As we rolled the calendar over from 2021 to 2022, our team at Pauline Central spent time reflecting on the first semester and planning for the final 18 weeks of this school year. We reaffirmed our commitment to our Building Goal of Every Jaguar A Reader.

We cannot do this important work without YOU! If your young child is struggling to learn his letters and sounds, or if you older child is struggling to decode words in text, please contact your child's teacher. We want to partner with you to help your child develop a love of reading.

First, as a friendly reminder, internal COVID-19 data is tracked weekly by school and that data is

entered on an Auburn-Washburn scorecard that is released every Friday. Based on data

entered on the scorecard, masks are strongly encouraged in schools when COVID-19 incidences

are below 5%. When COVID-19 incidences are 5% or above at a school, masks are required

when indoors until the percentage drops below 5% in that school for two consecutive weeks.

We will continue to track, report, and take action on COVID-19 and Test to Learn numbers each week on Friday. Based on the Auburn-Washburn Scorecard this week, masks will be required when indoors at the following schools next week: Auburn, Farley, Indian Hills, Pauline Central, Pauline South, and Wanamaker elementary schools. Masks are strongly encouraged at Jay Shideler, Washburn Rural Middle School, Washburn Rural High School, and Tallgrass.

Being good to myself and not putting myself down; taking care of myself.

Please join me in welcoming Linda Meredith to our Pauline Central Community. Ms. Meredith is our new school nurse, replacing Sarah Follis who relocated with her family to the Manhattan area. Nurse Meredith has a wide breadth of experience in nursing and in the Auburn Washburn District. She has stepped into this position at a challenging time for our school community with the COVID cases surging, but her calm and patient demeanor is a wonderful asset as we continue to battle this virus.

Welcome aboard, Nurse Meredith!

January 17 - NO SCHOOL; Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

January 26 - EARLY RELEASE; 3:05 p.m. dismissal

February 1 - PTO Meeting at Pauline South; 6:00 p.m.

February 9 - Valentine's Parties

February 9 - Parent-Teacher Conferences; 4:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.

February 10 - NO SCHOOL; Parent Teacher Conferences; 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

February 11 - NO SCHOOL

February 14 - NO SCHOOL; Staff Professional Learning Day

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.

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, February 1, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in the Pauline South Library. We will begin planning for our Spring Fundraiser and Spring Carnival!

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