CSES PTA Newsletter Principal Jodi S. Poff • 5404 Springlawn Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24018 • csespta.com • 540-772-7558 November ‘17 President’s Message Wow! What a fantastic October we had here at Cave Spring Elementary! I want to thank everyone who came out to the Fall Fun Run and to the McTeacher’s Night! We had a fabulous turnout at both and raised lots of money for CSES! Details are in this newsletter! This is the time of year that we all reflect and give thanks. We have a lot of be thankful for here at Cave Spring Elementary School: a dedicated and supportive staff, a giving school community, a hard-working group of volunteers, an enthusiastic and curious student body, and so much more! Please take the time to give thanks and appreciation! Let’s not forget to thank the Veterans of our country! The 5 th graders will put on a Veterans Day Program at the next PTA meeting, scheduled for November 14 th at 6:30pm. Please come out and show your support! From all the PTA Board, we thank you for your support of the PTA programs and wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! And remember Gratitude is the best Attitude! A simple thank you can go a long way! Michelle Musser PTA President [email protected]From the Principal’s Desk. . Here we are, it’s NOVEMBER! Time for cooler weather, leaves changing, report cards, and parent-teacher conferences! I hope your calendar is marked for Tuesday, November 7 for conference day and family shopping at the CSES bookfair. Conference day is 12:00-7:00 pm and the bookfair will be open for families to shop together 11:30 am – 6:00 pm. Hope to see you there! Okay, so I have never proclaimed to be an expert parent nor have I ever worn the “Mother of the Year” crown, not even for a second! But over the years raising my now 20, 17, and 15 year old kids, I now see how little time parents have in this ever-changing role. One of the biggest, fastest moving evolutions in parenting has been the im- mersion of screens into the world and kids’ hands. Children and adolescents today are growing up in a world totally immersed in media. Kids have easy access to be both consumers AND creators of electronic content. They may watch a broadcast show on television, but more likely they’re watching streamed shows or movies. Kids today play video games, of course, and some of the games are actually active or interactive. Although what the media landscape looks like is ever-changing, parents’ role in helping children navigate media remains constant and is absolutely crucial. Balancing life is hard enough without balancing the screens in a house, but just humor me and keep reading for a minute. In October of last year the American Academy of Pediatrics announced new recommendations for children’s media use. This renowned organization also recommended that parents and caregivers develop a family media plan, with parents serving as “media mentors” for kids ( www.aap.org). A family media plan is a good way for your family to be proactive in thinking about media use and the balance between it and physical activity, studying, talking, and sleeping. Balance is the key – for elementary and early adolescent students, adults should help kids balance media use with other healthy habits. When parents and caregivers set expectations and boundaries, we help kids establish positive media habits. After all, media is such a part of our world today and it is a great tool for creating, connecting, AND learning. The AAP recommends the following: • “For children ages 6 and older, place consistent limits on the time spent using media, and the types of media and make sure media does not take the place of adequate sleep, physical activity and other behaviors essential to health. • Designate media-free times together, such as dinner and driving, as well as media-free locations at home (i.e., bedroom). • Have ongoing communication about online citizenship and safety, including treating others with respect online and offline. ” As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have questions, concerns, or ideas! I appreciate the partnership we have in your child’s education. Jodi Poff, Principal
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CSES PTA Newsletter Principal Jodi S. Poff • 5404 Springlawn Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24018 • csespta.com • 540-772-7558
Nove
mbe
r ‘17
President’s Message
Wow! What a fantastic October we had here at
Cave Spring Elementary! I want to thank everyone
who came out to the Fall Fun Run and to the
McTeacher’s Night! We had a fabulous turnout at
both and raised lots of money for CSES! Details are
in this newsletter!
This is the time of year that we all reflect and
give thanks. We have a lot of be thankful for here
From the Principal’s Desk. . Here we are, it’s NOVEMBER! Time for cooler weather, leaves changing, report cards, and parent-teacher conferences! I hope your calendar is marked for Tuesday, November 7 for conference day and family shopping at the CSES bookfair. Conference day is 12:00-7:00 pm and the bookfair will be open for families to shop together 11:30 am – 6:00 pm. Hope to see you there! Okay, so I have never proclaimed to be an expert parent nor have I ever worn the “Mother of the Year” crown, not even for a second! But over the years raising my now 20, 17, and 15 year old kids, I now see how little time parents have in this ever-changing role. One of the biggest, fastest moving evolutions in parenting has been the im-mersion of screens into the world and kids’ hands. Children and adolescents today are growing up in a world totally immersed in media. Kids have easy access to be both consumers AND creators of electronic content. They may watch a broadcast show on television, but more likely they’re watching streamed shows or movies. Kids today play video games, of course, and some of the games are actually active or interactive. Although what the media landscape looks like is ever-changing, parents’ role in helping children navigate media remains constant and is absolutely crucial. Balancing life is hard enough without balancing the screens in a house, but just humor me and keep reading for a minute. In October of last year the American Academy of Pediatrics announced new recommendations for children’s media use. This renowned organization also recommended that parents and caregivers develop a family media plan, with parents serving as “media mentors” for kids (www.aap.org). A family media plan is a good way for your family to be proactive in thinking about media use and the balance between it and physical activity, studying, talking, and sleeping. Balance is the key – for elementary and early adolescent students, adults should help kids balance media use with other healthy habits.
