Dalton Elementary Newsletter
    Dalton Elementary Newsletter
    Dalton Elementary Newsletter
    Dalton Elementary Newsletter
      
     
    Fall has arrived and we have been very busy at Dalt
    on Elementary this
    past month. On Thursday, October 2
    nd
    , we were delighted to have the
    Nunda Rotary visit us. They went to every third gr
    ade classroom to
    give each student their very own dictionary. The c
    hildren were all
    excited to use the dictionaries and were very thank
    ful for such a gen-
    erous gift. The Nunda Fire Department joined us on
    October 10
    th
    .
    They spent the day giving presentations to our Pre-
    K through third
    graders. Students loved seeing the fireman and fir
    e trucks while
    learning all about fire safety. On October 17
    th
    , the Livingston County
    Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Livingsto
    n County Coalition of
    Patrol Service, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Ass
    ociation and the
    Livingston District Masonic Association conducted t
    he annual KID I.D.
    program for our kindergarten students as well as ot
    her new students
    to our district. Our school has participated in th
    is program for the
    past nine years. It is the most extensive I.D. pro
    gram in the nation.
    Then on Thursday, October 23
    rd
    our 3
    rd
    and 4
    th
    grade students had
    the opportunity to attend History Days sponsored by
    the Nunda His-
    torical Society. We are all very appreciative to h
    ave community or-
    ganizations like these who are so helpful and commi
    tted to enhancing
    our students’ education and safety.
    I was so impressed with the turnout we had for Open
    House. I hope
    everyone enjoyed the event. It was terrific to see
    such a great turn-
    out of people. The children were proud to show off
    their classrooms
    and work to their families.
    November looks like it will be a busy month as well
    . Our fifth graders
    will be taking the New York State Social Studies te
    st on November
    12
    th
    and 13
    th
    . The first marking period comes to end, report ca
    rds will
    be distributed and parent conferences will be held
    on November 24
    th
     
    and 25
    th
    . Also, I am sure many are looking forward to our
    annual Sen-
    ior Citizens’ Thanksgiving Dinner, which will be he
    ld on November 21
    st
    .
    With all that is happening, December will be here b
    efore we know it!
     
     
    Ami Hunt
    Elementary Principal
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    Ami Hunt, Dalton Elementary Principal
    Ami Hunt, Dalton Elementary Principal
    Ami Hunt, Dalton Elementary Principal
    Ami Hunt, Dalton Elementary Principal
      
     
     
      
    PO Box 517, Nunda, NY 14517, (585) 476 –2234 ext.1
    133, Email:
    ahunt@keshequa.org
      
     
    October 2008
    Volume 8 Issue 2
    Special po ints of inter est:
     
    Halloween Safety Tips
    I Noticed You Awards
    Inside t his issue:
     
    Letter from Principal
    1
    Kindergarten News
    2
    First Grade News
    3
    2nd Grade News
    4
    Fifth Grade News
    5
    Peace Builders
    Random Acts of Kindness
    8
    Fun Page
    9
    Halloween Safety Tips
    10
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    November Breakfast & Lunch
    Menu
     
     
     
    I Noticed You Awards
    7
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    From The Art Room
    6
    11/6-Elementary Picture Retakes
    11/7-End of first marking period
    11/10-Superintendent’s Day/No School
    11/11-Veterans’ Day/No School
    11/12&13-Grade 5 Social Studies Test
    11/24&25-Parent/Teacher Conference Days
    K-8
    11/26,27&28–Thanksgiving Recess/No School
     
     
                 

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    Picking Pumpkins
    Picking Pumpkins
    Picking Pumpkins
    Picking Pumpkins
      
     
    in Kindergarten
    in Kindergarten
    in Kindergarten
    in Kindergarten
      
     
     
    Following a lesson on how a pumpkin
    grows, the Kindergartners went on a field
    trip to Baughman’s Tree Farm and Pumpkin
    Patch in Geneseo. The children had a ride
    to the pumpkin patch on a hay wagon and
    each chose the perfect pumpkin to take home.
    There was also a corn maze with fun and
    spooky decorations. Everyone enjoyed a picnic
    lunch while there and had a great time at the play
    area.
    It was a picture perfect day!
    Mrs. Randall
    Mrs. Forrester and Mrs. Macomber's kindergarten
    class has been learning about the five senses in
    science class. On Wednesday, October 21st the
    class held a discussion on how people and animals
    use their noses. These smart kindergartners
    concluded that people use their noses to breathe,
    and smell things. Animals use their noses to breat
    he,
    smell and find food, find other animals, find shel
    ter
    and sense danger. Students then used items to
    make various animal noses. (pigs, birds, elephants,
     
    cats, and bears) On Thursday, October 22nd, the
    children discussed how animals find their young.
    They then were all given various scents and had
    to use their noses to find their babies. They had
     
    a wonderful time, but learned what a difficult tas
    k
    this could be.
     
