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Warren Elementary School
Home of the Cubs! 900 Bosley Road Cockeysville, Maryland 21030 410-887-7665
Jason Barnett, Principal Jodi O’Neill, Assistant Principal The Warren Website - http://warrenes.bcps.org/. Be sure and check it out!
Warren News November 4, 2014 Calendar of Events
Date Event Time Nov. 4 Schools and offices are closed for election day
Nov. 5 thru Nov. 14 Spirit Wear Sales
Nov. 11 Veteran’s Day Assembly 9:00 am to 9:45 am
Nov. 11 PTA Meeting 7:30 pm
Nov. 13 Report Card Distribution
Nov. 13 PreK conference day – no school for PreK students
Nov. 14 School closed for Elementary students - conference day
Nov. 17 thru 21 American Education Week
Nov. 19 Black Eyed Susan Club 3:20 pm to 4:20 pm
Nov. 19 Pictures make-up and retakes
Nov. 20 College Sweatshirt Day
Nov. 20 Math 24 Club 3:30 to 4:15 pm
Nov. 24 Davie Tomlinson, Native American Storyteller – 4th grade 10:00 am
Nov. 26 Math 24 Club 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm
Nov. 27 and 28 Schools Closed for Thanksgiving
Dec. 1 Buster Bus PreK and KG – NO afternoon PreK, all PreK students come to school in the morning
10:00 am to 10:30 am
Dec. 3 Math 24 Club 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm
Dec. 5 Field Trip to Fire Museum of Md – Gr 02 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Dec. 5 BCPL Visit with Kindergarten students 1:20 pm to 2:10 pm
Dec. 9-12 Holiday Shop
Dec. 9 Winter Concert – 5th Grade 9:30 am and 7:00 pm
Dec. 11 Math 24 Club 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm
Dec. 11 Field Trip to Md Science Center – Gr 04 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Dec. 12 Schools close 3 hours early for elementary and middle school students
Warren closes at 12:20 pm
Dec. 16 Winter Concert – 4th Grade 9:30 am and 7:00 pm
Dec. 18 Math 24 Club 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm
Dec. 23 Winter break begins at the end of the school day
Jan. 5 School reopens for students
November 5, 2014
ovember is a busy month at Warren! Schools are
closed for PreK Students on Thursday,
November 13th and for all students on Friday,
November 14th for Elementary Conference Day. This
year report cards will be distributed on Thursday,
November 13th prior to conference day. Please plan to
meet with your child’s teacher during this month to have
a good understanding of his or her progress toward
grade level expectations. If you have not already done so
please sign up in the new BCPS One system. BCPS is
pleased to share this additional resource to assist you in
supporting your children’s academic success. This
online resource will allow you to check your children’s
grades and assignments, access educational resources,
and link to school websites. If you need an additional
instruction sheet please contact your child’s homeroom
teacher.
American Education Week is November 17th through
the 21st. Again this year’s theme is Great Public Schools:
A Basic Right and Our Responsibility. Each grade level
is inviting parents to visit one morning during that week
and all grandparents are invited to visit us on Friday,
November 21st. Please make time to show your child how
much you value what they are learning every day.
Parents are reminded that drivers in the Kiss and Go loop for afternoon pick up must remain in their cars. Do not get out of your car and go up to get your child from his or her classroom. If that is how you would like to pick up your child, please park your car in a legal parking spot and walk up to the school building. Cars in the Kiss and Go loop must keep the line moving to make the process work.
Finally, as we celebrate Thanksgiving this month, I am
reminded how thankful I am to be here at Warren
working with your children, your families, and this
wonderful staff. This is a great place to work, and I thank
you for sending such terrific students to us! Enjoy a
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jason Barnett
Principal
100 Book Challenge
ongratulations to our October 100 Book Challenge
Milestone Achievers! Remember to make it a goal
to read at least one step (15 minutes) each night!
