THE PIRATE PICAYUNE - Vic A. Pitre Elementary School
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THE PIRATE PICAYUNE - Vic A. Pitre Elementary School
The Pirate Picayune January 2016 Vic A. Pitre Elementary School 1525 Spruce Street Westwego, Louisiana 70094 Phone: (504) 341 – 6517 Fax: (504) 341 – 9527 Mr. Wesley P. Taylor, Jr. Principal School Website: http://pitre.jpschools.org From the Principal’s Desk Greetings Pitre Family, Welcome to 2016! I want to take the time to wish everyone “Happy New Year”! I would like to thank everyone for the special Christmas gifts. We begin this New Year with a renewed sense of purpose toward our students. There is much work to do in order for our students to be successful. We will begin to prepare for standardized testing in the spring and will be specifically focusing on Science and Social Studies concepts. You can do your part to assist by ensuring that reading and reading comprehension are a number one priority at home. Make sure that students are attentive during instruction and ask plenty of questions. The Christmas musical was a tremendous treat! Thank you for coming out to enjoy the beautiful music from our students. The students in the music MISSION STATEMENT program worked very hard on the presentation. Mr. Brown and Mrs. Earls did a great job with the students. We have started our Farm to School Vic A Pitre seeks to create a culture of learning that promotes high expectations and mastery of academic content through effective instructional practices that engage and challenge the learner. garden project. Thanks to Mrs. Cobb, we had our first community “work day” right before the break. We will plan more dates soon, so that you will have a chance to participate. Thanks to your commitment to student excellence, we will be able to reward a lot of students with gold coins for their perfect attendance during the month of December! There are many positive things going on at Vic Pitre which makes me proud to serve as the leader of such an awesome school! We are looking forward to more great things during the second semester of school! 1 ~Mr. Taylor The Pirate Picayune Page 2 CLASSROOM NEWS & NOTES Pre K Ms. Lambert, Ms. Bouie, Ms. Sue, Ms. Megan: Tye'Rell Franklin, Johnathan Mencia, and Brandon Foret, have been working hard to get all of their pizza slices to earn a free pizza through Pizza Hut's Reading Program. They each completed their first whole pizza this week by reading 4 books. Great job boys! Keep on reading! 3rd Grade Mr. Rhoden, Ms. Lotten, Ms. Stewart: Happy New Year! Our third grade math students are currently working on fractions, and in January we will begin working on equivalent fractions. Everyone will be working on an across the curriculum Louisiana Unit in early January, and on the eighth we will be taking a field trip to the Chalmette Battlefield to view a reenactment of the Battle of New Orleans. Third grade is very excited about this Louisiana Unit! 4th Grade Mr. Hastings, Ms. Larche: 4th Grade is finishing up reading The Whipping Boy. The students are really enjoying the story. We are also working on the classification system of living organisms. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species are the seven groups to classify any living organism. After winter break we will be focusing specifically on plant life and parts of the plant. PE Coach Auzout, Coach Dana: Happy New Year! We are excited about some upcoming events that will be taking place in PE. One big event that we will be hosting is Jump Rope for Hearts. This fundraiser kicks off on January 28 and will end on February 29. This fundraiser is in efforts to help raise money for the American Heart Association. Any student who raises $20 will have the opportunity to slime Coach Dana and Coach Auzout! This is for a good cause. The Jump Rope for Hearts fundraiser uses their funds to educate children and adults about healthy living and maintaining healthy hearts. Our heart is an extremely important organ in our body! Be on the lookout for more information very soon! The Pirate Picayune Page 3 CLASSROOM NEWS & NOTES 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Led by: Ms. Ricky I am so excited to announce that grades 2nd through 5th will immerse their students in an upcoming Louisiana Unit. This unit gives the students a brief snapshot of Louisiana History and Culture, and includes several projects. 2nd and 3rd grade students will participate in creating masks based on a particular theme. 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students will study the material from a Social Studies perspective 3rd graders will create floats based on a specific theme 3rd grade will visit the Chalmette Battle Field and watch a special reenactment of the Battle of New Orleans. 