LEONARD ELEMENTARY

A Nationally Accredited School, Blue Ribbon School

Our mission is to make sure all students learn

DECEMBER 2015

MRS ERICA ROLACK – PRINCIPAL MRS. NANCY HABOUSH – HEAD TEACHER

Mrs. Erica Rolack

Principal

Main Office

248.823.3300

Attendance Line

248.823.3301

FAX: 248.823.3313

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If your child is going to be late or absent from school, it is very

important for you to contact the school attendance line before the start of

the school day.

The phone number to report an absence is 248-823-3301.

No School – Winter Recess

All Troy Schools will be closed

December 21 through January 1.

For Winter Recess

Classes will resume January 4.

School Session Times School begins at 9.10am Students may arrive for school NO EARLIER than 8.55am. During inclement weather, there will be no safeties on post. If your student arrives later than 9.10, they need to be walked into the office with an adult and signed in as tardy.

5th Grade Campers

All fifth grade campers need to be at Leonard at 7:30 AM on Monday, November 30.

They will return on Wednesday, December 2 at 2:30pm.

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December1-2: December 7

December 7-11:

December 9:

December 15

December 11:

December 17: December 18:

December 29:

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5th Grade Camp

2nd Grade Field Trip (am)

Holiday Gift Shop 3rd Grade Field Trip (am)

PTO Potluck Luncheon 12-1.30

Popcorn Sale 25¢ a bag

Holiday Parties

Last Day of School Restaurant night at Chuck E

Cheese 3-9pm

Bagel Sales

Important Links for Parents

You can access important information about the following topics on the Leonard website. We encourage all parents to go to the

Leonard and TSD websites for all information.

LEONARD Website: http://leonard.troy.k12.mi.us

Student-Parent Handbook

Lunch Menu

School Messenger

Important Forms for Parents

2015 – 2016 TSD School Calendar

TSD Code of Conduct

Student Drop off / Pick up

Please remember that the pick up circle drive is a constantly

moving drive. Please DO NOT park or exit your car in the pick up line. If you must exit your car, please park in the lot.

Use the circle drive for children who can independently enter the vehicle on the curb side so that you can continue driving.

This helps most importantly with safety, but also improves the flow of traffic and the ability of busses to enter for pick

up.

Kindergarten Enrollment The Troy School District is beginning to identify kindergarten

students for the 2016-2017 school year. If you have a child who will be five years old on or before *September 1, 2016, please call our school office at 248-823-3300 to place your

child on our incoming kindergarten list. Enrollment information and procedures will be sent via the

US Mail to your home in January. After December 1, 2015 we invite you to go to this link:

http://www.troy.k12.mi.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=336688&type=d&pREC_ID=818369

Here you will be able to complete our online enrollment

form that is a portion of the kindergarten enrollment process.

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We will meet with all incoming kindergarten parents to

enroll their students at:

TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT Administration Building

4400 Livernois Troy, MI 48098

Look for a schedule to be posted soon!

*Per the State of Michigan, if your child will be 5 years old between

September 2, 2016 and December 1, 2016, they are also eligible to attend Kindergarten.

We require a waiver to be completed and signed by parents.

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All parties will be on Thursday December 17.

Young 5’s will have their party at 11am Kindergarten will have their parties at 1.45 – 2.45pm. Grade 1-5 will have their parties at 3pm.

Collecting from After-School Activities Students should be collected from after school activities via the MAIN ENTERANCE ONLY. The back doors are for CARE Co parents.

Flu Season Please keep your child at home if he/she is ill. Now that the flu season has started, we all need to work together to keep Leonard a healthy environment for all. Students should remain at home until they have been fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication.

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Family Circles are Alive and Well!! Our Leonard Family Circles met in November to discuss one of our Leadership Habits called Being Proactive. This life skill asks children (and adults) to think calmly and act responsibly when faced with a situation. Thinking ahead prevents unwanted reactions. Students were shown a demonstration of a shaken pop can (reactive) vs a shaken water bottle (proactive). Our goal is to “be water bottles” as life presents us with different situations. December’s gathering brings us an opportunity to explore Sharpening the Saw, another one of the Leadership Habits. This focuses on maintaining healthy eating, sleeping and life style choices. We will also show our compassion for others by creating craft projects for senior citizens within the Troy community. Our goal is to be healthy on the inside and out.

News and Notes

Thank you to every family that participated in the Believe

Fundraiser last month! Together we exceeded our expectations and raised just over $4,000 for the PTO. This will be used to

provide field trip busing, assemblies, school supplies and much more for our little Leopards!

Just a reminder to keep clipping those Box Tops! Our current contest runs through December 4th. The top 5 classrooms will

win free popcorn and each classroom that collects at least 600 Box Tops will win a Pajama Day!

The next PTO meeting is our holiday potluck and will be held on

Tuesday, December 15th at noon in the LGI. All Leonard parents

are invited and encouraged to attend.

Bagels sales will continue every Wednesday morning for .75 cents each.

