 Grandparents/Special Person Day 2 pm and Music Program 6pm

MARCH 18 - March 22nd- IREAD-3 Assessment Window Grade 3

MARCH 25th - MARCH 29th - NO SCHOOL Spring Break

APRIL 5th - Spring Picture Day

APRIL 5th - End of 3rd grading period Change from March 25th due to school cancellations

APRIL 19th - NO SCHOOL Good Friday

APRIL 22 - MAY 17th - ILEARN Assessment Window Grades 3 - 5

MAY 2nd - Review Mid-Term Progress

MAY 27th - NO SCHOOL Memorial Day

MAY 30th - Grade 5 Grandparents/Special Per-son Day 2 pm and Music Program 6pm

The attendance rate for this past week was 96%.

Our schoolwide attendance goal is 97%. Thank you for limiting voluntary absences and scheduling appointments outside the school day whenever possible!

Let’s make it ten years in a row!!!

Voting for the Times Best in the Region 2019 has started.

Time to vote for “Best Place to Live” Crown Point as the vote that represents Crown Point Community School Corporation. Let us make Crown Point the 2019 winner.

We won 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Let’s show pride in our community and its schools for the 10th time in a row! A powerful marketing statement is a click away. Go to http://nwitimes.secondstreetapp.com/l/Times-of-Northwest-Indianas-Best-Of-The-Region-2019 register/login, click on the “Living” category, and cast your vote. Votes are limited to one vote per award category per user, and you can vote for just this one cate-gory without completing the whole ballot.

School Menus Breakfast $1.50 Reduced $0.30 Adult Breakfast $1.85 Lunch $2.25 Reduced $0.40 Adult Lunch $3.30 Milk $0.40

Breakfast Menu

Breakfast Menu Available Daily: 100 % Juice & Fruit 1% or Fat Free Milk / Chocolate Milk

Monday - March 4th: Breakfast Pizza/Breakfast Bar/Cereal

Tuesday - March 5th: Pancake Wrap/French Toast Bites

Wednesday - March 6th: Breakfast Sandwich/Confetti Pancakes

Thursday - March 7th: Breakfast Burrito/Whole Grain Donuts

Friday - March 8th: Whole Grain Muffins/Cereal/Pop-tart

Lunch Menu

Available Daily: Sliced Turkey or Ham on a Sub Bun Turkey Chef Salad Fresh Fruit & Veggies

Monday - March 4th: Pretzel & Cheesy Sauce Fruit & Granola Parfait Green Beans Applesauce

Tuesday– March 5th: Soft Shell Taco Cheesy Nachos Spanish Rice/Refried Beans Golden Peaches

Wednesday - March 6th: Breaded Chicken Sandwich Pizza Corn/Sliced Cucumbers Mandarin Oranges

Thursday - March 7th: Cheeseburger Deluxe/Hot Diggity Dog Smiley Fries Garden Salad Pineapple Tidbits

Friday - March 8th: Bosco Sticks & Sauce Roasted Carrots Fresh Broccoli Florets Pears

Lunch Time Information from Our Cafeteria

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Students with lactose intolerance are now considered eligible for disability accommodations. School Food Authorities must have either the medical statement signed by a health care provider with prescriptive authority or a written request from the parent/guardian to identify the student’s medical or other special dietary need that precludes the consumption of cow’s milk.

Please notify your cafeteria manager and school nurse if you would like your child to get this milk with their lunch. It will also be available ala carte for $1.00. The product will be Lactaid and will come in a 8oz. serving size.

Lunch Time Visitors Restaurant/fast food, carbonated drinks, or glass containers are not al-lowed. Parents may purchase lunch in the cafeteria for $3.30. This cannot come off the student's lunch account. We cannot accept check or credit card payments. It must be paid by cash. And since we do not always have change in our drawers, smaller bills are greatly appreciated. If we cannot provide proper change, than the remaining balance will be deposited into your student's lunch account. Another quick reminder to parents visiting for lunch, please, do not treat other students to food, snack, or ice cream items during your time in the cafeteria. Without proper parent permission, allergy knowledge, and other sensitivities to food choices, it is best to treat only your student. We love having you visit our cafeteria... we just ask you do it safely.

Lunch Time Money Please go online www.mymealtime.com to deposit lunch money or you can send a check in a labeled envelope with student first & last name. Mealtime online passcode is the student ID. Parents can find this number on the Parent RDS website, next to the student’s name on the sched-ule. Parents will use this number to set up the account. All students will receive a hot lunch regardless if the account is negative. No charging of any extras will be allowed. Please Note: All lunch money needs to be brought down in the morning before school, if not it will be deposited the next day.

Did you bring your lunch, but need a drink? Milk may be purchased, if you brought in a lunch from home. It cannot be charged on student lunch card if they have a negative balance. Milk cost is $0.40.

