HAMBDEN HEADLINES

March 9, 2017

MARCH

- 10th - End of 3rd Quarter- 10th - Mother/Daughter Paint Night 6:00 pm- 12th - Plant Sale 3-7:00 pm- 13th - Plant Sale 9-2:00 pm- 14th - PTO Meet ing 3:45 pm- 16th - Report Cards home- 18th - PTO Reverse Raf f le 6:00 pm- 24th - Terrif ic Kids 8:30 am- 27th thru 31st - SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL

APRIL

- 3rd - School Resumes- 3rd - KDG Day- 13th - Skate Party 6:00 pm- 14th-17th SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL- 18th - School Resumes- 20th - Music Concert @ Park 6:30 pm -3rd,

4th and 5th grade - 24th - KDG Day- 28th - Terrif ic Kids 8:30 am

MAY

- 1st - Staf f Appreciat ion Week- 3rd - PTO Plant Sale- 8th - KDG Day- 9th - PTO Meet ing 6:00 pm- 12th - Mother/Son Event- 15th - Middle School Tour 9:45 am- 22nd - KDG Day- 22nd - MS Orientat ion 6:30 pm LGIR (5th gr)- 23rd - Field Date (no rain date)- 25th - End of 4th Quarter- 25th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

13871 GAR HIGHWAY Phone: 440-286-7503 Fax: 440-286-5190 www.chardon.k12.oh.us Twit ter: # HambdenES

Mathew Prezioso, Principal * Krista Radigan, Secretary * Nancy McFaul , Clerical Assistant

The mission of Chardon Local Schools is high achievement for al l students, where learning is our most important work.

*Current grades are always available through the IC Parent portal

$15.00 per book

Orders due by March 15th

Order online at www.past orphot o.com or ret urn form t hat was sent

hom e w it h st udent s t o t he of f ice.

Addit ional form s are available in t he of f ice.

ANNUAL SCHOOL FEES ARE DUE. Checks can be made payable to Chardon Board of Education. They can also be paid online on the Chardon website under the Resource Tab. ATTENTION 5TH GRADE PARENTS - ALL ACCUMULATED FEES MUST BE PAID IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 5TH GRADE PROMOTION. The fee schedule is as follows:

Kindergarten - $30.24

1st Grade - $28.13

2nd Grade - $49.77

3rd Grade - $53.70

4th Grade - $51.86

5th Grade - $64.48

LEAVE PAWS-ITIVE PRINTS

...is our theme for this year. Each day our teachers recognize certain students for displaying this trait. At the beginning of the day, Mr. Prezioso randomly draws one name. This student gets to choose a prize from our "treasure box". Our students drawn for last week were:

Matt Conkey - cleaning up in class

Kayla Lesl ie - shared art suppl ies

Jayden Buth - helped someone

Courtney Garrabrant - helped someone

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS! GREAT JOB!

WEEK OF

March 13th-17th

MONDAY - Mini Donut s

TUESDAY - Cinnam on Bit es

WEDNESDAY - Cold Cereal

THURSDAY - Yogur t Cup

FRIDAY - Sausage/Cheese Bagel

MONDAY - Popcorn Chicken

TUESDAY - Walk ing Taco

WEDNESDAY - Spaghet t i

THURSDAY - Blueber ry Pancake

FRIDAY - Tony 's Cheese Pizza

EVERYDAY LUNCH ALTERNATIVES: PB & J, Salad, Yogurt & Graham Crackers * Breakfast $1.25 * Lunch $2.75

Note f rom the Nurse:

THINK SPRING? ? THINK HEALTHY!!! We have had an increased number of students out sick this week with stomach virus symptoms, strep, and pinkeye. The 'f lu' season is upon us. Please be sure to keep children home 24 hours af ter a fever or vomit ing. Please encourage your child to wash their hands at least 4 times a day at school, especially before eating and after using the bathroom, and not to touch their face. Have your child wash their hands when they get home from school or anytime they have been in public. Any questions or concerns please feel free to call me in the clinic .

Thank you,

Mrs. Flick

A special THANK YOU to everyone at Hambden for their part in our successful OSOB adventure.   HPTO, the Committee, the teachers, students, and families, all work together to make One School, One Book the success that it is.   We are all eagerly anticipating what comes next!   Thank You!

A ?Thank You? to You

As One Dog and his Boy becomes a pleasant memory, we can draw gratif ication in the fact that the entire month of reading was a complete success.   Students? excited participation in the daily trivia   questions was a true testament to their knowledge of the on-going saga.   Having so many entries in the contests was a complete and wonderful surprise, which, of course, made it more dif f icult for our judges.   Students and staff alike continue to enjoy standing in front of the bulletin boards looking at the pictures and postcards. Hambden students are awesome!

