Woodlan Primary/Intermediate—East Allen County Schools

December 8, 2011

News From the Office:

Woodlan Primary/Intermediate—East Allen County Schools

Important Dates:

• December 7th, 8th, 9th—Santa’s

Workshop

• December 8th—3rd grade field trip

to FW Ballet & Arts United

• December 11– 1st grade field trip to

Gingerbread Festival & History Muse-

um

• December 13th –PTO Meeting 3:00-

5:00 @ Primary

• December 21st– 5th grade field trip

to Rave Theater for Literature Enrich-

ment movie

• December 22nd to January 3—

Winter Recess

• January 12th– Skating party @

Bell’s from 6-8:00 p.m.

• January 23rd– McTeacher Night @

McDonald’s

Reminder—

Every Wed. is Collaboration

Day / Early Dismissal …

Primary students are dismissed

at 2:10 p.m.

Intermediate students are dis-

missed at 2:25 p.m. (unless we

have a delay that morning—

then follow the delay schedule)

Woodlan’s Little Warriors: Little Wonders

This year history was made on Nov. 21st. That is when

we had a Transition Assembly at both the Primary & In-

termediate schools—We not only closed Harlan Ele-

mentary, but we also closed Woodburn Elementary.

With both schools closing we’ve opened Woodlan Pri-

mary and Woodlan Intermediate. When we opened the

doors to these schools this year we welcomed new stu-

dents, new staff, new parents and a new PTO. Together

we are all working to create a new Greatness that we

hope to develop as we continue to grow and continue to

get to know one another.

So far this Transition has been a smooth one—thanks to

everyone involved. With that said we were able to cele-

brate the merger of our schools with walking through

the archway into our ’new’ school, have Dave the Brave

get crazy with us, have the Woodlan High School Band

rock us on by leading us through the hallways and have

the Woodlan cheerleaders cheer us on as well. It was a

great day! (Please see the pictures on the following

page). —Jodie Clark, Woodlan Primary/Intermediate Principal

Woodlan Primary/Intermediate

Students, Staff, and Parents

Reach for the Stars!!

Don’t forget to send in your non-perishable food items to the Primary building as we continue to have our food drive there to assist the Woodburn Food Bank.

Christmas Break: Enjoy your Holiday Break with your family from December 22nd—Jan. 3rd. We’ll see you back on January 4th.

November 21st

Transition Assembly

One Big Family...

Happy Birthday!

D E CE M B E R

Turn your electronic Trash into our Treasure

Help us earn cash & save the environment by

dropping off your used laser toners, inkjets,

laptops, iPods & cell phones to either the Pri-

mary or Intermediate offices. Thanks for

your support!

Sending medicine to school for your child?

Be sure to follow these EACS policies: 1. The medicine must be in the package in

which you bought it, and must have the child’s dose on the label.

2. The school must have a signed permission note on

file which includes your child’s name, the name of the medication, and when the medication should be

given. 3. Prescription medicines must have your child’s name

on the Rx label, or be accompanied by a prescription from the doctor if samples are used.

Nurses Notes:

Staff: Ms. Sheely 12-04 Mr. Cook 12-15 Ms. Parisot 12-17

Students:

Christopher Huckeriede 12-01 Dabrien Richhart 12-01 Tristan W Delagrange 12-01 Karli Bricault 12-03 Emma R Schindler 12-03 Scott Allen Keeran, Jr 12-04 Salma Piedra 12-04 Kevin Brock 12-13 Cole Koenig 12-13 Grace K Miller 12-14 Lily Vondran 12-15 Tori Miller 12-16 Tyler Miller 12-16 Jenna Cummins 12-16 Kayla S Reidenbach 12-17 Josie Johnson 12-21 Lanessa S Graber 12-22 Marlene Lengacher 12-22 Hope E Delagrange 12-23 Jaden Keller 12-23 Tyler R Kitson 12-23 Hannah Sharrar 12-27 Jonathan S Snyder 12-31

Simply Souper Meal

The Woodlan Intermediate Intervention class enjoyed a “Simply Souper” meal on Fri-day, December 2. The meal was the culminating activity of their focus on the tradi-tional story of Stone Soup. Students compared three versions of the traditional story, discussing settings, characters, events, and the various ingredients for the soups. They also voted for their favorite version of the story. The students picked Some Friends to Feed by Pete Seeger as the class favorite. Like the story, students' families contributed items to make the soup. Along with the soup, students also made breads and pies for the meal. Parents and grandparents were invited to join the class for their meal. Mrs. Schaber read the story aloud to the guests and shared the lesson that when everyone works together and contributes a little, we can make something won-derful for all.

