Slate Hill Newsletter

It's almost time for the biggest outdoor party of the year, STAR FUN DAY!! We can't do it without YOU!

A City BBQ lunch will be provided for all volunteers from 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM!

Please review the available slots by clicking the link below and sign up for a time that works for you. If you would like to sign up for both the AM and PM time slots for a particular station, please feel free! We would love to have you stay the entire day! Activities will be assigned the day of, some activities are water activities so please be prepared. Thank you for your support!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BA5AA22A5FC1-49392461-star

We are so proud of our Slate Hill Stars and how hard they have worked on their OST tests and MAP test over the last several weeks! They are ROCKSTARS!

A BIG THANK YOU to all of our Slate Hill Volunteers! We loved celebrating them on Friday! We appreciate your partnership with our Stars!

A BIG Congratulations to the Nationwide artwork winners pictured here! We are so proud of these students!

Spring Fundraiser Update!

Help us reach our goal - We're at 76%! There's still time to donate!! You can help us reach our goal of $3,500! Click here to make your donation. Our fundraiser is open to anyone who would like to participate. Share our fundraiser page link with all your friends and family! This fundraiser is all about supporting our students and teachers. Any donation amount is greatly appreciated! Each year our PTA covers the cost of our inflatables at Star Fun Day which is around $3500 every year. We need your support! Thank You!

The WEA is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week by raising money for our WEA Scholarship Fund. If you would like to give a special shout-out and gift bag to a Worthington educator, please click Thank-A-Teacher.

Attention 5th Grade Families: Be a Part of the Perry Orchestra! It's not too late to join the 6th grade orchestra at Perry Middle School. If your child would like to learn a string instrument and make music with friends, orchestra is a great place for them. Joining the orchestra is free and we can provide school instruments to anyone who is in need of assistance. For questions, to sign up, or to set up an instrument fitting, please email Julie Ellis, Orchestra Teacher, at jellis1@wscloud.org.

Julie Ellis, Orchestra Teacher

Worthington City Schools

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www.worthingtonorchestra.com

Just a couple attendance reminders! Please remember if your child is sick, to call our office to report them absent at 614-450-5000 and leave a message with their first and last name, classroom teacher's name and reason for their absence. You can also email Jessica Porter at jporter@wscloud.org with the same information. If you take your child to the doctor, please send the doctor excuse to the office with your child also. Your child's attendance at school directly correlates to their growth in learning!

Congratulations to Kindergartner Wrenley Brown, who was a bookmark contest winner in the Worthington Libraries bookmark contest! All of the bookmark winners are shown in the document below.

If your family is interested in the Worthington Libraries Summer Reading Club, the video linked here has all the details! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WwIEPXQ20k

Currently we have 361 library books needing to be returned (class details are below). Please continue to send those in with your students as soon as possible! All classes that return or replace or pay for all library books get a popsicle party from Mx. Kochensparger, but the FIRST class to do so ALSO is allowed to have every student pick out a prize from Mx. Kochensparger's prize box :)

Hoffman (AM + PM combined): 3

Pasanovic/Bryan: 7

Richardson: 11

Hollinger: 13

Fago: 10

McHugh: 8

Harrington: 7

Hale/Price: 28

Hollingsworth: 24

Hainsey: 28

McCort: 38

Osgood: 39

Fischer: 29

Wilson: 20

Rankey: only 2!!!!

Srail Gaydos: 19

Murphy: 20

Myers: 36

Rosengarten: 19

May 9th: PTA Meeting (7:00pm)

May 11th: Limited Edition Choir Trip to King's Island

May 16th: Senior Tea (4:00pm-5:30pm) for former Slate Hill students that are Seniors at TWHS or WKHS

May 16th: Spring Musical Concert (7:00pm)

May 20th: Star Fun Day!

May 22nd: Last Day of School

Think about Kindness. .. . has a teacher or other school adult been especially compassionate by going out of their way to help you with personal or school problems? Or has anyone helped you feel less anxious or more interested in learning? Are you better off because of that person's special efforts? If so, then show your gratitude and nominate them for the Gary Smith Compassionate Teaching Award. Nomination postcards are in the Front Office.

Go to www.edukitinc.com by June 21st to order you EduKit school supply kit!

Slate Hill Elementary offers the EduKit program as a convenient option for busy families to order school supplies for the 2024-2025 school year! EduKits include the supplies approved by our school. Your student's order will be available for pick up during the Meet the Teacher Event in August. Any questions? Contact the school office 614-450-5000. Thank you!

For those looking for ways to get more involved or be more connected to the Perry community, we are looking for some leadership within our PTA. Our PTA president and secretary will be stepping down at the end of this school year. I know both would be willing to connect and help anyone wanting to step into the roles. You do not need to have prior PTA experience, just a willingness to learn. :) Please contact our current President, Natalie Van Winkle (Perrymsptapres@gmail.com), and let her know if you are interested or just want more information on what the roles entail. Thank you!

