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NEWS LINKS Sally Foster / Cookie Dough Delivery Nov. 12 Magazine Subscription Turn-in Day Nov. 12 Time to Order your Adventkalendar! Fairview Book Review October News Ski Club News - 2 Weeks Left to Sign up Germany Travel and Exchange News Walkers Dismissal Information Extra Clothes Needed in Nurse's Office Save the date: 2010 Father-Daughter Dance |
FAIRVIEW NEWS Volunteers are needed to help unpack and sort Sally Foster orders and cookie dough orders this Thursday, November 12 starting at 10:00 am until as long as you can! Or if you would like to help with order pick-up, from 3:30-5:30 pm. Call Natasha at 541-4030/535-9035 or email natashaliz@cinci.rr.com if you can help anytime from 10am-5:30 pm.
Want to have fun and get involved? Think Bid & Buy!
Volunteer to be a Bid & Buy solicitor! We are looking for solicitors to talk to local businesses and get donations for the Bid & Buy. It is an easy way to make a difference at Fairview. Contact Angel D’Andrea 871-8182 or jeffangel31@gmail.com for more information.
Yearbook Committee Seeks Volunteers
The Yearbook Committee is in need of volunteers, especially from the preschool and 6th grade classes. We are looking for someone who is willing to work with the committee by taking pictures and (in the spring) uploading them and placing them creatively on a Web site to make the best Yearbook yet! Meetings are minimal and it's great, creative fun! Our first meeting will Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 9:15 a.m. in the Parent Center in the office. If interested, contact Perry Yaeger at pschaible@hotmail.com.
Mark your calendars for this Thursday, November 12 from 3:30-5:30 pm to come pick up your children's orders for Sally Foster and Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough. Pick up will be on the stage in the school gym. Please make sure you pick your orders up. It is especially important for those that have cookie dough orders to make sure you are there to get the orders as this is perishable and cannot be stored if not picked up by 5:30! If cookie dough orders are not picked up we will not be able to reorder this unless paid for again. There are also no refunds for cookie dough orders that are not picked up. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to call Natasha at 541-4030/535-9035 or e-mail natashaliz@cinci.rr.com.
The second magazine turn-in day will be this Thursday, November 12, with prizes to be passed out by the end of the day on Friday November 13. Don't forget to get those orders in so you can help Fairview earn $$$$ to help with further enrichment programs for our children as well as more foliage for our Greenspace, more playground equipment as well as display cases for our main hallway. Questions or concerns contact Natasha at 541-4030/535-9035 or natahsaliz@cinci.rr.com.
Can't think of anyone to sell to? Our Library needs subscriptions desperately. Contact Eileen Kues, our school librarian, for subscription titles that are needed. When filling out the slip, please put our school address as follows: Fairview-Clifton School Library 3689 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 Believe it or not, it’s that time of year again! Time to order your Adventkalenders for the holidays! Our Adventkalenders count down the days to Christmas with a piece of delicious chocolate candy behind each numbered door. We again have two different Christmas scenes to choose from: Inside or Outside. Each Adventkalender is $3.00. Just fill out the order form and send it back to school with your money and we will send them home with your children. Questions? Call Joyce Cunningham 541-8965 or e-mail at bcunningham@fuse.net.
Our Bookfair Fundraiser was a success. With 10 shoppers spending $759.86 dollars, we earned $151.98 in proceeds. This is a great start for our program. We will use the funds to purchase the prizes for our monthly winners. We hope to have another fair in the Spring, so look out for the vouchers. And the October Winner is…..Maggie C. in Mrs. Raftery’s class. Maggie wrote a review of “The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Book One: Eighth Grade Bites” by Heather Brewer. Maggie chose a $15 gift card to Joseph Beth as her prize. Read her review below. Maggie is now entered in the grand prize drawing. We had no submissions for the K-2 grade level. Next Month’s collection date is Nov 30th. Use your three days off to write a review of your favorite book or your current read and you might be November’s Winner. You can find the form on the website. Even if you do not want to write a review, we want to know what you are reading. We will publish the titles and authors of the books you are reading, so email that information to us.
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Book One: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer. Review by Maggie.
