Newell Family Sunday Message 10/20
October 20th, 2024
Newell Families,
Thank you all again for your continued support at Newell! We are settling in to routine learning days each and every day. Each day is so important to your child's development, please make sure they are at school every day and on time every day!
Have a fantastic week!
- Mr. Balcom
Photo of the Week
Last week our Fifth Graders had a great time learning about history at Stuhr Museum!
Announcements
It's Fall! Please Label Coats, Jackets, etc.
As the weather is changing from cold to hot every day, students are brining coats, jackets, hats, and gloves to school. Families spend a lot of money on these items to please make sure and put your child's name on each item so if the item is lost we can get it back to him/her.
Pulling Back the Shield: A Peek into Our Learning Adventures
Each week we'll let you behind the scenes on what students are learning at Newell.
This week we are looking at Positive Supports at Newell!
One of our Positive Support Practices that we are implementing this year is being more consistent with our reactions to students who are not following our Schoolwide Expectations. Our Positive Supports team outlined this flowchart to help our staff understand how to respond and help our students understand the process. Our goal with student behaviors is to always teach them what the expected behaviors are and for students who do not follow expectations provide support and consequences so that the behaviors do not repeat.
👥 Newell PTA Corner 👥
This section includes updates and important information from our amazing Newell PTA! More information is always available on our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/NewellElementaryPTA
👥 Next PTA Meeting
Our next PTA Meeting will be Monday, November 11th from 6:30 – 7:30pm! We will meet in the commons area at Newell. We will plan fall and winter events, as well as apparel designs.
👥 PTA on Facebook
Make sure to like our Newell PTA Facebook Page so you don't miss out on any information!
👥 Box Top for Education School
Did you know our school is a Box Top for education school? It’s super easy to help our school raise extra funds!
- Download the Box Top for Education app!
- Choose our school— A B Newell Elementary School
- Go grocery shopping!
- Scan every receipt just to make sure you’re not missing anything!
- Repeat steps 3&4 as often as you need to!
📆 Important Dates Coming Up 📆
Thursday October 31st
- Halloween - No Costumes Allowed.
- 5th Grade attending Little Mermaid at GISH.
Friday November 1st
- No School for Students
Friday November 8th
- No School for Students
Thursday November 21st
- 2nd Grade Field Trip to Stuhr Museum
Wednesday November 27th
- No School - Fall Break
Thursday November 28th
- No School - Fall Break
Friday November 29th
- No School - Fall Break
Tuesday December 10th
- Winter Vocal Music Program at Walnut Middle School
- 5:30pm Kindergarten and 1st Grade Winter Program (arrive by 5:15pm)
- 6:30pm 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade Winter Program (arrive by 6:15pm)
- 7:30pm 4th Grade and 5th Grade Winter Program (arrive by 7:15pm)
Friday December 20th
- Elf on the Shelf's Annual Visit to Newell
- Winter Classroom Parties (1:45pm to 2:45pm )
Winter Break - No School
- December 21st - January 7th (students return January 8th)
Keep up with our FULL Calendar of EVERYTHING going on here: http://bit.ly/newellcal
Photo Gallery
This is the Way!
Enjoy these recent photos!
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♻️ REPEATED MESSAGES ♻️
Messages that are important all year long!
♻️ Handle With Care Information
Your child’s education and well-being is important to us. If your family or child is experiencing difficulties at home, we would love to be able to provide additional support at school. We understand that you are not always able to share details and that’s okay. If your child is coming to school after a difficult night, morning, or weekend, send a message or note with the words, “Handle with Care.” Nothing else will be said or asked. This will let us know that your child may need extra space, time, patience, and help during the day.
♻️ Students Who are Sick
Parents, there is a lot of illness going around. Please monitor your child for symptoms.
Description of Fever:
- A fever is a temporary increase in body temperature, usually caused by an illness.
- In most mild, two to five day, childhood illnesses, fever is lowest in the morning, rises in the afternoon, and will be the highest in evening and night. As the child begins to recover, morning temperatures will be normal with fever still present later in the day.
Management:
- Students with a temperature of 100 F or more may be sent home from school.
- Students may return to school when their temperature has remained below 100.0 for 24 hours without fever reducing medication.
♻️ Weather Updates and School Cancellations
Social media posts as well as a phone call, email or text message will inform you of urgent announcements and weather emergencies. Please be sure our office has your most current telephone and email information.
♻️ School Times:
A regular school day begins at 8:00am and dismisses at 3:05pm, Monday through Friday. Students may be dropped after 7:30am. Students must be picked up by 3:15pm.
Please make your child aware of his/her after school plan. If transportation or daycare plans change, please call the office so we can let your child’s teacher know. Thank you.
♻️ Breakfast
We start our school day right at 8:00am. It is VERY important that your child is in class ready to learn at 8:00. Breakfast is served from 7:30am to 7:50am. We are unable to serve students breakfast after 7:50am. If your child needs to eat breakfast at Newell, plan to have them on campus with enough time to get to our breakfast line by 7:50. Students arriving after 7:50 should go to their class lines. Breakfast is FREE for ALL students!
♻️ Visitors:
ALL visitors need to check in at the office and wear given identification while in the school. All visitors must ring the buzzer at door #1. Our staff is busily working with students during the school day. If visiting Newell to speak with a staff member, you may be asked to make an appointment at a later time.
♻️ Birthday Treats:
Birthdays may be celebrated in each child’s classroom. Families are NOT required or expected to provide treats or gifts. However, if you want to offer treats, please provide healthy snacks that are individually packaged. Cupcakes, cookies, donuts, etc. will not be allowed.
♻️ Student Cell Phones:
As cited on page 34 of the GIPS Student Handbook:
"Students in grades Pre-K-5 are discouraged from bringing ECDs (Electronic Communication Devices) to school."
If you need to send an Electronic Communication Device with your student, the handbook states:
"Phones should be kept either turned off, or on silent following the rules specified by the classroom teacher."
At Newell students either keep their phones off or silent in their backpacks or they bring their phones to our secretaries in the office at the beginning of the day to keep them safe, also off or on silent. Note: your child will not be able to send or read messages or calls during the school day.
If you have questions please reach out to Mr. Balcom.
The full handbook is online here: https://www.gips.org/Page/105
Have a wonderful week!
Nate Balcom- Principal
Heather Glause - Secretary
Kathy Schulte - Attendance Secretary
Jami White - Social Worker
Tiffanie Oswald - Nurse
Yolanda Seiler - Spanish Interpreter