Southeastern Scene

Welcome to the January 26, 2024, edition of Southeastern Scene.

Dear SES Elementary Families,

Every year, we gather input from various stakeholder groups about possible revisions to our Student Handbook. Please consider reviewing our current Student Handbook and offering feedback for enhancement; these suggestions could be revisions, removals, or additions. Please offer suggestions by completing this form.

Thank you for your assistance in this important process!

Yours in education,

Mrs. Chastain, Ms. Monkul and Mr. Roberts

Body Safety Presentations

Each school year, all students in grades K-12 must receive education on child abuse prevention per Indiana code 20-19-3-11. As a community, we must think of childhood sexual abuse as a preventable disease. Collaboration between educators, parents and guardians, child advocates, the medical community, law enforcement and our communities-at-large can proactively protect our children before abuse ever happens. The Indiana Center for the Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide (ICPYAS, formerly Chaucie’s Place) will be providing presentations for our students, the week of February 19th. The ICPYAS body safety curriculum, Child Lures/Teen Lures Prevention, Think First &Stay Safe, will be presented to our students, providing relevant, balanced and proven prevention strategies to families and children, increases awareness and knowledge of how to recognize, interrupt, stop and prevent these crimes.

There are online resources for you to view. A parent video can be found at the ICPYAS website. Parent Guides will be distributed to students the week prior to the presentation. These will be a great resource for facilitating conversations at home. You can also call the ICPYAS office at 317-759-8008 with any specific programming questions not answered in the online parent resources.

SEL

KDG

Our Kindergartners continued to work in their Emotion Management Unit.

Last Week's Lesson -Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 6 - Sometimes We Feel Happy

Try This at Home:

Encourage your child to notice when others around them feel happy. Have them practice using body language and context clues to figure out when family members, friends, or characters in books, movies, or on TV might be feeling happy.

This Week's Lesson -Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 7 - Sometimes We Feel Sad

Try This at Home:

Encourage your child to notice when others around them feel sad. Have them practice using body language and context clues to figure out when family members, friends, or characters in books, movies, or on TV might be feeling sad.

1st

Our first graders got back to work on their unit on Emotion Management.

Last Week's Lesson - Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 7 - Sometimes We Feel Worried

Try This at Home:

Encourage your child to notice when others around them might feel worried. Have them practice using body language and context clues to figure out when family members, friends, or characters in books, movies, or on TV might be feeling worried.

Imagine Neighborhood:

Listen with your child to the Imagine Neighborhood podcast, Season 2, Episode 10: Macho and the Worrycane.

This Week's Lesson - Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 8 - Feeling Calm

Try This at Home:

Encourage your child to notice when others around them feel calm. Have them practice using body language and context clues to figure out when family members, friends, or characters in books, movies, or on TV might be feeling calm.

Imagine Neighborhood:

Listen with your child to the Imagine Neighborhood podcast bonus episode: Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones Calming Music.

2nd

Our second graders wrapped up their unit on Growth Mindset and Goal Setting and have moved on to Unit 2 - Emotion Management.

Last Week's Lesson - Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 6: Feeling Proud

Try This at Home:

Ask your child to tell you about a time they felt proud. Tell them about a time you felt proud of something you accomplished or of doing something nice for others.

This Week's Lesson - Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 7 - Feeling Disappointed

Try This at Home:

Remind your child that everyone feels disappointed sometimes. Ask them what they can do to feel better the next time they’re feeling disappointed.

Imagine Neighborhood:

Listen with your child to the Imagine Neighborhood podcast, Season 1, Episode 5: The Pixie Pandemic: Macho Has To Stay Inside.

3rd

Our third graders have continued their work in Unit 2 on Emotion Management.

Last Week's Lesson -Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 8: Take a Break

Try This at Home:

Discuss where and how your child can take a break at home. Then ask your child how they could take a break in a place, for example, in the car or at the grocery store.

This Week's Lesson - Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 9 - How Happy?

Try This at Home:

Ask your child to explain the differences between feeling content, happy, and excited.

