Timothy Ball Elementary School

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

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

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AND MENU April 18—April 22, 2016

Lunch Menu

Breakfast $1.30

Lunch $2.10

Milk $0.50

Fresh Fruit Served Daily

1% Milk Served Daily

Weekly Specials:

PB & J or Soy Meal To Go

Turkey Torpedo Sub

Yogurt Meal To Go

Crispy Chicken Chef Salad

Monday:

Pizza Slice

Silly Dilly Green Beans / Sliced Cucumber

Crazy Applesauce

Tuesday:

Walking Taco

Nacho Supreme

Brown Rice / Refried Beans

Rocket Red Peppers

Golden Peaches

Wednesday:

Breaded Chicken Sandwich

Mashed Potatoes / Crispy Garden Salad

Mandarin Oranges

Thursday:

Chicken Leg w/Breadstick on the Side

Roasted Carrots / Crispy Garden Salad

Chunky Pineapple

Friday:

Bosco Sticks w/ Marinara Sauce

Corn / Fresh Broccoli

100% Fruit Juice

NO RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD OR SOFT DRINKS

ALLOWED.

EACH STUDENT IS ALLOWED TO HAVE 1 GUEST

PER MONTH JOIN HIM/HER IN THE CAFETERIA.

PLEASE CALL TO RESERVE YOUR DATE.

Principal’s Notes

“How was your day today?”

Much like our lives outside of school, the pace of activity has sure

picked up around here inside of our school. We have enjoyed an amaz-

ing week at Tball. Please keep checking in with your students about

school as the pace of life begins to speed up. Keep encouraging your

student to finish the year strong as opposed to fading away into sum-

mer!

Good Citizens Assembly

Beach Day in the Cafe

Bulldog Buddies

Honors Breakfast

Career Day in Kindergarten

Family Book Bingo

Night

Take care,

TEAM Tutoring—April 19, 20 & 21, Grades 3, 4, &

5.

Young Authors’ Month—The Month of April. Infor-

mation was sent home.

ISTEP Testing—Grades 3, 4, 5, April 25—May 6.

Please make sure to be on time, well rested & eat

breakfast.

5th Graders to Sing National Anthem at School

Board Meeting—Monday, April 25, 7:00pm, at

CPHS Cafeteria.

Mid-Term Progress—Friday, April 29 marks the

half-way point for the 4th quarter. Grades can be

checked using Parent RDS.

Lunch Time Information from

Our Cafeteria

Lunch Time Visitors Each student is allowed to have one guest per month. Restaurant/fast

food & sodas are not allowed. Parents may purchase lunch in the cafe-

teria, cost is $3.00. This cannot come off the student’s lunch card.

Lunch Time Money Please go online www.mymealtime.com to deposit lunch money/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 schedule. Par-

ents 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. It will not be accepted at

lunch due to the fact that it slows down the flow of the lunch lines due

to the fact that it has to be recorded on paper as well. The students only

have 30 minutes to get through the lines & eat their lunch. Time is of

the essence.

Did you bring your lunch, but need a drink? Milk may be purchased, if you brought in a lunch from home, but you

may not charge it.

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 responsibility of

the cafeteria. 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.

School Breakfast FAST FACT

Students who eat breakfast have better attention and memory. School

breakfast is healthy, & convenient. Students who participate in school

breakfast show improved attendance, behavior, standardized test scores

as well as decreased tardiness. Students who eat school breakfast at-

tend, on average, 1.5 more days of school per year and score 17.5%

higher on standardized math tests.

News from our Physical Education Teacher

Mrs. Decker

Field Day is May 27. We need YOU!!! A form will be coming

home the beginning of May to volunteer. We need parents to

help with water and watermelon and to run games. It’s a fun

day and you will have a great time with your child. Please con-

sider volunteering as we couldn’t have field day without you!!

2016-2017 Kindergarten Registration

Registration for Fall Kindergarten classes was held on

2/18/16. Please Contact the school office to schedule a time

to come in & register your future kindergartener.

Kindergarten students must be five (5) years of age on or

before August 1, 2016 in order to enroll for the 2016-2017

school year. It is not mandatory for students to come with

their parents to registration, but they are welcome.

