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'To live a creative life

we must lose our fear of being wrong.' Joseph Chil lons Pearce

1st Grade

The TA’s Corner

From The Art Room

Book Festival

Coming in November

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Flu Facts

Kindergarten

3&4

Letter From Our Superintendent

Pre-K

2nd Grade

3 rd Grade

PeaceBuilders

Hoops for Hearts

Halloween Special

Visiting Author

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December’s Breakfast and

Lunch Menu

Dear Keshequa School Community:

As part of our communications regarding the H1N1 fl u and its impact on schools, I wanted to update

you on the current student absence situation at sch ool. I would also like to thank you for the extra

atten-

tion that you have taken in making sure that you ke ep your child who exhibits flu-like symptoms home

from school. This is a critical step in limiting t he exposure of healthy individuals to the flu and o ther

illnesses.

This week we have had a significant increase in the number of student absences. Parents have been

reporting flu-like illness symptoms. We expect tha t many of these cases may be H1N1 although not all

doctors’ offices or emergency rooms are testing for it at this time. In cooperation with the Livingst on

County Health Department we will continue to monito r the levels of student and staff absences, as we

have all year. Confirmed cases of H1N1 do not mean that a school district will be closed as school cl o-

sure is not recommended unless absenteeism of stude nts or staff makes it impossible to maintain normal

operations or a safe environment. As I have mention ed in previous communication, our goal is to keep

school open to students and functioning in a normal manner during the flu season.

Our staff will continue to urge students to follow good personal hygiene habits which include:

*Covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the

tissue in the trash after you use it.

*Washing your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or

sneeze.

*Using hand sanitizers when soap and water are not accessible.

*Avoiding touching your eyes, nose or mouth since this is the main way that germs

are spread and illnesses are passed from one person to another.

*Trying to avoid close contact with sick people.

The Livingston County Health Department notified us that they expect to have enough of the H1N1 vac-

cine to conduct a vaccination clinic for students i n mid-November. Recently a letter was sent regardi ng

an in-school vaccination clinic for both H1N1 and s easonal flu. Many parents have requested the paper -

work for this opportunity. As soon as we receive t he documents from the Health Department we will

send them to those that made the request.

The Center for Disease Control has information avai lable for parents including a question and answer

section that may be able to provide more informatio n. Please check their website at this address:

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/freeresources/2009-10/pdf/pan_flu.pdf

We will notify you of any additional changes to our school’s strategy to prevent the spread of

flu as they occur.

If you have any questions, please call our School Nu rses, Nedra Stevens in the Nunda build-

ing at 468-2541 extension 2027 or Noreen Sanford at the Elementary building at 476-2234

extension 1148. Together we can continue to provid e a safe and healthy environment for eve-

ryone at Keshequa.

Marilyn Capawan

Superintendent of Schools

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DALTON ELEMENTARY NEWS

Working on Computers

Experimenting with shapes

Fire Safety & prevention Day

Spelling Names

Finding Squares

Triangle snake

DALTON ELEMENTARY NEWS

A Perfect Pumpkin Patch Day

The Kindergarten classes en-

joyed a beautiful autumn day

at Baughmann’s Pumpkin Patch

in Geneseo. The children ate a

picnic lunch and had a hay

wagon ride to the huge field

of pumpkins. The boys and

girls searched for the perfect

pumpkin amongst some funny

and some scary Halloween

scarecrows. Many of the

children also walked through a

decorated haunted house and a

corn maze. What a fun way to

learn about the autumn har-

vest! Thank you to the many

parents who came with us.

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The first graders in Mrs.

Beachel’s class enjoyed learning

about bus safety this month. Mr.

Beardsley started by showing us

how to properly hook our seat-

belts and adjust them. We also

reviewed safety rules while on

the bus and the importance of

remaining quiet so the bus driver

can hear the radio, sirens, and

train whistles. The children re-

membered these things from kin-

dergarten and it was very im-

pressive! We also talked about

staying in our seats and keep-

ing our hands and feet to our-

selves. After we went over

rules, we got a chance to

practice crossing the road in

front of the bus looking at

the bus driver for signals.

Mrs. Beachel was the fill-in

bus driver, but will leave the

real driving up to the profes-

sionals.

We reviewed the Top Three Rules

from Buster the Bus:

1. Always stay in your seat.

2. Keep your hands and feet to

yourself.

3. Talk quietly.

EDITORS NOTICE: There will not be a November Newslett er this year. You will find December’s Breakfast and Lunch

Menu in this Newsletter. The November Breakfast and Lunch Menu has been sent home with your child during the last

week of October. See you in December with more great articles and information. ☺

Mrs. Downey’s class worked on some team build-

ing activities with Mr. Wiggins. They made a spi-

der web by following directions and they had to

work together for it to work. Nice job kids!

