2015 REMINDERS No school-monday, February 16th No school-friday, February 27th Parent/Teacher Conferences-Thursday, February 12th Parent/Teacher Conferences-Monday, February 16th Book Fair-Thursday, February 12th (11:45-12:45 & 4:00-7:30) Book Fair-Friday, February 13th (11:45-12:45) Book Fair-Monday, February 16th (4:00-7:30) Eat with Someone Grand-Thursday, February 12th (K-2) Eat with Someone Grand-Friday, February 13th (3-5) $3.60 per adult
Beaver Dam Unified School District 4 & 5 Year Old Kindergarten Registration NEW THIS YEAR: Registration for all 4K sites and 5K elementary schools will be held at the Educational Service Center (705 McKinley St): Wednesday, February 25 Thursday, February 26 Friday, February 27 7:00 am 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 7:00 pm 9:00 am 3:00 pm Please use the N3 entrance doors on the north side of the building. Parking is available in the ESC parking lot or in the parking lot across the street at the District Maintenance Building. Children do not need to attend registration. 4K parents will need to bring the following for registration: Birth Certificate Immunization Record Proof of Residency (utility bill dated within the last 30 days, lease agreement, etc.) Phone & Address Information for emergency contacts $30 Materials Fee 5K parents If your child is not enrolled in the Beaver Dam School District s 4-year-old kindergarten program, please bring your child s birth certificate and immunization records and proof of residency to registration. If your child is currently enrolled in Beaver Dam s 4K program, you do not need to bring these items. Registration forms are available on the Beaver Dam School District website (www.bdusd.org) if you wish to print them and bring the completed forms to registration. 4K Site assignments will be based on the order registrations are received, need for child care services, place of residence, special programming needs, transportation and available openings at the site requested. 5K school assignments will be based on the school assigned to your address, special programming needs and enrollment numbers. The Beaver Dam Unified School District will determine all final placement decisions. Contact: Sarah Oudenhoven, 4K Coordinator Jesse Peters, Elementary Coordinator 920-885-7380 ext. 4302 920-885-7380 ext. 4301 OudenhovenS@bdusd.org PetersJ@bdusd.org
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Field Trips/Background checks As you may know, we now require all parents who accompany children on a field trip to complete a criminal background check. The district requires at least a 2-week window to get the background checks completed. If teachers turn in forms less than 2 weeks before the field trip, we will try to accommodate them, but we have no control over how long it takes us to get the forms back from the investigating agency. PTO Book Fair is coming up soon! Get a head start and check out the books before you get here on this link! http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/sbd Also, during the book fair, we will be having Eating with Someone Grand. Please look for those sheets to come home with your child. Our next PTO meeting will be March 3rd from 5:30-6:30 in the Art room. DON T BE SHY. Please come and help us brainstorm ideas for YOUR children. We would love your input! Page 4
February, 2015 Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s): During the month of February, a member of your school s Student Services staff will be talking to your child s class about personal safety. We want you to be aware of this so that you can help answer any questions your child may have and continue the discussion at home. These lessons are part of the district s personal safety curriculum and include such topics as common safety rules, safe and unsafe touches, keeping private parts private, reporting, assertiveness skills, and harassment; all topics are carefully adapted to the age of the children. The overall goal of this unit is for students to advocate for their personal safety. Together we help your children learn and practice personal safety. If you have any questions, or if you would like more information on this topic, please feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Sarah Connaughty Jenna Kvalheim Kisten Gillespie Student Services Staff Beaver Dam Unified School District No person may be denied admission to any public school in the district or be denied participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be discriminated against in any curricular, co-curricular, student services, recreational or other program or activity because of the person's sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, handicap or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability in the educational programs or activities operated by the Beaver Dam Unified School District. Page 5
Febrero, 2015 Queridos Padres/Tutores: Durante el mes de febrero, un miembro de los servicios de los estudiantes hablara en la clase de su hijo para informales de la seguridad personal. Queremos que usted este informado sobre ello para que pueda ayudar a su hijo con cualquier pregunta que tenga y continuar la conversación en su casa. Estas lecciones son parte del plan de estudios de seguridad personal del distrito e incluyen tales temas como las normas de seguridad comunes, formas seguras e inseguras de tocar, manteniendo sus partes personales privadas, informes, habilidades de asertividad y acoso; todos los temas están cuidadosamente adaptados a la edad de los niños. El objetivo general de esta unidad es para que los estudiantes cuiden por su seguridad personal. Juntos ayudamos a sus niños aprender y practicar la seguridad personal. Si tienes alguna pregunta, o si desea más información sobre este tema, por favor contactar nosotros. Sinceramente, Departamento de Servicios de Estudiantes Beaver Dam Unified School District
Tracy Ghiloni, OT Nicole Hale, PT Stacie Heier, OT Leizel Orr, OT Special points of interest: Therapy Corner Movement Matters Even though winter is upon us and outside movement activities can be challenging to fit in because of weather, it is still important to keep your child moving! Movement is an important part of your child s learning. Movement before a sit-down activity can increase you child s attention and ability to concentrate. Here are some great tips to help get your child moving inside during those cold days! Activities to get moving and strengthen the arms: *Wheelbarrow walks ( When someone holds child s feet and he walks forward with his hands), crab walk, bear walk *Wall Push ups. (Have child stand a foot or so away from the wall and place his hands flat on it. Then do push ups standing up against the wall. Regular push ups are good to do also but hard for many children. *Crawling through the snow -Playing on stomach on floor propped on elbows during board games or video game play *Lie a blanket on the floor and roll up in it and then unroll *Shoveling snow *Taking garbage cans to the end of the driveway for pick up *Help carry groceries in the house *Build a tent/fort have child help move furniture/blankets Indoor obstacle course-make your child crawl, jump, push, etc Active games-twister,.charades Dancing You Tube is a great resource for videos (key words: brain breaks, just dance for kids, yoga kids) *Gonoodle.com has many fun videos to get your child moving