Tremont Family Update

October 31-Harvest Parade and Parties (information below)

November 5-No School

November 14-Scholastic Book Fair Family Shop Night 5:00-7:00pm

November 22-Picture Retake Day

November 27, 28 and 29-No School

We had a much better week this week with arrival! Please continue to unload if your vehicle is stopped along the pool sidewalk. Also, please encourage your kids to be ready to exit the care quickly when it's your turn for drop off.

Have you ever heard of Pumpkin Bones? Well, he is the catalyst for our upcoming food drive. See, Pumpkin Bones steals pumpkins from pumpkin patches, and he took all the pumpkins from our music rooms! We can get them back, but we have to bring in food donations in exchange for the pumpkins.

We'll be collecting for Heart to Heart, a local, community-focused food pantry that does year-round collections as well as packages for Thanksgiving meals. Here is a list of items they are requesting this year:

For Thanksgiving Packages

Canned Green Beans

Stuffing Mix (Box or bag)

Cream of mushroom soup

Broth (Chicken or Turkey)

Fried Onions

Canned Sweet Potatoes

Canned Cranberry Sauce

Egg Noodles

Gravy (Chicken or Turkey)

We'll keep collecting through November, even after the pumpkins are returned. Thank you in advance for your contributions.

Mr. Benedetti and Mrs. Folger

Here is the latest issue of the Elementary Explorations newsletter.

Our top priority is creating a safe and welcoming learning environment for all of our students at Tremont. For many of our students with food allergies, something as simple as a birthday treat or a food item can have severe or even life-threatening health implications.

Please understand that this does not mean we are eliminating the recognition of students' birthdays. We will continue to honor and celebrate these milestones in our students' lives. If families wish, they may bring in non-food treats for the class. If you have other ideas for non-food celebrations, please feel free to discuss these with your child's teacher. If a food item is brought into the office or in a child's backpack to hand out to the class, we will need to send it home with the child or with the adult bringing it into the office. Please know we are not trying to be unfriendly or unkind. We simply want to keep all of our students safe.

We will continue to allow for food during seasonal celebrations and classroom parties. Teachers and room parents will work together to coordinate the menus for these events, ensuring all students can enjoy these special snacks and refreshments safely.

Children CANNOT bring food items of any kind to pass out at Tremont for any reason.

4th graders have been exploring oil pastels and blending techniques inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's beautiful leaf paintings. We went outside, collected leaves, and brought them back into the studio to photograph with our iPads. Students have been composing, drawing, blending, creating contrasts, and bringing their unique creativity to their artwork. Wonderful job 4th grade!!!

Pictured below:

Liesel B., Cal H., Helena B.

The last couple of months, we have been talking about “belonging” wanting to be a part of a group. We discussed the types of groups we are a part of that give us that sense. (families, teams, friends, neighbors, classrooms etc.) After discussing that, we talked about playing and all the many things we learn when we are playing. This month we are talking about who we play with? “Our friends” Classrooms have been coming up with characteristics of positive friendships. How are we a good friend, and how friends treat us. Afterwards, we play games that we practice playing with our friends. November we are working on our emotions (recognizing, naming and regulating our emotions). For some of the classes we will read “Lena’s Shoes Are Nervous”.

Also during November we will continue our groups in second, third, fourth and fifth.

Be well,

Jean Allocco, School Counselor

We are excited to invite you to our November Scholastic Book Fair! Hosted by our media center, this event is an opportunity for students of all ages to build their home libraries and further their love of reading. As always, all purchases benefit our library media center. This year's book fair will take place from November 11th-15th in our media center.

Your child's classroom teacher will inform you of their browsing and shopping times.

Family Shop Night will be Thursday, November 14th from 5:00-7:00 pm in the media center

More information to come in the following weeks!

Hi Tremont Families!

We wanted to share some information about the upcoming Fall Harvest Parade + Parties! We are so excited to share that the Tremont Center businesses are partnering with us to host this celebration!

