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The Character Trait for December is Showing understanding of others by treating them with kindness, compassion, generosity and a forgiving spirit. Without kindness, there can be no true joy. -Thomas Carlyle

"Caring" Activities for December Discuss what Caring means in your family Read "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein Bake cookies for a neighbor Make new students feel welcome Remember to thank someone for being kind Offer to help when family members are sick Cheer up a person with a smile and kind words Share what you are thankful for It's nice to be important but it is more important to be nice. -John Marks Templeton Life Messages Children need from their Parents/Guardians I believe in you I trust you I know you can handle it You are listened to You are cared for You are very important to me Barbara Coloroso in "Parenting with Wit and Wisdom'

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With the weather getting colder, please check the BE$ Loft & Found for lost jackets, hats, gloves, etc. Please also put your students name in their coat so we are able to get them returned to them.

Site Council Minutes [INUTES - for Tuesday, December 01, 2015 The meeting rescheduled from Nov. 30, 2015, was called to order by Cassie Kopsa at 4:00 p.m. Minutes from the last meeting were approved. No additions were made to the agenda. Members present were Cassie Kopsa, Karen Pearson, Kristen Kadel, Megan Gronewoller, Donna Eck, and Brady Dean. COMMITTEE REPORTS The Character Education Committee reports that the Boys Town Skills are continuing to be taught and incorporated into lessons, and that the District-Wide Food Drive was a huge success at both the elementary and the high school. They are still looking at adding character education radio spots to highlight the character trait of the month. The Parent Involvement Committee is looking to add Site Council Members names to the Site Council Page on the website and/or on the minutes of the meetings and to, hopefully, make the minutes more accessible on the website. A new Site Council email link has been set up on the website for better communication from our parents and the community to Site Council members. We are exploring the possibility of sending notifications when new monthly newsletters have been posted on the website through Skyward alerts or emails. The Bylaws committee plans to meet soon to update the present Bylaws. Many changes have taken place since they were first written and approved. The Goals Committee will meet and report at the January meeting. HONOR ROLL DISCUSSION Discussion of a possible honor roll in the upper grades was continued from last month's meeting. Pros and cons of implementing this were discussed. The impact on students is the main concern. Our wish if it is implemented is to be a positive reinforcement or motivator. Further discussion will take place at the next meeting. MR. DEAN'S REPORT Monday, December 7*, will be an in-service day for teachers. Gary Sechrist will be visiting in the morning to continue his team building and goal setting efforts with BES staff. In the afternoon, a team of teachers representing each grade level at BES will be travelling to Minneapolis to observe teachers, students, and staff implementing the Boys Town model. These teachers will report what is observed during this visit to BES staff to help become even more effective in our own implementation of this model. Other staff will be involved in Professional Learning Communities in the afternoon. The coaches for the Boys Town Model have done a follow-up data sweep in our school and have found there is improved usage of the model in classrooms and throughout the building. The All-School Boys Town Team is working on a uniform plan with behaviors and expectations for the entire school. There will be new posters distributed throughout the school showing the expectations and the school pledge. The BES open house celebrating not only the new addition, but the 60 year anniversary of the original building, and the 30 year anniversary of the 4th and 5th addition was a success. Students and staff presented a wonderful program and slideshow to 150200 guests from the community. Tours, as well as historical information, of the building were given by sixth grade students following the program. Upcoming events are the Scholastic Book Fair- December 8th through the 17lb, the half day of school on December 22nd for students making the Food Pantry Goal again this year, and midterm assessments that will soon be administered. FRIENDS OF BES Nominations were made for recognizing those that have contributed services, time, or materials for our students at BES. This month we are recognizing the Kansas Communities that Care for the Drug and Alcohol Awareness program and activities presented to the sixth grade and Farmway Coop for sponsoring the agricultural coloring contest. We appreciate their efforts and generosity in helping our students. .COMMUNITY CONTACTS/COMMENTS Many positive comments have been expressed about the BES open house held on November 24lh. .NEXT MEETING The meeting adjourned at 4:35 pm. The next meeting will be January 25, 2015, at 4 pm in the BES library.

