This week our 3rd grade students participated in a wonderful celebration of our Veterans with our Veteran's Day Music program. It was such an honor to recognize our veterans with this special music program, and our hearts were full having all of our 3rd grade families together in the gym for this special event.

Thank you to Mrs. Lira for her long-standing tradition of excellence in music for our students.

Kindergarten and 1st grade students will not be dropped off at their home if an adult or older sibling is not present.

As temperatures dip below freezing, it is important to make sure that your child has the appropriate winter gear for outdoor recess. Our students go outside for recess when the air temperature is above 15 degrees.

Please let us know if your child is in need of a winter coat, gloves, or hat.

With all of the variations in temperature during recent weeks, quite a few jackets and coats have found their way into our lost and found. If your child is missing a jacket, please encourage him or her to check the lost and found. The lost and found is located next to the music room.

One of the best ways to ensure that your child's lost item is returned to him or her is to make sure your child's name is clearly marked somewhere on the item.

It has been our tradition to invite parents and others to join the celebration, but unfortunately this year, Thanksgiving meals will be available only to students. Our Thanksgiving meals attract several hundred guests in each school, and as much as we enjoy families and others celebrating this event with students, the next few weeks are not the ideal time for such high traffic in schools. Our goal this year is to keep students in school so we are reviewing each larger scale event on a case by case basis. We look forward to resuming with this special activity next Thanksgiving.

Thank you for your support and understanding as we work to provide an outstanding school experience for your students.

November 15 and 16 - Dental Clinic at PC

November 24-26 - NO SCHOOL; Thanksgiving Holiday

December 1 - Early Release; 3:05 p.m. dismissal

December 7 - PTO meeting at PS; 6:00 p.m.

December 7 - PC 2nd grade Music Program; 6:00 pm and 6:45 pm

December 11- Pauline Express at Pauline South

December 17 - Holiday parties

December 20-January 3 - Winter Break

January 4 - Classes Resume

Our staff continue to prioritize the social emotional learning for our students. Second Step programs are research-based, teacher-informed, and classroom-tested to promote the social-emotional development, safety, and well-being of children from Early Learning through Grade 8.

Your child participates in these lessons designed to help students have more positive attitudes toward themselves and others, show more positive social behaviors in school, and have fewer conduct problems. This results in greater school connectedness, which helps keep students safe and out of trouble.

The character trait of gratitude involves feeling and expressing a deep sense of thankfulness in life, and more specifically, taking the time to genuinely express thankfulness to others.

Thank you to all of our PC and PS school families for your support of our fall cookie dough fundraiser. We had a tremendous response!

Also, thank you to the following parents:

Stacy Jaramillo

Joey Summer
Gabriel Pennington
Tasha Koker
Mel Stewart

for volunteering their time to help distribute cookie dough orders! We couldn't have done this without the support of volunteers like you!

We had a great turn-out for our November meeting and we brainstormed many exciting ideas for our school community. Our PTO meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. Everyone who is a parent of a student at Pauline South and Pauline Central is a member of PTO. We encourage anyone who would like to attend or participate in any way to contact our PTO president, Bailee Crawford at crawford_bailee@yahoo.com.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. in the Pauline South Library.

Please check out this wonderful and sometimes underutilized resource available for all families in Kansas. The resource is the 1-800-CHILDREN helpline. The 1-800-CHILDREN helpline provides 24/7 judgment-free support in English and Spanish as well as 200 additional languages. It’s free, confidential and finds helpful resources for all families.

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The 1-800-Children has received 331 calls, texts, or emails. 97% of callers report the call line met their needs! FYI, there is also a handy app that can be downloaded to your phone. Kansas Children's Service League (kcsl.org). Raising families can be difficult work and having someone 24/7 available to answer questions and share information about community resources is invaluable.

NOTICE TO PARENTS

Parents of students attending a Title 1 school have the right to request information on the professional qualifications of your child’s teacher and any paraprofessional working with your child. The information you may request includes:

• If the teacher has met the state qualifications and licensing criteria for the grade levels taught;
• Whether the teacher is under an emergency or other provisional license or whether the licensing criteria has been waived;
• The teacher’s degree major and any other graduate certification or degree held;
• Whether the child is provided services by a paraprofessional and if so, their qualifications.

Pauline Central Primary School exists to serve the unique academic and social-emotional needs of ALL our students, while preparing students to be future-ready. We are committed to maintaining a safe, welcoming environment, where diversity is celebrated and individual students are empowered to reach their goals.

Email: willide3@usd437.net
Website: http://usd437.net/schools/pauline/central/
Location: 6625 SW Westview Rd.
Phone: 785-339-4700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulineCentral
Twitter: @centralpauline