Southport Elementary School

Happy Friday! For some reason, short weeks always feel exhausting!

Our PTA plans to meet again this Tuesday, Sept. 12th at 5:30 in the school library. We plan to elect officers, discuss skating parties, and plan a fall family event.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Ms. Witkemper

Happy Friday! Zeitindik asi, zarh a tawi caan poah ah kan tha bat deuhmi a lo zungzal!

Kan PTA atu Nihnih ni, Sept. 12 zaanlei 5:30pm ah kan sianginn library ah tonnak ngeih tthan kan i tim. Hi tonnak ah hruaitu thim, skating parties kong biaruahnak ngei, le chungkhar caah fall event suai kan i timh.

Zaanlei tha u.

Ms. Witkemper

Feliz Viernes! Por algún motivo las semanas cortas siempre se sienten agotantes!

Nuestro PTA (Comité de Padres y Maestros) planea reunirse de nuevo el Martes, 12 de Septiembre a las 5:30 en nuestra biblioteca. Planeamos elegir a nuestros presidentes y parte del comité, hablar sobre la fiesta de patinaje, y planificar un evento familiar para este otoño.

Espero que todos tengan un maravilloso fin de semana.

Ms. Witkemper

August 7, 2023

Dear Perry Township Schools Parents,

Perry Township Schools (PTS) remains committed to the academic, social and emotional growth of all of our students. We are happy to announce that we will be utilizing a survey through Panorama Education to capture student voice and allow students to express their perspectives about self management, social awareness and their well-being.

The survey results will help PTS teachers, administrators and counselors gauge student growth and understanding around social and emotional competencies, which contribute to academic success and increase engagement in the classroom.

Our students in grades K-2 will be answering the Panorama survey with the help of a classroom teacher, and our students in grades 3-8 will answer questions on their own. All survey responses will take place at school. The survey will take about 20 minutes of their classroom time and provide our district with valuable information that will help us better meet the needs of our students.

We anticipate that we will begin survey administration on September 11. We will likely have all surveys completed by September 15, 2023. If a parent or guardian chooses to not have their child participate in the anonymous survey, they must contact their school office by September 1st. Please call at 317-789-3300 or email kwitkemper@perryschools.org to opt out of the survey.

If you would like to learn more about the Panorama survey, including the full set of questions that your child will be asked, please use this link.

Thank you for your continued support of our Perry Township Schools.

Sincerely,

Jon Romine

Director of Student Services

To honor our mental health and encourage kindness and patience with one another, we are going to be celebrating kindness week. We are participating in Kindenss week to recognize National Suicide Prevention Week (9/10-9/16) and World Suicide Prevention Day (9/10), in an elementary friendly way.

Throughout the week, we will be talking about how everyone matters and belongs here and why it is important to be kind to one another. We will focus on being kind to our peers, our family, teachers, and ourselves. Each day students will be presented with a ‘kindness challenge” to help foster and grow our caring culture here at SES.

Students have either recently participated in/ or soon will participate in a bully prevention discussion. This presentation helps students understand the 3 criteria that classify actions as bullying:

• The action must be intentionally mean

• The action must be repeated

• There must be an imbalance of power in the exchange

We want students to be able to recognize bullying when it is occurring and take steps to get help to ensure that it does not continue.

If you or any loved ones are struggling during this time here are some resources that can help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline- dial 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

• https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

• If you are someone you love has lost a loved one to suicide, this resource can help:

https://988lifeline.org/help-yourself/loss-survivors/

This week's artist of the week is second grader Michael Krebs from room 11. He drew an autumn bouquet with butterflies.

Thank you to everyone who joined PTA!

Our next PTA meeting will be Sept. 12th. At that meeting, we will be voting on officers.

What does PTA do: They brainstorm and plan fun activities for our students. They organize skating parties, volunteer at family nights, and sponsor our service dog, Mosely. They support our teachers and staff and really just enhance or enrich your child's school in whatever way is needed.

What do PTA officers Do:

President-Organizes and runs meetings and keeps us on track for the upcoming events.

Treasurer-Is in managing the money

Secretary-Takes notes at meetings and sends them out to PTA members.

If you have an interest in being a PTA officer, please contact Ms Witkemper. kwitekmper@perryschools.org or 317-789-3311

For the School Newsletter (Second and Fifth Grade High Ability Screening):

Dear Parents/Guardians of second and fifth grade students:

We need additional information on the academic needs and performance of individual students in order to provide instruction at the appropriate level for each child. All second and fifth grade students will take a standardized test to begin to collect this information. The testing will take place starting the week of September 11th and is the first step in our high ability screening. If you have any questions regarding testing, please contact Kim Jovic at: kjovic@perryschools.org.

Keep in mind - Out of Uniform Days include the expectation that students still need to wear dresses or shirts with sleeves and have pants or skirts of an appropriate length! You may take a break from solid colors, collars, and khaki, black, or navy pants on these days:)

School Hours:

9:10am-3:55pm (M,T,Th,F)

9:10am-3:30pm (W) Early Release

Website: https://www.perryschools.org/se/
Location: 261 Anniston Drive, Southport, IN, USA
Phone: 317-789-3300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthportEl/