November Newsletter 2010

RUSHWOOD ELEMENTARY
JACQUELINE O’CONNOR,
PRINCIPAL
UP AND COMING
November 10

PTA Meeting; 7:00pm, Nordonia Middle School
V O L U M E
November 11

Veteran’s Day Breakfast and
Assembly

Parent/Teacher Conferences
5:00-8:00pm

Market Day Pick—Up at
Rushwood
November 12

Delayed Start for Students
November 24-29

Thanksgiving Break
December 15

Dress Rehearsal Winter
Show
December 16

Winter Musical Performance
7:00pm
December 22-January 4

Winter Break
INSIDE STORIES:
Physical Education
Ski Club, and October
Student of the Month
2
Notes from the Music
Department
3-5
November Student of
the Month
5
Technology
Going Green….
6
PTA Announcement
Delayed Start Info.
7
What November’s Levy 8
Failure Means-Right
Now
Notes from the Clinic
Primary Enrichment
Library News
Rushwood’s Reflections
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I S S U E
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N O V E M B E R ,
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A Message from the Principal
Rushwood Families,
“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on
working”. I’m not familiar
with the author of that
quote, but it came to my
mind in the late evening of
November 2, as I sat watching
the polls being tabulated by
the Summit County Board of
Elections. I truly appreciate
the support of our parents in
the Nordonia Hills City School
District. Unfortunately, however, your voices were not
heard loud enough. But I am
confident, with a grass roots
approach from individuals
such as all of you, together
we will spread the message of
how important it’s passage is
for our community’s future,
your children. While a decision has not been made if we
will go on the ballot in February or May, please understand that whatever month it
is, we need to pull together—
for the sake of your children.
As events unfold, I will be in
contact with you, to share,
and to ask for continued help.
Inside this edition you will
see a brief synopsis of how
busing / parent pick-up and
drop-off will work, beginning
November 30th.
Also inside this edition of
Rushwood’s Reflections are
notes from our school nurse,
a reminder about 2 hour de9-11 lay’s and what that means for
12-13 students, a message from Deb
Gennarelli, our Gifted Coordi14
nator, and messages from our
Special’s Teachers, which
includes a detailed report
from our music teacher, Dr.
Lineburgh, for upcoming programming, including our 4th
grade Winter Musical Performance.
If you haven’t been inside
Rushwood at the end of the
school day, you’re missing
out on the enthusiasm from
our students. Shining Star
Awards are coming in strong
from our staff, and it excites
me to see how supportive our
students are toward one another. Students are “getting
caught” doing the right thing
everywhere. And, surrounding
our student show case you
will notice stars filling the
wall. This is a visual testament to Rushwood’s children
and their development of
strong citizenship skills and
character. I’m proud of each
and every student. Also in our
front entrance is our student
showcase, displaying our student’s of the month. Inside
this edition you will find a
picture of our October and
November winners.
On November 11th we will be
hosting a Veteran’s Day
breakfast with students and
their guest. Following this
breakfast, the student body
will assemble in our gymnasium with our veteran guests,
listening to many of them
share their story. Following
this
presentation,
and
weather permitting, we will
move the student body outside surrounding the flag
pole, where we will have a
flag raising ceremony led by two
veterans, and the singing of the
National Anthem.
Thursday evening will be the second
of two parent/teacher conferences.
If you have not scheduled a time to
meet with your child’s teacher,
please be sure to do so. Also on this
evening is Market Day pick up at
Rushwood. Due to the failure of the
levy, however, beginning in December, pick up will be at Nordonia
Middle School. While I understand it
is an inconvenience, it is my hope
that you will continue to support
Rushwood’s PTA and our students.
It really is appreciated!
I’d like to close with a memory
from my grandma, a woman who
was raised during the great depression; a woman I counted on because
of her wealth of knowledge and
wisdom. When I would question
myself, and have doubt if I could
reach my goals, she always told me,
“Jacqui, nobody trips over mountains—they stumble over pebbles in
the pathways. Work to pass all the
pebbles in your path, and soon
you’ll find that you’ve crossed over
the mountain”. We’re facing some
challenges in our forefront, but I
believe that together, as a schoolcommunity, if we begin to clear
those pebbles in our paths together,
we WILL cross the mountain.
I hope that each and everyone of
you has a wonderful Thanksgiving
Break.
Yours for an excellent education,
Jacqueline O’Connor
Physical Education—Erika Canitano
Hopefully you and your family have had a chance to come to the Rushwood Recreation Club events this year. So far we have had jump rope and hula hoop, both of
which were a GREAT success. Future events include skiing (Dec.), karate (Jan.
14th), bowling (Feb. 11th), dance party (Mar. 11th), yoga (Apr. 15th) and hiking (May
21st). Provided the levy passes on November 2nd we will be able to continue these activities. If the levy does not pass, unfortunately the events would be cancelled.
In physical education class we have completed many units already including soccer,
football, underhand throwing and fitness testing. The 3rd & 4th grade students focus
on team roles and good sportsmanship. Team roles include coach, athletic trainer,
equipment manager, and public relations person. Each person chooses a role and is
responsible for fulfilling the role. At the end of the unit, the students vote for the
team that demonstrated the best sportsmanship. Those students receive a certificate.
Upcoming units include; badminton, overhand throwing, dance and bowling.
Thank you to the volunteers who signed up to help with fitness testing, I appreciate
it! There will be more PE volunteer opportunities available in the future.
“Individual
Student
Learning and
Achievement
is our Core
Business”
Thanks and looking forward to a great and active school year!!!
Erika Canitano
Physical Education Teacher
OLD MAN WINTER IS ON THE WAY, SKI CLUB
ARRIVES!
Are you ready for some winter fun?! Ski club "try it" night is Monday, December 13th.
We will meet at Brandywine Ski Resort at 5:00. Any student who will be 8 years old
by Jan. 1, 2011 can participate along with any older family members. The price is
only $25 per person! This includes a lift ticket, lesson and rental equipment. Anyone
interested in participating should contact Cindy O'Connor at
[email protected] by December 1st. Participants can choose to snowboard or ski. This is a great, fun way for the whole family to stay fit in the winter
months! All forms and money need to be turned in by December 3rd. If you want to
get your freebie passes to use over winter break, the deadline for joining ski club is
Nov. 23rd.
Student’s of the Month
October
Congratulations to the following students who
received the prestigious award for Student of the
Month in October. As mentioned, students are
nominated based on academic performance, positive effort in all classes, consistently following
Rushwood’s core rules of Respect, Responsibility,
and Always Ready to Learn, and doing something
’Above and Beyond’. October’s students were:
Kindergarten: Emily Kellermann
Grade 1: Anthony Knotek (not pictured)
Grade 2: Jessie Dasher
Grade 3: Justin Bowser
Grade 4: Carl Schaub
Notes from the Music Department...
MUSIC
In music class our focus is on making and moving to music. The children sing songs and play singing games, move to
music and play instruments. At the beginning of the year we focused on patriotic songs and marching to the beat.
Our feature songs were “You’re a Grand Old Flag”, “America, the Beautiful” and “The Star Spangled Banner”.
A highlight of the fall for the Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades was a performance by Dave Henterly, an expert
on washboard, limberjacks and spoons. Dave brought many instruments for the children to play and did a command performance for each class. The children were able to practice playing the steady beat and make up their
own music (improvisation) during the presentation .
Spoons
Limberjack
Washboard
Dave Henterly playing an “adapted” washboard. He uses screws, nuts and bolts to add things such
as cow bells, bicycle horns, cymbals to make a kind of “one-man-band” instrument. This was so
much fun! The children liked the bicycle horn the best. They laughed and laughed.
Here are some notes for each grade:
Kindergarten: The first unit in kindergarten focuses on keeping the steady beat and experiencing and identifying fast and slow in chants, songs and recorded music. We have used the song Johnny Works With One Hammer
and chants such as Humpty, Dumpty to work on these concepts. Currently, we are acting out the story of The
Tortoise and the Hare to practice fast and slow.
To connect to the kindergarten curriculum we have been creating a “Musical Instrument Alphabet Book” by playing
instruments whose names start with different letters of the alphabet. So far the alphabet book has pages for
autoharp, banjo, dulcimer, drum set, egg shaker, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, jaw harp, limberjack, mallets, mandolin,
maraca, sandblocks, spoons, tone block, xylophone, violin, washboard, and wood block. The children have played all
of these instruments, except the harmonica and the jaw harp.
Other connections to the kindergarten curriculum have included working on the days of the week using ”Today Is
Monday”,
a book by Eric Carle and a recording by Fred Koch (available as an iTunes download). We have also
worked on identifying coins by playing the game “Who Has the Penny?” using real money. Rhyming words are in
most of the songs and chants we do in music class, but Hush Little Baby has been a weekly request. Another favorite song is Turkey in the Straw which can be found on a CD called Skip to My Lou by Les Gustafson-Zook.
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Caption describing
picture or graphic.
Notes from the Music Department…
Dr. Lineburgh
1st Grade: In first grade we are getting ready to read our first rhythms for notes that
have one and two sounds on a beat (quarter and eighth notes). We will call these notes
“ta” and “ti-ti”. To get ready for rhythm reading we have learned many songs and chants
that use ta ti-ti patterns including BRain Go Away; Engine, Engine Number Nine; and Wee
Willie Winkie. Besides helping us learn about rhythms, most of the songs and chants we
do in music also provide practice with rhyming words and reading. This fall we also
learned a square dance and played instruments for the book The Little Old Lady Who Was
Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams.
“Individual
Student
Learning and
Achievement
is our Core
Business”
At the beginning of the year we did a lot of songs from the United including O Susanna
and Yankee Doodle. We are now starting a unit on the music of Australia as a part of our
tour of the seven continents. For Australia we will hear and move to music played on the
didgeridoo and sing the song Kookaburra. Coming up we will work with music for the November-December holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa. In
first grade we always dance to music from The Nutcracker and watch part of the DVD
choreographed by Balanchine. The DVD is available at most libraries.
2nd Grade: In second grade a lot of excitement is generated around taking home “the
bells”. These bells are little glockenspiels the children use to play songs that help them
learn to read notes on the staff and practice their do-re-mi’s. The bells go home for one
night at a time. So far the children have played Puddin’ Tane; Pizza, Pizza; Snail, Snail;
Fuzzy Wuzzy and Trick or Treat. The next time the bells come home, be sure to ask
your child to play some songs on their bells.
Most recently we learned how beats can be grouped into twos (two meter) and that there
is a note that gets two beats (half note). Soon we will be having lessons on an operetta
for an edited version of the story Hansel and Gretel by Englebert Humperdink (that’s
really his name). After Thanksgiving we will have lessons for the December holidays, including Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa.
The biggest event for 2nd grade is the Spring Show that will take place on April 27 at
1:30 for the school and April 28 for families at 7:00pm. The children will sing songs
and play instruments for the seven continents as a culmination of the continent study that
takes place in 1st and 2nd grade.
3rd Grade: In third grade our big event for the fall is our square dance. The children
learned many square dance moves including: forward and back, trade places, circle left
and right, star right and left, do-si-do, swing and peel the banana. The square dance
held on October 22 was a huge success. A band called “Mud in Yer Eye” played fiddles,
guitars, banjos, hammer dulcimers, autoharps, recorder and ukulele. Everyone had fun
and the students must be congratulated on their excellent dancing. We want to thank
the PTA for their support of this event and for the addition of the picture taking
venue. Many students went home with picture-portraits of themselves to remember
the night. And, we mustn’t forget to thank Mrs. Glenn for calling the dance and arranging for the band. If you see Mrs. Glenn, be sure to thank her!
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Music, Continued
Aside from dancing, the third graders are also working on rhythm and staff reading. We are currently working
to learn to read sixteenth notes (tibi-tibi) and high do (they already know low do, re, mi, so and la). Following
the square dance we started to learn to play recorder, another big excitement!
4th Grade: We began the year practicing reading books that had interesting sounds, including animal and other
goofy sounds. Some of the students read books they chose for buddies in the lower grades using lots of expression to make the books interesting. After that we reviewed all the rhythm and note reading from previous
years and are now ready to learn to read a syncopated rhythm using a song from western Africa called Funga
Alafia.
The students are becoming quite good on recorder and are practicing Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Jingle Bells, Conga
Bells, and Chrissimus Day in preparation for our upcoming Winter Show. In the show all students have special
parts playing instruments such as xylophones, guitars, conga drums and autoharps. Children who choose, will also
have reading parts. The show will be held on Wednesday, December 15 for the school and CHANNEL 9 at 2
PM and on Thursday, December 16 for families 7:00pm Channel 9 traditionally videos the show and then
broadcasts it over the winter break. The schedule for airings can be found on their website.
Student’s of the Month
November
Congratulations to the following students who were
selected as Student of the Month for November.
Please stop in to view our showcase, which highlights each of these students.
Kindergarten: Gavin Rosic
Grade 1: Kaci Ramlow
Grade 2: Jacob Mackniak
Grade 3: Valerie DeCaprio
Grade 4: Melanie Laviano
Technology—
Mrs. Alecia Glorioso
All classrooms K-4, including the art and music room, are
equipped with state of the art technology. Teachers are
becoming more and more comfortable using their interactive boards to improve student learning. With SmartBoards and Mimios, students are engaged in new ways
each day. Technology has certainly changed the way
teachers teach and students learn. Rushwood students
enjoy learning new skills that will help them be successful
