January Newsletter

School News

Welcome Back!
We hope you had an enjoyable holiday break and are ready to get back into the swing of things!

SEP Conferences
Please remember that SEP Conferences for Kindergarten through 3rd grades will be held on
Thursday, January 14th from 3:00 to 8:30 p.m. We will be scheduling appointments again, so please watch for a note to come home with your child in early January.

Winter Clothing
Please make sure that your child comes to school with appropriate clothing for winter weather. We are still seeing students arriving at school wearing short sleeves, capri pants, thin sweat shirts or sandals when it is 30 degrees outside. To increase the chances of lost items being returned, you may write your child’s name on the article with a permanent marker.

Attendance
Here are a few reminders about attendance that might be helpful.
• School officially begins at 8:30 a.m.
• Please call the office first thing in the morning if your child will miss due to illness and arrange
with the teacher for someone to pick up any missed work for that day.
• Inform teachers well in advance of preplanned absences such as vacations or surgeries and
arrange for work to be picked up and made up.

Open Enrollment
Just a reminder that the Open Enrollment window closes on February 19th. Applications are available in the office.

Subscribe to Nebo News
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Fridays
Each Friday is the day to show your school spirit by wearing your school t-shirt or sweatshirt or wearingthe school colors (blue and yellow).

Calendar
January 2010
Jan. 4 School Resumes
Jan. 14 K-3rd Grade SEP’s---3:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Jan. 15 TDD--No School
Jan. 18 MLK Day--No School
Jan. 28 2nd Grade Program
9:00 a.m. for the school
7:00 p.m. for parents
Jan. 29 100th Day of School

PTA News

Thank You
We want to say thanks to Tammy Daybell and her committee for doing our Christmas Tree wish lists. Also, thank you to Kim Droubay and her committee for providing the upper grade teachers with dinner last month during SEP's.

Flu Fighters
We want to thank all of you who donated cleaning items to the teachers for their classrooms. They are using the donations and are glad to have them. Hopefully we can keep the illnesses down to a minimum at school this year! You can continue to send these items to your teacher for them to use anytime you want.

PTA Meeting
This months PTA meeting will be on January 5th at 10:00 a.m. in the teachers lounge. Please feel free to come and participate or just listen in on what we have going on.

2010-2011 PTA Board
We are looking for people who would be willing to serve on the PTA Board or as one of our
Commissioners next school year. If you're interested, please contact Stephanie Petersen,
489-7451.

School T-Shirts
We have a few t-shirts and sweatshirts left if anyone is interested in buying them. The sizes we have left are -
Youth sweatshirts - (2) small, (8) medium, (2) large
Youth t-shirts, navy blue - (1) extra small
Youth t-shirts, light blue - (1) large
Adult t-shirts, navy blue - (3) large, (2) 2XL
Adult t-shirts, light blue - (1) XL
Contact Christy Brenchley (489-8085) if you would like to purchase any of the items.

Yearbooks
It is that time to start thinking about the school yearbook. Watch for order forms to come home
sometime in January.

Fun Recipes

Blueberry Muffins
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup milk
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups frozen blueberries
Topping:
2 Tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon nutmeg
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking
powder and salt. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and
sugar. Add eggs, milk and vanilla; mix well. Stir in the
dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in frozen
blueberries. Fill paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full.
Combine sugar and nutmeg and sprinkle over muffins.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until they
test done. Makes about 2 dozen. Fresh blueberries
may be substituted for frozen.

Chili Casserole
1 large can chili (whatever style you want)
Dried onion
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
½ soup can of water
8-10 tortillas, torn up
1-2 cups grated cheese
Combine all ingredients in casserole dish. Bake at
350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.