October
Mayura Balaji – 200
Jenny Barbour – 100
Jackson Cooper - 100
Matthew Currey – 100
Aaron Ditto - 100
Faith Dore – 100
Josh Dore - 100
Luke Du - 100
Zahra Fatima - 100
Lilly Fowler – 100
Sarah Garman - 100
Heidi Geisler – 200
Autumn Gonzalez – 100
Jacob Hahn – 100
Eva Hawkins - 100
Hisham Khan – 100
Lauren Kirkner – 100
Mariah Knight - 100
Lemuel Koualao - 100
Berkeley Lynch - 100
Chauncey McGhee - 100
Lila Moeves – 100
Kaitlyn Petroski - 100
Emily Pieper - 100
Brendan Smith – 100
Mahi Umakanth - 100
Danniell Xu – 100
Ethan Yu – 100
Veterans’ Day
n Tuesday morning, November 11, Warren
Elementary will be having a Veterans’ Day
assembly to honor the men and women from the
armed forces who have protected our country so
valiantly throughout the years. We would like to invite
members of our community, or their family members
who are currently active or retired from any branch of
the armed forces, to join us for this special occasion.
For those desiring to attend, please complete the
information below and return the slip to your child’s
homeroom teacher as soon as possible so that we can
plan accordingly. If there are any further questions,
please contact Mrs. Argiriadi at 410-887-7665 or via e-
mail at sargiriadi@bcps.org.
We look forward to your presence at our assembly as we
offer our humble salute in honor of your major
contribution in protecting the freedom and values of the
United States of America.
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Name:
Years Served:
Branch of the Service:
Active or Retired:
Family member of:
Stacy Argiriadi Reading Specialist
National Geography Bee
arren Elementary School fourth and fifth
graders will be participating in the National
Geography Bee this year. Each year
thousands of schools in the United States participate in
the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared
by the National Geographic Society. The contest is
designed to encourage teachers to include geography in
their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject,
and increase public awareness about geography.
Interested fourth and fifth graders will participate in the
preliminary round of the Geography Bee in their
classrooms in December. The top five scorers from
fourth grade will join the top five fifth graders to advance
to the final round competition held in January. Students
who would like to prepare for the Bee should visit the
National Geographic website for information and sample
questions.
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee) You can
also download the “National Geographic GeoBee
Challenge” app and checkout the National Geographic
Bee Official Study Guide from our school library.
Susan Wells
Fourth Grade Teacher
News from the PTA
appy fall, Warren Families! The PTA would
like to extend a huge thank you to all families
who helped make the Fall Festival such a
success! From food and silent auction
donations to volunteers, we appreciate all of your help.
We had an overwhelming response from all of our
families, which reminded us why Warren is such a great
school. It was a terrific night and a fun way to kick off
the school year.
We are hard at work planning more fun events for your
children and your families. Trunk or Treat will take
place on October 30th and we couldn’t make that happen
without our amazing faculty. It should be a great night.
The Holiday Shop is coming to Warren again from
December 9th - December 12th—details will be coming
home in the next few weeks. Mark your calendars for
Friday, January 30th for Pizza BINGO night, always a fun
family event!
We’d love to have you join us at our next meeting;
Tuesday, November 11th at 7:30 p.m. in the
Library…everyone is welcome! If you’d like to join the
PTA and haven’t had a chance to yet, membership
envelopes are available in the Main Office.
Hope to see you soon!
Kitty Fowler, PTA President
Mrs. Warner – Office Professional of the Year
ur own Mrs. Warner, Administrative Assistant
was awarded the Maryland Office Professional of
the Year from the Maryland Association of Office
Professionals. Way to go Mrs. Warner – but we knew
you were the best!
NEWS from the ART Room
roject: Quality Time and The Walter’s Story
Family Festival at the Walters Art Museum, will
be on Saturday, November 8, 10 – 4pm. In
partnership with the WAM, we promote this day as a
time for BCPS elementary and middle school families to
visit the museum. It is a fun filled day of activities for
students and their families. This event is FREE! (See
attachment for more details)
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BALTIMORE COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL POSTER
CONTEST
very year, Warren Elementary 3rd Grade students
participate in this important Fire Safety Poster
Contest. Congratulations to the following 3rd
grade students for having their poster chosen to
represent our school:
Jimmy Jecelin
Laila Hunt
Gibril Williams
Great job friends!
Mrs. Seitz
Acceptance-
Character Trait of the month for November
cceptance is the word we use to describe
respecting and appreciating all people, no matter
what about them might be different from
ourselves. Sometimes we can get stuck in a rut of being
friends with and being with the same people over and
over again. By ‘Mixing it up’ and spending time with new
people, getting to know a person from a different culture,
race, gender or perspective, we grow personally and
make the world a better place.
