September Newsletter 1 Knights Knotes Volume 12, Issue 10 September 2, 2015 President’s Corner Jennifer Keys, Norton PTA President Welcome to a new year at Norton Elementary! We hope your year is off to a wonderful start. Our membership Co-Chairs Cara Schroeder and Tiffany Meseberg 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 5-9), Fall Festival (Oct 16), Red Ribbon week (Oct 26-30), Veterans Day Celebration (Nov 9) and many more. None of these programs would be possible without the support of our wonderful Norton families! For the third year in a row our main fundraiser will be 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 stay at 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 the Norton PTA and 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 [email protected]. We are looking forward to another great year at Norton, and we hope to see you around the Castle. Please make plans to join us at our first PTA General Meeting this year on September 15 th and stay for our program “Don’t Stand By, Stand Up”, an Anti – Bullying Parent Program. Childcare will be provided for children ages 4 and up. Please RSVP to Andrea Loftus at [email protected]by September 11 for childcare, as space is limited. Principal’s Welcome Julie DeLeon, Norton Principal As principal of Frances E. Norton Elementary, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone 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. Already these students are settled into their routines and proving themselves to be caring, hard-working citizens. Our vision here at Norton is “Doing more than we have to – to be the best that we can be!” and our students are doing exactly that! 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 [email protected]. Together we can make 2015-2016 our best year yet! Sincerely, Julie DeLeon
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September Newsletter 1
Knights Knotes
Volume 12, Issue 10 September 2, 2015
President’s Corner Jennifer Keys, Norton PTA President
Welcome to a new year at Norton Elementary! We hope your year
is off to a wonderful start.
Our membership Co-Chairs Cara Schroeder and Tiffany
Meseberg 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 5-9), Fall
Festival (Oct 16), Red Ribbon week (Oct 26-30), Veterans Day
Celebration (Nov 9) and many more. None of these programs
would be possible without the support of our wonderful Norton
families!
For the third year in a row our main fundraiser will be 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
stay at 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 the Norton PTA and 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
On the day a student is absent, the parent/guardian should call the school and report the absence before 9:00 AM. Upon returning to school, the student must bring a note, signed by the parent/guardian with a brief description for the absence and the date(s) of the absence. Faxed notes may be accepted if they contain all required information including the parent/guardian signature. Emails may be used for notification to your child’s teacher, but cannot be accepted as an excuse. Please remember to cc our Attendance Clerk, [email protected]. An attachment to an email containing the parent/guardian signature will be accepted. After 3 school days the absence will be considered unexcused if a note has not been received by the school office. A doctor’s note is required if your child is absent in excess of 5 school days. Please refer to the 2015-2016 Allen ISD Student Handbook for more information regarding attendance. Thank you!
Please help support your Norton Elementary PTA - DONATE TODAY!
The Norton PTA Back to Basics Fundraiser is in full swing! We still have a long way to go as we are
currently only at 40% of our monetary goal. The funds raised will help support programs for Norton
families, students and teachers throughout the year and will help buy equipment that our students use at
school. We are aspiring to have 100% participation by our families. Prizes will be awarded to those that
donate $50 or above, but remember we will accept any amount, no matter how small or large.
There are no other big fundraisers throughout the year, and this one has been made simple with no selling,
no volunteering, and no soliciting sponsorships. Simply write a check or donate with credit card online. If
we meet our goal, Mrs. DeLeon has agreed to let the students design and build her a wacky obstacle
course. The top two winning classes will receive student prizes and the teachers will get $50 for classroom
supplies. To find out more or donate today, please visit
http://www.allenisd.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=30151. Thank you for your support!
Don't Forget to Link Your Grocery Cards and Amazon Account When you link your Tom Thumb and Kroger cards to Norton PTA, they will donate back a percentage of
sales, and these funds are used to help provide Norton programs. In addition, if you shop at Amazon, you
can participate in their Amazon Smile program which will also donate back a percentage of sales if you
select Norton PTA as your charity of choice. To find out how to link your cards and to participate in
§504 Child Find Notice Pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the District has a duty to identify, refer, evaluate and if eligible, provide a free, appropriate public
education to disabled students. For additional information about the rights of
parents of eligible children, or for answers to any questions you might have about identification, evaluation and placement into Section 504 programs, please
contact the District’s Section 504 Coordinator, Barbara Barker, 972-727-0511 or
by mail at Allen Independent School District, 612 E. Bethany Drive, Allen, Texas 75002.
