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The Proud Pirate
A Newsletter for our youngest Perkins Pirates and their families!
Furry Elementary School
Back to School Edition, August 2018
Welcome to Furry Elementary School!
On behalf of the entire staff at Furry Elementary School, we hope you had an amazing summer full of fun
and lots of memory making with your friends and families!
We’re looking forward to welcoming our youngest Perkins Pirates back to school. Please read through this
newsletter as it contains lots of information to help make our transition back to school a smooth one.
Here’s to a great school year!
~Miss Long, Principal
Furry Elementary School
Open House!
Please plan on attending our Open House on Monday, August 20! Kindergarten families are invited to
attend at 3:30-4:30; First Grade families are invited to attend at 4:45-5:45; and Second Grade families are
invited to attend from 6:00-7:00. Kindergarten, First and Second Grade families are invited to meet in the
cafeteria prior to going to their child’s classroom. Our Little Treasures Preschool Open House is scheduled
for Thursday, August 23 at 10:00-11:00 for our morning class and 1:00-2:00 for our afternoon class. Our
Little Treasures families can meet in our lobby and will be let into their child’s classroom at the designated
time.
Please bring your child and their supplies with you to Open House. Our staff is looking forward to seeing
everyone again and meeting our newest families!
First Days of School
All of our First and Second Grade students will begin attending school on Thursday, August 23, 2018. All
students must arrive by 9:00 and our dismissal begins at 3:30.
Our Kindergarten students with last names beginning A-L will attend school on Thursday, August 23, 2018
and will not have school on Friday, August 24, 2018. Our Kindergarten students with last names
beginning M-Z will not attend school on Thursday, August 23, 2018 and will attend school on Friday,
August 24, 2018. All of our Kindergarten students will attend school together on Monday, August 27,
2018,
Our Little Treasures Preschool children will attend their Open House at their specific time (10:00 or 1:00)
on Thursday, August 23, 2018. During this time, you will be given the opportunity to sign up for a
screening appointment. Appointments will be scheduled for August 27, 28, and/or 31. AM and PM
classes will be split in half by Mrs. Ommert and Mrs. Sallee and students will be assigned to attend
preschool on August 29 or August 30. The first day for all of our preschoolers will be Tuesday, September
4, 2018.
Furry’s School Day We Believe Movement Helps Us Learn
Our school day is 9:00-3:30. Our west end doors Furry Elementary School has two recess times each
will open at 8:45 for those children arriving by car. If day. Our children will learn how to play safely on our
you are driving your child to school, please make playground and our equipment during the first few
sure you read the sections titled, “Students Arriving weeks of school. Even though we take the time to
by Car” and “Students Leaving by Car” in this teach our children how to play safely and
newsletter so that you are aware of our drop-off/ appropriately, accidents still happen. Recess time at
pick-up procedures. school is much different from playing in our
backyards and parks with our family and friends. For
Class Lists example, it might be okay for your child to walk up
Class lists were posted on Monday, August 13, 2018. the slide in your backyard, but here at school, that is
Feel free to stop by school with your child to find out not safe and therefore is not allowed. Please help us
who their child’s teacher will be this school year. All keep your child safe at school by making sure your
classes will be posted on the doors at the front of the child is wearing safe shoes each day to school.
building. Tennis shoes are most appropriate and sandals with
straps are acceptable for outdoor play. Flip-flops
Power School and shoes with heels are much more dangerous for
Power School is the system we use to communicate, our children and cause lots of trips and falls that
receive updated information from you, post grades, result in scrapes and bruises. Thank you for helping
keep track of attendance, etc. Many emails have us keep your child safe!
come home with directions on how to update and or
complete specific forms within Power School. Furry Traditions
Just as you have your family at home, we have our
New families will be provided with directions on how family here at school. Just as you have family
to access your child’s grades in Power School at the traditions, we have traditions here at Furry too! As
beginning of the school year. It is very important we progress throughout the year, we’ll share these
that your information in Power School is always traditions with you and invite you to join us in
current as a majority of our school communications celebrating them.
will be sent electronically to your email throughout
the year. For example, this newsletter was sent to We know you’ve been reading a lot of great books in
you in an email on August 13, 2018. If you did not a lot of cool places this summer! We would love to
receive that email, please log into your account and have a picture of your child reading one (or a stack)
update your email. On occasion, initial emails from of their favorite books in one of their favorite spaces.
us have landed in our family’s spam folders. If you Pictures can be of just your child, or include
have questions on how to log into your account, members of your family too. Please email your
please call Mrs. Mullins or Mrs. Didion in our school picture to Miss Long (jlong@perkinsschools.org) by
office at 419.625.4352. Monday, August 20, 2018. You just might see it
when you come for Open House that afternoon!
