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Dear Herberich Families,

The Ohio Achievement Assessments and Diagnostics are right around the corner for our k-4 students. Below is a list of testing dates for the month of April:

Week of 4/9/13 – K-2 Reading Diagnostics (This test will be administered as a whole class and individually. Therefore, it will take place over multiple days)

4/22/13 – 3rd

and 4th grade Reading OAA

4/24/13 - 3rd

and 4th grade Math OAA

4/30/13 - K-3 Writing Diagnostics All 3

rd and 4

th grade students were sent home with information to

practice for the OAA. Please follow the directions below to access practice tests. For students completing two practice Math OAA and two practice Reading OAA will receive an extra recess and movie with the principal. As stated in the letter, students will need to either provide me with the printed tests they completed if done with pencil/paper or a printout of their test results if completed on-line after break.

Google ODE, click on the tab on the right of the page labeled TESTS. On the pull down menu, click “practice tests”.

Google portal.success-ode-state-oh-us.info/ Click on the square that shows 3-8. Click on practice tests. Near the bottom left of the page, click “take a test without logging in”. This website provides instant feedback. It can also be located on the ODE website, under Families – statewide testing portal.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions/comments. I can be reached at 330-664-4991 or [email protected]. Bill Kerrigan, Principal Herberich Primary School

Issue 7

April 2013

Copley-Fairlawn City Schools

HERBERICH HAPPENINGS

Joy Neale-May, Editor

P r i n c i p a l ’ s T h o u g h t s

In th is issue:

Calendar ~6

Dist r ict Wide

PTA Art Show

~3/6

Kindergarten

Regist rat ion ~2

PTA Pages ~9

mailto:[email protected]

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H E R B E R I C H H A P P E N I N G S

Kindergarten Registration Packets are available in the office. They need to be completed prior

to Kindergarten Registration on Tuesday, May 21st, 7:30 AM to 1 PM @ Copley High

School—auxiliary gym.

EARLY MORNING DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT? OVERSLEPT? MISSED THE BUS? A call

to school is not only for call offs. We order lunches early. Please call 330.664.4991 to say

your child will be late, no matter the reason. Include in the voicemail whether he/she will need

a school lunch.

Please remember to check your child’s lunch account balance. A notice is sent home when the

account is out of money and charges are being made. These amounts grow very quickly. In

one week they can increase by $13.75. A $20 deposit into the account will then only allow for

two lunches from the new balance, without any snacks being purchased.

OFFICE UPDATES

April is School Library Month! The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, has chosen the theme “Communities Matter @ Your Library.” April 12 is National D.E.A.R. Day (National Drop Everything and Read Day). This day is a special reading celebration to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. The official date, April 12th, is the birthday of award-winning children’s author Beverly Cleary.

We are celebrating Bevery Cleary as our “Author of the Month”. She has received many prestigious awards, including 3 Newbery Medals. She has authored funny stories about her own neighborhood and the sort of children she knows. Many of her favorite characters include Ramona and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins, Ellen Tebbits, and Runaway Ralph.

Some of the books by Beverly Cleary in our school library collection are as follows:

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Henry and Ribsy Ramona and Her Mother

Henry and the Clubhouse Ramona and Her Father

Beezus and Ramona Socks

Ramona Forever Runaway Ralph

Ramona’s World Ribsy

Ralph S. Mouse Mitch and Amy

Muggie Maggie Emily’s Runaway Imagination

Libraries are a special place of stories and discovery!

LIBRARY CHAT—Mrs. Emily Vanke

P a g e 3 H E R B E R I C H H A P P E N I N G S

Greetings Parents and Young Artists!

Looking ahead to April, I am happy to announce the Copley-Fairlawn District will be having the annual district-wide

Art Show at Copley High School sponsored by the PTA. The show is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17th

from 6-8pm in the Multi-Purpose room. Select artwork from all grade levels, K-12, will be featured and I would

encourage everyone to come and see the amazing work the students have created throughout the year!

Kindergarteners have been working on a wide range of projects exploring their creativity. After learning about the

artist, Wassily Kandinsky, we focused on recreating one of his most famous paintings. Circles, big and small, filled the

space as students practiced repeating and following the shape. We also continued with working on our color wheel

slices and are close to completion with the green slice we completed in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. By the end of the

year each Kindergarten student will have created their own color wheel which becomes a fantastic art tool for the

future.