46 Beloit Students Participate in Western Kansas Orchestra Festival Friday and Saturday, November 20 & 21 2015 Garden Citv, Kansas Orchestra students from the Beloit Senior High String Orchestra and the Beloit Junior Orchestra attended the Western Kansas Orchestra Festival in Garden City on November 20 and 21. Seventeen senior high, 24 junior high, and 6 6th grade students from Beloit Public Schools attended the festival. Michael Harbaugh is the Orchestra teacher at the Beloit Jr.-Sr. High School and Beloit Elementary School. All orchestra programs west of US 81 attend the festival. 632 students represented Junior High/Middle Schools and High Schools from Hays, Salina, Garden City, Hutchinson, Great Bend, McPherson, Dodge City, and Beloit. The Fort Hays State University and the Western Kansas Orchestra Festival Association present the festival. Matthew Means, Instructor of Violin at Fort Hays State University, is the festival manager. The students are divided into two Middle School String Orchestras and two Senior High String Orchestras and rehearse many hours Friday and Saturday. The Orchestras are divided equally in numbers and ability to provide the most musical experience for all participants. The festival concluded with a concert at the Garden City High School Gym at 6:00 PM on Saturday evening. The Middle School Orchestras performed "Dance of the Harlequins", 'The Code", "Concert Piece for Strings", "Postcards from Russia", "A Beethoven Lullaby", and "Deception". The High School Orchestras performed "Aspire", "Fire Dance", "Mountain Chase", "Somewhere from West Side Story", Danse Infernale", and "I'm Shipping Up To Boston". FIRST CHAIR AUDITIONS: Principal players from each Middle School and Senior High Orchestra auditioned for seating on Friday afternoon. Abby Vetter, 8* Grade student at Beloit Jr. High School won 1st Chair in the Middle School Orchestra Cello Section. Abby is the daughter of Phil and Kristi Vetter. Other students auditioning for seating in the High School Orchestras were Audrey Finney, 2nd Chair String Bass, Belle Finney, 2nd Chair Cello; Grace Marozas, 2nd Chair First Violin; Tyler Long, 3rd Chair 2nd Violin; Jessica Mallory, 4th Chair 2nd Violin; and Brooke Vetter, 5th Chair 1st Violin Other students auditioning for seating in the Middle School Orchestras were Nicole Emerson, 3rd Chair 1st Violin; Tayson Romero, 4th Chair String Bass; Keighlee Armstrong, 4th Chair Cello; Luke Finney, 4lh Chair 2nd Violin; Jaedyn DeGarmo 5 Chair Viola; Jaimie Drum, 5th Chair l sl Violin; Elisa Hiserote, 6th Chair Viola; Drake Thompson, String Bass; and Kiran Elam, 2nd Violin. Other students attending the festival from BHS were Jacob Kimerer, Elyse Krier, Alisyn Bowers, Calvin Duden, Jason Duden, Riley Gronewoller, Makenna Stauffer, Chance Kopsa, Paul Finney, Cutter Hardin, and Sydney Barrett. Other students attending the festival from BJH and BES were Hannah Burks, Hayley Burks, Laney Clark, Chance Eck. Emily Fcldmann, Madilyn Johnson, Alijah Twaddell, Chloe Weber, Alexis Arasmith, Landon Budke, Gamer Grauerholz, Haley Hilt, Jamie Sporleder, Kaiden Harden, Jasmine Blue, Braden Burks, Sapphire Davis, Andraleia Kimlinger, Electra Krone, and Cameron Sadler. Jenny Klinkenberg, Blue Valley Schools; Cody Toll, Manhattan Middle School; Rachel Dirks, Lawrence High School; and Eric Crawford, Wichita East High School served as clinicians. Parental Support Michelle Blue, DeeAnn Harbaugh, Doug Twaddell, Kristi Vetter, Kevin Marozas, Dr. Chris Marozas, Diedre Burks, Dina Budke and Jennifer Thompson helped chaperone the students. Mr. Harbaugh would like to thank the administration, secretarial staff, custodial staff, bus drivers, teachers of the Beloit Jr.-Sr. High School and Beloit Elementary Schools, in their outstanding support of this event and the orchestra program.

