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JANUARY 2018

DATES

1/17 ...................5:30 ............................................................... PTO Meeting1/25 ...................5:00-6:30 ..................................................... Girls on the Run sign up 6:00-7:30 ..................................................... PTO Chili Supper1/26 ...................11:55 ............................................................ Early Dismissal1/30 ........................................................................................... Drummond Cane’s Night2/1 .............................................................................................. End of 2nd Trimester2/2 .............................................................................................. NO SCHOOL

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School HoursClasses are conducted at Drummond from 8:50 AM – 3:35 PM. If your child is being dropped off after 8:50 AM, you will need to sign him/her in at the main office.

Also, dismissal begins at 3:35 PM. Due to safety reasons, we do not dismiss stu-dents from school after 3:15 PM.

Attendance HotlinePlease contact the Drummond Attendance Hotline at 314-213-8519 anytime that your child will be absent from school.

314-213-8519

Early Release Days

As a rule of thumb, the district has an early release day each month for the purpose of staff taking part in professional development. Dismissal on these days is 11:55 AM.

Papa John’s NightEach month, our local Papa John’s hosts a Drummond Night. Each child will receive a coupon/flyer to present at the time of your order. Papa John’s shares a portion of their proceeds to Drummond, which is used to fund student activities throughout the school year.

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WelcomeEarly ChildhoodJoanne Cadwallader – early

childhood special education paraprofessional

Ashley Felton – early childhood special education paraprofessional

Kendra Goldman – secretaryCollins Harris – occupational

therapistSanbria Hulsey – early

childhood special education paraprofessional

Annie Neu – early childhood special education paraprofessional

Tina Riley– early childhood special education paraprofessional

Brittany Stevens– early childhood paraprofessional

Pamela Stubblefield – early childhood special education teacher

Khalida Wukawitz – early childhood special education paraprofessional

Bridgeway Alexander Bureck – fifth-grade

teacherJosie Chapman –

paraprofessionalErika Felder – assistant after-

school care instructorJennifer Hopkins – cookNatasha Malone – second-

grade teacherKendra Worsham – counselor,

shared with Parkwood

DrummondAlexis Anzalone – fourth-grade

teacherHenry Cima – custodianAntoine Donson – SSD teacher

assistantAdrienne Draper – in-school

suspension supervisorCatina Gaddy – lead cookHeather Jacobson –

kindergarten teacherJacob Johnson – vocal music

teacherSierra Plume – paraprofessionalMelissa Reynolds – counselorMichelle Stewart – clerkAndrew Woerther – library

technology aide

ParkwoodGregory Anderson – behavior

interventionistSarah Fee – vocal music

teacherChristina Livingston –

kindergarten teacherAudrey Masek – kindergarten

teacherAnn Randle – SSD teacher

assistantShani Thompson –

paraprofessionalMegan Wessels –

paraprofessionalVeronica White – clerk

Remington TraditionalTamika Dukes – art teacher

Rose AcresSandra Sullivan – cook

Willow BrookKatharine Ackman – fourth-

grade teacherRhonda Daniels –

paraprofessionalAlyssa Lipson – fourth-grade

teacher

HolmanVeronica Lampe – cook Lakeisa Robinson – custodianShayla Ross – cook, shared

with transportation as a bus aide

Ryan Shea – language arts teacher

Pattonville HeightsLori Alanis – ELL

paraprofessionalAnn Bean – cook Joe Groceman – custodianLydia Hobson – guidance

secretaryLauren Jordan – math teacherStephen Lee – iLearn

technology aideChristine Rehg – secretaryTerri Sallee – science teacherAmy Stillman – cookMitko Varadinov –

paraprofessional

New hires continue on next page

The Pattonville School District Board of Education is committed to providing exemplary educational opportunities for ALL children. In order to accomplish this goal, partnerships with parents, business leaders and district patrons must continue to be actively developed in order to engage the entire community as the district strives for educational excellence. As such, the Board has adopted the following Areas of Emphasis for the 2017-2018 school year:

• The district shall develop a multi-year plan to implementK-12 personalized, competency- based learningenvironments that provide ongoing feedback to students ontheir growth toward high school course content readinessand lead to success-ready graduates.

• All students in grades 6 through 12 have a graduation life-readiness plan which they develop and regularly monitorprogress within and between academic levels.

• Career education programs will continue to become amore integral component of the total educational programand will include students participating in extended learningopportunities, emphasizing district partnerships with localbusinesses when possible.

• The district facilities plan will be updated as appropriateand implemented utilizing bond issue and district operatingfunds.

The district will continue with the following:

• Proactive strategies will be implemented to promotecontinued improvement in student responsibility, citizenshipand overall character with an emphasis on buildingrelationships and an understanding of socioeconomic,cultural and ethnic differences.

• Safety for students, staff and community will continue tobe evaluated and improved.

• Parents, staff and students will continue to develop,modify and implement school improvement plans based ondata and research.