4th

4th grade continued their work in the Second Step curriculum in a unit about Growth Mindset and Goal Setting.

Last Week's Lesson -Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 4: Reflecting on Our Journey

Try This at Home:

Ask your child about their experience with setting a class goal and working toward it. What worked? What didn’t work? What could they do next time? Reflect on a goal you’ve worked toward and what you learned.

This Week's Lesson - Second Step Curriculum

Lesson 5: Ready, Set, Goal!

Try This at Home:

Work with your child to make a list of 1-week goals you could set as a family. Choose one and make sure it’s specific, challenging, and doable. Follow the goal-setting process to make a plan, check in on how it’s going, and at the end of the week, reflect on how it went and what you could do next time.

Here are some suggestions on other ways you can help your child build social emotional skills at home.

Jen Smith, SES School Counselor

District Policy for Illness

Fever of 100.4 or higher should stay home and remain until 24 hrs. fever-free without the use of medication.

Vomiting – remain home until 24 hours vomit-free.

Diarrhea – no more than 1 watery stool in the past 24 hrs. without medication

Conjunctivitis – must be on antibiotic drops for 24 hrs., in addition to no eye drainage, redness and student is no longer rubbing/touching eyes in discomfort.

Skin Rashes – can attend if rash is not spreading/draining and student is fever-free. Symptoms of itching should be controlled and not severe enough to impede learning.

Confirmed diagnosis of strep throat may return after 24 hrs. of antibiotic and no fever/vomiting in past 24 hrs.

COVID – if your student tests positive for COVID, please call 317-594-4340 ext 4386 for the nurse.

Information about district illness policy, medication distribution, immunizations, etc. can be found by clicking this link, or by downloading the document below.

If you have any questions, please contact our school nurse Carissa Firmand (cfirmand@hse.k12.in.us).

Carissa Firmand, SES Nurse

Next week we will be on WEEK 2.

Meatless Mondays! Check out our weekly meatless options: Cheese stuffed breadsticks, Pizza Crunchers, and Macaroni & Cheese as well as our daily meatless options: Impossible Burger, Bento Boxes, Vegetarian Salad, & Cheese Pizza Pack.

GF Bento Box available daily. Includes UDIs blueberry muffin, yogurt, and cheese cubes.

Please contact the Cafeteria Manager, Beth Verhoestra (bverhoestra@hse.k12.in.us) if you would like restrictions placed on your student's lunch account.

Beth Verhoestra, SES Cafeteria Manager

Library Volunteers 2023-24

Support our readers and library by shelving books, checking in books, assisting students during checkout, reading with children, or general library organization. You must have a Safe visitor background check on file with the district prior to volunteering in the building. Please visit our School Safety page under the Visiting and Volunteering section for Background Check information and processes. Thank you for supporting SES through volunteering your time.

Jen Robinson, SES Librarian

• Monday, Jan. 29th, Tennis Camp, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Monday, Jan. 29nd, Math Bowl practice 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Jan. 31st, KG-2nd Hangout, 2:15 to 4:30 pm.
• Wednesday, Jan. 31st, 3rd and 4th grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Thursday, Feb. 1st, 3-4 Hangout, 2:15 - 4:30 pm.
  
• Friday, Feb. 2nd, Explorer Day.
• Monday, Feb. 5th, Tennis Camp, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Monday, Feb. 5th, 1st and 2nd grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Monday, Feb. 5th, Math Bowl practice, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Tuesday, Feb. 6th, Taco Tuesday at Torchy's.
• Wednesday, Feb. 7th, 3rd and 4th grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 7th, Tennis Camp, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 7th, Spring Play Practice, 2:15 to 3:30 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 7th, Student Council meeting, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Monday, Feb. 12th, Tennis Camp, 2:15 to 3:15 pm
  
• Monday, Feb. 12th, 1st and 2nd grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Monday, Feb. 12th, Math Bowl practice, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Monday, Feb. 12th, PTO Meeting, 6:30 pm.
  
