Volume 14, Issue 1 September 7, 2016

Frances Norton Elementary School

Principal’s Welcome Julie DeLeon, Norton Principal

President’s Corner Jennifer Keys, Norton PTA President

As principal of Frances E. Norton Elementary, it is my pleasure to welcome our Norton families and our tremendous staff members back for another terrific year at Norton! We are thrilled to have our students back in classrooms and feel the energy that they bring to our campus. The building is just not the same when they aren’t here! Our vision here at Norton is “Doing more than we have to – to be the best that we can be!” and our students are already doing exactly that by practicing the traits held by good citizens and strong students.

Our staff recognizes that a strong partnership with families makes a huge difference in a child’s education, and we look forward to working with you this year. While we will be working to engage our students in quality, meaningful learning opportunities and encouraging them to reach past what they think they can do, we realize that you are doing that in your homes as well. Thank you, in advance, for working with us to help your child experience growth and success in this school year. It is an honor to serve Norton Elementary, and a privilege to be one piece of this amazing community of students, parents, and teachers. If there is ever anything you need, please do not hesitate to contact me at Julie_deleon@allenisd.org. Together we can make 2016-2017 our best year yet!

Welcome to a new year at Norton Elementary! We hope your year is off to a wonderful start. Our Membership Chairs Marah Billiet and Kathy Copeland are working hard to reach our goal of 100% membership. If you haven’t joined yet, please do so today! Forms will be going home in your child’s Wednesday folder. The PTA supports our teachers and staff by providing funding for teacher education and grants for classroom tools, science, art, music, and the library. The PTA also funds many student, parent, and family programs at Norton such as Celebrate Me week (Oct 3-7), Fall Festival (Oct 21), Red Ribbon week (Oct 24-28), Veterans Day Celebration (Nov 11) and many more. None of this would be possible without the support of our wonderful Norton families! For the fourth year in a row our main fundraiser is a “Back to Basics” fundraiser. No cookie dough or wrapping paper to sell. No outside company taking half (or more) of the proceeds. Simply donate directly to the Norton PTA and 100% of the funds raised benefits Norton. For more information on this fundraiser and how to donate please visit our website at http://www.allenisd.org/Page/30151 We would like to thank all of the parents that have already volunteered their time to help our PTA and Norton staff this year. We know your time is valuable and we truly appreciate your help. If you would like to learn more about volunteer positions or the many ways you can help, please contact Tara Glotzbach at tara_shields@yahoo.com . Please make plans to join us at our first PTA Membership Meeting this year on September 20th and stay for our program on internet safety. This program will be a follow up to the student program that will be presented to all grades on September 9th. We are looking forward to another great year at Norton, and we hope to see you around the Castle.

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September 8 Curriculum Night (two sessions) 4:30-5:15 and 5:20-6pm

9 Internet Safety Program with NCMEC

20 PTA Meeting 7pm—MPR

21-23 5th Grade at Sky Ranch

27 Lifetouch Portrait Day

October 3-7 Celebrate Me

5 International Walk to School Day

10 Holiday: Staff Development

21 Fall Festival 5:30-7:30pm

24 Reflections Deadline

24-28 Red Ribbon Week

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Grades 4-6 Presentation Preview Dates Monday, September 19 6:00 PM Curtis Middle School Cafeteria Tuesday, September 20 6:00 PM Ford Middle School Cafeteria Wednesday, September 21 6:00 PM Ereckson Middle School Cafeteria

Parent Preview Night Parents,

On September 1, 2012, Senate Bill 471 (Preventing Child Sexual Abuse and Maltreatment), went into affect. This bill requires school district staff be trained in the warning signs of abuse and how to report it. This bill also requires school districts to educate students in grades K-12 on these same issues.

The Allen ISD Counseling Department is offering parents the opportunity to preview the presentation that will be shown to your 4th-6th grade children. This presentation will cover the topics of healthy vs. unhealthy relationships as well as the various forms of child abuse. It will also educate students on what to do if they or a friend are being abused.