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If you would like to order a Perry Middle School Supply Kit for next school year (for any student who will be attending Perry Middle School next year), here is the information: Go to shopttkits.com and use Account #68999, The sale goes from April 15th - May 17th.

* The Slate Hill PTA Un-fundraiser is officially here! Time to donate!! You can help us reach our goal of $3,500! Click here to make your donation. Our fundraiser is open to anyone who would like to participate. Share our fundraiser page link with all your friends and family! This fundraiser is all about supporting our students and teachers. Any donation amount is greatly appreciated!

* Please join us for our last PTA Meeting of the school year on May 9th in the Slate Hill Library at 7:00pm!

* We hope that you will join our PTA this year and support great things that we are doing for our Slate Hill Stars! Please go to our PTA website and sign up today!

Hello Slate Hill Families,

Can you believe the school is almost over? Oh my gosh!

I'm sure we can all agree that the world can use some kindness right now. Kindness is an intentional act of care, compassion and generosity that shows someone that you're thinking of them. In this week's newsletter, we're talking about the influence of kindness and how your child can find ways to be kind. Big Life Journal made a list of 31 different ways to practice kindness at home, in school, wherever! There are fun suggestions such as volunteering or writing a note to a friend. This is a great post that breaks down how to be kind with simple instructions, great for all learners. Families, feel free to take a look at the link posted below and start talking about kindness with your student today!

https://biglifejournal.com/blogs/blog/kids-kindness-activities

Thank you!

Slate Hill School Counseling Department

The First Time Riders event is back and will be held 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at the Worthington Education Center.

The program is designed to help build comfort for new preschool and kindergarten students with riding the bus.

• 9 AM-10 AM: Worthington Hills, Colonial Hills, Liberty, Sutter Park
• 10 AM-11 AM: Wilson Hill, Evening Street, Bluffsview, Sutter Park
• 11 AM-12 PM: Granby, Worthington Park, Slate Hill
• 12 PM-1 PM: Worthington Estates, Brookside

There are many summer camps being offered in the Worthington area! Here is the link to the district website. There are also summer camp flyers in the eBackpack!

Hi, it’s Annie Hoyt, an 8th grader at Perry Middle School. I am starting a basketball shoe donation program for kids in our community named 4KicksNation. I will work with coaches and administrators in basketball programs to get shoes for kids who need them. A nationwide program that provides shoes shows that kids who have proper shoes are more likely to be involved in extracurricular activities, they have higher self-esteem, better school attendance, and they participate in more physical activities. To start, I am looking for shoe donations! If you have any gently used basketball shoes at home, please bring them to the school's office. I’ll have a box there where you can drop them. If you have any questions please feel free to email 4KicksNation@gmail.com. Thanks so much for helping me get started! ~ Annie Hoyt

DOORS OPEN: 7:55am

START TIME: 8:10am

TARDY after: 8:10am

Breakfast served from 7:55-8:10am

Dismissal begins at 2:50pm for all students*

*For students who are car riders at dismissal, please ensure that they are picked up each day no later than 3:00pm. The school is unable to monitor students past this time. Thank you for picking up your students in a timely manner.

*PLEASE STAY IN THE CAR LINE AND IN YOUR CAR WHEN DROPPING OFF OR PICKING UP YOUR CHILD! IT MOVES QUICKLY AND SAFELY WHEN THIS IS FOLLOWED! Mrs. Gulley

Low Balance Alerts were reset by My Payments Plus. Parents should check their settings and update them if necessary by logging in at My Payments Plus with their personal account, go to My Account (left panel) and then view the Low Balance Alerts to update their settings.

My Payments Plus is where you will pay school fees, Full day Kindergarten tuition, school field trips and put money on your child's lunch account. Look under parent resources for this website.

For My Payments Plus, parents can find their child's 9-digit Student ID # by logging in to Infinite Campus and clicking on Today. The 9-digit student number is under student name, visible on both the app and when accessing Infinite Campus through the Parent Portal or the Infinite Campus website.

School Fees for the 2023-24:

Kindergarten: $24.00

Grade 1-3: $42.00

Grade 4-5: $36.00

If you feel you qualify for free and reduced lunch, we suggest you fill this form out online or print out a paper copy and turn into the office. If you qualify your student's fees or Kindergarten tuition could be free or reduced.

HERE is the free and reduced application. Here is the link to the printable applications. You never know if you will qualify and it could help with reduced school student fees as well as Kindergarten tuition. If you have any questions or I can help you in anyway, please reach out to me.

K-5 elementary school of shining Star students and a RockSTAR staff in Worthington Schools! School starts at 8:10am and ends at 2:50pm.

Follow us on Instagram! @slatehillstars

Email: jgulley@wscloud.org
Website: https://www.worthington.k12.oh.us/Domain/21
Location: 7625 Alta View Boulevard, Columbus, OH, USA
Phone: 614-450-5000
Facebook: facebook.com/ourschool
Twitter: @SlateHillstars