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Order by Wednesday 10/30 12PM for Special Lunch on Thursday 11/7
The next Special Lunch (Panda Express) is on Thursday, November 7th. Orders must be placed by 12pm on Wednesday, October 30th. See ordering instructions HERE.
Last Chance to get 10% Discount on Yearbook Order!
Purchase your yearbook now and save 10%! TreeRing is a web-based yearbook builder that allows our school community to add, share, comment, and create the yearbook. The 2024-2025 school year will be our 11th year using this platform. All orders include 2 free pages that you can customize.
Visit the TreeRing website HERE and enter passcode 1014149644632589.
Hurry! The offer to save 10% ends October 31st!
Game Club
Mrs. Guzaldo and Mrs. Soofi are excited to host Game Club at Elm School. We will meet every Tuesday during recess from November 12th through March 25th. We will teach the children board games and card games to foster friendships, practice communication, and develop empathy. Depending on the weather, we may play outdoor games, too. Grades 1-5 are invited to come on Tuesdays during recess. We look forward to fun times! Please sign up HERE by November 8th - space is limited!
Future Red Devils Cheer Camp - Register Now!
Principal's Corner
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 9:30am – 11:00am
In Person at The Community House
In the age of high-pressure parenting, when so many of us feel like we’ve got to get everything exactly right the first time, Dr. Aliza Pressman is the compassionate, reassuring expert we all need—and the one whose advice we can all use.
Already beloved by listeners of her hit podcast, Raising Good Humans, Dr. Pressman distills it all with a handful of strategies every parent can use to get things right often enough: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair.
Click here to register for the 10/29 PM session
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Fall Party and Costume Parade Information
The children will celebrate Fall with a party and a costume parade on Thursday, October 31st. The outdoor all-school parade will begin at approximately 9:00 am directly after arrival and attendance. Parents are invited to join us this morning for the parade of costumes outside. The parade route is shown on the map below.
Students should wear their costumes to school and please apply makeup at home. I would like to remind families that costumes with excessive gore or blood are not to be worn at school. Weapons or anything that looks like weapons are absolutely not allowed. Physical education and recess will take place as usual. Please bring a change of clothes if necessary so students may participate fully in the day.
Classroom parties will take place during the school day, and our generous PTO is providing SkinnyPop Brand Popcorn (ingredient information listed below) for our students to enjoy.
*Afternoon kindergarten students and families are invited to participate in the costume parade. Please arrive between 8:30-8:40 on the morning of the 31st to do so. Parents will need to take their child home directly after the parade, and then return for their afternoon class. The afternoon students will have their classroom party as well. 
4th Grade Opera for the Young - Thursday 10/24 9:30AM
Elm 4th grade students are in the midst of learning about opera. They discovered what characterizes the opera genre, the voice parts typically used in opera, and they will explore how other art forms collaborate to create a production with sets, costumes, dance, lighting, props, scripts and acoustics. To culminate their experience, they have the opportunity to collaborate with Opera for the Young, an organization that specializes in adapting some of the most beloved operas into student-friendly performances geared specifically for kids.
On Thursday, October 24th at 9:30 a.m. in the Elm Gym, Opera for the Young will present Mozart's The Magic Flute with cameo appearances by Elm's 4th grade students. Every 4th grader will perform as part of the "Alien Council of Wisdom." All friends and family are invited to attend. All 2nd and 3rd grade students will attend the performance assembly as audience members. Please see below for more details, including costume information for 4th grade students.
Principal's Corner
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 9:30am – 11:00am
In Person at The Community House
In the age of high-pressure parenting, when so many of us feel like we’ve got to get everything exactly right the first time, Dr. Aliza Pressman is the compassionate, reassuring expert we all need—and the one whose advice we can all use.
Already beloved by listeners of her hit podcast, Raising Good Humans, Dr. Pressman distills it all with a handful of strategies every parent can use to get things right often enough: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair.
Click here to register for the 10/29 PM session
Click here to register for the 10/30 AM session
Satchel Pulse Screening Information
Elementary students and teachers will once again participate in the Satchel Pulse Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener, a tool to help us monitor and improve the social-emotional skills of all our students. D181 first utilized this SEL screener in our elementary schools during the 2023-2024 school year after a successful pilot during the 2022-2023 school year. Teachers of students in grades K-5th will complete the screener about their students, and students in grades 3rd-5th will complete the screener about themselves.
SEL skills include developing healthy habits, managing emotions, setting and achieving goals, developing empathy for others, establishing and maintaining supportive relationships, collaborating with others, and making responsible and caring decisions.
Satchel Pulse is a student-friendly screener with 25 simple questions. Information gained from this screener will provide our school teams with additional insight to best support our students’ social, emotional, and academic growth. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
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