5th graders will create Louisiana Great trading cards using Power Point 5th graders will use the Informational Texts and project for English Language Arts study and enrichment. The culminating activity will include a visit from the historical New Orleans Society of Dance Baby Doll Ladies on January 14th--with breakout sessions A Fais Do Do (Cajun Celebration) will be held the Friday before the Mardi Gras Break. Students across the grade-levels will also attend field trips organized by their teachers. Special thanks to Mr. Taylor for allowing this vision to come to fruition. Vic A. Pitre is proud to introduce the Mini Dolls Dance Team. They will be performing and introducing the NOSD Baby Doll Ladies on January 14th. This will be their first performance. The Pirate Picayune Smoothie Days Page 4 Pirate Corner $ 3.00 January 8 & 22 Thanks to Blake Norris and his grandmother, Ms. Norris, for helping set up the Christmas light display at the park. ~ Coach Dana Thanks to Ms. Lambert, Mr. Carl, Ms. Golden, Coach Auzout, Ms. Joann, and Melissa Arabie for helping set up the Christmas light display at the park. ~ Coach Dana January Birthdays Melvin Briscoe, Maleah Gilmore, Keiosha Congratulations Shanya Jones – Excellent behavior and persistence for academic achievement ~ Ms. B. Stewart Francis, Ireayan Williams, Ta’Naj Castle, Serenity Fatty, Mya Leyva, Desmond Chase, Ashton Broome, Christopher Jones, Abygail Johnson, Monea Golman, Michael Green, Genesis Jackson, Hayden Harding, Railyn Westley, Ke’nia Webber, Nicholas Student of the Year LeBouef, David Watkins, Brian Riggins, Jah’ki Harry, Harvell Rose, Landon Jenkins, Joya Patterson, Nicholas Coleman, Christhian Wyatt Brent Taylor The Pirate Picayune Page 5 Important Dates & Events Pitre Café to Remember Have an adult help you make this fun snack! January On the menu this month: Potato Chip Chicken 4 : Records Day – No school for students Ingredients: 8 : Report Cards Issued 18 : Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, No school 4 boneless chicken breasts 1 bag plain potato chips garlic, minced lemon juice 1 egg cheddar cheese, grated Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Put potato chips in sealed plastic food storage bag and crush to make crumbs. Put egg in a bowl and mix. Put potato chips in a second bowl. Dip chicken in egg and then in potato chips. 3. Spray pan with non-stick spray. Put chicken in pan. Sprinkle minced garlic on chicken. Squirt lemon juice on chicken. Bake for 20 minutes. 4. Take out and sprinkle with cheese. Put back in oven for another 5 minutes. Parents, please sign and return this bottom portion to your child’s teacher for them to receive 2 Tickets !!! Child’s Name ________________________________________________________ Parent’s Signature ____________________________________________________ The Pirate Picayune Page 6 PBIS Student of the Month Pre K - 2nd Grade 3rd - 5th Grade Diamond Banks De’Triah Cowart Soon PBIS RULES 1. Be Safe 2. Be Respectful 3. Be Responsible 4. Be a Problem Solver The Pirate Picayune Page 7 http://pitre.jpschools.org Fun Interesting Facts for Kids Clip those box tops and turn 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. skipped two grades in high school, 9th and 11th grade. them in to Lots of information ~ District events Mrs. Stewart 2. It wasn’t until the year 2000 that all 50 states officially observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. ~ Useful resources Happy Clipping !!! 3. Over 700 streets in the US are named Martin Luther King, Jr. with ~ Faculty directory one such street in almost every major city. ~ Important phone numbers www.todayifoundout.com Something to think about…… Something to talk about…… Something to research……… Have you ever wondered about this ???? 1. What animal is a zebra related to? 2. How big were dinosaur eggs? 3. What is the cartilage in your ear? www.highlightskids.com The Pirate Picayune Page 8 Fun Days for Pirates Upcoming events January 14 : Gold Coin Event – Computer Time January 15 : Movie Day (Ballroom Dancing Fundraiser) January 21 : Gold Coin Event – Art Day January 22 : Gold Coin Event – King January 12 Cake Party January 27 : Gold Coin Day January 28 : Gold Coin Event – Movie Time January 29 : Jean Day $1.00 PTO CORNER Elected officers: Ms. Sholana Frazier-Johnson : President, Treasurer Ms. Theresa Wiley : Vice President Ms. Tori Hoffman : Secretary [email protected] PTO is looking for parent volunteers! The Pirate Picayune Page 9 PBIS Field Trip: NOLA Games on Wheels This field trip was for the students who earned all 5 Good Behavior Tags for the months of August to December. This was a special day for these students. They had 4 hours of fun filled activities. They played video games and danced in the game trailer, participated in fun art activities, and watched a movie. These students had an awesome time! Check them out! ***************************************************************************************** End of 2nd 9 Weeks PBIS Ceremony Throughout the day, students can earn many PBIS tickets for modeling positive behavior. At the end of each 9 week marking period, we hold a PBIS ceremony. We take all the tickets throughout the 9 weeks and dump them into a big container. Tickets are drawn out the container for various prizes. Some prizes this time were: a bike, a pizza party, a Saints football, a basketball, and a Vic A Pitre sun visor. The Pirate Picayune Page 10 Pitre Shows Off Talent Mr. Brown’s music class and Ms. Earls’ 2nd grade class hosted a holiday music performance. very hard. The students have been working They played holiday tunes on their recorders. They sang. Ms. Earls even performed a beautiful solo. The entire show was amazing. A special guest joined us for the festivities. American Idol Finalist (4th Season), Mike Liuzza sang some carols with us.
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