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Issue 6 March 2012

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Joy Neale-May, Editor Inside this issue:

Dear Herberich Families, The beginning of the second semester has been very busy! Last night we had Family Math Night for kindergarten through fourth grades. The kids had a wonderful time challenging the adults. The annual third and fourth grade Science Fair took place last week. The students worked very hard and all of their experiments were very impressive! The first graders, winners of the first PTA Box Top collection contest, were finally able to go sled riding with me. We had a wonderful time and drank delicious hot chocolate! Another contest is underway now and the winning grade level will be able to have a fun activity in April! Save those Box Tops! Our annual “Read Across America Week” has been so much fun! On Friday it is “Favorite Book Character Dress-Up Day” in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Maybe the Cat in the Hat will make a return visit to Herberich. The students will attend an assembly to learn about the Usborne Book “Reach for the Stars” program as well as show the school their outfits! The PTA initiated program provides a great opportunity for students to read, earn books for their home library and the Herberich school library. Students will bring the information home after the assembly. To add to our celebration of reading a daily trivia contest has been happening during morning announcements. Students will write down the correct answer and one of the trivia answer slips will be drawn for a daily prize! We have books and Regal Movie gift cards (Thank you Herberich PTA) so the winner can take home a book or go see “The Lorax” movie! Special thanks to Mrs. Shaw, intervention specialist teacher, Miss Kimberlin, ESL tutor, and Mrs. Richards, kindergarten teacher for all of their planning and hard work! Please join us on Thursday, March 8th from 5:30-8:00 for our annual Multicultural Fair. Many of our families will be sharing their traditions and cultures at stations that will be set up in the gymnasium and library. Miss Kimberlin has done an excellent job of working with students and parents to organize this special learning experience. It is time to think about the 2012-2013 school year! Kindergarten Registration will take place at Copley High School in the Auxiliary Gym on Thursday, March 22 nd from 9:00-12:00 and 1:30-4:00. Please refer to the information that is in this newsletter. If you are interested in the Pre-School program information is also included. If you have an incoming first grader that does not currently attend Herberich please contact Mrs. Neale-May to obtain a registration packet. You will need to register your child at the Board of Education but we have the registration packets in the school office. Please let me know if you have any questions. Wednesday, March 28th at 7:00pm at Copley High School the kindergarten, second and fourth grade classes will present, “We Got the Beat!” As always, Mrs. Walton has planned a wonderful concert. The third and fourth grade vocal and hand chime choirs will also be performing during the concert. Please come! Although our recent weather feels like spring, our Spring Break will be the week of April 2nd through Monday April 9th. Tuesday, April 10th everyone returns to school. This year is going by so quickly! Thank you for your help at home! The staff and I are grateful for all of your continued support. Happy March!!!!!! Miss Ashcroft

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REMINDER Please make sure that your child is dressed appropriately daily and prepared for the weather.

Some students have been coming to school wearing spring or summer clothing. It is still cold outside and ALL students go outside for recess so long as the wind chill factor is 20 and above. These conditions need more than a t-shirt topped by a sweatshirt. Socks should also be part of their daily attire. We have run out of loaner socks. Ing ….

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Our weekly drawings for Herberich’s unique rewards program: “I saw you being … Respectful, Responsible, Courteous and Kind” continue. The following students were recognized: Belle Antal, Rose Basniak, Arianna Brazile, Isabelle Byers, Alijah Grace, Alayna Igoe, Mina Judeh, Alecia King, Ryan Leach, Dayna Lewis, Sarah Masuoka, Kyle Paulette, Jevonne Reeves, Holden Schmid, Wyatt Schmid, Georgie Shinn, Rachel Siddall, Elijah Stallworth, Yu Suzuki, Natascha Trunko, Rawney Trunko, Unice Won and Javaan Yarbrough. For the benefit of our new families, this program enables staff to reward students for positive behavior. This is not limited to the teaching staff, and even extends to the bus drivers.

LUNCHROOM UPDATE—Mrs. Pam Kerr & Mrs. Teri Brennan Please make sure your child has either lunch money or a packed lunch every day. We are having quite a few children coming through the lunch line with either no money or packed lunch and needing to charge. Also, if your child is on the free or reduced lunch program and he/she packs from home, he/she will need to pay for milk. The cost is 50c. We sell snacks every day. If you do not want your child to use money on their account for snacks please let us know so we can mark their account. There are still some children who do not know their student id #. Please continue working with your child on this.

