Husky Headlines

• December 2nd - National Special Education Day

• December 2nd @ 2:30 - One Act Performance for all students

• December 7th - PK-5 Winter Concert

• December 9th - 6-12 Winter Concert

• December 13th - Elementary Acadience Testing Day (All K-5 students)

• December 13th @ 7:00 - S-RC Board Meeting

• December 17th - Last day of school for 2021!!

• December 17th - Christmas Around the World (during the school day for all K-5 students)

• December 17th @ 6:00 - 5th Grade Science Fair in Activities Hallway

• December 17th - December Book-It Due (by 8:30)

• December 20th - Teacher Work Day - NO SCHOOL

• December 21st - Teacher Work Day - NO SCHOOL

• December 22nd - No School, Christmas Break!

• December 23rd - No School, Christmas Break!

• December 24th - No School, Christmas Break!

• December 27th - No School, Christmas Break!

• December 28th - No School, Christmas Break!

• December 29th - No School, Christmas Break!

• December 30th - No School, Christmas Break!

• December 31st - No School, Christmas Break!

• January 3rd - No School, Christmas Break!

• January 4th - No School, Christmas Break!

• January 5th - All students BACK TO SCHOOL

Our Elementary Winter Concert is coming up soon! ALL elementary students in PK-5 will perform Tuesday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m.

Students should dress up for the concert:

• boys can wear shirts with collars or sweater/vests and pants or nice jeans
• girls can wear a nice shirt or sweater and pants, nice jeans, skirt, or a dress
• NO t-shirts or sweatshirts with writing
• NO headbands with antlers, Santa hats, or other items that will distract from the performance
• shoes must be comfortable as students will walk and climb stairs

Students should be to their homeroom classroom at 6:45pm (please do not send them to classrooms prior to that as there will be no supervision). The concert will begin at 7:00 p.m. Cookies will be provided following the concert by our S-RC Booster Club!

Please make sure that your child is coming to school dressed appropriately. While students may be able to get from the car to the building in shorts and a t-shirt, all classes do have a minimum of one outdoor recess each day. This recess is a full 20 minutes. This means that your child will be outside most days for 20 minutes and must be dressed for the elements.

Recess Procedures:

• Actual and/or "Feels Like" Temperatures Above 25 degrees = OUTSIDE
• Actual and/or "Feels Like" Temperatures Between 16-24 degrees = Abbreviated outside and then INDOOR (5 minutes outside, followed by 15 minutes inside)
• Actual and/or "Feels Like" Temperatures 15 degrees and BELOW = INDOOR

Dress Recommendations:

"Feels like" below 50 degrees - Students must wear coat/light jacket/sweatshirt

"Feels like" below 40 degrees - Students must wear coat/jacket, long pants, close toe shoes, and we recommend gloves and stocking cap

* Below 32 degrees gloves and hats are required

If there is snow on the ground, students must wear boots to play in it.

Reviewing Step 1 & 2:

Step 1: Define Behavior Routines: Children's problem behavior may be prevented or reduced when behavior expectations are clearly defined and taught!

Step 2: Teach the Behavior: Select one to three routines where growth is needed. Teaching will focus on the expectations for these routines!

Tips and Tricks - Step 3 - Practice the Behavior

Practice improves confidence and skill! Set aside time without interruptions for practice.

• Teacher one step at a time
• Add a step once the child can do the previous step
• Ask your child to tell you or show you what the next step is
• Practice all steps together
• Give cues as needed to insure success
• Re-teach or review behavior as needed
• practice often

Keys to success: Model wanted behaviors through your own behavior. Continue to be patient!!

Elementary teachers will be working with students on December 17th to make sure student have a FUN, yet educational last day of 2021! Students will rotate with groups to all classrooms and learn about Christmas customs and courtesies for several countries!

Students will be learning about England, Australia, Mexico, Sweden, Poland, Netherlands, Germany, AND MORE!!!

We do need to collect 150 cardboard tubes (toilet paper, paper towels, or wrapping paper rolls will all work). Please send tubes with your child and ask them to drop them in either kindergarten classroom.

Please encourage your children to check the Lost and Found shelf at least once a week. We have multiple cold weather items that have been lost and not found. At the end of the month, I will be taking ALL remaining items to Goodwill.

As a school, 94% of our elementary students reached their personal goals! WAY TO GO! Thank you so much for your support in building the love for reading in your child!!