The First grade has been getting into Spring, though it may not seem like it outside, as we study Georgia O’Keeffe.

O’Keeffe is very well known for her large scale paintings of bold flower blooms, often only showing a single flower in

so much detail that it fills the whole frame. Our bold blooms are working with oil pastels and as students learned

about the parts of a flower and blending to create soft, beautiful color. Each student created their own unique flower

and they are doing a fantastic job working on their drawing skills.

Second graders experimented with painting after reading Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. After learning about the phases

of the moon with their classes, students practiced imagining various perspective views as if we were out owling in the

woods. The Second grade created a moonlit background by mixing shades of blue around a full moon glowing at

night. Details of tree branches coming into the frame from all directions added to the perspective of looking up at the

moon from a clearing in the woods.

Our Third grade classes have been inspired by nature and patterns with colorful, gridded pop art patterns. Each

student learned the 5 patterns in nature: spiral, meander, packing, branching, and explosion patterns; then stylized the

patterns in block form to create a colorful collection of the patterns. We have also recently begun talking about

still-lives as the students begin their own watercolor painting of a vase of flowers. Each shows the still-life from a

perspective of the students choosing, allowing them to show the scene up close or from a unique angle. I am very

impressed with the students’ careful handling of the watercolor so far. Keep up the good work!

The Fourth grade artists are becoming pros at portrait drawing! The group has been learning about the

contemporary portrait artist, Chuck Close, over the past month and taken inspiration from his work. Close creates

large scale portraits and self-portraits in which he draws a grid to section off the painting. The grid on both the photo

he works from and his canvas help him to look at small sections at a time and recreate what he sees on a larger scale.

While Chuck Close fills in each square in the grid with small abstract paintings that come together to make an image

when you step back, the Fourth graders are using their grid to follow the outlines from a photo of themselves. I am

completely blown away by the students’ efforts with these self-portraits. They look fantastic so far and look forward

to displaying them in the school and sharing them with all of you.

Until next time, keep creating!

Artfully Yours,

Miss Lafferty

ART PALETTE—Miss Julie Lafferty


LET’S SPRING to SELF-RESPECT and INTEGRETY

Herbrich Primary School is welcoming Spring with open arms. It’s time for the leaves to grow back on trees

and flowers to bloom, and it’s also time to build on our children’s confidence, self-respect, and integrity.

Our character traits for the next two months are self-respect and integrity. Teaching children to gain

self-respect increases their confidence, skills to learn, love and be creative. Self-respect is closely related to

happiness and success in life. According to some philosophers; self-respect is a combination of both good

education and the love they get from their parents. Parents need to provide children's first basic needs in

developing self-esteem. What can parents do to make their children feel loved and talented? Here are the

ways to improve self-respect:

SHOWING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

LEARNING TO LISTEN

TAKING CHILDREN'S FEELINGS SERIOUSLY

FINDING THINGS TO VALUE/APPRECIATE

SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR CHILD

ALLOW CHILDREN TO DO THINGS BY THEMSELVES

RESPECT THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THOUGHTS

ACCEPT THE CAPACITIES OF YOUR CHILDREN

EMBRACE INDIVIDUALITY

Here are some ways your child can increase their self-confidence and self-respect:

Be careful about comparing yourself to other people. Sometimes that can make you feel good or even

inspire you to improve in some way. But sometimes it can make you overlook what's truly good about yourself and cause you to feel bad.

Think about times when you've done something good. Include those times when you've made a

difference to somebody else by being helpful, kind, or thoughtful.

Take part in activities that make you feel good such as hobbies, reading, sports, or spending time with

good friends.

Think about things you do well. Take pride in your successes.

Respect other’s opinions and differences.

Golden Rule: Treat others the way you want to be treated.

/continued

GUIDANCE GALLERY—Mrs. Pamela Long-Rice 330.664.4884


Self-respect is at the heart of respecting others. When you can recognize and appreciate your strengths and accept your weaknesses, it's easier to truly respect the value in others.

Integrity, simply stated means “doing the right thing even when no one is looking.” Integrity is the most important life skill because it is composed of many other powerful life skills such as honesty, patience, accountability, responsibility, dependability, and caring to name a few.

