9/15 - Grandparents/Grandfriend's Day

9/19 - Fall Pictures (includes 4th grade class photo)

9/19 - Math Night 6 - 7:30pm

9/29 - Staff Professional Development Day - No School

10/3 - Donut Day (A-L) 8:30-9:05am in Cafeteria

10/4 - Donut Day (M-Z) 8:30-9:05am in Cafeteria

MATH NIGHT

On Tuesday evening, September 19, 2017 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Montgomery Elementary will hold an exciting event called Family Math Night! Students, parents, siblings, and other relatives are invited to attend a fun-filled evening of mathematical pleasure.

The intent of Family Math Night is to participate in

math standards in action as we strengthen the mathematical application, problem solving, and communication skills of students through the power of family interaction. We encourage you to continue to support your child’s mathematical growth through your participation in Family Math Night.

Light refreshments will be served as well

as the opportunity to win the math game, Equate or Money Bags. Two engaging books will be shared in our media center during the evening. Students will have

a chance to win each book.

If you have any questions about math night,

please email

​Mr. Shaver​

at shavera@sycamoreschools.org.

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GRANDPARENT'S/GRANDFRIEND'S DAY

Friday, September 15th

Grandparents and other older adults can be very important people in children’s lives. Children feel a sense of pride and accomplishment when they know that people in their extended family and community are interested in their education. So, we’re having a special celebration! Grandparents & Grandfriends Day recognizes the importance of our heritage, our community, and relationships across generations.

We’re inviting the grandparents of our students on Friday, September 15. Your child’s teacher will be send out more detailed information next week with the schedule of their events and an RSVP so we know how many to plan for.

This event is intended for children and their grandparents/step grandparents or a special “grandfriend.” Sorry – our space is limited, so parents and siblings cannot attend this event.

We understand that all children don’t have grandparents, and that some grandparents will be unable to attend. We encourage these children to bring another special older adult – a family friend, other relative like an aunt or uncle, or a neighbor. If no one is available, we are inviting some older adults from a local seniors group to act as “grandfriends” to students. Some children are also happy to share their grandparent with a classmate. If you have questions about who to invite or arranging for a grandfriend, please talk with your child’s teacher.

If your child has a grandparent who cannot attend the event, please ask them to write a note to their grandchild and put it in a sealed envelope for the child to open and read on Grandparents & Grandfriends Day. Grandparents can mail the note directly to the school or pass it along through you. In this way, grandparents can still participate in the event with their grandchildren. Grandparents & Grandfriends Day is a special day for both young and old. Thank you for your cooperation in making the event a success and a positive, memorable experience for your child!

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Reporting Harassment, Intimidation, and

Bullying Incidences

In an ongoing effort to provide a safe learning environment, Sycamore is requesting parents, students, and staff to inform administration (or whoever) of any perceived incidences of harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

Per the Sycamore Board of Education policy JFCF, harassment, intimidation, and bullying are defined as any provoked and intentional written, verbal, electronic or physical act that a student has exhibited toward another particular student more than once and the behavior both:

1. causes mental or physical harm to the other student; and

2. is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for the other student.

To view the complete policy, visit www.sycamoreschools.org, under the Board of Education tab, scroll down to “Policies”, search for policy “JFCF”.

Sycamore will do everything possible to address any complaints of harassment, intimidation, and bullying. We encourage students, staff, parents, and community members to report this type of behavior to the district if help is needed to solve a problem.

To report an incident of harassment, intimidation, and bullying,

1. Go to the website, www.sycamoreschools.org

2. Under the tab “Forms”, scroll down until you see the Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Incident Reporting Form for the individual schools.

3. Fill the form on-line and submit it electronically.

4. Hard copies of this form are available in each of the schools.

5. Complete the hard copy of the report form and turn it into the building principal.

The building principal or designee will promptly investigate all reported incidences.

It is difficult to investigate reported incidences that are anonymously submitted. However, every effort will be made to maintain the confidentiality of the reporter. Deliberate false reporting of harassment, intimidation, and bullying is prohibited.

BOOSTERTHON

The PTO thanks everyone for supporting our annual Boosterthon fundraiser. Once again, you've proven that Montgomery Elementary is a special place to raise our children. Please remember that 10% of our collections will go to the Hurricane Harvey victims in Houston. We will announce which classes will be competing in the dodgeball games in the next few weeks! If you have not had a chance, check out the character videos on FunRun.com to see the valuable lessons our children learned about what it means to be a hero.

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DIRECTORY UPDATE

NEW THIS YEAR! We are excited to work with the District in collecting your contact information for our Directory. You should have received an email from Sycamore Community Schools in the last two weeks asking you to "OPT IN" to provide your information to the PTO. Please take a minute to respond to this email (even if you filled out the PTO Directory form) to streamline our process of collecting data. Questions? Contact Lori Drasnin at mtpto@sycamoreschools.org.

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HASSLE FREE FUNDRAISING

Hassle Free fundraising is an easy way for you to help Montgomery Elementary with little effort! Here's how:

Pipkins Receipts - Send all of your Pipkins receipts to the main office in a clearly marked envelope or baggie anytime throughout the school year. Pipkins generously donates a percentage of your spending back to our school.

Labels for Education - Send all of your Labels for Education to the main office in a clearly marked envelope or baggie at any time throughout the school year!

Kroger - Link your Kroger Plus card to our school, NPO #80687, through the Kroger Community Rewards program. The PTO then receives a percentage of your spending. If you signed up in the past, please take a moment to check a recent receipt to make sure Montgomery Elementary PTO is your designated organization. If not, please re-register online.

Box Tops for Education - Please clip and save those little pink Box Tops. This year, we will have two collections, one in the fall and one in the spring. Look for more information in the weeks to come. In the meantime, please have an adult cut off box tops (expiration dates need to be visible) and glue to a piece of paper with the child's name and homeroom.

If you have any hassle free fundraising questions, please contact Caroline Tyler at carolinetyler@me.com.

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GREEN TEAM NEWS

Feed Students, Not Landfills! Montgomery Elementary is excited to announce the Food Sharing Table! A Food Sharing Table provides an opportunity for students to place unwanted food and drinks for other students to take. Providing a Food Sharing Table feeds hungry students, teaches students that food should not be wasted, and prevents good food from going to the landfill.

At the end of the recycle sorting station, there will be a Food Sharing Table where students can place their unused and unopened food, such as bananas, apples, unopened milk, applesauce, cheese sticks, chips, crackers, or any other unopened and uneaten food. Kids will be able to take food from the table as well. On Wednesday the food will be picked up and taken to Operation Give Back. Questions? Contact Shana Berge shanabecca@gmail.com or Kara Willis karaj.willis@gmail.com. Go GREEN and Gold!!

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LUNCHROOM VOLUNTEERS

Want to spy on your kids during lunch? Then volunteer in the lunchroom! Click this link for all the details