May Newsletter

Vol. 1 Issue 8

Riley Elementary

1324 Walnut St., Fostoria, Ohio 44830

http://www.fostoriaschools.org
Phone: 419-436-4145 Fax: 419-436-4158

From the Desk of Mrs. Bernal, Principal

From the Desk of Mrs. Bernal
It is unbelievable to me that we are in the last month of school! I remember thinking we
were never going to see warm weather and sunshine after the winter we had. I truly enjoyed watching the students grow academically and socially from the beginning of the
year. Thank you for all your support and help throughout the year. Below is a list of
important upcoming events and dates.
May 5- 1st grade Spring Concert 7:00 pm at FJSH in the auditorium. Mrs. Mummert has
sent home information regarding the program.
May 11- The following classes will be going to the zoo: Mrs. Mankin, Mrs. Marlowe,
Mrs. Baugher, Mrs. Beucler
May 12- The following classes will be going to the zoo: Mr s. Davoli, Mr s. White,
Mrs. Smith, Miss Swartz
May 13- The following classes will be going to the zoo: Mrs. Dowing, Miss Warren,
Mrs. Kieffer, Mrs. Schumacker
May 18- The following classes will be going to the zoo: Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Snyder
May 20- Field Day at Longfellow (mor e infor mation to come)
May 21- Students selling more than 18 items for our Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser will go
on the limo ride and eat lunch at Pizza Hut (a permission slip will be coming home soon)
May 25- No School

Thank you to everyone who bought items from

the Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser! We sold over
$13,000 dollars, making our profit around
$5,300!

Upcoming Events
May 5, 2015
1st grade program
7:00 P.M. FJSH, pac.
May 11,2015
Zoo Trip,
May 12,2015
Zoo Trip,
May 13,2015
Zoo Trip,
May 18,2015
Zoo Trip,
May 14, 2015
Bernals Lunch Buddies
May 20,2015
Field Day Riley and
Longfellow
May 25
No school Memorial
Day
May 29, 2015

Last day of School!!

Have a Safe Summer!

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From the Desk of Mrs. Bernal, Principal continued...

The following students sold over 18 items and earned the limo ride and
lunch!
Back row left to right: Brooklyn, Caylah, Jordyn, Jalicia, Keaton, Brandon
Middle row left to right: Jasmine, Breanna, Olivea, Blake, Nevaeh, Marques

Perfect Attendance Contest!

Each month we are going to hold a Perfect Attendance competition

between the classrooms. This month each classroom will have to spell the word
SUMMER; earning a letter each day when they have no absences or tardies. Help
your childs classroom earn the reward by bringing them to school everyday, on time!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

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A Note From Mrs. Mummert

In music class this past month, 1st graders were perfecting the songs for their spring program, which will be on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the FHS Performing Arts Center. We added
choreography, speaking parts, and props to their songs. 1st graders were assessed on reading, writing, and performing quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rest rhythms.
In music class this past month, 2nd graders sang and did activities with Easter songs: Easter
Bunny Blues, Bunny Boogie and Dip an Egg . 2nd graders were assessed on reading,
writing, and performing the pentatonic scale. 2nd graders learned about the composer Stephen Foster and sang two of his famous songs O Susanna and Camptown Races. They
also discussed Earth Day and sang Every Day Is Earth Day and Earth Day Helper while
Getting Fit with Mr. Haupert

It's hard to believe the end of the year is just around the corner! Starting the week of April
13th we started baseball. With baseball we will be covering the skills needed to play the
game. We will be learning: throwing, catching, scooping, hitting and running the bases.
Along with those skills we will be playing mini games of baseball. After baseball we will be
finishing up the year with bowling. For bowling, our students will learn: stance, approach,
rolling a ball and how to keep a general score.
Mr. Romighs Art Corner

Hopefully everyone had an opportunity to get to the Fine Arts Festival and see all of our
great Riley artworks. Now that the show is over students will soon be bringing their portfolios home with all of their wonderful projects from this school year. We will be adding a few
more before that time, however. Second graders just completed a symmetrical collage and
will be moving on to a projects dealing with the art of printmaking. First graders and finishing up a collage of flowers in a vase and will next focus on and outer space scene with the
focus on using oil pastels and their ability to resist watercolor paints. These are some of my
personal favorite projects and I cant wait to see the results.

1st grade Spring Music Program

Tuesday, May 5, 2015
7:00 pm
Fostoria High School Performing Arts Center

Students are to be there at 6:30 wearing red shirts and tan khaki pants (campus wear.)

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Mrs. Dunn, Counselor

Ginger, School Therapy Dog

It is hard to believe summer is quickly approaching and we are finishing up the school year.
Over the past month, Ginger and I have been able to visit every classroom and follow a regular schedule. The winter months really put a roadblock in our classroom guidance lessons.
In the 1st grade classrooms, we read a storybook titled, Friendship Is An Art by Julia
Cook. It is a wonderful story to teach the kids the importance of friendship and in order to
have good friends, you have to be a good friend. Students also learned it is hard to have
friends if you dont like yourself first. We concluded our lesson with the students completing an I Am Special activity to highlight the great qualities each of them have inside of
themselves.
In the 2nd grade classrooms, we began discussing their worries, fears, and excitement
they might have as they think about transitioning onto 3rd grade and a new building. Students were encouraged to write and draw their thoughts about leaving Riley and moving on.
We concluded our final lesson with a fun activity and reflected on the two years of having
classroom guidance lessons. Students discussed character traits that are valuable to them
and how they will take them onto 3rd grade. I wish the best of luck to all the 2nd graders
and will sadly miss each one of them.

Front Row: Wayne Long, J er emiah Garcia, Ariel Williams, Trinity Roy, Cyresa Garner, Jadan
Dresher
Back Row: Br yan Nor ton, David
Velasquez, Vanessa Holguin ,
Raelynn Myers, Dustin Beck, Tavian Newsome
Not pictured: Braylei Lentz, Kiara
Nye

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Title 1 News
Here it is May already and Summer Vacation is around the corner. Please make
it a point this summer to read to your child and have them read to you each day. This will be a great
way for your child to maintain everything they have learned and maybe go up a reading level or two!
If your child wants something fun to do over the summer, keep the Summer Reading Program at
Kaubisch Library in mind.
Keep the date of May 26 open for the Title I Family Night titled SEIZE THE SUMMER. It
will be held at Riley from 5:30-7:00 and pizza and drinks will be provided. We will have stations set
up to provide reading ideas, math help games. Any child that attends will be given a free book to take
home. Current Kindergarten, First and Second Graders are invited. A registration form and invitation
will be sent with your child soon.

Teacher/Parent
I took a piece of living clay
And gently formed it day
By day,
And molded it with power and art,
A young childs soft and yielding heart.
I came again when years
Were gone,
It was a man I looked upon,
He still that early impress
Bore
And I could change that
Form no more.
Author Unknown

Boxtops for Education

Continue to send in your Boxtops and Campbell Soup Labels. We earn money for the
Boxtops and Campbell Soup labels which allow us to pay for PAX rewards and other
incentives for our students.