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December 2014 News 13200 Olympic View Road, Silverdale, Washington 98383 ~ Phone: 360-662-8400 Chris Visserman, Principal District Website: http://www.cksd.wednet.edu School Website: http://cougarvalley.cksd.wednet.edu Winter Break No School Monday, December 22, 2014 thru Friday, January 2, 2015 (back to school on January 5th) Upcoming Events Happy Holidays From the Cougar Valley Staff Report Cards Report Cards will be sent home in December before Winter Break. If you have any questions regarding your student’s report card please contact your child’s teacher with any questions. December 3rd— PTA Board Meeting 9:30 am 4th — Early Release 1:55 pm 11th— Early Release 1:55 pm 16th—3rd grade Winter Concert 6:00 pm 16th —Chorus Concert 7:00 pm 17th — PTA Invest Family Night 7 pm –8:30pm 18th— Early Release 1:55 pm 19th—Report Cards go home with students December 22 -- January 2 Winter Break (Back to School January 5th) January Lost And Found Remember to check the lost and found BEFORE Winter Break! Any clothes or items that are left in the lost and found after Friday, December 19th will be donated to charity. Please look to make sure that none of your students misplaced items are in the bin. The bin is located outside the music room. 5th—Return to school after break 7th—PTA Board Meeting 9:30 am 8th—Early Release 1:55 pm 15th—Early Release 1:55 pm 19th—Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (No School) 22nd — Reading with Guests 2:45 pm 22nd—Early Release 1:55 pm 26th—Non-Student Day (No School — possible makeup day due to snow/emergency school closures 29th—Early Release 1:55 pm Reminder to Dress Warm With wintery weather upon us, please remember to send your children to school with warm clothing: coats, hats, mi ens, and scarves are always helpful when they have an opportunity to play outside! EXTENDED VACATION REMINDER Are you planning an extended family vaca*on over the holidays? Winter break begins December 22 and ends January 2. Remember to contact the school office for pre-approval by the principal and to get homework, if your plans will begin early or end a0er these dates. An extended vaca*on form will need to be filled out if your child will miss more than 3 school days. The forms can be picked up in the office or sent home with your child if you call the office at 662-8400. You Must Contact the Office to Excuse Absences Please be sure to call the school office by 9:30am if your student is going to either be late or absent. It is important that we verify each child’s absence or tardy. Please let us know if your child will need a hot lunch upon arriving at school and we will order one for them. Any absences not reported to us by 9:45am will be sent to our automated calling system and you will receive a call reminding you to call us to excuse the absence. Failure to respond within two school days will result in the student receiving an unexcused absence for that day. Call to Excuse an Absence (360) 662-8400 Coughs and Colds and Comfort Just a li le reminder: students are not allowed to have cough drops at school. These are considered a medica*on. Parents can send in hard candy, which works well to help soothe a cough or sore throat. Please do not send any medica*on to school in your student’s backpack. Take a peek at the next ar*cle for informa*on on when to keep your child home from school due to illness. Health Services P.O. Box 8 Silverdale, WA 98383 (360) 662-1070 FAX: (360) 662-1041 WhenParentsShouldKeepStudentsHomeFromSchool • Fever consideredastemperatureof100°orgreater :Studentmuststayhomeuntilfeverfreefor24hourswithouttheuseoffeverreducingmedication. • Diarrhea Diarrhea consideredasmorethantwiceina24hourperiod :Studentmuststayhome untilnoloosestoolsfor24hours,unlessothersymptomsarestillpresent. • Vomiting:Studentmuststayhomeuntilhe/shecantolerateanormaldietwithoutvomitVomiting ingfor24hours. • In+luenza consideredfeverwithoneormoreofthefollowing:bodyaches,chills,sore throat,orcough :Studentmuststayhomeuntilsymptomfreefor24hours • Rashes:StudentswithrashesaccompaniedbyfeverorothersignsofillnessmustbeevalRashes uatedbytheirhealthcareproviderandclearedtoreturntoschool. ⇛Anyquestionsaboutotherillnessesyourstudentisexperiencingshouldbedirectedto yourstudent’sschoolnurseorbycallingourof+icedirectlyat360-662-1070 References:CenterforDiseaseControl http://www.cdc.gov/ WashingtonStateDepartmentofHealth http://www.doh.wa.gov/FluNews/default.htm Cougar Valley Food Drive A “Great Success” Many of our families were provided with a great Thanksgiving meal due to your generosity. Thank you for your help!!! Music News All Grade Levels are constantly working on one or more of our 3 musical areas: Tuneful-singing in tune with a pleasant tone of voice. Beat-ful-keeping a steady beat with the music at various tempos (speeds). Artful-creating a connection to the words or music by choosing appropriate accents, tempos, instrumentation or vocal inflections. 3rd grade Concert December the 16th at 6:00pm in the CV gym is about celebrations from around the world. The students are welcome to wear clothing or hats that represent different cultures or countries. I have a few costumes the students will be using during the performance. For some of the special parts I have 3 St. Lucia dresses and crowns with candles and some king crowns for the 3 Kings as well as kimonos, kilts, various hats and fabric representing different countries. Please have the students arrive by 5:45 to get in costume and warm up their voices. 4th grade students The performance at the beginning of November was amazing. CV was the first elementary school to have students perform at the Native American Celebration. Thank you to everyone who took the time out of their busy schedules to perform. We’ve received many emails about what a terrific job the 4th graders did. The 4th grade students will began using recorders in January. There will be plenty of recorders for the students to use here at school, thanks to Ted Brown Music for supplying the soprano recorders. Each child will have a recorder assigned to them but if you would like to have your child bring one of their own. Please be sure to mark it with their name in case it is left behind. I’d like to ask you not purchase one from the Dollar Store, the plastic is very fragile and they are often out of tune with the others. Ted Brown Music often gives a discount on soprano recorders if you show them this note. 5th grade students — What a fantastic job the students did in the performance of the Veteran’s Day Concert. Thank you to all who participated and attended. Chorus News What a great sound our Chorus has this year. Our caroling at CKH was fun. We had such a great turn out for a Saturday. The winter concert on December 16th begins at 7 pm in the CV gym. • Chorus meets every Tuesday: morning Chorus 8:30-9:00 a.m., and afternoon Chorus 3:25-4:00 p.m. Chorus is open for new people to join us in January. We will be learning all new music at that time. Thank you for being so prompt in arriving and picking up your child. • Please add the following dates Chorus concert dates to your calendar: • • December 16th 7:00pm at CV—Winter Concert February 23rd we may participate in the Black History Celebration at Olympic High…time TBD • • April 24th 6:30 at CV—Spring Concert Honor Choir students will be chosen from the 6th graders in chorus. Soon I will be sending home invitations to those chosen. I am only allowed to choose 10 students unless other schools have opened more spaces, and if so, I may be able to choose students by their respectful, responsible behavior and singing ability to fill those spots. • •Honor Choir concert is scheduled for February 5th 6:30pm at Ridgetop Jr. High. If you have any questions feel free to call me at 662-8416 or email: [email protected]. 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