Greetings Advocacy Families!

Welcome back! We hope your students are rested and ready for Quarter 2!For the month of October, we will be using Advocacy to how empathy and kindness can be used build a caring community that identifies, stands up to and works to stop bullying. To support this work, we have arranged for a Team Building Day with Experiential Learning Associates on Wednesday, October 19. All 7/8 teachers, Mrs. Dewar, Ms. Washington, Ms. Charlie and Mrs. Woodward (who will serve as the maternity leave substitute for Mrs. Haworth) will participate in this fun and purposeful event. It’s time to build a strong Team! Students should plan for a full day of fun and team building activities. Please dress to be outside for three hours! The focus for the day will be Empathy, Respect and Community Building. If you haven’t already, please click on the following link and complete the attached waiver for the event from our partners at Experiential Learning Associates. We will also send a copy home on Monday with your child.

ELA Waiver Team

Policy Reminders

Food, Drinks other than water and Candy: All food, drinks other than water and candy should only be consumed during snack time or during lunch. As Halloween approaches, we need your help in making sure that students are not bringing an excess of candy to school, and if they do they should only have it during snack time or lunch.

Cell Phone and Ear Bud Policy: Unless students have permission from the teacher, they should not have their cell phones or ear buds out during school.

• First time student gets a warning
• Second time phone is taken and students gets it back at end of day
• Third time phone is taken and parent or guardian needs to get the phone after school

Reminders:

• October 19^th: Experiential Learning Associates community building event
• October 31^st: 7/8 Halloween party
• November 4^th: 7/8 Masquerade dance

Have a great week, and email me with any questions you may have.