Dear Delevan Families,

We are officially done with the first trimester here at Delevan and I am super proud of how well our students have done. I would like to start this newsletter off by celebrating our attendance rate which was 92.5% for the first three months. This is great as attendance is one of the most important factors for success in education.

Our character trait of the month for November was creative and for this upcoming month is kind. We had sixteen students recognized this past month for exhibiting great behaviors here at school and I cannot wait to see what this next month has in store for us.

We had a number of fun events during this past month. For veterans day we had Mr. Relyea come in and present to our 4th grade classes in the auditorium. We also had a math night for our families. To cap the month we had a variety of Thanksgiving activities for our students. From a Charlie Brown thanksgiving for our UPK classrooms to a wonderful Balloons on Broadway parade by our 4th grade students. Our P.E. and special area teachers even put on our first annual Turkey Trot here at Delevan. We had great participation from all of our students and even had some teachers join in the fun.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and we are looking forward to another great month.

Wishing you and your families the best!

Mr. Jansma

Upcoming Dates:

• December 4th: Polar Express Field Trip- UPK, Kindergarten & 1st
• December 5th: Delevan Chorus Concert
• December 11th: Polar express Field Trip- 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• December 13th: HSA Christmas Spectacular Event 5-7
• December 16th-20th: Holiday Spirit Week
• December 23rd- January 1st: Winter recess

During the month of November we were very busy working on our school pledge: RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE & SAFE. These students were nominated by teachers and staff for going above and beyond our school pledge! Congratulations to our Students of the Month for November:

Kindergarten- Owynn Bennett, Kaiden Fowler & Lakayla Smith

1st Grade- Dalton Bundy, Timothy Golden Jr., Jade Meyers & Hadlee Wixson

2nd Grade- Aqua Knorr, Elliot Malik & Jamisyn Zimpfer

3rd Grade- Zaria Brown, Ayden Pleace & Amelia Zeeb

4th Grade- Kyleigh Engler, Gavin Herman & Kash Knorr

Thank you to our families for coming to our breakfast to celebrate these students!

Mr. Relyea, a veteran from the Vietnam war, came to visit our 4th grade students again this November. He presented the students with a PowerPoint that showed them National Monuments dedicated to those that fought and to those that died in the wars. He also showed them the uniform he wore and shared his experience at war. Our SRO, Deputy Nourse, also a veteran, joined Mr. Relyea and showed the students the uniforms soldiers where now and told them about his experience's. We were so fortunate to have him visit again this year and we look forward to him coming back next year for Veterans Day.

Congratulations to the following students for obtaining a score of “50” or higher on the fitness gram PACER test in P.E. Class:

Dakota Gregg, Max Stampone, Max Andrews, Grant LeRoy, Teddy LeRoy, Brayden Lindsley, Ashton Tingue, Courtney Borowski, Keri Morris, Adalynn Barber, Not Pictured: Steven LeRoy, Willow Lazarz & Bo Andrews

Great job everyone!!!

Great job to our 3rd & 4th grade Girls on the Run participants as they completed their 5k race this morning at Delaware Park in Buffalo!

Pioneer Central School District is participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program this school year. CEP is a federal program that allows eligible schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. Every Pioneer student receives one free breakfast and one free lunch every school day. Nothing about the meals themselves has changed, and they all still meet the same nutritional standards they always have.

We will continue to collect the Education Benefits Form (formally meal application form) from families because this data is used to qualify the district for many forms of funding our schools. These funds help the district provide specialized services and school supplies directly to students that support ALL children in our schools. Forms can be filled out online at the link below or paper copy (available at the greeters desk). Information for families is included in the return to learn student folders.

Please contact Heidi Miles at hmiles@pioneerschools.org with any questions.