• The district will continue to implement and identifystrategies to increase the percentage of students involvedin extracurricular programs provided at the elementary andmiddle school level to support the development of highlycompetitive programs at the high school.

• The district will continue to use resources efficiently to achieve district goals.

• The district will continue legislativeadvocacy for public education.

Adopted by the Pattonville Board of Education on June 27, 2017.

Board AreasFor the 2017-2018 School Year

of Emphasis

Student/Parent Handbook

2017-2018Robert Drummond Elementary

Pattonville School District2017-2018 Board Areas of Emphasis

Drummond’sGeography Bee On December 8th, Drummond hosted its annual geography bee. The contestants were determined from the results of a multiple choice geography test taken by every 4th and 5th grade student. The top ten students on the test were then invited to participate in the bee.

These students were: Corinna Anielak, Finn Edinger, Elias El-Ghazal, Chelsea Evans, Reese Jackson, Samuel Mokwa, Joselyn Reyes-Damian, Nicholas Smith, Colby Thomas, and Austin Traxel. Congratulations to the top ten finalists! The winner of Drummond’s Geography Bee was Corinna Anielak. Congratulations Corinna! Elias El-Ghazal was our runner-up. Congrats to Elias and all the Geo Bee contestants!

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Kindergarten News

KC LOVES READING

Everyday students read for up to fifteen minutes independently with a variety of books they have personally chosen out of our classroom library. During this time students are reading in a variety of ways. Some students read the words or make up their own story by using the illustrations. This is the students’ time to apply reading strategies that they have been taught, but most importantly it is the students time

to feel confident in his or her reading. Not only do students have the opportunity to read independently, they listen to a read aloud everyday!!

Recently, we teamed up with 2R (Ms. Robin’s Second Grade Class) to share the love of reading a little bit more. Once a week we have a second grade reader come in and read his or her favorite story to our class! Students

have LOVED seeing other students they may know read and it has encouraged them to read more.

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NEWS FROM KJ

This year in KJ we are working really hard at becoming good writers. We have enjoyed publishing some of our writing to Seesaw. It has been a lot of fun taking pictures of our stories and recording ourselves reading our stories. The stories have been about our families, friends, animals, food, school activities, and our feelings. This month we are working on adding more to our stories, using word wall words to help enhance our stories and making sure we use a capital at the beginning of a sentence, and a period at the end. We love writing!

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First Grade News

News From 1D1D had an incredible couple of months! Our conferences in November were great and our

second trimester conferences are right around the corner! We did so well in our Sound and Light unit in Science and once again went above and beyond in our Social Studies unit. Our reading is taking off and we LOVE to read everyday. We would spend all day reading, if we could. The whole class got to open and unpack an enormous box of books at the end of November and had a blast trying to figure out who would be the first to read which book, unfortunately Mrs. Dye read them all before the students could get their hands on them. (In case you are wondering, she LOVED them!!) We had some great discussions about all of the numerous books we added to our

classroom library! As winter continues and we welcome a brand new year, we are excited to see what the rest of the school year has in store for us!

Our first graders have had a busy few months improving our reading, writing, and math skills. In science we are getting ready to learn about light, sound, the sun, and the moon. Start checking the sky to see what you notice in the morning and at night.

One of our favorite things to do is IDR (Independent Daily Reading) time, especially since we have so many new comfortable places to read in our classroom now. Every day we have IDR time after lunch and close to the end of the day. We love to end our school day with books.

News From 1L

1-L News Our first graders have had a busy few months improving our reading, writing, and math skills. In science we are getting ready to learn about light, sound, the sun, and the moon. Start checking the sky to see what you notice in the morning and at night. One of our favorite things to do is IDR (Independent Daily Reading) time, especially since we have so many new comfortable places to read in our classroom now. Every day we have IDR time after lunch and close to the end of the day. We love to end our school day with books.

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2nd Grade News

News from 2B

We have been excited about using new applications on our iPads this year! We’ve enjoyed recommending books to others using our Seesaw app and we have even completed assignments and quizzes on our 2B Google Classroom. Mrs. Reidelberger helped our class learn Hour of Code so we can understand computer programming better. In math, Mrs. Burd is using some features of Dreambox to assign us specific tasks to help us refine our three digit addition and subtraction skills. Xtra Math also helps us with our fact fluency. We are really becoming tech savvy!

News from 2B!

We have been excited about using new applications on our iPads this year! We’ve enjoyed recommending

books to others using our Seesaw app and we have even completed assignments and quizzes on our 2B Google Classroom. Mrs. Reidelberger helped our class learn

Hour of Code so we can understand computer programming better. In math, Mrs. Burd is using some features of Dreambox to assign us specific tasks to help us refine our three digit addition and subtraction skills.

Xtra Math also helps us with our fact fluency. We are really becoming tech savvy!

