Spaulding Elementary
Parent Newsletter - October 2023
THANK YOU!!
Ashley Andrews
Principal
Mark Your Calendars
Senior Citizen's Dinner
Dear Warrior Friends and Family,
The Goshen Local School District will be hosting the Annual Senior Citizen's dinner on October 19, 2023. We hope you will invite and encourage any member of our Warrior Family that considers themselves a senior citizen to attend and enjoy a great dinner, entertainment and friendship. Dinner will served at 5:30 PM. Attendees will be treated to dinner and a choir performance by GHS Choir under the direction of Mrs. Jennfer Hansford. Reservations are strongly encouraged and may be made by calling 513-722-2222 by Ocotber 15th. Please ask for Kaitlyn Collier
Counselor Corner
In the first month of school, students explored our first two Second Step Lessons in the library! The first lesson covered empathy and respect. We defined empathy as understanding and feeling what someone else feels and respect as caring and valuing others and their property. We brainstormed ways to show empathy and respect at school and home including asking a peer who is alone at recess to play, using kind words when a peer looks upset in class, and offering to do some chores at home.
Our second lesson covered listening with attention. It’s easy to get distracted, but it’s important to give people our attention to show we care. We show we’re listening by physically listening to the speaker’s words, making eye contact, not interrupting, and checking for understanding by asking clarifying questions or repeating what was shared.
At our PAC meeting, I shared our Size of the Problem document. I discuss the size of the problem with students to help them understand that while some things feel really big, the solution may be simple. An example I share with students is when I mobile order coffee from the wrong location. I feel very frustrated, but ultimately, the problem is small because I can solve it on my own. Feel free to use “size of the problem” language at home, too!
Literacy Coach Corner
I Have A Question by Andrew Arnold
Discussion questions to go along with the book:
Do you ever get nervous to ask questions in class? How could the questions you ask benefit your classmates as well?
School Fees
Upcoming Events and Reminders
10/5 - Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00 -7:30
10/6 - 3rd Grade Goshen Tours Field Trip
10/9 - Fire Prevention Week - Reminder Posters are due by 9/29
10/12 - Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00 - 7:30
10/13 - Teacher Work Day - No School for Students
10/16 - 10/17 - Fall Break - No School
10/20 - End of Quarter
10/24 - 10/25 - 3rd Grade Fall Ohio State Test - ELA
10/25 - Trunk or Treat at Spaulding
10/26 - Fall Picture Retakes
10/27 - Breakfast with a Buddy
10/27 - Report Cards Posted
Academically Prepared
Socially Responsible
Effective Communicators
Mission
Spaulding Elementary School
Email: andrewsa@goshenlocalschools.org
Website: ses.goshenlocalschools.org
Location: 6755 Linton Road, Goshen, OH, USA
Phone: 5137222225
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goshenlocal
Twitter: @Spaulding_SES