Upcoming Events Ardmore Elementary School 16166 NE 32nd Street Bellevue, WA 98008 425.456.4700

January 2016

Ardmore Elementary School News

Jan 18 No School

Jan 21 Community Café

(5:30-8pm)

Jan 25 No School

Feb 2 PTSA Board

Meeting (6-

7:30pm)

Feb 4 Eagle Chat (5-

7pm)

Feb 11 PTSA Family Fun

Games Night

(6-8pm)

Ardmore Website http://www.bsd405.org/ardmore

Ardmore PTSA Website http://www.ardmoreelementary.org/

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Hello Ardmore Families! We are excited to continue into 2016 with lots of exciting events and dynamic class-room instruction to carry us through the remaining months of the school year! Be sure to look at the PTSA calendar of events to ensure you’re up to date with our vari-ous family events. Also, the Bellevue School District has a variety of websites that you can access to

learn about curriculum and find supports for your child’s learning. As you continue

to partner with your teachers at Ardmore Elementary, consider using these resources

(see page 2) at home with your child.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us anytime! Chas Miller Principal Ardmore Elementary

Jan Virtue: Optimism

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Eagle’s Eye View

2015-2016 Instructional Technology Curriculum Information for Families

Brightspace

This resource gives you access to Bellevue School

District Curriculum, calendars, communication from teachers, and more!

To access Brightspace, https://d2l.bsd405.org/

Student & Parent Login are the same.

Username: s-lastnamefirstinitial (ex: s-doej) Password: s#studentidnumber (ex: s#123456)

There might be some variations. If you are unable to login, please email your classroom teacher. Please note that this platform in being phased in and might have varying availa-

bilities by grade, school, and classroom.

Think Central

This resources gives you access to Journeys and Math Expressions curriculum that the teacher as-

signs.

To access Think Central, please visit:

http://www.thinkcentral.com/index.htm

Username: tcs-lastnamefirstinitial (ex: tcs-doej)

Password: TCs#studentidnumber (ex: TCs#123456)

For detailed directions on how to navigate Think Central (including how to print homework), please visit our school

website.

DreamBox

This resource provides K-5 students with adaptive math support. Recommended use is 60-90 minutes

per week.

To access Ardmore DreamBox accounts, please visit: https://play.dreambox.com/login/x5s9/ardmoree

Once on the Ardmore site:

your child will select their teacher, click on their avatar, then logon using either their picture or password. More information coming from your student’s teacher.

This resource is new to BSD this year. It is an ad-ditional resource for our K-2 students to practice

their reading skills at school and at home.

To access Raz-Kids, please visit:

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login

Classrooms are setting up accounts currently.

Typing Master

Grades 2-5: To access Typing Master, please visit: http://online3.typingmaster.com/login?id=c7e4f3m6f

Username: s-lastnamefirstinitial (ex: s-doej) Password: s#studentidnumber (ex: s#123456)

The “Toymaker” is returning to Ardmore

Thanks to a generous grant from the Bellevue School Foundation

and the Ardmore PTSA, Rick Hartman, the “Toymaker”, is re-

turning to Ardmore! He will be holding an all school assembly

during the day on 1/29 and will return in the evening for a Family

Fun Night building session from 6:30-7:30pm. Have a look at

some of the great things the toymaker is doing at http://

www.schooloftoy.com!

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Eagle’s Eye View

Attendance Party

On December 9, 2015 we had our first

Excellent Attendance Party of the year at

the Café with a total of 163 students, 44

of them had perfect attendance and 119

had 95% of attendance during the first

trimester. We would like to congratulate

their parents for helping them to be at

school on time every day. Also, we

would like to thank our wonderful PTSA

for their support by giving FCC a grant

for the parties, we’ll have two more par-

ties this school year and we hope to add

more students each time for this great

celebration. If you have questions about

attendance or need ideas for improving

your students’ attendance, please contact

the school, FCC, or visit http://

www.attendanceworks.org/about/what-

can-i-do/parents/.

Help Needed!

The PTSA is in need of Eagle Mail Helpers and Talent Show help!

Please visit Helptime.com and search for Ardmore under the Event

Finder tab.

The talent show is a huge undertaking, requiring several volunteers,

for several roles. It is a truly great event that is reflective of the di-

versity and hard work of the kids here at Ardmore. Please help if

you can!

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Volunteer Stories: Soccer & Service

Students at Ardmore Elementary School are passionate about soccer. They play at every recess and absolutely dread the rainy days when the field must be “off limits.” Since the students love soccer, play daily and outside of school hours as well, the goal nets have become torn and tattered over time. Now there will be additional play and the need for improved goal nets is essential because Jubilee REACH is establishing a Soccer Club for all Ardmore students.

"Jubilee REACH not only helps us in the middle schools, but also in the elementary schools." – Odle student Yahir

One way Jubilee REACH is building community in and through schools is by improving the physical environment of the schools themselves. To improve equipment at Ardmore Elementary, Odle Middle School Site Coach, Giovanni Sanchez, and middle school student volunteers, Omar, Fernando, and Yahir rallied together to repair the soccer nets. Working after school, they acquired cable ties and joined them together to secure the nets around the posts, ensuring the soccer ball would not pass through the net. Without these repairs and improvements the students would have been without the durable soccer nets as necessary equipment for the new Soccer Club.

Fernando and Yahir teamed to accomplish repairs of the goal nets.

Our student volunteers demonstrated what Jubilee REACH is seeking to supply for all schools in the Bellevue School Dis-trict. Their influential servant leadership is being recognized and appreciated by many school officials. They also fostered camaraderie as they served alongside one another. That is the Jubilee REACH way – through our Site Coaches, we under-stand the needs of each school and we empower volunteers to work together and contribute to their community giving back to meet needs. "Other students can help the community by giving back to schools they formerly attended." - Odle student Omar

Omar and Fernando diligently fixing one of the soccer nets. "For elementary age children, seemingly ‘little things’ can mean a great deal. Repairing the soc-cer nets will be something the kids will notice right away and it will create excitement around struc-tured play. We are so fortunate to have Jubilee REACH take an active interest in our school and immediately impact our social-emotional learning environments!” - Chas Miller, Ardmore Principal

Site Coach, Giovanni Sanchez, with student volunteers Yahir, Omar, and, Fernando. "By volunteering, I felt good because I felt I gave back to our community." – Fernando

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Calling All Students!!

Design Ardmore’s Yearbook Cover!

Here’s all you need to do!

The Theme for this years yearbook is

“Oh, the places you’ll go!”

Your art should reflect the theme.

Your artwork should be colorful and be

able to hang VERTICAL (up & down)

on an 8X10 paper.

You may use any medium, markers, cray-

ons, paint of colored paper.

Your art work does NOT need a title.

Most importantly ALL artwork must be

done by a student of Ardmore Elemen-

tary.

Please write YOUR NAME and

TEACHERS NAME IN PENCIL on

the back of your entry.

All entries must be turned in to the main

office by the end of the school day of

Friday, January 29th. Voting will take

place the following week.

The winner will have their artwork ap-

pear on the cover of the yearbook and

you will receive a FREE COPY of the

yearbook!

Other entries may be featured through-

out the yearbook!