PHEASANT POINT ELEMENTARY FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT

MAY, 2016

Phone: (636) 379-0173 Fax: (636) 980-3650 Website: www.fz.k12.mo.us

Dr. Bernard J. DuBray

Superintendent

Dr. Greg Cicotte

Principal

Mrs. Kris Chapman

Assistant Principal

Dear Parents: At Pheasant Point, we are fortunate to have so many parents and other adults spend countless hours with our children everyday. The time, energy, skills, and talents you generously lend again and again are priceless. What you bring to our students and staff is appreciated more than you ever know. I would like to say a huge thank you to some very special people — our PTO Officers from this year! Erin Madden – President Nicole Fanter — Vice-President Kathie Mulvey – Treasurer Amy Howard — Volunteer Coordinator Suzane Roberts — PR Representative Siobhan Lestina — Secretary Rebate Coordinator Mollie Tobey—Fundraising Coodinator Teacher Reps — Mrs. Mateja & Mrs. Papuga On Friday, May 19th, we will be participating in our annual Field Day. This day will be filled with friendly competition and FUN! Information has already been sent home on how you can get involved in the fun! Be sure to put sunscreen on your child in the morning.

In the best interest of your children,

Dr. Greg Cicotte, Principal

Mark your Calendar

MAY 2-6 MAP Testing Grades 4 & 5 3 National Teacher’s Day 5 FZSD Bus Driver Appreciation Day 5 Early Release Day @ 1:30 pm 6 National School Nurses Day 6 3rd Grade Mother’s Tea @ 2:30 pm 10 Last Day of JET 10 PTO Planning Meeting/Library @ 4:15 10-12 FZSD Student Art Show 12 Papa John’s Night 13 Kindergarten Showcase @ 3pm 13 2nd Grade Party/2:45-3:45

13 Honor Choir/Orchestra Concert WHS 7pm

16 1st Grade Party/10:15-11:15 16 KDG Party/2:45-3:45 16 5th Gr. Human Growth & Development 17 5 th Gr. Human Growth & Development

17 4th Gr. Party/ 12:30-1:30 17 3rd Grade Party/1:15-2:15

17 5th Grade Party/3:00-4:00 18 Awards Assembly @ 9:20 am 18 5th Grade Talent Show @ 1:10 pm 19 Field Day/LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 19 5th Grade Farewell Parade @ 3:50pm

Honor Choir and Orchestra Concert

May 13, 2016 at 7:00 pm

West High School

National

Teacher’s Day School Nurses Day

May 3 May 6

Let’s make this a special day for them and

let them know how much we appreciate all

that they do for us.

Field Day

Get your sunscreen and sunglasses on because

Field Day will be on May 19!!

Fun activities are being planned with each grade level in mind.

Please remember to have your child wear sunscreen and tennis shoes,

since many of these activities will be outside. Please make sure that

they have a water bottle as well.

We are looking forward to a sunny day.

PHEASANT POINT NIGHT AT THE

RASCAL’S GAME

Wednesday, May 25 at 5:05 pm.

The PPE Cheer Club will be performing before the game.

The Honor Choir will be singing the “National Anthem”

before the game.

Watch for information coming home.

FZSD Student Art Show

AWARDS DAY

The Pheasant Point Awards Assembly will take place on Wednesday, May 18 at

9:20 a.m.

Students receiving awards for Perfect & Exceptional Attendance will be notified

by e-mail.

Awards will also be given to 5th grade students who qualified for the Presidental

Education Award.

Parents, mark your calendar for this day as we recognize our students for their

fine achievements.

Pheasant Point Elementary Science Fair Winners 2016 Pheasant Point held its annual Science Fair the week of

April 4th. Thank you to our coordinator Ms. Curland and our judges,

Ms. Mittler, Mrs. Schoonover, Mrs. Milsark, Mrs. Saffer, Miss Mosley, Mrs. Kemp,

Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Furtwengler, Mrs. Ruge, Mrs. Cozzoni and Mrs. Diehl

Congratulations to all of these students. We are very proud of you!

