Academic Tips for the Month:

Family Tip: Did you know your children watch everything you do? They watch how you problem solve and they listen to your tone, word choice, and actions when you are with people. They watch you every day . . .  they watch and learn from you.  You are their role model from the day they are born.  Raising a child who uses good manners, sportsmanship and interacts positively around others is a reflection of you, the parents.  When your child comes to school they are expected to follow life skills, use manners, know the difference between right and wrong, and be socially appropriate around their new school mates and teachers.  Help us help your children by ensuring the bridge between home and school is solid in working towards the same goals.  Raising children to be productive, successful, contributing citizens and future leaders in this great nation of ours should be your top priority despite the challenges in your life.  If you need some helpful tips in any area related to your child’s educational experiences please notify your teacher.  Together we can continue to build or keep the bridge strong!

Welcome to the beautiful month of November.  This month designates the end of the first trimester.  Standards Based Report Cards (SBRC) will be issued and you will be invited to your child’s parent-teacher conferences.  These conferences will be held during the week of November 16-20.  All school days that week will be minimum days (lunch included) – school will dismiss at 12:00 noon.

Our schools continue to get hit by the ongoing budget crisis. Part of our initiative to reduce costs is to go GREEN with our communication and homework packets.  I strongly encourage you to visit our website, www.sandi.net/sandburg, as much as you can for updates, calendar changes, and upcoming events.  I would also encourage you to log onto the district website, www.sandi.net for district updates re: H1N1, events, budget, Board of Education Decisions, etc. that directly impact your school.  If you do not have access to email please notify the girls in the office and we will make a note to get you the information in another way.

I want to thank Mike Davis (HEROES) and Jon Labaw for arranging for the painting of our auditorium a couple of weeks ago. We had about 5 parents show up to help beautify the walls.  They look great and have created a warm environment for our entire Tiger community to enjoy. If you are not aware of the special projects HEROES does for our area please seek out their website.  We are so lucky to have them as our Sandburg friends for our ongoing projects.  I would also like to thank PTA for sponsoring yet another fun-filled Fall Carnival - Nina Haynes was in charge this year – way to go Nina, PTA Board and team!!  Our after-school classes are extremely successful – the children love them and are learning so much!  We are adding 2 more classes to choose from (Computer and Singing) for the next trimester – details have been distributed.  Thank you to our Foundation board members for your hard work and dedication in getting this done!  Together this community rocks!  Our parent groups are always looking for new members – please, please think about volunteering your time in support of Sandburg.  We need you!

Keep your child’s scholarly learning and citizenship in the forefront of your priorities – I know we do as Team Sandburg Elementary.  I look forward to continuing our work together this year!

From my Heart with Sandburg Tiger Pride!

Laurie