Whipple Heights Monthly Newsletter
May 2015
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR (Under the Sea….An Ocean of Books!)
We had an extremely successful Book Fair again this year! With that in mind, we
would like to thank everyone that supported by either purchasing books and/or
volunteering their time to help! Profits from this event help fund our own school
library.
In addition to selling books at the fair, monies were collected for our Scholastic
Service Project: One for Books. Essentially, the library is permitted to keep the
change collected, in order to buy even more books for our school library. Scholastic
matches those monies and uses it to buy books for students in need. Thank you for
supporting this service project!
Volunteers play an important role in the Book Fair. We would especially like to thank
our Chairperson, Mandy Dale, for the many hours she put into making this Book Fair
such a success! This was her first year as Chairperson and she did a FABULOUS job.
One final note about the book fair, we usually pair our Right to Read Week with the
fair itself. This year we opted to instead have it directly follow the Book Fair. This
gave students a chance to win the posters that were displayed during the Book Fair by
reading at home each night and returning their parent signed tickets on time. Winners
are drawn from those tickets.
Thank you for helping us celebrate R E A D I N G!
Upcoming Events
Below is a listing of specific events scheduled for this coming month!
Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
May 1st
May 5th
May 6th
May 7th
Monday
Tuesday
May 11th
May 12th
Wednesday
May 13th
Thursday
May 14th
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
May 15th
May 18th
May 19th
Wednesday
May 20th
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
May 21st
May 22nd
May 25th
May 26th
Wednesday
May 27th
Thursday
May 28th
Spirit Friday / Final Spirit Shop for the Year!
3rd/4th Girls on the Run
Whipple (In House) 4th Grade Track Meet
3rd/4th Girls on the Run
Gifted Program Expo Night in Gym (5:30-7:00pm)
3rd Grade Just Say No in Classrooms
1st/3rd Bookmobile (Final for the Year)
3rd/4th Girls on the Run
Kidmobile (Final for the Year)
4th Grade District Track Meet at Perry High School
Kindergarten Field Trip to Akron Zoo
2nd Grade Field Trip to Wilderness Center
3rd/4th Girls on the Run
Rain Date 4th Grade District Track Meet
4th Grade Pfeiffer Orientation/Tour (1:30-2:30pm)
3rd/4th Girls on the Run
Positive Behavior Party #6 COSI in Gym
4th Grade Recognition in Gym (7:00-8:00pm)
3rd/4th Girls on the Run
Whipple Heights Annual Field Day
Memorial Day ~ No School
Last Day for Kindergarten Students
4th Grade Celebration at Rec Center
Incoming Kindergarten Screening
Year End Awards Assemblies
Pfeiffer Parent Orientation (6:30-7:30pm)
Last Day for Students 1st-4th Grade
Coin Drive Update
Our 2nd Annual Whipple Heights
Coin Drive was a huge success.
We surpassed our goal raising a
total of $1,448.30 for Perry
Helping Perry. Our 1st grade
students raised the most money
with our 4th graders running
neck and neck with them the
entire collection period.
Because of this, we opted to
provide both grade levels with
an afternoon treat (popcorn)
and an extra recess. A big
THANKS to all of our students
and families for supporting this
most charitable cause.
General Housekeeping…
 We make every effort to go outside for recess, even if
we have to stick to the blacktop only. Please make sure
students are fully dressed for the weather. If
students are not dressed warmly they will have to
remain inside on the bench by the office during recess.
 Many of you have been receiving form letters regarding
attendance. This is part of our revised policy at Perry
Local. You will receive a form letter at strategic points
starting with the 3rd non-medical absence. Please make
every attempt to obtain a medical excuse whenever
your child is absent due to illness.
 If visiting your student for lunch, please remember NO
outside food is permitted in the cafeteria except a
home packed lunch.
 All parents have 24hour access to Pinnacle for the
purpose of monitoring student grades. If you aren’t
sure how to monitor your student’s progress through
this system please contact your student’s teacher.
Thank you to everyone who has
sent in Box Tops and Campbell's
labels and helped to make this
another successful year! The
classroom that collects the most
during the school year receives a
pizza party at the end of May.
Currently Mrs. Ousley's 4th
grade class is leading with Mrs.
Daughery's 4th grade class close
behind.
The last collection date will be May 15th. I would also
like to give a HUGE thank you to Kim Baxter, Kristine
Dragos, Betsy Ward, Val Newsome, Melissa Presutti
and Angel Henne for all of their help with counting!
Have a GREAT summer!
Jen Watt
Collection Committee Chairperson
End of the Year Awards Assemblies
Our annual awards assemblies
will be held on May 27th in the
Whipple Heights Gymnasium.
Our 3rd/4th grade assembly will
begin promptly at 9:30am and
our 1st/2nd grade at 1:30pm.
NEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT
It’s hard to believe that we are on the final countdown for the
2014-2015 school year! It has been a wonderful school year
and we continue to be grateful for our Whipple friends and
family!
GOOD LUCK to all the 4th graders who will be moving on to
Pfeiffer next year! Don’t forget that 4th Grade Recognition is
Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00pm in the Gymnasium.
May has been designated career awareness
month. Students will be presented information on
many careers and the skills/education needed to
pursue those careers. The following DVDs will be
presented and discussed:
Grade K: “Busy People”
Grade 1: “Going to School is Your Job”
Grade 2: ”I Can Make Good Choices”
Grade 3: “We Can Work Together”
Grade 4: “Integrity Matters: Responsibility”
In addition, 4th grade students will also receive a
lesson on human maturation, a presentation by
QUEST regarding substance abuse education and
will visit Pfeiffer for intermediate school orientation.
Please contact me if I can be of any assistance.
Heidi Giok, School Psychologist
[email protected]
I want to take this time to send out a great big THANK YOU to
all of the WHPTO board members, committee chairpersons,
and volunteers! Without your help and support Whipple
Heights wouldn’t be able to do half as much as it does.
Hopefully all of our Whipple families were able to join us for at
least one of our events this school year.
Just a reminder, next year’s board member officers are:
President – Jamie Dulcie
Vice-President – Kristine Dragos
Secretary – Betsy Ward
Treasurer – Kim Baxter
Nominations – Jen Catazero
Again thank you to everyone!
– HAVE A SAFE AND FUN SUMMER –
We’ll see you in the fall!
With Perry Pride,
Jamie Dulcie (WHPTO President)
330.327.8899