Please model acceptance of others for your child by accepting others and getting to know new people yourselves! We will be encouraging everyone to get along here at school by asking children to cooperate and accept each other!
Magnet School Update
agnet school applications were distributed to all Pre-K and 5th grade students at the beginning of September. If you are interested in applying to a magnet school, you must
submit the application and a copy of your first quarter report card to the Office of Magnet Programs by November 25th. Information concerning the process to apply is in the magnet school application/brochure. There was a Magnet School Expo to showcase and answer questions about all Magnet School programs in Baltimore County on Saturday, Sept. 27th from 10 to 2 at the North Baltimore Plaza hotel. The flier with all the information about his Expo was distributed in the Tuesday folder on Sept. 9th. You can also find more information by going to http://www.bcps.org/OFFICES/omp/elementary/apply.asp. Please contact Mrs. Sherline if you have any questions or concerns about the magnet school application process.
“Kids Helping Kids” Food Drive
he student leadership team is still having the
“Kids helping Kids” food drive, to support the
Maryland Food Bank. As in the past, this food
feeds hungry families with children in Maryland. This
year they are especially in need of canned and boxed
food in all the major categories: meat and protein,
breads and cereals, dairy foods, fruits and vegetables.
Non-food items like diapers, toilet paper, and paper
plates and cups are also appreciated. Please do not
donate food in glass containers. The food drive was from
October 13th to October 31st. If you would like to donate
food after this date, it would still be accepted and
appreciated. The food is being collected in each
homeroom. There have been morning announcements
by the SLT members every morning. The students have
been doing a terrific job! We also picked the spirit days
for the year. They are:
Purple Ravens Fridays- every Friday in season
College Sweatshirt Day- Thursday, November 20th
Pajama Day- Friday, February 13th
Crazy Hair and Clothes Day- Friday, March 27th
Thank you,
Laura Sherline, School Counselor Student Leadership Team
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School Store - Halloween Sale a Success
hank you to all our customers for making our sale
a success. The student helpers planned and
advertised the sale themselves and then watched
the lines grow. The coupons which the customers
received are good at any time at the school store.
Please remember as your children run out of school
supplies that we stock all the items included on the
original school supply list plus many more. Use the
school store to replenish pencils, paper, notebooks and
markers as well as the fun pencils and sharpeners. We
also have folders for reports, hole punches,
reinforcements, jumbo book covers and other hard to
find items.
Some other items we have are: Staplers with 500 staples ~ $2 Wallets $1.50 Key chains for backpacks ~$.50 to $1.50 Memo books and Journals ~$.35 to $2.50 Bracelets and rings ~$.25 to $1.75 We have many items for $.10 to $.25. Thank you for supporting the school store. We are open
every morning and we look forward to seeing your child.
News from the Library
big thank you to all who volunteered to help with the fall book fair!
Carolyn O’Neill
Frank Thomas
Ruth Spivak
Clare Cayce
Jim Fish
Lilly Fowler
Grace Jecelin
Sue Garman
Barbara Fish
Donna Goldstein
Noreen Frohme
Amy Moeves
Crystin Dixon-Stewart
Frank Thomas
Maryann Cavolo
Lisa Henigan
Kitty Fowler
Kelly Ide
Suzette Kossoff
Phil Concepcion
Amber Marcum
Leah Roberts
Kelly Lippenholz
Tradonna Lang
London Young
Bonnie Iacoboni
Shari Malowitz
Priya Gerald
Cammie Jecelin
Stephani Mummert
Shawn Laughinghouse
Carol Barbosa Flores
Ricci Flores
We had fun and made a profit to be spent on library books for the students to enjoy! A special thank you to: Carson Brice. He keeps the parking lot area of the library clean. Carson stops in during the afternoons to make sure that the books are tidy. Carson, you are appreciated!
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Michael and Sons Contest
he students in grade 4, Mrs. Hutsell’s class, have
been working hard to make a video for Michael
and Sons, a Baltimore based company. If their
video is chosen, our school could win a grant of $5,000.
Wish us luck!
Grade 3 Comic Strips
tudents in grade 3 library class made comic strips
to share the concept of online safety. Below are
some fine examples of student work.
Mrs. Foltz Library Media Specialist
PE News
hank you to everyone who participated in the Warren Table Tennis tournament on October 22nd. A special congratulation to the following winners:
5th Grade – Mason Frohme, Chris Tacelosky, Maggie
Else and Anya Bryant.
