B o g h t H i l l s C o l t N e w s November, 2015

Dear Families:

Boght Hills’ 4th, 5th and 6th graders participated in the district elementary

Cross Country Meet on October 4th. Congratulations to our medal and ribbon

winners. Their names appear in this issue. A huge thank you should be extended to our Physical

Education staff who work many hours off-duty to prepare for this event. A big thank you to Mrs.

Buffaline and Mrs. Von Holten who coordinated and staffed the Scholastic Book Fair for another

successful sale. Please join us for Movie Night on November 9th at 6:30. Admission is free and

concessions will be available for sale. Speaking of our PTA, if you haven’t had a chance to renew

your membership, or join for the first time, please do so. Our next meeting is November 14th.

PTA provides many cultural programs and other activities for our students. Another benefit is re-

ceiving a directory of all Boght Hills’ families.

November promises to be an equally busy month. On Election Day, November 7th, school will

be closed to allow the teachers to participate in district-wide professional development and con-

duct parent-teacher conferences. Please exercise your right to vote. Elementary students will

have a half day of school on November 2nd and 13th for parent-teacher conferences. The facul-

ty recital will be held at 7 pm on November 14th in the Shaker Junior High auditorium. What a

great opportunity to see the many talents of our district’s staff. School will be closed on Novem-

ber 10th in honor of Veterans’ Day. Let me encourage you to attend the Annual Veterans Day

Celebration on November 9th, at 7:00 pm, at Shaker High School. Please join us for our Third

Annual International Food Festival on November 16th at 6:30. Bring a dish to share. School

will be closed November 23rd-25th for Thanksgiving.

If you haven’t already registered for the School News Notifier, please go to the district website and

click on the SNN logo. We use this tool to reduce the number of paper publications sent home and

send important event announcements and reminders, both building and district wide.

To insure student safety for staff and students that remain in the building after dismissal, the

main doors are locked again at 3:00. Over the course of the school year, there are many after-

school activities such as Math League, play practice, etc. that do not conclude until after the

school office closes at 3:30. Therefore, there is no one in the office to unlock the door after 3:30.

With cold weather quickly approaching, we suggest that you do not arrive to pick up your child

prior to the time his/her activity concludes. Adults in charge of the activity will bring the stu-

dents to the lobby for pick-up at the conclusion of their event and hand your children off to you at

that time.

Please enjoy the remaining days of fall. Best wishes to you and your family for a Happy Thanks-

giving.

Sincerely,

Principal Boght Hills

Phone: 518-785-0222

Fax: 518-785-8801

Health Office: 518-785-2764

Colt News Boght Hills Elementary School November 2017 Edition

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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SPIRITWEAR sale begins

3A 2 1/2 Day- Dismissal at 11:45 Parent Conferences

School Banking

4A 3

Field Trip-Young Writers Kick-Off

Gr. 4 Latham Ridge 9am-1pm

4 PEAK Gr. 3

Music Festival

SHS

9am-1:30 pm

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Set clock back 1 hour

5A 6

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No School Election Day Superintendent Conference Day

6A 8

1B 9 School Banking

K-Kids 3:00-4:00

MOVIE NIGHT-6:30pm

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No School Veterans

Day

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1/2 Day-Dismissal at

11:45 Parent

Conferences

3B 14

PTA Meeting 6:30 pm FACULTY RECITAL

7PM

4B 15

5B 16 School Banking

FOOD FESTIVAL

6:30 pm

6B 17 SPIRITWEAR sale

ends

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19 1A 20 BOE Mtg. Forts Ferry

7:00pm

Math League

Library 3-3:45

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5A 29

6A 30 K-Kids 3:00-4:00

1B 1 Gr. 6 LEP Future City check-in

Latham Ridge

9am-1pm

PICTURE RE-TAKE DAY

Boght Hills Colt News November 2017

Thanksgiving Recess– No School

Picture Make-up Day will be Dec. 1st. Mark your

calendar!

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Health Office News To the Parents of 6th grade students:

All students in 6th grade need to submit proof of the Tdap immunization soon after their 11th birthday per NYS health law. Please call today to make the appointment for your child so there is no issue with them re-ceiving their shot within a timely manner. Please feel free to call me at any time with questions. I appreciate your cooperation.

