December 20, 2013

Mrs. Dawn Kennaugh, Principal

DATES TO REMEMBER
12/23 1/5 Mon. 1/6 Mon. 1/20 Mon. 2/3 Mon. 2/17 Wed. 3/12 Thurs. 3/13 Fri. 3/14 April 4 13

LUNCH MENU
1/06 1/07 1/08 1/09 1/10 ~ French Toast Sticks and Sausage or BBQ Rib Sandwich ~ Cheese Breadsticks & Sauce or Turkey & Cheese Salad ~ Soft Beef Taco or Mini Bagels, Yogurt & Cheese Sticks ~ Chicken Nuggets w/Roll or Pasta & Meat Sauce & Roll ~ Cereal &Hard Boiled Eggs or Fish Shaped Nuggets w/Roll

Holiday Break Classes Resume No Students MLK Day No Students Professional Development Day No Students Winter Recess PM Conferences PM Conferences AM Conferences No School Spring Break

Happy Holidays from the staff at Beagle Elementary!!

MESSAGE FROM MRS. KENNAUGH With the temperatures dropping lately, and with a break coming up, we often find ourselves inside more often than wed like. I hope you take this inside opportunity to spend additional time with your child(ren). You truly are your childs first teacher! A personal favorite is doing a family game night or afternoon, filling the time with quality conversation while making memories! My family and I also spend time baking together, which helps students apply real-world mathematics (measuring ingredients) while also PLEASE reading and following specific directions. Any additional time and support you can give your child make a tremendous difference. Many activities that will support your childs learning require little time and effort, but the impact is immense. SCHOOL Cuddling up with a good book and reading to him/her or listening to your child read RESUMES aloud helps reading fluency; asking questions about what your child has read ON MONDAY, improves reading comprehension. Not only that, it lets your child know that what JANUARY 6, he/she does is important to you. Math facts can be practiced quickly; story problems can be solved using several strategies, and younger students can count aloud in 2014 many ways for extra practice. Students can keep a journal about important family, personal, or school events as a keepsake for the future. However you spend your holidays, I wish you all a restful, safe, and happy holiday season!

NOTE

As always, if you have any questions, or would like to discuss any concerns, please contact me.

Beagle Elementary School 600 South Street, Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 www.glps.k12.mi.us
Phone (517) 925-5480 Fax (517) 925-5523

THANK YOU PTO! The staff at Beagle would like to thank the PTO for the wonderful and delicious cookie trays they provided for staff members. We are especially appreciative knowing that parents took time out of their busy schedule to see that each staff member had a tray of cookies to enjoy over the Holiday break. SchoolReach Calls from GLPS If you miss a message or call from the 1-800 service that GLPS uses to relay two-hour delays, snow days, messages from the school, etc., you can dial that 1-800 number back and listen to the message that you missed.

COUNSELORS CORNER ~Sandy Husted~

Holiday Gift Suggestions:

To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. Oren Arnold

Comet Catcher Corner

Respect: Levi Sharp helping a substitute teacher. Ownership: Renae

self time.

Brandan Hopper holding the door for Mrs. Parish.

Baker working quietly. Abby Stewart getting to work right away. Gavin Kareckas reading quietly at read to

Cooperation: Gracie Megenuph working hard on her task.

Kindness: Kailey Brown for helping Mrs. Husted carry packages.

packets that were thrown into a messy pile.

Nathan Adair organizing the reading

Safety: Meghan Helms showing safe behavior in the hallway.

Beagle Elementary School 600 South Street, Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 www.glps.k12.mi.us
Phone (517) 925-5480 Fax (517) 925-5523