The A n n u a l B.E.S. Food Drive to ce ebrate the character trait "Caring huge success. The school-wide goal was to bring in 2,5OO items. The 'official" count on Friday, November 2Oth was 2,583 items! Thank you to all who supported this project that benefits the community of Beioit and Mitchell County.

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Help Your Kids Have a Healthy Holiday Season The holiday season is here and for most of us that means Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas parties, New Year's celebrations.. .which means food, food, and more food! Not to mention that with more to pack into our already busy schedules, who has time for exercise? Keeping up with healthy habits has benefits for your whole body - like helping to avoid holiday weight gain, helping to fend off holiday stress and fatigue, and helping to keep your immune system strong. Many people give up on healthy habits during the holidays but with these tips you can teach your children how to stay healthy during this busy time of year. Tips for healthy holiday eating: Feed your children - and yourself- a light meal or snack before going to a holiday party. It's harder to avoid overeating when you're overly hungry. Set a good example for children by eating fruits, vegetables, and whole grains with meals or as snacks. Offer to bring a healthy, low-calorie dish to holiday parties so you'll know that at least one healthy item will be available. Teach your children to eat smaller portions of food, especially at a buffet, where they may want to try everything. Help them choose the items they want to try the most, and eat a small portion of each. Sodas and other sweet drinks contain a lot of calories and many contain caffeine. For a healthier version of "soda" mix 100% fruit juice with club soda or seltzer. The holiday season can keep you extra busy but try to avoid fast food - it may be handy, but is often high in fat and low in nutrition. Tips for physical activity: • Do fall and winter chores with your kids - raking leaves, shoveling snow • Have fun together outside - go for a walk, tumble in the leaves, go sledding, build a snowman • Play games outside - soccer, football, Frisbee, catch • Go on an active family outing - ice skating, bowling, skiing • Limit TV watching - but when you do watch TV, get up and move instead of sitting during commercials • Turn on holiday music and dance around the house Give gifts that encourage physical activity, like active games or sporting equipment -Andrea Hart, RD, CDN Article taken from sparkpe.org

Scholastic Book Fair will be at Beloit Elementary from Dec. 8th -17th, 2015 " 8:00 AM— 4:00 PM Late night shopping from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10th and Thursday, Dec. 17th Book Fair closes after the tfh grade Program on Dec. 17th! Enter through the front door. DON'T forget the TEACHER'S WISH LIST. ..It makes Santa's job easy!!!

UA/ff=f£D SCHOOL DftffcfCT 273 SHOULD I SEND MV CHILD TO SCHOOL? The following guidelines from KDHE (Kansas Department of Health & Environment) may be used in determining if your child should be kept home from school: 1. The illness prevents your child from participating comfortably in activities 2. The illness results in a greater need for care than the staff can provide 3. The child has any of the following conditions, unless a health professional determines the student's condition does not require staying home from school. • •

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Appears to be severely ill Fever - temperature 100 F or above and behavior change or other signs and symptoms (sore throat, rash, earache, vomiting, diarrhea) May Return when Free of fever for 24 hours without the use of medication. Marked drowsiness or malaise (a vague feeling of physical discomfort or uneasiness) as seen early in an illness

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Diarrhea - defined as an unusual number of stools or unusually liquid stool compared to the child's normal pattern May Return when Free of diarrhea for 24 hours Blood in stools - not explained by dietary change, medication or constipation

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Any break in the skin in the weeping/oozing stage - unless protected (covered) and/or diagnosed as noninfectious Infected eyes with discharge - until 24 hours after treatment started by a licensed medical provider. A clear, watery discharge (viral) may not require exclusion

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Please be mindful of these symptoms and work together with the other parents/ guardians to make the classroom a healthy environment. Thank you! If you have any questions please feel free to contact:

USD 273 District School Nurse • 785-738-3581 (BES) / • 785-738-3593 (BJSHS)

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