Family News

Every Student Present is a public awareness campaign developed by New York State Council on Children and Families and is intended to help families, school leaders and communities understand the impact of multiple school absences on children’s learning, especially young students. The goals of the campaign are to promote awareness of chronic absence and to build capacity among schools, families, and communities to promote school attendance.

Check out their website here. https://ccf.ny.gov/every-student-present/

This aligns with with our schools moto, Here Today, Ready for Tomorrow. To celebrate this we will be asking all students wear their attendance tee-shirts this Friday.

PAC is selling Night Out Books as a fund raiser for the school. You will be able to purchase as up coming school events, Literacy Night and Winter Showcase. You can also reach out to get materials sent home so you can help sell them to interested family or friends. These make great Christmas Gifts.

FAQs

What advantages do I receive as a member of the Night-Out Book Program?

Night-Out Book members enjoy tremendous savings at fine dining, casual dining, and fast food restaurants, as well as cultural events, movies, and other local entertainment centers. Your membership in the program also entitles you to receive valuable discounts on local services such as dry cleaning, car washing, and catering at some of the area's finest restaurants. Offers presented in the Night-Out Book are premium discounts that can only be obtained and used by members.

How Many Different Merchants are included in the Night-Out Book?

Our motto is "Discover the Area's Finest in Dining, Entertainment, and More..."
Night-Out Book members get the opportunity to do just that. Over 600 premium offers with savings of up to 50% are included in each edition of the annual Night-Out Book program. Members enjoy HUNDREDS OF "BUY ONE GET ONE FREE" discounts at over 200 merchants throughout the metropolitan and suburban Buffalo, and Niagara Falls area.

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Any parent who wants to chaperone a field trip, must complete the volunteer application.

PAC Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm.

The meeting is in person as well as on ZOOM, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83528350620?pwd=HPfQzAzIDjMozORJNmyP5bkeUaYYMJ.1

Next Meeting January 20th

At our school, student safety is always our top priority. Throughout the year, we practice different types of safety drills—such as fire, shelter in place, and lockdown drills—so that everyone knows what to do in an emergency. Each year we need to conduct:

• Fire Drills - We have completed 6 successful drills.
• Lock Down Drills
• Early Release Drill
• Shelter in place Drills

Please reassure your student that these drills are to practice, and nothing to be afraid of.

A lockdown drill helps us practice what to do if we ever need to secure the building from a threat. This is most like a safety concern in the school building. During these drills, teachers guide students to move away from doors and windows, stay quiet, and wait calmly until it’s safe.

We take care to explain each drill in a calm, age-appropriate way so that students understand it’s a practice and not something to be afraid of. Our goal is to help everyone feel prepared and confident, not scared.

Thank you for talking with your child about the importance of these safety routines and reassuring them that these drills are simply one of the many ways we work together to keep our school safe.

We will be conducting Lockdown Drills on 2/25 and 4/2,

I will send a reminder message and also let you know how the drill went after each event.

Final Drill 4/2

January 15 - Bingo Night

January 19 - No School Martin Luther King Day

January 20 - PAC Meeting 5:30

January 24 - Last Day of Second Quarter

February 5 - Community Cafe - 4:30-6:00, Topic- Smart Taxes, Strong Finances

February 9-13 - Spirit Week

February 16-20 - February Break, no school for students

February 27 - Black History Showcase

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With your support, we look forward to building on our school’s 30-year history

of educating our community’s children. With your help, we can grow our pride!