February Newsletter

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4 - Parent/Teacher Conference Night 2

4 - Parent Meeting

5 - No School

14 - K.I.S.S. Breakfast

17 - No School

Every Tuesday - Parent English Class

February 4 - 5-5:30 PM

Join other parents and caregivers to discuss with Mr. Losee our school test scores, what they mean, what improvement are needed and what parents can do to help!

We will also be discussing the details to get the school PTA back on track!

School conferences are an important time for the parent/guardians to talk with the teacher about how their student is doing. Conferences can be in person or on zoom. Interpretation is available by request. Conferences will be January 23 OR February 4 from 3:45-7:00 PM. You only need to attend one day. You can bring your student or come without them. These are important parts of your student's education - please sign-up with your student's teacher to attend. If neither of these days work for you, please schedule another time to meet with the teacher.

Here are some helpful tips on preparing for your student's conference:

Every week, Burroughs students who have perfect attendance (No tardies, absences or early pick-ups) will be entered into a drawing for Columbus Crew prizes. Help your student Stay In The Game by coming to school on time, every day, ready to learn!

If your student is learning English, they will be taking the OELPA test in February. OELPA stands for Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment. Please make sure your student is getting a good night's sleep and is at school on time every day this month so they can do well on the test.

Kids Invite Someone Special (K.I.S.S.) Breakfast

Feb 14 8:30 AM

Each Burroughs student can invite one adult to join them for a pastry and fruit breakfast before school.

Each class will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Feb 14 in the afternoon. Please be on the lookout for information from your student's teacher on what your student can and cannot bring in for that classroom party/activity.

Our community Partner, Faith Community Church, is offering a beginning English classes to Burroughs' parents. They will be meeting at the school on Tuesdays from 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM. To register please contact Shelly at 352-459-1570. Cost is $10 for the book.

Our District’s commitment to School Choice gives families a choice on deciding where their children attend school to learn and grow. The School Choice Lottery is widely popular, with nearly 20,000 applications each year.

If your student is considering applying to another school within our the District, please check out each school and apply for the lottery on Parent Portal! If your student was placed at Burroughs because their assigned school was full, they will return to the assigned school next year unless you lottery in to Burroughs.

Elementary School Choice Fair

February 6, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Visit, online, with the school principals of the schools you are considering. Links will be posted here: www.ccsoh.us/schoolchoice

Lottery Application Dates:

High School & Middle School Lottery Applications: Accepted via the Parent Portal Monday, January 6, 2025 through Friday, February 28, 2025.

Elementary School Lottery Applications: Accepted via the Parent Portal Monday, February 3, 2025 through Monday, March 31, 2025.

Online links for each school can be found here: https://www.ccsoh.us/schoolchoice

Middle school Transition Information can be found at the link below:

If you have questions about how to submit a lottery application or need to use a computer to do so, please let Andi Douglass (adouglass@columbus.k12.oh.us) or Martha Aceves (Spanish) (maceves@columbus.k12.oh.us) know!

Burroughs Elementary Superhero Game Night

Fun for the whole family

March 25, 2025

4-6PM

Come play games that relate to what your students are learning at school! Every family will get a take-home bag with games to play at home!

Burroughs needs your help! We have spaces to volunteer during lunch, recess, for the Bees Buck Store and as a reading buddy. If you have some free time during the school day we'd love to have your help!

Burroughs Staff could use your help during Lunch and Recess.

Helping with lunch duty would mean helping open kids cartons/food packaging, reminding student's to follow the rules and cleaning up minor spills.

Recess Duty would mean reminding students to follow the rules, playing with students and ensuring all students are being safe while at recess.

Burroughs staff need help assisting to students spend their Bee's Bucks in the school store. Each student earns points for good behavior and can spend their points at the store.

We are looking for reading buddies to help our 2nd grade students! You'll meet with 1 student on Tuesdays from 12-1PM. You will be trained and background checked through our partner, Children's Tutoring Initiative. If you are interested in being a reading buddy click here for more information:

All of your student's grades, attendance, IEP paperwork, transportation routes, emergency contacts, etc are found on the FREE, secure parent Portal site. You can access it here:

https://columbusoh.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/columbusCity.jsp

In the case of an emergency - we are only allowed to contact or release students to people listed in their account. Please make sure your emergency contacts are up to date!!!!

Or with the FREE Campus Parent App found on Google Play or the App Store.

Need help accessing your Parent Portal account? Click the button below!

Winter weather is here, and Columbus City Schools is ready to help you plan ahead should the District be forced to cancel classes due to inclement weather.

Our goal is to announce a school cancellation as soon as we can. We are constantly monitoring weather forecasts and road conditions and will make an announcement the night before whenever possible. If weather conditions are such that a determination the night before is not possible, the Superintendent and her Operations team will make a decision no later than 5:30 a.m. Once the decision to close or cancel has been made, the next step is to alert parents, teachers, and staff.