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Second graders in

Mrs. Downey’s and

Mrs. Wood’s classes

have had a great

start to second

grade.

Mrs. Downey’s class is

learning about the world

around them. They are

using our expandable ball

to show that North Amer-

ica is our continent and

inside of that is the United

States and then New York

State. They are begin-

ning to understand that

North America is the larg-

est and everything else is

smaller. Way to go kids!!!

Mrs. Wood’s class has

been using our new

math series to investi-

gate different math con-

cepts such as addition

and subtraction. We

have had many opportu-

nities to use manipulat-

ive such as cubes, dice,

and counters to play the

games that are included

in our new books.

Mrs. Downey’s and Mrs. Wood’s classes wrote silly s tories and then illustrated them. They worked very

hard. When they were completed they read them to t heir classmates. Great job kids!!

Cool

They are busy mak-

ing new friends and

learning from one an-

other.

'Creative minds are rarely tidy.' Abbey Plaque

DALTON ELEMENTARY NEWS

A South African Journey

For 2 weeks in Oc-

tober Miss Cantleberry’s

class learned about South

Africa when her father

went for a visit and

emailed the class almost

daily. We learned about

Johannesburg and Cape

Town, 2 cities in South

Africa. When he went on a

safari we heard all about

the animals he saw like

giraffes, elephants, rhinos

and many more. We asked

about the land, the cloth-

ing and the money there

and were even able to try

some South African food!

Mr. Cantleberry told us

how recently the biggest

diamond in the world had

been found in South Africa,

the people there are taught

English in their schools,

and he told us about eating

many interesting things

like a termite, kudu and

warthog.

Mr. Cantleberry

brought 2 new friends

home with him named

Wanda and Larry. They

want to visit a school in

New York so he’s going to

bring them to meet us. We

can’t wait!

The pictures are:

Jerrin Cassidy holds

a South African flag.

(right)

Brandy Bird and Dy-

lan Deaton try

bobotie, a South Afri-

can dish. (below)

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SPIDER CINQUAIN POETRY

The Cinquain is a form of poetry which consists of five lines.

Line 1—one word of two syllables introducing the subject

Lind 2– two words or four syllables describing the subject

Line 3—Three words or six syllables showing action

Line 4—four words or eight syllables expressing a feeling or

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Spooky

Many eyes

Staring at me and you

They look scary but they aren’t

Helpful

By: Jocelyn Parthemer

Spiders

They’re spooky

And so creepy

Floating, darting on the water

Freaky

By: Brandon Cassidy

Spiders

Sneaky as cats

Look creepy and nasty

Spiders, Spiders, Spiders

Spiders

Spiders!

By: Alyssa Cartwright

Creepy

Red dot

Black and hairy

Do you see what I see today?

Widow

By: Jacob James

Spiders

Are helpful

To most humans

They eat every bug

Thanks!

By: Tony Jeffords

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TREY LEARN

RYLIE COLUMBO

JENNA PARSONS

RENE FIGEURORA

MATT SIMONE

LACEY HILLIER

MACKENZIE GILLEN

FAITH WOOD

JUSTIN DARDEN

KAITLYN GALTON

ASHLEY BARKLEY

PEACE BUILDERS

PLEDGE

I am a peace builder

I pledge to praise people

To give up put-downs

To seek wise people

To notice and speak up

about hurts that I have caused

To right wrongs

I will build peace at home at

school and in my community

each day.

JOSH O’DELL

MRS. GEHRIG’S CLASS

JOE THOMPSON

COLLIN WEBER

JOHNATHAN SZIJARTO

PAIGE MCKERROW

PAIGE BURLEY

HANNAH MERITT

JOHNNY BAILEY

KYLER GILBRIDE

CHAD CURRY

JUSTIN BAKER

They then decorated the poster and car-

ried it in the parade. All students

marched across the stage and many post-

ers were read. After students exited the

stage, they gave their poster to one of the

wise adults in the audience. When the pa-

rade was over, the entire school sang the

“Wise Person Song” and finally the “We

are PeaceBuilders” song. Building a sense

of community and belongingness is critical

to student success and our wise adults

here at Dalton Elementary really make a

difference.

DALTON ELEMENTARY NEWS

PEACEBUILDER ASSEMBLY

This year’s assembly took place on

October 28

. Our theme was

“Building Peace is a Wise Choice and

Wise People Can Help”. Students

were asked to wear red and all stu-

dents wore red ribbons to signify our

unity in making healthy choices. The

adults all wore buttons that said,

“Wise Person”. During the assembly,

the students put on a “thank you” pa-

rade for all of the adults in the build-

ing. The students had each made a

poster that read, “I Seek Wise People

for Help With….” Students chose a

skill that they have learned at school

that is making them a more success-

ful student.

