Friday Flyer

Boulevard Friday Flyer

12/8/17

The Friday flyer is a weekly publication of the Boulevard PTO

Boulevard Principal

Dear Boulevard Families,

While the temperatures have been unusually mild for this time of the year, I want to remind parents to please send their children to school each day dressed appropriately for the weather. Unless it is raining or extremely cold, the children will go outside daily for recess. Despite the unseasonably warm temps, winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves are now in order on most days. In the event of snow, your child will also need boots and snow pants in order to play in it. Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.

As you know, good nutrition is essential to students’ mental, physical and academic growth. With that in mind, all children participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), whether at a free, reduced or paid rate, will receive a full breakfast and/or lunch meal that meets USDA requirements regardless of whether the students have sufficient money in the meal-charge accounts or cash-in-hand to pay for the cost of the meal at the time of the service. With this in mind, parents, I strongly encourage you to utilize PayforIt to pre-pay for school meals. PayforIt is an excellent tool to assist with creating alerts to inform you when your child’s account balance is low, and it allows you the ability to set up auto replenishment of funds into the account.

Thank you and have a spectacular weekend!

Neal Robinson

Message from the PTO!

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.

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!

Boulevard Book Swap

Mid-February 2018 (Exact dates TBD)

Doing holiday cleaning or organizing? Donate your used or new books to the PTO! Teachers will use the books to refill their shelves with "new" books and families can take books home before our Read-A-Thon!

Please organize by category if possible:

1) Picture Books

2) Early Readers/Phonics

3) Beginner Chapter (pictures on pages, larger font size)

4) Advanced Chapter (fewer pictures, smaller font size)

Donations can be brought in to school mid-February. Teachers will first make selections for their classrooms, then families will be invited to make selections. Leftover books will be donated to the Cleveland Kids' Book Bank. We will have a bin to collect books that are not elementary-aged (board books and middle grade/adult books) for donation as well.

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.

Winter Baseball Camp

A reminder that registration remains open for the upcoming Shaker Heights High School Winter Baseball Camp which will take place on January 4-5, 2018 . Attached is an informational flyer that highlights the specific details about the camp, as well as a registration form and waiver which are both required for participation in the camp.

The coaching staff and I look forward to working with your child at our upcoming Winter Baseball Camp . Let me know if you have any questions, and please feel free to pass this information along to any family or friends who may be interested.

Boxtops

Keep clipping those BOXTOPS!!

Do you know any neighbors or relatives that can collect boxtops for our school?? Ask them to start collecting today. Every little bit counts!!

Boxtops help PTO put together great programs and buy things for our school and students.

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

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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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