Transcript AUGUSTA RANCH’S RATTLER REVIEW August/September 2012

AUGUSTA RANCH’S
RATTLER NEWS
September 2013
Principal: Ms. Kreitzer
Dean of Students: Mrs. Mulliken
Principal’s Note
Thank you all for an awesome start to the 2013-2014
school year. The Augusta staff appreciates all your support.
Please note: November 5th is the Gilbert Public Schools
override election.
Please review the facts we’ve enclosed in this newsletter
and vote on November 5th or by early ballot.
Augusta will continue to send you information about the
override and forums held to help you understand the impact
of the outcome of this.
Gilbert Public Schools Mission and Vision
Ensure exemplary education that inspires excellence
and success within every learner.
World-Class Teachers
World-Class Education
World-Class Graduates
Love and Logic - Insider's Club
LoveandLogic.com
What's the very most important Love and Logic skill?
EMPATHY!
Understanding why is fairly simple. Consequences delivered with empathy create
responsibility. Consequences delivered without empathy create resentment.
So we have a choice: Will we raise responsible kids…or resentful ones?
Yes. Understanding why empathy is the most important skill is simple. Empathy
preserves the relationship and makes it very hard for our kids to blame us for their
poor decisions.
Really using sincere empathy…on a consistent basis…is the hard part!
We've spent over two decades studying people who've been successful with this.
What do they have in common? They use just one empathetic statement…regardless
of what consequence they must provide.
That's right. They keep it simple!
They also pick one that fits their personality and culture. Some folks always precede
consequences with, "That is so sad." Others prefer, "Oh, man…"
Some parents say, "What a bummer." Others prefer, "Bless your heart.”
Try writing down your empathetic statement and taping it on the bathroom mirror as a
reminder.
Learn more about empathetic statements in The Love and Logic Tenth Anniversary
Journal Collection. Read the article in Chapter 8 titled: Love and Logic "One-liners."
This book is packed full of stories and solutions that parents and educators will find
entertaining and helpful.
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit,
forward it to a friend.
Dr. Charles Fay
IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING 3RD GRADE
STUDENTS:
ARS§15-701 Move on When Reading
Beginning in the school year 2013-2014,
Arizona will implement an innovative new
policy that will create multiple
opportunities for 3rd grade students to
master reading at the grade level.
Students who score Falls Far Below on the
AIMS reading test may be retained in the
3rd grade to meet the rigorous reading
standards set forth in the Arizona English
Language Arts Standards. The law does
provide for exemptions under certain
circumstances. Those include students
who have disabilities and did not take the
AIMS test; those who are English
Language Learners or Limited English
Proficient and have received less than two
years of English instruction; and cases in
which a district or charter governing board
approves a parent’s request. The law will
provide for extended time, intervention and
remedial strategies for students who are
not promoted. Those include providing
summer school reading instruction;
requiring the student to be assigned to a
different teacher for reading instruction;
online reading instruction; and intensive
reading instruction during the following
academic year either before, during or
after the regular school day.
BAND & STRING INSTRUMENTS
Please help us by encouraging your students to be responsible
by remembering their own Band or String instruments.
It’s very important that you label the instrument case with your
student’s name.
A lot of unnecessary time is being taken away from class
instruction for students to call home or to come to the office to
pick them up.
Calls home will no longer be allowed and the office will not be
storing them for student pick up.
Parking around Augusta Ranch neighborhoods…
We understand that parking is at a minimum especially when
dropping off and/or picking up students.
Please do not block someone’s driveway in our Augusta
Ranch neighborhoods. It is not only illegal to block an
exit but it is inconsiderate to the homeowner(s).
Thank you for your cooperation.
Gilbert Public Schools wants you to know…
The Special Education Policies and Procedures
are available for review on the District Website
www.gilbertschools.net
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EXCITING UPCOMING EVENTS
Book Fair
September 16-20
Fall Pictures
September 17 & 18
Reading Night
September 19 5:30pm-7:00pm
Costco Night
September 21 7:00pm-9:00pm
Science Camp
September 30-October 2
Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 17-18
Pictures Retakes
October 23
Red Ribbon Week
October 23-31
Sock Hop 4-6 grade
October 24 6:00pm-7:30pm
4th Gr. Recorder Concert
October 29 3:00pm
Release @ 2:40pm ADK - 6th Grade
September 18 * September 25
October 23 * October 30
November 6 * November 13 * November 20 * November 27
December 4 * December 11
January 8 * January 15 * January 22 * January 29
February 5 * February 12 * February 19 * February 26
March 19 * March 26
April 2* April 9 * April 16 * April 23 * April 30
May 7 * May 14
Release @ 12:40pm
ADK - 6th Grade
October 4 October 17 & 18
December 20 March 7 May 22
Put on your
dancin’
shoes!
SOCK HOP
October 24th
6:00pm-7:00pm
Augusta Ranch is having a Sock Hop
It’s free to the public (grades 4-6)
We will have a Photo Booth, pictures will be $3
Miss Krein will be the DJ spinning the tunes.
Popcorn & Bottled Water will be sold for $1 each
What causes all the itching’???
Female mosquitoes feeding on our blood, the males do not!
As a biting mosquito fills itself with blood, it injects saliva into our skin,
proteins in the saliva trigger mild immune system reaction that results in the
characteristic itching and bump.
Mosquito bites may cause a LARGE area of swelling, soreness, and redness
referred to as SKEETER SYNDROME  most do not. Caused as a result of
an allergic reaction to proteins in mosquito saliva. No blood test to diagnose,
simply a history of previous reactions.
See a doctor should there be associated fever, headache and body aches.
What can be done??
Most mosquito bites stop itching and heal on their own without medical
treatment.
Apply hydrocortisone cream or calamine lotion to bites.
A cold pack or baggie filled with crushed ice may help too.
If the itching is a problem, over-the-counter antihistamines may help:
Benadryl, Clor-Trimeton, Claritin, Zyrtec (always follow label directions).
How can we prevent a bite??
Wear light colored clothing / hats to cover all areas of exposure
Remove standing water around your home by:
Changing water in birdbaths weekly
Emptying outdoor flower pots regularly
Draining fire pits should water collect there
LIBRARY NEWS
The Scholastic Book Fair is back!!!!
September Sept. 16th through Sept. 20th
8:30am-12:00pm & 1:30pm-3:30pm
Reading Night is Thursday, Sept. 19th
5:30pm-7:00pm
This is a “super” night for families to shop the
book fair, listen to readers, take AR
tests if enrolled in AR, wear their
jammies & read with parents.
PTSO 2013-2014
Visit the Augusta Ranch Elementary
PTSO webpage:
http://www.augustaranchptso.com/