TRI-COUNTY REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR

The following students participated in the Tri-County Regional Science Fair at Francis Howell North on Saturday, April 23, 2016:

Kindergarten

1st- Liam Robison

2nd– Lincoln Moon

First Grade 1st-Madelyn Becker

2nd-Zac Mulvey

3rd-Elisa Olmedo

Second Grade 1st-Keira Kuenzel

2nd-Mia Gerard 3rd-Maya Hatch

Third Grade 1st-Kanyon Shurtz

2nd-Isabella Minner

3rd-Aza Nanney

Fourth Grade 1st-Gunnika Singh

2nd-Lilly Lockey

3rd-Martin Almedo

Fifth Grade 1st-Tied Winners-Chavi

Khanna/Lindsey Weinhold

2nd-Casey McClaine

3rd-Timmy Betker

Kindergarten—Liam Robison

First Grade—Madelyn Becker

Second Grade—Keira Kuenzel

Third Grade—Kanyon Shurtz

Fourth Grade—Gunnika Singh

Fifth Grade -Chavi Khanna/

Lindsey Weinhold

Regional Science Fair Winners Name Grade Category Award

Chavi Khanna 5 Chemistry 2nd

Kanyon Shurtz 3 Physical Science 1st

The 2nd grade girls of Troop 4523 recently participated at the Jr. FLL

Robotics Regional Expo. They built a working Lego model, wrote a program to run the model with software on a laptop, created a

display board, and wrote their own speech to give in front of the

Reviewers at the Expo. They won an award for their extensive

research and carefully thought out poster and model.

The girls who participated were:

Olivia Kruchowski Mia Gerard

Sophia Dickens Emma Plant Maya Hatch Rilyn Powers

Congratulations to Girl Scout Troop 4523

D.A.R.E

Graduation

Report Winners

Our 5th graders graduated from the D.A.R.E.

program on April 28, 2016. The following students

were selected to read their essays at graduation:

Quinn Purcell from Mrs. Milsark’s Class

Nick Atwood from Ms. Mittler’s Class

Chavi Khanna from Miss Curland’s Class

Sirus Keagle from Mrs. Schoonover’s Class

A Note from our School Librarian, Mrs. Ruge…

Our school now has unlimited access to TumbleBookLibrary through

the St. Charles City-County Library! TumbleBookLibrary is an online

collection of animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter

books, graphic novels, non-fiction stories, educator resources, and

MORE.

Access TumbleBookLibrary online, anytime, anywhere - from home,

school, and the library - by logging in to:

www.tumblebooklibrary.com

Username: stcharlesccl

Password: fzschools

Lunch Charges

Please make sure your child has money in

his or her lunch account to cover charges

through Thursday, May 19.

All negative account balances

must be paid by

May 19th.

Remember, money left in the account will

be carried into the next school year. This

includes students who will be attending

Middle School.

Fifth grade students will not be able to

register for sixth grade until their

account is paid in full.

From the Clinic...

All Medications, EXCEPT

INHALERS, must be picked up by a

parent no later than NOON on

Wednesday May 18, 2016. Because our

Field Day is on the last day of school,

inhalers will be sent home on the bus

on May 19, 2016. Any

remaining medications will be

destroyed after that time. If you need

to make special arrangements to pick

up the medications, please call Nurse

Kelly during school hours at

636-272-0701.

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Please wash and return any clothing

items that were borrowed this year.

Donations of girls’ clothing size 8-12

would be greatly appreciated. Elastic

waistband would be great, but any kind

will do. Boy’s clothing is also needed.

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Plastic containers with

handles are always

needed.

LOST AND FOUND

As we approach the end of another

school year, our Lost and Found is

overflowing with many items. Please

remind your child to check the Lost

and Found for any missing items.

The Lost and Found area is located

by the back recess doors. Any

unclaimed items will be donated to

charity after the end of the school

year.

Dress Appearance Reminder Parents have the basic responsibility for the appropriate dress and

grooming of their children. Dress or grooming on the part of the student should not be detrimental to safety and health or distracting or disruptive to the learning environment. Whenever possible, students who dress in a

manner inappropriate will be offered the option of borrowing a t-shirt from the clinic before calling parents.

Some examples of inappropriate dress are: halter tops, midriffs, spaghetti straps, backless or racer back apparel, sagging pants, short shorts above

mid thigh. (Undergarments cannot be exposed)

Thank you for your cooperation.

