Prairie Dell Elementary News

October is one of the busiest months of the school year! This month's newsletter is jam packed with details about upcoming events and exciting things taking place at PDE during the month of October.

We are here to support our students and families. Please do not hesitate to stop by the office or give us a call if we can assist you in any way.

Ryan Klein

Prairie Dell Principal

Homecoming Theme: There's No Place Like Homecoming

• Details for homecoming spirit days are in the graphic below.
• We will have a classroom door decorating contest in the building during the week
• Friday, October 10th is an early dismissal day. We will dismiss students at 12:00.
• Homecoming parade begins at 2:00

Children's author, Izzy B, is coming to visit us on Thursday, October 9. Izzy B is an award-winning author and illustrator. He will be an energetic and exciting speaker for our students when he reads his books and performs his books for us. Mrs. Sachs, our librarian, sent home information to pre-order books. Izzy B will be signing books for students after he performs. If you are still wanting to order a book, the QR code is on the order form

During the month of October, we put an extra focus on treating people with kindness. Our counselor, Dr. Griffin, uses her weekly guidance times to teach students specific skills to help stop bullying. The Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit teaches students:

• how to recognize bullying
• how to report bullying
• how to refuse bullying
• how to be a bystander that stands up and is a part of the solution

In addition to counseling lessons, we are bringing in a dance team from New York to help us reinforce kindness and how it is everyone's responsibility to respect themselves and those around them. The Echo Dance team will perform and spread their positive message with our students the morning of Wednesday, October 22.

PreventED is a local agency that provides lesson to our students that also supports the anti-bullying and safe choices message. PreventED will be in 4th and 5th grade classrooms during the month of October. They will visit other classrooms throughout the year.

Every week our school resource officer, Officer Callaway, is with our 5th grade students teaching them about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and helping them make safe and responsible choices. Students make DARE posters, have discussions about peer pressure, stress, and bullying. Students have been engaged and asking good questions. DARE wraps up on December 4 with our DARE graduation. Parents will be invited to attend the graduation. There will be more details as the date gets closer.

• Our Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled for the same week as Parent / Teacher Conferences, October 27-30th. Stop in to shop during Parent / Teacher Conferences on the 28th!
• 3205 books have been checked out of our library so far this year
• Checkout the Prairie Dell Elementary Library Facebook Page to see updates and fun things happening in our library.

Our 1st quarter ends on October 16. Report cards will be given out during Parent / Teacher Conferences on October 28. Students that scored below the 32%tile or has a continued Reading Success Plan from the previous grade will be receiving an up to date Reading Success Plan that highlights reading interventions that teachers are using to support your student.

We have a PTO meeting every month. Our next PTO meeting is Wednesday, October 15 at 5:00pm. All of our PTO meetings are held in our cafeteria. All are welcome to attend.

At the end of every month, all of our lost and found items are donated locally. Please stop in before or after school if your student is missing an item to claim before we donate our items.