WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS The Home and School Working Together ____________________________________________

JUNE 2016 Mr. Christopher Iacobelli, Principal

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JUNE

1 Alex’s Lemonade 10:00-4:15 2 Early Dismissal 12:30 3 Early Dismissal 12:30 6 6th Grade Recognition 8:50-10:30 Early Dismissal 12:30 7 Last Day for Students/Staff Early Dismissal 12:30

2016– 2017SCHOOL YEAR

AUGUST

29 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

SEPTEMBER

2 School Closed/Office Closed

5 School Closed/Office Closed

6 Parent Night

8 Parent Night

ABSENCE/ATTENDANCE REMINDERS

1. Please call the attendance line at 610-754-9594 to report your child absent or late to school (tardy). Call the attendance line before 9:00 A.M.

2. Please give the specific reason for your child’s absence (fever, cold, etc.)

3. We will call parents whose child is absent but have not left a message. If we leave a message, please call us back to verify the absence.

4. If we do not receive verification by 1:30 the day of the absence, an Excuse Blank will be sent home with your child to be com-pleted/signed and returned.

5. If a physician was seen, please send in the doctor’s note.

6. Schoolwork can be requested to be sent home with a sibling or neighbor. It can also be picked up by an adult from the office. Teachers cannot get student’s work to the office until 3:30, so pick up after that time.

7. If you wish to speak with a nurse, please call 610-473-1970 between 8:25-3:30.

8. If you have any questions regarding the Boyertown Area School District’s policy on attendance, please refer to page 8 and 15 in the Elementary Handbook.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS

June 20 2016 - August 12, 2016

7:00 AM – 3:30 PM

August 15, 2016

Regular office hours resume 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Note from the Cafeteria:

School is coming to a close. Please make sure all lunch charges are paid before June 7, 2016.

If you need information regarding your balance, please contact Mrs. Navazio at 610-473-1960.

2016 – 2017 CLASS ASSIGNMENTS

Each year the administration and teachers must assign students to classes for the next school year. The child’s edu-cational success is the foremost deciding factor when making these important decisions. Many factors are considered when making class assignments. Since our staffing needs and teacher assignments will not be finalized with the close of this school year, students will not be assigned to their new classes until later on during the summer. Parents will be notified by mail of their children’s 2016 – 2017 class assignments in mid-August 2016. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Iacobelli.

H.S.A. NEWS CORNER

Thank you for another successful year at Washington Elementary from the HSA. We would like to send out a spe-cial thank you to all the volunteers who helped with this year’s events.

This month we are saying goodbye to our 6th graders with our 6th grade recognition ceremony. We know they will be successful in junior high and wish them well.

Please join us for our first H.S.A. meeting after the new school year begins. We look forward to seeing and hearing from Wash-ington’s parents!!

To keep up with all things HSA through the summer "LIKE" us on facebook.

Have a great summer!

PSSA TESTING DATES

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has identified the 2017 PSSA testing dates of April 3 – May 5. Due to the im-portance of these tests, educational field trips will not be approved.

MOVING OVER THE SUMMER?

If you are planning to move out of our school

attendance area for the next school year, please

notify the school office at this time. This information

will be most important as we make preparations for

next school year. Also, if you or anyone you know

are planning to enroll a new student in any grade

for the 2016-2017 school year, please noti-fy the school office at this time.

District Field Day 2016 Congratulations to the 2016WES District Field Day Team!!! On Monday 5/9, students from WES traveled to JHW to compete against students from other Boyertown elementary schools in the 50 meter dash, 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, high jump, long jump, and softball throw. WES brought home six ribbons from the event:

200 Meter Dash - 2nd Place, Allison Pioli

50 Meter Dash - 1st Place, Courtney Jarvis

100 Meter Dash - 3rd Place, Daniel Kasitz

High Jump— 2nd Place, Allison Pioli, 3rd Place, Cody Weiss

Softball Throw – 3rd Place, Colin Eisenhard

Congratulations to all who represented WES:

Colin Eisenhard, Nathan Bancroft, Seth Kiefer, Charles Patterson, Teague Miller, Matthew Harner, Cody Weiss, Gunnar Kurasz, Colin Seidel, Jacob Boughter, Daniel Kasitz, Nick Rothenberger, Alex DeForge, Griffin Hummel, Rachel Moser, Nicole Kratz, Emma Acker, Carly Little, Jessica Olson, Katina Scheponik, Allison Pioli, Courtney Jarvis, Alexa Deputy, Shelby Sinkowski, Cassandra Trujillo, Sophia Carmichael, Katelyn Dulin, Carlee Strunk, Ryleigh Ehst, Zoe Eichinger, Bridgette Wright

Every year each 6th grade homeroom in the District holds a spelling bee in their classroom to determine their representative to send to the District competi-tion. The competition was held at Boyertown Elementary School on March 16th at 7:00 PM. The four students who represented Washington were: Morgan Hen-dricks, Jacob Boughter, Brayden King, and Derek Renninger. All four students faced tough competition and did an excellent job showing their spelling skills!

HEALTH ROOM NEWS

Medications: With the arrival of the spring allergy season and classroom field-

trips, the health room would like to remind parents to refer to the BASD medi-

cation policy if your child needs to take medications during school hours. All

medications, prescribed and over-the-counter, require a written order from a

doctor and written parent permission to be given at school. Medication authori-

zation forms are available on the BASD Web site @ http://www.boyertownasd.org/

under Student Services, Health or by request from the health room. Parents must

carry medication into health room.

If your child has medication in the health room, please make

arrangements to pick medication up by the last day of school,

June 7th by 12noon as all meds left in health room will be

discarded.

Sixth Grade Parents: There are PA immunization requirements that could affect your

child’s entry to Junior High next year, please make sure your child’s immunizations are

up to date. Parents of students who do not meet the requirements (according to our rec-

ords) will be notified by mail. All 7th grade students must have a Menactra(MCV) and a

Tdap(tetnus).

If your child borrowed clothes from the health room, please have them return clothes as soon as possible. THANKS!!!

If you have any outgrown sweatpants(boy or girl), that you would be willing to donate to the health room, please feel free to send them in to school with your child. Any parent that has indicated they will be getting a private dental or physical for

their child, please turn those completed forms in to the health room as soon as possi-

ble. Please contact the health room if you need a form for an upcoming appointment or

download the forms from the BASD website under Health Services www.boyertownasd.org.

Students in kindergarten and third grade need a dental exam. Students in kindergarten

and sixth grade need a physical exam to meet the state requirement.

The health room closes for the summer on June 07, 2016 at noon; the nurses will return

to work on August 29th, 2016.

All medications stored in the health room should be picked up by a parent or adult-

designee before or on June 07, 2016. Medications left in health room after June 8th

will be discarded as per handbook as they cannot be stored over the summer.

If you are moving or are in need of forms or copies of your child’s immunizations,

please contact the health room by June 5th, 2016.

BASD health room policies, forms, and information can be accessed at any time via the

BASD Web site http://www.boyertownasd.org/ under Services - Student Services – Health.

Over the summer, please feel free to contact Diana Smith, CSN at

desmith@boyertownasd.org

Diana E. D. Smith, RN, CSN, M.Ed. Certified School Nurse BES: Monday & Tuesday 610 473-5170 WES: Thursday & Friday 610-473-1970

SCHOOL COUNSELING MESSAGE Positive Parenting Tips for Summer

For 180 days a year, school counselors work with students on how to express their feelings in appropriate ways, how to deal with their

anger and how to cope with stressful situations. But what happens when school is not in session, especially during the extended sum-

mer break? As a parent, you are the most influential person in your children's lives, and how you work through family issues can have

a positive influence on behavior throughout the family as well as the school. Following are some parenting tips to work on throughout

the summer months.

Sibling conflicts: Stay on the sidelines of sibling arguments (unless there is bloodshed) and help your children learn to appropriately

express their negative feelings. At my school, students learn to use the "magic sentence." The sentence includes phrases such as "I

feel" "because" "I want you to" and "I am willing to." Example: "I feel angry because you called me a name and I want you to stop. I

am willing to stop calling you names."

