Principal's Corner
Dear Slate Hill Families,
Our fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for our Slate Hill Stars were a huge success! We have some 4th and 5th grade snack leaders that are helping us get our carts out to the hallways. The snacks will be given during a classwork and snack time that is after breakfast, not during lunch so depending on the grade level may be in the morning or afternoon. We will be providing the fresh fruit/veggies on Tuesdays and Thursdays, however we do plan to provide these snacks 5 days a week once we work out how we will be distributing them on a daily basis. If you have any time during your day to help us distribute these snacks, please fill out this form. Thank you!
This Thursday 9/19 is our Slate Hill McTeacher Night at the Wilson Bridge Road McDonald's from 5-7pm. We will get 20% of the sales during this time while our staff works behind the counter, in the drive thru and in the dining room. See you there!
As always, we want to partner with you in your child's education so please reach out to me if I can help or support you in anyway!
Julie (=
Julie Gulley, Slate Hill Principal
Counselor's Corner
Next week, as a district, we will be celebrating National Start With Hello Week. Start With Hello is one of Sandy Hook Promise’s programs that teaches students to be more socially inclusive and connected to each other. We are hoping this will increase our students’ sense of belonging. Each day, students will engage in discussions and challenges that relate to a daily theme. On Friday, students can wear green to celebrate Start With Hello!
Daily themes:
Make Someone Smile Monday: Sometimes just simply smiling and saying hello to someone can turn their day around by making them feel seen and less lonely.
Two Challenge Tuesday: Challenge 1: Learn a new name of someone you didn’t know at our school. Challenge 2: Sit next to someone that you’ve never sat with at lunch today.
World Ways to Say Hello Wednesday: In Worthington School District, there are students from about 55 different countries that speak about 115 different languages.
Trusted Adult Thursday: It’s important to know who you can talk to if you need help or you are feeling sad or alone.
Feel Good Friday: Give people compliments to help them feel good. We will also wear green to celebrate!
Thank you for supporting and talking with your child(ren) about this important initiative!
Stefanee Loges (sloges@wscloud.org), School Counselor;
Julia Hall, School Counselor Intern
We are looking for STAR PARTNERS!
If you are interested in being a STAR partner, please reach out to me! Do you have a company or working for a company that is willing to support our school and our Slate Hill Stars! This year for every $200 provided by the first 10 companies, the names of the company will be on the back of our STAR FUN DAY shirts! We have already received one $200.00 partner donation so far! Please reach out to Julie if you are interested at jgulley@wscloud.org
Ready for Reading Volunteers-WE NEED YOU!
Slate Hill is looking for volunteers to build reading skills with kindergarten students. Even if you only have 30 minutes a week, our kindergarten students would love to welcome you! Read below for more information and click HERE or on the flyer to register. Following registration, a program coordinator from our school will be in touch with more information.
PTA Corner
We hope that you will join our PTA this year and support the great things that we are doing for our Slate Hill Stars! Please go to our PTA website and sign up today!
Thank you to all the families who supported our PTA Mum Fundraiser! If you would like to volunteer to help sort and/or hand out the mums, here is the link to sign up. Thank you!! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BA5AA22A5FC1-51340404-mums
Thank You for Supporting Our Mum Sale!
We are thrilled to announce that thanks to your amazing support, we made a profit of $1,929.70! Every purchase made a difference, and we couldn't have done it without your support. Your contributions help us continue our mission and serve our students with great opportunities. Stay tuned for more exciting events coming soon!
Congratulations to our top sellers!
1st place-Everleigh Roberts
2nd place-Miles McCreary
3rd place-tie between Mason Calderon and Derrick Peabody.
At mum pick up we will have a gift card for our top sellers!
Our second PTA meeting of the school year is Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00pm in the Slate Hill Library. We would love to see you there!
Feel free to email slatehillPTA1990@gmail.com with any questions!
Title I Information
Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA), provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. Our school receives Title IA funding.
Parents/families of students in our building have a right to know about teacher qualifications and state-mandated assessments. All teachers providing Title I interventions are properly licensed for their positions and anyone can search licensure information on any educator at https://core.ode.state.oh.us/Core4/ODE.CORE.Lic.Profile.Public.UI/ . In addition to being linked here, these documents are available on the Title IA page of our school website.
Circle of Grandparents
Circle of Grandparents (COG) is a character education program that operates in the Worthington
School District, having been established in the year 2000. With the support of Worthington Schools
and the nonprofit Partners for Community and Character, senior volunteers use community-chosen
qualities to teach students the importance of good character.
We’re looking for volunteers! Our goal is to have a grandparent in each Worthington School
elementary classroom. As a “Grandparent”, you can draw from your own life experiences and
individual talents to teach concepts of character to your “adopted” class. No classroom or teaching
experience is required, COG will provide support and materials to you through monthly, optional
meetings.
You do not have to be an actual grandparent to participate, however, if you are a grandparent to a
child in the Worthington Schools, you may request your grandchild’s class. Any “Grandparent” has the option to choose the school and grade level they wish to assist.
This is a wonderful opportunity that benefits all who are involved. Interested in learning more? Please contact Jim McElligott at jamestmcelligott53@gmail.com.
How do I update my child's emergency information? (THIS IS REQUIRED EVERY YEAR!)
There are some new procedures this year on how to update your child's Emergency Data. It is required for all parents to do this every year for their child to attend field trips and ensure we have the correct information in case of any emergencies at school. Directions are also attached below!
Parents are asked to:
1. Log in to Infinite Campus at
https://worthingtonoh.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/worthington.jsp
or from the Infinite Campus Parent app on your mobile device.
2. Input your district-provided parent username and password
Retrieve forgotten credentials at
https://wecweb01.worthington.k12.oh.us/parent-new/recovery.html
*Still having trouble call 614-450-6000 and ask for tech services or call the Slate Hill office.
3. Click Parent Access Links from the Quick Links section on the Infinite Campus
homepage.
4.The Parent Access Page will open in a new tab. Enter your login credentials a second
time for security purposes, then click Submit. Descriptions for each option on the
parent access page are explained below. Tip: to toggle between screens without being required to input your login credentialsrepeatedly, click the Return to Selection Page button when you are finished with a section.
Slate Hill Elementary School
Be here by 8 so that you are not late!
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
Twitter: @SlateHillstars
Instagram: @SlateHillstars