STAY CONNECTED: news about cancellations of classes or the cancellation of extracurricular activities, field trips, and/or student-athletic events due to inclement weather are shared in several ways.

• Make sure the contact information on file at your child’s school is accurate. If you need to update this information, contact the main office in your child’s school or update online in the Parent Portal. (This includes emergency contacts, phone numbers, and email addresses).
• All families and staff will be alerted through an automated call, email, and text message from the District’s phone system. It is important to have your updated contact information on file in order to receive this notification.
• Follow Columbus City Schools on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check our website. As soon as the decision is made to cancel school, we’ll share news and other schedule updates on the District website and on our social media pages.
• Monitor the news on local television and radio stations.

Give your family the gift of science learning with a free membership to COSI! Thanks to the generosity of the Robert Weiler Company, Columbus City Schools 5th-grade students and their families can receive free year-round visits to COSI!

Visit https://cosi.org/CCS5 to sign up for your COSI FREE membership!

Memberships are limited. Don't wait. Apply today! First come, first served. Application closes on February 28th, 2025.

We look forward to welcoming you to COSI!

Columbus Metropolitan Library is Your Child’s After-School Space

Help your student stay on track this school year with Columbus Metropolitan Library. They’ll have access to:

• Reading Buddies, 15 minutes of one-on-one reading practice for K-3 students
• School Help Centers, offering K-12 students free help with their schoolwork plus use of computers, printers, digital research tools and other resources
• HelpNow, connecting them one-on-one with a virtual tutor Monday-Friday, 2:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
• Online school help tools available 24/7
• YouMedia, an open lab space at nine locations where teens can explore technologies
• After-School Snack, offered at 16 locations in partnership with the Children’s Hunger Alliance

Visit columbuslibrary.org to learn more.

Get connected with people and resources on the westside of Columbus while shopping for free items including clothes, shoes, accessories and toys for children ages 0-3.

Tuesday, February 25, 2024

6:00 - 7:30 PM

At Faith Community Church

2578 Sullivant Avenue

Columbus, OH, 43204

https://bloomfreestore.org/west-columbus

Hilltop Connections is proud to announce our Employment Readiness Center! The ERC is open weekly inside of Faith Community Church. Staffed by Hilltop residents, our volunteers empower neighbors by connecting them with vital resources to propel them forward on their employment journey.

• WHAT WE OFFER

• assistance with resumes and applications

• Job search and interview preparation

• Career counseling and referrals

• Help navigating access to stabilizing resources

• Support for asylum seekers and refugee

• We want to help you succeed and build a brighter future for our community!

• WHEN:
  Mondays from 10AM – 2PM (and by appointment)

• WHERE:
  Inside Faith Community Church, 2578 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43204

Hope Resource Center

496 S. Wheatland Ave

Columbus, OH 43204

Meals Served Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 11 AM - 2 PM

Jordan's Crossing

342 N Hague Ave, Columbus, OH 43204

Monday - Friday

Daily Hot Lunch 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Daily Sack Lunch 10 a.m. – 4: 00 p.m.

Hilltop Worship Center

2622 Sullivant Ave

Columbus, OH 43204

Hot meals to-go: SATURDAYS: 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Feed My Sheep

2364 W Broad St

Tuesdays: 6:30PM to-go meal

2nd-5th Saturdays: 9AM to-go breakfast

Additional food resources:

https://hilltopusa.org/?resource-item=westside-free-food

Email: adouglass@columbus.k12.oh.us
Website: ccsoh.us/burroughses
Location: 551 South Richardson Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA

• John Burroughs is a Title I school that receives Federal Title I funding to support academic achievement.
• Title I funding is spent on supplies, materials, staffing, and programs to support student achievement.
• As a parent of a student attending a school that is receiving Federal Title I dollars, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the teacher(s) and instructional paraprofessional(s) who instruct your child. Federal law requires every Title I school district to comply and to provide you with the requested information in a timely manner. We are happy to provide this information to you. At any time, you may ask.

Parents need to call or email the school by 9:00 AM to report student absences. Upon return from an absence, the following procedure is to be followed:

A written note signed by the parent, stating date(s) of and reason(s) for absence from school. Please send the note to school with your child the day they return to school.

Attendance email address: attendance.burroughs@columbus.k12.oh.us

Attendance phone line: 380-997-0225

If you need to sign-out a student during the school day, please be aware of the following procedures that keep your student safe at school:

IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED WHEN SIGNING OUT A STUDENT.

Any students being picked up early must be signed out by a relative / adult that is listed in Infinite Campus. Parent's can list adults allowed to pick-up their student in the Parent Portal. If an unlisted adult needs to pick up a student, the listed Guardian MUST call the school office at 614-365-5923.

Starting April 7, 2023, Ohioans who are 17 years and older can receive an ID card at no cost. https://publicsafety.ohio.gov/static/free-ID-palm-card.pdf

Students cannot be signed out between 2:45-3:15 PM. School dismissal is at 3:15. Thank you for helping us keep kids safe during dismissal.