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A Newsletter for Parents and Students of Scotchtown Hills ES

www.pgcps.org/~sthills

Phone: 301-497-3994  Fax 301-498-6421

Cafeteria – 301-498-6588; BASELP-301-498-6589

Laurel Bus Lot:  301-497-3665

School Hours:  7:45am – 1:55pm

Friday, November 20, 2009

In This Issue:

·    Principal’s Welcome!

·    Counselor’s Corner

Important Dates:

11/25-27 – Holidays – Thanksgiving – School / Offices are closed

12/3 – Chick-Fil-A Event (5-9pm

12/7-12/11 – Scholastic Bookfair

12/16-Winter Concert

12/17-Ice Cream Social

12/18-2^nd Quarter Progress Report

12/22-Perfect Attendance-Pajama Day-Polar Express

12/24/09-1/1/10 – Winter Break

Organizational Groups

Green Team –  Meets every Tuesday until-3:30pm

Jr. Green Team –  Meets every Tuesday until-3:30pm

Homework Club - Meets every Monday until 3:00pm

Stock Market Club - Meets every Thursday until 4:00pm

Count on Us –Math Hotline – 301-772-0080

·     Monday/Wednesday

·     Channels: Comcast 96 or Verizon 38

·     4-5pm Elementary School

·5-6pm Middle School includes 6th grade math homework

Parents Arriving during dismissal:

·   Please arrive prior to 1:40pm when picking up a student.

·   If you arrive at 1:40pm, you will need to wait in the main entryway until the end of bus dismissal.

·   We realize this may be an inconvenience to some, but we must control the amount of traffic within our office during bus dismissal.  We want to ensure that every child will arrive home safely & in a timely fashion.

Uniform Policy:

Scotchtown Hills is a uniform school.  All students are required to wear their uniform each day.

The following items are not acceptable: T-shirts, fleece-wear, sweatshirts, sweatpants, jeans, or shirts with no collar.  No sandals, flip-flops or white/colored sneakers please.

Friday Folders:

Friday folders will go home today.  Please take the time to view all important papers, especially those that require a signature. 

Please make sure they are returned to school the following Monday with your signature acknowledging that you have received and reviewed all enclosed materials.

PTA Officers:

We are currently looking for new PTA officers!!!  If you are interested, please contact our school office.

President- TBA

1st Vice President-TBA

Secretary- TBA

Treasurer- TBA

Principal- Tracie Prevost

A Word From Mrs. Prevost…

Epiphany Forleh from Mr. Sarich's 4th Grade class will be performing with the PGC Elementary School Honors Chorus (200 in total) at the Kennedy Center Sunday, November 29^th and will be joined by the Middle/High School Honors Choruses and County High School Honors Band & Orchestra.  Join us for a spectacular program.  Tickets range from $10 to $23.  The performance begins at 3 pm in the Concert Hall.  See you there.

A big thank you goes out to the "American Education Week" Committee for organizing and preparing the many activities which were held this week.  It was great to see so many parents who took advantage of "Parent Visitation Day" which was held this past Tuesday.  We appreciate your support. 

As we approach the Thanksgiving Break, there are many families who may not be as thankful as others.  The economy has made many of us change the way spend money.   You don't have to spend money in order to make your family happy.  It is my hope that all of us can express our thanks and gratitude by simply spending quality time with our family. 

Thank you to those parents/guardians that have already returned the 2009-2010 Federal Impact Aid Surveys (blue form).  If you have not yet done so, please complete and return the blue form to our school by Tuesday, November 24, 2009.  Last year, there were thousands of Pupil-Parent Survey Forms not returned.  This significantly reduces funds that are available to our school system.  We are asking that you make every effort to reduce the number of outstanding forms. 

The Book Fair is Back!  Beginning December 7th-11th, the students will have an opportunity to visit the Scholastic bookfair to purchase a book or other merchandise.  If you are able to donate anytime to help with the bookfair, please call the school and leave a message for Lisa Peelan, Bookfair Chairperson.