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'Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through l earning we become able to do something we were neve r able to

do.' Peter Senge

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s for H eart in the month of November! Keshequa has partic ipated two

times now in the last 4 years and we have raised ov er $9000! Our goal this year is to again raise ove

r $4000. Stu-

dents in grades 2-5 will be going out and asking fo r donations to raise money for the American Heart A ssociation. In

return they promise to play some hoops after school and have fun!

Each person that donates can put their name or some one else's name (In Memory Of...) on a colored bask etball.

These colored basketballs will be put throughout th e school. The money goes to help adults and studen ts with heart

problems as well as new research. In return for th e students hard work they are awarded prizes for di fferent levels

of success. At the same time students will learn a bout kids who have heart problems, eating right and exercise and

they will get the satisfaction of helping save live s.

Students do not have to participate. The informatio n will be handed out in class on November 3rd-5th. As soon as

the information is handed out students can start. S tudents will get a sponsor form and a handful of co lored basket-

balls. When they receive sponsors and put the name

on a colored basketball they are asked to bring th em in the

next day to Mr. Isaman or Mr. Uveino's office. The n we are able to fill the halls and students are no

t bringing them

all in at the end. Parents don't make copies of th

e basketballs at home. The students can get more c opies in Mr.

Isaman's office any time. All students will have a

week and a half to collect donations. The money a

nd sponsor

forms are due no later than Tuesday, November 17th (the prizes will be ordered the next day). The second and

third graders will be celebrating and hooping it up after school on Wednesday, November 18th, and the fourth and

fifth graders will enjoy their day after school on Thursday, November 19th. If you have any questions call Mr.

Isaman or Mr. Uveino. Thank you in advance for you r support!

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Halloween Party

The annual Keshequa Elementary Student Council; hos ted an after school Halloween

Party for 4

and 5

grade students. Many children showed up as witche s, goblins, and many

other creative costumes! Children enjoyed: Pin the Tail on the Cat, popular dances like the

Electric Slide, the Twist, and Macarena. Fun was h ad by all!

DALTON ELEMENTARY NEWS

Student Name: _________________

Homeroom: ________

Visiting Author

Barbara Palmer

Book Order Form

On November 19, 2009 children’s book author & illustr

ator Barbara Palmer will be visiting Dalton Element ary School. As

a special treat for our students, if you purchase her book she will personally autograph it.

Please return the completed book order to your homeroom teacher. Payment must accompany the order. Payment by

check is accepted; please make the check out to “Barbara Palmer”.

Order must be returned by Friday, November 13, 2009.

Book Title

Book

Price

Quantity

Total

A Clue for you: tail in the

$13.99

Please print the name the book is for

(no special dedications please, just a name)

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Previously I explained who a teaching assistant is.

In order to explain what a teaching assistant does, I have to explain

how a child learns and how a teacher adapts their lessons to incorporate individual learning styles.

We all have an individual preferred learning style whether we realize it or not. Basically, there are three differ-

ent styles:

Visual Learners- learn by seeing words written down, using pictures when describing things, draw ing time

lines for events in history, writing assignments on the board, using overhead transparencies/handouts, and writing down

instructions.

Auditory Learners – learn by hearing and having things repeated. They do well in small g roup discussions,

listening to books on tape, working on the computer wi th head phones, and writing oral reports.

Tactile or Kinesthetic Learners – learn by hands on. These children do better with hands-on activities

(number and letter cubes in the elementary school are popular), experiments, assigning projects and having frequent

breaks that allow for movement.

Teachers today incorporate all the learning styles. It is the job of the teaching assistant to implement the

teacher’s plan, incorporating the best learning style, and working in small groups or individually with children that are

having a difficult time. Teaching assistants use games, flash cards, tape recorders, overhead transparencies, Parmethean

boards, hand manipulatives and various other tools and equipment to help children learn.

Learning today is fun. It is a fast pace world and today’s children must learn quickly and move on. Incorporat-

ing all the learning styles and using their own creativity, teachers and teaching assistants help children to succeed.

Hopefully now you know who a teaching assistant is, how your child learns and how a teacher and teaching assistant

help your child to succeed.

Dee Dee Burt

Quote of the Day

“Teachers can be learners, and learners can be teac hers. We are all both.” Marilee Sprenger

Help us in helping others!

The Keshequa Elementary Student Council is hosting

a food drive. We are

asking students, faculty and staff to bring in any

variety of non-perishable (Canned, boxed,

jarred, or bottled) food goods. The collection will

be donated to the Nunda Food Pantry and

the Keshequa Backpack Program.