Our staff is so dedicated to this venture. Year after year, they will ingly decorate their doors for the event. Having so many staff members (and not just teachers) make a podcast for you to hear is really extraordinary.   Every morning students guess who the reader was.   Our teachers will ingly (I think!) accept our projects,   which allow our students, among other things, to wear and earn charms and   make sil ly dogs for our walls.   The Hambden staff is extraordinary,   and the OSOB committee is grateful for their support.

Hambden PTO is awesome in their complete and unwavering support of this annual project. We receive a healthy budget, which allows us to fully explore various aspects of the book and have prizes to ref lect the interest our students demonstrate.   But money doesn?t grow on trees.   Thanks to all of you that support the many PTO fundraisers.   Without you, there would be no PTO or budget.     So a very sincere ?Thank You? to you all.

The OSOB committee this year included Mrs. Diehl, Mrs. Dinko, Mrs. Donahue, Mr. Aurand, Mr. Prezioso, Mrs. Seabeck, Mrs. Turk, Mr. Reiter, Mrs. Metz and me. I get a lot of the credit, but if I take any of it, it is due to the fact that I work with really dependable, clever, smart, creative people.   They need no micromanaging.   If they say they?ll do it, they do it.   I can?t take credit for that.   So I thank a great committee for a memorable month.   And you can thank them, too.

But the true definit ion of our OSOB being a success is our family participation. Reading nightly with your child has lifelong ramif ications - all good.     It has been said that ?the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.? (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, Wilkinson, Becoming a Nation of Readers, The Report of the Commission on Reading, 1985) This year?s book was more dif f icult for younger readers, and reading daily with your child was an important part of their understanding.   And besides, wasn?t it nice to cuddle on the couch together and read the book, or l isten to the podcast?   They will appreciate it, if not today, then someday.   They may even thank you for it.  

As one teacher mentioned to me, her students may not remember a particular math lesson, but they will for sure remember their experience with a Cricket in Times Square, Charlie and Willy Wonka, James and the Giant Peach, and Hal, Pippa and the dogs. Hambden is special that way - we make memories that last!

Mrs. Porter

POSTCARD WINNERS 20171st Place Alex Myers - Kindergarten

2nd Place Ellie Corbet - Turk

3rd Place Sara Pitingolo - Maronde

4th Place Maggie Beorn - Donahue

5th Place Tatum Poff - Maronde

6th Place Hunter Reese - Will iams

7th Place Abby Sullivan - Turk

8th Place Holly Straka - D?Angelo

Honorable Ment ion:

Riley Kaminsky - Turk

Savanna Flesher - D?Angelo

Owen Arnold - Turk

Sofia Dolsen - Tyson

Abby Clemson - Donahue

Taylor Poff - Maronde

PICTURE CONTEST WINNERS 2017Grand Champion Carly Heflin

Reserve Champion Joey Rath

3rd Place Natalie Varmette

4th Place Hunter Reese

5th Place Riley Stumph

6th Place Olivia Driscoll

7th Place Austin Wetzel

8th Place Maggie Beorn

Honorable Ment ion:

Marissa Gandolf

Lily Husek

Sofia Dolsen

Owen Arnold

Next PTO Meet ing? Tuesday March 14 @ 3:45. FREE babysitt ing available! We?ll be announcing nominations and updating next year?s events! Please join us-be a part of the fun!!

Raf f le Donat ions and Basket Items? Thank you to all of our Hambden Families and Staff members for supporting the Auction this year! If you have any other items to donate, please have them dropped off at the school by the end of the week or contact Corine Casalina to make arrangements for pick up at hambdenpto@live.com Thank you!!

Boys Bowl ing Day ? A huge thank you to Joe Kleinhenz for creating and organizing the Bowling Day at Ernst Lanes. We hope you all enjoyed your time together! Thank you Joe!!

Girls Paint Night? Join us for a fun girls only night and paint with Geauga Paints! Enjoy refreshments, t ime with your daughters and friends, while showing off your creativity (or learning some)! Friday, March 10 6:30-8:30pm in the Hambden School Gym. Forms due by March 3.

Hambden Elementary PTO Wildcat Reverse Raf f le Auct ion & Dinner?

There are stil l t ickets available for the 2017 Raff le. Don?t miss out on your chance at $1,500! All proceeds from this year?s raff le will go directly back to the classrooms, student activit ies, more Chromebooks and enrichment. Ticket order forms are available in the off ice.

PTO Board Posit ions--Board position nominations are always accepted and the Hambden PTO is always searching for fresh, new ideas! For the 2017-2018 school year, we?ll be in search of a new PTO President, Vice President and Secretary, as our current members will be moving on to help the PTO in other ways! For more details on any position or to nominate someone, contact hambdenpto@live.com.