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The Tarhe Times
Chief Tarhe Elementary
School
Mr. Dustin Knight, Principal
Ms. Jakki Moore, Office Manager
425 Whittier Dr.
Lancaster, OH 43130
Phone: 740-687-7330
Fax:
740-687-7201
Email: [email protected]
Website:
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Please contact the school before 9:15am
every day that your student will be absent from school. You may leave
voicemail before 8am. Please send a
note with your student if they need to
leave early from school. Please send a
note if your student will have different
pickup arrangements for the day.
IMPORTANT DATES
10/01-05 3rd Gr Reading Achieve Test
10/08
Columbus Day—School Day
10/10
PTO Walk-A-Thon
10/11
NO SCHOOL-Teacher In-Svc
10/12
NO SCHOOL-Fair Day
10/15
Tarhe PTO Mtg 6:30pm
10/16
Muffin’s w/ Mom
10/17
Fall Picture Re-Takes
10/17
Market Day Order DUE
10/19
NO SCHOOL-Central OEA Day
10/22
Market DAY PICK UP
10/25
Trick-or-Treat 6-7:30
10/26
Fall Parties 2:45pm
PTO Fall Family Night 6-8pm
11/5-8 Fall Scholastic Book Fair
Tarhe Elementary
Code of Conduct
T reat Others Kindly
E arn Respect
A lways work for quality
M aintain Safety
Work as a TEAM!
October 2012
SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS!
I am happy to announce that Tarhe Elementary
has earned it’s 3rd “Excellent” rating from the Ohio Department of Education! Our staff, parents, and most
importantly, students should be very proud of this accomplishment! Our successes now provide future successes for our kids later on in their school careers and in
life. For example, about 160 kids who currently attend
General Sherman, attended Tarhe Elementary. General
Sherman’s test scores are a reflection of many Tarhe student’s skills!
Congratulations to Sherman for earning their 2nd rating of “Excellent
with Distinction!” The “official” state report cards should hopefully be
out sometime in January.
On a similar note, if you have a 3rd grade child, please make
sure they get extra sleep and eat healthy breakfast next Tuesday, October 4th as they take the 3rd Grade Ohio Achievement Test in Reading.
ATTENDANCE is very important during testing!
Lastly, as I mention each and every year, encourage your children to set goals for this school year. These goals can help your child
make lasting achievements. For example, if your child struggles in
math, have her write down a goal for math. If the goal is to earn a B
on the next test, she now has something to help her
“aim” for that goal. Encourage your children to create
one or two goals a month in a subject or activity. Goal
setting is sort of like creating a game plan to help a
team make it to the World Series or Super Bowl. There
are small goals set to help move up the steps to make it
to the final game or that big test!
Have a great October!
Sincerely,
Mr. Knight
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Transportation Change
Important Information Items
Attendance / October Count Week
PTO Open House
Earning for Learning River Valley Mall
Home & School
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October Count Week
October 1-5, 2012
October count week is October 1-5, 2012. It is very important that every student is in attendance this week for state funding purposes. The following are the only valid, legal reasons for
non-attendance at any time of the school year, but especially during this critical week.
 personal illness
 illness in the family
 medical or dental appointment
 death of a relative
 out of state
 observance of religious holiday
 quarantine in the home
 emergency or other set of circumstances
Tarhe PTO WALK-A-THON
Wednesday, October 10
As we strive to raise money for
the school—we also strive daily
to promote healthy habits to our
students. Students were sent
home donation envelopes and letters on September 19 to participate in our Walk-A-Thon. This
event is being held to raise money
in place of a catalog/merchandise
sale fundraiser.
Students will walk 30 minutes (4 laps = approximately 1 mile) around the school walking path.
Water will be available to the students as they
walk.
We are asking students to collect donations
from friends and family for this fund raising
event. There will be many fun incentive for
students who participate:
Cumulative Prizes:
 Logo Pencils for ALL students
 $1+ Donation = Grades 1-5 - Homework
Pass / Kindergarten – class incentive
 $20+ Donation = Drawing for $25 Gift Card
(4 winners)
 $35+ Donation = Tarhe Logo Hoodie Sweatshirt (order information to follow)
 $40+ Donation = Drawing for $50 Gift Card
(3 winners)
 Highest Donations = The two highest donations each win $100 Gift Cards (2 winners)
Please join us….