Here are our NOVEMBER individual winners (pictured above):

Top Readers

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade: Nolan Noyd 60 books

3rd Grade - 5th Grade: Evan Osantowski 24.8 points

K-2 Drawing Winners

(All K-2 students who reached their Book-It goal were entered into this drawing.)

Preston Crook

Matthew De la Riva

Addilyn Sorensen

3-5 Drawing Winners

(All 3rd-5th grade students who reached their Book-It goal were entered into this drawing.)

Brooklyn Rasmussen

Layla Waite

Emma Rabourn

Pizza with the Principal Drawing Winners

(All K-5 students who made their goal were entered into this drawing.)

Kyler Epps

Kyra Wempen

Piper Glatter

Mystery Envelope Helper

Ashley Aquino

Please remember that students can only miss ONE month in order to qualify for the end of the year celebration. If they do not have a signed book form (K-2) or meet their AR goal (3-5) they will not make their goal for the month.

For our December goals, please make sure you keep an eye on the calendar. We only have THREE WEEKS of school before our Winter Break. That means we only have THREE WEEKS of school to make Book-It goals!

HUGE SHOUT OUT TO CUBBIES FOR THE MONTHLY GIFT CARD DONATIONS!!

Our Shelby-Rising City Reading Classic team will be starting up before Christmas Break. In Reading Classic, students expand their reading adventures by selecting a wide variety of books from a pre-approved collection. As a team, they work together to read each book from this list.

During two Saturdays in March, the Reading Classic teams will travel to two competitions to show their knowledge and understanding of the books they read. Over the next couple weeks, students selected for a Reading Classic team will be bringing home permission forms. If you receive a form and have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. MeLinda Cromer!

We are excited to begin!

Students will be showing their growth over the first semester this month by taking the MAP Growth Assessments AND by working on our Acadience Benchmark Assessments. Please encourage your child to show us what they really know by work hard on these assessments! I know that high stakes assessments can be stressful (for students, teachers, and parents alike), so please know that we do use the data that we collect to continue driving instruction for all students!

Here are some ways we use data here at S-RC:

• ...to track individual student growth over the year
• ...to help understand areas that we, as a school, may need to focus
• ...to track classes and grade levels as they move through the school
• ...to identify individual students who may be struggling
• ...to develop intervention and extension opportunities for ALL students

We encourage all students to develop lifelong healthy eating practices. Shelby-Rising City Schools are committed to the health and safety of all its students. The healthy snack guidelines apply to food distributed during the school day as part of a celebration or school party. With the concern for those students who have food related allergies, students with certain conditions who react negatively to food with high sugar, and the general well-being of all our students and staff, we have specific guidelines for food in the classroom.

Please see the list below for some healthy ideas:

• Crackers (prefer whole grain or multi grain )
  

• Ritz chips

• Graham Crackers

• Fruit/nut trail mix, Chex mix (limited or no candy or salt)
  

• Popcorn (limited salt)

• Pretzels

• Granola Bars (limited or no candy or chocolate)
  

• Nutri-Grain Bars

• Goldfish
  

• Welch’s Fruit snack

• Sliced Apples with Caramel Packs

• Raisins

• Animal Crackers
  

• Baked Cheetos

• Baked Lays Chips

• Cereal Bars

For additional healthy snack ideas, feel free search the internet OR contact the school!

1. Establish family rules and be consistent about carrying out consequences for any rules that are not followed.
2. Give chores to do (appropriate to your child's age)
3. Provide opportunities for choices. These could start with which bedtime story to hear or which socks to wear.
4. Praise your child for completing responsibilities. This will boost your child's self-esteem.
5. Teach good health and safety habits. Children need to learn to care for themselves.
6. Make it your child's responsibility to get all homework done on time.
7. Help your child get organized. Teach your child to keep all schoolwork in one place, write down assignments, and file papers.
8. Divide big tasks into smaller parts, so that success will encourage your child to tackle new responsibilities.
9. As your child matures, offer ways to earn, save, and manage money.
10. Encourage concern for the feelings and needs of others in your family and community.

REMEMBER: Children learn by what they see and hear. Set a good example by acting responsibly.

Elementary Principal

Special Education Director

Shelby-Rising City Public Schools

Email: hthompson@shelby.esu7.org
Website: https://www.shelby.esu7.org/
Location: 650 North Walnut Street, Shelby, NE, USA
Phone: 402-527-5946 5718
Twitter: @mrs_thompson007