New Faces at Furry Elementary
We’re so excited to welcome our new Preschool and Communication from School
Kindergarten families as well as those First and Our school sends home a weekly newsletter called
Second grade families who have recently moved “The Proud Pirate” to keep our families aware of
into Perkins Township to our school! events happening here at school. These newsletters
will be sent home to our families via e-mail each
We’d also like to welcome Mr. Ommert to our week. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your
Kindergarten team! He will be serving our children child’s teacher or our school office if you have any
throughout several of our Kindergarten classrooms. questions about what is happening in your child’s
classroom and our school.
Arrival and Dismissal at Furry Elementary School Our school day begins at 9:00 and children are dismissed at 3:30. It always takes our children and their families a few weeks to get into the routine of our arrival and dismissal procedures. Please be patient with our staff as well as our new families as everyone adjusts to our procedures. Each year, it takes us about 3 weeks to get into the routine and things will flow easier and faster. Students Arriving By Car If it is necessary for you to drive your child to school, please enter our back parking lot by turning onto Randal Dr. from Columbus Ave. and proceed to our back parking lot to form lines. Our west end doors will open at 8:45 for those children arriving by car and therefore, the car line will not start moving until 8:45. At the beginning of school, we will have staff in our back parking lot to help with traffic flow. Cars will line up in straight lines in our parking lot to drive around the side of the school. As one line makes their way around the building, the next row of cars will follow. Once you reach the side of the building, please have your child exit the passenger side of your car and walk into school at the direction of our staff. Please say your goodbyes and wish your child a good day prior to reaching the side of the building. It would be helpful to move your child’s car seat to the passenger side of your car, so that they can exit safely. Please do not get out of your car to help your child exit as this holds up our traffic flow. Our staff will be on hand to help as needed. Perkins Local Schools offers transportation to our residential families who live outside a 1/2 mile distance from your child’s school. We encourage all of our families who live within the township to take advantage of our school transportation to help ease our traffic flow around school. Students Leaving By Car If it is necessary for you to pick up your child by car, you will follow the same traffic flow as we do in the morning. Our back gates are closed during the school day and will not open until 3:00. Our children do not start dismissing until 3:30 and the traffic will not start moving until the children have reached their dismissal area inside the building which is usually around 3:40. Please do not arrive before 3:00 as parking is not permitted on the streets around school during school hours. Perkins Police patrol the area and can ticket cars who are parked in areas where parking is not permitted. As long as you are in our line by 3:45 and the children are listening and ready inside the building, our line moves quickly and we have all of the children dismissed by 4:00. It will take us a few weeks to reach this goal, but once everyone gets into our routine, things run very smoothly. You must be in our car line by 3:45. All children must be picked up from Furry Elementary School by 4:00 each day. Those families who do not pick their child up by 4:00 will be encouraged to enroll their child in our after school child care program, Pirate Crew. Please enter our back parking lot by turning onto Randal Dr. from Columbus Ave. and form lines in our back parking lot. At the beginning of school, we will have staff in our back parking lot to help with traffic flow. Cars will line up in straight lines in our parking lot to drive around the side of the school. As one line makes their way around the building, the next row of cars will follow. Once you reach the side of the building, please have your child’s name plate visible to our staff so that we can call for your child and deliver them to you safely. Nameplates will be provided to each family at Open House. It would be helpful to move your child’s car seat to the passenger side of your car, so that they can enter your car safely. Please do not get out of your car to help your child into your car as this holds up our traffic flow. Our staff will be on hand to help as needed. Perkins Local Schools offers transportation to our residential families who live outside a 1/2 mile distance from your child’s school. We encourage all of our families who live within the township to take advantage of our school transportation to help ease our traffic flow around school.
