Winfield Elementary

PAW PRINTS

“Little People, Big Dreams, Bright Futures”

Mrs. Patricia Carnahan, Principal

13128 Montgomery Street

Phone 663-2287 Fax 663-1138 www.cps.k12.in.us/winfield

A+ Standard 1: The school establishes and communicates a shared purpose and direction

for improving the performance of students and the effectiveness of the school.

From the Principal : From the Principal : From the Principal : From the Principal : October 19, 2012October 19, 2012October 19, 2012October 19, 2012

RED RIBBON WEEK – Choosing a Healthy Life Style!

Red Ribbon Week is a nationally recognized initiative of prevention and education about the dangers of drugs. At Winfield we will be focusing on how to make healthy choices in our lives.

How did Red Ribbon Week Begin? Enrique Camarena worked his way through college, served in the Marines and became a police officer. He then decided to join the US Drug Enforcement Administration. His mother tried to talk him out of it. “I’m only one person”, he told her, “but I want to make a difference.” This agent, who tried to make a difference, was killed in his battle against illegal drugs in 1985. In honor of Camarena’s memory and his battle against illegal drugs, friends and neighbors began to wear red badges.

Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention program. By wearing RED RIBBONS and participating in school and community events, our students will make pledges to choose a healthy life.

Our PTO will be sponsoring school events every day next week to help our students focus on choosing a healthy life style. Every student will be given a Red Ribbon on Monday to wear every day next week. We ask that you join our PTO and our STAFF by having your child participate in the following Spirit Days of Healthy Living:

Mon.: “WAKE UP SAYING NO TO DRUGS” – Wear your PJ’s to School!

Tues.: “PUT A CAP ON DRUGS” – Wear a crazy hat to School!

Wed.: ‘SOCK IT TO DRUGS” – Wear crazy socks and your RRW T-Shirt (if ordered).

Thurs.: ‘TEAM UP AGAINST DRUGS” – Wear Sports Attire or Winfield Spiritwear!

Attention Parents: This is a reminder that the second payment for the textbook rental fees is due on or before October 26, 2012. If you are paying according to your Book Rental Payment Agreement, (filled out during the registration process) please continue to do so. Also, please stay current on your payments. All accounts not having made their initial payment are now in collections. Accounts that are delinquent on the 3-pay plan (30 days past the previous payment) will also be turned over to collections. If you have any ques-tions, please call Mrs. Andrea Romanak @663-2287, ext. 19000.

Kindergarten– 97%

First Grade-98%

Second Grade-96%

Brownie Troop #93 is collecting new donations for

Operation Christmas Child through Samaritans Purse.

We are collecting small toys(cars, dolls, stuffed ani-

mals) school supplies, toiletries and misc items(hard

candy, mints, gum, t-shirts, socks, sorry no choco-

late). These items need to be small enough to fit in-

side a shoebox. Monetary donations will also be glad-

ly accepted. These shoe boxes are sent out around

the world including North and South America, Canada,

Mexico and China. Donation deadline is November 7.

Donation box will be located at Winfield Elementary

School. If you have any questions, please contact

Heather at 661-0339 or hstefanovich@att.net.

Fire Prevention Week

The LOFS Fire Department visited our school last Thursday to give a presentation on fire prevention.

Dates to Remember October 23-School picture retakes October 22-25-Red Ribbon Week October 26-29– Fall break Nov. 22-23-Thanksgiving vacation

School Hours- 8:55-3:30

Except Wednesdays- 9:15-3:30

Busses will pick up 20 minutes later than the other weekday mornings.

Car riders are dismissed at 3:15.

Kindergarten students touring the fire truck!

Picture Retakes If you would like to have your child’s photos retak-

en, please return the origi-nal package on retake day (Oct. 23rd.) If your child did not have a picture tak-en, we have order forms in the office.

Coloring Contest Winners

Kindergarten– Ariana A.

First Grade– Reese R.

Second Grade— Chloe H.

Win A Ride On A Fire Truck Con-

test

Kade H. won a trip on a Lakes of The

Four Seasons Fire truck in one of the

EXTRA SPIRITWEAR

We have some extra Spiritwear left over from the sale . If you are interested, please call Mrs.Holbrook at 661-0326.

Blue YS Winfield Hoodie, Blue YM Winfield Tshirt, Purple YM Winfield , Red YL BullDog Hoodie, Pink 2XL BullDog Tshirt, Pink 2XL BullDog Hoodie

Phone Calls If you receive a phone call

from our school, please listen to the mes-sage before calling back. We have no

way of telling who made the call. If you

let us know who called you, we will be

happy to connect you with the proper person!