Mrs. Pam Kerr or Mrs. Teresa Brennan @ 330.664.4977 between 9:30-11:30.

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ART PALETTE—Miss Julie Lafferty Greetings Parents and Young Artists! The Kindergarten classes have been “busy bees” as we created artwork to go along with the insect unit they have been learning about with Mrs. Pelton and Mrs. Richards. We began with butterflies to reinforce the idea of symmetry that students have been learning about in their math units. Students read the Eric Carle books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug, to go along with their creations. Color transformed coffee filters into butterfly wings and the students’ ladybug collages now decorate the Kindergarten halls! The First graders have been using the lines and letters of the alphabet to inspire their artwork. After reading the “Add a Line Alphabet”, students pulled letters out of a hat. Each letter has been converted into a part of our Alphabet playgrounds. The shapes and lines of the letters serve as the frame of each artist’s drawing and it was great to see everyone so creative! Keeping with the alphabet theme, First grade also has been collaging colorful letters. We learned about collage with our most recent artist of the month, Romare Bearden. After discovering easy ways to draw bubble letters, we used collage to fill in the letters and a textured watercolor resist for the background. Second grade has also been inspired by Romare Bearden’s artwork. Bearden was an African-American artist who lived and worked in New York City. He is best known for his collages in which he shows many city skylines and loves to include images of people, especially jazz musicians which he grew up around. The Second grade created a moonlit background by mixing shades of blue around a full moon and collaged a city skyline which they invented. The city silhouettes are dotted with rows of collaged windows that finish off their pieces. The Third grade has also been collaging using magazine strips to build the letters of their name. Students learned to create an accordion book using individual cards for each letter they collaged and assembled them together to make a colorful book of their name. Third grade has also begun to work with chalk pastels and will use a stencil that they create to draw their own glowing city at night. The Fourth grade artists are becoming pros at portrait drawing! The group has been learning about the contemporary portrait artist, Chuck Close, over the past month and taken inspiration from his work. Close creates large scale portraits and self-portraits in which he draws a grid to section off the painting. The grid on both the photo he works from and his canvas help him to look at small sections at a time and recreate what he sees on a larger scale. While Chuck Close fills in each square in the grid with small abstract paintings that come together to make an image when you step back, the Fourth graders are using their grid to follow the outlines from a photo of themselves. I am completely blown away by the students’ efforts with these self-portraits. They look fantastic so far and look forward to displaying them in the school and sharing them with all of you. We also have begun a bi-weekly art club called Art Explorers with the fourth grade students. Students are able to come to the Art room during their recess to have independent creative

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LIBRARY CHAT—Mrs. Emily Vanke We are celebrating Dr. Seuss as our “Author of the Month”. Theodor Seuss Geisel children’s books have sold more than 200 million copies. His books, which he both illustrated and wrote, have been translated into twenty languages as well as Braille. Better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, he also wrote books under the pseudonym Theo LeSieg. Even after his death in 1991, he continues to be the best-selling author of children’s books in the world. His books are populated by Wockets, Whos, Grinches, bunches of Hunches, Bar-ba-loots, red fish, blue fish, an elephant and a fox in socks. His stories have a rhythmic pace, and are full of tongue-twisters, word play, and highly inventive vocabulary. Among his most famous books is The Cat in the Hat. With only 223 vocabulary words and much repetition, it is ideally suited for beginning readers. Green Eggs and Ham has a vocabulary of only fifty words to tell the story of a Seuss creature’s relentless crusade to introduce another character to a revolting dish. As Dr. Seuss wrote in Oh, the Places You’ll Go! : “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, Any direction you choose.” Our students are enjoying Dr. Seuss books and celebrating his birthday on March 2nd.

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5 trees are planted for every 1 that is cut down. Over the past 100 years, our forest have increased by 40%!

Herberich is proud to recycle. During the months of January we saved: 21.34 trees 3.77 cubic yards of landfill 8,785.0 Gallons of water 5,145.50 Kilowatts of electricity—enough to heat 1 home for six months.