When parents and caregivers set expectations and boundaries, we
help kids establish positive media habits. After all, media is such a
part of our world today and it is a great tool for creating,
connecting, AND learning. The AAP recommends the following: • “For children ages 6 and older, place consistent limits on the time
spent using media, and the types of media and make sure media does not take the place of adequate sleep, physical activity and other
behaviors essential to health. • Designate media-free times together, such as dinner and driving,
as well as media-free locations at home (i.e., bedroom).
• Have ongoing communication about online citizenship and safety,
including treating others with respect online and offline.”
As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have
questions, concerns, or ideas! I appreciate the partnership we have in your child’s education.
Thank you to all who came out for some McFun at our McTeacher Night! We earned $920.55!!! A very special thank you to those teachers and administration that worked at McTeacher Night: Marie Gliniecki, Lori Holcomb, Stephanie Tribble Burris, Susan Mowles, Allison Stone, Jennifer Overstreet, Jodi Poff, Laura Monsour, Hanna Johnson, Lois Singleton, and Colleen Gibbons and also a big thank you to ALL of our teachers for helping to support the event! It is time to “Eat Mor Chikin!” We are looking forward to our Chic-Fil-A Spirit Night November 16th, from 4:00- 8:00pm both inside and drive thru! Chic-Fil-A donates 10% percent of total CSES sales so be sure to tell them you are with CSES or show your flyer that will be backpacked home the week of the event! Please share this with your friends, neighbors, and family. Anyone in our community can be included they just simply need to mention CSES at the register or drive thru, or have a copy of the flyer with them. Thank you for sending in your Box Tops for Education! We just submitted our first submission of this school year November 1st and we will have the total earnings to report soon!! Please keep sending them in with your child. We will have our next submission March 1st. Please put them in baggies and be sure to check expiration dates! Please don't use collection sheets unless your child will be heartbroken not to! Current Box Tops are 2017 and after! After 30 years, Campbell's Labels for Education will be ending. Please keep sending in remaining labels until December 15th, 2017. Please consider shopping at www.smile.amazon.com when you are planning to shop Amazon. You can earn our school .05 percent of your purchase. Simply go to www.smile.amazon.com and select Cave Spring Elementary on
your first visit.
If you have not yet linked our school to your Kroger account, please do so by going to Kroger.com/Community Rewards, then select Cave Spring Elementary. Just this last quarter earned our school $2267.25!!! This must be renewed each year!
Our SCA is in full swing with fun events planned for our CSES students. Wednesday Nov 8th is our first Skate Party and Wild West Spirit Day. Elves Stock the Shelves will once again be in December, so be on the lookout to place your order for student Elf Hats in November. Congratulations to our 2017 - 18 SCA Members! President: Maddi Carter Vice-President: Jack Barbour Secretary: Matthew Amend Treasurer: Sebastien Croteau Historian: Leila Ramey 5th Grade Reps: Claire Sublett, Caitlyn Musser, Lilla Wagner, Sophia Arnold, Lyndsey Devlin, Jayde Cundiff, Brady McHenry, Aaron Bowansingh, Jackson Janney 4th Grade Reps: Arabella Harding, Isabella Hedges, Em-mi Carter, Maggie Grant, Riley Coleman, Michael Thorell, Keaton Bartley, Matthew Luviano, Wynn Womeldorf
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!! Special thanks to all of our
business sponsors:
Double Platinum Level
Wheelock and Johnson Orthodontics
Gold Level Famous Toastery
Silver Level Roanoke Valley Orthodontics,
Vistar Eye Center, Alcova Mortgage, Growth
Enhancer Turf Consultants, Roanoke Valley
Cross Fit, Jefferson Surgical, Press Press
Merchandise, The Skate Center, Dr. James
James III DDS, & Moseley Law Firm.
Bronze Level Daniel Brown - Executive
Realty, Inc., Prestige Acres Landscaping, Long
and Foster - The Kinder Team, Kroger, &
Gold’s Gym.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on
a beautiful Friday evening for a fun &
healthy night! And a big thank you to all
who contributed to our first fundraiser
of the year! We had 17 business
sponsorships and 146 students who
raised close to $10,000 for our school!
Way to go!!
This fundraiser and event would not have been possible without the hard work of our Fun Run Committee: thank you to
Christina Croteau, Cyndi Ramey, Andrea Draper, Chrissy Underwood, Carrie Garrett, and Heather Lindstrom!
