THE SLATE - Carmel Clay Schools

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THE
SLATE
March 25, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS OPE MATH BOWL TEAM!
Kudos to our Orchard Park Math Bowl participants!
Orchard Park Elementary placed 4th in the state in the their class!!
Over 3000 schools participated this year and 7 Carmel elementary schools
placed in the State Top Ten for “Class 3”
WAY T0 GO, CUBS!!
CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS CAFETERIA SUBSTITUTES NEEDED
Carmel Clay Schools Food Service Department is accepting applications for
Cafeteria Substitutes. If you are interested in a part-time job during the school
day, this may be the job for you! Openings for full and part time positions are
filled from the substitute pool.
Orientation sessions will be held in April and successful applicants will be
provided with paid training.
For more information please contact Vickie Fishman or Amy Anderson at
844-9961 or email [email protected]. or [email protected].
Dress code reminders!
With warmer weather here, it is time to revisit the dress code for CCS. The dress code is printed below:
Students will be expected to keep themselves well-groomed and neatly dressed at all times. Any form of dress or
hairstyle which detracts from the learning environment will not be permitted. This includes apparel advertising
alcoholic beverages or with other obscene or questionable printing on them. Short shorts, low rise pants or shorts,
halter tops, tank tops and tops revealing midriffs, etc., do not provide enough protection from the air conditioning
and are not appropriate. Shorts in general should be worn ONLY when the weather is extremely warm. Parental
discretion will determine when this occurs.
Ball caps or hats may not be worn in the school building. Safe, appropriate footwear must be worn on the playground. Flip-flop sandals or high-heel shoes are NOT appropriate for the playground. Children who wear
inappropriate clothing may be asked to return home to change.
A Note from our PTO President:
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Dear Orchard Park Parents,
What follows is a link to a survey created by Carmel Clay Schools to get information from
parents regarding many general topics in CCS. This survey focuses heavily on technology, but
other topics, including student activities, are included. The results will be examined and used to
formulate CCS policy throughout the system. The survey made me think carefully about my
expectations for CCS and our children's education. I hope it does the same for you, and I hope
you can take the time to share your ideas.
Link to survey is http://ceep.indiana.edu/survey/carmelclay/
Bill Ahrbecker
OPE PTO President
CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS
Jeff Swensson, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Amy Dudley, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent
Roger McMichael, M.B.A.
Assistant Superintendent
Ryan Newman
Director
Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Business Affairs
Human Resources
March 21, 2011
Carmel Clay Schools Seeks Community Input to Help with Strategic Planning
Carmel, IN – All community members, including but not limited to community residents, students, parents, school district employees,
business community, as well as individuals representing either public and non-profit sectors of the community, are invited to provide
feedback and assist in the future strategic plans of Carmel Clay Schools (CCS) through a community audit survey. The confidential survey
will be available from March 21 – April 4, 2011 and can be accessed on the Carmel Clay School website or through this link
http://ceep.indiana.edu/survey/carmelclay/.
The Indiana University Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) is administering the independent survey to help the District
Accreditation Leadership Team (DALT) for Carmel Clay Schools identify the following information:
How does the school system help students realize their individual potential?
In what ways are students developing 21st Century skills?
What is most important to stakeholders?
What measures of success do community members use to evaluate the effectiveness of CCS?
“This survey will provide valuable insights into our community’s expectations for academic excellence and enable us to better respond to the
needs of the community by identifying areas for improvement and establishing long-range goals that will guide our effort toward continuous
improvement,” said Linda Thompson, director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at Carmel Clay Schools.
The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and provides anonymous data that will be used by the School Board, DALT,
and CCS administration to create strategic plans that enhance instructional planning for students. Results from the survey will be available
online this May with a planned presentation to the public at the June 2011 School Board meeting.
DALT was established as part of AdvancED accreditation process, the most rigorous school-accreditation organization in the United States.
Achievement of full-district accreditation through an international organization signals the commitment of CCS to continuous improvement.
Through DALT, CCS focuses on meeting the highest research-based standards through an on-going, demanding, quality assurance
process. For more information about the DALT program at CCS, please visit http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/district/accreditation/.
As part of the Indiana University School of Education, CEEP promotes and supports rigorous program evaluation and education policy
research that promises impact and improvement in the lives of children and their communities. For more information on CEEP, please visit
http://ceep.indiana.edu.
“Jump with Jill” coming to Orchard Park April 28th!
