ATTENTION: Duplicate Mailings to Parents Living Separately
The new computer system, Synergy, does not have a way to sort report cards for duplicate mailings. Vicki went through the census forms to create a list of parents of students who need duplicate mailings because of separate households. If you know of a parent who wants their child’s report card via a duplicate mailing, please contact Vicki in the office at 402-436-1163!
FROM MRS. MAHONEY:
Thanksgiving Food Basket Sign Up
Wednesday, Oct. 29 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
Thursday, Oct. 30 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
*Persons must come to the Salvation Army to sign up.
*To sign up you need: photo ID, proof of residency and Social Security cards for each member of the household. There is no income verification required for these baskets.
Center for People in Need: 3901 N 27th St # 1, (402) 476-4357
THANKSGIVING Food Program
Saturday, Nov. 22 10am-4pm
Sunday, Nov. 23 1pm-4pm
Monday, Nov. 24 2pm-7pm
*No sign up is necessary. Families can just present their CFPIN Card and a piece of mail with your current address.
*If you don’t have a CFPIN Card, you can come in to the Center before hand and sign up for a card. To sign up you need: photo ID, income verification, piece of mail with your current address and Social Security cards for each member of the household.
FROM LSP:
Safety precautions for riding bicycles
WEAR A HELMET while riding your bike.
STOP at every intersection! Make eye contact with drivers to make sure they have seen you before entering the traffic area. Also, be aware of cars leaving and entering driveways.
LOOK in all directions before entering a crosswalk with the light.
WALK your bike through the intersection.
TRAFFIC LAWS apply to bike riders. Bike riders are operating a moving vehicle. All traffic laws should be strictly followed.
NEWS FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE:
Welcome!
Paula Luce is our new Health Technician at Randolph. She comes to us with great experience and is a great addition to our staff
Headlice
Not exactly our favorite topic, but for sure an attention grabber. Headlice is something we deal with in the health office each year. Some years we see a little more than others. That is the nature of the bug. Please let us know if you find head lice on your child. It is our best hope in helping to stop it’s spread. We can also share with you what we know to be the most effective treatments. Unfortunately the internet shares a lot of misinformation. Let us know if we can be of assistance. In the meantime remind your child to not share hat, jackets and hair items and whenever possible keep all of their hats and jackets inside of their backpacks.
Dental
The school dentist is coming to Randolph on Nov. 13th. Only students who have not been to a dentist in the last year are screened. Beginning next week we will be sending home dental slips soon for students we do not yet have information on. If your child brings home a slip you can fill out the information and return it to the health office. You can also email our Health Technician at pluce@lps.org with the information. Thank you.
Dianne Frydendall-Smith RN BSN
School Nurse
Lincoln Public Schools
Red Ribbon Week
October 27-31
DRESS UP DAYS!!!
*Monday SOCK! BAM! POW! Sock it to drugs by wearing
your funkiest (or mismatched) socks to school!
*Tuesday Who is on YOUR Super Power Team?? Wear your
favorite “team” gear to school. (i.e. t-shirts or sweatshirts
of your fave team)
*Wednesday “I will have a SUPER career when I grow
up!” What do you want to be when you grow up? Dress like
that worker!!
*Thursday Only our ARCH RIVALS would get “mixed up”
with drugs and alcohol!! See how mixed up your clothes can
be today. Wear clashing colors and patterns. Be creative!
*Friday What color is Superman’s cape?? RED!! Wear your
red with pride to celebrate the end of RRW. (Friday will also
be a lunchroom prize drawing day. Lots of RED prizes, as
well as Halloween items in the drawing!!)
BUBBA’S CLOSET is a FREE winter school clothes for elementary school age children. BUBBA’S CLOSET will be Nov. 15 at McPhee School, 820 S. 15th Street from 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Want to donate gently used clothing for this give away? Take the items to Hanger’s Cleaners any day in October. Clothes will be cleaned by Hanger’s and taken to McPhee School.
CLASS PICTURES
There seems to be some confusion about class pictures and composite pictures and individual student photos. I’ll try to clarify:
Professional photographs of individual students were taken by Life Touch in September and re-taken (for absent students or poor results) this week.
These individual student photos were available for purchase by families at the time of ordering.
These individual photos will be in the yearbook.
These individual photos of each child will be put in rows on photo cards by each class along with the individual photo of the teacher.
