What a busy quarter we have had at Stevenson… We held our annual title 1 math night, some grades went on their fall field trips , our 2nd graders partici-pated in their fall music performance, we had numerous PBS activities and rewards, we raised over $2,000 from our fundraiser and our 4th grade re-ceived their mobile computer lab. On pages 2, 4, and 5 we will discuss the PBS, field trips, and math night so I will focus on our new secretary and the new mobile lab. The mobile lab will allow our 4th grade teachers to integrate technology into the classroom even more . The 4th grade students will take the PARCC test this spring on these computers.

Please help me to continue to welcome our new secretary, Ms. Cathy Keller to the Stevenson Family. Cathy comes to us from Bever- ly Gardens where she was a paraprofessional for over 10 years. She is taking over for Ms. Darlene Miller who took another position at our maintenance de-partment. Cathy has served as our summer school secretary for years so you may have seen her last summer here at Stevenson.

Cory Miller, Principal Phone

Cathy Keller, Secretary 937-259-6630

October 30, 2014

Virginia Stevenson

Elementary

Mad River

Local Schools

A Title I School

Special points of

interest:

Community Update pg. 2

Calendar pg 3

Box Tops pg 3

School News pg 4 , 5, 6

Counselors Corner pg 4

A Note from the Principal….

tudent safety is our priority here at Stevenson. Please make sure

when you are transporting your student to and from school that you

are following all stop signs and speed limits. We have a stop sign in

front of school for student safety. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE

COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. Our students safety depends on

you obeying all traffic postings. Please be alert and drive carefully!!

No School

November 7 (conferences)

November 11 (Teacher In-service)

November 26-28

Classroom Behavior

Green Trophy Winners

ALL STUDENTS IN THE CLASS ON GREEN OR HIGHER

FOR THE MOST DAYS (2 WEEKS)

Mrs. Officer’s Class

Mrs. King’s Class

To coat or not to coat...

● It’s more than just

coming to school in a

car or bus...

● Our students are

outside for recess

once or twice

everyday.

● Remember the

windchill affects

temperatures.

● It is best if students

dress in layers.

● Please write your

child’s name inside

his/her coat, gloves,

hats.

On October 23, Stevenson hosted a Family Math Night with a Lego Movie theme. Students and their families came and enjoyed a night of hands on math activities. Teachers planned differentiated activities in place value, patterns, graphing, area and perimeter, volume, number recognition and counting. Students from Stebbins

High School STEM program had very popular activities that got the kids excited about exercise

science and robotics. The students worked up an appetite and were treated to dinner of hot dogs, chips, and a cookie. Students enjoyed dancing and singing along with the movie’s popular theme song, “Everything is Awesome”! Kindergartner, Austin Hopper, from Miss Bailey’s class won two free movie passes donated by Rave Cin-emas by having the best estimate of how many Legos were in the container. Thanks to everyone for all your hard work in planning the great event. Parents, students and staff all had a great time!

tudent Led Conferences:

Stevenson will be holding Student Led Parent Teacher Conferences on three different days for the

2013-14 school year. November 6th we will have conferences from 5-9 pm, November 7th from 8 am

-3 pm and November 13th from 5-8:15 pm. Please sign up with your child's teacher so your child

can show you how they are progressing. Teachers and students will be sharing a number of items

during this time including their classroom behavior, test results, activities they have participated

in, etc. This is a great way for you to see what your child is doing here at Stevenson.

Bad Weather? Here is what you do…. In the case of inclement weather, please tune to the local television stations to keep up

to date on school closings. You can also log onto the internet and check

www.whiotv.com or www.wdtn.com. Please make sure you watch for Mad River Lo-

cal Schools. In the event of a delay, there will be no breakfast served. During an Emer-

gency 2 hour delay, students may arrive at 10:00. Please note that during any weather

delay, the morning BAS program is closed. You can also be notified of weather delays

by subscribing to the district email “Alert Notification” system. To subscribe to this

service, log onto www.madriverschools.org and follow the “E-mail Alerts” link. This

will allow you to receive email announcements from the district. We also use the One-

Call Now system to make notifications.

Youth Center Closings

Parents if your student goes to the youth center on Spinning Rd after school and if it is closed, please

make arrangements for them to be picked up at school or send a note with specifics for where they

are going if they are riding the bus.

November

3 PBS reward Day (WII dance party)

6 Field Trip (Officer,Bush,Ottmar)

6 Parent/Teacher Conferences 5-9 pm

7 NO SCHOOL for Students—Parent/Teacher

Conferences

11 NO SCHOOL for Students—Prof. Dev.

13 Parent/Teacher Conferences 5-8:15 pm

19 Fall picture re-take day

24 Children's Theatre Assembly

26-28 NO SCHOOL—Thanksgiving

December

4 3rd Gr Music Program

8-12 Santa Shop

18 35 ticket club

19 11:45 Dismissal-End of Quarter

22-Jan. 2 Winter Vacation—No School

January

5 School in session

19 No School (MLK Day)

28 No School for Students—Prof. Dev.

Parents please check the

lost and found table at

conferences. We have

coats, lunchboxes, and

more…..