PTO MEETING
Monday, October 15
6:30pm
YOUR 2012-13 PTO Officers are:
Michelle Dixon—President
Jennifer Walling—Vice-President
Melissa Nutter—Treasurer
Kathy Poston—Secretary
Sandy Rose—Volunteer Coordinator
MUFFINS WITH MOM
Tuesday, October 16
8:00-8:50am
Bring Mom or your important female figure to enjoy
breakfast with you on October 16 at 8:00am.
Muffins w/ Mom being sponsored by PTO; no donations needed.
See you there!
Picture Re-Takes
October 17 @ 9:15am
If you missed picture day, or need
to have your picture re-taken that
day will be Wednesday, October 17.
For Re-Takes please bring your original picture package to the photographer. Envelopes will be coming
home to order if you missed picture day.
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October 2012
Fall Parade & Parties
Friday, October 26
The Costume Parade will
begin at 2:35pm, followed by
classroom parties organized by Room Mothers.
Fall parties will follow from 2:45-3:15.
Costume should be carried to and from
school in a bag. Costumes are not worn at
school until 10 minutes prior to the start of the
parade. Please do not send your child with costumes that they cannot put on independently,
that may be dangerous to walk in, or require
face paint or hair coloring at school. Students
must be able to see through masks. Costumes
should not be scary or inappropriate for school.
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences are quickly approaching! Already we are half way through
the 1st Grading period. You will be getting a
letter soon from your child’s teachers explaining the conference procedures.
Conference dates are as follows:
Monday, November 5
4:00pm to 7:30 pm
Thursday, November 8
4:00pm to 7:30 pm
Tuesday, November 13
4:00pm to 7:30 pm
Thursday, November 15
4:00pm to 7:30 pm
Administering Medicine
to Students
Lancaster City Schools cannot administer
medication to students without a doctor’s
order. We understand that there may be situations
during the school year where a student who takes
medication at home may need to be given medicine
at school. LCS staff can not administer any medication without doctor orders but we realize parents can
not always make it to school to do this. If you need
to have someone other than a parent administer
medicine, please complete the “Consent for Medication Administration by NON-LCS Staff” form
and return it to school ASAP (available on the
LCS website).
October 7-13, 2012 is National Fire Prevention
Week. This is a good time to practice exiting
your home in the event of a fire or emergency.
Planning now can save lives later.
Also, check to make sure your smoke
alarms work and have fresh batteries.
Late Arrivals for 2012-2013 School Year
Once again Lancaster City School will have four late starts to provide professional training for all teachers.
These “professional development” days allow teachers to work on building and district goals in a unified
manner without distractions and it reduces teacher pull-out saving the district money on substitute teachers.
Each late start is 2 (two) hours later than the regular start time. Instead of arriving at school at 8:45, arrive
at 10:45. The dates are listed below to help you prepare and plan for upcoming late starts.
Wednesday, November 14th
Thursday, December 13th
Thursday, May 2nd
Tuesday, January 15th
Wednesday, February 13th
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Lancaster Public Education Foundation
Sponsors Event to Raise Money for
Technology
On Sunday, October 21st ―The Dirty Thirty‖ race
will take place at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds.
Tarhe has a team of several teacher riding their bikes
around the track to receive money for technology.
Mrs. Sines, Mrs. Pechar, Mr. and Mrs. Betz, and Mr. Knight and their spouses will be
pedaling away for technology!
Check out the DIRTY THIRTY BIKE RACE WEBSITE at
http://lancasterpubliceducationfoundation.org/DIRTY_30.html
Helpful and Informational weblinks
Tarhe Elementary and Lancaster City Schools Webpages:
http://lancaster.schoolpointesites.com/school_home.aspx?schoolID=20
“I Can” Statements– Find out what your child should be learning monthlyhttp://lancaster.schoolpointesites.com/administrativedepartment.aspx?aid=14
Want to know what your child’s grades are? Click here for progress book:
https://parent.laca.org/General/LoginPage.aspx?DistrictID=247
Why Market Day?
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