Discovery Update

Dear Parents,

I want to start with a huge shout out to our PTO. Our Discovery PTO team has worked hard to support our students through our many school events. They have also poured out love on our teachers providing meals, snacks and inspiration.

During conferences we had an amazing book fair hosted by PTO. Thank you to all who both helped with this event and supported it through purchasing books for your family. Funds raised during our book fair support funding books for the library as well as books for the classroom and for students with financial need. We have such a supportive community at Discovery. I truly don’t think there is any goal we can’t accomplish when we work together. Thank you!

We focused on safety this month. PTO volunteers and Educational Assistants worked together to refill our emergency preparedness kits in each classroom. We hope there is never an emergency that would cause us to need these supplies, but in the event there is we will be glad of this preparation. In addition to having supplies ready, we practiced fire safety drills and plan to have an earthquake drill soon.

Finally, I hope you have a wonderful time with your family this month. We have some fun events planned at school, so take a look at the calendar in this newsletter as well as communications from your child's teacher and join us when you can.

Julie Bartlett, Principal

Discovery Primary School

November 1 - 15 Food Drive (Bring food/household donations to school)

November 1 - Fundraising Envelopes due back at school

November 3 - Daylight Savings Time (Set your clocks back one hour)

November 4 - Late Start Monday

November 5 - PTO Meeting 6:30

November 6 - Picture Make Up Day

November 7 - Skate Night (Pattisons West 6:00)

November 8 - Veteran's Day Assemblies (see schedule in this newsletter)

November 11 - No School Veteran's Day

November 13 - LAP Reading/ Title I Math/ ELL Family Game Night 4:30 - 6:00

November 18 - Late Start Monday

November 25 - Late Start Monday

November 26 - Preschool HoeDown

November 27 - Crazy Hair Day

November 27 - Early Release 12:00

November 28-29 No School Thanksgiving Break

If you or any member of your family is a veteran, we would like to invite you to our Veteran's Day assembly here at Discovery Primary on November 8, 2019 at 9:35-10:10 or 10:15-10:50 (See schedule below). We want to recognize you and express our appreciation for your service to our country. We would love to see you in your uniform.

Schedule for Assemblies November 8

9:35: Pahlen, Hargraves, VanRavenswaay, Johnson, Pickel, Matson Smerer, Sund, Kittleson, Tanabe, Thomas, Chadwick,Jones, Hall, Schlumpf

10:15: Kiel, Ebbers, Seymour, Westlund, Ferguson, Buddle, Thiede, Wasell, Jean, Frazier, Jung, Norman, Nolan, Humphreys, Herpst

Tom and Tina Turkey are hosting a food drive, and they're counting on you to give them a beautiful feathered tail to decorate the hall of Discovery! For every 10 items your class brings, they'll get a feather. For every 100 items, they'll get a GLITTER feather! The class in each grade that brings the most items will get to celebrate with a kindness party. As a school, our goal is 3500 items -- if we reach this goal, we'll have a crazy hair day on November 27th!

What can you bring?

Canned foods (veggies, tuna, soup), individually packaged foods (granola bars, oatmeal, fruit cups, cereal), and non-food items (toothpaste, paper towels, diapers).

Items will benefit Mountain View Community Center and the Fife Family Resource Center.

**Each item will be counted individually, but you don't have to separate them. For example, a box of 12 juice boxes = 12 items!

Do you have any concerns about your child’s development? Discovery offers free developmental screenings to look at how your child talks, plays, behaves, and uses independent skills. If you have concerns or questions, please call

Kadee Tuttle at 517-1200 to set an appointment.

The next Child Find date is Monday, November 18th.

As the weather is somewhat unpredictable throughout the day, it is important for students to have appropriate outdoor clothing at school. Students go out for recess unless there is a heavy downpour or it is truly stormy outside. Remember to label your child’s coat with their name. Active students often take off their coats when playing and forget to bring them in. The lost and found is already full of clothing without student names. If you are missing an item of clothing, please come and check for it.

All children who were absent on the first picture days will have their pictures taken on November 6. If your child already had a picture taken and you would like a retake, please send back the original picture packet with your child. A note about what you don't like in the original packet would be helpful.

The Discovery PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) will be holding a Glow Move It Fundraiser for Discovery Students on Friday November 1st, 2019. Tanya Smith, PTO fundraising committee chair is leading up efforts for this donation-based fundraiser where 100% of the proceeds benefit Discovery! PTO conducts one FUNDRAISER of the year.

Did you know that…..

• Discovery student’s raised over $17,000 in the 2018 -2019 fundraising event.

• Teachers were awarded classroom equipment, supplies, learning tools, and books as part of the grant program.

• The Read and Lead program was given money to buy many new books and supplies to keep this program at Discovery.

• 100% of funds donated is kept within our school to add library books, playground equipment, emergency kits, headphones, special seating, free family fun activities and much more.

All students are encouraged to wear shiny, sparkling, glowing, neon! Everyone will receive a glow stick necklace and participate by moving around our “Glow Course” in our school gym.

Many thanks in advance for your generosity and participation! Together we can continue to make Discovery an enriching environment for students and families.

Kindergarten students had wonderful field trips to the Wild Hare Farm. They picked a pumpkin, fed the chickens, had a tractor/hay ride, picked radishes from the garden and apples from the orchard, and fed Jack the Goat.

The East Pierce County Fire and Rescue team performed an assembly to teach us safety rules. Below are some of the concepts our students learned about. Please take time to review these with your child.

• ABC - Always Be Calm in an emergency
• If there is smoke - stay low crawl to safety
• If fire gets on your clothes - Stop Drop Cover and Roll
• Check your smoke detector once a month, change the battery twice a year
• Don't play in the kitchen when someone is cooking

Fight the flu, get a vaccine at school!

Save the date: Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Discovery

No cost to parents! Available to every student. No health insurance needed. Permission slips will be sent home mid-November.

Influenza is a serious respiratory disease. Children with asthma, diabetes, or other health conditions are at higher risk for flu complications – get them protected!

Email: jbartlett@fifeschools.com
Website: www.discovery.fifeschools.com
Location: 1205 Milton Way, Milton, WA, USA
Phone: 253-517-1200
Facebook: facebook.com/discoveryprimary