Please remember that Stevenson is continuing to collect Box Tops for Education this year. Our goal is to have every student bring in at least 10 Box Tops

per month. If your student brings in at least 10 (or more) his/her name will be put into a drawing for a $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble. The class with the highest Box Tops per month will get to display the golden scissors and have bragging rights for that month. We will be keeping track to see which class is “blowing by the competition” with yearly totals in the main hallway. Happy collecting!

ongratulations to Mrs. Mandy Polen on her attainment of the designation of Master

Teacher in accordance with the standards established by the Ohio Department of Education. A master teacher demonstrates excellence inside and outside of the classroom through consistent leadership and focused collaboration to maximize student learning. A master teacher strives for distinguished teaching and continued professional growth as specified by The Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession.

Calendar of Events

Page 3 Stevenson Status

Recycling Program

If you have extra phone books or paper to recycle send it in with

your child and they can recycle the mate-rials. We compete against other schools and win money if we finish in the top three.

SCHOOL BUSINESS— What’s Been Happening?

Page 4 Stevenson Status

Counseling Corner (Mr. Ward)

If you know of families in need or if you are in need of hygiene items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, brushes, combs or soap) , please contact Mark Ward at 259-6630 ext. 1036, or e-mail mark.ward@madriverschools.org

PBS UPDATE

In October, Stevenson Second grade students were rewarded with hot dogs, chips, cookies and a drink on Friday October 24th. They earned this reward for their behavior in the cafe-teria during August and September. Our new competition started on October 20th and one lucky grade level will be rewarded with a mys-tery prize in December. Remember those STAR behaviors in the cafeteria!!!!

STUDENT OF THE MONTH OCTOBER:

Jhoana Vazquez-Ruiz Brody Lay

Eduardo Torres Serrano Sasha Durrum

Autumn Watts Jayden Philpot

Cheyenne Stavis Isaac Dutiel

Ruben Perez Deem Alenzi

Alyssa Kunkle Levi Waitukaitis

Ethan Mellon Bailey Montgomery

Kendra Cunningham Michael Climer

Jakcrus Huyhn Jacob Cockrell

Contgratulations Students!!!

On Friday October 24th Mr. Miller held his 35

Ticket Club(starbucks) luncheon in the library.

The following students earned and saved 35 star-

bucks for behavior in the first quarter and had a

special lunch with Mr. Miller. Congratula-

tions!!!! Our next 35 ticket club luncheon will be

held in December.

Makaylah Welsh Lacey Blanton Evan Hargraves Kevin Dozier Dailyn Diaz Ruben Perez Kailey Konze Hoang Le Samantha Stumpf Jashlyne Gonzalez Brandon Reaver Eduardo Torres

The Peeler-Sticker Fundraiser earned our school

over $3,000 that will be used for technology at

Virginia Stevenson. The following students

earned the limo luncheon and a chance to grab

some money with the money machine. Congratu-

lations to these students and thank you to every-

one who participated in fundraiser.

Ben Allen Lawrence Asher

Alana Crawford Blanton Kammer

Evan Morgan Elliana Robinson

Ethan Shoemaker Rebecca Williams

Brandon Williams

Callie Burkhead

Braden Hollender

Zoie Hurt

Lacey Blanton

Hanna Ferguson

Amirah Anderson

Anthony Ferguson

Elijah Goodpaster

Dominic Hall-Jones

Evan Hargraves

Corey Haynes

Vance Heller

Matthew Turner

Third grade students at Stevenson Elementary are studying rocks and soil. The children have collected rocks and discovered many ways to sort and identify them. They have

learned about the rock cycle which explains how the three main types of rocks, sedimentary, meta-morphic, and igneous are formed. The children helped to cement this knowledge by making candy rocks

with various baking chips. Students also learned about the components of soil and how to choose the best combina-tion to support plant life. To demonstrate this knowledge, teams of students created a plant terrarium.

Stevenson Fourth graders in Ms. Jessmer's, Mrs. Hollender's, Mrs. Ferguson's, and Mrs. Bush's classes visited Sun Watch Indian Village last Friday as part of their social studies unit.

There, they learned about the Fort Ancient Indians that lived in Ohio over 800 years ago. They were able to sit in reconstructed houses, play a hunting game, and also celebrate like the Native Americans did by playing

hand-made instruments. This trip was sponsored by a grant from Sun Watch.

On Tuesday, September 17th, first graders from Mr. Cook, Mrs. Steiner and Mrs. Wolters' classes traveled to Eastwood Metro Park. While at the park, students trekked to three differ-ent stations and learned about insects, beavers, and nocturnal animals. Some of the students'

favorite memories included catching insects, searching for beaver clues, and observing pelts of noctur-nal animals. At the end of the trip, students received individual passports to encourage them to visit all the

Dayton Metro Parks. A good time was had by all!

