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Crosby
Elementary School
Inspiring Our Children to Believe
and Achieve
February, 2012
Dates To
Remember
February 2 Banking Day
6
PTA Board Meeting – 6:30 PM
8 Book Fair Begins
9 Parent/Teacher Conferences
14 Holiday Parties-1:45 PM
15 Parent/Teacher Conferences
16
Banking Day
Book
Fair Ends
PTA
Family Skate Night
17
Conferences Release Day – No School
20
Presidents’ Day – No School
23 Math Night – 6:30-8:00 PM
Wk of 2/27 Everybody Counts Week
March 1 Banking Day
5
Chorus Concert – 7:00 PM
PTA Board Meeting – 6:30 PM
6 Band
Concert m- 7:00 PM
14 Late
Start Day – School Starts at 9:30 AM
15
Banking Day
April is
Testing Month – Ohio Achievement Assessments (OAA’s)
The OAA’s, which
are the State Achievement Assessments, for student in grades 3
through 6 are scheduled for April 23rd through May 4th.
Please make every effort to avoid scheduling appointments for
your child during this time. A schedule of specific dates and
times per grade level will be published in the March newsletter.
Kindergarten Registration
It is time to
register for next year’s kindergarten. If you have a child or
know someone who has a child eligible for kindergarten next
year, please come by the office and pick up a registration
packet. You may also register during conferences on February 9th
and February 15th from 4:30 to 7:30 PM.
Intra-District
Transfers
Just a reminder,
students who attend Crosby Elementary on an intra-district
transfer need to re-submit a request each year. These requests
are granted on a first come, first served basis.
Parent
Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher
Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, February 9th and
Wednesday, February 15th. Confirmation slips are being sent
home. Conferences are a great time to share your child’s
educational experiences. If you have not scheduled a conference
it’s not too late, just give the office a call.
Book Fair
The Book Fair
will be open both conference nights from 4:30 to 7:30 PM. Take
some time to stop in to browse. This is a great time to shop
for Valentine’s Day or Easter basket gifts.
PTA
Skate Night
Looking for
something fun for the entire family? Bring the family to the
PTA Skate Night at the Skatin’ Place on the corner of Colerain
and Galbraith on Thursday, February 16th – skating
begins at 6:30 PM.
Conference
Release Day/Presidents’ Day
Just a reminder
that Friday, February 17th and Monday, February 20th
there is NO SCHOOL for students.
Math
Night – Thursday February 23rd
Come join us for
a mathematics information night. You will learn various games
and ways to help your children with their math facts. Please
fill out and submit the reservation slip that went home with
your children. Space is limited. Baby sitting will be
provided. If you did not get a Math Information flyer, please
call the office.
Search
for Children with Handicaps
The Southwest
Local School District seeks to identify, locate and evaluate all
children with handicaps birth through age 21 based upon I.D.E.A.
(Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) eligibility. This
includes children attending private or parochial schools whose
parents reside within our district.
Conditions such
as multi-handicapped, hearing handicapped, visually handicapped,
orthopedically and/or health handicapped, severe behavior
handicapped, developmentally handicapped, specific learning
disabled, autistic and speech and language handicapped would be
included.
Additionally,
it is the intent of the district to ensure that students who are
handicapped within the definition of Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are evaluated, identified and
served. Section 504 disabilities are mental or physical
impairments or a history of such impairments that “substantially
limit one or more major life activities”.
If you know of
a child with a suspected handicap, please contact Mr. Carter
Cordes, Pupil Services Director/504 Coordinator at The Special
Education Services Office at Harrison High School, 9860 West
Road, Harrison, Ohio 45030, 513-367-4169.
In accordance
with the Ohio State Plan for The Education of Ohio’s Homeless
Children and Youth and the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act (P.L. 100-77), as amended in 1990 homeless
school-age children shall have access to a free, appropriate
public education which would be provided to the children of a
resident of Ohio, consistent with Ohio’s school attendance
laws. If you are aware of or suspect that a homeless child is
eligible for placement under this policy, please contact Mr.
Carter Cordes at 513-367-4169.
Title
VI-B Funds
The Southwest
Local School District is currently formulating a budget for the
expenditures of Title VI-B Funds for 2012-2013. These funds are
used in providing educational services for preschool through
grade 12 special needs pupils residing within the Southwest
Local School District. Persons wishing to have input regarding
the allocation of these funds should contact Mr. Carter Cordes
at (513) 367-4169.
Valentine
Parties
Valentine
parties are scheduled for Tuesday, February 14th from
1:45-2:45 PM.
It is the policy of the
Southwest Local School District that educational
activities, employment activities, employment, programs and
services be offered without regard to race, color, national
origin, sex, religion, handicap or age. |