Slate Hill Newsletter

Dear Slate Hill Families,

It is that time of year where it is starting to get cooler and students wear more jackets and sweatshirts to school. It also means our Slate Hill stars are leaving their jackets and sweatshirts around the building and our lost and found is getting full. We would love for you to check them out before Thanksgiving break! It is also helpful to put your child's name inside all of the lunch boxes, water bottles and jackets that come to school. Our plans will be to donate the items over Thanksgiving break!

A tip for drop off and pick up: Please use your blinker. I have noticed over the last few weeks of being our front during this time that when families use their blinkers the line seems to move faster because it helps cars on the street know who is coming in to Slate Hill and who is not. THANK YOU to all of our Slate Hill families for doing a great job following our Drop off and Pick up expectations too! We appreciate your help keeping our Slate Hill stars safe!

Halloween is this Thursday! Students may wear their costume to school on Thursday, October 31st or bring something that can go over their clothes. We are not allowing costumes with blood, gore or any weapons. They will not be allowed to do any costume changing in the restroom. Staff will plan fun activities with their students in the classroom following or before our parade begins.

Families are invited to join us at our annual Halloween Parade held outside Slate Hill on October 31st starting at 2pm where you can see all of our Slate Hill stars and their costumes. Our 1/2 Day Kindergarten Stars will be having their own special parade at 10:45am on the 31st through our hallways. Each year we also have a staff costume contest where the students vote for the best team costumes! Staff winners receive lunch from their principal! I hope that you can come and join us for our annual parade. Live streaming is still in the works for those that will be working. More info to come on that!

WOW! We have received a lot of donations so far! THANK YOU! We are having a Coat Drive through October 31st! We are accepting new or gently used coats in our office. We are also participating in the Worthington Pantry Food Drive which ends November 15th! More information below.

We are excited to share that the second annual Polaris Gift Shop will be on Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 9:00 am-3:30 pm at Grace Polaris Church. They are trying to reach 200 families from Slate Hill, Wilson Hill, and Worthington Park. Grace Polaris Church is located at 8225 Worthington Galena Rd, Westerville, OH 43081 (at the corner of Lazelle and Worthington-Galena Roads). In order to participate, you MUST register so please click on the flier below or go to their website at PolarisGiftShop.com to register.

As always, we want to partner with you in your child's education so please reach out to me if I can help or support you in anyway!

Julie (=

Julie Gulley, Slate Hill Principal

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We all experience big emotions every day. While some adults might have the skills needed to process these emotions, children are still learning new coping skills every day. Below are some different ways to encourage your children to process their emotions in a healthy way.

All veterans are invited to our Veterans Day Assembly on Friday, November 8th at 9:15. Students will share performances and songs and we will have a continental breakfast for all the Veterans in attendance following the assembly. Please feel free to RSVP or just come to the assembly.

RSVP to: alindeman@wscloud.org or your classroom teacher

Dear Parents/Guardians,

In order to honor the upcoming cultural tradition of Día De Los Muertos, our school will again be creating a school “ofrenda” or offering.

This “ofrenda” will honor our families by sharing important things such as pictures of your friends and family, candles, incense, water, marigolds, your loved ones’ favorite foods, and decorations such as skulls and tissue paper flowers.

We would love for your loved ones to be honored in our school ofrenda!

If you’d like, please send a picture of a loved one who has passed away so that it’s placed on the “ofrenda.” If you feel more comfortable sending a picture of a famous philosopher, singer, actor, astronomer etc., We will gladly place those pictures as well on the “ofrenda.”

Please send pictures with your child as soon as possible with your student’s name and grade for a safe return, to Ms. Bonacci (room 11). Our ofrenda will be available for you to view in the top row display case by the front office and door 1.

Thank you very much,

The EL Team

(Toni Bonacci, Margaret Wilcox, Brittany Thielke, Sarah Pettigrew, Vitoria Neuhard, & Guisselle Bacigalupo)

It's that time of year again…….

Your child is too ill to go to school if he or she has any of the following symptoms:

• Temperature above 100.4 F

• Vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours

• Shortness of breath or has an increase in wheezing during normal activity

• Has a cough that interrupts normal activity

• Pain from an earache, headache, or sore throat

• Has yellow or green drainage from nose and/or eye(s)

• Rash over body or localized to one area of the body

• Fatigue and needs bed rest

• Signs of conjunctivitis such as red, itchy, crusty, or swollen eyes

Students who are sent home with a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher must remain at home until the student is fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication. In most cases, this means that students will miss the following school day. Please understand that fevers can reoccur within a 24-hour time period and this policy is in the best interest of all students.

Students who are sent home due to vomiting or diarrhea must also stay home for 24 hours to ensure that these symptoms are gone before returning to school.

Students exhibiting signs of conjunctivitis (crusty eyes, red or swollen eyes) may return once the symptoms have been treated and are gone or a note is presented from a doctor stating that the student may return to school.