If you haven't done so already, please be sure to join the new Leonard PTO Facebook page to receive important updates and

messages so that you can be informed as to how you can help and how your fundraising dollars are being spent! The link to join is

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeonardPTO/

Holiday Gift Shop December 7-11, 2015

Dear Parent or Guardian,

Your child is invited to attend our upcoming Holiday Gift Shop. It will be held from December 7-11, during school hours. Please see the

class schedules on the VolunteerSpot website to know when your child’s class will be attending. You may or may not want to be there

when they are picking out that special gift for you! We are very excited about this program. It is a great learning

experience and a service to the students and parents. The Holiday Gift Shop is an opportunity for your child to purchase their own

special holiday gifts for family and friends. The gifts will be moderately priced. There will be a selection of great items for everyone, such as popular jewelry, licensed sports and gift items.

Adult volunteers play a vital role in the success of the Holiday Gift

Shop. PARENT VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP WITH THE SET UP AND OPERATION OF THE SHOP! We realize that the holiday season is a busy time for everyone, but we would appreciate your

support.

*All volunteers in the Troy School District are required to fill out a background check form prior to volunteering at school events. Please go to the office and fill out a form and give it

to the office staff if you have not already done so for the 2015/2016 school year.*

Please sign up for Holiday Gift Shop 2015!

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps: 1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot:

http://vols.pt/rQDC5d

2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot)

3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!

Thank you for your help and hope to see you at the Holiday Gift Shop!

Co chairs-

Christine Austin (347) 423-2841 cpiei@yahoo.com Mary Beth Segerlind (248) 321-5988 marybethsegerlind@yahoo.com

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Class Shopping Times

Monday December 7th

Mrs. Gadlage 9:30-10:35

Mrs. Carruthers 10:40-11:15

Mrs. Haboush 1:10-1:50

Mrs. Connell 1:50-2:25

Mrs. Maldonado 2:25-3:00

Tuesday December 8th

Mrs. Chambers 9:30-10:35

Ms. DeWard 10:40-11:15

Mrs. Palma 11:00-11:30

Mrs. Brown 1:10-1:50

Mr. Russo 1:50-2:25

Mrs. Moffet 2:25-3:00

Wednesday December 9th

Mrs. Mockeridge 9:30-10:35

Ms. Socier 10:40-11:10

Mrs. Moore 2:05-2:40

Mrs. Wallace 2:20-2:55

Thursday December 10th

Mrs. Marinkovski 9:30-10:35

Ms. Kochaniski 10:40-11:10

Mrs. Hogan 1:10-1:50

Ms. Welch 2:20-2:55

Friday December 11th

Make ups 9:30-10:30

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Wondrous Words--Exploring Words and Their Parts

We have been tuning into interesting words when we read, showing how they are

spelled, and discussing their meaning. Now it’s time to explore their parts. Even adults find pleasure in doing the following activities. So even if your child is a voracious reader

and writer, they can find joy in doing the following activities. The best part is that you can play these games whenever--in the car, waiting for dinner to cook, or when you are

waiting in line at the store! It’s easy once we get the hang of it. Basically, you are just saying words slowly to hear their parts and sounds. Have fun with words!

Clap syllables in words. Start with family names. Who has the most claps? Find

more words to match the number of claps.

o Sun = 1 clap

o Pizza = 2 claps

o Umbrella = 3 claps

o Watermelon = 4 claps

o Hippopotamus = 5 claps

Know that some words are made up of 2 smaller words. Practice finding

“compound words” in speech or when you read.

o Some examples are: flashlight, Batman, toothbrush, sailboat, somewhere,

into

Listen for the smaller sounds in words.

o Cow /c/ /ow/, me /m/ /ee/, up /u/ /p/, shoe /sh/ /oo/ all have 2 sounds

o Cat /c/ /a/ /t/, horse /h/ /or/ /s/, and ship /sh/ /i/ /p/ all have 3 sounds

o Baby /b/ /a/ /b/ /ee/, frog /f/ /r/ /o/ /g/, jump /j/ /u/ /m/ /p/ all have 4

sounds

Listen for similar parts in words. Talk about prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Find

big words when you read and look for the parts. Write words on cards, cut them

up by syllable, and see if you can put them back together or make new words.

o Prefixes: unhappy, unzip, unreal, undo

o Suffixes: happily, quickly, really, slowly

o Roots: television, teleport, telephone

Some large words to take apart: rectangular, temperature, worldliness, personality,

introduction, unimaginable, characterization, intermission, expression, imaginary

The 44th Annual Juried

Elf Shelf Arts & Crafts Show

Saturday, November 28, 2015 (Saturday after Thanksgiving)

Over 175 Artisans

Troy High School 4777 Northfield Parkway

(South of Long Lake, between Crooks and Coolidge)

Show Hours 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

$3 Door donation

All proceeds and door donations from the show Go to scholarships and local civic & charitable organizations

(248) 988-0426 www.troywomensassociation.org

Festival ART & CRAFT SHOW

Saturday, December 12

9 am to 4 pm

Jewelry Handbags Photo Albums

Soap Candles Paper Crafts

Edible Treats Knitted Sweaters

Evergreen Wreaths & Centerpieces

Baby Items Hair Accessories

Holiday Decor Pottery

and much, much more

from over 200 crafters!

Athens High School

4333 John R

Troy

(between 17 Mile and 18 Mile)

Admission: $2

12 & Under FREE

25th Annual