August
26- K-2 Curriculum Night, (Parents Only) 6:30-
7:30p.m.
September
1- NO SCHOOL- Labor Day
2- 3-4 Curriculum Night, (Parents Only) 6:30- 7:30p.m.
Announcements:
Principal Notes- There are so many people to thank for a wonderful start to our school year!Let’s start with our staff and students who have been so enthusiastic and energized that it’s impossible to imagine a better climate for learning! Our families helped with everything from our PTO BBQ at the park and first morning coffee, to carefully following our arrival and dismissal procedures. Thanks to the district office for help on renovating the school grounds out front and coming around to offer help on our first morning with our kindergartners and first day drop off at the front of the building. There is a slogan used at the high school that certainly fits my mood this week, “Let’s ‘Due this!”
Old Bonhomme Rodeo- Have you heard about the Big Ol' Rodeo that happened here at O.B. over the past two days?! It was a school-wide event, involving the students, classroom teachers, and specialists. The purpose was to give the students an opportunity to learn and practice expected procedures throughout the school, such as in the hallway and cafeteria. They also learned and practiced safe and fun ways to play at recess. This came about through a cooperative effort among PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports), Olweus Bully Prevention, and the P.E. department. Be sure to ask your little wrangler about it!
1- NO SCHOOL- Labor Day
2- 3-4 Curriculum Night, (Parents Only) 6:30- 7:30p.m.
Announcements:
Principal Notes- There are so many people to thank for a wonderful start to our school year!Let’s start with our staff and students who have been so enthusiastic and energized that it’s impossible to imagine a better climate for learning! Our families helped with everything from our PTO BBQ at the park and first morning coffee, to carefully following our arrival and dismissal procedures. Thanks to the district office for help on renovating the school grounds out front and coming around to offer help on our first morning with our kindergartners and first day drop off at the front of the building. There is a slogan used at the high school that certainly fits my mood this week, “Let’s ‘Due this!”
Old Bonhomme Rodeo- Have you heard about the Big Ol' Rodeo that happened here at O.B. over the past two days?! It was a school-wide event, involving the students, classroom teachers, and specialists. The purpose was to give the students an opportunity to learn and practice expected procedures throughout the school, such as in the hallway and cafeteria. They also learned and practiced safe and fun ways to play at recess. This came about through a cooperative effort among PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports), Olweus Bully Prevention, and the P.E. department. Be sure to ask your little wrangler about it!
PTO Innisbrook Fundraiser- It’s a bird,
it’s a plane....It’s Innisbrook’s SUPERHERO Fundraiser, launching next Friday, August 22!
Keep your eyes open for your Innisbrook
wrapping and gift catalog, which will be sent
home with your child on Friday, Aug. 22 in
their take home folders. If each OB student sells
at least one item in the catalog, the OBPTO will
meet our Innisbrook fundraising goal of
$5,000! All funds raised from purchases will
go to OBPTO programming and events to
benefit all our OB students and teachers. Any
questions, contact Cindy Follman at
follcm@charter.net
PTO NEWS- A huge thank you to Steven Player and the rest of the OB Dad's Club for the amazing food at the Back to School BBQ! This dedicated group of volunteers spent the day preparing our delicious dinner - THANK YOU! Thank you to everyone who signed up for an OBPTO committee or Room Parent assignment. We appreciate all of the time that each of you give to make OB the special place that it is! Your OBPTO Board is available to answer any questions you have, address concerns, and work together for the benefit of our students. Please contact anyone on the Board at any time to learn more about OBPTO and how you can get involved!
President - Marissa Rosen marissabrosen@gmail.com
President-Elect - Becky Marbarger beckymarbarger@sbcglobal.net
VP Fundraising - Cindy Follman follcm@charter.net
PTO NEWS- A huge thank you to Steven Player and the rest of the OB Dad's Club for the amazing food at the Back to School BBQ! This dedicated group of volunteers spent the day preparing our delicious dinner - THANK YOU! Thank you to everyone who signed up for an OBPTO committee or Room Parent assignment. We appreciate all of the time that each of you give to make OB the special place that it is! Your OBPTO Board is available to answer any questions you have, address concerns, and work together for the benefit of our students. Please contact anyone on the Board at any time to learn more about OBPTO and how you can get involved!