Important Items

Midterms & Report Card Dates:

2nd quarter & the end of 1st se-mester is on December 21st. Dress Code: Reminder that completion of the 1st

nine weeks ENDS wearing shorts. If

students wear shorts, parents will be

called to bring in other clothes to wear

or something from the nurse's office will

Woodlan Primary/Intermediate—East Allen County Schools

Woodlan Cafeteria/Lunchroom Reminders: • If you ever have any questions or concerns about your child’s account, please call Darlene Hamilton, cafeteria manager, at the Intermediate 446-0290, ext.

7411 and Sherry Kruckeburg at the Primary 446-0280 ext. 5905. You may also view your child’s lunch activity via Parent Access or the EACS website . • Parents and other visitors of students—we welcome you to eat breakfast or lunch with your child at anytime, but we need to know if you are coming for

ahead of time to plan accordingly. Please do so by calling in before 9:00 a.m. or send a note with your child. We also ask that you sign in and wear a Visi-tor’s badge. Adult lunches are $2.30. As we are now a cashless system, we ask that you bring correct change for your lunch. Or you may use your child’s lunch account to purchase your lunch. If you do not have correct change, we can deposit the rest of your money into your child’s lunch account .

Cafeteria News

Parents are asked to exercise good judgment in ensuring that students are appropriate-ly dressed for weather conditions. Please keep in mind that students are expected to go outside for recess, except in cases of inclement weather. When the temperature is below 55 degrees a jacket must be worn for recess. If the student does not wear one, he/she will not have a recess. And we are on a NO SHORTS policy—no recess if worn!

INCLEMENT WEATHER: INCLEMENT WEATHER: INCLEMENT WEATHER: INCLEMENT WEATHER: Periodically weather conditions may be such that school will not be in session or the starting of the school day will be delayed.

Announcements are made over the local radio and/or TV stations starting as early as 6:00 a.m. Please do not call the school for this Please do not call the school for this Please do not call the school for this Please do not call the school for this

information.information.information.information. Should weather conditions worsen after students arrive and require that students be sent home prior to scheduled

dismissal, the early dismissal will be reported to all Fort Wayne radio stations and/or TV stations.

2-HOUR & 3-HOUR DELAYS (DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS): A two-hour delay means that the first bell will ring at 9:45 a.m. & the tardy bell will ring at 9:55 a.m. therefore ending at 2:55

p.m. (2:50 for car riders) for the Intermediate. At the Primary, the first bell will ring at 10:00 a.m. & the tardy bell will ring at 10:05 therefore ending at 2:45 (2:40 for car riders).

A three-hour delay means that the first bell will ring at 10:45 a.m. and the tardy bell will ring at 10:55 a.m. A three-hour delay means that school will be extended an hour, therefore ending at 3:55 p.m. (3:50 for car riders) for the Intermediate. At the Primary, the first bell will ring at 11:00 a.m. and the tardy bell will ring at 11:05 a.m. A three-hour delay means that school will be extended an hour, therefore ending at 3:45 p.m. (3:40 for car riders)

If there is a two-hour or three-hour weather delay on a Wednesday, Collaboration Day, there will not be early dismissal and pick-up will occur at the regular time for delay schedules.

*Breakfast will be served on delay days.

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The 2nd grade would like to invite you to their musical and artistic Winter Informance on De-cember 13th at 7:00 in the Woodlan Primary Gym. They will be "informing" you of what they have been learning in a "performance" style. The musical portion is a tribute to the story of the Nutcracker, using ideas and music from the Nutcracker Ballet by Tchaikovsky. The artistic portion are props that will be included in the performance that each student made by them-selves. The students have been working hard, and are looking forward to showing what they have been learning. Come join this fine arts experience! Looking forward to seeing you all there!