Using the magic sentence requires practice and parental guidance. It may feel contrived at first, but if your children and you get into

the habit of thinking and stating your feelings rather than acting out, you'll find it opens up the lines of communication and decreases

outbursts.

Encourage your children to listen to other people's magic sentences and then repeat back to them what they understand they heard. If

they think they heard, "You said you don't want me calling you a frog face -- even though you really are one. And you want me to stop,

but I won't until you do" then they may have to listen (or repeat it again) until they get it right.

Discipline: Children develop security, increased self-esteem and have fewer behavioral problems when in an environment that pro-

vides consistency, rules, consequences, praise and positive acclamation. Consistency means your behavior as a parent is absolutely

predictable; this is key. To a child this means, "Every time I throw a fit in the store, Mom or Dad will leave the store." If you give in

once, it's like a slot machine that pays off. Winning once is addicting. If the slot never paid, no one would ever put money in.

Having rules in print is important. When the child breaks a rule, the parent can point to a printed sheet and ask, "What is the rule?"

This takes the heat off the parent as the bad guy and places it on the "rule." Rules must be clearly stated and reasonable for the

child's age, developmental level and emotional stability. In some situations, the rules can be created with the child, which creates buy-

in. For example: The rule might read: "Marie's bed time is 8 p.m." When Marie tries to negotiate for a later time, the parent asks the

child, "What is the rule?" and the answer is clear.

Also choose consequences that fit when rules are broken. Coming home late from a friend's house should result in your child not be-

ing able to see the friend for a few days. Missing a trip to the amusement park as punishment does not fit this offense. Praise is also

important. Look for the good in your child and praise it. Sometimes parents must look hard to find something to praise, but you still

should look for it. Also work to build your child's self-esteem through positive acclamation, such as "You know Billy, I love you be-

cause you're my son, but I really like you because you're you." Messages like these really help in building self-esteem, especially

when they are unearned and spontaneous. Your child always will appreciate them.

Parental conflicts: Two wonderful words can be used when your child wants to engage in an unending argument with you or chooses

to defy your authority. They are "nevertheless"Â and "regardless." For example:

Parent: John, please pick up your room and then feed the dog.

Child: But Mom, Sarah never has to do any chores.

Parent: Nevertheless, I want you to pick up your room and feed the dog.

By using these simple argument deflectors you can avoid the confrontation and negotiation and keep the child's focus on the issue.

These deflectors can be used to avoid arguments in almost any situation. In resolving conflicts at home, especially those regarding

how thoroughly your children have accomplished their chores, it helps to specify the task while being direct and to the point. In this

way, there is no confusion. You will have the greatest success if you keep the statements short and direct, and you child will feel more

successful upon completion. As always, don't forget to praise a job well done.

Family meetings: At least one night a week should be set aside for family meetings. These should be open forum in that everyone

should have an opportunity to tell how they feel. A family meeting isn't the time to punish or discipline but rather to listen to your chil-

dren's feelings and concerns and to ask them to listen to yours. Only through open, honest communication can a family increase its

positive relationships and grow together.

Parenting is hard work. There is no instruction manual for children when they are born. Therefore, we must try new things, hone our

skills, learn from and support each other and give ourselves a break when we have rough days. It helps to have a positive attitude.

Remember these two phrases from Janet Lane and Henry Chester. Lane says, "Of all the things you wear, your expression is the

most important." Chester says, "Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence."

SOURCE: Hatch, Trish Ph.D, www.ascaschoolcounselor.org

General Classroom Supply List

2016- 2017 School Year

Updated 5/17/16

Fourth Grade

Box of Tissues

6 Pocket Folders

2 Jumbo Sized Book Covers

Pencils

Pens

Box of Tissues

Earbuds in a labeled zip lock bag

6 Two Pocket Folders

Earbuds

2 Boxes of Tissues

Washington Elementary School

General Classroom Supply List 2016-

2017 School Year

ART

Tissues

Old Maps

Old Calendars

Old Beads

Dried Beans

Used Tissue Paper

Old Vinyl Records

Yarn

Old CD's

Bubble Wrap