The Winter Break is just around the corner.  With that in mind, our annual Winter Concert will take place Wednesday, December 16th.  We will have two morning programs (Pre-K thru 3rd @ 8:20 AM and 4th-6th @ 9:15 AM).  An evening presentation for our parents will take place at 7:00 PM.

Our first quarter awards assembly will take place the morning of Thursday, December 10th. The times are as follow:

·   8:15am –8:45am - 4^th, 5^th and 6^th Grades

·   8:45am – 9:15am - 2^nd  – 3^rd Grades

·   9:15am – 9:45 am - Kindergarten through 2^nd Grade

All visitors are welcome in the building.  Please sign in at the office and receive a visitor’s badge before proceeding down the hall.  Teachers are not allowed to hold a conference while they are on hall duty or on instructional time.  If you would like to meet with your child’s teacher, please leave a message in the office or you may email them.

Have a peaceful and restful Thanksgiving Break.

Mrs. Tracie Prevost

GREEN TEAM / JR. GREEN TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

TURKEY GRAMS – The sale of the Turkey Grams ended today. Thank you to all who purchased Turkey grams for that special person(s).  All turkey grams will be delivered on Tuesday, November 24th.

FIRST EVER  ~~ YARD SALE / CRAFT FAIR / UNIFORM SWAP  ~~  Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 8am-noon.  Reserve your spot for $10. Rent a table for $5 (or bring your own).  Clean out your basement, sell your items, make some $$.  Get some friends together and share a table!

Chick-Fil-A  Night  5-9pm --Thursday, December 3rd

The class with the most participation will win a CHICKEN NUGGET PARTY!  Just tell the cashier that you are from Scotchtown, then find Ms.Muhl or Mrs.Harvey so they can mark which class you represent!  Our school will earn 20% of the sales. SEE YOU THEN!!

 RITA'S - QUARTS of RITA'S - If you would like to purchase a quart of Italian Ice for a DISCOUNTED rate of $4 (usually $5). Orders can be picked up from Laurel's Rita's from December 15-January 15, 2010. Flavors change daily. If you would like a quart, bring in $4 per quart (cash or money order) to Ms.Muhl or Mrs.Harvey.

THANK YOU- We would like to thank everyone who came events. Thank you! Thank you!

Ice Cream Social - Thursday December 17, 2009 the Green Team and Jr. Green Team will hold an ice cream social in the cafeteria from 6pm-8pm.  Students and Staff can make their own sundae for $2.00.

General Mills Boxtops for Education- Our next collection will be December 18th. 

MS. SANTUCCIO’S CHALLENGE CONTEST - Congratulations to the following children who were picked and won a raffle prize:   Tosin Adetayo, Zenaida Modeste, Isaac Cuellar, Jael Ogugua, Vy Mai, Jamiah Thompson, Alexis Araia, Ashley Mendez, Jamaar Williams and Justin Williams.  To be put in the drawing all you need to do is bring in old cell phones, empty ink/toner cartridges, Giant Bonus Card numbers with the 1st 3 letters of last name, and OLD PHONE BOOKS!  GOOD LUCK! 

COUNSELOR CORNER – Carol von der Linden

INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS “ILP” - As you know, our Superintendent, Dr. Hite, has asked all counselors in Prince George's County Schools to meet with each student and parent each year to discuss future educational, college, and career goals.  This is a great way for parents and counselors to work together to ensure our children's future success.  This year I began working with third graders and their parents.  At this time, all of our third graders have an updated ILP.  I am currently working on giving all fourth graders an updated ILP.   If you have a child in fourth grade, and would like to be part of this conversation with your child and the counselor, please contact me.  My email address is carolv@pgcps.org.  Appointments take approximately 45 minutes, and can be scheduled during the school day on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays during regular school hours or immediately after school, at 2:20.  If you are unable to attend because of your work schedule, please contact me and let me know that I may go forward with the ILP without you, and that you would be willing to discuss the ILP at home that evening with your child.  This is an open opportunity for you to have this conversation with the counselor, if you are able.  When you come for the ILP for your fourth grader, we can do the ILP for siblings in other grades at that time, or schedule for another date.

I hope to be meeting with you soon!