     

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    Mrs. Hochbrueckner and Mrs. Brooker
    have had the pleasure of an excellent
    student teacher in their first grade
    classroom.
     
    Steve Matthews is a student from
    SUNY Geneseo completing his education
    degree. The children have enjoyed his
    enthusiasm and his energy.
     
    While waiting to get their pictures
    taken, Mr. Matthews read a book to the
    children in the foyer. Despite lots of
    distractions, the students stayed fo-
    cused and enjoyed the story
    !
    Mr. Matthew's has been teaching a unit on
    animals. Students have learned that all
    animals need food, water, air and shelter.
    The day we learned about mammals Gregory
    Shearing had his mom bring in their puppies.
    We were able to review that mammals have
    live young and usually have fur or hair. The
    children enjoyed cuddling the cute puppies.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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    4
     
    .
     
    We enjoyed seeing so many of our students and paren
    ts at Open House.
    Thank you for signing up for a conference. If you
    forgot to sign up for a confer-
    ence, please contact your teacher to set one up.
    The children are enjoying working with the other s
    econd grade teachers on
    Thursday afternoons. We have been working on place
    value this month. We will work
    on money next month. Any extra support you would l
    ike to give them at home would
    be appreciated.
    Lisa Downey &
    Jill Wood
     
    S
    S
    S
    S
    econd Grade News
    econd Grade News
    econd Grade News
    econd Grade News
     
     
     
     

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    Into Reading!
     
    Reading buddies in 5
    th
    grade (Mrs. Brickwood’s class) and 1
    st
    grade
    (Mrs. Vogel’s / Mrs. Brooker’s class) gathered toge
    ther for some
    fall fun. We decorated pumpkin men, made fall leaf
    -rubbing book-
    marks and even enjoyed frosting and eating cookies
    together!
    We had so much fun, we plan on getting together
    again soon!
     

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    From the Art Room
    From the Art Room
    From the Art Room
    From the Art Room
      
     
    October is almost over, and the school is filled wi
    th the beautiful colors of fall, both in our classr
    ooms and in our halls. We
    had a wonderful turn out for our elementary open ho
    use! Thanks to all of you who came. I know it mad
    e your child very happy
    that you came in to see their work. The student ar
    twork is very lovely!
     
    Here’s some more good information retrieved from th
    e New York State Alliance for Arts Education. More
    of this article will
    follow in our next newsletter…
     
    What is Gained by Exposure to the Arts?
     
    Brain
    Arts education encourages non-algorithmic reasoning
    , i.e., a path of thinking and action that is not s
    pecified in advance, a
    characteristic that often leads to novel solutions.
    -
    Education and Learning to Think
    , 1987
    Novelty is the crucial ingredient for sustained bra
    in development. In addition to synaptic development
    , the flexibility and
    adaptability that results from novelty has positive
    evolutionary survival value. -
    Live Arts Experiences: Their Impact on Health
    and Wellness
    , 1996
    Arts education asks students to use multiple criter
    ia in creating a work of art, which sometimes confl
    ict with each other, as
    when artistic goals fight with clarity of communica
    tion. -
    Education and Learning to Think
    , 1987
    Live arts experiences are multi-sensory. The brain
    perceives, encodes, and recalls them in a different
    way than it does repro-
    ductions. -
    Live Arts Experiences: Their Impact on Health and W
    ellness
    , 1996
     
    Body
     
    The arts can provide insight into ourselves and our
    world, insights which can help facilitate coping a
    nd growth- two hallmarks
    of physical well being. People intuitively turn to
    the arts for this restorative power.
    -
    Live Arts Experiences: Their Impact on Health and W
    ellness
     
    When the body shifts from passiveness to activeness
    , a different level of learning and knowing emerges
    .
    -
    Sarah Howes, Goals 2000
    , 1997
    The national “wellness movement” suggests that ther
    e is a universal desire and capacity toward progres
    s and toward con-
    stantly improving our states of physical, mental, e
    motional, and spiritual health. The arts are a vita
    l, economically viable source
    of inspiration. -
    Live Arts Experiences: Their Impact on Health and W
    ellness
    , 1996
     