• The new Crown Point Community Library will be opening on Monday, October 22, 2012. There are many activities planned during the first two weeks including our Grand Opening Event on Sun-day, October 28, 2012 from 2-5 p.m. Please come out and celebrate with us! A complete list of events is available on our website at www.crownpointlibrary.org

• Come check out the new children’s department during a special Open Play date on Wednesday, Octo-ber 24 between 9-12 and 3-6. There will be face painting, check out the new story time room, a dedicated game room, play in our new puppet theatre and more!

• Teens come check out a space we designed especially for you! We are throwing a Teen Space Kick Off party on Thursday, October 25 from 4 – 6:00 p.m. Tour the teen area, game room, enjoy refresh-ments and more!

• Do you know someone that tutors? We are invi#ng all tutors to a special Tea for Tutors on Monday, October 22 from 3:30 – 4:30. Tutors will learn how we want to work with them in the new library, learn about what re-sources are available and learn about our new computer and printing system.

For more information, including a complete list of events, please visit our web-site at www.crownpointlibrary.org

Summer Packet Reading Program Winners!!

Kindergarten- Adriana Andreou and Mackenzie Schubert First Grade– Logan Asher and Tanner Price Second Grade– Andrew Goldthorpe and An-drew Holbrook Third Grade– Kyle Peterson and Riplie Alli-son Congratulations. The winners received a goody bag and a gift certificate!

Child Care Update

Inquiries from parents for Child Care services

between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. are handled

by office staff. Unless you are no#fied, Site

Leaders are not available during these hours.

If school is cancelled between 9:00 a.m. - 3:00

p.m., child care is not available. Parents must

pick up students or make arrangements to re-

ceive students at home.

Calling all Vendors and Crafters

November 16th will be the Family Fun DJ/Vendor Night at Jerry Ross. Please contact Adrienne Leluga at 219-712-3927 if you would like to reserve a table space for $30. Spaces are limited and first come first serve!

PTO

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Market Day Help us reach our goal of selling 500 pies! The deadline to turn in sales sheets for the Market Day Pie Bonus Days is Monday, October 22nd. Payment is due when you turn sheets in and make checks payable to the Winfield/Jerry Ross PTO. Pies will be available for pick-up Tuesday, October 30th from 4:30 - 5:30 at Winfield Elementary. Call or email Gabrielle Schroader with any questions at 219-775-9895 or GSchroader@yahoo.com.

Good Luck to the Crown Point HS

Girls Soccer Team!

They are going to semi-state!!!

From Mrs. Schultze:

P

A W

S Play Fairly

Act Kindly

Work Hard

Show Respect

Community News

Crown Point High School Key Club and LEAD Council are

hosting their annual Halloween Party for Crown Point Ele-

mentary School students (K-5) on Wednes-

day, October 24th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the

cafeteria of Crown Point High School. Chil-

dren should wear their Halloween costumes

and bring a bag to collect goodies. There

will be a bouncy house, games, crafts,

haunted house, and more!

Caterpillar Academy, a ministry of Camp LRCA, is a full time daycare and preschool in the Winfield ar-ea. We also offer before and after school care, serving Winfield Ele-mentary and Jerry Ross Elemen-tary. We also offer a separate "Weather Insurance Policy" for a flat fee. If Crown Point schools are de-layed or closed due to weather, par-ents may bring their school aged child to Caterpillar Academy for the day. In the event of a weather relat-ed school delay, we will transport them to Winfield and Jerry Ross Ele-mentaries. In the event of a full day closure, we will provide lunch, snacks and activities for the day.

A copy of the enrollment form is

attached to this newsletter.

From our Nurse:

As the holidays rapidly approach we are given information to share with our school families about assistance programs that are available for families in need of help during the holiday season. Programs to assist needy families are offered through various local service organi-zations and churches. Some programs include the Angel Tree holiday gift program, holiday food baskets and clothing/coat vouchers. If your family could benefit from any of these programs please contact me for more information. All inquiries will be kept strictly confidential.

We have been seeing our share of strep at school. Please watch your children closely for signs of possible strep throat. Symptoms include stomachache, fever, red throat with or without white spots. Only a throat culture from the doctor’s office can confirm strep throat and antibiotics from a doctor are needed to treat it. If your child has been treated for strep they must be fever free for 24 hours and must have completed 24 hours of antibiotics before returning to school. Also re-inforcing good hand washing skills at home helps us to control the germs at school.

As the weather gets chilly please remember to send your child to school with a jacket or coat appropriate for the temperatures. They will not be allowed to go out for recess without a jacket or coat on the chilly days.

Lori Taylor, RN

Guitar Lessons

One of our Winfield Dads is offering guitar lessons:

Joey Bothun is offering lessons for all ages Online, w/Roku or Android Devices for only $1.99 per month. They are short HD videos and he adds new ones weekly with printable pdf’s on his website: www.ProGuitarLessons.tv