The 6th grade and the choir would like to invite you to their musical and artistic Winter Con-cert on December 15th at 7:00 in the Woodlan High School Auditeria. The choir has been working hard and are looking forward to sharing their songs with you. The 6th grade has been learning fast, and is also looking forward to sharing their music, much of it created or arranged by the 6th graders. They are also excited to share their artwork, which will be projected onto a screen during their performance. Come join this fine arts experience! Looking forward to see-ing you all there!

Miss Augsburger and Mr. Stebing

Attention Market Day Customers: Woodlan Primary School will no longer be offering Market Day Products, but Westwood Fellowship Church at 4100 Becker Rd in Woodburn will continue this service for the community. It will be used to help the Awana Program for the children of our area. Order guides may be picked up at West-wood or in the school offices. They may also be viewed online at marketday.com For phone orders or if you have any questions you may call Elaine Erb at 485-6679.

W E A T H E R

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Acosta, Jesse Anderson, Cade Bates, Taylor

Bennett, Branden Castle, Hannah

Chase, Ben Collins, William

Cook, Cody Crilly, Luke

Delagrange, Tristan Durkes, Justin

Ferguson, Jacob Fisher, Blake

Gross, Mallory Hefty, Paxton

Hertenstein, Bryson Hettinger, Nick

Kelly, Kadi Kelsey, Alexis Koening, Cole Lawson, Jordan Lehman, Braden

Lewis, Devin Martian, Reese

McGettigan, Kei'anna Quillman, Dakota

Radel, Tate Rekeweg, Jerrod

Richhart, Braedon Richhart, Dabrien

Schraber, Tim Stiver, Morgan

These kids have FUN participating in Intramurals...

NEWS and INFORMATION 2011-12 Woodlan PTO Officers: President Casey Scharrar / Kim Hettinger Vice President Amy Bertsche / Tina Albertson Secretary Betsy Stuckey / Kristy Boyd Treasurer Tami Swymeler / Amber Holcomb

Santa's Workshop is Dec. 7th, 8th and 9th at both schools. Please return the red slip that came

home if you can help the kids' shop.

The next PTO meeting is at December 13th from 3-5:00 at Woodlan Primary.

The next skating party is January 12th at Bell's Rink in New Haven from 6-8:00 p.m.

Mark your January calendar for Jan. 23rd McTeacher night at McDonald's on Stellhorn Rd., Ft.

Wayne. It is a fun night to see teachers working and serving at McDonald's.

Mrs. Cindy Rauwerdink – Special Education 4-6 Birthday: September 20th Favorite Candy/Snack: Peanut M&M’s Favorite Drink: Zero Vitamin Water Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: McDonald’s Favorite Restaurant: Casa’s Store Personally Likes: Eddie Bauer Store Likes for Purchasing Items for School: Walmart, Dollar General Items Could Use for Classroom: Little prizes appropriate for Intermediate

PTOPTO

Box Tops and Campbells Soup labels: Keep saving them! We will have a classroom competition later this year.

SPRIT WEAR!!!

All spirit wear has been delivered. Thank you so much for your order and support. A person at the Primary building ordered and paid for two youth medium t shirts, but there was no name on the order form. If you paid for these items and have not yet re-

ceived it, please call Betsy Stuckey at 632-4569.

Some people have been asking if it's too late to order t shirts and the answer is yes. We will not order again this year, HOWEV-ER, we do have some items left that we will still sell. These items will be available on a first come, first serve basis. They are:

T-SHIRTS( $5.00 each): CREW NECK SWEATSHIRTS ($15.00 each):

(Make checks payable to Woodlan PTO for YS & (Make checks payable to Woodlan PTO for all sweatshirts) Woodlan Primary for all others)

1 YOUTH SMALL 1 YOUTH SMALL CREW SWEATSHIRT 6 YOUTH MEDIUM 1 YOUTH MEDIUM CREW SWEATSHIRT

10 YOUTH X-LARGE 1 ADULT LARGE CREW SWEATSHIRT 8 ADULT SMALL

If you are interested in purchasing any of these items. please send the money, your name, phone number and child's name,

teacher and what item and size you'd like in an envelope to the office. These items will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. If the item is not available, your money will be returned.

Please include this infor-mation for your staff appre-ciation listing.

Mrs. Baker – Primary Instructional Coach Birthday: March 6th Favorite Candy/Snack: Reece's or Snickers Favorite Drink: Coffee Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Arby’s Favorite Restaurant: Casa’s Store Personally Likes: Loft or New York & Company Store Likes for Purchasing Items for School: Target Items Could Use for Classroom: Anything fun for teachers!