We will be collecting during the weeks of November

2 through November 13. Help us

make a difference in our community!

* Paper products will also be accep

ted!

DALTON ELEMENTARY NEWS

The Teaching Assistants’ Corner

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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.

The student artwork is very beautiful. I hope you

all have enjoyed it, and more will be on display so

on as students finish

their work and we get the work mounted for display.

We had a wonderful turn-out for our elementary ope

n house! Thanks

to all of you who came. I know it made your child

very happy that you came in to see their work!!

If any of you would like to volunteer to help me o

ut at times in the art room, either mounting work f

or display or

helping to hang it up, I would greatly enjoy your a

ssistance. Please call me at 476-2234, ext. 1140.

Additionally, while I

know that the month of May is several months away,

please keep in mind that I would love you to show s

ome of your own

artwork along with our students during the evening

of our Dalton Fine Arts Festival on Monday, May 17

. This offer is

open to both professional artists and amateurs alik e.

Here’s a question many have often asked:

What is Art?

In Shelly Essak’s article retrieved from http://

arthistory.about.com/cs/reference/f/what_is_art.htm she gives us a nice reply:

Well, Art is form and content.

"Art is form and content" means: All art consists o

f these two things.

Form means (1) the elements of art, (2) the principles of design and (3) the actual,

physical materials that the artist has

used. Form, in this context, is concrete and fairly

easily described - no matter which piece of art is

under scrutiny.

Suppose you've written: "One half of all art is for

m. Here is how Goya's The Shootings of May Third, 1808 fits in." You

would then go on to provide details about how Goya

used color, value, space and line (elements of art)

. He used balance,

contrast, emphasis and proportion (principles of de sign). He composed the aforementioned elements and

principles on can-

vas, using brushes and oil paints (the physical par

t of "form").

The example just given employed a work of Western a

rt, and was written in English. It doesn't take muc

h of a leap in

imagination, though, to understand that the concept s behind "form" could be applied to any piece of art, creat

ed anywhere

on earth, at any time, using any language. With tha

t, we have successfully covered "form".

Content, now, gets a little more tricky. " Content" is idea-based and means (1) what the artist meant to portray

, (2) what

the artist actually did portray and (3) how we react , as individuals, to both the intended and actual m

essages.

Additionally, "content" includes ways in which a work was influenced

- by religion, or politics, or society in general,

even the artist's use of hallucinogenic substances

- at the time it was created. All of these factors,

together, make up the

"content" side of art.

Returning to the Goya example, you might comment on

the fact that the shootings were an actual event.

Napoleon had in-

vaded Spain, at the time, and subjected it to six y

ears of war and revolution (political and social in

fluences). There had

been a revolt by citizens of Madrid, and they were

summarily executed (historical context). Goya, obvi ously, didn't think

this was good and recorded the stark horror for all

posterity. (He was successful at conveying that wh

ich he meant to

convey.) We react to the painting in our different

ways - usually with mixed feeling of revulsion, ang

er and sorrow.

Again, we are discussing "content" using one pictur e as an example, but the same parameters apply to a

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DALTON ELEMENTARY NEWS

Newsletter prepared by: Linda Jacobs

What a child can do today with assistance, she wil l be able to do by herself tomorrow'. Lev Vygotsky.

Youth Basketball for girls grades 4–6

A winter travel basketball league is

planned for girls grades 4-6. We antici-

pate practices at Dalton every Tuesday

night from 6-8 PM from the first week in

December to the first week in March.

Additional practices and then games will

be played on Saturdays with locations to

be designated. If you are interested in

playing, please contact Mark Ewing at

658.4288

Coming in November

11/4

School Physicals (9:30—11:30)

11/5

1st & 2nd Grade TheatreWorks Field Trip 11:20am

11/7

Chess Club to Mount Morris 8:30am

11/10

Picture re-takes

11/11

Veteran’s Day

11/12

Merry Go Round Theatre Grade 3 - 9:15am

11/12

Board Meeting/Dalton

11/13

End of First Marking Period

11/16

5th Grade State Social Studies Exam

11/17

5th Grade State Social Studies Exam

11/19

Visiting author Barbara Palmer

11/20 Merry Go Round Theatre Grade 4 - 9:15am

11/20 Annual Senior Citizen’s Thanksgiving Dinner

Officer Didas visited our

Elementary classrooms and

spoke with the students

about Halloween Safety.

Officer Didas passed out

safety flyers and he also

treated the students with

some candy. The students

really enjoyed their visit

with our resource officer.

Thank you Officer Didas.

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The Elementary Holiday Concert will be held on Thur s-

day, December 17, 2009 at 7:00pm in the High School

auditorium. Mrs. Sanford and Mrs. Willowglade will

send home notification on when the children should

show up.