October Newsletter

National School Lunch Week
The theme for this year’s National School Lunch Week is “School Lunch – What’s On Your Tray?” On October 11th -13th, parents are encouraged to eat lunch with their kids. Please know that a reservation is required a day or two prior to the day you wish to attend. The price for adults is $2.75 and the price for children is $1.75. Please be aware that this is a CASH ONLY event.

Book Fair
Calling heroes everywhere! Art City is celebrating the heroes in our lives at the Scholastic Book Fair October 25-28. We can find heroes in our community, school and our favorite books. Help us give a shout out to super heroes and super books during our week long celebration!
The book fair will be open during school hours with a bonus late night on Thursday, October 28th.

October 2010 Fitness Challenge
Art City Elementary is having a fitness challenge for all of our students for the month of October.
The Challenge is to be active for at least 30 minutes for most days of the week for a total of 20 days for the month of October. Each student will receive an October calendar to record the 30
minutes of activity each day he or she participates. Parents, please encourage this at home.
Examples for the physical activity can be: brisk walking, swimming, riding a bike, jogging,
mowing your lawn, hiking, yoga, weight lifting, basketball, soccer, tennis, gardening, vacuuming the house, working in the yard or softball.
Each student will receive something when they turn in their completed calendars. We will also have a drawing from each grade level participants for a boy and a girl to win some sports equipment.
Thanks so much for your help and support! We want Art City students to be active and healthy!

Healthy Lifestyles
The Nebo School District Student Wellness Policy has created guidelines for when foods and beverages are made available to students.
The policy asks that parents consider non-food choices for classroom parties, presentations,
and celebrations. Non-food celebrations can include playing games, making crafts, or purchasing class books, hand sanitizer or sporting equipment. You can contact your child’s teacher for ideas.
When food is to be served, the policy asks that healthier snacks be used.
To read the entire policy, go to http://www.nebo.edu/pubpolicy/E/EFA.pdf

Fridays
Fridays are the day to show your school spirit by wearing your school t-shirt or sweatshirt or
wearing the school colors (blue and yellow).

Art City Blog
We invite you to check out the Art City Blog at artcitynews.blogspot.com. Here you will find
more information about upcoming events, happenings at the school, and pictures of different activities at Art City.
The Art City PTA is also on Facebook. You can find us by searching for Art City Elementary PTA. Become a fan and get updates and information about Art City activities right on your wall!

Veteran’s Day Assembly
We would like to invite those children who have servicemen and women from their family currently serving or veterans from previous service to be in a slide show presentation on Nov. 11. We need a picture of the person who has served, (this can be dads, moms, grandfathers, uncles, etc. - as many as you have in your family) and a picture of your child/children. Pictures and a brief statement can be sent to artcitypta@gmail.com If email is not available, you can bring them into the office. Please have pictures/statement in by October 31.

Thank You
Thank you to Megan Wilson for the time and effort that she put into the Room Parent Tea and
thanks for all of the parents and teachers who attended this event.

Thanks to Angela Hubbard and her committee. They put many hours into the Fun Run and made it a big success.

Thanks to Jen Hammond and her committee for all the work they did serving up dinner for the
teachers on SEP night.

Calendar
(all dates are subject to change)
Oct 1 Reflections Due
Oct 1 4th Grade Dino Day
Oct 1 Kindergarten Field Trip to Pumpkinland
Oct 5 PTA Meeting 10:00 a.m.
Oct 5 School Pictures
Oct 6 School Community Council 3:15 p.m.
Oct 11-13 Red Ribbon Week
Oct 14-15 Fall Break – No School
Oct 21 6th Grade Field Trip to BYU
Oct 25-28 Book Fair
Oct 25 Kindergarten Program for School 9:30 a.m. for 1st-3rd grades 1:30 p.m. for 4th-6th grades
Oct 26 Kindergarten Program for Parents 10:00 a.m. for Morning Kindergarten 1:30 p.m. for Afternoon Kindergarten
Oct 27 Halloween Parade 1:15 p.m.
Oct 28 SEP for 1st-3rd grades
Oct 29 PC Comp Day – No School
Nov 2 PTA Meeting 10:00 a.m.
Nov 2 Picture Make-up Day
Nov 3 School Community Council 3:15 p.m.
Nov 11 Veterans Day Assembly
Nov 12 5th Grade Wax Museum 8:45-11:15 a.m.
Nov 18 1st Grade Program 1:00 p.m. for School 7:00 p.m. for Parents
Nov 23 Christmas Wish Trees begin
Nov 24-26 Thanksgiving Break – No School

Local Business gives back

Just a bit of information. The new Mod Bod Factory Outlet store in Springville will donate 5% of your purchase to the PTA of your choice (hopefully Art City PTA!) if you bring in the "back to school" flyer. There is a stamp on the back of the flyer that says "5% of your purchase will go to the PTA of your choice." Thanks Mod Bod!

September Newsletter

Welcome from the New Principal

Welcome back, Eagles! I am excited to be the new principal at Art City this year. I can already tell great things will be happening.

My name is Lori Nielsen. I have been in education for 15 years. Before coming to Art City I taught in Spanish Fork at the Canyon Elementary. I have taught 2nd, 3rd and 5th grades.

I am married to Sterling and have five children; Trevor 20 years old, Robbie 18, Hattie 16, Sadie 14, and Hunter who is 11. We love sports, camping, outdoors and laughing together. I love to read, socialize, exercise and learn new things.