News From 2D

4th Grade News News from 4A It’s the New Year and 4A is busy setting goals for the last half of the year. We are also continuing to better our skills in reading, writing, math, and science. In reading, we are exploring the different elements of stories. 4A just finished learning about different myths. For example, we studied a Greek myth that explained how summer and winter came to be. We are patiently waiting for Persephone to come back! Kicking off the New Year, we will begin making inferences. We’ll quickly learn that we make inferences every day, and good readers make inferences while reading too. Writing fictional stories in writing has allowed the imaginations of the students in 4A to shine bright. 4A’s favorite part of writing is “pair” conferencing. Students enjoy publishing their writing piece through Seesaw; a place they can read their paper to the class and listen to their peers read their stories to them. Chapter 3 in math is filled with multiplication, division, and multiplication word problems. Parents, please have your child continue to practice their math facts. Be sure to ask your child what they learning. Let your child teach you how they are learning how to multiply. You will be surprised! In science, we just finished learning about waves. Students had fun creating waves amongst each other, using slinkies, and much more. We are super excited to start our new unit on energy, and we’re looking forward to all of the new and exciting things we will learn!

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4th Grade News

J A N U A R Y

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Starting the new year on a positive note! We are hard at work learning new skills:

Reading

•Making inferences to understand characters. • Using text

structure to explore a fiction story. • Reading independently.

Science

• Earth and Space Systems: Using maps to understand

Earth changes over time.

Math

• Adding and subtracting unlike fractions. • Drawing models

to represent mixed numbers. • Expressing mixed numbers

as improper fractions. • Renaming improper fractions as

mixed numbers.

Writing

• Working with a partner to research a country and write an

informational report. • Learning and applying research skills.

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4th Grade NewsNews From 4D

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5th Grade News

News From 5C

In science, students have been learning about parts of a plant, photosynthesis, and food webs. We are lucky enough to be conducting multiple tests in our classroom with plants! This year, our class did a science fair project with a partner on a topic of their choice! Look for our awesome science fair boards in April! In math, we are wrapping up Chapter 9: multiplying and dividing decimals. Next up, geometry in Chapter 13! This year in writing we have published pieces of writing in multiple areas including a personal narrative and a fiction story. We have also published our D.A.R.E. essays and we are almost finished with our nonfiction writing pieces. We have continued to look at analyzing expository nonfiction in reading.

In science, students have been learning about parts of a plant, photosynthesis, and food webs. We are lucky enough to be conducting multiple tests in our classroom with plants! This year, our class did a science fair project with a partner on a topic of their choice! Look for our awesome science fair boards in April! In math, we are wrapping up Chapter 9: multiplying and dividing decimals. Next up, geometry in Chapter 13! This year in writing we have published pieces of writing in multiple areas including a personal narrative and a fiction story. We have also published our D.A.R.E. essays and we are almost finished with our nonfiction writing pieces. We have continued to look at analyzing expository nonfiction in reading. We’ve looked at pros and cons of articles as well as functional text like reading a schedule or understanding instructions to a game. Please continue to encourage your child to read 20 minutes at home each night! Our class is looking forward to 5th grade camp coming up soon in April!

In science, students have been learning about parts of a plant, photosynthesis, and food webs. We are lucky enough to be conducting multiple tests in our classroom with plants! This year, our class did a science fair project with a partner on a topic of their choice! Look for our awesome science fair boards in April! In math, we are wrapping up Chapter 9: multiplying and dividing decimals. Next up, geometry in Chapter 13! This year in writing we have published pieces of writing in multiple areas including a personal narrative and a fiction story. We have also published our D.A.R.E. essays and we are almost finished with our nonfiction writing pieces. We have continued to look at analyzing expository nonfiction in reading. We’ve looked at pros and cons of articles as well as functional text like reading a schedule or understanding instructions to a game. Please continue to encourage your child to read 20 minutes at home each night! Our class is looking forward to 5th grade camp coming up soon in April!

We’ve looked at pros and cons of articles as well as functional text like reading a schedule or understanding instructions to a game. Please continue to encourage your child to read 20 minutes at home each night! Our class is looking forward to 5th grade camp coming up soon in April!

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Important Info

5H Class News

Reading

Featured Photo

Classroom News

Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 15th, 2018No School

Chili Cook Off January 25th, 20185:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Early Release DayJanuary 26th, 2018

Reading: We have been working on making inferences using poetry.

Writing: We’ve tapped into using our imagination and creativity in order to start writing fiction pieces.

Math: Fractions, fractions, fractions!

Social Studies: 5H is starting a unit on Harriet Tubman. Specifically, we’re focusing on the Underground Railroad as well as Harriet Tubman’s many accomplishments!

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News from ELL (English Language Learners)

We are so proud of Drummond’s diversity! During the school year, we take time to celebrate and honor our diverse student population. We will be celebrating Black History Month and culture during the month of February. Our classroom teachers will be reading aloud books to remember the important contributions and achievements of African-Americans throughout our nation's history.

Check out our book recommendations!

Dave the Potter: Poet, Artist, Slave by Laran Carrick Hill

Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Cole

This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson

Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

White Socks Only By Evelyn Coleman

Let Them Play By Margot Theis Raven