Perry Elementary School: Newsletter

March Newsletter

March 03, 2008

March Events:

3/3: 6:30 pm: PTO: PES Library

3/4: 4^th gr. State Assessments: Reading

3/10: 3^rd gr. State Assessments: Reading

3/10: 7:00 pm: BOE mtg.

3/11: 12:15 pm: 4^th & 2^nd grades go Bowling

3/12: 12:15 pm: 3^rd & 1^st grades go Bowling

3/13: End of 3^rd Nine Weeks

3/14: NO SCHOOL-teacher work day

3/17-3/21: Spring Break!!! No School

3/25: 4^th gr. State Assessments: Math

3/26: Grade Cards

Request for change in transportation

If a change in transportation is needed, parents should follow the guidelines listed below.

1) If the change occurs in the morning, please call the bus barn at 597-5303 so that the driver can be notified. Please make this call at least 15 minutes before your child's schedule pick up time.

2) After 8:00 AM, if a change needs to occur for the PM route, parents should call building secretaries at their child's attendance center.

3) All calls should be made by 2:30 PM. Unless it is an emergency, no change requests should be made after 2:30 PM.

School News:

Library: Starting in March, students at PES will not be able to check out library books until mid April. This is due to replacing our current library circulation system. We are replacing our out-dated system with a new program called Destiny. This will be a great addition to our library and it will provide students and teachers easier access to our online catalog. In order to make this conversion we have to do an inventory freeze to successfully transfer records to the new system. We hope that with this inconvience, parents and patrons will utilize the new Perry-Lecompton Public library as well as Topeka and Lawrence Public Libraries. Thank you for your patience and cooperation with this change.

Social Action Committee: For their third service learning project the Social Action Committee made fleece blankets for children at an orphanage in Solola, Guatemala. The ten blankets. The blankets were hand delivered on Valentine's Day by a team from Northland Church. The students enjoyed this project and would like to thank the Perry Elementary PTO for purchasing the material. Now that the blankets have been delivered we are anxious to see pictures of the children who received our blankets!

Bowling PE: The 6^th annual “Spring Fling Bowling Trip” will take place this month:

3/11- 3^rd & 1^st grades and 3/12- 4^th & 2^nd grades.

Where: Westridge Fun Center-Topeka

When: 12:15-2:30 pm

Cost: $5.00

This is a great opportunity for all students to participate in a life time sporting event. If you have any questions please contact the office.

Growing Up Online: MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Friendster. Nearly every adolescent in America is on the Internet every day, socializing with friends and strangers alike, "trying on" identities, and building a virtual profile of themselves--one that many kids insist is a more honest depiction of who they really are than the person they portray at home or in school. In Growing Up Online, FRONTLINE peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space; today's adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with: from cyber bullying to instant "Internet fame”. FRONTLINE investigates the risks, realities, and misconceptions of adolescent self-expression on the World Wide Web. www.pbs.org/frontline/kidsonline<http://www.pbs.org/frontline/kidsonline>

Dr. Seuss at school:Everyone at PES had a wonderful time celebrating Dr. Seuss and literature the week of 2/25. Green Day, Crazy Hat Day, Sweats Day, Crazy, Socks Day & Pajama Day!

A “heartfelt” thank you to all the volunteers and room parents who helped to make our Valentine’s Day so very special!

PES Heart Adventure was a huge success. Students learned all about our body’s blood flow and how important physical activity is to a productive life style. Thank you to Mrs. Bradney and Mike Miller for transforming the gym into a heart!