SES15 Pearl Street EastSidney NY 13838February - March 2009
Sidney Elementary SchoolNewsletter
“Be active with good character”Responsibility-Respect-Trustworthiness-Fairness-Caring
SES to Hold Open Kindergarten Registration
Registration for all Sidney Central School Districtstudents eligible to enter kindergarten in September2009 will be held the weeks of Monday, March 16through Friday, March 20 and Monday, March 23through Friday, March 27 from 9:00 to 2:00 p.m.The registration will take place in the district Regis-trar’s office located in the Middle School. Parentswill need to present their child’sbirth certificate, immunizationrecords and proof of residencyas well as fill out paperwork during registration. They willalso have an opportunity to signtheir child up for a kindergartenscreening.To be eligible for kindergarten, achild must be five years old onor before December 1, 2009. Achild who turns six years old any time during theschool year must attend school at the start of Sep-tember 2009.It is important that all district kindergarten entrantsfor the September 2009 school year register at thistime. If you have any questions about registration,please call Jill Brazee or Mary Miley at 563-2135extension 4200 or 4202.
Early Kindergarten
February might have been a cold and dreary month,but it was a healthy month in Early Kindergarten!First we learned how to keep ourselves healthy byexercising every day and making good foodchoices. We now know that some foods are GOFoods which we can eat almost anytime, some areSLOW Foods which we can eat sometimes, andsome are WHOA Foods which we should eat onlyonce in a while. Our motto is “We Go for GoFoods!” Next we learned to keep our teeth healthyand happy, we need to brush twice a day, floss, seeour dentist and stay away from sugary foods. Thentwo great presidents helped us keep our mindshealthy. George Washington, father of our country,taught us to always tell the truth while Honest AbeLincoln showed us that honesty is always the bestpolicy. We loved making stove pipe hats withbeards. Everyone thought we were miniature presi-dents! Now that March is here we are having funusing our magnets and simple machines. And last,but not least, we are doing a great job learning theletters of the alphabet and counting to ten.
SES Taking Names for Universal Pre-K Slots
Sidney Elementary School is now taking names of children for their Universal Pre-Kindergarten pro-gram in the fall. Children that reside in the SidneyCentral School District and who will be four yearsold before December 1, 2009 are eligible. The classwill be determined by a lottery drawing at a laterdate. Please call Jill Brazee or Mary Miley in themain office at 563-2135 extension 4200 or 4202 toadd your child’s name to the Universal Pre-K list.
Reflections from Mr. Green
Spring time is almost here and hopefully warmweather will be right around the corner. The stu-dents have continued to do a great job at SES! Thestaff and students have been focused on the charac-ter traits of trustworthiness and are moving on tofairness for March and April. Our third, fourth andfifth grade students completed the NYS math testduring the first week of March. The students gavetheir best effort and I am extremely proud of them!We have very exciting events and programs com-ing to SES over the course of the next few months.On March 23rd the rainforest program will do twoday time performances along with an evening pro-gram. The Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble willperform on April 3rd and Chocolate Wars willmake an appearance on April 28th. As always, Iappreciate the positive home-school connectionthat we have built!
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