ISBN-10: 0142411876 ISBN-13: 978-0142411872
The chronicles of Vladimir Tod is about a young teenager who looks normal but has a huge secret. He is a Vampire! Only 2 people in his life know about this secret. His best friend that he bit when they were eight and his mother’s best friend, Nelly. His parents died when he was about 9 or 10 so Nelly had been taking care of him. Nelly secretly takes blood bags from the hospital she works at to feed Vladimir’s thirst. All is well in Vladimir’s life until his home room teacher has gone missing. Soon a man shows up at his school and becomes his substitute teacher and gives them the assignment to describe a mythical animal/beast. As people draw beasts from the substitutes hat Vladimir is afraid that he’ll have to be a vampire. To tell what he really is. He draws “werewolf” but suddenly the words shift and spell out “Vampire” The substitute smiles at him and says “I can’t wait to hear your report”. Could the substitute teacher be out to discover his secret? Discover a world from the point of view of a teenage vampire with a substitute teacher who is out to get him. A most enjoyable book filled with mysteries. Good for 4th grade and up, this book gets five stars . You’ll be sucked right in.
There will be a Fairview-Clifton Recipe Book and we need your help! Please submit your favorite recipes in any categories: soup, appetizers/snacks, salads, sides/vegetables, breads, breakfast/brunch, entrees/ desserts, cookies, German recipes. Family recipes are welcomed and appreciated. Please submit the name of the recipe, the category, the ingredients, directions, oven temperature and length of cooking the name of the person submitting the recipe and contact information in case there are any questions. You may submit as many recipes as you like. Please send your recipes to mcmahoj@cpsboe.k12.oh.us; send them to school and drop them off at room 2207; teachers can put them in Chantel Lang's or Jennifer McMahon's mailbox. The deadline for recipes is December 16, 2009.
Attention Parents, Teachers & Staff – It’s time to think Bid & Buy 2010 As you clean house to get ready for the holidays – be on the lookout for items to donate to Bid & Buy. Toys, kitchen items, decorative items and jewelry are always great sellers. Other items include: Manly items – Tool boxes, clothes and sports items sold at great prices last year. Baskets – We had great success with small theme baskets. Group items to sell at retail value of $25 to $50. Handmade items – Jewelry, scarves and craft items were a big hit. Due to the overwhelming amount of support Bid & Buy receives each year and because we have limited display space, this year we wish to accept only original artwork.
There are only 2 weeks left for the ski club signups! After November 22 the price increases significantly. Sign up now if you want to participate in the Fairview Ski club on Monday’s in January! Purchasing your pass is convenient and easy though their updated web site. www.perfectnorth.com
Club member’s online procedure:
• Select Club Members Log-In located at the upper right corner of the home page Club Name: Fairview German Language
Group Name: fairview
Our Club Password: farside
Student Directory News You should have received your Student Directory by now. If you are a two household family and would like another copy, there are a few extras in the main office in the parent center. Also, you can click here to download a pdf copy to keep on your computer. It will not be posted s a link indefinitely, so if you want to download, do it now. Please remember that the contact information is only for school related purposes, and should not be used in any other way. We appreciate your respect for fellow Fairview-Clifton families. When entering so much information, there are bound to be errors. If you find an error in your listing, please contact Mindy Wise, corresponding@gebas.org or 833-4136 by this Friday, Nov 13. A list of corrections will be sent out soon. Germany Travel and Exchange Program News Walkers Dismissal Information School Tours for Prospective Fairview Parents Save Pop Tabs for Ms. Thomas' 3rd Graders Recycling News Recycle Your Used Soccer Gear Meet our School Psychologist, Jacqueline Gajus
By now you have probably read some of the helpful articles submitted by our new School Psychologist in the Falkenpost. Ms. Gajus has lived in Evansville, Indianapolis, and Strongsville but has been in Cincinnati since 4th grade. She attended school in Forest Hills school district, got her Bachelors in Psychology at Ohio University and attended the University of Cincinnati's school psychology graduate school program. She has 2 brothers and 1 sister and currently lives in Oakley. Ms. Gajus enjoys being outdoors and is training for the Washington D.C. marathon which she is going to run with her mother and sister. She also LOVES watching sports- especially all Cincinnati teams and Duke basketball! Welcome to Fairview-Clifton Ms. Gajus!In the Nurse's office and on the Kindergarten staff, we welcome Mrs. Diane Valentine and Nurse Bill Robb. Mrs. Valentine is team-teaching kindergarten this year with Mrs. Bevington. She is originally from the Columbus, OH area. She graduated from OSU with bachelors degrees in French and Elementary Education. While at OSU she played trumpet in the marching band. Most Labor Day weekends, you will find her marching with the alumni band and performing Script Ohio. She is a HUGE Ohio State fan, especially when it comes to football. She earned her MA from UC in Special Education. In addition to working with our children at Fairview Clifton, she also teaches swim lessons and life guards at the Clippard YMCA. She has 4 children (twins -8, son -6, another son - 5) who are all on swim team at Clippard. She officiates swim meets on a regular basis.
