News You Can Use
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR COMING SOON!
Quest Friends and Families!!! The Book Fair is coming next week!
Where: Aurora Quest Media Center
When: November 4th-8th
*Tentative* Hours for Book Fair
- Monday - 1-3:30
- Tuesday - 7:30-11, 12-3:00
- Thursday - 7:30-11, 12-2:30, 2:30-5:00
- Friday - 7:30-9:30
*Tentative schedule based on volunteers available.
Please check out our digital school page and eWallet options for purchases:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/auroraquestk8
Families: We need your help! Click here to volunteer to work at the book fair!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F48AFAE2CA5FE3-51703647-book
Tardies - To Excuse or Not Excuse
We have had quite a few students arrive after the second bell rings at 7:45 a.m.
Just a reminder that students must be in their classroom seated and ready to learn at 7:45 a.m.
Any student not present in time to enter the building with his/her class shall be considered tardy.
Excused tardies consist of the following circumstances:
- Illness
- Doctor appointment
- Family emergency
**We cannout excuse a tardy because you are running late and calling in but we may make a note of it to show you are communicating with us. (Which we appreciate very much!) 😊
If a pattern of tardiness develops, an Aurora Quest staff member will contact the parent to develop an attendance plan to minimize future tardies.
Before School Entrance
Students must enter the school through the playground doors to go to breakfast which begins at 7:20 a.m. We will be going back to this practice in order to limit the traffic coming in and out of the school's front entrance doors.
From 7:20 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. the doors leading to the corridor will be locked so students must go around to the playground to enter for breakfast.
Only students accompanied by their parents will be allowed to enter the school before 7:45 a.m.
During inclement weather, students will be allowed to enter through door #2 beginning at 7:20 a.m. (This door can be found to the left of the front entrance.
No Parking in the Kiss-n-Go Drop Off/Pick Up Lane
We have had a few issues with families parking their car in the kiss-n-go lane to pick up a student and sometimes to drop off a student. This is not an area for parking. Please park in the parking lot to avoid accidents and unpleasant feelings from other parents following kiss-n-go procedures. You should not be stopped in this lane for more than 2 minutes - Especially during the peak drop off and pick up times.
Thank you!
For Kindergarten through 5th Grade Only
Hello Family,
Coming home to you soon is your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser catalog - featuring their own name and art on the cover, WITH FREE STICKERS OF THEIR ART!
Get a head start, and start ordering keepsakes and gifts featuring your child's art online NOW, if you like! Simply search for your child's art using Art Search, and enter state, school name, and your student's name. Your student's art and code will appear, and you may order! NEW - *Ship to Home FREE. (*Customer pays a small processing fee at checkout and order ships to home.)
Order by: 11/20/2024
Upload additional art if you like, using Art Upload!
If you have questions, or need anything at all, contact customer care online .
Thank you for supporting our school!
Ameet Patel
Square 1 Art fundraiser coordinator
Quest, Aurora School
The Student Council has some new Quest Swag and we can't wait to share it with you! We're back at our fundraising!
Items and Prices:
Quest Sports Bag - $8
Hoodie - $30
T-shirt - $15
Purchases can be made before and after school at the table outside the cafeteria. We will also have these for sale during our book fair, Nov 4-8.
Our purpose/goal:
Student Council raises funds through selling school spirit wear, donations, and other events. Our goal is to raise funds to allow us to purchase new items for our students, items for our character store, have free community events, and also continue our community and global outreach. With your help, I know we can meet each of these goals! Thank you for your continued support.
K-5 News You Can Use
This week in Mrs. Pock’s kinder’ classroom, students reviewed last week’s book read aloud, The Giving Tree. Students discussed in greater detail themes in the book related to empathy and altruism. “Do you think the boy in the story is selfish? Why or why not?” “Why do you think the tree is not happy after giving the boy her trunk?” “Can you be angry with someone and love them at the same time?” Research shows that understanding and practicing empathy leads to strong peer relationships and improved communication. As we say in class, being empathic is a friendship making superpower.
After our lesson review, students discussed the behavior of interrupting others. The class defined the behavior, discussed why people often interrupt one another, discussed how the behavior impacts others, and finally, we discussed suggestions for replacing the behavior with a more socially acceptable behavior.
This week in Mrs. Morris’ kinder’ classroom, we read the book, Verdi. This book is about a young python who does not want to grow up and become like the older pythons whom Verdi considers unadventurous and rude. This book has themes related to self-acceptance and growing up. And for our kinder’ wildlife enthusiasts, the book includes zoological details about pythons and snakes in general.
Thanksgiving Meal Help Available
Attention Quest Families: If your family could use some help with a Thanksgiving meal this holiday, Quest would love to provide you with a free Turkey and all the trimmings! We are thankful to have you as part of our community, and would love to help in any way that we can. Please reach out to Shauna Veen, snveen@aurorak12.org (Middle School Counselor) by November 21st, 2024, to let us know if you could use some help this Holiday.
Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers!
Everyday I am amazed at how wonderful the Quest Community is when it comes to donating their time. Not only are you helping the teacher, the office staff, Administrators, paraeducators but you are also helping your child! Children learn from observing their environment and how adults behave around them. Thank you:
Lacey Abdel, Crystal Annan, Jillian Berchek, Nicholas Brown, Coourtney Caruso, Katherine Collier, Kerry Cook, Beth Faisst, Fank Faisst, Azaleck Gebre, Muluye Gebremeskel, Pedro Gonzalez, Qinyan Guo, Susana Hernandez, Lara Hong, Julie Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Anteneh Legesse, Harvey Matthews, Ryan Mccahan, Vickie Mestas, Maleeha Nawas, Amanda Pampuro, Christena Pastoor, Krista Pfeifer, Valerie Schowinsky, Heather Shear, Linda Skelley, Nathan Sumner, Andrew Williams, Amber Wright, Sarah Xiong, Imelda Yanez ~
Help Feed our Teachers
On November 7th the Kindergarten through 5th grade teachers will be staying for conferences. It will be a long night and they could use a nice meal.
We need families to help bring in dishes on these days. Please use the link below to sign up.
Calling ALL Carpenters!
Mr. Nickell has moved classrooms! The advantage is that his new room is closer to the media center and computer lab. The only downfall is he doesn't have the cubbies for student storage.
This is where you handymen and women come in. We are looking for volunteers who can carefully take down the cubbies in room 216. We will take it from there. If this is something you can do and are willing to donate your time and talent then please reach out to our Family Liaison, John Adams and you can set up a date and time to come in and make Mr. Nickell a happy tech teacher.
Save your child's teeth! Donate your candy to Quest!
With Halloween over, if you would like to get rid of some of candy, feel free to send it to us. Mrs. Cornella is collecting donated candy to help our teachers get through meetings and tougher than normal days. We may even use it as an incentive for Middle School Math students!
🥨🍓🍎News from the Nurse on Snacks! 🍇🍏🍌
I have had some questions about healthy snack options so this week I am sending some ideas for
snacks. When a child comes to the clinic with a headache or stomachache one of the first things I
ask is if they ate breakfast (or lunch if it is after lunch) and if so-what did they eat? Sometimes I
hear nothing or cereal, pancakes, or a muffin for breakfast or chips and a cookie for lunch with
nothing to drink. Eating simple carbohydrates causes the blood sugar to rise quickly and then to
drop just as fast. The drop can cause headaches, jittery and anxious feelings, irritation, and being
“hangry”. I talk to the children about adding a protein to their meal-a cheese stick or peanut
butter toast as example. The same outcome happens after a snack of simple carbohydrates such
as cookies and a drink box (as example juice, Capri Sun, sports drinks, or energy drinks), chips
of any kind, dried fruit rolls or fruit leather, Pop-tarts). Here are some ideas for healthy snacks
for persons of all ages.
o Tortilla roll-ups or wraps take a tortilla (corn is best but flour is fine) with turkey/ham/chicken, bit of cheese, low-fat dressing or low-fat yogurt. Or spread a tortilla with low-fat dressing or some smashed avocado, thin sliced meat or cheese, some thin slices of cucumber for crunch. Roll, cut in half and eat or slice in circles.
o A sandwich cut in triangles, squares, shapes made from a nut butter, low or no sugar jelly or meat and cheese.
o A cheese stick and multi-grain crackers. A little cup of peanut butter and multi-grain crackers.
o A low-sugar yogurt with low-sugar granola to mix and cheese cubes or a cheese stick.
o A little container of hummus and carrots, celery, multi-grain crackers.
o Mix fresh fruit with cheese cubes or a cheese stick.
o Raisins, dried cranberries, and cheese cubes or a cheese stick.
o A little container of guacamole and bell pepper or carrot sticks.
o A little container of cottage cheese with fruit. Apple slices and peanut butter.
o Leftover biscuits with peanut butter.
o No sugar added applesauce and cheese cubes or a cheese stick.
o A little square of dark chocolate and almonds or walnuts.
o Air popped popcorn with a sprinkle of salt or spicy seasoning with a cheese stick.
o A small colorful bell pepper stuffed with hummus. Add carrots to dip.
o Apple slices and peanut butter.
Do a google search for the Gross Goodies and Gross Grub cookbooks. Fun ideas for cooking
with your children. Recipes include Cat Litter Casserole (a favorite of my children), Ear Wax on
a Stick, and Hair Ball Salad. Enjoy!
Please remind your children not to share or borrow food to prevent an exposure to an allergy.
Enjoy!
For questions or more information please contact me.
Susan Golden MSN RN
303-326-1537
