E i s e n h o w e r E l e m e n t a r y

3 9 0 0 W e s t A S t r e e t

N o r t h P l a t t e , N E

S h a n e A l e x a n d e r , P r i n c i p a l

Eisenhower

School News

Welcome to fall! The

weather has been giving us

some very beautiful days.

As the weather begins to

turn cooler please make

sure your child is dressed

appropriately for the days

forecasted weather. Many

coats and jackets are start-

ing to find their way to our

lost and found box near the

office. Please rummage

through the box for any

missing clothing that may

have escaped from your

child at recess.

As we start the month of

October we should see our

students starting to devel-

oping a routine for school and

homework. I would like to

point out a couple of educa-

tional websites that will allow

your child additional practice

in various subject areas as well

as provide an opportunity to

challenge themselves to a

higher level.

One math website I have found

to be very informative and

useful is http://www.ixl.com

The “ I excel” website allows

you to choose the Nebraska

Math standards by grade level

and then gives the learner

math practice items that fall

within the scope of those stan-

dards to practice working

on. Students have the ability

to go back and brush up on

items they need more prac-

tice on as well as go forward

and challenge themselves in

topics they may not have

been introduced to yet.

Another good website for

our younger students is

http://

www.literacycenter.net/

lessonview_en.php

This website allows the

learner to manipulate differ-

ent letters and work with the

sounds, colors, spelling,

position, numbers and basic

Do your kids wipe their feet on you like a doormat? Do you ever find yourself grieving because you've lost the dream of having

kind, appreciative kids?

You're not alone, and there are steps you can take to begin turn-

ing things around.

On a daily basis, remind your-self that you deserve to be treated with the same level of respect with which you treat your kids.

Maintaining this attitude of self-respect gives us the intestinal fortitude to expect respect in a

respectful way.

Don't move on until you've neutralized arguing. This means repeating something like, "I love you too much to argue," instead of getting pulled into a

debate.

When you become good at neutralizing arguments, begin setting small yet completely controllable limits.

Pick small issues that you have total control over. Then set limits you are prepared to enforce. For example: "I'll get that for you

when I hear 'please.'"

Since you've already mastered the ability to stay out of argu-ments, you'll be prepared for

your child's reaction.

Remember to model an as-sertive, respectful and empa-thetic attitude.

When we've been treated badly by our kids, it's easy to fall into the trap of providing conse-quences with a "get-even" attitude. If we do, our kids will

sense this and rebel.

Begin to set progressively larger limits.

When our youngsters begin to

Love & Logic

Getting the Respect You Deserve

From the Principal

Reminder:

Tardy Bell rings

at 8:05

Octob er

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keyboarding . I hope you

will take advantage of these 2

websites and work with your

child on some of these skills

while having some fun at the

same time. Children learn

best when they have a caring

adult there to guide and

share in their success.

Educationally Yours,

Shane Alexander

Principal

see that we can handle smaller situations without backing-down or losing our cool, it becomes easier to set and enforce limits over big is-

sues.

The key to rebuilding respect from our kids involves proving to them that we can handle them without getting frus-trated or angry. In my CD, Oh Great! What do I do now?, I provide more prac-

tical tips for making this happen.

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

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don Statewide exhibi-

tion, Messaging: Text

and Visual Art explores

the use of language in

art, such as Watermelon

(1965), by Mary Corita

Kent (right).

The Eisenhower 1st thru

The Sheldon Statewide

Art Exhibit will be in

North Platte September

29th through October

29th at the McKinley

Education Center.

The 24th annual Shel-

5th grades will be at-

tending during the

school day on October

8th.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 21

& 22, 2010. Thursday conferences will be held 1:00—4:00 p.m. 5:30—9:00

p.m. and Friday 8:00—11:30 a.m.

Your time preference sheet will be coming home with your child on October 4th.

Please fill it out and return by October 8th.. If you are unable to attend,

please make arrangements to meet with your child’s teacher at another time.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Sheldon Statewide Exhibition

K—5 Music Program

MUSIC PROGRAM ―NOTES‖

Program dates:

Nov. 15 – Washington

Nov. 16 – Eisenhower

Dear Parents: Our programs will have a new venue this year! We will be performing at the

Performing Arts Center at the High School. Each building will have two programs in one

night – K, 2nd and 4th will perform at 6:30, and 1st, 3rd, and 5th will perform the same pro-

gram at 7:30. If possible, have your student wear red, white and blue, or red and green. This

will be our only performance this year, so please take a few moments to help your student learn

the lyrics for the program. The students and I appreciate your participation and assistance! I

will send home reminders closer to program time. If you would like a packet of the music to play

the songs on your piano at home, just let me know!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

Mrs. McKain

smckain@nppsd.org Eisenhower 535-7134 Washington 535-7142

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Class parties are scheduled for Oc-

tober 29th at 2:50 p.m. Room moth-

ers will arrange for refreshments

and activities for parties.

