Eisenhower Fly-er
September 1, 2024
Message from the Principal
The beginning of the school year is filled with firsts for the year. Our first Eisenhower Parents and Staff for Students Organization (EPSSO) meeting will be Monday, September 9th at 7:00 in the Eisenhower Media Center. I hope you consider attending as we see this as a tremendous opportunity to develop strong home/school communication. We will keep our meetings to one hour with the following format:
- 20—30 minutes presentation on an Eisenhower Intermediate School topics. At our first meeting we will do some introductions and discuss the foundations we are building EIS upon. We will use this time to present items that will help you understand what is happening on a daily basis with your student. One item of particular interest will be an introduction to our Connections time.
- 30 minute EPSSO meeting in which we will discuss upcoming events and plan for them.
We hope that you will join us! We will discuss committees that will function this year and you will have an opportunity to be on a committee and/or chair a committee. However, we will not pressure anyone to be a part of a committee. We really would love to have a great turnout as each meeting will focus on our meeting mission: share building information that will be helpful and informative to parents in order to better the Eisenhower Intermediate School experience for our students. Please join us Monday, the 9th at 7:00!
EPSSO hosts a Facebook page that you can access as well. They do a nice job of maintaining it and adding information.
Thank you for a great start to the year!
Sincerely,
Tim Holcombe
Office Shaw Recognized for the Difference She Makes in Our Community!
Officer Shaw has been the Resource Officer at Eisenhower since the Intermediate School concept began in 2013 and had been a Resource Officer in the district for several years before that. She has taught DARE and two years ago began teaching LEAD (Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence).
As she visits classrooms for lessons, she makes connections with our students and teaches a curriculum that deals with real life issues our students will have to face in their lives, or are facing. Her impact comes through the truth she shares and the connections she makes.
This summer, Officer Shaw was recognized as the Ohio Instructor of the Year at the LEAD national conference! This is an incredible honor that spotlights the great work she does with our students.
Please click on the picture to the right to see the piece Channel 11 did this past week! Congratulations, Officer Shaw and thank you!
5th Grade Band Rocks
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Gyurus (our Eisenhower Band Teacher) and Mr. Lentz (Fassett Band Teacher) met with our 5th grade students and share information about Band at Eisenhower, as well as giving them a preview of the awesome opportunities they can have through joining Band.
5th Grade Band at Eisenhower begins at the quarter change to 2nd Quarter. Below is a link to information students may have also brought home concerning Band.
Forms are due this Wednesday, September 4th.
Also, please read the information in the link below about attending on the evening of October 1 or 2 to gain additional information and, if you would like, to get information on renting an instrument. We hope to see your child in the Band!
The Eagle Way Lives at Eisenhower!
The Eagle Way is the set of expectations we have for daily behavior that is taught and lived throughout the halls at Eisenhower.
The Eagle Way is based on the concepts of "Work Hard", which ties to the character trait of responsibility, and "Treat People Right", which ties to the character trait of respect. Our students are taught what these things look like in each part of our building. The matrix can be found in your Student/Parent Handbook.
The Eagle Way is a proactive approach that recognizes student successes and reinforces desired behaviors, which aids in improving school safety and promoting positive behavior. This occurs in the from of "acknowledgements". These acknowledgments are given to students in many ways, but one being through the use of Talon Tickets. Talon Tickets are given to students daily who are exhibiting qualities that we want to reinforce.
Talon Tickets are collected each morning and on Fridays, two tickets are pulled from the bucket in which they are collected all week.
On Friday, August 30th, we began our process of selecting Talon Tickets from the buckets in each Traveling Group. Those whose names are pulled are able to pick off our prize cart, their names are put on placards which are displayed in the hallway for the week, and their names are announced on the morning announcements and their names will be published in the Fly-er.
Much more information will be forthcoming throughout the year about Talon Tickets and the Eagle Way!
Congratulations to the following students who earned Talon Tickets the weeks of August 26th!