Cough Drops:

As of September 11, 2012, our school district physician has written a standing order authorizing the school nurse to administer Halls Cough Drops (or its generic equivalent) to children 5 years of age and up. As with all other prescription and over the counter medications, the nurse also is required to obtain written permis-sion from the parent. Without this permission the nurse is not authorized to administer the cough drops. Please do not send cough drops to school without including a permission slip. The cough drops need to be kept in the health office and not with the student.

If sore throat is severe, persists for more than 2 days, is accompanied or followed by fever, headache, swelling, rash, nausea, or vomiting, consult a physician promptly.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Physical Exams

New York State Education Law requires that each student receive a physical exam when entering a school dis-trict for the first time and again in grades K, 2, 4, 7, and 10. This law also requests a comprehensive dental exam. While the physical examination can be administered by the school physician, and we can offer you names of dentists in the community; we urge you to use your family physician/dentist for this purpose during your child’s summer vacation. In this manner, a pattern of consistent, optimum health care can be estab-lished.

Although I have been very fortunate to have received clothing donations of various sizes, sending an extra

set of pants and underclothes in your child’s backpack would be most helpful.

If your child is seen in the Health Office and needs to borrow items from the closet, please take a moment to wash and return them as soon as possible. They need to be available for the next child that needs to borrow something. THANKS! Nurse Davis

With “Summer” finally leaving us and the chill of Autumn and frigid temperatures of Winter just around the corner, PLEASE make sure your child is dressed appropriately for outside recess days. Coats, hats and gloves are a must. If something is occasionally forgotten, we do have a limited amount of items for borrowing for that day. We will not have enough to share if your child is borrowing every day. If you are in need of these items, please let us know and we will see what we can do to help you out.

Message for Kindergarten and First Grade Parents

Cold Weather is coming...

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Dear Boght Hills Families:

The holiday season is fast approaching and your help is needed. Mrs. Van Sleet, our school counselor, and the PTA are teaming up again and will be having a food drive for families in our own Boght Hills school community. We will be collecting various non-perishable food items for distribution this Thanksgiving. Any extra items will be distributed before the holiday break. Your generosity as a school community is always overwhelming and we are so grateful.

We are asking each grade level to contribute a different food item. Food can be donated starting on Monday, November 13th. If your family is able, please have all contributions in by Monday, November 20st.

Kindergarten - Stuffing mix

Grade 1 - Canned vegetables

Grade 2 - Brownie, Cake, and/or Bread mix and/or Frosting

Grade 3 - Cranberry Sauce

Grade 4 - Instant Potatoes

Grade 5 - Gravy

Grade 6 - Apple juice, Fruit juice, or Juice boxes

The PTA will be providing families with gift cards to purchase any perishable items they will need.

As always thank you for your support. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. VanSleet at school (518-785-0222) or at svansleet@ncolonie.org

Counselor’s Corner

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Kindergarten 2018

We are currently compiling a list of incoming Kindergarten students for the fall of 2018.

If you have a child or know of a new family in your neighborhood who may have a Kindergarten-age child, please call our Central Registrar at 518-785-8591 ext. 3135. To be eligible for kindergarten in September, 2018, a child must be five years of age on or before December 1, 2018. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Picture Retake Day

Picture Retake Day is scheduled for Friday, December 1st.

Absences/Tardies/Early Dismissals

It is VERY IMPORTANT that we are able to account for students. When a child does not come to school and a parent has not called to report the absence, we become concerned about the safety of the child. There-fore, please call the school at 518-785-0222 to report your child’s absence or tardiness.

It is in the best interest of all of our students that they arrive at 8:05 a.m. each morning (unless, of course, they are sick or have a doctor’s or dentist’s appointment). If a student arrives in his classroom after 8:25 a.m., the student will be marked tardy. The school day is very busy, and all students benefit from being in home-room to start all of their morning work on time. A parent/guardian must sign in a student who arrives at 8:25 or later.

Parents should be reminded that a student who is late to school and arrives AFTER 10:30 a.m. will be count-ed as a half-day a.m. absence.

Parents should be reminded that a student with an early dismissal who leaves before 12:30 p.m. will be count-ed as a half-day p.m. absence.

New York State Education Department regulations require that we record absences, tardiness, and early dis-missals more carefully than ever before. As such, please be sure to include the reason for your child’s absence, tardiness, or early dismissal on their attendance note.

