April
    April
     
     
    2002
    2002
     
     
    IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
     
    April 2
    Kindergarten/AIS Report Cards
     
    April 15 – 19
    No School – Spring Recess
     
    May 2
                 
                 
    5:30 p.m. – Kindergarten Registration
                 
                 
                 
    7:00 p.m. – Information Meeting for Kindergarten
                 
                 
                 
    Parents
     
    May 6
                 
                 
    Grade 1 – 4 Interim Reports Sent Home
     
    May 7—9
    4th Grade State Mathematic Exam
     
    May 27
                 
    No School – Memorial Day
    Williamson Elementary School
    Williamson Elementary School
     
     
    KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
     
    If you have a child who will be entering into Kindergarten this Fall, it is i
    m­
    portant to register the child during registration week.
     
    Please bring the following items with you:
    ⇒
    medical record of immunizations
    (without these records you will be
    unable to register
    ⇒
    a completed Student Information Sheet
    ⇒
    your child’s birth certificate
    ⇒
    your child’s Social Security card
     
    ⇒
    after school daycare information (if confirmed)
     
    All incoming kindergarten students must be 5 on or before December 1, 2002.
    The Information Meeting and Registration Night is scheduled for Thursday,
    May 2, 2002.
     
    If incoming kindergarten parents have concerns about your child’s placement
    in a specific classroom, you may submit these concerns
    in writing to Miss
    Ressler no later than May 30, 2002
     
    that request that your child not be
    placed in that
    one
    classroom.
    Page 2
    WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    GOOD STUDY SKILLS: BEGIN WITH LEARN­
    ING TO TAKE HOME AND RETURN ITEMS OF
    IMPORTANCE
     
    The Elementary School staff has spent time to develop a
    homework policy. This policy is very specific about the
    responsibility of students to take important papers home
    and then return them. It is our belief that this kind of
    training is the first building block of good study skills.
    We seek your cooperation in carrying out this policy.
     
     
    CHILD SUPERVISION
     
     
    An ongoing concern felt and
    e
    x­
    pressed by staff and parents has been
    the issue of “latch key kids.” In an age
    where one parent homes and two par­
    ent employment is common, more
    and more children are being left alone
    for varying periods of time. It is our
    concern that many
    children return
    home after school to an empty house.
    It is understandable that parents who
    need to work find it difficult to find or
    fund child care providers. It is not,
    however, recommended to leave your
    children (ages 1 – 12) home without
    supervision. While they may not e
    x­
    perience physical harm, the emotional
    impact can be very great.
     
    DISTRICT BUDGET – VOTE
     
     
    Voting on the school budget will occur on Tuesday, May 21 from 1:00 until 9:00 p.m. The voting
    machines will be located in the Middle School.
    PARENT PLACEMENT PROCESS
     
    Parents received a placement preference form.
    This form needs to be returned on or before April 12,
    2002.
     
    “TREASURE ISLAND”
     
    The Williamson Elementary School 3rd and 4th Grades are presenting “Treasure
    Island” a musical adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson Classic by Mary
    Donnelly & George L. O. Strid on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27, 2002.
    Tickets will be on sale in the Elementary School Main Office beginning Wednes­
    day, April 10 for $2.50 each for adults and $1.00 each for students/children.
    Tickets will also be available at the door on the evening of the performance.
     
    Hope to see you there!
     
    Page 3
    APRIL 2001
    SCOLIOSIS SCREENINGS
     
    Education Law requires schools to provide scoliosis
    screening at least once in each school year to each child
    between the ages of 8 and 16.
     
    Students are screened by the school nurse in a private
    setting during physical education classes. Receiving a
    referral does not mean that your child has scoliosis, but
    that further evaluation by your health care provider is
    recommended.
     
    What is Scoliosis?
    ♦
    Scoliosis is a sideways (lateral) curving of the spine.
     
     
    ♦
    One in ten persons will have scoliosis. Two to
    three persons in every 1000 will need active treat­
    ment for a progressive condition. In one out of
    every 1000 cases surgery may be necessary.
     
     
    ♦
    Frequent signs are a prominent shoulder blade, un­
    even hip and shoulder levels, unequal distance be­
    tween arms and body, and clothes that do not “hang
    right.”
     
     
    ♦
    Eighty percent of scoliosis cases are idiopathic
    (cause unknown). Scoliosis tends to run in families
    and affects more girls than boys.
     
     
    ♦
    Spinal curvature is best dealt with when a young
    person’s body is still growing and can respond to
    one or a combination of treatments (body brace,
    electro­stimulation, etc.). You, your physician and/
    or your school screening program (now required in
    many schools) can perform a 30­second annual
    screen during these growing years. Mild cases may
    not need treatment, but must be monitored.
     
     
    ♦
    Kyphosis (round back) may occur in developing
    adolescents. It should be screened for and may
    need to be treated.
     
     
    ♦
    An annual 30­second screening for scoliosis and ky­
    phosis during the bone­growing years can make the
    difference between a preventable condition and a
    disability in adult years.
     
    GRANDPARENT’S DAY
     
    We are getting ready for the grandpar­
    ents to return. Friday, June 7, 2002 is
    the day we are planning for grandparents
    to visit. More information will be sent
    home.
    BRINGING ITEMS TO SCHOOL
     
    When bringing items to school for your
    child during the day, clearly mark your
    child’s name and classroom teacher on
    the outside. Please leave the item in the
    Main Office rather than take it to your
    child’s classroom.
      
    Thank you for your c
    o­
    operation.
    WEAPONS . . . A NO­NO @ SCHOOL
     
     
    One of our objectives is to provide a safe
    and secure environment at school. To ac­
    complish this, we have established the
    rule that
    no weapons (either real or
    play)
    should be brought to school.
    Please remind your child about this rule.
    SUBSTITUTES NEEDED
    FOR:
     
    ⇒
    TEACHING
     
    ⇒
    NURSES
     
    ⇒
    AIDES
     
    ⇒
    MONITORS
     
     
    Please apply at the
    Business Office
    PLEASE NOTE:
     
    Please do not send carbonated beverages
    to school in a thermos bottle. As the liq­
    uid warms, expanding occurs, causing
    leakage.
    Sun
    Mon
    Tue
    Wed
    Thu
    Fri
    Sat
     
    1
    2
     
    Kindergarten
    Report Cards
     
    Noon Dismissal
    Parent/Teacher
    Conferences
    3
     
    ABLE Meeting
    7:50 a.m.
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
     
    Grade 1 & 2
    Skating Party
     
    BOE Meeting
    7:30 p.m.
    11
     
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
     
    Earth Day
     
    23
    24
     
    ABLE Meeting
    7:50 a.m.
     
    K­4 students preview
    “Treasure Island”
     
     
    BOE Meeting
    7:30 p.m.
    25
    26
     
    Elementary
    Musical
    “Treasure Island”
    MS Auditorium
    7:00 p.m.
    27
     
    Elementary
    Musical
    “Treasure Island”
    MS Auditorium
    7:00 p.m.
    28
    29
    30
     
     
     
     
    April 2002
    April 2002
     
    NO SCHOOL—SPRING RECESS

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