Heating up Lunches Our cafeteria does not warm up food, cook food or wash dishes brought from home. If we tamper with the food it becomes the liability of the cafe-teria. Please, if you are sending in hot food make sure it is in a thermos.

Would you like to Substitute in the Cafeteria? If you would like to be a sub in food services please call Pam Maloney at 662-6480. This is a great way to earn a little extra cash and be home with your children in the morning & afternoon.

Birthday Celebrations Birthday treats are always fun for your child to share with classmates. You may choose to purchase birthday tickets for your child’s class which will allow your child’s classmates to select a special treat from our “Birthday Choices” at lunch! Treats will be given out in our cafeteria. Call your cafe-teria manager, Mrs. “G” Sheppard to preorder & set your party up.

A Message from the Nurse

Please have your student(s) put an extra pair of clothes in their backpack or locker. The nurse does not always have all sizes available.

Regarding Taking Medication at School- Remember that ALL medications must be accompanied by doctor & parent notes. Otherwise the medication cannot be given at school. All medication must be in its original container. All prescription medication must have the correct information on the label. Also, no cough drops, or essential oils are allowed at school unless accompanied by doctor & parent notes. No child should be bringing medication to school in order to self medicate. Regarding Illness - Please keep all sick children home if they are running a fever of 100.0 or above, vomiting, or have diarrhea. A child running a fever can return to school once he/she has been fever free for 24 hours.

PTO Corner

Read-A-Thon is wrapping up this week! Thanks for all the students that participated!

Thanks to all the families that sent in donations for our Grandparents/Special Person's Day we had this week! Our next Bake Sale will be Tues, Mar 12. Look for more details to come closer to date.

Upcoming events: Monthly Open Gym: Sat, Mar 9 from 7-9p/$10 child Bake Sale during Grandparents/Special Persons Day: Tues, Mar 12 Monthly PTO Meeting: Wed, Mar 13 at 4p in the cafeteria Simple Q-Pons Books: March/April April: Daddy & Daughter and Mommy & Son events - if you are interested in helping with these events, please let the PTO know: as planning is actively taking place. Email: tballpto@gmail.com Daddy & Daughter volunteers: http://signup.com/go/gMQmSGc Mommy & Son volunteers: http://signup.com/go/JErFKRu

Thanks to all who attended the Playful Pups Playgroup and Baby Music and Movement programs this week. I enjoy seeing the children having fun with their families.

This spring we are excited to offer the Kindergarten Readiness Series to all future Timothy Ball students who will be starting kindergarten in the fall of 2019. Three evening classes will be offered on March 7th, April 4th, and May 2nd from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. This series of classes are great opportuni-ties for you and your child to come to the school, meet future classmates, engage in hands-on learning activities, and receive information to help prepare your child for kindergarten. Our first class will be next Thursday night. Please email Kristen Pozen at kpozen@cps.k12.in.us if you’d like your child to attend a Kindergarten Readiness class.

Our Birth to School programs are great opportunities for early learning and socialization and also a nice place to meet other families in our communi-ty. If you have a child ages 0-5 and haven’t joined our Birth to School pro-gram, please visit https://tinyurl.com/birthtoschool to sign up. It’s free to enroll and takes only a few minutes of your time. Our Spring Birth to School calendar is now posted on our website: https://www.cps.k12.in.us/Page/11079.

Upcoming Events **If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Kristen Pozen at kpozen@cps.k12.in.us or 219.663.0047 ext. 21229 March 6 9:30-10:45am Mini Bulldogs (for children ages 3-5 and a care-

giver) March 7 5:00-6:00pm Kindergarten Readiness (for incoming Kinder-

garteners and a caregiver) March 13 9:30-10:15am Baby Bulldogs (for children ages 0-2 and a

caregiver)

March 14 5:00-6:15pm Playful Pups Playgroup (for children ages 0-5

and a caregiver) March 20 10:00-11:00am Special Event at the Purdue Extension in CP: Block Party (for children ages 0-5)

Congratulations to those students who received PAWS this week:

Addison N., Stella M., Jayda M., Bianca G., Lydia E., Tess F., Makenna R., Parker F., Ava G., Rylee O., Jacob B.,

Aubrey R., Abbey S., Andrej A., Tino G., Logan H., Madison R., Ethan K., Aaron A., Sarah A.,

Nolan A., Haylie B.

Total Blue Paws This Week: 22 Total blue paws to date: 370 Total Silver Paws to date: 4

A Message from our Positive Behavior Intervention Specialist

Mrs. Derwinski

STOMP OUT BULLYING TIP Don’t exclude others or make them feel left out.

From the Art Room

Check out the great new art on our Artsonia gallery! https://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=94909

If you haven’t signed your child up for the public art museum and you’d like to do so (it’s fun because you can safely share art with friends and relatives far away) just email me at shufford@cps.k12.in.us or give me a call at school and I’ll help you get set up.