Furry’s School Counselor School Fees
Mrs. Smith, our School Counselor, is such an asset to School fees for all students, preschool-2nd grade are
our school! She’s always very busy during the first $45.00 this year and are due by Monday, October 1,
few days helping our children transition from their 2018. Fees may be paid by check, made out to
summer routine into school mode. It is completely Perkins Local Schools and sent to school. Fees can
normal for your child to come home and be also be paid online via Power School. Please contact
exhausted. It is also very very common for your child our school office if you have questions about our
to be super excited about returning to school and school fees.
then, after a few days, start to say that they’re bored
or that they don’t want to go to school anymore. School Supply Lists
Learning is hard work and we have your children Supply lists were shared with local stores and shared
moving and using their brains all day. This is all in a mass e-mail via Power School in July. They are
normal and we’ll work hard to help your child also available in our school lobby. Additional
transition smoothly. If you have any questions, don’t supplies may be requested by your child’s teacher.
hesitate to call school to speak to Mrs. Smith or email Your child’s teacher will inform you of these
her at dsmith@perkinsschools.org. She has tons of additional supplies in their “Welcome Back to
tricks up her sleeves to help all of us get back into School” letters and/or at Open House on August 20.
the swing of things here at school.
Change of Address/Phone Number
Court Documents It is very important that you notify the school and
If custody agreements change and/or there are update your information in your child’s Power School
other legal documents that are updated throughout account if you change your address or phone
the school year, it is the custodial parent’s number during the school year. Our records must
responsibility to provide a copy of the court remain accurate throughout the entire year.
approved documents to our school. All changes, as
they pertain to your child, need to be reported to the Volunteering at Furry Elementary
school so that our records can remain current. We Anyone who volunteers in our classrooms, helps with
do our very best to abide by the documents you our PTO, chaperones field trips, etc., must have their
provide us. If current documents are not on file in current BCI paperwork on file at our Administrative
our office, we have no way of following their Services Center. Fingerprints need to be updated
requirements. Please call the office if you have any every five years. If you are unsure if your fingerprints
questions. are current, please contact our school office and we
can check for you.
PTO (Parent Teacher Organization)
We are incredibly grateful for all the work our PTO Dress Code
does for the children and staff in our school. Our A full description of our dress code can be found in
PTO recently realigned themselves to better serve our student handbook on the district’s website.
the staff and children in our entire district. Please Shorts are permitted from April 1-November 1. As
watch for additional information from our PTO and the weather changes, a sweatshirt or sweater might
consider volunteering to help with the amazing be something to keep in your child’s book bag to
things they do for our schools! PTO Meetings are have on cooler days. Tennis shoes are the most
scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month at appropriate shoes to wear to school. Sandals with
6:00 at Perkins High School. straps are acceptable, but flip-flops and shoes with a
heel can be quite dangerous when playing on our
Please find “Perkins Schools PTO” on Facebook or playground and are not acceptable. Please help
email perkinspto@gmail.com to keep up to date on your child dress appropriately for school each day.
the work they do for our schools!Perkins Students Use Their PERKS! Literacy is Important at Furry
Our school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions Literacy is a huge focus at Furry! We spend a lot of
and Support Model is PERKS. All students that time at Furry Elementary School instilling a love of
attend Perkins Local Schools, preschool-twelfth reading with our children. You’ll notice many little
grade use their PERKS each day. Each letter touches throughout our building that will help foster
represents something we believe will make our this love of reading. Some of these touches are very
school a great place to learn and have fun. evident, while others are more subtle.
P is for PRIDE! For the past 3 years, our teachers have been
We show PRIDE by keeping our school clean and participating in professional development
using good manners every day. sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education
E is for ENGAGED IN LEARNING! called LETRS (when we talk about it, it sounds like
We are ENGAGED IN LEARNING when our eyes and we’re saying letters). LETRS stands for Language
ears are focused on the speaker, when we follow Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling.
directions quickly and work quietly. We’re participating in LETRS because:
R is for RESPECT!