My hopes for the new school year are to get to know the people in my new school family and continue to make Art City the best school ever. My office is always open and I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions. Thanks for your kind words and the wonderful job you do with our children. Let’s make this the best year ever!

Your Friend,

Lori Nielsen

New Faces in the Halls at Art City

It’s a brand new year; a time for new classes, new books and new staff members. We want to extend a warm welcome to the following individuals who have accepted positions at Art City School this year:

Jennifer Poulsen – TK Technician

Mrs. Barker – TK Technician

Miss Kendrick – Second Grade Teacher

Ms. Parker – Fifth Grade Teacher

Miss Bush – Sixth Grade Teacher

Mrs. Knowles – Speech Pathologist

Mrs. Fawson – Speech Technician

Mrs. Daniels – Lunch Technician

Mrs. Levanger – Special Ed. Teacher

SEP Conferences

SEP’s provide an opportunity for the parent, student, and teacher to meet for the purpose of reviewing student progress and setting goals for the coming months. Please mark the following dates on your calendar and plan to attend. We will be scheduling appointment times between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Please watch for more details to come.

• September 23 4th-6th Grades
• October 28 1st-3rd Grades
• December 2 4th-6th Grades
• January 13 1st-3rd Grades
• February 17 4th-6th Grades
• March 7 1st-3rd Grades

Hearing Screening

Hearing Screening for all K, 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade students will be held at Art City on September 10th. If your child does not pass the first screening (many times due to cold or congestion), or is absent, we will do re-screenings two weeks later. If your child does not pass the second screening, we will contact you. If for any reason you do not want your child’s hearing screened, please contact Pam Knowles at 489-2820 or pam.knowles@nebo.edu.

Vision Screening

Vision screening for all K, 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade students will be held at Art City School on September 30th.

Fridays

Fridays are the day to show your school spirit by wearing your school t-shirt or sweatshirt or wearing the school colors (blue and yellow).



PTA meeting

Our first PTA meeting for the 2010-2011 school year will be Wednesday, September 8th at 10:00 a.m. in the faculty lounge. If you are a commissioner, please attend if you can. Your information packet will be given to you this day. All PTA members are welcome to attend.

Fun Run

Get your running shoes on! The 3rd annual Art City Elementary Fun Run is Wednesday, September 15th. The road race (approximately 2.5 miles) is for 3rd-6th graders and will start at 9:00 a.m. Parents are invited to participate in the road race. A shorter race (Art City’s back field) for 1st and 2nd graders will start at 10:00 a.m. Otter pops will be provided for all participants. An awards assembly will be held that afternoon at 1:15 pm. Be on the lookout for the Fun Run flyer that will be coming home with your child in the coming days. Let’s go and pound some pavement!

Room Mother’s Tea

The Room Mother’s Tea will be held Tues, Sept 7th from 3-3:45 p.m. in the faculty lounge. Parents who signed up as a room parent will want to attend. The teachers will be coordinating the year with parents who are volunteering.

Art City Blog

We invite you to check out the Art City Blog at artcitynews.blogspot.com. Here you will find more information about upcoming events, happenings at the school, and pictures of different activities at Art City.

The Art City PTA is also on Facebook. You can find us by searching for Art City Elementary PTA. Become a fan and get updates and information about Art City activities right on your wall!

SEP Dinners

SEP dinners for upper grades will be on Sept. 23. Someone will be contacting you if you've signed up to help for this event.

Thank You

A big thank you to all of our PTA and parent volunteers. We couldn’t do what we do without you!

Please make sure to record all of your volunteer hours on the sheet in the front office. This is important information that the PTA reports to the State. This includes time spent in classrooms, helping outside the classroom, babysitting for someone else who is volunteering in a classroom, and work spent as part of a PTA committee.

Reflections

It’s time for Reflections! The theme for the 2010-2011 reflections contest is “Together we can . . . .” The general rules are: (1) Each entry must be your child's original creation. (2) Interpretation of the theme is more important than technique! (3) Each entry must follow rules of size & content for its arts area. (4) Each student can submit one entry per category.

Students can pick up entry forms and category rules in the front office, or you can find them online at http://www.utahpta.org/prog/reflections/

Please be sure that all rules are followed and that the forms are filled out completely; failure to do so could result in the student’s entry being disqualified, and we would hate to see anyone’s hard work turned away because of an oversight.

Entries will be due October 1st.

Calendar:

Sept. 3 3rd Grade field trip to Timpanogos Storytelling Festival 9-11:45 a.m.

Sept. 6 Labor Day – No School

Sept. 7 Preschool Starts

Room Mother’s Tea 3-3:45 p.m.

Sept. 10 Hearing Screening

Sept. 14 4th Grade field trip to Maple Mountain High School for Utah Symphony

Sept. 13-17 Health and Safety Week

Sept. 15 Fun Run 9 a.m.

Sept. 16 5th Grade field trip to Shadow Mountain

Sept. 23 SEP Conference for 4th-6th Grades 3-8:30 p.m.

Sept. 30 Vision Screening 1-2:45 p.m.

September 2nd is Back to School Night! Come at 6 p.m. for the General Session (and meet the new principal!) The first classroom session is 6:40-7 p.m. and the second classroom session is 7:10-7:30 p.m.
We hope to see you there!