In her "free time" Mrs. Valentine LOVES to read. We introduce the new School Nurse, Bill Robb. If your child has been sick or injured at school this year, you have likely heard our new School Nurse' caring voice on your phone, or received follow-up papers regarding your child. Nurse Robb has worked for the Cincinnati Health Department for 17 years and has been a School Nurse in CPS for the last 13 years. He and his wife have two wonderful sons, a 2nd grader and a 6th grader. Like many of us, they enjoy going to the Children's Museum, the Zoo, and watching their children participate in sporting events. We welcome Herr Scott Rooksberry to our kindergarten teacher team. Herr Rooksberry is originally from the Chicago area and went to UC for his MA in German and Xavier for his teaching degree. He teaches two German I classes at Walnut Hills and all six Kindergarten classes at Fairview. He is also working with the recruitment team and is the foreign language faculty rep at GEBAS meetings. He is ecstatic to be back at Fairview both as a teacher and a parent! Herr Rooksberry likes to spend free time with his wife and two daughters. He also enjoys biking, playing tennis (with Herr Pearson), and following his horribly inept Chicago sports teams. Any other free time he spends speaking German with his puppets! We also welcome Mrs. Sonya Edmonson and Mrs. Judy Enderle, our front office support staff. Please introduce yourself when you come into the office so that they can begin to put our faces with our names and connect us with our children. Mrs. Edmonson is from Cincinnati and has worked for the district for 28 years. Her official title is Support Specialist, and she is likely the person who answers the phone when you call the school. She is also the first person to greet you when you come to the office! Her duties are centered around the students and she maintains the student data records, so please let her know if your contact information changes during the year. When Mrs. Edmonson is not working on our behalf, she loves to spend time with her husband of 18 years who also works for CPS as Building Engineer at Hughes HS. She especially enjoys family gatherings. Mrs. Enderle came to us near the end of last year. She was also born and raised in Cincinnati, and is a veteran CPS employee. As Senior Support Specialist, her duties are centered around personnel, but she is also very likely to answer the office phone and greet you with a smile when you come into the school office. She loves being at Fairview-Clifton, but when not at school, she enjoys spending time with her family. She has 3 grown children, one just out of the Marine Corps, and another about to finish nursing school. An interesting bit of info is that Mrs. Enderle's husband of 27 years painted the art on the office wall, and her mother-in-law was the Fairview Office Support person years ago!Next time you visit the school office, please extend a warm welcome to these very important members of the Fairview-Clifton community! There are many new members of the Fairview-Clifton staff this year. We will be presenting them to you here in the Falkenpost one by one. Be sure to introduce yourself when you are at school and see them in the office or hallways. This week we welcome Ms. Janice Pitts, our new Vice Principal!A Cincinnati native, Ms. Pitts graduated from Hughes High School, has an undergraduate degree from OSU and holds an MA in Montessori Education from Xavier University. She has been with Cincinnati Public Schools for 28 years, and has been an administrator for the past 7. She comes to us from Quebec Heights Elementary School in Price Hill. Regarding Fairview-Clifton she says, "I LOVE being here. The children are just absolutely wonderful. This is a welcome change!" Some of her duties as Vice Principal include managing the buses and transportation, handling discipline issues, overseeing the lunchroom, and making sure teachers have the materials and supplies they need. When Ms. Pitts is not working on behalf of our children, she loves bowling or reading a good book. Every so often, you might even find her "gone fishing." We welcome Janice Pitts to our community!