in the 21st century! We encourage you to some visit Rushwood to see our teachers and your children interact in
the classroom using technology.
NORDONIA GOES GREEN. Working Smart!
New Procedure for Distribution of Flyers from Outside Organizations
We continue to evaluate and implement procedures that support the on-going district-wide initiative to “Go Green”. New this school year, parents and students can find information about programs, events, clubs, and activities by clicking on the Community Events link, located on the home
page or by clicking on the the parents & students drop down link at the top of the page, click on
District News, the events and activities link is the top link. If you have information that your organization would like listed on the web site, please forward your flyer in a “PDF” format to
[email protected]. Please include the official name of the organization, address, and contact phone number. Flyer submissions must be requested at least five days before approval is
needed/granted and posting can occur.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel to e-mail or call Patti Koslo at 330-468-1134 or
[email protected].
What other green friendly process are in place?
You may be wondering where did the District newsletters go?
The answer is we are not printing as many newsletters as we did in the past.
You may be asking why?
The answer is simple: to reduce costs and to become a more green friendly school district.
So how will the school community find out what is happening in the schools?
We encourage you to use the Nordonia Hills City School District Web site. Each school building
is posting building newsletters on their individual pages, and new information is continuously being
posted on the site. Sign up to receive news from the schools by clicking on “e-communications
sign up” on the home page at nordoniaschools.org.
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PTA—
Special Announcement.
Due to the failure of the November levy, PTA meetings will no longer be held at
Rushwood Elementary. All meetings, until further notice, will be held at Nordonia
Middle School at 7:00pm, in their cafeteria. Most of you are familiar with the
Middle School, but for those who are not, this is the school located behind
Rosatti s. There is an access door from the paring lot to the cafeteria, so you
won t have to wal around the building to get there. The next PTA meeting is
scheduled for November 10th. (Please eep in mind that there will not be a
December meeting).
Two Nordonia students will be providing child care for school aged children only
during the meeting. Games, marers, paper, etc will be provided by Mrs. Siewert
for children to use during the meeting.
Delayed Starts 2010-11 School Year
“Individual
Student
Learning and
Achievement
is our Core
Business”
The Nordonia Hills City School is continuously evaluating all aspects of
the school organization, striving for continued excellence, and being prudent and fiscally responsible. For the 2010-11 school year the decision
was made to establish four (4) planned delayed start days on November
12, 2010, February 22, 2011, March 21, 2011, and May 19, 2011.
On these late start days school will start exactly 2 hours later - teachers
and staff will use this time for professional development.
Your child’s transportation will be altered on these delayed start
days. You should expect your child’s bus will run 2 hours behind the
regularly scheduled pick up time. For example, if your child is normally
picked up at 8:00 a.m., under the 2 hour delayed start your child’s bus
pick up time will be 10:00 a.m. No changes will be made to lunch periods; all lunches will be served at their regular times. Pizza will be the
main selection on any day, planned or unplanned. For our students, our
school day will run from 10:45-3:15. Students may be dropped off starting at 10:30 and class begins promptly at 10:45.
If you have any questions or concerns on these late start days - please
check with your student's building principal or contact the Board of Education at 330-467-0580.
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What November’s Levy Failure Means—Right Now
Thank you for your support at the polls this past week. Even though our operating levy did not
pass we felt strong support from our families. I am hopeful that when the levy goes on the ballot
again (February or May), the end result will be different. I truly believe it‟s passage must be „grass
rooted‟ in nature, so please be thinking about ways to help make our next effort even stronger.
What does this mean for your children? As previously communicated this means the elimination of
bussing for all high school students and all other students who live inside two miles of the schools
they attend. This will begin Tuesday, November 30 and affects about 215 students attending
Rushwood Elementary School. The last day for our current bus routing will be Tuesday, November
23, 2010. The Transportation Department has begun the process of rerouting for those state mandated students. Information about student drop-off and pick-up will be provided the week of November 15th on our website. In the upcoming days we will be publishing a detailed arrival and dismissal plan for Rushwood.
This is the plan in place beginning November 30th:

Buses will be using the FRONT ENTRANCE of Rushwood beginning November 30th both in the
morning and in the afternoon. NO PARENT PICK UP OR DROP OFF will be permitted in the
front of the building during the following times: 8:10– 8:45am and 3:10-3:45.

Students may begin to unload from family vehicles to enter the building beginning at 8:25am.
Students riding buses will also begin unloading at 8:25am.

ALL parent pick-up and drop off’s will be on the side of Rushwood, where the current bus
lanes are located. WHY? This is a much larger area for families to pull in and line up, it will be
safer for your children, and I believe this will permit for an expedited drop off/pick up process.
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Parents will be asked to enter Rushwood ONLY from Nesbitt Road during AM/PM dropoff/pick-up times (8:10-8:45am and 3:10-3:45pm.) PLEASE DO NOT USE RUSHWOOD
LANE. Only buses and Day Care Transportation will be permitted to use the circle-area. Sagamore Hills Police Department has been contacted and will be helping with the flow of traffic.

We are currently making new cards for EVERY family/student at Rushwood. It will contain a
letter and a number (families with more than one child will be assigned the same letter/
number). Once you receive this new card, please discard the old one you may currently have.
Certainly we will need all families to be flexible and patient as this process unfolds. Our primary
goal for this will be to keep our students safe.
Another result of this levy failure will be that our K-6 buildings are now closed to activities for outside groups and after-school activities at 3:45 PM. This includes any outside rental groups; PTA
sponsored events, meetings, and clubs as well as after-school clubs by teachers or community
groups. The only exception will be school sponsored academic programming related to the curriculum.
These are not things that an “Excellent with Distinction” school district should have to
face. Again, we appreciate your support and your dedication to our school. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.
C LINIC NOTES
Now that the cold and flu season is happily upon us, the Rushwood Clinic would
like to share the folowing information with all parents
A
WHEN SHOULD YOUR CHILD STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL?
SIMPLE GUIDE . . .
Children should be kept home if they have diarrhea, vomiting, severe coughs, severe colds, or undetermined rashes. Children should
not come to school with a temperature of 100 degrees or above. The temperature
should stay below 100 degrees for 24 hours before returning to school. Consultation
with your family doctor is essential if there are any questions.
Make Provisions for Alternative Care When Your Child is Sick

Inform your school secretary if your child is EXPOSED to a contagious disease.

Keep your child at home if he/she develops SYMPTOMS of disease that may endanger the health of the other children.

School clinic facilities do not have accommodations to keep ill children for long periods of time.

