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IMPORTANT DATES
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Sept. 28, 4:00-8:00 pm - P/T Conferences, No School for 1/2 Day Kindergarten
Sept. 29, Noon-8:00 pm - P/T Conferences, No School
Sept. 30 - NO SCHOOL - Conf. Comp. Day!
Oct. 4 - Wear
BLUE for Anti-Bullying Awareness
Oct. 6, All Day - Papa Murphy's Pizza Spirit Night!
Oct. 11, 5:00-9:00 pm - Sonic Spirit Night!
Oct. 13, 4:00-8:00 pm - PWS Walk-a-thon @ MHS Track
Oct. 14 - Prof. Development Day - NO SCHOOL!
Oct. 20, 4:30-8:30 pm - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night!
Oct. 21, 9:00 am-1:30 pm - 2nd Grade Field Trip to Gaddert's Pumpkin Patch
Oct. 31, 10:45-11:45 am - Fall Party for AM Kdg
2:45-3:45 pm - Fall Parties for AD Kdg and 1st-5th Grades
Nov. 3, 6:30-7:30 pm - PTO Meeting (Band Room)
Nov. 7 - Lifetouch Retakes
Nov. 10, 6:30-7:30 pm - 4th Grade Music Program (MHS Auditorium)
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Mission :
The mission of Maize USD 266 is to inspire students to discover their potential through connecting, learning and leading.
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| The Pray-Woodman Way September 25, 2016
Volume 21, Issue 2
Pray-Woodman Elementary 
605 W. Academy Ave.
Maize, KS 67101
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A Note from Nils...
We look forward to seeing you at conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. You should have received an email reminder about your time. If you don't have a time, please contact your child's teacher. We also hope that you will have a chance to stop by the Book Fair in the library before or after your conference.
Special thanks to the staff members and parent volunteers who made our first annual Pray-Woodman Pirate Day a rollicking success. Around 135 students completed reading and math goals during the summer and participated in a special pirate party with fun carnival games and spectacular prizes.
Our awesome PWS PTO is sponsoring a variety of family events in the coming weeks. These events provide a great time to be with other Pray-Woodman families and also provide funds for PTO projects like classroom grants, name tags, music program props, PE supplies and many more items that benefit our students and staff. We are trying to offer a wide range of activities, and realize that your family may not be able to participate in all of the events. October events include Papa Murphy's Night (Oct. 6), Sonic Night (Oct. 11) and Chick-Fil-A (Oct. 20).
And congratulations to Crystal May, PWS 4th Grade teacher. She was named one of eight finalists for the 2017 Kansas Teacher of the Year Award. We are very proud of her accomplishments, and extremely grateful for all that she has done for our students and staff. The Kansas Teacher of the Year will be announced on Nov. 19.
Principal
Pray-Woodman Elementary School
Maize, Kansas
316-350-2603
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KANSAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR
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Crystal May, PWS 4th Grade teacher, is honored as a finalist for the 2017 Kansas Teacher of the
Year Award and received a check for $2000 from Security Benefit Life. (Dale Dennis, Deputy
Commissioner of Education; May; Kurt Auleta, Security Benefit Life; Dr. Randy
Watson, Kansas
Commissioner of Education)
Crystal May; Chad Higgins, Maize USD 266 Superintendent; Mark Bradshaw, Maize South High English
teacher who was named a semifinalist.
Over the past four years, three USD 266 elementary teachers have been named Kansas Teacher of the
Year Finalists, and all three have connections to Pray-Woodman.
Shelley Jennings, 2nd Grade teacher at Maize South Elementary, previously taught third grade at
PWS. Crystal May teaches fourth grade. Marney Hay, Vermillion Elementary Assistant Principal,
previously taught fourth grade at PWS.
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Second Step Spotlight - First Grade
This month in First Grade students are focusing on skills for learning in their S
econd Step lessons. The lessons themes are: being respectful, focusing attention and listening, using self-talk, and being assertive. When asked how these lessons are helping in the classroom:
"If you
listen, you know what to do." - Kynnedy
"They help you learn." - Hadley
"It helps kids to not clip down." - Gavin
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PWS Counseling Program-
Carrie Heide, Counselor
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Hello parents- Thank you for your support of the PTO we had a great turnout for our last meeting and we hope to continue to grow throughout the year. Feel free to attend at any point during the year and also email us with any questions at
pwspto@yahoo.com.
We have spirit nights at many types of restaurants throughout the school year set up and others are in the works with dates to be announced. As always, we would love to have good participation at each of our spirit nights, but we do not expect every family to attend every one of the nights. We have the options for different tastes and price points, join us when it works for your family!
Papa Murphy's Take and Bake pizza is set for Oct. 6th, 15% comes back to the school.
Sonic is the 2nd Tuesday of each month Oct.11th from 5-9 pm, 10% comes back to the school.
Chick-Fil-A is on Oct. 20th from 4-8 pm. Please be sure to tell them you are with PWS whether you join us inside or go to the drive thru. We get 20% of all sales and 100% from the prize wheel.
We will be hosting another donation drive before the Christmas break. If you are cleaning out your game closet, toy shelves, or bookshelves to make room before the holidays please set items that will be helpful to our classrooms aside. Items that are good for educational use or fun for indoor recess would be much appreciated. More information will come!
Also we are starting to plan for our big fundraiser, a walk-a-thon in April. If you would like to be a part of the committee please contact us. Also, if you have a business or know of someone who would be willing to donate please let us know.
