Sumas Elementary Newsletter OCTOBER 2014 FROM THE CAFETERIA: Meal applications are now due! Please fill out and return the meal application for the 2014-2015 school year as soon as possible. You must complete a new application each school year, or the students will be required to pay full price for their meals until a new application is returned and approved. Additional applications are available in the office. FROM THE COUNSELOR: This month in Character Ed we have been studying rules and responsibility. This has been a great time for us to review the four school rules and why we have rules both in and outside of school. One of the four school rules is "be responsible." We spent time learning more about what the word responsible means and how we can act responsibly. If you have any questions about what we covered this month or would like to learn more about Character Ed, please feel free to contact me. Jean Klein, Sumas Elementary Counselor VOLUNTEER INFORMATION: We appreciate our volunteers and recognize that each of you make an important contribution to our school! Please remember that all volunteers must fill out an application every two years and we will need to make a copy of your driver’s license to accompany the application. PTO FUNDRAISER: Our fall fundraiser will kick off on October 2nd and run through October 14th. We will be offering Dee’s butterbraids and pastry puffins, and Java Joe’s coffee. Tentative pick-up date is November 14th. Look for information coming home with your student. ASB CARDS: Elementary ASB cards are available to purchase in the office for students in grades K-5. Cost is $11.00 and will allow the student entry into every home Nooksack athletic event excluding tournaments and playoff games. If paying by check, ASB purchases must be on a separate check than payments to your student’s lunch account. For more information please contact the office @988-9423. NEXT EARLY DISMISSAL WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, 2014 12:50 P.M. GRADES K-5 SPECIAL THANK YOU: Sumas Elementary would like to thank all of the individuals, churches and other organizations that have donated supplies, backpacks and other materials to our school to help out our students in need. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. PTO SKATING PARTY: The first PTO Skating Party for the year will be Monday, October 20, from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. at Lynden Skateway. This is great family fun! The PTO/PTAs of Nooksack, Sumas, and Everson Elementaries are sponsoring combined parties at Lynden Skateway this year. Come with your friends and meet new friends from the other elementary schools. Admission is $4.50 per person including skate rental. (Roller blades are an additional $2.00) Please remember your child must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. BUS CHANGE NOTES - “PINK SLIPS”: We have sent home with your child a packet of “Student Change/Bus Change Notice” slips. These are to be used if your child needs to be dismissed early from school or will be going home a different way than usual. Please fill out both sides of the notice and send it to school with your child. One side will be kept in the office for our records and the other will be given to the student to give to the bus driver. Only those students with bus change notices will be allowed to ride home a different way. STUDENT MEDICATIONS - Please remember that any medication that needs to be taken at school must be administered through the office and have written permission by both the parent and physician. This rule applies to both non-prescription and prescription medications. An adult must bring the medication to school. Please do not send them with students. Please call our school nurse, Tammy Ferris, at 988-9423 if you have any questions. DATES TO REMEMBER MEAL APPLICATIONS DUE LA HORA DE SALIDA ES A LAS MIÉRCOLES 8 DE OCTUBRE 12:50 P.M. GR. K-5 October 1 Good News Club Begins October 2-14 PTO Fundraiser October 3 Mid-Trimester #1 October 7 Health Screenings October 8 Early Dismissal, Gr. K-5, 12:50 p.m. October 15 Mask Making @ Sumas Library @ 10:30 a.m. October 16 School Board Meeting @7:00 p.m. October 20 PTO Skating Party 6:00-8:00 p.m. @ Lynden Skateway October 21 5th grade field trip to WWU FECHAS IMPORTANTES October 22 Early Dismissal, Gr. K-5, 12:50 p.m. Por favor, devolver las solicitudes comida October 29 Picture retakes/Sibling photos 3 de Octubre October 28-31 Early Dismissal for Middle School ONLY 8 de Octubre October 29 Early Dismissal for High School 15 de Octubre De la cafetería: se debe recordar que llenar y devolver la aplicación de alimentos para el año escolar 2014-2015. una nueva aplicación que se necesita cada año escolar, y los estudiantes estarán obligados a pagar el precio completo si la aplicación no es recibida por el 30 de septiembre fecha límite. aplicaciones adicionales están disponibles en la oficina. 16 de Octubre FIESTA DE PATINAJE: es el Lunes, 20 de octubre de las 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. en el patinaje de Lynden. El costo sera de $4.50 por la rentada de los patines y la entrada. Por favor, recuerde que su hijo debe ir acompañado por un padre o tutor. MEDICAMENTO DE ESTUDIANTES: Por favor recuerde que cualquier tipo de medicamento traído a la escuela tendrá que ser administrado por el personal de la oficina y tiene que seguido por una nota de permiso de parte del padre y también de un doctor. Esta regla se aplica a medicamento con o sin receta. Se pide que el adulto traiga el medicamento a la escuela. Por favor no lo mande con el niño/a. Por favor llame a la enfermera, Tammy Ferris, a la escuela 988-9423 si tiene preguntas. 20 de Octubre 21 de Octubre 22 de Octubre la mitad del trimestre 1 LA HORA DE SALIDA ES A LAS 12:50 PM Programa de la Biblioteca Sumas @ 10:30 a.m. Reunión de la Junta de la Escuela Districto, 7:00 p.m. pto fiesta de patinaje, 6-8:30pm, lynden skateway 5o viaje grado al campus WWU @ 8:55 am LA HORA DE SALIDA ES A LAS 12:50 PM 29 de Octubre el día de foto escolar ya viene 28 - 31 de Octubre Despido anticipado de escuela media 29 de Octubre Despido anticipado de escuela secundaria NOOKSACK VALLEY WEBSITE: Please visit our website at www.nooksackschools.org for the most current school and community information and announcements.