These cards with the photos in rows are the class pictures for this school year. These are called composite photos.
Each class photo costs $4. Class photos can be ordered until March 15, 2015.
THERE WILL BE NO GROUP PICTURES TAKEN IN THE SPRING.
Call the office for more information on how to order a class photo.
CALENDAR
Oct. 27 Elementary Principals meet 1-5:00 at LPSDO
Oct. 28 PLC Early Out 2:18
Oct. 29 Family Services “Lights On” event 7:15-8:15 a.m.
Oct. 29 Title 1 Principals meet 7:30 a.m.
Oct. 29 SpEd Team + RtI meeting in library 8:00
Oct. 29 Instructional Conferences grade 5 with Dr. B. and Mrs. Bushaw
Oct. 29 Trunk or Treat at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church 6-7:00 p.m.
40th and C Streets parking lot
Oct. 30 STUDENT VOTE grades 4 and 5
Oct. 30 Instructional Conferences grades K, 1with Dr. B. & Mrs. Bushaw
Oct. 31 Instructional Conferences grades 2, 3, 4 with Dr. B & Mrs. Bushaw
Nov. 3 Great Expectations Team meets 8:10 in library
Nov. 4 Staff meeting 4:00 in library
Nov. 4 PTA 6:30 in library
Nov. 5 BIST consultant day: Katie Riesdorff here
Nov. 5 Randolph’s Instructional Conference at LPSDO 9:45-10:45
Nov. 6 School Skate 6-8:00 p.m.
Nov. 7 Third Annual Randolph Multicultural Family Fair 5:30-7:00
Nov. 10 School Improvement Process committee meets 8:10 in library
Nov. 10 PBiS training at Sheridan Lutheran (afternoon only)
Nov. 11 Principal Parent Advisory Committee meets in library 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 Elementary Principal Council at LPSDO 7:30-12
Nov. 13 Dental screening
Nov. 17 Randolph Safety and Security committee meets 8:10 a.m.
Nov. 18 Staff meeting 4:00
Nov. 18 Randolph Student Art Show
Nov. 19 Title 1 Principals meeting 7:30-11:00 at LPSDO
Nov. 24 Elementary Principals Council 12-4:30 at LPSDO
Nov. 25 PLC Early Out day 0 dismiss 2:18
Nov. 26 NO SCHOOL
Nov. 27 NO SCHOOL
Nov. 28 NO SCHOOL
Dec. 1 NO SCHOOL for elementary students: Teacher Plan Day
Love and Logic Moment
Love & Logic and Austism
by Dr. Charles Fay
I’m often asked if Love and Logic applies to children with autism. For years, we’ve been hearing success stories from parents and professionals indicating the answer to this question:
Yes. While it doesn’t solve all of the child’s problems, Love and Logic really helps.
I’d like to share a relevant and much unexpected experience I had bicycling home from work one day. While I was peddling down a peaceful pedestrian-only path, a woman in a minivan jumped the curb, screeched to a halt in front of me, and screamed, “I’ve lost my child! He’s autistic and he ran away from us at the pool! Have you seen him?”
Of course I agreed to help her look for the boy. As I did, she warned, “He’s 13; he’s really big, and you won’t be able to get him to come with you.”
About two miles down the path, there he was. Yes, he was very big, and very agitated! I decided to use one of my favorite Love and Logic techniques, The One-Sentence Intervention.
I said to him, “Look at that watch.” He suddenly stopped and raised his arm to show me his Batman timepiece. I countered with, “And I noticed that your shirt has a motorcycle on it.” He looked at his shirt. “And I heard you like to swim,” I continued. He stared at me with a combination smile and “what-planet-are-you-from?” look.
In our book, Teaching with Love and Logic, we teach that relationships are the key to reaching challenging kids. The One-Sentence Intervention involves noticing unique and special things about children.
After noticing these small things about the boy, I said, “Just follow me. I’ll take care of you.” To my amazement, he followed me all the way back to his mother.
This boy gave me a great gift. He reminded me that kids are human beings, not diagnoses. He also reminded me that each of them has the fundamental human need to feel noticed and valued.
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Wendy A. Bonaiuto
Principal
Randolph Elementary School
1024 South 37th Street
Lincoln, NE 68510
402-436-1163
402-458-3263 (fax)