To build integrity in your children, teach them how to:

Be assertive:

o Teach them to speak up for what they believe and

need. Being assertive allows them to honor their choices and their values.

Listen to their gut:

o If they believe that something feels right, teach them

to move forward. If they believe that something feels wrong, teach them to pause, take a step back, and reevaluate their next steps.

Put themselves in other people’s shoes:

o Integrity takes empathy for others.

o To keep one’s word and follow through with one’s commitments.

Live life according to their inner truth and values:

o Explain to them that they can live life trying to satisfy others, half the people will

like them and half won’t. And if they live their life according to their own truth, half the people will like them and half won’t. The question is—which half do you want as friends—those who like you for who you actually are or the person you are pretending to be?

Identify and express emotion:

o Our emotions are part of who we are. Some choose to crush them, some lie about

them, and still others feel confused by them. When people are able to recognize and express their emotions, they have what is called “emotional intelligence.” By understanding and honoring their emotions, they stay true to themselves.

WISHING EVERYONE A WONDERFUL, FUN FILLED SPRING BREAK.

Mrs. Long-Rice


APRIL & MAY/JUNE 2013

FRID AY MARCH 29– MOND AY 8 SPRING BRE AK—NO SCHOOL

APRIL MAY

Tuesday 9 K-2 Grade Reading Diagnostic Testing Wednesday 1 9:30 PTA Council Meeting @ CHS

3:45-4:45 3rd & 4th Grade Intervention Thursday 2 6:30 PTA Meeting

Wednesday 10

7:45-8:45 3rd & 4th Grade Intervention Friday 3 Mid Term Reports Go Home

K-2 Grade Reading Diagnostic Testing Sunday 5 Cinco De Mayo

9:30 PTA Council Meeting @ CHS Tuesday 6 National Teachers’ Day

Thursday 11

SCRIP Orders Due Wednesday 8 Learn Not To Burn (Tornado House)

K-2 Grade Reading Diagnostic Testing Thursday 9

Learn Not To Burn (Tornado House)

3:45-4:45 3rd & 4th Grade Intervention Set Up for Muffins for Mom

3:45-5 Tennis Friday 10

8-8:45 Muffins for Mom

4-5 PM Science Fair Set Up in LRC 9:30 Kids for the Cure Relay Kick Off

6:30 PM PTA Meeting in Art Room Week of 13-17 4th Grade Math Placement Testing

Friday 12 6-7 PM Science Fair Award Ceremony Friday 17 3rd Grade Dental Assemblies

Tuesday 16 3:45-4:45 3rd & 4th Grade Intervention 7:30-1 District Kindergarten Registration

@ Copley High School (Auxiliary Gym) Tuesday 21

7 PM BOE Meeting

Wednesday 17 7:45-8:45 3rd & 4th Grade Intervention Wednesday 22 4th Grade CFMS Orientation

Thursday 18 2nd Grade Field Trip to Akron Civic Theatre Thursday 23 Market Day Orders Due Online

3:45-4:45 3rd & 4th Grade Intervention

Friday 24

Newsletter Articles Due for June

Monday 22

Earth Day 9:30-3:30 Lisa A. Round Kids for the

Cure Relay 3rd & 4th Grade OAA Reading Test

Wednesday 24 3rd & 4th Grade OAA Math Test Monday 27 Memorial Day—NO SCHOOL

Kdg, 1st & 2nd Grade Learn Not To Burn Tuesday 28 5-6 PM Market Day Pick Up

Thursday 25 Market Day Orders Due Online JUNE

Newsletter Articles Due for May Monday 3 District Wide 4th Grade Field Day @ CHS

Tuesday 30 K-3 Writing Diagnostic Testing

Wednesday 5 Fourth Grade End of Year Assembly

5-6 PM Market Day Pick Up Last Day for Students

PLEASE NOTE TH AT THE RE WILL BE ADDIT IONAL D ATES ADDED TO MAY & JUNE NEXT MONTH

I m p o r t a n t D a t e s

FUTURE DATE CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL DISTRICT CALENDAR

MARKET DAY PICK UP KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

April 16 Now April 30

May 21 Now May 28

March 21 Now May 21 7:30 AM—1 PM

Registration packets are available in the office.