Students will not be wearing cos-

tumes as costumes often distract

students from learning and are

not designed for a students to

participate in the daily routine of

school. Students will have ample

opportunities to proudly display

their costumes on Halloween

since it is a non school day.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Later that evening Dad

talked to Travis. "Travis, are

you calling the other kids

names during recess?"

"No."

"Well, your teacher says

you are. Now what's the

story?"

"I don't know. She's lying."

If you know a child did

something, don't set him up

to lie by asking about it.

This was Dad's mistake.

Kids, like most adults, will

lie to protect themselves.

Since Dad knew that the

name-calling was happening

A dad got a call from his

son’s teacher, "Mr. Jenkins,

you’ve got to do something

about Travis. He's been call-

ing other kids names during

recess and it's causing a lot

of trouble. I think you need

to have a talk with him."

"Well, Mrs. Alexander, are

you sure? Have you seen

him doing that or are you

just taking the word of the

other kids?"

"I'm sorry, but I've wit-

nessed it myself, otherwise I

wouldn't have called."

"Ok, I'll have a talk with

him. Thanks."

it would have been better to

handle it by saying, "Travis, I

know that you've been call-

ing the other kids names dur-

ing recess. I expect it to

stop." Travis will still try to

get out of it with, "But I'm

not."

Dad's response should be,

"We're not talking about that.

What did I say about it?"

Travis may still continue to

try to protect himself with

denials and Dad's job is to

continue to say, "I know and

what did I say about that?"

Check out page 198 in Par-

enting with Love and Logic

Halloween Class Parties

Love & Logic

Childhood Lying

be passed out at that

time. Students will

need the blue ticket

that they received

when they got their

prize on Sept. 24th.

Money raised at Eisen-

hower was matched in

part by these sponsors:

Barr Sprinklers

Thank you! Cary and

Carrie Christenson

Eisenhower will use

the money they receive

for new technology.

Eisenhower students

raised $346.25 sell-

ing the feet &

$1245.00 through

Students that partici-

pated in the Steppin’

Out for Education fund-

raiser are invited to the

Pep Rally and Tailgate

Party Friday, October

22nd 4:00—6:00 p.m.

at the North Platte High

School. Special prizes

and football tickets will

to learn more about childhood

lying.

Thanks for reading! Our goal

is to help as many families as

possible. If this is a benefit,

forward it to a friend.

Jim Fay

(Love & Logic books & tapes

are available to parents for

checkout at the Eisenhower

office)

donations. Elleigh

Fisher, 1st grade,

was the top fund-

raiser. She brought

in $140.00 in dona-

tions.

Mrs. Margo Hirschfeld, Media

This is my second year as an elementary

school librarian and my thirty third year

in education. After teaching high school

English for many years, a change to

something different has been very re-

freshing, fun and fascinating! This is a

great opportunity for me to share my

passion for all types of books and learn-

ing with lots of great children.

Mrs. Laura Poe, 4th grade

I was born & raised in North Platte. I

taught 6th grade last year at the Lake

School and Head Start before then.

My husband is an officer with the po-

lice department. We lived a year in

Idaho and have two dogs and no chil-

dren.

New Teachers

Mrs. Gem Damico, Speech

Mrs. Gem Damico is returning as a Speech Pathologist

after taking 23 years off to raise their three daughters.

She is married to Mike who works for the USFWS. Their

daughters are Emmalle Burke who is married to Ben

Burke. Abigayle Westman who is married to Jason West-

man and Allissa Damico who is attending Mid Plains

Community College.

New Teachers

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October PTA News

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Come join us October 19,2010 for food,

games, and fun!!

Food will be served from 5:00 till 7:00

Games will be available from 5:30 till 8:00

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

FUN NIGHT

Friday, October 1st

4:00—6:00 p.m.

