September 2013 Newsletter
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September 2013 Newsletter
s e l g a E d r a h Orc Volume 26, Issue 1 September 2013 Orchard Elementary School Newsletter Principal’s Message Dear Parents, Orchard Elementary School is a great place to be. We have an incredibly supportive community, a faculty that is committed to students’ success, and parents that provide countless hours of service to the school. It is truly a nurturing, caring, and safe environment. However, I feel one of my most important responsibilities is to continually ensure that the school is a safe place for all in attendance. One area of safety that all individuals are concerned about is that of bullying. It is my commitment to address bullying and ensure that students are safe and parents are informed. Often times bullying is misattributed. While offensive behavior is certainly inappropriate and not tolerated it is not necessarily bullying. For this reason it is important that all of us have a common understanding of what bullying is. Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. To keep it simple: bullying is repeated, an imbalance of power, and purposeful. This year all teachers are taking time to teach children what bullying is, how to recognize it, and how to stop it. I encourage you to have a similar conversation with your child. Additional information and support on bullying is available at stopbullying.gov. Together we can help prevent this inappropriate and damaging behavior. If there is ever a concern about bullying please contact me immediately. I am committed to investing the time needed to solve any bullying issues that arise. Thank you for your support and lets make this school year a tremendous one. Aaron Stevenson Principal Orchard Elementary School PTA Message Welcome to another great school year at Orchard!! Our PTA theme for this year is "ORCHARD EAGLES UNPLUGGED". With this theme we would like to focus on helping our students and families to spend less time with technology and media, and more time reading, playing (especially outside), creating, exploring, spending time with family and friends, and generally living a well-rounded life! Students will participate in monthly "UNPLUGGED CHALLENGES" to help achieve this goal. When each challenge is completed, students will earn a BRAG TAG to display on their back packs. At the end of the year, if students have completed at least 5 challenges, they will be able to spin our prize wheel and win a reward! The monthly challenges will be: September- Create something and submit it to REFLECTIONS October- Get active and Play outside everyday November- Go Tech Free for a week. No video games or TV December- Perform an act of service for someone in need January- Read, Read, Reading challenge February- Write a thank you note each week March- Be Soda or Candy Free for the month April- Run/ Walk challenge We will also have bonus Brag Tags for participating in the Egg Drop and/or Science Fair! We believe these challenges will be fun and rewarding for your children and hope you will encourage them to participate. You can even make it a family challenge and get everyone involved! Amy Nielsen and Jody Murphy PTA Co-Presidents Spanish Immersion PTA Message Dear Parents, It was nice to meet many of you at Back to School Night. We are excited to welcome Srta. Valladares, the new first grade Spanish Immersion teacher, to the Orchard Spanish Immersion program. We are also excited welcome first graders to the Spanish Immersion program as we begin the transition to the state’s dual immersion model. One of the main events for the Spanish Immersion program is the Dance Festival. Within the next few weeks your children will begin learning their dances for the Festival. Thanks to so many of you who signed up to help with that event at Back to School Night. We will be in touch as this event draws closer to let you know how you can help. This year the Dance Festival will be held on Thursday, October 24th so mark your calendars! My committee and I look forward to working with you all this year. If you have any questions about the Spanish Immersion program, I can be reached at [email protected]. Sincerely, Nicole Paulson Join the PTA! Each Membership helps your child at our School! Cost is $5. You can come to the office and join or watch for a PTA envelope to come home with your child and send it to school! Also School shirts are still for sale in the office: T-shirts are $6 and Hoodies are $15. Sep 2: Labor Day, No School Sep 3: Hearing Screening Sep 12: Room Mother Orientation, 3:45 in the Lunchroom Sep 25: School Fall Pictures Sep 26: Vision Screening (Grades 1,3,5) Sep 27: Kindergarten “Daddy/Doughnut Day” Sep 27: Reflections Entries Due, the theme this year is: “Believe, Dream, Inspire” Fall Semester Faculty Birthdays Thanks to these wonderful Teachers and Staff who help make our School Great! We hope you have wonderful birthdays this semester and a wonderful school year! Teresa Tavares 2nd SI 13-Aug John Paynter 6th 2-Oct Christina Cook Kitchen 14-Aug Connie Broadbent Art 9-Oct Megan Sackett 3rd 23-Aug Quenette Huber Kitchen 11-Oct Jon Christensen Technology 24-Aug Corbin Huber Sweeper 17-Oct Tina Cragun Aide 28-Aug Linda Christensen K 23-Oct Heather Glassford Kitchen 30-Aug Ryan Wells TSA 8-Nov Stuart Watson Custodian 31-Aug Molina Davis Speach 9-Dec Shantel Chase OEK 8-Sep Carolina Ruiz ELL 21-Dec Kasey Hammer 16-Sep Kirsten Bean 6th 25-Dec Darla Willmore Aide Reading Rec. 23-Sep Roxanne Bailey 5th 25-Sep Introducing our New Assistant Principal! Hi, my name is Ryan Wells and I am the new TSA at Orchard Elementary. I feel excited and privileged to be able to work with the teachers and students here at Orchard. Parents and community have already impressed me with their involvement and I know that is one reason Orchard is such a great school! I grew up in the Air Force, but have lived in Pleasant Grove for the last 10 years with my family. I have been a teacher for the past eight years and have taught third, fourth, and fifth grades. I am passionate about the teaching profession and look forward to making this a fabulous year here at Orchard Elementary! Library News! This year we are starting an exciting new tradition at Orchard. Each faculty member has been asked to fill out a “TEACHER FAVORITES” sheet. This collection will be stored in a binder in the office for everyone to look at. If you need a gift idea or a way to brighten a faculty member’s day, this is your answer. We appreciate all your support. Here’s to a FANTASTIC year!!! Thank you to our Orchard Elementary Carnival Sponsors. You made our fundraiser a complete success! Platinum Sponsors—donated products or services valued at over 300$ Thompson Orthodontics Blendtec Winco High Country Adventure Disneyland Little Giant Ladder John McNaughton Bobby Lawrence Karate Demon Long Boards Gold Sponsors—donated products or services valued at over 200$ Hang Time Trampoline park Baker Chiropractic Nord Orthodontics Silver Sponsors—donated products or services valued at over 100$ American Girl Doll Taco Amigo Big Screen Game Center Ken Garff Honda Ultimate Car Wash Orem Aveda Utah Kids Club Ken Garff Volkswagen Simply Skin and Laser Bronze Sponsors—donated products or services valued up to 100$ Walmart Hale Center Theater Gas and Go 3B Yoga Thanksgiving Point Kara Chocolates Miracle Bowl Nickel City Peterson Plumbing Which Wich Moab Golf Course Orange Julius Bed Bath and Beyond Edible Arrangements Creativity Art Studio Target Bridle Ranch Cinemark University Mall Magleby’s Springville Mercedes Benz Utah Jazz Amara Salon and Spa Gimme Clips Sub Zero-Provo College of Massage Therapy Lula Roe Jump on It Jiffy Lube Kim Nails Timpanogos High School Acceleration Tumbling Sweaty Chix Fitness Priority One Chiropractic Supersonic Car wash Cozy Noodles and Company Molly’s Little Red Hen Candy Co. Utah Nails Smash Burger Cascade Cosmetic Surgery Center Good Wood Blickinstaffs X Clear Webber Family/BYU Rugby Zion’s Mercantile Toyota 5 Guys Burgers and Fries Rumbi Island Grill Epic Life Winder Dairy Ultradent Dental Products White Field California Pizza Kitchen Zoobies Fezzari Shelf Reliance Valshi Neat Roll Ashman Candle Sundance On the Wall Pizza Pie Café Einstein Bagels Claires Sizzler Chick fil A Little Ceasars Bosch Cooking Store Orem Family Dental