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Jump with Jill is a live rock ‘n roll concert about nutrition for elementary-age kids that travels to schools across the
nation. The show takes childhood obesity by storm, serving as a kid-appropriate solution for kicking off Wellness Committee initiatives, reinforcing classroom learning and supporting a healthier cafeteria menu. By
using original music, movement-based learning and a compelling character, Jump with Jill uses
the same tools normally used to sell junk food and keep kids sedentary into a powerful tool for
teaching healthy habits. The interactive experience not only makes eating breakfast and drinking water cool, but helps increase retention of these important health messages.
Created by registered dietitian and musician Jill Jayne, Jump with Jill has been performed nearly 600 times for almost 100,000 kids all over the United States. The songs performed in the show are the hit tracks from the show's soundtrack, Get Me Goin'. The songs are set up
and transitioned with kid-appropriate explanations of the song content. The show covers:
* The definition of energy and exercise
* How to do exercises that are fun
* The importance of choosing foods that make the body healthy
* How to choose healthy foods including label reading and food facts
* Body acceptance and empowerment
* Recognizing that cartoon characters and celebrities are sometimes used to promote unhealthy foods
* How to identify foods high in calcium and why these foods are cool
* The importance of water
* What unhealthy ingredients are in popular foods that makes them taste so good
* Why eating less processed foods is better for your body and for the earth
For more info go to www.jumpwithjill.com
ISTEP INFORMATION:
The multiple choice portion of the test takes place April 25th-May 4th. This year, all 5th grade students will
be taking the multiple choice portion online. Fifth graders should log onto their myCCS account to see practice questions and learn how to manipulate the online tools. We would also encourage you to go online at
http://www.doe.in.gov/assessment/ to view sample ISTEP questions. Please make sure your child is eating
a healthy breakfast and getting their sleep so they can do their personal best!
Green Cubs News!
Wondering what Green Cubs have been up to this year? Check it out!
The club
members so far have planted many beautiful new bulbs in the nature area; they
should be blooming any time now. We made reusable cloth bags to shop with before the
holidays, so our families could cut down on paper and plastic bags at the store. The members often discuss ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. One way we are trying to spread the message school-wide is
through our crayon recycling program. Did you know crayons are a petroleum based product? Every year,
millions of crayons are thrown in the trash. We are encouraging kids to help us collect their broken
crayon pieces in boxes we made for each classroom, and we pick these up each month at the start of our
meeting. We will mail them to a special crayon recycler at the end of the year. Stay tuned for the grand
total!
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It’s Back-to-School Kit Time!
Once again, OPE-PTO will be offering our students and parents a
prepackaged school supply kit for the next school year.
SchoolKidz (in cooperation with Staples) will be offering an exact kit based
on the school supply lists compiled by our teachers.
To all of you who bought Back-to-School Kits this past year … THANK
YOU for your continued support and spread the word!! We earned $1,228.47
for OPE by ordering these kits last year. Way to go!!
To all of you who missed ordering your kit last year, please consider ordering
one this spring for the 2011-12 school year.
The personalized, reusable storage box includes all the school supplies needed
for each grade level this coming fall. These kits save you time and make
going “back-to-school” less hectic!
Non-consumable items are guaranteed for the entire school year!
This includes rulers, scissors, storage boxes, plastic folders and binders.
If you have a child in grades K-4, watch your child’s backpack for
the order form.
Order forms will be going home on Monday, April 11, 2011.
Order forms are due back before Friday, April 29, 2011.
NO ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER: FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011.
If you have any questions, please contact Dory Brooker at 317-847-7672.
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The award-winning Carmel High School Color Guard will be hosting its annual Mini-camp
for participants in Grades 1-8 on Saturday, April 23. The camp will be held in the
CHS Freshman Cafeteria from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Camp includes a parent preview
performance, pizza, t-shirt and tons of spinning fun and instruction!!!
Cost is $40.00 ($7.00 sibling discount). Click here for more information and to download
registration form http://www.carmelbands.org/colorguard.html
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The Brothers Grimm
Spectaculathon
Creekside Middle School is proud to present
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon.
Written by Don Zolidis and produced by special arrangement with
Playscripts, Inc.(www.playscripts.com), this zany, fast-paced comedy tells
the “true” untold stories of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale characters we
know and love. Come and enjoy this wild, free-form comedy with lots of
audience participation and madcap fun.
The production will be performed on Friday, March 25th at 7:00 p.m. and
Saturday, March 26th at 2:00p.m. in the Creekside Auditorium.
Tickets are $3.00 and are available starting on March14th at the
Creekside Bookstore (open 10:45am to 1:30pm M-F),
3525 W. 126th Street, Carmel 733-6420;
and at the door prior to each performance.