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GUIDANCE GALLERY—Mrs. Pamela Long-Rice 330.664.4884

SELF-DISCIPLINE & DILIGENCE—CHARACTER TRAITS FOR MARCH SELF-DISCIPLINE One of the primary tasks of early childhood is to develop self-discipline. Parents often find themselves correcting their children for interrupting, being wild, not following instructions or for not controlling their hands or mouths. These all require self-discipline or self-control. Young children are by nature impulsive. Some children have ADHD or other biological factors which increase impulsiveness. Part of the solution for impulse control is to learn self-discipline. A child armed with self-discipline has a tremendous asset for addressing life’s challenges. So many relational and personal problems can be avoided or controlled when one has self-control. Here are some suggestions for teaching it to children. 1. Teach children to come when they are called. When a parent calls a child, that child shouldn’t yell, “What?” from across the house, parking lot or playground. Children can learn to come to the parent, within a few feet, in order to have a dialog with the parent. This helps children learn that self-control sometimes means that we must give up what we would like to be doing in order to do something else. 2. Teach children to respond positively to correction. Most children don’t like to be corrected and respond negatively in either aggressive (anger) or passive (bad attitude) ways. This is unacceptable and becomes an excellent opportunity to teach self-discipline. One of the facts of life is that people often must follow directions which may not be their preference. Teach children to respond with a good attitude as well as right behavior. This requires self-control and helps children learn to control their impulses. A good response to correction is sometimes difficult to learn but work in this area will help a child develop a skill which will help them forever. 3. A number of social skills require self-control. Praise children when they demonstrated this quality and point out areas they need to work on. Listening, knowing when and how to interrupt, controlling anger and reporting back after completing a task all require self-discipline. 4. Encourage children to take on activities which build self-discipline. They may include sports, music lessons, a paper route, the responsibility of caring for a neighbor’s pet, memorization of scripture, a clean room, or a host of other activities. 5. When a child receives a reward like payment for a job accomplished or ever a star on a chart or special treat, talk about self-discipline. External rewards give a great opportunity to talk about internal rewards. The real benefit to a paper route is not the money, it’s the building of self-discipline. “You are pretty determined and responsible to get up every morning.” “I know you would have rather played the game but I like the way you took time to walk the dog. That shows self-discipline.” 6. Use bedtimes to teach self discipline. Some children have a hard time going to bed without creating a battle and this becomes a great opportunity to teach self-discipline to children. After all, it requires a lot of self-control for a child to stay quietly in bed while parents are still awake. Set a bedtime, develop a routine which covers all the necessary bedtime tasks and work at getting your child to stay in bed without Mom or Dad falling asleep in the room. This requires work on the part of the parent but will pay off tremendous dividends in the end. 7. Morning routines, chores, and family schedules become opportunities for children to learn responsibility and self-discipline. Responsibility is “doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” The rewards for being responsible are called privileges. The child who is responsible to get ready and be at breakfast by 7:30 a.m. is allowed the privilege of staying up until their 8:00 p.m. bedtime. Being able to choose one’s clothes is the privilege for getting dressed before the deadline. Simple benefits of life are seen as privileges associated with basic responsibility. Some parents try to give their children an easier life than they had so they try to make their children feel good at the expense of good character. Unfortunately, this often translates into more freedom and less self-control. A wise parent will use childhood to prepare a child for success as an adult. Self -discipline is one of the most important character qualities a child can develop. Ironically, spoiled children are not happy; self-disciplined children often are! Self-discipline is a primary quality that will help children be successful in life. More techniques and ideas are available in the book, Good and Angry, Exchanging Frustration for Character in You and Your Kids.

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DILIGENCE Diligence is a life skill that can teach your child to complete tasks as long as he has the tools and abilities to do so. A child who isn’t taught to be diligent will usually quit in the middle of a task when the requirements are considered too difficult to complete. Teaching your child to be diligent requires finding a method that works for you and your child. Step 1 ~ Start young. You can work with a toddler to teach her how to complete tasks. Something as simple as brushing her teeth can turn into a lesson about getting the job done the best she can. Make a point of letting her know that it is important to brush each tooth, and keep talking to her about it as you brush her teeth. Step 2 ~ Lead by example. Let your little one watch you as you complete tasks. If you get frustrated because your child isn’t listening while you are teaching him the alphabet, don’t give up. Talk to him about why he needs to listen—and why you need to keep encouraging him to listen—and continue your lesson. As your child sees you finish your task the right way without fail, he will learn the importance of finishing tasks. Step 2 ~ Expect diligence from your child. Help your child to complete tasks and meet commitments. A big part of being a diligent person is understanding that diligence isn’t always fun, but in the end, you are rewarded with a completed task. For example, if your child plays soccer, don’t let her miss practice just because she would rather watch TV. Emphasize the importance of her diligently showing up since her team is counting on her. Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/499633-how-to-teach-children-to-be-diligent/#ixzz1lolzd6no

