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Friday Update 10/2/2024
Farid Johnson
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Dear Siwanoy Families, Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and one of the holiest days celebrated by Jewish people. It marks the start of a 10-day period during which Jewish people reflect on their mistakes from the year past and seek forgiveness so that they may begin the New Year with a clean slate. One tradition of the holiday is to eat apples dipped in honey, symbolizing the hope for a sweet year to come. To all of those who celebrate Shanah Tovah. Cheers to a sweet year to come, Farid Johnson #everydayabetteryou |
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| Siwanoy Chess Tournament on Saturday, September 28, 2024 was a tremendous success! What a fantastic day of strategy, competition, and community. Special shout out to Monika Konieczny, Mike Ellenbogen and Felix Lopez for spear-heading and making this event so successful. And of course to our head custodian Tom Warren. One parent gushed "I wish you could have heard the speech Mr. Ellenbogen gave to the Siwanoy kids when presenting medals to all of the first time players! They were bubbling with joy there." Congratulations to everyone who participated. Here is a list of Siwanoy participants. Novice section: Charlie Bloise 3rd place trophy Alexander Monacco 5th place trophy Lucas Anderson Faron Thomason Mason Malek Elle Gerson Camila Biffar LJ Gugliemo John Linaro Lochlan Midberry Quads: Eryk Konieczny 1st place tie quad 4 Stephen Nugent Alexi Spektor  Custodian Appreciation DayThank you for your cards, notes and high fives to our ace custodial team.  October word of the month is UpstanderHere is what our 4th graders came up with. 4th grade bully busters! Lift each flap to learn how we use our independent thinking skills as upstanders! The whole school can count on these faces to help our school community.  Shelli, Alyssha & Grace
Please be on the lookout next week for information regarding our first Siwanoy University of the year. The topic will be about our Siwanoy Serves initiative. More to come! October 8, 2024 - Grades K, 1 & 3 (And class 3-5L) October 9, 2024 - Grades 2, 4 & 5 Sibling photos will take place at 7:15am on October 9th in the library. We're excited to welcome Sarah Furfaro to the Colonial community! Sarah will be joining our team as an additional school psychologist once a cycle (every Day 4), to provide extra support for our students. With her passion for fostering positive learning environments, Sarah will work alongside Kerri Ann Weaver, to ensure we are meeting the diverse needs of all our students. Please join us in giving Sarah a warm welcome! |
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Fire Drills Please note that we will be continuing our fire drills next week. Thank youK-5 parents/guardians are invited to join members of the Teaching & Learning team to learn more about the elementary Math, ELA, Science, Social studies and Technology programs at 6:30pm on Tuesday, October 8. The curriculum night event will be held at Prospect Hill elementary school and after an introduction, offer breakout sessions for attendees to learn more about the K-2 and 3-5 Math/ELA programs. We hope to see you there! Lice Information from Nurse Keller We have had some reported cases of head lice in school. To prevent further occurrences, parents should check their children’s heads daily. It is best to check outside or under good lighting. - Head lice are tiny insects (size of a sesame seed) that appear tan, brown or grey in color. - Nits are tiny oval shaped lice eggs. They are yellow, brown or tan in color, but appear white after hatching. They attach to the hair shaft close to the scalp especially around the ears, nape of the neck and crown. Unlike dandruff nits attach to hair with a waterproof glue-like substance that cannot be washed away or blown away. - Head lice should be suspected when there is intense itching especially at the nape of the neck and around the ears. The itching tends to be worse at night. Sometimes though itching does not occur. - Hair should be treated with lice shampoo recommended by your child’s physician or a lice consultant. All nits will need to be removed to prevent re-infestation. Once treatment is initiated, checking the hair and combing every 2-3 days for 2-3weeks may also prevent re-infestation. - Please remind your children not to share hats, sweaters, coats, scarves, combs/brushes hair accessories, helmets, headphones, pillows and stuffed animals. Children with long hair are advised to keep their hair pulled back in ponytails, braids or buns to minimize exposure. |
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