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A MONTHLY PTA PUBLIC ATION OF DUNBAR PRIMARY SCHOOL,

TALLMADGE CITY SCHO OL DISTRICT

IMPORTANT DATES

Dunbar Primary School

731 Dunbar Rd.

Tallmadge, OH 44278

(330) 633-4515

Mrs. Courtney Davis

Principal

Davis.Courtney@tallmadges

chools.

Mrs. Jamilyn Hoehn

Assistant Principal

hoehn.jamilyn@tallmadgesc

hools.org

Debbie Jolliet

Secretary

(330) 633-4515

Jamie Hamrick

PTA President

Jhamrickpta@gmail.com

Jeff Ferguson

Superintendent

(330) 633-3219

Bus Garage (330) 633-2215

JANUARY

2019

Important Dates:

Friday, Jan 11th Report cards go home

Monday, Jan 21st Martin Luther King Day- No School

Tuesday, January 15th-25th MAP Testing

No PTA meeting for January/ See everyone Feb 4 th, 6pm

From the Principals

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year and welcome back to Dunbar! It is hard to believe that January is here, and

we will soon be heading into February! We see such a difference in our students after the first

of the year. Not only have they physically grown, but they are learning so much and growing

academically as well.

In December, our students wore their pajamas to school on Polar Express Day. They listened to

The Polar Express story in the morning and received a visit from Santa, who gave them each

their own silver bell to mark the special day. Our Classroom Holiday Parties were a terrific way

to end the time before break. Thank you to our parent volunteers for making the parties so

enjoyable for our students.

We have many events that will be happening over the coming weeks, and of course February

will bring Classroom Valentine Parties.

We will participate in the Great Kindness Challenge by encouraging and celebrating acts of

kindness. In addition, Dunbar will be a part of the annual “Pennies for Patients” Fundraiser.

This project is organized by the National Honor Society students at the high school. We will be

collecting change for children who have Leukemia, which is the type of cancer that affects

children the most. Thank you in advance for your generous donations.

Please remember that students will go outside for recess when it is above 23 degrees. We ask

that you provide your child with a warm coat, boots, hat and gloves, so that they can go out on

days that are warm enough.

As a reminder, in the event of a 2-hour delay, buses will pick students up at their regular

bus stop 2 hours after their normal, scheduled time. For example, if a child normally catches the bus at 7:45 a.m., pick-up will be at 9:45 a.m. on days when a 2-hour delay is called. Likewise, school will start 2 hours after the normal start time. Dunbar students

will begin classes at 10:30 a.m. The lunch periods and dismissal time will remain the same on two-hour delays.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs. Courtney A. Davis

Principal

Mrs. Jamilyn Hoehn

Assistant Principal

Find us online!! Dunbar Primary PTA is on Facebook & Twitter! Be sure to “like” us! This

is another great way to stay informed and connect with other families.

MESSAGE FROM PTA PRESI DENT

Wow what an amazing December we had, and January is off to a great start.

Hopefully everyone had a fun winter break with family and friends. While the winter break was a nice few

weeks it was sure good to see all our Dunbar friends again.

We had some fantastic events in December. Our Holiday Parties, the return of our Holiday Shop and Polar

Express Day were among those events.

We want to send out a big thank you to everyone who helped with the Holiday parties. The games and crafts

that are thought of are amazing. The next party is our Valentine’s Day parties. Look for more information soon

from your Head Room Parent.

Polar Express Day was so much fun. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Hoehn did such a fantastic job reading the Polar

Express story. The students listened to every word. After the story we had a visit from the big guy himself.

Santa was there to ask each student what they wanted for Christmas and give them each a bell. A special

thank you to our Elves that showed up to help Santa, Thank you Amber Headley and Nikki Watkins. Thanks to

Kelly Pifer you can view pictures from the event on our PTA Facebook page.

Lastly a huge thank you to the volunteers for all their help with the Holiday Shop and Bake Sale. To everyone

that donated all the delicious baked goods, Thank you. We had a good number of shoppers take part in the

Holiday shop. We couldn’t have done it without our Elves that came down from TMS and THS to help. A very

special Thank you to the Builders Club from TMS and the Leaders in Action from THS. These are an amazing

group of students that without their hard work we could not have had a smooth-running Holiday Shop.

