October is always a great time during our school year. Kids and staff are all used to our routines, which help us maximize our potential each day. We have some great events coming up this month at Winona! We would like to meet with 100% of families during conferences! There is research that supports that students are more likely to be performing at grade level when families and schools collaborate together! We will have our third annual Trunk-or-Treat event on the 23rd of this month! If you know of a local business that would like to donate candy or set up a trunk, or if your family would like to decorate your trunk and be a part of it, please call Jordan in the office and let her know! We would love to have a minimum of 20 trunks for kids to visit that night, and at least half of those to be trunks set up by our families!

We want our kids and families safe when traveling through our parking lot. By abiding by the following rules, students can safely arrive and leave school each day:

* Please drive 5 mph or less

* Look all directions while driving to make sure that there are no people in the driving path

* Stay off of your cell phone or anything else that may distract you

* Follow the correct traffic flow (enter and exit the parking lot at the pool roundabout)

Everyday Counts! Students who have low rate of absences are more likely to graduate high school, perform at grade level, and make a year or more of growth. Please help us to make sure that your student is at school each day unless they are ill. Our attendance rate for the month of September was 91.41%, which is 1.07% lower than September of last year. Our goal is to reach 95% as a school for each month of the year!

If at any point your family needs any support, please reach out to our office and let us know how we can help.

Kim Tymkowych

Principal at Winona Elementary

We will have a Halloween parade at Winona that will be located inside of our building. Families can gather in the parade location to watch students walk by in their Halloween costumes! Classrooms will have a classroom party. Closer to the time, you will receive specific details from your student’s teacher. Please do not have students wear their costumes to school!

• Costume Guidelines for students (and adults):
• No scary, gory, bloody, or revealing costumes will be allowed
• Students are NOT to bring weapons or toys that resemble weapons of any type
• Absolutely nothing that will cover over any part of the face (no partial or full masks)
• If students are unsure of whether or not their costume is appropriate for school, they can bring it down to the office ahead of time for approval.
• Students should not wear any part of their costume, including any face make-up or hair spray in the morning.

Hello Winona Families,

This month is National Bully Prevention Month. Our school counseling class lessons with Mrs. Crossland will be focused on helping our school be a safe and respectful place.

In the lessons, your child will learn specific skills to help stop bullying.

Students will learn how to:

• Recognize when bullying is happening

• Report bullying to a caring adult

• Refuse to let bullying happen to themselves or others

• Be a bystander who stands up and is part of the solution to bullying

Make sure your child knows to tell you or someone at school if he or she is being bullied. And give your child the clear message that it is never okay to bully others. If you have any questions about how to support your child you can reach out to a member of our support team at Winona!

October

11-No School Staff Work Day

16- Family Conferences 3:30pm-7:30pm

16- MOD Pizza Fundraiser Night

17-No School Family Conferences

17- Family Conferences 11:30am-7:30pm

18-No School Family Conferences

21-25 Book Fair

23- Trunk or Treat 5-6 pm

25- October Birthday Treat Day

31- Halloween Classroom Parties and Costume Parade

Winona Families,

Did you know you can view your student's grades on infinite campus? If have any questions on how to log in to the parent portal or where to locate the grade book sections please call our office 970-613-7100. We would happy to help you. Click here to access the parent portal to get started. https://thompsonco.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/thompson.jsp

• 1: The student has little understanding of the concept
• 2: The student demonstrates partial mastery
• 3: The student meets the target
• 4: The student exceeds the target

Please ask your student's teacher if you have any questions about scores that you see your student receiving on Infinite Campus.

All purchases through the Book Fair benefit our school. Thanks for supporting our kids! Happy reading!

Click on the link https://www.scholastic.com/bf/winonaelementaryschool3 for more information.

http://tsd.org/get-involved/volunteerAll volunteers in the Thompson School District must be registered before they are authorized to volunteer at the schools.

This is includes, but is not limited to, activities such as:

• Assisting in your child’s classroom

• Chaperoning your child’s field trips

• Volunteering at events

Register by going to: tsd.org/get-involved/volunteer

Click New Volunteers (blue box)

Tip: Consider registering your spouse at the same time as yourself!

FYI: If you registered last year, you do NOT need to reregister!

Once you register, the district will provide Winona with your personalized volunteer badge. When you arrive at the school to volunteer, just find your badge at the front office desk and log in to the volunteer system. This helps us keep track of all the wonderful volunteer hours provided by our Winona families!

Please click on the link to view our school calendar.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1700494721/thompsonschoolsorg/ca5h0gzl5k8nslc5hfit/2024-25FamilySchoolCalendar.pdf

Our Office is open from

7:30am-3:30pm M-F

Office Number

970-613-7100

Attendance Line

970-613-7111

Fax Number

970-613-7120

How sick is too sick? Does your Child need to stay home?

• Diarrhea

Yes – The child or staff member may return to school or child care 24 hours after their

last episode of diarrhea.

• Fever

Fever is a temperature of

100.4°F or greater.

Yes – The child or staff member may return to school or child care if the fever has

been resolved for 24 hours without fever-reducing medications.

• Flu-like Symptoms

• Fever

• Sore throat

• Runny nose or congestion

Yes - Children and staff may return to school or child care as long as they are

fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms are improving.

We are seeing a lot of flu-like symptoms since the start of school. Please do not send your students to school with symptoms that could be contagious. Call the health office to excuse an illness or if you have any health questions.

Thank you!

Mrs. Ashley

970-613-7102

The Winona Elementary School spirit wear is available to purchase all school year long. Choose from hundreds of designs and garments, all delivered to your home in days.

Principal of Winona Elementary

Email: kim.tymkowych@tsd.org
Website: https://www.thompsonschools.org/winona
Location: 201 South Boise Avenue, Loveland, CO, USA
Phone: 970-613-7100