A MUSIC NOTE FROM MRS. WALTON

March is Music in our Schools Month! Each year, the National Association for Music Education has a different theme or saying for the month of March. This year the theme is “All Music, All People.” To celebrate Music in our Schools Month (MioSM), we will be having a poster contest and four dress-up days. Information for the poster contest can be found on the back of this sheet. All of these are optional and do not have any bearing on music class grades.

Tuesday March 5 – 80’s hair band day – dress like a member of an 80’s hair band, or wear your favorite 80’s band shirt! Thursday March 7 – “Bedtime at the Swamp” day – wear your pajamas Tuesday March 12 – 90’s hip hop & pop – dress like a 1990’s pop or hip hop star Thursday March 14 – John Williams day – pick a movie with music com-posed by John Williams, and dress as a character from that movie. Here is an abbreviated list of options (You can find more online): Star Wars Jurassic Park Harry Potter Indiana Jones Home Alone Hook Superman The Big Friendly Giant

Please see the information sheet that went home with more infor-mation for the poster contest.

Click here to view the Crown Point Community School Corporation

Elementary Student Handbook.

Grandparents/Special Person Days

Grade 4—March 12 Grade 5—May 30

Activities will start at 2 o’clock on the designated date for each grade level.

Each grade level will be sending home RSVP information

ahead of the date.

GoGuardian Internet and Application Filtering

To help protect students when using their school-owned Chromebooks at school and at home, Crown

Point Schools will begin using software designed specifically to help ensure students' safety by

providing comprehensive filtering and analytics of student Chromebook usage. The software is called

GoGuardian.

Use of GoGuardian in elementary classrooms will develop throughout the school year as teachers re-

ceive training and as students and parents learn about the application and its uses. In order for this to

occur, the software is deployed to elementary school-owned Chromebooks.

The GoGuardian frequently asked questions describes features of the software.

If you have questions or comments, please email GoGuardian@cps.k12.in.us.

A Message from our Home School Facilitator Mrs. Holok

Developing a Growth Mindset in Your Child Starts with You! As parents, you play a huge role in influencing the mindset of your children, so it’s important for you to model a growth mind-set for your children. Showing your children that you are excited by challenges, see mistakes as learning opportunities, and understand the value of practice and trying different strategies will go a long way in cultivating their growth mindsets!Understanding Mindsets A growth mindset is the underlying belief that abilities can be developed through effort and practice. Children with a growth mindset persist in the face of challenges because they understand that effort and hard work can change ability and intelli-gence. A fixed mindset is the belief that intelligence is static, and cannot be changed. When children are in a fixed mindset, they tend to give up easily when they encounter obstacles, because they believe that they don’t have what it takes to learn hard things. Below is a guide to helping your child develop a growth mindset.

Celebrate our Teachers!

Help us celebrate our wonderful Timothy Ball teachers!

Students, parents, and fellow colleagues can access The Times Teacher

Appreciation Form at www.nwitimes.com/forms/teachers_appreciation/ and

nominate a teacher who excels in the classroom.

Nominators are kept confidential…their information is not printed in the paper.

Help wanted

Crown Point Schools Transportation Dept. will start training for school bus drivers and special need monitors in February. Full training is provided for sub bus drivers and sub special needs monitors who enjoy competitive pay, summer and holidays off and the potential for full time work. Please apply online at https://intranet.cps.k12.in.us/rdsonlineapp/default.asp

Sick Day Guidelines:

Making the Right Call

When Your Child Is Sick:

Should I keep my child home or send him or her to school? School policy (and/or state law) requires a child to stay home if he or she:

Has a fever of 100.0° or higher Has been vomiting or has diarrhea Has symptoms that keep your child from participating in school, such as:

Very tired or lack of appetite Cough that he or she cannot control, sneezing often Headache, body aches, or earache Sore Throat – a little sore throat is ok for school, but a bad sore throat could be

strep throat, even if there is no fever. Other signs of strep throat, in children are a headache and upset stomach, or rash. Call your doctor if your child has these signs. A special test is needed to know if it is strep throat.

Keep your child home if he or she is coughing or sneezing often because this spread the sickness to others.

24 Hour Rule

FEVER: Keep your child home until his or her FEVER has been gone WITHOUT medi-cine for 24 hours. Colds can be contagious for at least 48 hours. Returning to school too soon may slow recovery and make others sick.

VOMITING OR DIARRHEA: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the LAST time he or she vomited or had diarrhea.

ANTIBIOTICS: Keep your child home until 24 hours after the FIRST dose of antibiot-ics for anything like ear infection or strep throat.

We often have many children and adults with colds coming to school, and each one is passing their sickness to others. Please help others from becoming sick by keep-ing your child home during their illness.