Slate Hill Newsletter

Dear Slate Hill Families,

I hope you had the opportunity to get outside today and enjoy the beautiful sunshine! It was a treat to be outside walking my dog today and I am sure your Slate Hill stars loved being outside too.

You may have started receiving messages from your child's teacher or me from Talking Points. We are ready to use this amazing app now as a way to communicate to all of our parents in their preferred language. It is easiest if you have the talkingpts app but it is not necessary. It is important that your information (name, phone number and address is updated) in Infinite Campus to be sure this works correctly., This is one reason we always need families to verify their information every year. See the directions on how to do this below.

You may have noticed the tree in the front of the building. We will be using it to collect mittens and gloves this month inspired by our Constellation family focus this last month on Generosity and the book, "The Mitten Tree." We will share the mittens/gloves with our Slate Hill Stars and any extra that we do not need will be donated to the Worthington Resource Pantry.

We have some changes in our office team! Please welcome Mrs. Heather Baugh as our attendance secretary and Ms. Emily Grimm has joined us as another one of our building assistants that works in the office. We are lucky to have them both!

We are so thankful for your amazing children and your partnership in their education.

Julie (=

Julie Gulley, Slate Hill Principal

We are thrilled to announce that kindergarten registration for the 2025-26 school year will open on January 6th, 2025. Visit our kindergarten Welcome Center website for information about the registration process and requirements.

We are excited to announce that starting in the 2025-26 school year, Worthington Schools will be offering universal, no-cost all-day kindergarten for all students. This program will provide a strong foundation for learning and allow us to better meet the needs of every child in our community.

For more details about Worthington's All-Day Kindergarten, you can read Superintendent Dr. Bowers blog or watch a presentation about kindergarten from a recent board meeting.

We can’t wait to welcome our newest learners to our schools!

Starting Jan 3, 2025, the old www.worthington-portal.org site will no longer be accessible. The vendor who owns and supports the system our portal site is built on is no longer supporting it.

The items from the old portal are now available from your Infinite Campus portal in the “More” section in “Parent Access Links”. Here is a guide to help you navigate this change: Parent Access Link.

We also recommend updating any browser bookmarks you may have.

Please notify Slate Hill each time your child is going to miss school by calling 614-450-5000 and leave a message or email hbaugh@wscloud.org, our new attendance secretary. Please be sure to include your child's first and last name, grade level, teacher's name and reason for their absence. Please be sure to turn in all doctor's notes to the office if you have one when your child is absent.

We appreciate your support of our Domino's Pizza Card fundraiser and our Slate Hill PTA. We made $1,630 on this fundraiser! Thank you for making it a BIG success!

Thank you to all the families who joined us for the PTA meeting! Mark your calendar to join us for our next PTA meeting on January 9th at 7pm in the Slate Hill Library! Free babysitting for potty-trained children will be provided.

We hope that you will join our PTA this year and support the great things that we are doing for our Slate Hill Stars! Please go to our PTA website and sign up today

Feel free to email slatehillPTA1990@gmail.com with any questions!

When big feelings like sadness or anger come up, it can be tempting to try to "fix" or distract them from the feeling. It is important to let your child feel those uncomfortable feelings instead of encouraging them to bottle up their emotions. Read some helpful tools for encouraging your child to feel their feelings!

Thank You!

Stefanee Loges, School Counselor

614-450-5020

December 12th- Winter Musical Concert (7pm) in the Gym

December 18th- Kindergarten Gingerbread Night (6pm)

December 23rd-January 5th - Winter Break (No School)

January 9th- PTA Meeting (7pm) in the Library

Below is the registration links for basketball this year at Lazelle Woods Community Center for families interested in signing up!

• 9 & 10 year old league
• 7 & 8 year old league
• 5 & 6 year old league

If you are interested in being a STAR partner, please reach out to me! Do you have a company or working for a company that is willing to support our school and our Slate Hill Stars! This year for every $200 provided by the first 10 companies, the names of the company will be on the back of our STAR FUN DAY shirts! We have already received one $200.00 partner donation so far! Please reach out to Julie if you are interested at jgulley@wscloud.org

It's that time of year again…….

Your child is too ill to go to school if he or she has any of the following symptoms:

• Temperature above 100.4 F

• Vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours

• Shortness of breath or has an increase in wheezing during normal activity

• Has a cough that interrupts normal activity

• Pain from an earache, headache, or sore throat

• Has yellow or green drainage from nose and/or eye(s)

• Rash over body or localized to one area of the body

• Fatigue and needs bed rest

• Signs of conjunctivitis such as red, itchy, crusty, or swollen eyes

Students who are sent home with a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher must remain at home until the student is fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication. In most cases, this means that students will miss the following school day. Please understand that fevers can reoccur within a 24-hour time period and this policy is in the best interest of all students.

Students who are sent home due to vomiting or diarrhea must also stay home for 24 hours to ensure that these symptoms are gone before returning to school.

Students exhibiting signs of conjunctivitis (crusty eyes, red or swollen eyes) may return once the symptoms have been treated and are gone or a note is presented from a doctor stating that the student may return to school.

Students who show signs of a communicable disease, such as exhibiting a rash, may return to school once the rash is gone or a note is presented from a doctor stating that the student may return to school.

Please communicate illness with the office.

Thank You!

Nurse Keathley

614-450-5000

The USDA had school food services return to pre-pandemic operations last year.

Worthington Schools has eligibility-based pricing of meals (Free/Reduced/Paid).

All Worthington School families are required to complete the online Free/Reduced Lunch Eligibility Form. All students use their Lunch ID for meals. The student's number can be found in the Parent Portal. Select the Student ID tab and look for your Lunch PIN.

Families can add money to their lunch account through My Payments Plus. You can also use MPP to track your student's account and see much money remains on it. My Payments Plus is also used to pay other fees, like high school parking permits and AP testing fees.

Attached below (and in the eBackpack) is the Volunteer Flyer that will answer any questions you may have about becoming a volunteer for Worthington City Schools.

There are some new procedures this year on how to update your child's Emergency Data. It is required for all parents to do this every year for their child to attend field trips and ensure we have the correct information in case of any emergencies at school. Directions are also attached below!

Parents are asked to:

1. Log in to Infinite Campus at

https://worthingtonoh.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/worthington.jsp

or from the Infinite Campus Parent app on your mobile device.

2. Input your district-provided parent username and password

Retrieve forgotten credentials at

https://wecweb01.worthington.k12.oh.us/parent-new/recovery.html

*Still having trouble call 614-450-6000 and ask for tech services or call the Slate Hill office.

3. Click Parent Access Links from the Quick Links section on the Infinite Campus

homepage.

4.The Parent Access Page will open in a new tab. Enter your login credentials a second

time for security purposes, then click Submit. Descriptions for each option on the

parent access page are explained below. Tip: to toggle between screens without being required to input your login credentialsrepeatedly, click the Return to Selection Page button when you are finished with a section.

K-5 elementary school of shining Star students and a RockSTAR staff in Worthington Schools! School starts at 8:10am and ends at 2:50pm. DOORS OPEN AT 7:55am for Breakfast!

Be here by 8 so that you are not late!

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
Twitter: @SlateHillstars

Instagram: @SlateHillstars