Students in grades K-3 may view The Safe Side Stranger Safety video to introduce or rein-force the concepts of “stranger danger”. Clips of this video may be found by searching “The Safe Side Stranger Safety “ YouTube. Counselors may also choose to utilize the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center’s Kids Count Players puppet show with grades K-2. Information on that program can be found at http://www.caccollincounty.org/education/kids-count-players.

Should you have any questions about the upcoming workshops, please contact your child’s school counselor. We look forward to seeing you at one of the 3 presentations.

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PTA Reflections Art Contest

Norton Class T-Shirts

Entries are to be turned into the school office on or before October 24th. Entry forms and rules will be sent home in the Wednesday folders.

More information about each category can be found on the Norton PTA website:

http://www.allenisd.org/Page/4261

This year’s Reflections theme is : “What is your story?”

The Norton faculty encourages all students to wear a classroom T-shirt for their safety and security on school sponsored field trips. The cost of each shirt is $10.00 and all orders need to be placed by Monday, September 12 in order to receive them in time for field trips this fall. You may place your order by:

x� Following this link http://www.allenisd.org/domain/779 and completing the form attached to it. Return the form to your eldest child’s homeroom teacher. You only need to complete one form per family. Please make your CHECK payable to the NORTON PTA.

x� Ordering your shirt(s) online and paying with CREDIT CARD via PayPal (no PayPal registration needed). To order online go to www.ptavenue.com and click “Login” at the top right. On the next screen, login as a parent (option to the left) with the organization code “NortonPTA”. Click the “Online Store” button on the top right (red shopping cart). Click the blue login button to shop or to register as a shopper.

If you have any questions, please email nortont_s@outlook.com.

With the PTA Reflections Contest, every student is an artist!

To enter the contest, create an original work of art based on the theme and be recognized for your artistic talent.

There are 6 categories to choose from:

Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Musical Composition, Photography and Visual Arts.

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Join PTA TODAY!  

Click HERE to Join

We need you to help support your Children, Teachers and School.

List of Texas Member Benefits List of National PTA Benefits

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Student Directory Cover Contest

Calling all Norton Knights! Show us your creative talents! Now accepting en-tries for the 2016/2017 Student Directory Cover Contest. Submit black & white entries on 8.5 x 11 (vertical) paper to the office by 3 pm on Friday, September 30th.

Contact Susan Asbill at susanasbill@yahoo.com with any questions.

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Calling all 6th grade parents!!! The time has come to “shout out” to your once kindergartener, now almost graduate of Norton! Shout out forms went home in Wednesday folders and need to be turned in no later than October 3rd. If you have any questions, please reach out via email or text to Jordana McGee at 214-864-2465 or mcjordana@aol.com.

6th Grade Shout Outs

Celebrate Me is a unique opportunity for students to experience a glimpse into living with differences, develop compassion and grasp the understanding that we're all different! It will be Oct 3-7 this year. Volunteers are a crucial piece to our program. Watch for upcoming volunteer sign ups.

Celebrate Me

There will be two school assemblies on Friday, September 9th that deal with internet safety. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children representative will give two age appropriate presentations on internet safety. K-3 will be at 8:30 in the gym and 4th -6th will be at 9:30 in the gym.

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Welcome! My name is Cindy Harvey, RN, school nurse at the Norton clinic. The students may call me Mrs. Harvey or Nurse Cindy; I am happy to respond to either. I am a graduate of Baylor University and have been a nurse for over 25 years, working much of that time in ICU and ER nursing. I am glad to be a part of the team here at Norton Elementary School. My husband and I have 5 children and believe that chil-dren are a precious gift. I will care for your child as I would care for my own.

I try to make the clinic an easy place to come to if needed. My goal is to care for the students and assist

them with the ability to stay in class as much as possible. I rarely call parents on a child's first clinic visit, but have the students try class again. Frequently, they do not return to the clinic that day.