• Monday, Feb. 12th, - Tuesday, Feb. 13th, Sky Dome Planetarium visits SES.
• Wednesday, Feb. 14th, 3rd and 4th grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 14th, Tennis Camp, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 14th, Spring Play Practice, 2:15 to 3:30 pm.
• Monday, Feb. 19th, Presidents Day: No Students/Staff.
• Tuesday, Feb. 20th, Body Safety presentations begin.
• Tuesday, Feb. 20th, CogAT screeners begin.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21st, 3rd and 4th grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21st, Tennis Camp, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21st, Spring Play Practice, 2:15 to 3:30 pm.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21st, Student Council meeting, 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm.
• Monday, Feb. 26th, CogAT full testing begins.
• Monday, Feb. 26th, 1st and 2nd grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Monday, Feb. 26th, Math Bowl practice, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
• Wednesday, Feb. 28th, 3rd and 4th grade ASL Club, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 28th, Tennis Camp, 2:15 to 3:15 pm.
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 28th, Spring Play Practice, 2:15 to 3:30 pm.
  
• Thursday, Feb. 29th, 2nd grade family music night, 5:30 pm.

School day start/end times, 7:40 am to 2:10 pm

Sometimes we have students in need of a snack. Our counselor Ms. Smith is looking for donations of pre-packaged Goldfish crackers, pretzels, Cheez-Its, and baked chips. If you would like to help, please send in your donations to School Counselor Jen Smith. Thank you!

Join us for a movie! Please check the PTO newsletter below for information about our PTO Hang Outs. KG-2nd grades will meet after school on Wednesday, January 31st, and 3rd and 4th grades will meet on Thursday, Feb. 1st.

The KG-2nd grade Hang Out will watch the movie "Trolls Ban Together." Snacks of popcorn, goldfish and fruit snacks will be provided. All participants must pre-register with the PTO and pay a registration fee of $5. The registration link can be found in the PTO newsletter in the PTO section below.

During the 3rd and 4th grade hang out, students will watch "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." Snacks of popcorn, goldfish and fruit snacks will be provided.

Hang out time is 2:15 to 4:30 pm. You must park and walk into the SES gym to pick up your student. Please show a driver's license.

If your student is registered to attend, you must change your student's dismissal manager saying your student needs to stay after school. Please select SES kg-2 hangout, or 3rd and 4th grade hangout in the exceptions section of dismissal manager. If dismissal manager is not changed, your student will be sent home on the bus. Questions? Please call the front office at (317) 594-4340.

It's time to order your child's 2023-24 Yearbook! Follow the link below to place your order online. Orders are online only.

New this year! Cripe Photography GIFT A YEARBOOK. You have the opportunity to donate a yearbook to your child's peers. Your school decides who will receive this awesome gift thanks to your generosity!

Southeastern Yearbooks - ORDER HERE

ORDER DEADLINE: March 1 (late orders cannot be guaranteed a yearbook).

We are excited to continue our partnership with the Fall Creek Township Food Pantry. For the months of January and February, we are asking our friends from 2nd grade to contribute to the donation bin located in the LGI space. As always, all donations are welcome! Items requested for this time frame are baked good mixes and Vegetable Oil. Thank you, in advance, for helping us serve those in need.

It is district policy that the building opens at 7:30 a.m. and school begins promptly at 7:40 a.m. (please see district handbook below). We begin letting students into the building at 7:30 am. Our staff can stay outside to greet car riders until 7:45, but they need to come into the building because the school day has already begun, and staff are needed in the classrooms. If you choose to drive your student to school, and no staff is outside to greet students, please park and walk your student into the building and sign them in on the clipboard inside the first set of doors. Please know that anyone coming into school after 7:45 a.m. will be marked late in their Skyward account. District policy on elementary tardies is listed below:

TARDY TO SCHOOL If your child is late to school, please sign them in at the front office. Do not, for any reason, drop your child off at the front door. If students are tardy due to circumstances beyond the family’s control (power failure, late bus, weather conditions) no tardy report will be filed. Students are marked tardy when a student arrives between 7:40AM – 8:40AM.

