Future Raider News

• Office Contacts
  
• Monthly Calendar or Events
• January I.B. Learner Profile
  
• 5th Grade Transition Info
• Hearing Screening Dates
• Breakfast/Lunch Menus and Contacts
  
• PTA News
• Health News
• District Info: Winter Weather and School Closure Info, Communication/Let's Talk
  

Office Manager - Cindy Posey poseyc@live.siouxcityschools.com

Building Instructional Assistant - Candy Booe-Kass booekac@live.siouxcityschools.com

SUNNYSIDE: 712-274-4047

Office Manager - Melinda DeMarest demarem@live.siouxcityschools.com

Building Instructional Assistant - Yvon Fitch fitchy@live.siouxcityschools.com

-Encourage your children to think about what it means to be a principled person. Does he/she know a person who is principled?

-Encourage your children to play games fairly and honestly. Ask him/her to be a team player.

-Help your children understand the importance of being a gracious winner and a reflective loser.

-If your children makes a poor decision, take the opportunity to discuss what consequences our actions have on others and the environment.

NWAEA staff completes hearing screenings annually for students in preschool through 5th grade and 8th grade. Also, if you are new to the district in other grades they will screen your child as well. Parents will be notified only if there is a concern regarding the results of the screenings. Please notify the school nurse, or secretary, in writing if you do not want your child to participate in the annual screenings.

SUNNYSIDE - Tenille Mitchell 712-274-4047 mitchet@live.siouxcityschools.com

Please feel free to contact them with any questions regarding breakfast or lunch.

PRESIDENT - Leah Book

VICE PRESIDENT - Sarah Petersen and Brittney Statlander

TREASURER - Jen Preston

SECRETARY - Angela Benz

Tickets will go on sale after we come back from winter break.

Be looking for more information.

Frostbite is a condition in which skin or part of the body becomes partially frozen due to exposure to cold. Body parts most likely to be frostbitten are the fingers, toes, ears, nose and cheeks. In the beginning stages of frostbite, the skin will become very red and then pale.

DO:

· Do bring the child indoors.

· Do warm the area in a pan of lukewarm water.

· If hands or feet are affected, elevate them above the heart level.

DO NOT:

· Do not rub or massage the area.

· Do not warm with a heating pad.

· Do not break blisters that have formed.

CALL YOUR DOCTOR IF:

· The skin blisters.

· The area feels numb after 15 minutes of warming.

· The skin is cold, white, hard and waxy feeling. This usually means the frostbite is severe.

PREVENTION:

· Protect children from cold, wind and moisture.

· Dress them in proper clothing:

• Dress your child in several layers of light, loose clothing rather than one heavy garment.
• Protect the child’s head and neck with a hat and scarf and his/her face with a mask.
• For outdoor play, boots high enough to cover the ankles, two pairs of socks and mittens or gloves should be worn.

Keep others well by keeping your child home when sick. For your child’s health, stay home if:

- A fever of 100.0 degrees or higher

- Vomiting or diarrhea

-Symptoms that keep your child from participating in school, such as:

• Cough that he or she cannot control

• Headache, body aches, or earache

• Sore Throat—a little sore throat may be ok for school, but a bad sore throat is not.

24 hour rule is good:

- Fever: Keep your child home until fever has been gone with no medicine for 24 hours.

- Vomiting or diarrhea: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the last time he or she vomited or had diarrhea.

-Antibiotics: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the FIRST dose of antibiotic.

With cold weather upon us, it’s important to plan for inclement weather. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the colder weather. Suggested apparel includes a warm coat, hat, scarf and gloves. If a student needs access to these cold weather apparel items, please contact the school office.

Even during the winter season, the District allows recess and outdoor activities to continue as usual. However, if a student does not have appropriate winter clothing, a school official may ask a student to remain inside.

When the atmosphere reaches a temperature that feels like 15 degrees or less, then all students are kept inside for recess/activities. The “feel” of the temperature is determined based on the National Weather Service’s report.

Thank you for helping us keep students safe and warm this season.

The winter in Iowa provides us with some days that make it a challenge to hold classes at the regular time, and sometimes we must close our schools early, late, or for the entire day. As you know, our weather is not only challenging at times, it is constantly changing.

Please remember that parents and guardians have the right to make the decision to keep their child home on any day that they feel it is unsafe for their student to be in school because of weather conditions. If you believe the weather provides a sincere reason why you may have to keep your students at home, or take your student home when classes are scheduled to continue, you as a parent or guardian will simply need to contact your child’s school to let them know.

If a decision is made on the day of school to cancel classes or to have a late start, a call goes out at 6:00 AM to all parents and guardians. Parents can also check the following sites for closure information.

1. GovDelivery https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/IAEDU6039/subscriber/new?qsp=CODE_RED

2. District’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SiouxCityCommSchools

3. District’s Twitter @siouxcityschool

4. All media outlets

If the schools are dismissed early or if school is called off entirely, there will be no evening activities. If you have before and after school care, please check with your provider about their procedures.

The Sioux City Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following areas: Business & Marketing, Family & Consumer Science, Health Science, and Industrial Arts, Technology, & PLTW.

The Sioux City Community School District is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (for employment), national origin, religion, age (for employment), disability, socioeconomic status (for programs), marital status (for programs), or veteran status (for employment) in its educational programs and its employment practices.

Inquiries or grievances, including Section 504 grievances and grievances under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be directed to Jen Gomez, Director of Student Services & Equity Education at 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, (712) 279-6075, gomezj2@live.siouxcityschools.com. Please see District Board policies 103 and 504.4 for additional information on available grievance procedures.

Nodland: 3300 S. Cypress St. (712) 274-4044

Sunnyside: 2700 S. Maple St. (712) 274-4047

Principal: Blair Taylor

Website: https://www.siouxcityschools.org/nodland-sunnyside/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nodland-and-Sunnyside-Elementary-Schools-117120565300003/
Twitter: @NodSunES