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Congratulations to our 129 4th, 5th, and 6th grade runners from Boght Hills who participated in the North Colonie District Cross-Country Meet on Wednesday, October 4th at the Town of Colonie Park. Everyone did a fantastic job! We are very proud of all our runners! A special congratulation to our medal winners this year:

Jordyn Prusky – 1st Jackson Doolittle – 3rd Alexa Tahoe – 2nd

Alyssa Caiano – 3rd Cailan Drake – 2nd

Caitlin McKinney – 1st Kieran Casey – 1st

6th Grade Girls 6th Grade Boys

Cailan Drake - 2 Jackson Doolittle - 3 Alyssa Kearns – 7 Peter Resnick - 4 Leina Dunn - 12 Ethan McGarry - 5 Sana Bargeer 15 Aidan Garland - 6 Madelyn Rempel - 21 Hanif Alihan - 11 Rachel Dwyer - 22 Miles Ehrlich – 15 Olivia Liang – 27 Aidan Bailie - 17 Cai–Lin Hughes - 28 Mark Cannistraci - 25 Catherine Yang – 38 Brady Rhatigan - 26 Lola Shippey - 44 Kenneth Cole - 30 Ruby Travis – 49 Abhinav Thati - 38 Selma Fabregas - 45 Matthew Berdar - 35 Sanvi Gawad – 46 Joseph Leoni - 36 Natalie Bullington – 62 Lucas Bell - 40 Vanessa Bermejo – 69 Ryan Berdar – 42 John DiMarino – 51 Seth Hood – 53 Sam Harkavy – 56 Christian Nunez -69 Nicholas Nystoriak – 76 Andrew VanVranken – 78 Bradley Penker-Cavanaugh – 78 Parry Abram – 82 5th Grade Girls 5th Grade Boys Alexa Tahoe – 2 Jordyn Prusky - 1 Alyssa Caiano – 3 Namrish Karthik - 5 Chloe Soller – 8 Joshua August - 10 Lina Elmrabet – 10 Noah Sheldon - 13 Evelyn Orozco – 11 Sriman Iyer - 15 Molly McKinney – 15 Thomas Novotny - 22 Regan Morrissey – 19 Dominic Cioffi - 24 Katelyn Scorzelli – 20 Vidun Perera - 34 Ella Roberts – 21 Saad Ashar - 36 Maddie Easton – 22 Travis Eberle - 40 Victoria Raghubar – 28 Thomas Polemeropoulos - 42 Caroline Austin – 34 Alex Raghubar - 44 Clare Cunningham – 36 Mavrick LaBoy - 47 Allison Wu – 41 Kevin Lu - 51 Vandy Grace Benson – 42 Phineas Moustakas – 60 Alexandra Odell – 50 Hans Gupta - 71 Mihika Samavedam – 55 Angelina Spinelli – 63 Pranjal Yadav – 72 Zainab Raja – 76 Krithi Pala – 79 Suhana Kiran - 84

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4th Grade Girls 4th Grade Boys Caitlin McKinney – 1 Kieran Casey - 1 Rosa Tropiano – 12 Sean Hurley - 6 Mya Endres – 17 AJ Rempel - 12 Ashlynn Phoenix – 18 Sean Griffin - 17 Elizabeth Burke – 19 Brodie Garland - 21 Jeanette Bermejo – 22 Lucas Zhang - 22 Kulsum Syed – 24 Gavin Bailie - 23 Arianna Castracani – 30 Patrick Ryan - 33 Ishita Purihar – 31 Cristiano Logrippo - 42 Isabel Yang – 35 Tanner Donovan - 49 Emily Oh – 37 Ryan Fredrick - 50 Paige McKown – 39 Sam Bermudez - 52 Lily Maynard – 47 Aditya Singh - 59 Surabhi Krishnan – 50 Deepak Kilaparty - 61 Ezzah Atif – 53 Vincent Moryl - 62 Tessa Carroll – 56 Joshua Nystoriak -68 Marina Serduyk – 60 Srihith Nelapati - 69 Samantha D’Amico – 61 Varun Chaganti - 74 Erin Hockford – 62 Ali Arif - 77 Samantha Trombley – 64 Surya Bommasani - 83 Ava Walsh – 65 Srimsh Nelapati - 84 Sameeha Kaysar – 71 Jai Upperpalli - 85 Ava Pacifico – 72 Yunhan Chen - 86 Pranali Rodda – 74 Reece Meier - 89 Caelyn Moreland - 75

Congratulations to our 49 4th grade runners from Boght Hills who participated in the North Colonie District Cross-Country Meet on Wednesday, October 4th at the Town of Colonie Park. Everyone did a fantastic job! We are very proud of all our runners!

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