January 10 - Grade Cards go home

January 11 - Inservice Day - No School

January 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School

January 19 - Student Council Meeting

January 24 - Math and Reading Night - 2nd Grade

January 31 - Math and Reading Night - 3rd Grade

February 7 - Conferences (4:00 - 7:30 )

February 9 - Conferences (4:00 - 7:00 )

February 17 - Conference Make up day - No School

February 20 - Presidents Day - No School

Grade Cards will be sent home Tuesday, January 10. Please make sure you are asking your child for their report card. It is always helpful to ready through it with your child. Teachers need for you to sign the report card envelope and return it the next day. You are able to keep the report card at home.

If you have questions concerning your child's grades you are always able to reach out to your child's teacher via email, Parent Square or by calling and talking to them.

We are also having Parent Teacher Conferences February 7th and 9th. It is always a good idea to come to conferences even if your child is doing well in school just to see how they are getting along with peers or how they are doing socially.

Always call the office if you have questions and we are happy to help answer your questions.

NCES is happy to invite the 2nd and 3rd Grade parents and students to a fun evening filled with games. You and your child will get to spend come quality time together, play games, learn new games and have fun. You will also get to take the games home with you. Make sure to see the invitations below. This is two different nights so make sure to check that you plan to come on the correct day for your child's grade level. If you have any questions please call the office.

Check out the LINK here to watch the slideshow.

The students at NCES are able to receive positive referrals from staff for going above and beyond. We are so proud of our students who have earned positive referrals during the month.

When students receive a positive referral their photo is taken, the receive a bracelet, candy or a pencil. Additionally, students receiving positive referrals are honored as we hang their photo in the hallway of each student receiving a positive office referral and these students are also honored on our morning announcements which can be viewed on our Youtube channel, and their pictures scroll on the TV in the office. It is really exciting for our students.

WAY TO GO KIDS!!!! You are the good example for others! Keep it up the great work.

Please take a minute and download the App to your phone. This will help you stay connected to what is going on in our district and school.

NCES has an Instagram account. Please follow us to see the fun and educational happenings at New Carlisle Elementary School. Tell your friends and family to join us too. I try to post pictures almost daily.

New Carlisle Elementary has a Twitter page. Feel free to join @ArrowsNces, to see what is going on at NCES.

Safer Ohio School Tip Line

The Safer Ohio School Tip Line is a free safety resource available to all Ohio schools. The tip line is an anonymous reporting system that accepts both calls and texts 24 hours a day.

This tip line allows students and adults to anonymously share information with school officials and law enforcement about threats to student safety—whether that involves a threatened mass incident or harm to a single student.

Things to report to the tip line include (but are not limited to):

• Bullying incidents;

• Withdrawn student behaviors;

• Verbal or written threats observed toward students, faculty or schools;

• Weapon/suspicious devices on or near school grounds;

• Gang related activities;

• Unusual/suspicious behavior of students or staff;

• Self-harm or suicidal sentiments; and

• Any other school safety related concerns.

Every tip can remain anonymous. School safety analysts may ask for additional information, but the caller can remain secret or leave his or her contact information for later follow-up.

Calls or texts to 844-SaferOH (844-723-3764) are answered by analysts within Ohio Homeland Security. If action is needed, the analysts immediately forward information to local school officials, law enforcement agencies and the Ohio School Safety Center (OSSC) for action and follow up.

The OSSC partners with the Ohio Department of Education to follow up with affected school and law enforcement agencies to make sure that the incident is investigated, action is taken and resources and supports are provided when necessary.

Both of these events took place the week right before Christmas. They were a huge success. NCES was able to take a truck load of nonperishable food to the local food bank here is New Carlisle. They wanted me to share a BIG THANK YOU to all of you that sent in items. We all appreciate your kindness and love that we are teaching this kindness to our youngsters.

The Candy Cane Sale was also a hit! We made $252.00. This money will go to Impact Bethel. We choose to stay with local groups because then we are able to help our community. The student's had a lot of fun with this event. They were able to write a message to their friend or staff member they were sending the candy to. The Student Council students are also learning a lot about organizing events, sharing responsibilities and teamwork.

These events were a win all the way around. Thank you all !

The Education Connection is a telephone number that you can call 24-hours a day to listen to your child’s homework assignments, report your child’s absence, hear the lunch menu, find out the scores of the big game, hear about school closings and leave a private message for a staff member.

You will still need to call your child in if they will not be attending school, or doing their online work for the day. We will still need to document attendance. We are marking students with green, yellow and red attendance.

Please use the TEC number for:

• Calling your child in sick.
• Leave a voicemail with questions.
• 937-845-4483

PTO We Need You!

We will be holding a Tecumseh Elementary PTO meeting on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 pm. These take place at Park Layne El. in the cafeteria. Masks are optional. Join the Tecumseh Elementary PTO Facebook for this information.

PTO has their own Remind page. On your phone Type: @tecelempto in the message space, put 81010 where the number goes, and join. If you have questions please call our office at 845-4480.

Email: kathryn.randenburg@tecumsehlocal.org
Website: http://www.tecumseh.k12.oh.us/
Location: 1203 Kennison Avenue, New Carlisle, OH, United States
Phone: (937)845-4480
Facebook: facebook.com/TecumsehElementaryPTO
Twitter: @ArrowsNces

Arrival - Please drop off students at the front door no earlier than 8:30 to make a shuttle bus. Students are not able to enter the building prior to 8:30. If your child is having breakfast they can enter at this time. If your child is NOT eating breakfast at school they can arrive at 8:55.

Dismissal - All students will be picked up using the curb lane. Try to not have them walk around the car to enter. This is a safety concern for our students. If you are picking up your child please wait at the light pole by the crosswalk or stand on one of the many red dots.

Thank you for your cooperation. Our students safety is our highest concern.

Please continue to send in Boxtops for Education. We use these funds to help buy items for the children to help support their activities that take place here at NCES. Please keep saving and sending the Boxtops and Campbell’s label proofs into school as you collect them.