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HONOR ROLL THIRD GRADING PERIOD
SECOND SEMESTER
2010 – 2011
Flager 5th
Birbiglia 4th
Flager 5th
Baek, Eunseo
Carter, Lewis
Kim, Yeon Jae
Lee, YooKyung
Whited, Noah
Bernard, Reagan
Chilemba, David
Gamil, Marly
Gonzalez, Devin
Logan, Kayla
Matsumoto, Ema
Richey, Esteban
Honor Roll
Abbey, McKenna
Barker, Jordan
Bies, Ryleigh
Cordero-Vasquez, Selvin
Hull, Bryce
Meda, Vaishnavi
Saad, Ahmed
Wenzler, Mia
Birbiglia 4th
Billman 4/5 Challenge
Moyer 4th
Brooker, Garrett
Caccamise, Hannah
Chou, Hope
Gilles, Jack
Mullens, Abigael
Cockrell, Ian 4
Cole, Ryan 5th
Fisher, Emma 5th
Gardner, Kiley 5th
Harless, Cameron 4th
Hassan, Sarim 4th
Johnson, Adam 4th
McCormack, Mea 4th
Penix, Soraya 4th
Riddle, Emma 5th
Satkoski, Rylee 4th
Smith, Caleb 5th
Sweet, Maggie 5th
Clark, Carley
Greer, Travis
Hile, Paige
Howard, Megan
Nguyen, Ashley
Perry, Isaac
Locke 5th
High Honor Roll
Billman 4/5 Challenge
Brinkman, Alex 5th
Burnham, Laura 5th
Chen, Kevin 5th
Hou, Franklin 4th
Naiken, Semanti 4th
Roop, Lauren 5th
Covert 4th
Maurer, Maddie
Niyaz, Hannah
Page, Jacqueline
Ramkumar, Adhitya
Soumah, Oumou
Zimmerman, Lilly
th
Moyer 4
Ansari, Haniya
Wirth 4th
Treasure, Sophia
Vogt, Zach
Locke 5th
Collins, Grant
Watson, Joshua
West 5th
Bonner, Hayden
Ellery, McKenzie
Gibson, Sammie
Gulley, Nathan
Higginbotham, Riley
Rusk, Caleb
Shanks, Tay
Strong, Sydney
th
Wirth 4
th
Cirrincione, Payton
Kumar, Suchita
McKillip, Ashelyn
Milam, Nathan
Patterson, Rheagan
Richardson, Ceri
Trittin, Mary
Warner, Gabrielle
Covert 4th
Aguilar, Lizeth
Balciunaite, Urte
Cyr, Sam
Dill, Ally
Hayashi, Yuto
Manning, Drew
Milton, Emma
Moyer, Charlie
Sams, Tess
Scism, Griffin
Wertz, Alex
Betzinger, Elena
Black, Ashylnn
Clark, Blair
Devathu, Rahul
Lamkin-Hern, Nolan
Lebedeva, Elizabeth
Montgomery, Hailey
Varghese, Laurna
Whited, Lauren
Zachodni, Matthew
Zhong, Amy
Denton, Ty
Kelley-Parmley, Jyllayne
Kim, Junghee
Mullens, Kacey
Pitchford, Alexis
Schofield, Luke
West 5th
Bailey, Savannah
Daniels, Chris
Darnell, Aeryn
Hurwitz, Danielle
Kern, Collin
Liechti, Christopher
Menze, Elliot
Tharp, Skylar
Thompson, Logan
Williams, Mika
Roseman 5th
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You get a shout out for your ROARing behavior!
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You get a shout out for your ROARing behavior!
Staff ROAR Tickets
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10404 Orchard Park S. Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46280
Office/Attendance: 848-1918
Parent Link: 571-4039
On the Web:
Cafeteria 571-4075
Fax: 571-4043
www.ccs.k12.in.us/ope/
Mrs. Rhonda Turner
Principal
Mrs. Kate Fagan
Assistant Principal
Mrs. Melissa McCullough
Student Services Coordinator
Mrs. Diane Riemenschnitter
Nurse
PTO Board
Bill Ahrbecker
President
Jennifer Penix
Mark Your Calendar
Mar 29—4th Grade Choir Practice 7:25 am
Mar 30—Student Council Meeting 7:25 am
Mar 31—5th Grade Choir Practice 7:25 am
Apr 1-8—Spring Break-NO SCHOOL!
Apr 12—4th Grade Choir Practice 7:25 am
Apr 12—OPE Green Club Meeting 2:30-3:30pm
Apr 14—5th Grade Choir Practice 7:25 am
Vice President
Ann Bernard
Treasurer
Mary Roth
Secretary
Angie Sams
Corresponding Secretary
Erin Patterson
Past President
Heather Timmons
Slate Editor
Remember…………..
to keep sending BoxTops in to
school!