Children Learn and Behave Better With Healthier Rewards
Attendance: A Key to Your Student's Success
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| August 14 | Pre-K and Kindergarten Open House/Hot Dog Dinner |
| September 1 @6:00 PM | Open House and Membership Drive Begins (Membership Drive ends September 30) |
| September 11 @ 7:30 AM | Grandparents' Breakfast |
| October 26 | Fall Fundraiser Begins |
| November 2 | Turkey Wobble Begins |
| November 10 @ 7:00 PM | Veteran's Day Program with 4th and 5th grades |
| November 13 | Turkey Wobble Ends |
| December 11 @ 6:00 PM | Winter Wonderland |
| February 9 | PTA Program with Kindergarten and 1st grade |
| March 16 | PTA Program with 2nd and 3rd grades |
| April 17 or 24? | Carnival |
| April 19 ~ 23 | Homecoming Week |
| April 23 | Moms and Munchkins |
| April 30 | Dads and Donuts |
| May 5 | Kindergarten Pre-Registration |
| TBA | 5th Grade Promotion |
| President | Cindy Black |
| Vice President & Promotions | Celeste Caroland |
Secratary & Membership |
Angie Barnes |
Treasurer |
Roxana Young |
Box Top Supervisor |
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Volunteer Coordinator |
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Donations |
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Fundraising |
Darlene Estill |
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Building and Grounds |
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Hispanic Representative |
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RA Representative |
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| K- 2nd Representative | Deanna Seymour |
| 3rd - 5th Representative | Kathy Guagenti |
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or call 1-800-950-2456.
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The Best Resource for Parents
As the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the nation, National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) reminds our country of its obligations to children and provides parents and families with a powerful voice to speak on behalf of every child while providing the best tools for parents to help their children be successful students.
National PTA does not act alone. Working in cooperation with many national education, health, safety, and child advocacy groups and federal agencies, National PTA collaborates on projects that benefit children and that bring valuable resources to its members.
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Parents commonly reward their children's good behavior with food, but too often the food is of the cheap, unhealthy variety—candy, chocolate, soda, etc. These rewards usually bring about only a short-term behavior change. Action for Healthy Kids Virginia says children respond to more healthy rewards with improved behavior over the long term as well as strong achievement in school. The group offers these tips for healthy rewards at home:
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Attendance:
A Key to Your Student's Success
Schools are responsible for teaching your child. But schools can't do their job if your child is absent. Learning builds day by day. A child who misses a day of school misses a day of learning.
Research shows that children who are in school most of the time do better on state tests. Studies also show that kids who are absent more often score lower on state tests.
Being late for school hurts a child's learning, too. A student who is 10 minutes late every day will day 30 hours of instruction during the year.
Children can copy notes or make up an assignment, but they can never get back what's most important: the discussions, the questions, the explanations by the teacher and the thinking that makes learning come alive.
Your child's success in school depends on having a solid educational background ~ one that can only be gained through regular school attendance.
Here's How You Can Improve Your Child's School Attendance
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Talk with your child about the importance of attending school regularly. |
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Avoid scheduling family trips or doctor appointments during school hours. |
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Make sure your child stays healthy by eating nutritious food and getting enough sleep and exercise. |
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Don't accept excuses for why your child "must" miss or be late for school. |
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Discuss with your child what happened at school each day. |
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Support school rules and consequences for skipping class and being tardy. |
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Show your child why education is important. Give specific examples of how education helps people succeed. |
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Lead by example. If children see parents taking off work for no real reason, they may expect to be able to do the same thing. |
Research shows that attendance is the single most important factor in school success.
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Contact the National PTA at http://www.pta.org/spanish/index.asp or http://www.pta.org/homepage.html
