Eagle Eye Tribune

Greetings AES families,

December has arrived and we are nearing the 60th day of school. This time of year is one of my favorites. I get to spend time with family and friends, take part in family traditions, cook and bake and sit by the fire with a hot cup of tea. I truly enjoy learning about traditions the children and staff have with thier family and friends. I am looking forward to bringing some new traditions to the school this year.

Antrim’s Festival of Trees: Each class at AES decorated a tree related to a storybook as part of the Festival. The Festival of Trees is being held at the Antrim Tuttle Library. Each class is going to take a walking field trip down to the library to visit the display in December. Early next week, we will be sending home a walking field trip form that must be completed in order for your child to participate. The date and time of each visit will be determined by the teacher based on when the library is available and weather. Please make sure your child comes to school dressed in appropriate weather gear.

Please watch for report cards in take-home folders and backpacks next Friday, December 8th.

Also, next Friday is a community meeting at 8:50AM, looking forward to seeing you there!

Warmest regards,

Beth Gibney — Principal

Our Universal team works hard to analyze school wide data to target areas of strength and areas of need for focus and direct instruction. In terms of PBIS, this refers to the school-wide expectations that are defined and taught to all school staff in each of the settings within the school. This month we are focusing on respect.

Students who demonstrate the school wide expectation of respect throughout the month will earn a "snowball" to add t the snow people. When the wall is filled with snow, all students will earn a special celebration. Please ask your child about what it means to be respectful and reinforce when you see them being respectful at home.

In First Friends 2 we are beginning our holiday fun through music, books,activities, crafts, and lots of glitter.

Ms. Lawler’s class has continued to work hard on Lexia! We’re strengthening our reading, listening, and comprehending skills and showing grit when things get hard. So far this year we have passed 16 Lexia levels as a class! As a celebration for all of our hard work and our learning, students chose to have a special time in the gym using scooters.

Ms. Dibble’s class has been working hard in all subjects while having fun. In math, we have been working on measuring length. Wednesday we measured the materials in our classroom with a string and found if they were “longer than” or “shorter than” the string. Friday we had the opportunity to go into the forest for math. We found three sticks that were the “same length” and brought them in for a winter project.

In reading, kindergarteners use a mirror to watch their mouths form letter sounds.

Second grade has been working on adding and subtracting within 200 using vertical form and place value drawings. We also began learning about magnets and how they attract certain materials. It was very fun going around our classroom and seeing what items in our classroom attract magnets!

Great job second grade!!

Third graders are learning to round to the nearest ten and hundred this week. We’re having fun weighing items and rounding them, or rolling dice to create our own numbers to round. We’ve also been hard at work comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction texts, and learning all about moose and wild turkeys from our librarian, Mrs. Tenney.

Guidelines for Keeping Sick Children Home

School attendance is important, however, your child may need to stay home because he/she is too sick to be comfortable to learn at school, and/or they may spread a contagious illness to the other students. Students should come to school able to participate in all school activities, and should not be tired and listless. Below are some guidelines as to when to keep your child home from school.

Colds

Children with a new cough or severe cold symptoms such as sneezing, congestion and/or thick or constant nasal drainage should stay home. Minor cold symptoms such as mild stuffiness and clear nasal discharge are OK to be in school as long as your child feels well enough to participate.

Fever

Children with a temperature of 100 degrees or higher must stay home from school. Your child may return to school after he/she is fever free for a minimum of 24 hours - without the use of fever reducing medicine. Fever (temperature of 100 degrees or higher) is a normal response by the body to fight off an infection. It is also an indication that your child could be contagious. Often, temperatures are lower in the morning and rise during the day. Giving your child acetaminophen or ibuprofen will reduce the temperature but will not prevent him/her from passing the illness to their classmates.

Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea

Your child should stay home from school if any of these illnesses has occurred within the last 24 hours.

Returning Students to School: “The 24 Hour Rule/Guideline”

Students may return to school after 24 hours on antibiotics, when their temperature has been less than 100 degrees for 24 hours, and/or no vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours. It is important that the school knows how to reach parents or a designated emergency contact person during the day, particularly if a child has been sick.

Calling the school when your child is home sick.

Please remember to call your child’s school whenever your child will be absent. Messages may be left anytime during non-school hours or sign into Pick Up Patrol. Please give the actual reason for the absence such as fever, sore throat, headache, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, so that we may keep track of “what’s going around”. Sick children will be sent home from school.

Thank you Nurse Mellon

Email: bgibney@conval.edu
Website: https://aes.convalsd.net/
Location: 10 School Street, Antrim, NH, USA
Phone: (603)588-6371