Calendar of Events 10/22 School Assembly 9:15 am

10/23 Last Day for AR Points

10/23 4th Grade field trip to the

NW Indiana Symphony Concert

10/23 2nd Grade field trip to the

County Line Orchard

10/25 End of 1st Grading Period

10/26 - 10/29 FALL BREAK

11/1 Report Cards go home

11/1 - 11/8 Book Fair

11/9 Picture Retake Day

11/14 Chick-Fil-A Night

11/19 Kdg. Field Trip to the

Fair Oaks Dairy

11/22-11/23 Thanksgiving Break

RED RIBBON WEEK is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention program reaching millions

of Americans. During this week, students pledge to

live a drug free life in honor of the ultimate sacri-

fice made by DEA Special Agent, Enrique “Kiki”

Camarena. Agent Camarena died in 1985 at the hands of drug

traffickers in Mexico while fighting the battle against illegal drugs

to keep our country and children safe. We are celebrating Red

Ribbon Week October 23– October 31. The following is an outline

of activities during Red Ribbon Week:

Tuesday, 10/23: “Get RED-dy to Stay Drug-Free” Day

Wear drug-free t-shirt or a red shirt. Red Ribbon Bracelets

will be given out to wear all week

Wednesday, 10/24: “Put a CAP on Drugs” Day

Wear a baseball cap to school

Thursday, 10/25: “Give Drugs the SLIP” Day

Wear slippers to school (gym shoes still needed for recess and gym)

Tuesday, 10/30: “TEAM Up Against Drugs” Day

Wear your favorite sports team shirt

Wednesday, 10:31: “Say BOO! to Drugs” Day

Wear your Halloween costumes.

Students worked on two projects during their Art class for Red

Ribbon Week. They decorated cardstock “bricks” that will be

displayed in business windows around the Square, “blocking out

drugs in our community!” Students are encouraged to “find their

brick!” by taking a walk around the Square during Red Ribbon Week.

Students also decorated Strack’s paper grocery bags that the

stores will use during the week. A huge “THANK YOU” to our Art

teacher, Mrs. Czapla, for her help with these projects!

Additionally, grades K-2 will be having a coloring contest and grades

3-5 will be having an essay contest. The winner of the essay con-

test will receive a bike and the winner of the coloring contest from

each (K-2) will receive an assortment of Red Ribbon items. The

deadline to turn in the coloring sheet and essay is Tuesday,

October 30th.

Loralai Burzin Dairy Queen Raffle Winner!

Thank you to everyone that came

out and supported our DQ fundrais-

er night!

Friday, OCTOBER 26th DEADLINE to make your 2nd

TEXT BOOK RENTAL PAYMENT!

PERFECT ATTENDANCE WINNERS

Josh

Becka

Catalina

Padilla

Mareo

Todd

BEEKEEPER OF THE WEEK

Devlin Walden

1st Grade/Mrs. Gasparovic

Mrs. Gasparovic nominated Devlin

for the following reasons: “Devlin has a super

Solon attitude! He works hard and always tries

to do his best. He is a great friend in class and

he puts a smile on my face every day!”

Good Job Devlin!

GRAND OPENING!!!! The new CP Community Library will be opening on Monday, October 22nd. There are many activities planned during the first two weeks including the Grand Open-ing Event on Sunday, October 28th from 2-5 pm. A complete list of events is available on their website at www.crownpointlibrary.org Come check out the new children’s department during a special Open Play date on Wednes-day, October 24th between 9-12 and 3-6. There will be face painting, check out the new story

time room, a dedicated game room, play in the new puppet theatre and more! Teens come check out a space designed especially for you! A Teen Space Kick Off party will be on Thursday, October 25th from 4-6 pm. Tour the teen area, game room, enjoy refreshments and more!

MEDIA NEWS from Mrs. McCarroll

We have an exciting giveaway in the Media Center! Just get a

Red Robin book mark from me, read five books, bring back the

book mark, I will sign it and then you will take it to Red Robin

for your free burger. Thanks to Logan Schumacher’s mom and

Red Robin for this fun, Burger for Books idea! The expiration to

redeem your free burger is the end of the year, so read, read,

read! We have some new readers to the AR points board.

50 Point Club 3rd Grade: Charlie Hagerman,

4th Grade: Josie Krygsheld, Ethan Trump,

Karina Snoddy, Jenna Milosh

5th Grade: Natalie Sulewski

100 Point Club

3rd Grade: Holly Jorden

4th Grade: Elijah Stokes

5th Grade: Chaz Steele and Marjana Risteska

250 Point Club

Kyle Benich in 4th Grade. Way to go Kyle! You get to be a

librarian for half a day. Hoosier Program (4th & 5th Grades)

Grace Baker and Robby Ballentine in 4th grade and Riley Welsh in 5th grade. Awesome job guys, the Hoosier program is a great way to read challenging literature and I am proud of you for reading five! A HUGE thank you to Karina Snoddy and her mom for count-

ing thousands and thousands of box tops for our

library! We are sending off over a thousand dol-

lars for redemption this week to the Box Tops.

We will have funds for a new document projector

for the teachers!!! Thanks to all of you for bring-

ing in box tops…keep it up! Remember you get

prizes for bringing in ten or more.

October is Bullying Awareness Month Statistics show that an adult was notified in only

about a third of bullying cases. Kids don’t tell

adults for many reasons:

• Bullying can make a child feel helpless. Kids

may want to handle it on their own to feel in

control again. They may fear being seen as

weak or a tattletale.

• Kids may fear backlash from the kid who bul-

lied them.

• Bullying can be a humiliating experience. Kids

may not want adults to show what is being said

about them, whether true or false. They may

also fear that adults will judge them or punish

them for being weak.

• Kids who are bullied may already feel socially

isolated. They may feel like no one cares or

could understand.

• Kids may fear being rejected by their peers.

Friends can help protect kids from bullying, and

kids can fear losing this support.

This is why it is so important to talk frequently to

your child about this important topic. For more

great information on bullying and helping your

child, please read the article, “Face Bullying With

Confidence, 8 Skills Kids Can Use Right Away”

which can be found on at www.kidpower.org under

Articles section.

If school is cancelled between 9:00 am - 3:00 pm,

Child Care is NOT available. Parents must pick

up students or make arrangements to receive

students at home.

Child Care Phone #: 663-0013.