Slate Hill Newsletter
October 8, 2023
Principal's Corner
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Our Slate Hill PTA Fall Fest was a HUGE success and well attended on the most beautiful Friday evening in October! I hope that all of you had a chance to stop by the food trucks and dessert table as all of the business will be donating 10% of their profits back to our PTA this year. We also want to thank all of the volunteers from our high schools, WKHS Lacrosse men's team, Slate Hill staff and parents for running games, face painting, teaching lacrosse and more! Our goal was to have a fun event with very little cost this year and so many of our fun activities were donated by Slate Hill staff or families like the petting zoo, selfie station and DJ. Our Slate Hill Fall Fest family event is one of my favorite ways that we kick off fall!
Have you seen the fliers about the Smile Program Mobile Dentist coming to Slate Hill on November 8th? Fliers went home about a week ago but if you haven't signed up. Here is a link to the website where you can still sign up. Here is a link to the form in Portuguese is needed.
Don't forget to BE HERE by 8, So you are not Late STARS!
Julie (=
Mrs.Julie Gulley
Principal, Slate Hill Elementary
Picture Retake Day-Oct 11th!
Dear Slate Hill Elementary Parents and Guardians,
Retake Day is Wednesday, October 11th at Slate Hill Elementary!
Save time and preorder your photographs online by clicking on the "Order Online" Button below. This online ordering option is available only to students who plan to have their picture taken on Retake Day and will be purchasing for the first time.
*If you are not satisfied with your photos from the original Picture Day, return the entire package to receive your retake photos.
If you would like to order photographs from the original Picture Day, you're welcome to contact our Customer Service Department at (216) 631-0664 Ext. 1 or Toll Free (800) 686-7427 Ext. 1.
Click on the "Order Online" link here or simply go to RipchoStudio.com to order your school pictures. Your online password is: re3521slate
*Online ordering and password expire 48 hours after the Photo Date.
Questions? Visit our FAQ Page for answers!
www.RipchoStudio.com/FAQ
Or call the studio local or toll free 216.631.0664 ext. 1 or 800.686.7427 ext. 1
customerservice@ripchostudio.com www.ripchostudio.com
PTA Corner
The Slate Hill PTA would like to support our teachers for Parent / Teacher conferences. We will be hosting a PASTA BAR!! Please bring all items to the main office BY 3:00PM on October 18!! Thank you for your continued support! Here is the link for the Parent/Teacher Conference night dinner sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BA5AA22A5FC1-44897925-teacher
Join us for our next PTA meeting, Thursday, November 9th at 7pm in the Slate Hill Library.
We hope that you will join our PTA this year and support great things that we are doing for our Slate Hill Stars! Please go to our PTA website and sign up today!
Active and Engaged Learning Times
DOORS OPEN: 7:55am
START TIME: 8:10am
TARDY after: 8:10am
Breakfast served from 7:55-8:10am
Dismissal begins at 2:50pm for all students
Slate Hill Book Fair Coming Soon!
Veterans Day @ Slate Hill
Title I Information
Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA), provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. Our school receives Title IA funding.
Parents/families of students in our building have a right to know about teacher qualifications and state-mandated assessments. All teachers providing Title I interventions are properly licensed for their positions and anyone can search licensure information on any educator at https://core.ode.state.oh.us/Core4/ODE.CORE.Lic.Profile.Public.UI/ . In addition to being linked here, these documents are available on the Title IA page of our school website.
School Counselor's Corner
We are over a month into school and off to a great start! It has been so exciting to catch up with students and see them continue to grow and learn not only academically, but socially and emotionally. While growth can be fun and exciting, it can often come with challenges and self-doubt. It is important now more than ever to instill healthy confidence and self-esteem in our students. Parents are in a great position to start these conversations at home! Feel free to follow the link to learn more about how to have these conversations and help your child develop a positive sense of confidence.
Upcoming Events/Dates to Remember
October 11th: Picture Retake Day!
October 13th-19th: Book Fair
October 16th-19th: Parent Teacher Conferences
October 20th: No School
October 27th: school Halloween Parade
November 7th: No School
November 8th: Brazilian Family Night/Capoeira Lessons 6pm-7pm
ST Math Family Workshop
Thank you to the parents who were able to attend our ST Math Family Workshop on September 27. The best part of our night was allowing parents to play the games our kids get to play! On Wednesday evening, we talked about how we want our kids to be thinkers and problem solvers. The first questions to ask your child if they are struggling with a level: What do you notice? What do you wonder? Have them focus on their screen. They need to watch to see what did and did not work!
We hope to have our kids play 60-90 minutes per week (this includes their time playing at school). You can ask your child to log in and ask to see their progress. Here are the school wide goals we have at Slate Hill:
Can You Reach These Goals?
By October 1: 15% Progress
By November 1: 30% Progress
By December 1: 45% Progress
By February 1: 60% Progress
By March 1: 75% Progress
By April 1: 90% Progress
By May 1: 100% Progress!
If you missed the ST Math Family Workshop, here is the link to the slides:
If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's teacher.
Go, Jiji, go!
Upcoming Sporting Events
October 20th - Pumpkin Spice Girls Fall LAX Clinic - details on the form included here!
October 27th @ 7-8pm - LAXtober Fest Girls lacrosse clinic at Worthington Kilbourne High School. Additional details are in the flyers in the Ebackpack above!
Ready for Reading Volunteers
MUST DO THIS for your child to attend a Field trip!
Have you completed your Emergency Data Review for your child?
Parents can access their own login credentials by clicking the Password Recovery link under Quick Links on the Worthington Schools main page. They enter their email address (it needs to be the email that we have on file for them) and will immediately get an email sent to them with their district-provided username and password, which they can use to login to the Parent Portal as well as Infinite Campus.
MyPayments Plus
My Payments Plus is where you will pay school fees, Full day Kindergarten tuition, school field trips and put money on your child's lunch account. Look under parent resources for this website.
For My Payments Plus, parents can find their child's 9-digit Student ID # by logging in to Infinite Campus and clicking on Today. The 9-digit student number is under student name, visible on both the app and when accessing Infinite Campus through the Parent Portal or the Infinite Campus website.
School Fees for the 2023-24:
Kindergarten: $24.00
Grade 1-3: $42.00
Grade 4-5: $36.00
If you feel you qualify for free and reduced lunch, we suggest you fill this form out online or print out a paper copy and turn into the office. If you qualify your student's fees or Kindergarten tuition could be free or reduced.
HERE is the free and reduced application. Here is the link to the printable applications. You never know if you will qualify and it could help with reduced school student fees as well as Kindergarten tuition. If you have any questions or I can help you in anyway, please reach out to me.
Slate Hill Elementary School
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Email: jgulley@wscloud.org
Website: https://www.worthington.k12.oh.us/Domain/21
Location: 7625 Alta View Boulevard, Columbus, OH, USA
Phone: 614-450-5000
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Twitter: @SlateHillstars