Counselor’s Corner

The following Intermediate students have exemplified the Character Counts pillar of the month: Responsibility They are being recognized for having self-control, striving for ex-cellence and self-improvement, planning ahead and working hard to do their best every day. Congratulations to these students for being a good role model to others!

Jack Stuckey (Price) Cassie Rhoem (Palmer) Brandon Savor (Snyder) Megan Miller (Schaber) Jon Graber (Gibson) Luke Doctor (Salzbrenner) Trevor Wallace (Hixson) Aria Johnson (Smith) Samantha Fisher (Cook) Karissa Hoeppner (Goetz)

KindergartenKindergartenKindergartenKindergarten Mya Paul-Caring Brittney Moehring-Caring David Graber-Trustworthiness Allison Smith-Responsibility Olivia Mercer-Respect Julie Schmucker-Respect LeAnna Schwartz-Responsibility Javon Zehr-Responsibility

1111stststst GradeGradeGradeGrade Nathan Lockridge- Responsibility Addie Goheen-Caring Morgan Miller-Caring Aaron Ketzler-Caring Cierra Holcomb-Caring Connor Bargo-Caring

2222ndndndnd GradeGradeGradeGrade Leah DeMeritt-Responsibility Alivia Kelly-Trustworthiness William Hoover-Responsibility Levi Scharr-Trustworthiness Emma Holloway-Caring Nathan Gerig-Caring

3333rdrdrdrd GradeGradeGradeGrade Ella Palm-Trustworthiness Joshua Perkins-Trustworthiness Logan Noble-Respect Sierra Weiks-Respect Jasmine Moore-Trustworthiness Chelsey Coulter-Fairness

Woodlan Primary Character

Counts Awards

Volunteer to Help a Local Child Succeed in School United Way of Allen County’s educa�on ini�a�ve, Learn United, works to engage the community in sup-

por�ng children’s success in school. To find your spot in Learn United, visit www.LearnUnited.org or for

more informa�on call the numbers listed below.

The Allen County Public Library needs volunteers to support Paws to Read, a program that

improves the literacy skills of children by having them read to an animal. Call 260-421-1233

for more informa�on.

Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County needs volunteers for their Rising

Stars program to work with children in the public schools as mentors, tutors and reading

assistants. Rising Stars specializes in connec�ng faith-based communi�es and organiza�ons

to public schools. Call 260-422-3528 x104 for more informa�on.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana offers many opportuni�es for volunteers to

support a child, including becoming a Big Sister or Big Brother. Call 260-456-1600 for

more informa�on.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne needs volunteers to mentor and tutor youth ages 6-18

years old at any of the three loca�ons across the city. Call 260-744-0998 x18 for more

informa�on.

The Fort Wayne Urban League needs volunteers to support the Urban League A7er School

Academy, which provides homework help and academic enrichment ac�vi�es for K-12

students. Call 260-745-3100 for more informa�on.

The Neighborhood Ac$on Center needs volunteers to support students in southeast Fort

Wayne, many of whom are Burmese, on the journey to improving their academic and life

success skills. Call 260-447-6016 for more informa�on.

Science Central needs volunteers to support the educa�onal programs and inspire fun,

hands-on science and crea�ve literacy learning for students from across the region. Call 260-

424-2400 x421 for more informa�on.

Study Connec$on needs volunteers, and par�cularly businesses, to expand the number of

sites where Fort Wayne Community Schools students are paired with well-prepared tutors to

help them achieve academic success. Call 260-467-8810 for more informa�on.

Wellspring Interfaith Social Services needs volunteers to support learning in both the Youth

A7er School and Summer Day Camp programs. Volunteers work on a one-to-one basis or in

a small group with youth, helping with homework and also carrying out Wellspring’s learning

and youth development goals as directed by the staff of the agency. Call 260-422-6618 for

more informa�on.

Renaissance Pointe YMCA needs volunteers to support children’s success in school through a

range of a7er-school opportuni�es. Call 260-755-4881 for more informa�on.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana and United Way of Allen County have many

volunteer opportuni�es with op�ons ranging from one hour a month (Real Men Read) to one

hour a week (School Buddies). Both programs are school-based and focus on improving

elementary students’ literacy skills. Call Big Brothers Big Sisters at 260-456-1600 for

more informa�on.