Thank you to all the parents who signed up to be room parent for your child's classroom! We have sent packets of helpful information home with your students, if you have any questions let us know, we are here to help support you.
Have a great day!
Petrissa Palmer
pwspto@yahoo.com
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Ahoy Mateys! All good pirates know what a treasure a good book is. Stop by our book fair during conferences to uncover some precious loot. We will be open Wednesday during the day for our half day kindergarten parents. We will close at 7:30 Wednesday night. Our Thursday hours are 12:00-7:30 (doors will close at 7:30). Make sure you stop by to enter the drawing for some yummy pirate loot also! Don't miss out on this great adventure. Arrrr!
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Our fall box top collection will be October 3-13. The winning class in each grade level will receive 30 minutes of free time in the library. The overall winner will also get a pizza snack party. Collecting box tops is a great way to help our library. Each one is worth $0.10, and they add up fast!
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We have access to an app with loads of free books that you can download to read on the go. There are books for all reading levels. One of our William Allen White/Battle of the Books titles is actually included. If you have an Android or iOS device and are interested in information, please e-mail me at krodell@usd266.com.
Mrs. Rodell
Pray-Woodman Library Media Specialist
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Top Runners for Fall 2016
Half Mile
2nd grade
Boys: 1. Nate O. 3:28 Girls: 1. Madison C. 4:20
2. Cohen M. 3:55 2. Aubrey B. 4:21
3. Nikolas M. 3:57 3. Katelyn W. 4:28
4. Logan R. 3:59
One Mile
3rd grade
Boys: 1. Kolby D.
8:38 Girls: 1. Taylor G. 8:50
2. Brady C. 8:45 2. Madyson C. 9:35
3. Zarrious J. 9:30 3. Brooklin S. 9:35
4th grade
Boys: 1. Jackson S. 6:47 Girls: 1. Faith G. 10:00
2. Avi C./Alec G. 6:59 2. Kadence G. 10:12
3. Braden S. 7:03 3. Alex A./Lizzie L.10:46
5th grade
Boys: 1. Jack M. 7:09 Girls: 1. Madi S. 8:27
2. Dylan G. 7:14 2. Cameron B. 8:31
3. Chase W. 7:25 3. Emma M. 8:45
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The Maize School District introduced an Online Bulletin Board, which replaced all paper flier distribution.
Click here for information about student-related activities and events, which could include those sponsored by a Maize school or partner agency and that are related to academics, athletics or fine arts.
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ATTENTION DILLON'S CUSTOMERS Pray-Woodman School was recently accepted into the Community Awards Program with Dillons!! PWS will get credit for most purchases its members make using their registered Plus card. The more we shop at Dillons, the more opportunity for PWS to earn big rewards. It's so easy!! To enroll:
- Visit Dillons website at www.dillons.com/communityrewards.
- Sign in OR create an account.
- Click on "Enroll now."
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Enter the 5-digit NPO and search (
our schools unique NPO
number is 84604).
- Select PWS and click "Enroll."
To create an online account at Dillons Website:
- Visit Dillons website at www.dillons.com/communityrewards.
- Click on "Register" at the top of the page.
- Enter your email address, password, zip code (select preferred store).
- Click on "Create Account" at the bottom of the page.
- You will receive an email confirmation to your inbox, to activate your account click on the link in the body of the email and enter your sign in information to confirm.
For assistance in setting up an online account or with general questions, please feel free to contact Dillons at 800-576-4377, option 3. THIS IS A TERRIFIC WAY TO EFFORTLESSLY SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU!! |
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AFTER SCHOOL PICKUP/PARKING
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Parking along Academy Street or in one of our parking lots is an option for picking up your children after school. If you choose to pick up your students this way, we ask that you walk over and pick your students up from the waiting area. If you are unable to do this, please wait in our parent pick-up car line. Thank you!
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Congratulations to Mrs. Brownlee's class for winning the Popsicle Party for the most pull tabs collected over the summer! Her class collected 11 lbs and 4 oz.! WOWWW!!!!!
As you can see in the picture below we collected a mountain of pull tabs for the Ronald McDonald Houses in Wichita. We are kids helping kids! Please encourage your classes to continue collecting. Parents could collect at their work.
NEW CONTEST! It's a Pizza Party to the class that collects the most pull tabs by the end of the first nine weeks,
Oct. 13th. We will collect the tabs from the classrooms that morning. We will announce the winner the next week and schedule their party.
Here are the summer collection results for classes that collected one pound or more:
Pounds Ounces
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Brownlee
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11
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Green
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4
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1
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Ewert
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3
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3
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A Johnson
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3
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Dick
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2
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7
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Martin
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2
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4
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Baird
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2
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1
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Hobbs
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1
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15
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Sidwell
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1
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9
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Graber
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1
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3
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Eikelman
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1
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5
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Shively
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1
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1
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EMERGENCY ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS
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In the event of an emergency in your child's school, the Blackboard  Connect parent notification system will be used to notify you of the situation and will alert you to steps you need to take in order to reunite with your child. Voice messages will be sent to all phone numbers and emails listed in Skyward Family Access "Family 1" and Guardian 1 of "Family 2". To view the contact information the district has on file, please log on to Skyward Family Access and click on "Student Information." If you are unsure how to log on to Skyward Family Access, please contact your child's school for assistance.
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