December Newsletter

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3: Parent English Classes

10: Parent English Classes

11: Dublin Dance Nutcracker Performance

11: Parent Lunch & Learn - Online at Noon

14: Pathway Express - Columbus Zoo

17: Parent English Classes

18: Hilltonia Band Concert for Burroughs Students

19: Burroughs 4-5th grade Choir/Band/Strings Winter Concert @ 10 am

20: 1/2 hr. Early Release

21st - Jan 5th: No School

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.

On December 11, Dublin Dance will perform the Nutcracker Ballet and provide each Burroughs student with a Nutcracker Wishes packet – a small gift and some personal care items. We are looking forward to their visit!

Burroughs 4 & 5th grade Choir, Band and Strings will perform their Winter Concert on December 19th at 10 am. Families are welcome to come and watch. Please enter through the playground doors.

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

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!

Students cannot be dropped off at Burroughs before 8:45 AM and must be picked up between 3:15-3:30 PM every day.

If you need additional care for your student, Columbus City Schools provides before and after school care for elementary students through the Latchkey program. The closest Latchkey location is Westgate Elementary. There are spaces available and a bus already runs between Westgate and Burroughs. Care is provided between 7-9AM and 3-6PM. You can find more details and program costs here.

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!

Join Columbus City Schools’ Pathway Express for free on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (4850 W Powell Rd., Powell, OH 43065), for a day full of exploring STEM and Zoology!

Registration for the event opens Monday, November 18 at noon!

On December 14, Family Learning Experiences include:

• Free Flu Shots

• Marine Life Exploration with the Watters Aquatic Conservation Center

• Environmental Responsibility Awareness with Keep Columbus Beautiful

• Free Books and Giveaways (While Supplies Last)

• Experience the Magical Zoo Lights!

During December’s Pathway Express event, learning will be centered around Critical Thinking, a key quality in our Portrait of a Graduate. This means helping our students analyze and apply evidence-based reasoning to understand “big picture” challenges and how solutions affect other parts of a system.

Come see what the excitement is about and be one of the 15,000+ families who have embraced an innovative approach to education through inclusive learning experiences aligned to Ohio Standards.

Families must register in advance for tickets. Click here to register today.

Ticket registration begins on Monday, November 18 at noon.

Free transportation is provided! Buses will shuttle families from Northland, Walnut Ridge, South, and West High Schools to the zoo and back. Buses will depart from each school at 3:00 p.m. and will depart the zoo at 8:00 p.m. to drop families back off at the school that evening.

Applications are open for Christmas toys and meals for children under the age of 14. Please see the attached flyer for where to apply and what you need to bring.

Do your students need something to do during Winter break? Look no further than your local community center! Centers will host programming during the break for children ages 6-12. Children MUST pack a lunch. Hours are 8am-6pm; there will be sports, group games, and arts and crafts. Core programming is from 9am-4pm.

Dec. 23, 2024–Jan. 3, 2025

Monday–Friday (Closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1)
8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Registration opens Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 12:30 p.m.

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.

The 2nd & 7 Columbus Kids’ Book Bank is hosting its 2024 Fall Giveaway, offering free books for readers of all ages! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to stock up on exciting reads for the whole family. These giveaway events are open to the public, and you can grab books from their large inventory on the following dates:

• Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Visit bookbank.secondandseven.com for more details or call 614.396.8161. Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to encourage reading at home!

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, December 17, 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

Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio (LASCO) will be at the Hilltop Library (511 S. Hague Ave, 43204) the following Mondays from 4-6PM to answer questions. First come, first served. To receive free advice, you must have a gross household income at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. Please be prepared to show proof of immigration status (if a non-citizen). Attorneys are available to answer questions only, and they will not attend court with you.

• 11/25: Family/Education Law, General

• 12/2: Landlord/Tenant

• 12/9: Family/Education Law

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, email, or complete the online Student Absence Form for the school by 9:00

AM to report student absences. Upon return from an absence, the following procedure is to be

followed: (if the parent did not complete the online Student Absence Form already)

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

Student Absence Form: LINK: https://forms.gle/33mQUPrHJDTqFKug7

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.