READ ACROSS AMERICA February 27 ~ March 2

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MARCH Thursday 1

Twin Thursday—Read Across America

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Favorite Character—Read Across America

Wednesday 7

9:30 PTA Council Meeting @ CHS

Full Moon Thursday 8

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5:30 PTA Meeting 5:30-8:00 Multicultural Fair

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Good Friday /Full Moon

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Scrip Orders Due

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Easter

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Daylight Savings Begins—”Spring Ahead” Tuesday 10

Back to School

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Magical Theatre Performance

9:30 TA Council Meeting @ CHS

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Learn Not To Burn

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6 PM CHS Adult All Sports Boosters Reverse Raffle At St. George’s Church

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6:30 PTA Meeting Monday 16

7 PM BOE Meeting

Spring Pictures

Wednesday 18 6-8 PM PTA District Art Show

5-6 PM Market Day Pick Up

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9-12 PTA District Art Show

7 PM BOE Meeting

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Scrip Orders Due

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Kindergarten Registration @ CHS— Auxiliary Gym: 9-12 & 1:30-4

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5-6 PM Market Day Pick Up

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6:30-9:00 Herberich Talent Show @ John Halchin Auditorium, CHS

Week of April 30

Ohio Achievement Assessment Week—3rd & 4th Grades

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Issue 6 March 2012 Joy Neale-May, Editor

President—Mrs. Romi Brozeit PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD The great thing about Herberich is that, despite what the weather is doing, there is a constant flow of excitement in learning and amazing events for students, families and staff. A few highlights this month include Read Across America week, followed by the Multi-Cultural Fair coordinated by Miss Kimberlin, Kindergarten Registration Day and the Spring Concert. The time has come for the nomination of 2012/13 PTA Executive Board. If you are interested in serving or wish to nominate someone, please contact PTA Nominating Chair Christine Hohenshil at [email protected] or 330-865-6937. Keep involved, and always remember that your involvement makes a difference in a child’s life.

President:

Romi Brozeit 330.867.1742 [email protected]

1st VP:

Danae Labocki 330-321-2332 [email protected]

2nd VP:

Lital Pearson [email protected]

The Herberich PTA supported many February activities which should be noted before we leave the month behind: At the February PTA meeting, the membership voted, unanimously, to approve the updates to reflect current procedures to the bylaws and standing rules. It has been three years since the last review. Many thanks to chair Christine Hohenshil, committee members Julie Shinn and Patricia Smoot Wicks for their outstanding service in reviewing and in making the recommendations. Susan Haywood and Melissa Ruggiero, of the Receptions Committee, did a tremendous job with the Valentine’s Breakfast for Dad’s/Special Guys. Thank you to them, Miss Ashcroft, the school and the numerous parent volunteers who helped to create a special event for the children and families. The last teacher/parent conference night of the year was hosted by Hospitality Committee co-chairs Karen Elliot and Sheri Spainhour. These two ladies and their team provided a delicious chili spread for the teachers. They really did a remarkable job throughout the year, on those long days, looking out for the teachers. Thank you so much. Lital Pearson has implemented fun and well received fund raising activities to support the PTA this year. We greatly appreciate her time and dedication. Students enjoyed Chuck E. Cheese nights, and families will have the opportunity to participate with the PTA’s spring fundraiser Mixed Bagged this month (please see more information regarding this fundraiser from Mrs. Pearson). The next PTA meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 8th from 5:30 – 6:00 pm. We invite you to attend. Please do note the time change for this month only. Nominees for 2012/13 PTA Executive Board will be presented. The program for the evening will tie in with the Multi-Cultural Fair. Babysitting services will be provided by CHS Key Club for the meeting portion only. Romi Brozeit President

Secretary:

Nancy Paulette 330-835-3910 [email protected]

Treasurer:

Kim Scott 330.865.9990 [email protected]

Council Rep:

Renae Yashnik 330.864.9037 [email protected]

Council Rep:

Marie Snyder 330.576.6415 [email protected]

Council Rep:

Anita Klein 330.835-4258 [email protected]

Procedure Advisor

Christine Hohenshil 330.865.6937 [email protected]

Committees chairs are available on the website

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1st VP—Mrs. Danae Labocki We are excited to bring you our Spring Session After School Programs. We are offering Jazz Funk, Knitting, Drama, Spanish, Jammin’ Jumpers, Science Club, and Studio Art. Look for packets to come home with students the week of March 5th. Registration for all programs closes on March 26th. Programs fill up quickly so make sure to get your registration forms in as soon as possible. If you have any questions please contact me at [email protected] or 330.321.2332.