Please share this information with family and friends


C a n d i d l y S p e a k i n g

“KidScrips”

L. The winning authors,

Tenzin and Amanda with

The Magical Theatre Actors who

performed their scripts.

R. Honorable mentions went to

Morgan, Sarah, Drue,

Marlon, Raquel, Alex R

and Alex S.

Artists

at work

The

district wide

PTA Art Show

will take place at

Copley High

School on

Wednesday,

April 17th

6-8pm

2nd Grade Reader’s Theatre

Principal of the Day, Michele

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H E R

C a n d i d l y S p e a k i n g

ONE

HUNDRED

BOOK

CHALLENGE

One Step Equals 15

Minutes of Reading

100 Steps Equals

25 Hours

of Reading

200 Steps Equals

50 Hours

of Reading

BEFORE YOU SIGN

OFF ON THE

READING LOG,

REMEMBER TO

ASK YOUR

STUDENT

QUESTIONS TO BE

SURE HE/SHE

UNDERSTANDS

WHAT HAS JUST

BEEN READ.

P a g e 9 H E R B E R I C H

Thank you, Herberich community, for the amazing amount of support you give each and every day, from volunteering at home or in the school, for collecting BoxTops, for supporting Market Day, Scrips or our spring fundraiser “Mixed Bags." Your generosity is overwhelming.

Your funds most recently have funded the “KidScripts” assembly, performed by the Magical Theatre company, Read Across America Week, scholarships for Spring After School Programs, laminating rolls and colored paper for the copy room, and for next month, water plus light snacks for the children during OAA testing week. Also, with funds approved from last year, the PTA has purchased new iPads to add to the library iPad check-out cart. Staff may use the iPads in the classroom for enhanced instruction with the students.

Congratulations to Amanda Hohenshil and Tenzin Ruggiero. Their scripts were selected by the Magical Theatre Company and were then developed into full plays and performed to the entire school and enjoyed by all. We heard it was a tough decision and that there are many great authors at Herberich. Keep up the terrific writing kids.

Many thanks to Miss MacDonald, Miss Lafferty, Mr. Kerrigan, Mrs. Neale-May, Mrs. McMaster and the teachers for working with the students to put on a beautiful spring concert. Thanks to Kristen Sheldon, Heather Wooley and Elizabeth Woods for coordinating decorations and the reception for the evening, and thank you to the PTA for contributing cookies and milk. It was an enjoyable performance.

The next PTA meeting is Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 pm in the Art Room with Miss Ashcroft, Principal of the Middle School as guest speaker. Miss Ashcroft will address any questions or concerns parents of 4th graders may have about entering the middle school. Also, PTA members will vote on the slate for members of the 2013/14 PTA Executive Board. All are welcome to attend. Babysitting services will be provided by the CHS Key Club.

Romi Brozeit, President

Issue 7

April 2013

Copley-Fairlawn City Schools

HERBERICH HAPPENINGS

Joy Neale-May, Editor

PTA Pages

President—Mrs. Romi Brozei t PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD

President: Romi Brozeit

330.867.1742 [email protected]

1st VP: Danae Labocki

330-321-2332 [email protected]

2nd VP: Lital Pearson

330-666-2189330- [email protected]

Secretary: Karen Elliott


Treasurer: Karen Seagren


Council Rep: Sheri Spainhour


Council Rep: Patricia Smoot Wicks


Council Rep: Sue Timmer


Procedure

Advisor

Christine Hohenshil


Committees chairs are available

on the website

P a g e 1 0 H E R B E R I C H H A P P E N I N G S

Thanks to YOU, we have achieved a lot of success this past month thanks to all the work you have been

doing by sending in Acme receipts, BoxTops and Campbell labels.

BoxTops for Education:

We turned in the second group of BoxTops, due the end of February, and which will receive a check for

$1,358. Amazing!

The lucky winners of the Box Top Blizzard Contest are:

$5 Menchie’s Gift Card – Ian Loose

$5 Menchie’s Gift Card – Alex Kneram

$5 Menchie’s Gift Card – Faith Seagren

Color Explosion Fun Pack - Gregory Potts

Color Explosion Fun Pack - Reyanna Haslam

Color Explosion Fun Pack - Aliya Estephan

Please keep collecting and turning in BoxTops. Send in your BoxTops on the collection sheets

(only 10 per sheet please) or in a bag and make sure you have your grade and teacher clearly

marked. The next class to turn in the most box tops wins popsicle party.