5th Grade
Lucas Bork, Danny Byers, Amora Cordero, Cooper Curran, Noah Dehmel, Christina Donley, Cylis Guerrero, Preston Harteis, Aiden Hartke, Jackson Ketcham, Izzy Komon , Kaliah Ludlow, Owen Mallett, Sabrina Robinson, Kinsley Rose, Riley Shank, David Sosbe, Derek Sowell, Eddie Tamblyn, Lavelle West, Blake Williams, Gunnar Wohlgamuth.
6th Grade
Mariah Barnes, Alexander Billett, Carter Clark, Leah Fahim, Olivia Gradel, Connor Gust, Jeffery Hiltz, Aubree Hoover, Maddox Kennedy, Mhadi Khatoun, Vinny McDonald, Adrianna McDowell, Antonio Neal, Lamonte Payne, Carolina Perez Vasquez, Gracie Peterson, Averie Sheehy, Kaleb Stripling, Zahara Tawil, Annabelle Toth, Isabelle Williams.
Spirit Days at Ike!
At Ike we have a tradition of celebrating a "Spirit Day" twice a month on Fridays!
Each year we give t-shirts out for the first day of school. For Spirit Days, we ask each student to wear Eisenhower t-shirts, spirit wear, or colors to celebrate our daily experience together!
The dates for "Spirit Days" are:
- Sept. 6 and 20
- October 4 and 18
- November 1 and 15
- December 6 and 20
- January 16
- February 7 and 21
- March 3 and 21
- April 4 and 17
- May 2 and 16
We announce days to our students on the morning announcements.
Thank you for encouraging your student to participate!
What is Academic Practice?
Students today understand what it means to practice. Many of our students are involved in music, sports, or clubs, which require them to practice skills to make improvements. We want to help our students make this same connection regarding the importance of academic practice. Practice allows us to become better readers, scientists, and mathematicians. Practice also allows our students to receive the coaching needed to improve their academics. Student work is analyzed by teachers to determine growth and improvement towards mastery of a specific skill or content. So, if a student chooses to not do an assignment, not only are they missing an opportunity to practice a skill and receive feedback, they also miss an opportunity to display mastery of a standard.
Additionally, students should be afforded the opportunity to practice a skill before they are graded on it. This is why academic practice is not calculated into a student’s grade. We want to encourage students to show what they know and can do. We believe that this practice is essential to student learning.
Homework is a concept that has not always been about practicing towards mastery, but instead often became a measure of willingness to complete tasks. Our shift in focus is aimed at using ungraded academic practice as a tool towards mastery learning.
Students will still receive behavioral consequences when they choose not to complete academic practice. These consequences (called "Pink Slips") are outlined on pages 7 and 8 of the student handbook. We will continue to reinforce with our students the importance of positive work habits. Just as an NFL team would never expect to win the Super Bowl without hours upon hours of practice, students need the academic practice that prepares them for success. Thank you for supporting your student as they practice nightly!
Several Clubs Getting Ready to Kick Off at Eisenhower!
Choir Club will begin on September 10th and forms are due on September 4th. Please see the link below for more information.
Please note in the graphic below that we have multiple opportunities for after school/before school clubs that we urger your child to participate with! More information will continue to be forthcoming!
Yearbook
Thank you to everyone who has ordered a 2024-2025 Yearbook! We had a few kids who turned in forms without money. Those were returned to the kids. Please make sure that if you are sending in the form from Open House, that you are sending in either cash or check (made out to Eisenhower Intermediate). If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Cover at scover@oregoncs.org
Daily Attendance Matters!
You have noticed that on the front of your child's Academic Practice Folder (which we hope he/she brings home to you each night for your review of completed work and for your daily help with organization) that there is an attendance chart.
Each morning after morning announcements, students are to mark if they missed time the day prior. We will continue to track this throughout the year, remembering that the goal is to be at Ike every day. We realize some days are not possible due to vomiting/fever and family deaths. We also understand that data that suggests that more than 9 days missed in a year makes it hard for students to be where they are supposed to be at the end of the year.