4th Grade – Ava Cavolo, Sophia Strande, Bray
Lippenholz, and Nikhil Khosla.
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Fun Run News he first annual Warren Fun Run
was held on Wednesday, October 29th. One
hundred students from grades one through five
participated in the event. It was great to see so many
students running in order to support a healthy lifestyle.
The finale of the event was a pie in the face for Mr. Dyke
and Mr. Barnett. Andy and Chris Tacelosky won the
opportunity at the Fall Festival Silent Auction.
Below is a complete list of all of our first place Fun Run
finishers:
5th Grade – Cameron Giesler and Maddie Bindon
4th Grade – James Northey and Lauren Kirkner
3rd Grade – Gavin Else and Mia Cooper
2nd Grade – Berkeley Lynch and Heidi Giesler
1st Grade – Max Cooper and Anna Zhao
Jeff Dyke Physical Education Teacher
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First in Math
e are happy to announce that all First in Math
passwords and user names have been given
out to 2nd – 5th grade students. Please
encourage your child to play at home in order to earn
stickers for their class and Warren.
Jen Mileto KG Teacher
Instrumental Music News
his is a very exciting time for the fifth grade band
and orchestra! We will soon begin our full band
and orchestra rehearsals in preparation for the 5th
Grade Winter Concert! Please encourage your young
musician to practice at least 60 minutes a week. The
more they practice, the better they will sound! We look
forward to seeing you at the concert on Tuesday,
December 9th at 7:00pm.
Math Homework Helpers Visits Warren’s
5th Grade Students!
n Friday, December 12th, the puppeteers from
BCPS-TV’s Math Homework Helpers (including
Warren’s very own Mr. Mueller) will be
providing a pizza party and puppet show for the entire
fifth grade! Thanks to Janice Imuze for calling in to the
show and winning the pizza party prize for her and her
classmates!
Trunk or Treat!
he Warren Elementary PTA sponsored Trunk or
Treat celebration was a huge success! Princesses,
ghouls, Ninja Turtles, Spiderman, Captain
America and many more honored visitors came to
Warren Elementary to celebrate the holiday season –
and of course to enjoy treats handed out by teachers,
parents and volunteers. Volunteers even decorated their
car trunks to entice and delight. Thank you to all who
participated!!
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Kids Helping Kids Food Drive
he Kids Helping Kids food drive was a success again this year. Thank you so much for all of your support. We collected 30 large boxes of food to
donate to the Maryland Food Bank! We greatly appreciate the support. We are still collecting food. Please continue to donate if you can. We are so appreciative of our Warren families! The Student Leadership Team was very proud to collect the food and pose for a picture.
Thank you very much! Laura Sherline School Counselor, and the Student Leadership Team
Good news!
The Kids Helping Kids
Food Drive has been
extended. Please bring your
food items to school by
Friday, Nov.7th.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
Baltimore County Public Schools’
elementary and middle school art students are invited to come together for a day of “quality time” with family, friends, teachers and some
great works of art.
600 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Come any time between 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. Free Admission
Transportation information: Parking lot at the corner of Centre and Cathedral Streets or free and metered on-street parking in the neighborhood; also located near MTA bus lines 3, 11, 31, 61, 64 and the Centre Street Light Rail stop.
All backpacks, large bags, baby backpack carriers, and umbrellas need to be checked at
the free coat check in the lobby. Food and drinks are not allowed in the galleries.
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK
Monday, November 17th
Kindergarten (9AMto 11 AM)
1st Grade (9AMto 11 AM)
Tuesday, November 18th
Pre-K (9AMto 11 AM)
Pre-K (1 PM to 3 PM)
4th Grade (9 AM to 12 PM)
Wednesday, November 19th
5th Grade (9AM to 12 PM)
2nd Grade (9AM to 11 AM) 3rd Grade (9AM to 11 AM)
Thursday, November 20th
Students should wear their favorite college sweatshirt
Friday, November 21st
Grandparents’ day (9 AM to 11 AM)
Please come join us during American Education Week. See the wonderful
things your children are learning at Warren Elementary. Above are the
scheduled visitation days. If you are unable to visit on the scheduled
visitation day, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher. Thank you for
your continued support of our students and staff.
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