The Stevenson second grade classes performed their ‘Livin’ In The Caribbean’ music pro-gram on Thursday, October 9

th. Under the direction of Mrs. Beal, these students sang and

danced their way through the Caribbean culture. All the students wore summery, tropical clothing. Sev-eral island girls even adorned their hair with beautiful flowers. All celebrated everyone’s favorite fruit with Jalen

and Jazziel dressed as giant bananas! Mrs. King’s class was tough, angry dock workers that lowered and carried a huge crate in ‘Pay Me My Money Down’. Mrs. Stocker’s class enthusiastically danced about the free fun Carnivale has to offer. Mrs. Miller’s class danced ‘Hosanna, Me Build A House’ to the island groove. There were also excellent solo singers and acting parts from all the classes. . . . . . Cha Cha Cha!

The Book Fair is Coming, The Book Fair is Coming...

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school October 30th–

November 7th! Your child will have a chance to visit the fair during the

school day, but there are opportunities for you to come as well. Book

Fair Family Night is November 6th, from 5:00 – 8:30 PM during Parent/

Teacher Conferences. It will also be open during the day Friday, Novem-

ber 7, from 8 - 11 am when the children are out of school due to confer-

ences.

The students in Mrs. Turner's classroom had fun sharing their thoughts on what Mr. Miller does all day after reading the book titled "The Principal's New Clothes". They also drew pictures of him in his new clothes.

Irregular Bedtimes Lead to Behavior Problems in Kids: Study

MONDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A regular bedtime might guarantee more than a good night's sleep for both kids and their

parents -- it turns out that a regular bedtime can make for a better-behaved child, new research suggests. When 7-year-olds had

irregular bedtimes, they were more likely to have behavior problems than their peers with a consistent time for their nightly shut-eye.

And, the study also found that the longer a child had been able to go to bed at different times each night, the worse his or her behav-

ior problems were.

"Irregular bedtimes were linked to behavioral difficulties, and these effects appeared to accumulate through early childhood," said the

study's lead author, Yvonne Kelly, a professor of life course epidemiology at University College London. "We also found that the ef-

fects appeared to be reversible -- children who changed from not having, to having, regular bedtimes showed improvements in be-

haviors, and vice versa," she added. Kelly and her colleagues reviewed data on more than 10,000 7-year-olds who were enrolled in

the U.K. Millennium Cohort Study. Details on the children's bedtimes were collected when they were 3, 5 and 7 years old. The same

time that sleep findings were collected, researchers asked teachers and mothers to rate the children's behaviors. The behavior sur-

vey included 25 questions. Kids with irregular bedtimes had more behavioral problems than did children with regular bedtimes, ac-

cording to both their teachers and their mothers. The children's mothers rated the children with irregular bedtimes as having slightly

more behavior problems than did the teachers. The longer a child had an irregular bedtime, the greater the behavioral difficulties. On

average, a child who had an irregular bedtime at one time-point in the study increased his or her score on the behavioral difficulties

scale by about a half-point. If that child had an irregular bedtime at two time-points during the study, the score increased by about 1

point. If the child had an irregular bedtime at all three time-points during the study, the score increased by just over 2 points. "A half-

point corresponds to a 'small' effect. Irregular bedtimes at two ages, and all three ages, corresponded to a 1- and 2-point difference

in behavior scores. These effect sizes would have 'moderate' clinical significance," said Kelly when asked if these score differences

would make a noticeable difference in a child's behavior. The good news from the study is that if you switch your child to a regular

bedtime from an irregular bedtime schedule, your child's behavior will likely improve. The reverse is also true. If a child with a regular

bedtime switches to an irregular one, behavior will likely worsen, the researchers noted. Kelly said irregular bedtimes could contrib-

ute to behavior problems in several ways. "First, switching bedtimes from night to night interferes with circadian rhythms [the body

clock] and induces a state akin to jet lag. Second, disrupted sleep interferes with processes to do with brain maturation," she ex-

plained. Dr. Ruby Roy, a pediatrician at La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago, agreed that several reasons may contribute to a

connection between irregular bedtimes and behavior problems. "When kids don't have structure and predictability, they have anxie-

ty," Roy said. "Kids naturally want to push boundaries, and when they don't have boundaries, it causes anxiety and acting out. A lack

of sleep can also cause behavior problems, and some of these kids may only be going to sleep when they're passing out from ex-

haustion, which means they won't get enough sleep," she explained. "Kids probably sleep better with regular bedtimes and when

they have established bedtime routines," Roy added. Kelly concluded: "Getting regular routines around bedtimes appears to be im-

portant for children's behavioral development. But, there are lots of other influential factors, too. So we shouldn't get too hung up

about children having the same bedtime every single night." The study was published online Oct. 14 and in the November print is-

sue of the journal Pediatrics.