Vision and hearing screening is done throughout the year beginning in October for new students and all

of kindergarten, first, third and fifth grades. Pre-diabetic screening is done at the same time as vision/hearing screening for 1st, 3rd, and 5th grades. If you have a concern regarding your student’s vision or hearing, please call and I will be glad to screen your child at that time. Fifth grade is also screened for scoliosis in May.

I teach a growth and development program called "Always Changing" to fifth grade students in the fall.

Parents are notified before that program is presented and are given the opportunity to preview the video. Texas has specific guidelines about dispensing medication and those guidelines are located in the Stu-

dent Handbook. All medications taken by a student during the school day must have an AISD medica-tion permission form completed by the parent or guardian. You may print the form from the Clinic Forms section on my Website.

Allergy action plans, asthma action plans, seizure action plans, and Unlicensed Diabetic Care Assis-

tant forms are all located under the clinic forms section on my Website. These forms should be completed by the health care provider and parent each school year if the student has a medical need that may necessi-tate care for one of the conditions during the school day. In addition, you may also locate and print your own student's immunization record at any time under the health section of Family Access if you wish to do so.

Texas Public School Immunization Requirements can also be found on the Allen ISD Website on the

Health Services section. Simply click on the link to access the most current information!

Welcome to the Norton Clinic and the 2016-2017 school year!

Name: Cindy Harvey, RN

Norton School Nurse Phone: 972-236-0600 ext 8637

Email: cindy_harvey@allenisd.org Clinic hours: 7:30am-3:30pm M-F

The Mission of Registered Nurses in Allen ISD is to provide professional nursing care and to promote a safe and healthy environment that contributes to academic success.

Head Lice Education Reminder

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FACTS: x� Head lice crawl from child to child through head to head contact.

x� Lice cannot hop, jump or fly.

x� ANY child can get head lice. Lice can live up to 30 days on a person’s head and lay from 50 to 150 eggs. If the louse falls off a person, it dies within 2 days.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: x� Lice are small brown, tan or gray insects, about the size of a sesame seed.

x� The nits or egg sacks are opaque, white oblong-shaped sacks which are firmly attached to the hair shaft. Nits cannot be brushed out. They can only be manually removed with a nit comb or pulled out by fingertips.

x� Suspect lice if your child scratches and/or complains of an itchy head. Itching is the first sign of head lice. Check the hair and scalp very carefully, especially behind the ears and near the neckline. The best method is to use a magnifying glass under a bright light.

HOW TO TREAT IF INFECTED: x� Wash your child’s hair with an FDA product formulated to kill lice.

x� Have your child sit under a bright light and remove all nits with a metal comb that is designed to remove nits. Remove remaining nits with your fingers. Failure to do this important step always results in reoccurrence. x� Nits are not killed by lice shampoos, so it is necessary to wash the hair with the lice product a second time in 7 to 10 days to kill any newly hatched lice.

x� Launder all clothing and bedding. Laundry water should be at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit to kill the lice. Dry on highest heat setting.

x� Vacuum all carpets, upholstery and mattresses in the house. Throw away the vacuum bag.

x� Seal clothing, stuffed toys, pillows, blankets or other small soft items, for two weeks in tightly closed plastic bags will kill both lice and nits. Dry cleaning also kills lice. Soak combs, brushes and other washable items for one hour in one of the approved lice shampoos; or, soak them for 5 to 10 minutes in a pan of 130 degree hot water.

PROACTIVE MEASURES x� Teach your whole family about how lice are spread and treated.

x� Teach your children not to share combs, brushes, hats, hair accessories, jackets and other personal items with other children.

x� Check your child frequently for signs of lice or nits. If you have treated your child for lice, they must be screened by the school nurse prior to returning to school. RECOURCES: www.dshs.state.tx.us/schoolhealth/lice.shtm

Actual size of the three lice forms compared to a penny. (CDC Photo)  

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Stay Informed at Norton

1120 Newport Drive Allen TX 75013

Phone: 972-396-6918

Fax: 972-396-396-6923

Today, I will be a knight in shining armor, I will do more than I have to,

I will treat others the way I want to be treated and I will be the best I can be.

Frances Norton Elementary School

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