With the Holidays over things will slow down for little bit and then February will be here before we know it

bringing more party fun.

Please join us for our next PTA meeting on February 4, 2019 in the Dunbar Gym at 6:00pm. This will be our first meeting in 2019.

As always, to stay up to date on everything please like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter or join our remind group. We also have our monthly newsletters posted to our PTA page on the school’s website.

Thank you all for a great month, Nicole Haley

ptahaley@gmail.com

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Muffins for Mom’s is a new event that is

coming up March 13th, 14th and 15th. This is an event like the Father’s Walk. Keep a look out

for detailed information.

FUN FACTS

Many Animals like the

Black Bear hibernate

during the winter. What

this means is their

heartbeat slows to 8

beats a minute (the

usual is 40 beats per

minute) and the Black

Bear can go 100 days

without food.

Keep a look out on January 20th for the Total Lunar Eclipse 9:35pm est. this is when the full Moon enters the shadow of Earth.

This Photo by Unknown Author i s licensed under CC BY-SA-

Cold vs. flu: How to tell the difference It’s that time of year for runny noses, scratchy throats and constant sneezing. The all-too familiar cold symptoms — you can’t miss them. It’s also that time of year when flu season peaks. Though influenza activity often begins to increase in October, it peaks between December and February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though different viruses cause them, the flu and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses and share similar symptoms, so it can be difficult to tell them apart. Many parents are left wondering, does my child have the flu or a cold? In general, the flu is worse than the common cold and symptoms are more intense. In fact, the flu can cause serious complications, such as pneumonia. A big difference between the viruses is that a cold will most likely not give your child a high fever and body aches. The rate at which symptoms appear is another strong differentiating factor. Colds normally develop slowly over a few days, whereas the flu symptoms can come on suddenly. Also, severe symptoms from the flu normally subside in about 3 days, whereas cold symptoms can last 7 to 10 days.

The chart below lists typical symptoms for the flu and common cold. Taking stock of symptoms and how long they last will help you determine what’s causing your child trouble.

Please consider helping Dunbar by participating in ANY/ALL of the

following 6 EASY ways to earn cash for our school.

Box Tops:

• Schools can submit Box Tops twice a year (November 1st and March 1st). Box tops can be

turned in anytime throughout the year however, be sure to watch for special contests twice per year.

• Each Box top clipped earns 10 cents for the

school.

• Asking friends and family to help you clip is a great

way to help us meet our goal.

• Watch receipts for special bonus box top

opportunities.

• Sign up at BTFE.com to track our school’s earnings, get coupons for Box Tops products and

enter for chances to win Bonus Box Tops.

Shoparoo:

A free app that turns pictures of your everyday shopping

receipts into cash donations and sweepstakes entries for our school! All you must do is shop as you normally do, snap pictures of your receipts with the app, and voila Just

shop, snap, earn!

Get started today: 1. Download the free Shoparoo app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store

2. Select our school from the list and start taking pictures of your receipts - shop anywhere, buy anything!

3. You can even select a grade to support and have fun with your own grade competitions.

Check out shoparoo.com to learn more about this awesome app!

ACME Community Cash Back:

Help us earn 5% cash back… Buy STORE brands and save your register receipts from

September 9, 2018- December 29, 2018.

Invite your friends and family to save receipts too! Send all receipts into school with your child.

Coca-Cola GIVE:

Two ways to donate:

1) Send your rewards in to the school. A team of volunteers with work to enter and

collect points for our school.

OR

2) Create an account and Log in at https://us.coca-cola.com/give/. Search to donate

to Dunbar Primary School. Enter your codes!

Apples for Students:

Register your Giant Eagle Advantage Card with Apples for the Students and use it each time you shop at Giant Eagle to earn

points for your school. It’s Easy to Register!

1. SIGN IN TO GIANTEAGLE.COM OR CREATE AN ACCOUNT.

2. REGISTER YOUR GIANT EAGLE ADVANTAGE CARD® ONLINE.

3. VISIT THE MY SCHOOL PROGRAMS PAGE AND ENTER 2195 FOR DUNBAR PRIMARY. YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER TO EARN POINTS FOR MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL!

BE SURE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO REGISTER, TOO.

Thank you, to all the sponsors!!

Questions about PTA contact:

ptadunbar@gmail.com

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