Friday Flyer

Boulevard Friday Flyer

12/1/17

The Friday flyer is a weekly publication of the Boulevard PTO

Boulevard Principal

Dear Boulevard Families!

I trust everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Recess and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. After having had the week off, the students seem genuinely excited to be back in school and learning once again. As I have visited classrooms this week, I have been deeply impressed with the level of teaching and learning I have witnessed first-hand.

Starting next week and continuing through the month of December, we will be administering Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for reading and math to our students. Looking at the results of MAP over time provides us with one more way to measure student growth thus far in the school year. The majority of our students will be administered MAP during their regularly scheduled computer lab times so that other learning times are not impacted. If you are looking for ways to support your child in taking these assessments, please talk to your child about the importance of doing one’s best and make sure your child gets plenty of rest and a healthy breakfast in the days and weeks ahead.

Thank you and have a spectacular weekend!

Neal Robinson

Message from the PTO!

Save the Date:

Teacher and Staff Appreciation Brunch

Friday, December 15, 2017

FOOD DONATIONS NEEDED! Drop off at school 7:30-8:00AM

Let’s show our teachers and staff how much we appreciate them this holiday season! Please sign up here to bring an item here:

Boulevard Night at Kalahari

Thursday, January 18, 2018

PLEASE RESERVE BY DECEMBER 18

On Thursday, January 18 (no school the following day), Boulevard families will receive a discounted rate of $122/night at Kalahari Water Park in Sandusky, Ohio. This includes a resort room for one night and water park admission that afternoon and most of the following day; plus Kalahari will donate $10/room to our PTO. This event has had a great turnout in recent years, and is a blast! To make a reservation, call 877-525-2427 and ask for the Shaker Heights School District-Boulevard Family Night and Fundraiser room block. Rate and room availability are only guaranteed through December 18, so please reserve before then. Hope to see you on the water slides!

MLK Day of Service

Monday, January 15, 2018, 10:00AM - 12:00PM, SHHS

Bring your child to Shaker Heights High School to help prepare items for the homeless with other Shaker students. Students in grades 1-4 will be making no-sew blankets, while students in grades 5-12 will prepare other items. You can make an optional donation to this event via your account at https://www.payforit.net , under “fundraisers”, select “Boulevard MLK Day of Service PreK-8”.

Around the World: Sharing our Cultures

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Boulevard families and friends, mark your calendars for this fabulous event where our international families share food, crafts, and more from their cultures with the rest of us, 6:30 pm at Boulevard!

Stay Connected

Stay up to date on events at Boulevard (and other Shaker schools your children may attend) by downloading the Shaker Heights Schools App from the App Store or Google Play or click here for more detailed instructions.

Click here to join the Shaker Schools Family Directory to stay connected with other families in the district.

Artsonia

Boulevard has started using Artsonia to create digital art portfolios for the 2017-2018 school year! Each student has an online gallery with his or her art work starting with this school year until they graduate from Boulevard! It is a great way to showcase and share students' creativity, art knowledge, and developing art skills! If you missed the letter that went home with directions for signing up online, please email your student's art teacher and we will send it to you! Ms. Gosses can be emailed at gosses_a@shaker.org and teaches the Monday and Wednesday art classes. Mrs. Ely can be emailed at ely_j@shaker.org and teaches the Tuesday and Thursday art classes. If you have any questions or if you would like to help us photograph and upload student art, please let us know.

Boxtops

Thank you for collecting Boxtops this year. Your Boxtop collection has earned Boulevard Elementary $440.00 this year. This money helps the PTO put together programs like the ice cream social and the carnival. Please continue to save the Boxtops over the upcoming school year and BREAK!!

Throw the boxtops in a bag or tape them to a sheet and send them in!

Homework help has arrived

Homework help has arrived...Does homework take much longer than it should? Are you battling your child when it comes to doing homework? The Elementary Homework Center at Woodbury could be the answer. You can drop your child off for a ONE HOUR session with a certified teacher. There is no cost. No appointment necessary. The center is open Monday-Thursdays from 4:30-7:00.

DO YOU SHOP AT HEINEN’S?

The school gets 1 cent per dollar spent! You must sign up and link your card each year . There are two easy ways you can link your card:

Go to the CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER. Give your name. They will look you up and link your card. It takes 30 seconds!
CALL THIS NUMBER - 216-475-2300 Ext 2337. Give your name. They will look you up and link your card. Simple as that!

Every dollar you spend at Heinen’s could give back in a big way. Please link your card today!

Message from the School Nurse

The nurses office stocks up on clothing in case there is a need for students to borrow any. Currently the nurse is in need of boys pants sizes 5 to 8, preferably elastic waist. Please drop your donations into the office.

Thank you for your donations in advance!

Janet Meinhard

Submissions

Submit your proofed, unformatted copy to boulevardfridayflyer@yahoo.com by noon on Wednesdays. Review our newsletter guidelines for details on what the PTO publishes in school newsletters.

Helpful Links

Woodbury School Web Page

School District Calendar

PayForIt.net

Shaker Heights Public Library

City of Shaker Heights

Progress Book

Woodbury Bands

Lunch Menus

Shaker.org

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