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12/6 - Prekindergarten Event ONLY - Literacy Family Fun Night

12/7-12/15 - Hanukkah (Chanukah)

12/13 - Showcase of the Arts 6pm

12/18 - PBIS Incentive Day - Popcorn & Movie

12/19 - Winter Celebration Parties

Stay in the Game Perfect Dance Party

Elementary Campus Winterfest

12/20-1/3/24 - NO SCHOOL Winter Break

12/24 - Christmas Eve

12/25 - Christmas Day

12/26-1/1 - Kwanzaa

1/1/24 - New Year Day

1/3 - NO SCHOOL Staff PD DAY

1/4 - Classes Resume

Starting Monday, we will be having spirit days until we leave for Winter Break.

12/4 - “Polar Express Day”. Look out for classmates in their coziest sweats, joggers, and/or comfy sweatshirts.

12/5 - “Toasty Toes Day” look out for classmates in their warmest festive socks!

12/6 - “Holiday Characters Day” look out for classmates dressed like a holiday character (i.e. santa, reindeer, etc.) or a character from their favorite holiday movie.

12/7 - "Pajama Day” Look for classmates in their pajamas.

12/8 - “Jingle Bells & Tinsel Day” Look for classmates in their best bling gear.

12/11 - “Frosty the Snowman Day” Look for classmates wearing white or snowflakes.

12/12 - “Elf Day”. Look out for classmates in their Elf ears/headbands/clothing.

12/13 - “Candy Cane Day”. Look for classmates wearing red and white today.

12/14 - “Grinch Day” Look for classmates wearing green today.

12/15 - “Hanukkah Day”. Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration of the military victory of recovering Jerusalem from foreign rulers. It is also known as the Festival of Lights and represents joy. The word Hanukkah means dedication. Look for classmates wearing blue today.

12/18 - “Kwanzaa Day”. Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Korenga in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement. The word Kwanzaa comes from the Swahili phrase meaning “first fruits of the harvest”. Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration of African heritage and culture. Look for classmates wearing red, black, and green today.

12/19 - “Ugly Holiday Sweater Day”. Christmas is a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ. It is celebrated on December 25th and is traditionally represented by red and green decorations, trees with lights, ornaments, and a star, stockings, bells, angels, and doves. Look for classmates wearing their ugliest Holiday sweater today.

Regardless of the holidays you celebrate, spend your Winter Break with the people you care about, resting, having fun, and staying safe! We will see you all in 2024!

Now that the school year is underway and we have met each other at Parent-Teacher Conferences, it is time to reaffirm our commitment to helping all children achieve their maximum potential. We believe that the responsibility for improved student achievement should be shared by parents and the school. It is our hope that this compact will build and foster the development of school-parent partnership.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School and the parents of the students participating in activities, services and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), agree that this compact outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the Ohio Department of Education’s high standards. We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have for future revised compacts. These may be submitted in writing to Principal, Ms. Dawn Besteder.

School Responsibilities

Abraham Lincoln School will:

• Provide progress reports.
• Participate in parent/teacher conferences.
• Keep the lines of communication open between parent-teacher and student-teacher.
• Provide engaging and challenging work for students.
• Create a safe learning environment that promotes student academic achievement.
• Be a positive role model.
• Utilize parent volunteers inside and outside classroom.
• Be consistent in grading, teaching and assigning homework.

Parent Responsibilities

We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways:

• Encourage good study habits at school and at home.
• Talk to my child about school activities and check homework/planner.
• Monitor attendance.
• Attend parent/teacher conferences and other school activities when possible.
• Teach my child respect for self and others.
• Support the school in its efforts to maintain proper discipline.

Thank you for your time and commitment, as together we embark on a journey to achieve personal excellence for you child. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Besteder.

This Literacy Family Fun night is for prekindergarten families only. Dinner will be provided. We hope to see all our PK families there.

Each Month we celebrate students who have perfect attendance! Students must be in attendance every day for the month, without any tardies or leaving school early.

Our September Perfect party students received a snow-cone from Kona Ice. The October Perfect Party was a special treat and a movie/dance in the Cafetorium. We are combining November/December and students will have a dance party before we leave for Winter Break. #stayinthegamenetwork

The school counseling department at Abraham Lincoln School wants to make you aware of our Social Groups. Students may or may not be chosen to participate in a group, but by giving permission it allows more flexibility to prepare groups. Some of the groups offered are:

1. Social Club, a group that focuses on social skills and helping students develop friendships. Some children might be shy, nervous about making friends or having difficulty making and keeping friends. During this group your child will develop social skills that will contribute to making and keeping friends in an environment that will respect differences and encourage acceptance.

2. Kids Supporting Kids group, which focuses on helping students identify and understand their thoughts and feelings associated with grief and loss. Because your child has experienced loss/separation or death of a loved one, we wish to provide them with the opportunity to participate in the group. During the group sessions, your child will develop positive coping skills, learn from the experiences of others and receive positive peer support.

3. Regulation Club, a group that focuses on self-regulation skills and helping student express themselves. During group sessions, your child will learn strategies to self-regulate and use their words to express themselves.

These groups will meet once a week for approximately 10 weeks. If you have any questions about the groups, please feel free to contact Rebecca Zverina, School Counselor at (216) 438-6030 x5030, rebecca.zverina@mapleschools.com

Parents our next PRIDE initiative focuses on Restrooms. Each class will build PRIDE the Snowman to earn popcorn & movie in pajamas. PRIDE the Snowman has 5 or 10 pieces. PK will build the 5 piece snowman and KG/1st will build the 10 piece snowman. the classes that build the Snowman by 12/15, will get popcorn & movie in pjs on 12/18.

Prepared: Be Ready!

Respectful: Be Kind!

Invested: Be Safe!

Determined: Keep Trying!

Engaged: Be Focused!

In November students had to earn 10 feathers in their dismissal areas: Buses, Car Riders, and Daycare. The areas that earned 10 feathers are:

1. All 3 KG Car rider rooms

2. 1st grade Car rider room 27 & 28

3. Daycare

4. Buses 24 & 25

All students in the above dismissal areas will received a Welch's fruit snack to take home on 12/1.

November & December were combined, so, we will honor the students on December 15th. Their names and pictures will be posted in the January newsletter.

Our Combined Parent Advisory Group meeting and Literacy Night was a success! Thanks to all the parents who participated. Thanks to the committee who made it possible! Parents & students please enjoy all the wonderful resources provided! Principal Besteder started the evening off by going over our Hopes & Dreams Data, then an explanation of the Dyslexia Letters sent home for 1st graders and coming soon for KG. Finally, Mrs. Satterfield went over all the resources and ways to use them at home, then the parents made their resources bags and went home. Ms. Shy our Community Family Engagement Coordinator was able to attend, speak to the parents, and invite them to Winter Fest. If you were unable to make it and would like to get info on the resources, please let your child's teacher know and we will send them home until we run out. Enjoy some photos from the event.

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