Slate Hill Newsletter
September 10, 2023
Principal's Corner
Hello Slate Hill Families,
Last week at our first PTA meeting several of our staff shared hands-on learning topics for parents. One of those topics was using Infinite Campus to look up grades and report cards. Here is the slideshow from our 5th grade team for your reference. Mark your calendar for our next PTA meeting on November 9th! Mr. Randy Banks, Assistant Superintendent will be joining us to discuss Phase#3 (elementary buildings) and more staff will be sharing various topics like how to use the apps on Hello ID, drawing activity and more. You don't want to miss these PTA meetings!
LAST CALL for Mums! Monday is the last day that you can order mums and support our Slate Hill PTA who support our Slate Hill Stars! You may order them online here or send in your paper order forms on Monday, September 11th! Please contact heatherj198@gmail.com if you need any more information on the Mum fundraiser, or if you have any questions.
Just a couple weeks away is our first McTeacher Night at the Wilson Bridge Road McDonald's on September 21st! Some of our Slate Hill staff will be working at McDonald's from 5-7 pm that evening and a portion of your purchases from 5-7pm will be going to support fun activities for your Slate Hill stars!
Does your business or company you work for or family members want to support our Slate Hill Stars and the activities that we do for them? If so, then please share our Slate Hill partnership letter and have them reach out to me if they have any questions. We would love their support! Any donations that we receive would help us provide school assemblies, student rewards, family events and more fun for our Stars!
A BIG THANK YOU to Office Max on Polaris Parkway! We recently received a donation of $1,154.48 to use for school supplies for Slate Hill. They are still collecting donations for our school so if you need office supplies be sure to shop there and mention Slate Hill. We are thankful for their partnership and support of our Slate Hill students!
The September WABFE (Worthington Alliance of Black Families and Educators) newsletter can be found here - WABFE September Newsletter
I want to encourage all of our Slate Hill families to apply for free and reduced meal benefits HERE. The application is available in 10 languages. Here is the link to the printable applications and the online applications should open soon on the website. 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.
Julie (=
Julie Gulley, Slate Hill Elementary Principal
Follow us on Twitter @Slatehillstars
Cincinnati Author coming to our area- Jasmine Warga
Author visit: Jasmine Warga
OCTOBER 4, 2023
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Jasmine Warga will discuss her writing process as well as her award-winning books, which include Other Words for Home, The Shape of Thunder and A Rover’s Story. For ages 8-18.
She is from Cincinnati and her father is an immigrant from Jordan. She is known for her Newbery Honor book Other Words for Home which is about Syrian refugees.
Active and Engaged Learning Times
DOORS OPEN: 7:55am
START TIME is 8:10am
TARDY after: 8:10am
Breakfast served from 7:55-8:10am
Dismissal begins at 2:50pm for all students
Ready for Reading Volunteers
Counselor's Corner
Please click the button below for information from our School Counselor, Stefanee Loges and her school counseling interns, Mrs. Sammy Tomusko and Miss Clarke Fann!
Slate Hill PTA Corner
The paper Mum forms, as well as emails to parents were sent home this past week. Please contact heatherj198@gmail.com if you need any more information on the Mum fundraiser, or if you have any questions. The Mum sale is August 28th - September 11th. The students with the top 3 sales will get a McDonald's lunch from Mrs. Gulley! All students who sell at least 1 item will receive a Slate Hill bracelet.
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!
Start With Hello
Slate Hill will join other Worthington elementary schools with participation in "Start With Hello" week. Start With Hello is an initiative started by the Sandy Hook Promise Organization aimed at creating connection and community among students with a goal of ending social isolation. Throughout the week of September 18th, Start With Hello programming in our school will promote student leadership in decreasing social isolation and increasing empathy, by working towards cultures of inclusion and connectedness. Below is an overview of themes from each day.
Upcoming Events/Dates to Remember
August 28th-Sept. 11th: PTA Mum Sale (turn in forms by Monday, 9/11/23)
September 21st: McTeacher Night 5p-7p (E. Wilson Bridge Rd. location)
September 27th: Mum pick-up (PTA Fundraiser)
October 6th: PTA Fall Fun Fest from 5-7pm
October 11th: Picture Retake Day!
MUST DO THIS for your child to attend a Field trip!
Have you completed your Emergency Data Review for your child?
Parents can access their own login credentials by clicking the Password Recovery link under Quick Links on the Worthington Schools main page. They enter their email address (it needs to be the email that we have on file for them) and will immediately get an email sent to them with their district-provided username and password, which they can use to login to the Parent Portal as well as Infinite Campus.
MyPayments Plus
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.
Sporting Event Information
Slate Hill Elementary School
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