Fourth Quarter Report Cards for Grades 1-5

These report cards will be emailed to you. Please make sure

that the office has your most current email address. Emailing is how we will be sending all report cards and progress reports in the future for 1st

through 5th grades.

WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS

National Volunteer Week began in 1974 when President Richard Nixon signed an

executive order establishing the week as an annual celebration of volunteering.

The week of April 10-16, 2016 was all about thanking one of America’s most

valuable assets—our volunteers—and calling the public’s attention to all that

they do to improve our communities. We honored our volunteers on April 14th at

our Volunteer Breakfast.

To each and every one of you, thank you so much for all you do to make our school the wonderful place that it is!

STUDENT REGISTRATION

Pheasant Point Elementary School is

currently registering students for the

2016-2017 school year. If you have a

child that will be entering school in the

fall, have a neighbor with a child eligible

for school, or you have a child entering

kindergarten, you may register your child

anytime during school hours through

May 19, 2016.

Please bring an official copy of your

child’s birth certificate, your child’s most

current immunization records and proof

of residency. You may register your child

between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday

through Thursday during the summer.

The office will be closed on Fridays

starting May 31 thru August 4, 2016.

Please call the school office to ensure a

staff member is available to enroll your

child/children or answer your questions.

We would appreciate your help in having

your child registered by the end of June.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS

The school office will be open from

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday through

Thursday, beginning May 31 thru

August 4. You may contact us by

phone or leave a message at

636-272-0701.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

AUGUST 16, 2016 Please come meet your child’s

teacher for the 2016-2017 school

year on Wednesday evening,

August 10th

from 5-7 PM.

Important information for the

2016-2017 school year

2016-2017

Early Release Days for Teacher Professional

Development

Students will be dismissed at 1:30 p.m. on the following days:

Thursday, September 15

Thursday, October 13

Thursday, November 3

Thursday, December 1

Thursday, January 12

Thursday, February 9

Thursday, March 2

Thursday, April 6

Thursday, May 4

“Who is going to be

my new teacher?”

Teacher assignments for the 2016-2017

school year will be E-MAILED out the

first week in August.

The YMCA School

Age Child Care

Program is offering

child care on Early

Release Days. A

fee is charged for

this program.

Please contact the

YMCA at 636-928-

1928 for more

information.

District Calendar 2016-2017

August 10 PPE Meet the Teacher 5-7:00 pm

August 11 Kindergarten Orientation 9-10:30 am

August 16 First Day of Class

September 5 Labor Day - No School

October 14 Elementary Records Day - No School

October 25 Parent/Teacher Conferences /PM

October 26 Parent/Teacher ConferencesAM/PM (No School)

October 26-28 No School/Fall Break

November 8 Professional Development Day - No School

Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving Holiday - No School

December 22- January 4 Winter Break

January 5 Classes Resume

January 16 Martin Luther King Day - No School

February 20 President’s Day - No School

March 13-17 Spring Break/Easter

May 23 Last Day of Class

Next year’s calendar will again follow an A,B,C,D,E schedule. We will

also include approximately one early release day a month for the teach-

ers continued professional development. Official FZ district calendars

can be viewed on the district website, now .

Bus Routes 2016-2017

Bus routes for the 2016-2017 school

year will be e-mailed to the home of

each bus rider in August. Bus changes

do not carry over from one year to the

next. Transportation at the start of the

school year is set up to and from home.

If you are moving within the district

during the summer or will need to

have your child picked up and

returned to a babysitter or daycare

location next year, please call the

Director of Transportation at

(636) 240-3138 so your child can be

assigned to the correct bus. The office

is open throughout the summer,

Monday through Thursday,

7:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m.

The Fort Zumwalt School District is now hiring in the following areas qualified applicants for the 2016-2017

school year:

Bus Drivers

Clerical (Clerks)

Custodians

Student Nutrition Services (Cooks and Cook Helpers)

Many of these positions are full-time and part-time, nine-month positions. Which means you’re at work while

your kids are in school, and off when they are off. Full-time positions include benefits packages. To learn more

about the job descriptions or to apply, click here:

http://www.fz.k12.mo.us/pages/FortZumwaltSD/Work_For_FZ