    Sense of Self
     
    The single most important thing about a live arts e
    xperience is the sense of participating in an excha
    nge with the performing
    artist and being part of life rather than absent fr
    om life. -
    Live Arts Experiences: Their Impact on Health and W
    ellness
    , 1996
    While increased self concept is not, in the eyes of
    some educators, a high priority objective for educ
    ation in the arts, the
    evaluation team maintained it is one of the most im
    portant outcomes of any educational program. -
    Arts Impact
    , 1996
    Art is one of the only ways that people can reflect
    upon feeling. Because of this, art yields insight
    into the mind and soul…art
    enables people to understand the world of feelings
    and with that comes an understanding of self.-
    Communication Theory of
    Art
    , 1995
     
    Arts for Learning, Arts for Life!!!
    Source :
    Advocacy Information Provided by New York State All
    iance for Arts Education, P.O. Box 2217 • Albany, N
    Y 12220 • 800
    ARTS.N.ED • WWW.NYSAAE.ORG
     

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    I noticed you build peace Awards!!
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    RED RIBBON WEEK
    PEACEBUILDERS ASSEMBLY
     
     
    On October 29
    th
    , Dalton Elementary
    held their annual Peacebuilders As-
    sembly for Red Ribbon Week. Our
    theme this year was Peacebuilders
    show Random Acts of Kindness.
    Every grade level completed a bulletin
    board with a different theme to dis-
    play the 100 days of Random Acts of
    Kindness. We are adding one act of
    kindness a day until we reach the
    100
    th
    day of school which takes place
    during the national random acts of
    kindness week, February 9-15
    th
    .
     
    For the assembly, almost everyone
    wore red to show our sense of com-
    munity. We all displayed our red
    ribbons to show solidarity with the
    purpose of Red Ribbon Week, healthy
    choices. In preparation for the as-
    sembly, every student made a color-
    fully decorated pennant with a ran-
    dom act of kindness written on it.
    At the end of the day, all students
    and staff assembled in the gym. We
    started off by singing the “School
    Song”, which we learned from former
    Principal Mr. Greene. Next, each
    grade level came up front and shared
    pennants. A few were read from
    each grade level.
    At the end, we all sang Glen Colton’s
    song, “A Random Act of Kindness”.
     
     
    Our Peacebuilder Celebrations are a
    great opportunity for our students
    and staff to maintain a sense of
    community built around peaceful ways
    to treat each other and creating a
    safe environment for learning.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
           
     
     
     

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    Color Me

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    Children should go out during daylight hours only u
    nless accompanied by a re-
    sponsible adult.
     
     
    Plan a safe route so parents know where their older
    kids will be at all times. Set a
    time for their return home. Make sure that your chi
    ld is old enough and responsible
    enough to go out by themselves
    .
     
     
    Let your children know not to cut through back alle
    ys and fields. Make sure they
    know to stay in populated places and don't go off t
    he beaten track. Stay in well
    lighted areas.
     
     
    Stop only at familiar houses in your own neighborho
    od unless they are accompa-
    nied by an adult.
     
     
    Small children should never be allowed to go out al
    one on Halloween. Make sure an
    older sibling or adult is with them.
     
     
    Instruct your children not to eat any treats until
    they bring them home to be exam-
    ined by you.
     
     
    Instruct your child to never go into the home of a
    stranger or get into their car.
     
     
    Make sure your child carries a flashlight, glow sti
    ck or has reflective tape on their
    costume to make them more visible to cars.
     
     
    Let them know that they should stay together as a g
    roup if going out to Trick or
    Treat without an adult.
     
     
    Halloween Safety Tips for Trick or Treat
     
     
     
    Trick or Treating should be one of the great advent
    ures of Halloween for kids! They can get dressed in
    scary costumes
    and go door to door, begging "Tricks or Treats!" fr
    om neighbors or at the local mall. Lots of towns ha
    ve a Harvest Festival
    so kids can Trick-or-Treat safely. But going door t o door is the stuff of childhood memories! It shoul
    d be a fun time, with-
    out trouble and pain, so following some easy tips c
    an keep your child safe every Halloween.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    October 30, 2008 there will be a Halloween Dance fo
    r Grades 4 & 5 in the gym after school.
    October 31, 2008 The Halloween Parade for grades Pr
    e-K—3 will be at 1:00.

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