For more informa$on visit:

www.LearnUnited.org

Volunteer Opportunities Abound...Make a Difference!

Keep your kids safe — get them vaccinated every fall or winter!

Is influenza more serious for kids? What is influenza? What types of vaccine are available for children? How else can I

protect my child? What are signs of influenza?

Infants and young children are at a greater risk for geAng seriously ill from influenza. That’s why health experts recommend that all children 6

months and older and all adults get vaccinated against influenza each fall or winter. Most people with influenza are sick for about a week, and then

they feel beCer. But, some people, especially young children, pregnant women, older people, and people with chronic health problems can get very

sick. Some even die. A yearly vaccina�on against influenza is the best way to protect your child from this serious disease. It is recommended for eve-

ryone 6 months and older. Influenza, or “flu,” is an infec�on of the nose, throat, and lungs. It can easily spread from person to person.

∗ Influenza shots can be given to children 6 months and older.

∗ A nasal-spray vaccine can be given to healthy children 2 years and older.

∗ Children younger than 5 years who have had wheezing in the past year—or any child with chronic health problems—should get the injectable

vaccine (a shot), not the nasal-spray vaccine.

∗ Children younger than 9 years old who are geAng influenza vaccine for the first �me need two doses.

∗ Every year, get an influenza vaccina�on yourself.

∗ Urge your child’s close contacts to get vaccinated, too. This is extremely important if your child is younger than 5 or if he or she has a chronic

health problem such as asthma or diabetes. Because children under 6 months can’t be vaccinated, they rely on those around them to get vac-

cinated.

∗ Wash your hands o7en and cover your coughs and sneezes. It’s best to use a �ssue and quickly throw it away. If you don’t have a �ssue, you

should cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands. This will prevent the spread of germs.

∗ Tell your children to:

– Stay away from people who are sick,

– Wash their hands o7en,

– Keep their hands away from their face, and

– Cover coughs and sneezes to protect others.

Influenza comes on suddenly. Most people with influenza feel extremely fa�gued and have a high fever, headache, dry cough, sore throat, runny or

stuffy nose, and sore muscles. The cough can last two or more weeks. Some people, especially children, may also have stomach problems and diar-

rhea.

How is influenza spread? How long can a sick person spread influenza to others? What should I use to clean hands?

What can I do if my child gets sick? What warning signs should I be on the look-out for during my child’s illness? Can

my child go to school/day care with influenza?

When can my child go back to school or day care a6er having influenza?

People who have influenza usually cough, sneeze, and have a runny nose. The droplets in a cough, sneeze, or runny nose contain the influenza virus.

Other people can get influenza by breathing in the virus or by geAng it in their nose or mouth. It is also spread by touching a surface that an infected

person has touched, such as doorknobs, tabletops, or keyboards. People can spread influenza from one day before geAng sick to up to five or more

days a7er geAng sick. Wash your children’s hands with soap and water. Wash them for as long as it takes to sing the “Happy Birthday” song twice. If

soap and water are not handy and hands are not visibly soiled, use wipes or gels with alcohol in them. Gels should be rubbed into hands un�l hands

are dry. Make sure your child gets plenty of rest and drinks lots of fluids. Talk with your child’s doctor before giving your child over-the-counter medi-

cine. If you suspect that your child may have influenza, never give him or her aspirin or medicine that has aspirin in it. It could cause serious prob-

lems. If your child has any of the following emergency warning signs, seek urgent medical aCen�on by taking them to an emergency room or calling 9

-1-1:

• Fast breathing or trouble breathing

• Bluish skin color

• Not waking up or not interac�ng

• Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held

• Not drinking enough fluids

• Not urina�ng or not producing tears when crying

• Severe or persistent vomi�ng

• Influenza-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

No. If your child has influenza, he or she should stay home to rest. This helps avoid spreading it to other children. Children with influenza should be

isolated in the home, away from other people. They should also stay home un�l they are symptom-free for 24 hours (that is, un�l they have no fever

without the use of fever-control medicines and they feel well for 24 hours.) Remind your child to protect others by covering his or her mouth when

coughing or sneezing. You may want to send your child to school with �ssues or wipes with gels that have alcohol in them if the school allows gels.