Eureka Newsletter

Sept. 21-25 Homecoming Spirit Week

Sept. 25 - Homecoming Parade and Game

Sept. 28 - School Picture Day

Oct. 13 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 14 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

October 16 - No School

October 19 - No School for students/PD for teachers

October 21 - PTO meeting at 5:30

October 30 - Halloween celebration

Nov. 11 - PTO meeting at 5:30

Nov. 23 - Early Release at 1:35

Nov. 24 - Early Release at 1:35

Nov. 25-27 - No School, Happy Thanksgiving!

School anxiety can show up in different ways—ranging from morning stomach aches to complete refusal to get out of the car. It often masks itself as irritability, acting out, or extreme withdrawal, making it tricky to pinpoint at first. Some tips to help your child overcome school anxiety are:

*Have a consistent morning and evening routine.

*Keep yourself calm and relaxed.

*Have a conversation with the teacher and/or school counselor.

*Have your child bring in one small item from home.

*Teach and role model problem solving skills.

A few calming strategies to work with your child are deep breathing exercises, countdown from 10 to 1, do something active and focus on positive thoughts.

Additional Resources include:

https://childmind.org/article/back-school-anxiety/

https://parentguidance.org

www.worrywisekids.org

Homecoming Spirit Week is Sept. 21-25. This year's homecoming theme is "Rivers of Rio."

Monday – Birds of a Feather Day

K/1 students- wear yellow like Nico

2nd/3rd Grade- wear red like Pedro

4th/5th Grade- wear blue like Blue and Jewel

Tuesday – Welcome to the Jungle Day

Wear camouflage, animal prints, safari hats, or green rainforest colors

Wednesday – Rio Carnival Parade

Bust out those neon colors or bright tie-dye

Thursday – Beach Day at Copacabana

Hawaiian shirts, sunglasses, hats, and tropical prints (Standard dress code rules apply: no real swimsuits)

Friday – Redwing Pride Day!

Wear your best school spirit gear! Hair color and face paint are allowed as long as you apply it at home.

To encourage and recognize positive behavior, students are earning Rocket Cards when they demonstrate STAR expectations. Once we reach 1,000 Rocket Cards, we will celebrate with a schoolwide reward! As of this morning, we’re already at 663!! In just 7 days of school! We’re well on our way! Rocket cards aren’t all though. Every day, throughout the day, all our staff is looking for, and watching for classes that are doing an excellent job of following expectations in all locations in the building to write a STAR award for. We have mailboxes for every grade level and when one of us sees a class doing a great job, we write down what we see the class doing and put it in their mailbox. At the end of each month, we count up the stars for each grade level, and whoever has the most stars wins the STAR class of the month award. They get the STAR to display outside their classroom and a 15 minute celebration reward. PLUS, the class that has earned the STAR award the most throughout the school year, will get a pizza party at the end of school year!

We’re also excited to recognize Students of the Month this year. Each month, we’ll focus on a different theme or character trait. For September, our theme is Empathy. We’ll be on the lookout for those students who show empathy with STAR behavior when they make sure that everyone they interact with feels seen, heard, and valued. These students strive to understand the needs of others. Every month we will have an assembly to announce our Students of the Month and we will also acknowledge our weekly Rocket Card winners.

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Stay Safe

Take Action

Act Responsibly

Respect All Things

Meeting Dates: One Wednesday a Month @ 5:30pm

First Meeting: Oct. 21 - 5:30pm in Eureka's school library. We hope you are able to join us!

For more information on upcoming events, please check out our new Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17dT8YEVBz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

8:55 A.M.- Students May Arrive

9:10 A.M.- School Day Begins

4:07 P.M. - Dismissal

Drop Off:

• Drop off is done in the front loop.

• Please stay in your vehicle. Staff members will be there to direct and help your child out of the car and lead them to the sidewalk where they will then enter the building.

• Children will get out on the passenger side for safety.

• Please do NOT drop off students in the parking lot, for safety reasons, use the drop off line.

Pick Up:

• Pick up is done in the same front loop.

• Please have the student(s) name tag displayed in your front window, stay in your vehicle and watch for staff to direct you.

• Please pull as far forward as you can when picking up

• A staff member will bring your child to your vehicle. They will get in on the passenger side of the vehicle.

• If your child will not be riding the bus or is going home with a friend, you must send a note to the school or call the school by 3:30 P.M. unless we have a written note from a parent or a phone call, we will always send students home in their normal manner.

• If your child is going to an alternate drop off from their normal bus ride, BOTH parents (the child who is going someplace different, and the parent of the child that is accepting them on that day), MUST send in a note. The bus garage will not drop students off at the alternate spot without notes from both parents.

We kindly remind you to stop by the office to:

• sign-in/sign-out your child whenever he/she is late or leaving early.

• check in and receive a visitor pass for your visit to the classroom, when speaking with the teacher and/or bringing something to a classroom.

If students need to take medicine at school, please fill out this form before the start of school and submit it to the front office.

Contact the bus garage with any questions regarding busing or the BusRight App.

Mr. Rob Gleeson - Transportation Director

(989) 227-4057

gleesonr@sjredwings.org

Mrs. Kendra Thelen - Transportation Office Manager

(989) 227-5332

thelenk@sjredwings.org

Tanya Klont, Principal

Eureka Elementary