Acme Community Cashback Program:

The Acme Community Cashback program is now complete, and with all the receipts we turned, in we will

receive a check from Acme for $166.76.

Campbell’s Label for Education:

Because of all of your support in sending in labels we were able to order, and have already received quite a

few great things to be used at the school. Our points purchased oil pastels, modeling materials, sidewalk

chalk, a paper trimmer, a wall screen and math games. Please keep sending in your labels!

Thank you again for all your support of the Redemptions Program at Herberich. We use money raised

for wonderful programs to support the children and teachers.

Redempt ions—Mrs. Tracy Webb & Mrs. Mar j i Carr ino


What a wonderful way to help our library grow and maintain a high quality collection!

Books that are donated or purchased will be stamped: Donated By The Birthday Book

Club 2012 – 2013 and will become a part of the library’s permanent collection. Each new

student member’s name will be placed on the apple tree in the library.

If you would like to join the Birthday Book Club, all you need to do is to complete the

following form and send it in with your son or daughter. Checks made be made payable

to Herberich PTA.

Only two order opportunities left!!

We can make your shopping super easy!

Just watch the book bags for SCRIP order forms over

the next two months, make your selection and return

the form with your check on the following dates:

April 11 May 17

Your gift cards will be sent home the following week

with your student.

Thank you for supporting this program.

Every cent makes a difference.

If you have any questions, please contact Susan at [email protected]

Bir thday Book Club—Mrs. Kim Scot t

Herberich PTA Birthday Book Club Enrollment Form

Please enroll my child in the Herberich PTA Birthday Book Club:

Child’s Name:

Birthdate:

Teacher’s Name:

Grade Level:

Amount Enclosed: $

Thank You!

SCRIP—Mrs. Susan Hayw ood

https://mail.neonetda.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=34e85797bb3243dfb8a98f1e48751e43&URL=mailto%3arbrozeit%40sbcglobal.net


A Note From Our

Chairperson

Snow for Spring??... No worries! Soon flowers will be blooming, birds will be chirping, bees will be buzzing and the fresh smell of spring will be in the air.

This month please be certain to review our delicious spring Market Day menu!! The last day to order will be

Thursday 4/25/13.

Market Day pick up will be Tuesday, April 30. The flyer will be sent home with your student soon.

Along with providing delicious meal options, Herberich Market Day helps to fund many of the events our children enjoy here at Herberich. However, our Market Day program cannot be a success without you. Please consider ordering today.

Thank you again,

Donella Gachett

Thank you to the following families

who ordered in MARCH 2013!!

RICH

KROEGER

BRITTON

CHAPMAN

NEALE-MAY

GRIMES

SANIUK

CAPREZ

ATEN

WOLSKI

YOHEM

HURD

TALSMA

HENSLEY

SUPELAK

CANO

HANHOLD

ASHENFELTER

BECKER

FAHRINGER

SMITH

HOHENSHIL

LAUGHLIN-COOK

NEWS:

Thank you to our awesome March volunteers!

www.marketday.com

Spring April Market Day Recipe

Lemon Pepper

ChicNSteakes

Moist chicken

breasts with a

lemon pepper flavor. Individual-

ly wrapped & skillfully hand

trimmed. 110 calories per serv-

ing.

Preparation:

Cook to an internal temperature of

at least 170 degrees. Cooking

instructions are a guide. Appliances

vary in time and temperature.

• Grill from frozen 15 to 20

minutes. Grill from thawed 7-10

minutes. Turn over as necessary to

avoid burning.

• Broil from frozen 15-20 minutes.

Broil from thawed 7-10 minutes.

Turn over as necessary.

• Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree

Fahrenheit oven. Bake from frozen

24-26 minutes. Bake from thawed

18-20 minutes.

• Pan Fry/Sautee in a covered pan.

Pan Fry/Sautee from frozen 10-12

minutes on medium heat. Pan Fry/

Sautee from thawed 7-9 minutes

on medium heat. Turn over fre-

quently.

Do not microwave. Microwaving

raw poultry does not guarantee

thorough cooking of the entire

portion.

Lori Ashenfelter, Donella Gachett, Christine Hohenshil and Joy Neale-May

Log onto

www.marketday.com

for great menu ideas

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