Aviso Sobre La Identificación de Estudiantes Incapacitados
bajo la Seccion 504 Bajo la Seccion 504 del Decreto de Rehabilitación de 1973, el Distrito Escolar
esta obligado a identificar, referir, evaluar, y proporcionar servicios educativos
apropriados y gratuitos a estudiantes incapacitados que califican para recibir servicios bajo esta ley. Si usted desea mas información sobre los derechos de
padres de niños incapacitados, o si tiene preguntas sobre la identificación,
evaluación, y colocación de niños en el programa de Seccion 504, favor de ponerse in contacto con el Coordinador de 504 del Distrito, Barbara Barker, al
numero 972-727-0511, o por correo a la siguiente dirección: Allen Independent
School District, 612 E. Bethany Drive, Allen, Texas 75002.
Head lice crawl from child to child through head to head contact.
Lice cannot hop, jump or fly.
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:
Lice are small brown, tan or gray insects, about the size of a sesame seed.
The nits or egg sacks are opaque, white oblong-shaped sacks which are firmly attached to the hair shaft. These nits cannot be brushed out. They can only be manually removed with a nit comb or pulled out by hand.
Suspect lice if your child scratches and/or complains of an itchy head. Itching is the first sign of head lice.
HOW TO TREAT IF INFECTED:
Wash your child’s hair with an FDA product formulated to kill lice.
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.
Nits are not killed by lice shampoos, so it will be necessary to wash the hair with the lice product a second time in 7 to 10 days to kill any newly hatched lice.
Launder all clothing and bedding. Laundry water should be at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit to kill the lice. Dry on highest heat setting.
Vacuum all carpets, upholstery and mattresses in the house. Throw away the vacuum bag.
Sealing 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 will also kill 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
Teach your whole family about how lice is spread and treated.
Teach your children not to share combs, brushes, hats, hair accessories, jackets and other personal items with other children.
Check your child frequently for signs of lice or nits. RESOURCES:
www.dshs.state.tx.us/schoolhealth/lice.shtm
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5 Tips for packing a nutritious lunch: 1) Let your children help – they are more likely to eat it if they helped
select it and/or make it. 2) Make subtle switches – Try using yogurt or low fat sour cream as a dip
instead of ranch
3) Make your own versions of processed snacks – Creating homemade versions of Lunchables is easy using things like whole-grain crackers or
pitas with lean meat and low-fat cheese with fresh fruit substituting for
the candy found in store-bought versions 4) Make healthy foods fun to eat – Cookie cutters make easy work out of
making things like lean lunch meat or cheese into fun shapes and the kids
can help cut them out. 5) Variety is the spice of life –It can be easy to get in the routine of putting
only their favorite foods in their lunch box, but trying new things can
reveal new favorites and different options for lunch. Tara Ellwanger is the Healthy Lifestyles Chair for Norton. If you would like
more information or would like to get involved, please contact her at
Welcome to a new school year here at Norton Elementary! We have
some exciting programs that will be taking place in the next few weeks! Our students will be participating in an assembly on
September 11th by the Think Kindness organization. Our PTA is generously providing this assembly and it’s to help create an environment of
kindness and compassion for the whole school year. The students will be asked
to journal their acts of kindness over a period of fifteen days and will hear how one small act of kindness CAN change the world. I think it will be a very
impressionable assembly for our students! In October, the High Flying Excitement assembly will take place during Red Ribbon week. Two off duty
Plano police officers wow the students with their trampoline and martial arts
skills while emphasizing making good choices and being drug free. This assembly has been very popular with our students and is also provided by the
PTA. In November, the students and parents will be asked to donate canned goods for needy families during our “Traveling Turkey” donation week. Norton
Elementary families are the most generous and giving families! Thank you for
all your support!
I also would like to introduce the sixth grade Leadership Team for 2015-2016. They will be helping scatter kindness and compassion throughout the
school through various service activities. These sixth graders are: Nicole Bain, Alex Bull, Dylan Carlquist, Ella Christensen, Evyn Gadd, Julia Gilbert, Katie
McDonald, Meghna Paul, and Emma Watkins. I’m very excited to be working