We show RESPECT by being kind to others, listening • It deepens educator knowledge—includes the
to adults, using our manners at lunch and walking “what,” “why,” and “how” of literacy instruction
“hips and lips” in the halls. • It works with educators to develop a roadmap for
K is for KIND! meeting Common Core and other State Standards
We are KIND when we wait our turn, use our • It sharpens educators’ ability to diagnose why
manners and control our body. students are struggling and how to provide proven
S is for SAFE intervention
We are SAFE when we use our walking feet to go • It offers more than a decade of demonstrated
where we need to go while staying in a string line, success in schools and districts across the United
sashing our hands often and using the equipment in States
a safe manner. • It provides real-world professional development
that is relevant, timely and actionable
Additional information on PERKS will be shared as • It focuses on raising preK-12 literacy achievement
the year progresses. for all students
• It is independently validated by top researchers as
Second Step at Furry! positively impacting teacher instruction and
Second Step is a program rooted in social-emotional student achievement
learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into
supportive, successful learning environments Participating in LETRS has benefited our teachers
uniquely equipped to encourage children to thrive. immensely as they are being provided the tools to
More than just a classroom curriculum, Second help all of our children learn how to read!
Step’s holistic approach helps create a more
empathetic society by providing education Throughout the school year, we will provide you with
professionals, families, and the larger community ideas on how you can help your child read at home.
with tools to enable them to take an active role in the It is our hope that you will make time to read with
social-emotional growth and safety of today’s your child at home each day as this will make them
children. It’s a difference you can feel the moment successful here at school.
you step through the doors to a Second Step school:
a sense of safety and respect grounded in the social-
emotional health and well-being of the entire school
community.Perkins Local Schools Calendar Dates to Remember for Furry Students
• First Student Day…Thursday, August 23 Monday, August 20
• Labor Day~No School…Monday, September 3 • Furry Open House, Kindergarten-2nd Grade
• No School…Friday, October 12 • Kindergarten, 3:30-4:30
• No School…Wednesday, November 21 • First Grade, 4:45-5:45
• Thanksgiving~No School…Thursday, November 22 • Second Grade, 6:00-7:00
• No School…Friday, November 23 Thursday, August 23
• No School…Monday, November 26 • First Day for all 1st and 2nd Graders
• Last Day before Winter Break…Friday, December • First Day for Kindergarten students, last names A-L
21 • No School for Kindergarten students, last names
• Winter Break Begins…Monday, December 24 M-Z
• No School…Monday, January 7 • Little Treasures AM Preschool Open House,
• Students Return from Winter Break…Tuesday, 10:00-11:00
January 8 • Little Treasures PM Preschool Open House,
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day~No School…Monday, 1:00-2:00
January 21 Friday, August 24
• No School…Friday, February 15 • First Day for Kindergarten students, last names M-Z
• Presidents Day~No School…Monday, February 18 • No School for Kindergarten students, last names A-
• No School…Tuesday, February 19 L
• Last Day before Spring Break…Friday, March 29 Monday, August 27
• Spring Break Begins…Monday, April 1 • All Kindergarten students attend school
• Students Return from Spring Break…Monday, April • No Little Treasures Preschool; Preschool Screening
8 appointments will be scheduled
• No School…Friday, April 19 Tuesday, August 28
• Memorial Day~No School…Monday, May 27 • No Little Treasures Preschool; Preschool Screening
• Graduation…Friday, May 31 appointments will be scheduled
• Last Student Day…Tuesday, June 4 Wednesday, August 29
• 1/2 of Little Treasures attend school (teachers will
let families know if your child is to attend this day)
Thursday, August 30
• 1/2 of Little Treasures attend school (teachers will
let families know if your child is to attend this day)
Friday, August 31
• Welcome to Perkins Tail Gate for Mr. Boggs, our
new Superintendent before the Perkins Football
Game!
Monday, September 3
• Labor Day...No School!
Tuesday, September 4
• Mumkin Fundraiser Begins! (Details Coming!)
Tuesday, September 11
• Patriot's Day! Wear your red, white and blue!
Saturday, September 15
• Founders Day @ Strickfaden Park, 1:00-4:00First Day School Supplies Furry Tweets For those of you who took advantage of ordering Please follow us on Twitter @FurryElementary! your back to school supplies last spring through 1st Perkins Local Schools does a lot of tweeting Day School Supplies, you’ll be able to pick up your throughout the school year to keep our community supplies on Open House night! We’re so grateful to up to date on the amazing things our Perkins Pirates our PTO for finding this opportunity for our families are doing each day! to make back to school shopping a little easier for us!
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