If you choose to drive your student into school in the morning, we cannot have cars sitting on Cyntheanne Road blocking traffic. If you are waiting to pull into the school, the overflow route is Cyntheanne Park (directly across the street from SES). Please pull into the park and wait there until our School Resource Officer directs you to cross the street into the SES parking lot. We cannot block traffic on Cyntheanne Road; it is a huge safety hazard.

Also, please be mindful and aware of our School Resource Officer who stands in the street trying to direct traffic. Please follow his directions only and do not pull past him and drive directly into the SES parking lot. His safety and the safety of all our SES families is of the upmost importance.

We have had students dropped off at the curb with no adults outside and it is a huge safety concern, especially when it is dark outside and we have inclement weather. The bus is always an option. Buses regularly run on time. In the rare case that buses run late, a ParentSquare is sent to families, the front office is notified, and these students will not be marked late.

If you choose to drive your student to school, the line will move faster if all cars pull forward as far as possible, students are ready with coat, backpack and shoes already on and all goodbyes are shared prior to stopping in front of the school. This way, students can get out of the car immediately. Questions? Please refer to the district handbook which is listed on the district website at hseschools.org. You also can access the handbook at the link below. You can call our front office at (317) 594-4340.

https://ses.hseschools.org/our-school/student-handbook

Librarian and Media Specialist Jen Robinson joined third grade students for a book tasting, sharing different book genres and new titles to read.

Anyone wanting to spend time in the school, visit for lunch or chaperone a field trip must have a SafeVisitor background check on file with the district prior visiting. If you have not yet completed the background check, please click below to get started.

Our PTO sends out a weekly newsletter with information about upcoming programs and activities you can get involved with at SES. Please access the latest PTO Newsletter at this link.

Stay connected with Southeastern PTO

Email: SoutheasternElemPTO@gmail.com

Instagram: @Southeastern PTO
Twitter: @Southeastern PTO

Parents, please check the picture below for lost items. If you see something that belongs to your student, please have him/her go to the lost and found Monday morning to retrieve it. Thank you!

SES Lunch Visitor Procedures:

• Lunch visits will begin after Labor Day.

• Adults will be able to call in the day of by 8:30 a.m. and sign up to have lunch with their child; 8:30 a.m. is a FIRM deadline.

• Time slots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Only one family per block will be allowed each day with a maximum of 2 visitors.

Time blocks:

• 10:15-10:45

• 10:45-11:15

• 11:15-11:45

• 11:45-12:15

• 12:15-12:45

• 12:45-1:15

Visitor Guidelines:

• All visitors will need to have their ID with them to sign in and sign out of the building. All visitors must have an approved valid Safe Visitor background check on file with the district before coming into the building. Visitors are required to wear their visitor badge and lanyard while in the building.

• All visitors must eat lunch with their child at the table designated for visitors.

• NO restaurant food or drink may be brought in, Ex: McDonalds, Chic Fil A, Jimmie Johns etc.

• Phones must be put away at all times.

• Students will not be pulled out of lunch to eat with siblings.

• Siblings not attending SES will be discouraged from attending lunch due to space constraints.

• You may only have your child eat lunch with you during this time. Friends and students who are extended family are not permitted

• We ask that when your child lines up with their class at the end of lunch, you check out in the office to turn your badge and lanyard in.

• All visitors must bring their own cash for a cafeteria lunch. You may not use your students lunch account to charge your lunch. Only cash will be accepted.

The Southeastern Elementary handbook has answers to many of your questions regarding policies and procedures for our upcoming school year. The handbook can be found on our website at ses.hseschools.org, or by clicking here.

Email: dchastain@hse.k12.in.us
Website: https://ses.hseschools.org/
Location: 12500 Cyntheanne Road, Fortville, IN, USA
Phone: 317-594-4340
Twitter: @SoutheasternEl1