We will reinforce these concepts regularly. We will do that in several ways. One way is that we will randomly have dates where we check to make sure students are in the "Green". If they are, they will receive an acknowledgment of that. On Friday we did and check. We are so pleased that nearly every student is in the green and each student who is received an Eisenhower pencil.
Thank you for your part in getting your child to school each day!
Box Tops for Ike
If you are interested in participating in the BoxTops for Education program to benefit Ike, below is some information:
You can earn cash for our school by using the Box Tops app. All you have to do is buy Box Tops participating products (like Cheerios!) and scan your grocery receipt. Box Tops are worth $.10 each and they add up fast!
Use this referral code HYOP1878 when you sign up and you’ll get 25 Bonus Box Tops when you scan your first receipt now through 05/31/2025, while supplies last! Download the Box Tops for Education app here: https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=HYOP1878
Other News
- You will notice that many times we will take links from articles and put them at the bottom of our Fly-er so you can reference them any time throughout the year. Last week we had an article about how to set up your Schoology account. The link provided then is now listed below with other links to information you may find useful throughout the year.
- We will also put our posters with attendance tips at the bottom of the Fly-er for your reference.
- Our Attendance Phone number is 419.836.3525. Please call this number to report your student absent. Thank you!
- Security and safety are a continuously a concern that all schools are working on. When you come to the office to pick up your child, please have your I.D. available. In addition, if someone else is coming to pick up your child, please note that they must be on the Emergency contacts list.
- Thank you to Officer Shaw for being a daily presence in the side parking lot at drop-off and at pick-up! Those processes are going well! Please remember to pull up as far as possible when dropping off or picking up so other parents can drop/pick up their child in the drop/pick-up zone. Obviously, not every child can be dropped off or picked up right in front of the door so thank you very much for allowing as many people in the zone as possible. Thank you!
- Please note that 80% of your child's grade is based on assessments. We want to measure if your child is meeting standards and what his/her grades to reflect learning. Because this is our goal, we allow for reassessments. Listed in the links below is a link to our Re-assessment Contract
- Cell phones will be kept in book bags during the day. Please review our cell phone policy. Phones must be turned off (not just silenced) throughout the day. There is no need for a cell phone during the day as students can reach you, if needed, through the office phone. If phones ring during the day, or students use them during the day, we will follow our cell phone policy that results in detention, etc.
- If you are a 6th grade parents and desire a payment plan for the $240 camp fee, please contact Mr. Holcombe by September 12th.
- September 22 is our picture retake day if your student did not get his/her picture taken on Open House/Schedule Pick-up Day. A link to the form is below if you need it.
Up-Coming Events
September
2 Labor Day – No School
3 EPSSO Executive Board Meeting @ 7:00 on Zoom
9 EPSSO Meeting @ 7:00 in Don Charlton Library Media Center
11 A.L.E.R.T. training in auditorium (45 min am schedule)
13 End of Fall iReady Benchmark
13 Events/Traditions Meeting @ 7:15
16 Rapid Dismissal and Rally Point Discussion at Lunch
19 Innovations Pictures Make-ups
19 Movie Matinee after school 2:40--4:30
20 Power School Grade Up-dates
23 No School -- Staff Professional Development Day
26 Rapid Dismissal Drill with Tracking
27 Eagle Way Rewards Day (37 min schedule)
October
1 and 2 5th Grade Band Rental Night 5:00--7:30
4 Power School Grades Up-Dates
14 EPSSO Executive Board Meeting @ 7:00 on Zoom
16 End of 1st Nine Weeks
18 Young Authors Day Assembly
23 Final 1st Quarter Grades Available in PS
24 Halloween Event @ 6:00
25 Eagle Way Rewards Day/Fall Celebration (37 min schedule)
28-11/1 Red Ribbon Week