The following documents are required at the time of reg-

istration:

1. Child’s Certified Birth Certificate (not hospital certifi-

cate)

2. Immunization Record

3. Child’s Social Security Card

4. Three (3) documents from the following are required to

prove residency: Utility Bills (NIPSCO, Water) deed or

mortgage statement, or Lake County Tax Bill. In addi-

tion, a driver’s license or state photo ID with the current

address is required to prove residency. If you do not

have the information listed for residency, please call the

school office.

If you have any questions, please call the school

office at 663-0047

An Art Note from Mrs. Hufford

I am so proud of our young artists! The show at our administra-

tion building is awesome! PLEASE NOTE: The administration

building will not be open on the evening of the 25th of April,

since the board meeting has been moved to the high school cafe-

teria for that night. That makes mornings before school the very

best time to look at your child’s art if he or she has a piece in the

show, since the administration building opens at 7 a.m.

A Message from our Positive Behavior Intervention Specialist

Mrs. Derwinski

“Think left and think right and think low and think

high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”

- Dr. Seuss

PTO Corner

Next PTO meeting April 20th 4pm in the cafeteria. Staff appreciation is coming soon, please check volunteer spot to sign up to help. FFL Spring Pledge Drive: keep sending in your enve-lopes! Fit For Life Spring Pledge Drive is under way! Remember every little bit helps! Return an envelope with your stu-dent’s name. The drive will run into May. Good Luck to all the classes and thanks for participating! ~Please check out Volunteer Spot for upcoming volunteer opportunities: http://www.volunteerspot.com/Group/884985216059/

Have a great week, T-Ball Family!

A Message from the Nurse

Mrs. Schurch

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 contain-

er. All prescription medication must have the correct infor-

mation on the label. Also, no cough drops are allowed at

school unless accompanied by doctor & parent notes. No child

should be bringing medication to school in order to self medi-

cate.

Clothing Needed

We are in need of clean used clothes for boys & girls all sizes.

These are used for when students get dirty during recess.

Congratulations to the following students receiving PAWS Ethan Fryza, Rowan Powers, Aaron Josephson, Eraclio Ruiz, Connor Cavalcante, Carmella Dubbs, Alexis Paape, Marijana Loshkoska, Madisyn Wimple, Alina Gonzalez, Reese Besedick, Nikhil Sud,

Gaby Gligic, Andrew Drake, Ricky Greenberg, Isaiah Kloosterman, Sophia Misewicz, Payton Jorgensen, Reece Hendron, Ethan Rees, Trevor Johnson, Grayson Bolinga, Irene Ni, Amelia Westfall, Josh Ricketts, Cameron Alliss

SILVER PAWS: Alexis Paape, Isaiah Kloosterman, Sophia Misewicz, Payton Jorgensen, Trevor Johnson, Irene Ni, Josh Ricketts

Total Blue Paws: 743 Silver Paws: 44 Gold Paws: 1

Music Notes from Mrs. Jackett

5th Grade: Please return all forms to Mrs. Jack-

ett for choir sign-ups by Wednesday, April 27th!

School Board Meeting Performance: Monday, April

25th, 7:00PM at CPHS cafeteria. ALL WELCOME!!!

CP Jr. Bulldog Cheerleading is a non-Competitive

cheerleading organization open to girls entering 1st- 8th

grade. Our focus is to teach the basics of cheerleading in

a fun & exciting way & support the CP Jr. Bulldog Foot-

ball teams through cheering at all their games.

Registration will be held at Lake Street Elem. on Friday

April 29th 5-7 for (returning) cheerleaders & Saturday

April 30th 10-2 for (new) girl registration.

If you would be interested in helping coach please con-

tact us via Facebook or www.crownpointjrbcheer.org

If you have any questions please feel free to contact

Tammy Hand-Stepanovic@708-653-2064

Jr. Bulldog Football Sign-Ups The Crown Point Junior Bulldog Football League will be holding sign-ups from noon - 3pm, April 17th at the Crown Point Junior Bulldog Football field, 1401 E. North St., Crown Point. The league caters to players ages 6 years old to seventh grade. Players do not have to live in Crown Point to play in the league. There are no weight restrictions. Kids play in their own age group. First-time sign-ups must bring copy of birth certificate. The first practices begin July 26. For details, call Scott at (219) 577-4093 or go to www.cpjrbulldogs.com.

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

medicine for 24 hours. Colds can be contagious for at least 48 hours. Re-

turning 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 an-

tibiotics 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 keeping

your child home during their illness.