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H.D. Thoreau Elementary
School
8224 NE 138th 425-823-4350 FAX: 425-814-4986
Steve Roetcisoender, Principal Email: sroetcisoender@lwsd.org |
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October 14, 2005October 19 Student Bank Day during lunch 20 PTA General Mtg, Library, 7:00pm 21 No School (Staff Development for Staff) 25 Student Pictures (look for info. to be sent home soon) 26 Student Bank Day during lunch PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE After-School
Activities After school programs and activities can be
wonderfully enriching, providing children with opportunities to stretch their
minds, exercise their bodies, learn teamwork, and build social skills. The
following are tips to consider when selecting after school programs for your
kids. Whose idea is it? Try to make sure that your child has at least some interest in the
club, sport, or lesson you’re signing him or her up for. What if you want them to attend and they don’t want
to? Incentives can work wonders.
Together, set two goals. The fist is yours: spell out the activity you want
them to participate in, the amount of time you want them to devote, and the
attitude you want them to have about it. The second is theirs: by following
your rules and achieving the goals you set for them, they can decide the
special privilege or reward they can earn. How intense is it? Some after-school gymnastics programs are a great excuse for
children to burn off energy and learn a few new skills. Others are totally
focused on training the next Olympian. Find the program that really fits what
you and your child is looking for. Can it help your child academically, athletically,
or socially? All children have
areas of strength and areas where they need some enrichment or encouragement.
After-school programs can help with both. Choose one activity that lets your
child expand on his or her strengths, and try to find another one that offers
a challenge. What kind of commitment are they looking for? Your 10 year old may have just what the coach or
instructor has always dreamed of - amazing flexibility, artistic talent, or a
90 mph serve. But be wary of programs that expect your child to commit to
four days a week or more. Children still need time to do their schoolwork,
sleep 10 hours a night, and to relax. Have you heard good feedback from other parents and
children? The best after school
programs get great reviews from children and their parents. If just the
parents are raving about a program, your children may be sorry you signed
them up. If just the children are crazy about it, it may be too lax or too
expensive to meet your needs. Are you over scheduling? Unstructured playtime is very important for
children. It’s a great time for them to use their imaginations, relax, or
just have fun. Be sure that you don’t take their childhood away from them by
filling every after school hour with “enriching” activities. While there are many things to consider when
contemplating after school programs, remember also that anything you do is
better than the all too common alternative - letting your children decide,
every day, what they want to do after school. Too many children fritter away
their childhoods watching television or playing computer games. Whatever
after school program you choose, help your children
see that life is not a spectator sport. ANNUAL 6TH GRADE SALES ARE UNDER WAY !!!! The
6th grade students at Thoreau have begun their annual Fall sales
program to help fund the Outdoor Education experience. These students will be selling Thank
you! -Mr. Elsworth HIV/AIDS CURRICULUM
PARENT INFO. NIGHT Mark
your calendars: The HIV/AIDS Parent Information night is scheduled for
Tuesday, January 17, from 6:30 - 7:30 pm in the Board Room of the ANNUAL 6TH GRADE SALES ARE UNDER WAY !!!! Monday,
October 17 is the last day to buy the great items that our 6th
graders are selling to earn money for their Outdoor Ed Program. Elliott Bay
merchandise, which includes terrific gifts for the winter holidays, along
with wrapping paper, calendars, candles, ribbon, candies, only to name a few
are being sold. In addition to these
products we are also selling the always-popular Dough-To-Go, cookies,
brownies, etc. If you know of a 6th grader who you would love to
support in this fundraiser, please give him/her a call this weekend and ask
to see their catalog. –Thank You! |
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Check out our
website for the latest information! PTA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND PARENT EDUCATION CLASS Come join us
Thursday, October 20, 7-9pm. Childcare will be provided. Business meeting
will be 7-7:30pm and the “Whose Homework Is It Anyway?” class will be
presented by Pat Timmons, a parent educator for the Parent Education Group.
It’s a great class! Hope to see you there! ANNUAL RIBBET RUN FUNDRAISER This is the
most important fundraiser our school does!! This is the only time, as a whole
school, that we ask students to “sell” something, and we would like to keep
it this way. So please encourage and support your children with this event.
This fundraiser provides classroom teachers and specialty teachers with money
to individualize and supplement their classrooms. It rents the busses for
field trips for every grade, pays for enrichment of math, reading, writing,
science, art, and music for all grades, and more!! Give as much as you can, ask employers to match, ask
family, and neighbors…our school goal this year is $18,000 (last year we made
$19,000). Together we can do it!!! Questions contact our PTA President, Polly
Blanchard at 820-8909 or polly@mccarthygmac.com. HIV/AIDS CURRICULUM
PARENT INFO. NIGHT Mark
your calendars: The HIV/AIDS Parent Information night is scheduled for
Tuesday, January 17, from 6:30 - 7:30 pm in the Board Room of the KUDOS Thank
you to Shelly Balice for compiling the information
and completing our student
directory!! It will be handed out very soon. RIBBET RUN UPDATE $6006.06 has been brought in so far. Please turn in money
every Tuesday in the month of October, and prizes will be awarded on
Thursdays. Please make
checks payable to Thoreau PTA! PTA has received many grants from employers
for the Ribbet Run!! Parents, “Thank You” for taking the extra time to get
the paperwork for this! Just turn in the paperwork to PTA with your match
amount and we will fill in the rest! Thank you!! Thanks to parents’ feedback, we have improved the Homework Club,
offering help on specific subjects or homework! They will meet on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 3:30pm until 4:30pm, for a total of 3 sessions (16 weeks
each). The first session will begin Oct. 18 and the last session will end May
4. Each 16 class session will cost $10.00. You can sign up for one session
and then continue or stop there. This was very valuable for the students last
year. Mrs. Guthrie will be the supervising teacher and has a real commitment
to the success of students. Please contact Helen Garcia at
helen@planetgarcia.com or 821-4442 to register. SLIME TIME FOR PRINCIPAL
ROETCISOENDER!! If nothing else…do it for the slime!
Collect pledges and donations and win great prizes! Yes! You heard your kids correctly.
Principal Roetcisoender has challenged the students to raise a total of
$18,000 by October 27, and if they do, he will have a date with the slime
machine (we are borrowing from Rush El.)! ewwwww! SMILE !!! |
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