Sick children must be picked up by parent(s) or alternative caregivers.
Prevention Is the Best Medicine: Encourage . . .
HAND WASHING – one of the best ways to prevent communicable disease:
 Before eating or drinking.
 After using the toilet.
 Covering mouth/nose when coughing and sneezing.
 Eating a balanced diet.
 Sleeping at least ten hours each night.
IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR CHILD IS ILL, KEEP HIM/HER HOME . . .
It sounds simple, but teachers are often faced with students who are too sick to learn
and they in turn affect the well-being of the entire classroom.
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A Note from the Clinic you may receive….
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The importance of a healthy breakfast
Many people underestimate the value of breakfast. They may only have a glass of juice
or a cup of coffee and eat nothing at all. However, research has shown that this type of
routine is not the best habit to get into. Eating a substantial meal within the first few
hours of waking up is much healthier for you and your child.
Breakfast basics
Imagine you are a car. After a long night of sleeping, your fuel tank is empty. Breakfast
is the fuel that gets you going so you can hit the road. You need to provide enough new
energy for your body to get started and to keep you functioning until lunch.
For children, a good breakfast is even more important. Children who do not eat a good
breakfast become tired in school and have shorter attention spans, especially late in
the morning. In one study, test scores of children who did not eat breakfast were generally lower than those who had eaten a well-balanced morning meal. Another good reason to make sure that children have a balanced breakfast is that four out of five children do not get enough vitamins and minerals from lunch and dinner alone. By adding
breakfast, children are more likely to get the vitamins and minerals they need. Also,
children who don‟t eat a good breakfast tend to eat more junk food during the day -snacks that are high in fat and sugar and low in nutritional value.
Breakfast improves academic performance and diet
Breakfast helps improve mental performance and concentration during morning activities. Children who skip breakfast will be more sluggish, less attentive, and have less
energy to carry out their morning tasks. Teachers observe that children who come to
school hungry experience more learning difficulties compared to well-nourished children. Studies show that breakfast eaters perform much better in their school work and
show extra energy in sports and other physical activities. Besides assuring optimal development and growth, positive effects on alertness, attention, performance on standardized achievement tests, and other skills important for academic success are enhanced for those who eat breakfast on a daily basis.
Taken from: www.aboutkidshealth.com
Suggestions:
If you are having a last-minute morning, try keeping grab-n-go items such as breakfast
bars, cereal in Ziploc baggies, or peanut butter crackers/sandwich that your child can eat
on the way to school.
The Rushwood cafeteria also serves breakfast beginning at 8:15 (8:10 beginning
November 30th), so your child can also stop in the cafeteria for a quick bite after the
bus drops him/her off for the day. The cost of a school breakfast is $1.50 and
money can be put on your child’s account for those rushed mornings.
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Library News…
Hello parents!
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— Kathi Bonath
My name is Kathi Bonath and it is my pleasure to offer your student:
The Library Experience at Rushwood.
Each class visits me once weekly to exchange old books for new ones. It is very important that they return
books on time so they can check out new ones. I send books home in clean, used shopping bags to help
protect them and increase their shelf life. Great way to recycle!
We have been very busy this year.
Every year we participate in the
and this year is no exception.
Participating in the Buckeye Children's Book Award program is a great way to encourage kids to read
their favorite books and to nominate and vote for them here in Ohio. On the website you can find information about current and past winners of the award and the background and criteria for the nomination round
of the award.
This is a fun way to keep kids interested in reading year round and give them a sense of pride when their
favorite book wins. It also teaches them how powerful the election process can be. What a great tool for
their future!
The Buckeye Children's Book Award program is designed to encourage children in Ohio to read literature
critically, to promote teacher and librarian involvement in children's literature programs, and to commend
authors of such literature. Visit the web site: http://www.bcbookaward.info/index.htm
I have shared the nominated books with all classes and we will be voting for our favorites the first week in
November. A good lesson on being an informed voter!
I am working closely with teachers on the Accelerated Reader program. Please know that every book in
our library that is an AR book is labeled with the reading level. You can find that label in the front of the
book on the first page. Students can search our INFOhio online CATalog for books in their level to check
out.
You can access that site from home! http://sirsi.neonetda.org/opac/NHD/RWLIB/ Enter the CAT or the
CAT JR., click on Reading Programs or Reading Level Search, enter your student’s level and find all of
the books our library has for them. You can write down the list of titles you want and on library day your
search will be that much easier! Pretty cool!
Thank you for the opportunity to work with your wonderful children. My goal is to support classroom
learning, and to encourage reading for information and for pleasure.
I hope the students leave the library with a smile on their face and an adventure in the bag!