Students who show signs of a communicable disease, such as exhibiting a rash, may return to school once the rash is gone or a note is presented from a doctor stating that the student may return to school.

Please communicate illness with the office.

Thank You!

Nurse Keathley

614-450-5000

Krispy Kreme Donut Fundraiser continues through 10/28! This is something you can easily share with your family and friends if they also want to support Slate Hill!

Please join us for our next PTA meeting on November 7th at 7pm in the Slate Hill Library! Free babysitting for potty-trained children will be provided.

We hope that you will join our PTA this year and support the great things that we are doing for our Slate Hill Stars! Please go to our PTA website and sign up today

Feel free to email slatehillPTA1990@gmail.com with any questions!

If you are interested in being a STAR partner, please reach out to me! Do you have a company or working for a company that is willing to support our school and our Slate Hill Stars! This year for every $200 provided by the first 10 companies, the names of the company will be on the back of our STAR FUN DAY shirts! We have already received one $200.00 partner donation so far! Please reach out to Julie if you are interested at jgulley@wscloud.org

Slate Hill is looking for volunteers to build reading skills with kindergarten students. Even if you only have 30 minutes a week, our kindergarten students would love to welcome you! Read below for more information and click HERE or on the flyer to register. Following registration, a program coordinator from our school will be in touch with more information.

This long standing tradition has been such a great help to the Worthington Resource Pantry, the St Michael's Church Pantry, and the families in our community who depend on us for additional food resources! The Worthington Resource Pantry anticipates serving more than 1,500 different families this December, as compared to 1,000 families last year, and the extra food will help in a big way.

We are planning to schedule food drive pick-ups on the morning of Friday, November 15th.

Time & Location

Oct 27, 2024, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Worthington Kilbourne High School

1499 Hard Rd, Columbus, OH 43235

COST: This is a FREE event.

About This Event

The off-season high school robotics competition will feature up to 32 teams from Ohio and the surrounding states. Everyone is invited to attend this FREE event, meet the teams, check out the amazing robots, and watch the action.

The Center of Robotics Innovation (CORI) is a program of the PAST Foundation and is made up of individuals in the central Ohio area focused on enhancing skill-based learning of robotics, to support Ohio’s need for skilled problem solvers and engineers and ultimately benefit technology job development in Ohio. Through a growing partnership of schools, teams, businesses and philanthropic organization, we use FIRST Robotics to inspire students to explore science, technology, engineering and math in college and their professions.

The USDA had school food services return to pre-pandemic operations last year.

Worthington Schools has eligibility-based pricing of meals (Free/Reduced/Paid).

All Worthington School families are required to complete the online Free/Reduced Lunch Eligibility Form. All students use their Lunch ID for meals. The student's number can be found in the Parent Portal. Select the Student ID tab and look for your Lunch PIN.

Families can add money to their lunch account through My Payments Plus. You can also use MPP to track your student's account and see much money remains on it. My Payments Plus is also used to pay other fees, like high school parking permits and AP testing fees.

October 31st- Annual Halloween Parade at 2pm for Full Day K-5th, 10:45am will be our half day K parade in our hallways at Slate Hill.

November 5th- No School for students! Certified Staff Professional Development day!

November 7th - PTA Meeting (7pm in the Library)

November 8th - Veteran's Day Assembly (9:15am-9:50am)

November 13th - PTA Restaurant Night @ Chipotle (4-8pm) Campus View location

November 27th-29th - Thanksgiving Break (No School)

Attached below (and in the eBackpack) is the Volunteer Flyer that will answer any questions you may have about becoming a volunteer for Worthington City Schools.

There are some new procedures this year on how to update your child's Emergency Data. It is required for all parents to do this every year for their child to attend field trips and ensure we have the correct information in case of any emergencies at school. Directions are also attached below!

Parents are asked to:

1. Log in to Infinite Campus at

https://worthingtonoh.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/worthington.jsp

or from the Infinite Campus Parent app on your mobile device.

2. Input your district-provided parent username and password

Retrieve forgotten credentials at

https://wecweb01.worthington.k12.oh.us/parent-new/recovery.html

*Still having trouble call 614-450-6000 and ask for tech services or call the Slate Hill office.

3. Click Parent Access Links from the Quick Links section on the Infinite Campus

homepage.

4.The Parent Access Page will open in a new tab. Enter your login credentials a second

time for security purposes, then click Submit. Descriptions for each option on the

parent access page are explained below. Tip: to toggle between screens without being required to input your login credentialsrepeatedly, click the Return to Selection Page button when you are finished with a section.

K-5 elementary school of shining Star students and a RockSTAR staff in Worthington Schools! School starts at 8:10am and ends at 2:50pm. DOORS OPEN AT 7:55am for Breakfast!

Be here by 8 so that you are not late!

Email: jgulley@wscloud.org
Website: https://www.worthington.k12.oh.us/Domain/21
Location: 7625 Alta View Boulevard, Columbus, OH, USA
Phone: 614-450-5000
Twitter: @SlateHillstars

Instagram: @SlateHillstars