President - Marissa Rosen marissabrosen@gmail.com
President-Elect - Becky Marbarger beckymarbarger@sbcglobal.net
VP Fundraising - Cindy Follman follcm@charter.net
Treasurer - Sara Brunnquell sara.m.brunnquell@monsanto.com
Assistant Treasurer - Katie Tipton katietipton@hotmail.com
Recording Secretary - Stacy Jurgiel thejurgiels@gmail.com
Corresponding Secretary - Hillary Hinz hillary.hinz@yahoo.com
Parent District Council Representative - Amy Fischer amysfischer123@gmail.com
Parent District Council Representative - Lisa Hirshberg lisa.hirshberg@gmail.com
Recess and Lunch- One of the goals for the summer was to take a hard look at our schedules and routines for recess and lunch to see if we could make some improvement. We are very excited about the changes based on the positive impact we saw the first three days of school. Although we have decreased staff available at recess we have increased the staff supervising at recess thanks to our special area teachers who are helping out. This gives more adults doing active supervision on our large field, and more support for students as we implement Olweus, our new bully prevention program. The district has established the 20 minutes for recess and lunch so that is not something we can adjust, although a 5 minute time in between is built in for hand-washing. We started by analyzing the amount of time teachers and students spend taking lunch count with 7 lunch choices (Hot entrées A, B, salad bar, sack lunch, milk only, home lunch); distributing lunch cards after recess; and reminding students of their lunch choice. Also the frustration it created when the lunch count didn’t match the actual food distributed and students were left with a non-preferred option. We also wanted to try to honor the request of our students to make choices about which friends they sit with and more time to eat (less time waiting). This year we now have only 4 choices (Hot entrée, sack lunch, milk only, home lunch.) Students enter the cafeteria in classroom line order, which makes it very simple to distribute lunch cards after hand-washing. At the table, the students will sit in their line number order this first month so they can practice learning the cafeteria routines. Our October 1st goal is that students will have demonstrated their understanding of the routine, had classroom lessons (Character Ed, Counselor, etc.) on how to include everyone, and we’ll move to free seating at their classroom lunch tables. These changes have already saved us time and as the process becomes routine, students will have more time to actually enjoy lunch. Going from a leisurely summer lunch to a set lunch period is a difficult transition for students and staff so at the beginning it will feel very short to the students as they adjust. One strategy to help from home is to try packing a simple balanced lunch that your child is comfortable eating in 20 minutes. Too many choices might leave your child choosing only the special treat, chips and 1 bite of the more nutritious parts you’ve packed. Try it out on a weekend to check portion sizes and the number of items. Remember they have played outside at recess and had a full morning of learning so they are hungry, but also want to talk with classmates while they eat. You are welcome to join your child for lunch at anytime, but it would be helpful to give us a week or two of practice before you come.
Assistant Treasurer - Katie Tipton katietipton@hotmail.com
Recording Secretary - Stacy Jurgiel thejurgiels@gmail.com
Corresponding Secretary - Hillary Hinz hillary.hinz@yahoo.com
Parent District Council Representative - Amy Fischer amysfischer123@gmail.com
Parent District Council Representative - Lisa Hirshberg lisa.hirshberg@gmail.com
Recess and Lunch- One of the goals for the summer was to take a hard look at our schedules and routines for recess and lunch to see if we could make some improvement. We are very excited about the changes based on the positive impact we saw the first three days of school. Although we have decreased staff available at recess we have increased the staff supervising at recess thanks to our special area teachers who are helping out. This gives more adults doing active supervision on our large field, and more support for students as we implement Olweus, our new bully prevention program. The district has established the 20 minutes for recess and lunch so that is not something we can adjust, although a 5 minute time in between is built in for hand-washing. We started by analyzing the amount of time teachers and students spend taking lunch count with 7 lunch choices (Hot entrées A, B, salad bar, sack lunch, milk only, home lunch); distributing lunch cards after recess; and reminding students of their lunch choice. Also the frustration it created when the lunch count didn’t match the actual food distributed and students were left with a non-preferred option. We also wanted to try to honor the request of our students to make choices about which friends they sit with and more time to eat (less time waiting). This year we now have only 4 choices (Hot entrée, sack lunch, milk only, home lunch.) Students enter the cafeteria in classroom line order, which makes it very simple to distribute lunch cards after hand-washing. At the table, the students will sit in their line number order this first month so they can practice learning the cafeteria routines. Our October 1st goal is that students will have demonstrated their understanding of the routine, had classroom lessons (Character Ed, Counselor, etc.) on how to include everyone, and we’ll move to free seating at their classroom lunch tables. These changes have already saved us time and as the process becomes routine, students will have more time to actually enjoy lunch. Going from a leisurely summer lunch to a set lunch period is a difficult transition for students and staff so at the beginning it will feel very short to the students as they adjust. One strategy to help from home is to try packing a simple balanced lunch that your child is comfortable eating in 20 minutes. Too many choices might leave your child choosing only the special treat, chips and 1 bite of the more nutritious parts you’ve packed. Try it out on a weekend to check portion sizes and the number of items. Remember they have played outside at recess and had a full morning of learning so they are hungry, but also want to talk with classmates while they eat. You are welcome to join your child for lunch at anytime, but it would be helpful to give us a week or two of practice before you come.
Important Message from the OB Art
Studio!- The Art Studio could use your old ribbon and yarns. Mrs. Roth could also use a
few parents who might like to cut fabric into
strips. No need to be perfect, so measuring is
not needed. Just a lot of cutting.
BOXTOPS- Back to school time is a time for lots of BONUS boxtops! Here is a site that offers bonus boxtops on your online order too! http://earnmoreformyschool.com/
BOXTOPS- Back to school time is a time for lots of BONUS boxtops! Here is a site that offers bonus boxtops on your online order too! http://earnmoreformyschool.com/
The Ladue School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion,
socioeconomic status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other characteristic
protected by law in its programs or activities. Inquiries related to the district’s employment practices may be
directed to Ken Rossics, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources. Inquiries related to district student
programs may be directed to Dr. Laura Brock, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction. Both
administrators can be reached at Ladue Schools Administrative Center, 9703 Conway Road, Saint Louis, MO
63124; 314-994-7080.