2nd VP—Mrs. Lital Pearson Thank you's to all of the room moms for the wonderful Valetine's Day parties. I am sure that everyone had a LOT of fun. Chuck E. Cheese night was great. Thanks to all who came to support our school. The amount of funds raised will be made available at our next PTA meeting. The MIXED BAG FUNDRAISER is finally here!!! On March 1st students will bring home, via back pack, a mixed bag fundraiser catalog. If you are interested in ordering these chic and environmentally friendly bags or any other of the items from the catalog, be sure to submit your order by March 15th. Sample bags will be on display in the school lobby from March 4-15. Thank you for supporting Herberich PTA. Herberich receives 50% of funds raised. If you have any questions please contact Lital Pearson @ 330/618-1101 or [email protected].

R e d e m p t i o n s — M r s . M a r j i C a r r i n o & M r s . Tr a c y W e b b Weather finally cooperated to enable the First Graders to redeem their win of sledding with Miss Ashcroft for submitting the most box tops in the first contest. They bundled up and got some great rides down Herberich’s hill and warmed up with hot chocolate before the close of the school day. Thank you kids for supporting the PTA. Many thanks to Miss Ashcroft for joining in on the sled rides and supporting the PTA efforts. The second box top contest deadline was February 24th. The class with the most submissions gets a chance to join in on what the first graders experienced earlier this month. Results will be announced at school and at the next PTA meeting. (Results were not available at the time of printing). Please note – after this contest please continue to submit Box Tops. They will be tracked for future rewards to be announced in the coming month. Thank you, Marji Carrino and Tracy Webb

Receptions—Susan Haywood, Melissa Ruggiero and Romi Brozeit Over 350 adults and children attended the “Valentine’s For Dads/Special Guy Breakfast” on February 9 th. PTA was delighted so many of you were able to enjoy a special morning together before the start of the school day. This event would not have been possible without the generous support of PTA, Earth Fare, Starbucks, Miss Ashcroft, Mrs. Neale-May, Mr. Smiraldo, Mr. Cugini, Mr. Kerr, teachers, staff and the amazing outpour of support from parents. Thank you all. We would also like to extend a personal thank you to the following parents for their assistance with set up before the event, day of event, clean up and picture taking: Sung-Ae, Chungsoo An, Richard Bronn II, Amy Byerly, Yukiko Canode, Brandon Curry, Don Davis, La’Keithia Freeman, Donella Gachett, Reza Hajjafar, Shelly Heinbuch, Christine Hohenshil, David Igoe, Chiharu Ikeda, Stephani Itibrout, Sangita Khakre, Kilhee Kim, Anita Klein, Stephani Kneram, Lital Pearson, Spencer Seefeldt, Teresa Sroka, Talisha Stallworth, Lindy Stoner, Jerry Tobin, Tracey Webb, Tom Williams. If we have left out anyone, please forgive us but know that you are truly appreciated.

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Birthday Book Club—Mrs. Rosita Delev Your response to the BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB campaign has been great. We have collected $ 295 this year. Thank you to all who have made monetary or book donations. Your child's name has been added to the Birthday Book Club in the library. Mrs.Vanke, Herberich's librarian, will select books to add to the library collection, and each book will be stamped: DONATED BY THE BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB 2011-2012. Below are the names of all who joined the Birthday Book Club this year:

Amr Abuarab Martin Delev Karl Brozeit Max Brozeit Emma Canode Lindsay Cotleur Payton Couch Joel Elliott

Erin Elliott Jaydon Gachett Leo Gerber Samantha Hartz-Rudolph Dylan Haywood Nevaeh Johnson Chance Marks Meir Matsumoto

Sydney Morris Alex Nguyen Ben Nguyen Kyuri Park Sophie Rice Emma Robinette Grace Rochford Brendan Roddy

Tyler Rojas Garrett Scott CeCe Sheldon JJ Strobelt-McCann Teresa White Miss. Ashcroft Mrs. Neale-May Mrs. Bernel

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