THE Windsor hills Monthly
The Official Parent Newsletter of Windsor Hills
VOLUME oneOctober 2016
Windsor Hills is a Maryland Food Bank Site!Food Bank hours are from 1:30-3:30pm.
Here are our upcoming food bank dates:
October 12th ; Oct 26th; Nov 15; Nov 29
Wonderful October Events for Kids
- MS Boys Flag Football
- ELE Girl Scouts
- Open Library Hours
- DARE Program
- HOT Skates
- Pumpkin Patch
- Arts on Stage
- PBIS Kick-ball
- Fall Festival
- Open Gym-Boys and Girls Basketball
- ELE Grade level Football Games
Monthly Parent Tips:
How much sleep should your children be getting?
- 3 to 6 years-Approximately 11-12 hours of sleep. Younger children of this group may still require a short nap during the day, but the need to nap usually diminishes by the time they enter the first grade.
- 7 to 12 years-Children of these age groups tend to need about 10-12 hours of nightly sleep but often only get about 9-10 hours.
- Limit time with electronics
- Lead By example when eating
- Establish a regular routine
- Make it fun and play with them
- Bring a Friend-exercise while building relationships and positive peer interactions
Make sure reading is part of your family’s everyday life.
- Create reading rituals such as read-aloud at bedtime or trips to the library
- Take books with you on errands
- Take time to listen as your child reads aloud
Check out some WHEMS Student Writing:
Living conditions for immigrants in New York were terrible. In the text, it states, “A child once described her home as ‘a place so dark that it seemed as if there weren’t a sky’” (pg. 36). This shows that the houses that immigrants lived in weren’t really a good place to live in. This also shows that immigrants were having a terrible time trying to live in houses in New York. Overall, immigrants weren’t living in good and stable houses.
--Dakera Parker, 6th grade, Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy / SeptemberStudent of the Month:
Stone / KhaidynHouwen
MacFeat / Jabari Keaton
D. Thomas / Miracle Alford
Meadows / Aking Williamson
Mayfield / Denver Colbert
Libonate / Brooke Seay
Alexander / Amor Bailey
Williams / Devonte Hamlett
Perry / Justan Johnson
Conaway / Waleed Stewart
Price / Waleed Stewart
Meath / 6th: Charisma Clayton
7th: Rashad Blue
8th: Shantel Moore
Graillot / 6th:Kassaundra Williams
7th: Nicholas Hutchinson
8th:Travelle Crawford
Byerson / 6th- Da'Kera Parker
7th- Nimani Finch
8th- Marlon Jackson
Bitz / Jada Alston
Carter / Demani Jackson
Bramble / Dewarren Boyd
Winemiller / Blessing Smith
Marcoline / Marlon Jackson
Navyac / Quindell Bowman
Harris / Kamari Scott
Basmajian / Marlon Jackson
Pisano / Kayla Wilson
**Staff Member of the Month: Coach Harris**
October Dates/Parent Events:
October 4: FY 2017 Title I Parent Funding Meeting 8am
October 7: PBIS Hot Skates Trip 10am-2:25pm
October 11: Flag Football Home Game @ 3:45pm
October 12: First Food Bank Day-1:30-3:30pm
October 20/21: No School-Professional Development
October 25: Flag Football Home Game @ 3:45pm
October 27: Monthly Parent Meeting @ 8am
October 28th-Dress Down Day/Fall Festival Day
Attendance:
Attendance % through September 27th: 91%
Our goal is to reach 94% or higher…daily attendance is vital to overall student success.
16-17 WHEMS Instructional Focus
Literacy / Math
- Success For All: Grades PreK-5
- Guided Reading K-2
- American Reading Company-Grades 4-8
- Close Reading 3-8 (enhancing vocab and informational text comprehension)
- WritingInformational Writing (writing walls)
- Literacy through the Content AreasPushing informational text/close reading
- Guided Reading Fountas and Pinnell
- Reading A-Z
- SFA Curriculum
- ARC Texts
- Full Time Tutor and SFA Teacher/Support
- Elementary Math Curriculum
- Math Games
- Math Centers based on Data
- Agile Mind (6-8)
- Math Games Materials
- First and Math-Grades 1-3)
- Front Row (4/5)
- Agile Mind Workbooks
- Khan Academy
“Achieving Excellence Together!”