OQuinn October 2015 Newsletter

October 1, 2015
FROM THE CARPOOL LINE
The O’Quinn School - Mount Pleasant - Parents Guild Newsletter
Box Tops For
Education
It’s Box Tops submission time!
Our school will be sending in the
Box Tops we’ve collected so far
on October 9th. Please remember
to trim them and bring them to
school by then. We send them in
periodically throughout the year,
so keep collecting! Every Box Top
we collect raises $0.10 for
O’Quinn! The classroom that
donates the most Box Tops will
win an ice cream party! Thanks for
your support.
Back to School at O’Quinn!
Directory for Sale
The Parent Directory is available
for purchase for $5 at the office.
Activity Fee is Due
Help support O’Quinn through
The Parents Guild Activity Fee.
Your $20+ donation funds and
organizes numerous events
through the school year including
the Halloween Carnival, Dazzling
Dolphin and Virtues programs,
Teacher Appreciation Week,
Parent Night program and various
gifts to the school. Last year, the
cameras and gift cards we gave to
support our teachers were much
appreciated. Thank you for your
contribution and support!
Welcome back, O’Quinn familiesI hope everyone enjoyed their summer! We are very excited
about this school year and are off to a great start!
My name is Tanis Mann and I am the President of the Parents
Guild. The Parents Guild is a volunteer organization of parents
and is open to anyone interested in
participating. No amount of time is
too small!
If you have any questions about the
Parents Guild or would like to get
involved, please do not hesitate to
contact me [email protected].
I look forward to working with each of
you to make this a special year for our
children and teachers!
-Tanis
We are the Dazzling Dolphins!
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October 1, 2015
Halloween Carnival Coming Soon!
A popular O’Quinn tradition, our Halloween Carnival will take
place on October 29-30. Children can wear their costumes and
enjoy the fun games and activities. For this year’s pumpkin
decorating contest, special prizes will be given to children AND
parents for the top three jack-o-lanterns!
Important Dates
October 19-20
School Closed - Fall Break
October 29-30
Halloween Carnival*
9am - 12pm
We need volunteers to help set up, clean up or volunteer for a 30minute shift to help with the games at the Carnival. We will send
around a SignUpGenius email soon to make it a snap to sign up to
volunteer!
A flyer with more details about the Halloween Carnival will be
coming home with your child in the next few weeks. Check the
school’s online calendar to see which date your child’s class will
participate.
October 13
Pumpkins with Pops!
(Year 4 only)
7:45-9am
November 6
5K Conference Day
November 12
Holiday Kick-off Social
6pm
November 13
4K Conference Day
November 23-24
Thanksgiving Feasts*
November 25-27
School Closed - Happy
Thanksgiving!
*For more info check the calendar
on the school’s website.
Monthly Virtues for October and
November: Trustworthiness and
Respect
As part of O’Quinn’s character education program, the school
will place emphasis in October on teaching the children about
being trustworthy and whom to trust. Teachers will help them
learn the importance of being honest to friends and adults and
will discuss the concept of “stranger danger” in a positive and
productive way. In words that speak to all the little ones,
trustworthiness is doing what you say, and saying what you do. In November, the focus will be on Respect. Children will learn
about honoring themselves as well as caring for the rights of
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October 1, 2015
Staff Birthdays
October 10
Corin Stockton
October 11
Suzanne Masters
October 13
Katie Sellers
October 15
Kim Martin
October 29
Marsha Freudenberg
November 16 Betsy Reid
November 24 Suzanne Mueller
November 24 Kendall Murray
December 6
Ann Johnson
December 15 Peggy Scypinski
December 22 Bliss Shurlds
Future Parents Guild
Meetings
Please join us for Parents Guild
meetings in the cafeteria at 8.30am:
October 14
November 17
December 16
Contact Us
President
Tanis Mann
[email protected]
Vice President
Amy Florez
[email protected]
Secretary
Mandy Cutler
[email protected]
Treasurer
Megan Farr
[email protected]
Assistant Treasurer
Linsey Dudley
ldudley@newcharleston
properties.com
Past President
Becca Weil
[email protected]
others. Teachers will model behaviors for the children
emphasizing polite manners and courtesy, teaching them that
behaving with respect can create a more peaceful and orderly
environment. For the little ones, being respectful is using nice
words and taking care of both your own and others’ things.
Importantly, the children will be rewarded for demonstrating
virtuous behaviors through the Dazzling Dolphins program. If
they are “caught” being responsible in October and respectful in
November, they will have a chance to choose a small prize from
the Dazzling Dolphins fish bowl in the main office. Meet O’Quinn’s French Teacher !
My name is Céline Poillion and I’ve been
enjoying teaching French at O’Quinn for
about 15 years. I was born and raised in
the suburb of Paris. I lived there until I
met my husband who came from Texas to
work for a year in France. We got
married in Louisiana, where he is from,
and then moved to beautiful Charleston.
We have two wonderful boys who are 12
and 6 years old. When we are not busy
with soccer, Scouts or chess, we enjoy
going to the beach, kayaking or just hanging around the house.
We share our house with our sweet cat Whisper, a dove and a
lizard, oh and two hermit crabs, but the boys have been asking
(constantly) for a new puppy. So we hope that Santa hears their
request!
Teaching and sharing my language with your children has been so
rewarding and an amazing experience and I feel very lucky to be
the French teacher at the O’Quinn schools. At this young age, the
key is to help your child develop an interest and an ear for the
French language, and this is my objective. I want them to see how
fun it is to learn different words, repeating and using them. I also
want them to discover and become more curious about the world
and the different cultures. When I think of French, the first
word that comes to mind is Fun! So let’s keep having more and
more fun learning this beautiful language. Merci et à bientôt.
We are the Dazzling Dolphins!
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We are the Dazzling Dolphins!
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