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Fogelsville Flash January 2016
Run With The Foxes!
January Events
Jan 1-3: No SchoolJan 13: PTO Meeting 7:00PMJan 18: No SchoolJan 19: School Board MetingJan 19-29: Yearbook SaleJan 26: School Board MeetingJan 29: Early Dismissal Jan 29: Winter Dance (evening)
February Events
Feb 12: No SchoolFeb 15: No SchoolFeb 17: Principal Forum 6:30PMFeb 17: PTO Meeting 7:00PMFeb 19: Night at the PhantomsFeb 22-25: Spring Book Fair (Day)Feb 24: Book Fair Family Night
Vice President
Dawn George
610-737-1401
Secretary
Tammy Blizard
[email protected] 610-351-6111
Happy New Year Fogelsville Families!
I hope everyone was able to enjoy our Winter Break and are excited for the year 2016.
With the calendar turning to January, it means that temperatures are dropping. We intend to have students go outside for recess as much as possible during the winter months, weather permitting. Please ensure our Foxes are dressed appropriately for the weather and havejackets to keep warm.
We have a lot of activities coming up for our students ranging from a visit by a member of the Harlem Wizards, to another SWPBS reward period and Fox¹s Den Assembly. We also have a PTO family fun night event planned in the month of January.
On behalf of the Fogelsville staff, we wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year! Thank you for everything you do for the students and staff at Fogelsville.
Timothy ChoronesPrincipal
President
Jennifer Brubacher
717-497-8906
Our 2015-16 PTO Board
VP of Fundraising
Theresa Heller
610-351-6780
Treasurer
Amy Leibenguth
Counselor’s Corner
Greetings Fogelsville Families!
I hope you are all doing well and have found the time to slow down and truly enjoy this holiday season!
Here in the Rainbow Room, I’ve been training a new crew of peer mediators for the year. Twenty 5th grade students completed two weeks of training to learn how to mediate conflicts. Using these skills, they go out during first and second grade recess to assist students who may behaving disagreements. I’m very proud of all the hard work this group of students put it to become peer mediators!
Each month, we ask teachers to pick a student from their class that exemplifies the character word of the month. The students chosen are the recipients of that month’s leadership award. November’s character word of the month was “kindness.” To introduce the word, a video was shown on the morning news, as well as during class chats, showing what it looks like to “pay it forward.” Kindness is contagious and doing something kind for someone just may inspire them to do something kind for someone else!
In the spirit of celebrating kindness, especially during the holiday season, I’ve listed 25 random acts of kindness that you can do at home with your families!1. Smile at someone. 20. Write a thank you 2. Write a letter to someone. note to your teacher.3. Pick up litter. 21. Take art supplies to 4. Compliment someone. a hospital children’s ward5. Hold the door for someone. 22. Hide a dollar in the toy section6. Make and give cookies to a neighbor. of the dollar store7. Visit a nursing home to sing carols. 23.Let someone ahead of you in line8. Leave a treat in the mailbox for your mailperson. 24. Help a neighbor with yardwork9. Take pet food to a local animal shelter. 25. Invite someone over for a10. Donate unwanted toys to a local shelter. playdate11. Drop off handmade treats to Fire Station. 12. Leave thank you card for garbage men. 13. Leave quarters at parking meter/snack machine.14. Pack care packages for deployed soldiers.15. Drop off treats to the police department (or officer Bill!)16. Donate outgrown clothes.17. Take canned goods to a food bank.18. Call a relative just to say hello.19. Do something nice for one of your siblings.
Happy Holidays! – Amanda Palmer, School Counselor
Fogelsville Spike-tacular Parents vs Faculty Volleyball
Thank You to all of the parents and teachers for playing hard!! Thank You to the volunteers for helping to make the event a success!!
Congratulations to the parents for bringing home the trophy!!
The children had a great time dancing and spending time with their family and friends. We made over $2,600 - a portion of that will be donated to the MS society!
Mileage Club Update:
We are very proud of all of the students that participated in mileage club this fall. They walked a total of 1,909 miles!! That would be like walking from Fogelsville Elementary to somewhere in Wyoming. That's pretty amazing!
Miss Lewis' class had the most miles with 142.2 miles. They were rewarded with aPhilly pretzel party prior to the winter break. Coming in second place was Mrs. Holbens's class with 139.8 miles, followed closely by Mrs. Kemler's class with 137.6 miles.
The runners/walkers that have reached 20+ miles so far for the year are:
Nathan Park - 28 milesBen Pelizzoni - 26.4 milesOwen Rodgers - 26 milesLogan McEvoy - 25.8 milesGabe Chase - 25.6 milesChristopher Park - 25.2 milesSeth Rohrbach - 24.8 milesDavid Nyemcsek and Jackson Westdorp - 23.6 milesConnor Smith - 22.6 milesSooraj Tharumia - 21.2 milesBen Stay, Darren Lorch & Luke McEvoy 20.8 milesColton Vitale - 20 miles
All of the kids did great and the top 3 runners/walkers in each class will be gettinga little running man charm to add to their mileage club chains.
We look forward to getting out there again with the kids in the spring.
If you are interested in helping with the mileage club, which takes place on Tuesdays/Thursdays during recess, please email Sue Park [email protected] or Michelle McEvoy [email protected].
Phantom's Family NightFriday, February 19th
Order your tickets now! Limited seats available in the Fogelsville reserved area! Ticket $21 each. Students attending will be entered into a drawing for a chance to be on the bench during warm ups!
Upcoming Meetings:
January 13th – 6:30PM: Principal's Forum followed by
PTO Meeting at 7:00PM
January 29, 2016More Details Soon!
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Thank You to all the families who participated in the Scrip Gift Card Sale!!
Our profit was almost $1,000 and it was a very fun easy fundraiser!!!
Mrs. Verile's PM class collected the most box tops for ourfall contest and will be getting a Popsicle party and extrarecess. We earned $446.20 for this collection! 4,462 box
tops were sent in so far!!
The deadline is at the end of February so keep clipping andsending in box tops.
Thanks, Angela
Your Clip! Clip! Clip! Helps to Brings in Cash! Cash! Cash! For Fogelsville!!!!
Campbell's Soup Labels***We are looking for a new chair for the Campbell's labels program,
please contact Jennifer Brubacher for more information!
The Campbell's labels contest ends December 11th. The winner will have hot chocolate and a mystery reader come to their room!
Labels for Education a fun and easy program where families and members of thecommunity work together to “Earn Free Stuff” for our school!
By collecting UPCs and beverage/sauce caps from many participating products, our school earns points that can be redeemed for Arts, Athletic and Academic merchandise!!
http://www.labelsforeducation.com/Earn-Points/Participating-Products
Did you know we also participate in...* Staples Rewards? * Target Rewards?
* Office Depot Rewards? * Collecting empty ink cartridges?* Collecting Box Tops? * Collecting Campbell's Labels?
* Amazon Smile?
Giant A+ Reward program...easy sign
up...easy $$ for our school!www.giantfoodstores.com/aplus
• Fogelsville's ID# 23398Ask all your family and friends to sign up too...
Happy Birthday to you!!
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