Talking to Children About the Flu (Novel H1N1): A Parent Resource Kroger shoppers can make easy money for Fairview! Back to School with Box Tops
Collecting Box Tops for Education is an easy way to help Fairview. Please look out for Box Tops coupons with brands such as General Mills, Betty Crocker, Huggies, Juicy Juice, Ziplock, Kleenex, Pillsbury and more. Keep a separate box or envelope in your kitchen so that you can easily toss in the Box Tops you collect. Don't keep them too long - Box Tops do expire, so put them in an envelope or plastic baggie and send them to school with your child. And keep an eye out for extra Bonus Box Tops offers. Several local stores offer opportunities to get 70 or more BONUS Box Tops. Many thanks to all the Fairview families and friends who contributed Box Tops last year. We had a tremendous response and already have a nice pile growing from all those collected over the summer. Those 10-cent coupons add up quickly, so don't throw them out - send them in to be counted!
The Keller's IGA program
As last week's Falkenpost stated, Fairview has several fundraising programs during the school year (Kroger, box tops). Another program is the Keller's IGA program: the Clifton grocery store, located on Ludlow Avenue, gives back to the school 1% of purchases made by Fairview parents, relatives, friends, etc...1% might not seem much but it all adds up quickly! This month, I gave the school a $289 check from Keller's IGA. The 1% does not apply to alcohol and tobacco products.
Save the Date: Fairview's 2010 Father-Daughter Dance A message from Principal Mulligan regarding Fairview-Clifton Dismissal Plan
First, I need to thank all the parents for a great first week of school. We received the news on Tuesday that Fairview-Clifton is once again rated Excellent on the State of Ohio Report Card!!! This rating is through the hard work and cooperation of not only our staff but our parents as well. We value your hard work and support in educating all of our students. Information was sent out in the beginning of August regarding the pick-up procedures. I am sending them out again as there is still some confusion. The confusion is not due to lack of parent support but people giving others wrong information. Children need structure and routine. Much like you would have at home when getting ready for school or after school when scheduling homework. The routines need to be learned and followed every day. At school we are all learning a new routine for dismissing car riders. Please be patient as we teach and reinforce the routine and structure to your children. We have kindergartners who have only been at school for three days. It will take some time for them to remember the routine. The routines that are in place are good for all weather. Changing from outside to inside during periods of rain or snow only confuses the children.
Building Security Sign-In-Machine Information
As we all know, CPS has tightened security in all school buildings. The policies come from CPS, not from Fairview-Clifton. To some parents it seems unwelcoming, but I hope we can remember that it is for the protection of the kids. Don’t let it stop you from being involved next year! You can simplify your entry to the school building by getting a Cincinnati Public Schools Volunteer Badge. If you plan to be a frequent visitor to the school, you can enter without the electronic machine if you are wearing the official CPS volunteer badge with your picture on it. You may have begun the procedure to get a badge last fall, but there was a communication break-down and many parents never got the badge. You will need to start over and be pro-active to get your badge at this time, but you’ll be glad you did!
1. Prospective volunteers need to go to their county justice center. Most will go to the Hamilton County Justice Center downtown. You pay $5.00 for a background check (the check is good for two years). It takes about 15 minutes. You get the paper work right there on the spot. You don’t need to fill out anything ahead of time. 2. The CPS Security Office needs to have authorization from the principal Karen Mulligan that you are allowed in the school. If this seems offensive to you, please remember that it is for the protection of children who may come from situations that are different from yours. It will simplify the procedure if you get Frau Mulligan to authorize your form before going to CPS. She will be in and out of the office until June 18. After that, she will be unavailable until the beginning of August. Call the school to find out: 363-2100. 3. Once you are authorized, you have to get your picture taken at the Security Office at the CPS Board Offices (2156 Burnet Avenue) on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 8am-3pm. Call them if you have questions: 363-0100. You will leave with your shiny, new volunteer badge! This may seem like a lot to do, but it really doesn’t take more than an hour or two, and it will save you from stress and headaches at the sign-in machine. Parents who have a badge agree that it was totally worth the effort! Plus, the volunteer badge is all the rage these days. So stylish! Everybody’s wearing them! Get yours before the next school year begins! If you have questions or comments, you should call CPS Security 363-0100. Good luck, and happy volunteering! "Cincinnati Public Schools is closed." "Cincinnati Public Schools -- two hour delay, no morning preschool." |
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