Bring your good, useable and unwanted clothing items to Eisenhower before 3:25 p.m. Friday,

October 1st or to the gym at Washington Elementary.

600 West 3rd Street, anytime between 4 and 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 2nd

9:00 a.m. —12:00 p.m.

If you are in need of clothing we are asking that you please come and take what has been

donated. Donations will be accepted until 11:00 a.m.

For more information call Anna Parks at 532-3995 or Jennifer Hart at 534-5211.

PTA Clothing Exchange

PTA Memberships

Please remember to send in your PTA membership as soon as possible. We are

running our membership drive until the end of October. An individual member-

ship costs only $6 per person. We encourage moms and dads both to join! By join-

ing, you show your support for PTA and all of the activities we hold including Fun

Night, Talent Show, Back to School Bash, Teacher Appreciation Week, etc…the list

goes on and on!

Currently we have 67 members. IF we get 100 memberships, PTA will purchase a

video camera for our students and staff to use. A few years ago we purchased a

digital camera which has come in very handy for our newsletters, and slideshow

productions. This purchase will help our kids learn even more about technology

and how to use it effectively!!

ALSO…all classes who have 75% participation get an ice cream party. If no one

achieves that goal, we will sponsor a party for the class with the most member-

ships. The tally stands as follows:

Kindergarten 23 memberships (goal is 32)

First Grade 22 memberships (goal is 32)

Second Grade 9 memberships (goal is 22)

Third Grade 20 memberships (goal is 29)

Fourth Grade 9 memberships (goal is 28)

Fifth Grade 9 memberships (goal is 26)

Remember…If your teacher joins, the grade gets credit. If two parents join, each of

their students gets credit for two memberships.

IF you need a membership form, please see Linda…we have extras in the PTA mail-

box!

Libby Lashley

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The Elementary School Librarians would like to thank the North Platte Public

Schools Foundation for allowing us to buy more books for all of the elementary li-

braries. The foundation approved a grant that allowed the libraries to purchase

new books that encourage the various thinking skills. These books may be used by

students and teachers.

The thinking skills and books purchased are listed below:

Activating Schema: Creating Mental Images:

The Two of Them, by Aliki The Paperboy, by Dave Pilkney

Jamaica Tag Along, by Juanita Havill Night In the Country, by Cynthia Rylant

Now one Foot, Now the Other, by Tomie dePaola Color Me a Rhyme, by Jane Yolen

Asking Questions:

An Angel for Solomon Singer,

by Cynthia Rylant

Drawing Inferences:

Possum Magic, by Mem Fox

How Many Days to America?

By Eve Bunting

Thank You to the North Platte Public

Schools Foundation

Reading Buddies

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Mrs. Andre-Henn’s 5th grade class models

quality reading to Mrs. Boyle’s 1st grade.

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GOAL: 30,000 Points! We currently have approximately 7,750 points!

Did you know that Eisenhower Elementary participates in Campbell's Label for Education pro-gram? I was excited to learn that Pop Secret Popcorn UPCs are worth 10 points and can add up fast so if your family likes popcorn choose this one when shopping! I also noticed that Gold-fish crackers made the list this year so be sure to clip those as well!

It's easy to pitch in. Simply save product UPCs from any of the following eligible Campbell prod-ucts and send them to school with your student(s):

Campbell's® soups

Campbell's® Select Harvest® soups

Campbell's Supper Bakes® meal kits

SpaghettiOs® Pasta (Original and Meatball)

Campbell's® beans, gravies, and canned pasta

Prego® Italian sauces

Swanson® stocks, broths and canned poultry

V8® vegetable juices

V8 Splash® juice drinks

V8 Fusion® juice drinks

V8® soups

Campbell's® tomato juice

Pepperidge Farm® breads, cookies, and frozen products

Pepperidge Farm® Goldfish® crackers

Campbell® Foodservice products

Here are some useful websites to help Eisenhower Elementary earn more points!

http://www.labelsforeducation.com/MySchool/Default.aspx

http://www.campbellskitchen.com/SavingsCenter.aspx

http://www.campbellskitchen.com/coupon.aspx

Niki Ruda

School Mall

Help support your school by ordering on line through schoolmall.com.

Enter Eisenhower as your school of choice.

Choose family book store or merchants and it will take you directly to the store’s web site.

Eisenhower will receive a percentage of whatever you spend at the site. See the percent-

ages below. The list of merchants change often so watch for your favorite merchants.

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