And a big Thank you to all the teacher and parent volunteers: Mrs. Poff, Mrs. Overstreet, Mrs. Strawn, Mrs. Wimer, Erica Moseley, Bethanie Polakowski, Alyson Herold, Cynthia Malambri, Amy Grant, Jessica Goens, Anjali Varma, Jenny Brooks, Julie Corey, Sonia Luviano, Janet Hale, Andrew Hale, Leslie Nicely, Marcie Lovell, Justin Dudley, Rob Lindstrom, Coach Weaver and the HVHS football team, Coach Barbour and the CSHS lacrosse team, Elise Candelario, David Koehler, HVMS Face Painters (Caroline Grant, Katie Grant, Hope Smith, Becky Tran, Clare Amend, and Emma Havens), Dr. Evan Johnson
and the Wheelock and Johnson Orthodontics staff (Erica, Brooke, Erin, Jessie, Diane).
Overall classroom winner of the MYSTERY PARTY – Mrs. Singleton’s class!! Thank you to Sherri Rickman for organizing a fun Geocache adventure and the volunteers who made the day a success: Linda Thomas, Christina Croteau, Andrew Raymond,
Jennifer Overstreet, and Tina Coffey.
Mrs. Hurd and Mrs. Wyatt’s classrooms enjoyed a Silly String Party! Thank you to Christina Croteau, Erica Moseley, Chris
Brown, Beth Smith, and Emily Watson for helping with the silly string party!
November 2
Book Fair Opens - “Wild West”
Report Cards Sent Home
November 7
School Closed - Teacher Conferences.
Book Fair Family Event 11:30 am - 6:00 pm
November 8
SCA Skate Party 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Dress up Day - Wild West!
November 10
Book Fair Closes
Picture Re-take Day
November 14
PTA Board Meeting, 5:30 pm, Room 319
PTA General Meeting #2 - Gym - 6:30 pm - 5th
Grade Veterans Program
November 16
Restaurant Night - Chik Fil A 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
November 22
Early Dismissal 12:20 pm
November 23 - 24
School Closed - Happy Thanksgiving!
SAVE THE DATE
December 1
December PTA General Membership Meeting on
Friday, December 1st, 6:30 pm in the gym.
Movie night to follow!
NOVEMBER DATES TO REMEMBER
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CSES 5th Grade Veteran’s Program
“This is America”
Our 5th graders are excited to share
their program with
parents, family, & friends!
Please join them
Tuesday, November 14th
6:30 PM / CSES Gym
A brief PTA Meeting will be held
prior to the performance.
November 28th is #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving.
As you evaluate your end of year giving opportunities,
please consider CSES! Support CSES by making a 100% tax
deductible donation! Make CSES your 501c(3) charity of
choice! Find the donation form at www.csespta.org.
Checks payable to CSES PTA. Thank you for your support
and let us know if your company will match!!
A LIMITED NUMBER OF FALL FUN RUN
T-SHIRTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!
Youth Sizes Only: Small, medium, & large. First come, first
Lorrie Nichols. You were amazing & made this go so
smoothly! Thank you!
… to all who volunteered on Picture Day: Yushen Chang,
Lindsay Eades, Leslie Nicely, Sarah Janney, Casey Speck,
Amanda Poff, Cynthia Malambri, Susan Collins, & Chris
Brown. You were all fantastic & a huge help to the two
photographers. Thank you for volunteers!
… to our 33 wonderful library volunteers who come in every
week to ensure that all of our CSES students can check
out books! The volunteers spend an hour a week shelving
books, check them in and out, help students find the
perfect book, set up, take down, and work and the book
fair! You are all fabulous!!
September Starting balance: $15,336.48 Ending balance: $24, 612.50 Checking Account Balance: $24,612.50 Income: Direct Donations, Class Party Donations, Fall Fun Run Sponsorships
and Pledges, Restaurant Night (Chipotle), Silent Auction, Membership Dues, Grounds Improvement, and Interest. Expenses: Fall Fun Run, Box Tops & Labels, Remitted Membership Dues, PTA Insurance, Supplies & Postage, Health & Safety, Grounds Improvement, and Flower
Fund.
Bricks 4 Kidz will be coming in January!
Registration information will be in the December
newsletter. At this time, we are in need of 2
volunteers who can commit to assist after school
for 6 sessions. Sessions will be on
Wednesday until 3:30pm and will repeat for 6
weeks. Target start is middle of January. In
exchange for your volunteerism, your child’s
registration fee will be waived. If I receive more
than 2 volunteers interested, I will put all names in
Virginia PTA is committed to promoting a sense of citizenship and responsibility in the lives of our
children – tomorrow’s leaders. To demonstrate the value that Virginia PTA and CSES PTA places on good citizenship, CSES is proud to sponsor, support, and encourage students to write an essay for the
2018 Citizenship Essay Contest. Grades 2-5 will be doing a writing prompt on this theme during class, but this essay project is open to all grades. Should you wish to submit your child’s essay, parents can find additional rules and instructions at https://www.vapta.org/members-only/student-programs/
citizenship-essay-contest. CSES entries due in the front office by January 19th. Contact