Please note the following:

• All students will remain at Tremont for a regular school day. Class times and other parts of our daily schedule will remain the same as a regular school day.

• Treat bags are provided! No need to bring your own!

• Students are permitted to wear their costumes all day or may change into them during the school day. Costumes should be school appropriate and not violent or too scary and students are not permitted to bring costume accessories like swords, wands, lassos, etc.

• School-appropriate masks and inflatable costumes are permitted during the parade but NOT during the school day.

• Please be sure to send students with a costume that can go over clothing if they are not wearing it to school.

• Kindergarteners are encouraged to wear their costumes all day.

The event will take place on October 31st and students have two options:

1. Students can choose to participate in the Fall Harvest Parade and Party as indicated above.

2. Students can opt out of the parade and classroom parties and attend an event with Mrs. Allocco and other students who choose to opt-out. More detailed information can be found here.

Schedule of events:

10:45-12:30 Lunch/Recess per regular schedule

K-5th line up for the parade and be ready to walk at 1:20. See the route linked.

1:20 Kindergarten students start the parade to Tremont Center (weather permitting), 1st-5th to follow as indicated in the route

• In case of inclement weather, this will be our rain plan.

After Parade - 2:45 Classroom Parties

2:50 Dismissal

New! PTO Open Zoom Meeting-Nov 5th

For any parents interested in getting more involved with the PTO, or have any general topics of discussion to bring to the committee, please feel free to join our open meeting next month on Tuesday, November 5th from 6-6:30pm. The meeting will be held via Zoom next month due to it being Election Day and the school will be closed. A link for the zoom meeting will be sent next week.

If you can't join the meeting but have questions about what the PTO does, or you have time to get more involved and want to chat about available committee or event roles, please feel free to reach out to Co-Presidents, Megan Savage & Corey Stiver--(meganksavage@gmail.com and coreyajohnston@gmail.com)--we would love to have you join us!

New! Tremont Scholastic Book Fair-Nov 11-15th

We are excited for our annual Scholastic Book Fair to run November 11-15th. All purchases support our wonderful media center; teachers will be communicating about your child's scheduled browsing time in weekly emails, as well as how to add money to their account. This event cannot take place without the help of volunteers, so be on the lookout in the coming weeks for a sign-up link!

Dine & Donate-CHOP5-November 5th

All day on November 5th! Please show this flyer and CHOP5 will donate 25% to the Tremont PTO! If ordering online, please show or mention the flyer when picking up, you can also add "Tremont PTO" to the order comments.

Cafeteria Volunteers Needed!

To sign up for a shift (as few or as many as you want!), please use the SignUp Genius link below. Remember to check in at the front office when you arrive and grab a volunteer lanyard. Thank you in advance for your dedication and support!

Sign Up:

https://bit.ly/4gkExgs

Walking Club Volunteers Needed!

For every lap, students receive a check mark on their Walking Club cards. For every 8 laps, students earn a bracelet charm and for the completion of their cards (20 laps), students receive a token 5 mile charm. Volunteers are necessary to make this club possible so click HERE and sign up today!

Facilities Master Planning Phase Two Community Kickoff

Nearly 10 years ago, the Upper Arlington community began working together to plan for the future of our schools, leading to a new high school and all new or renovated elementary schools. Now, it’s time to come together again — to determine the best path forward for the aging middle schools and Burbank Early Childhood School. Join us for the community kickoff to phase two of facilities master planning:

• Tuesday, October 29 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Jones Middle School, 2100 Arlington Avenue

• Wednesday, October 30 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the Graf Center, 2020 Builders Place

Strategic plan update town hall meeting

Learn more about the strategic planning process by joining district leadership for a town hall meeting on Tuesday, November 19 from 6 until 7:30 p.m. at Upper Arlington High School. Attendees will hear a review of the research and work done to date and then break into smaller groups to learn about the steps planned to implement each strategy during the next five years.

October 25, 2024