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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
From the Principal
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SCOOP www.centralschoolpta.org/Revised_Central_PTA/The_Scoop.html
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ANNUAL "RE-REGISTRATION" OF STUDENTS
Please be sure to complete the online registration for your child:
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This is a yearly requirement by the district that strongly impacts the number of classroom sections at each grade level. The district estimates class sections conservatively, so the best thing you can do is register early to help ensure that we've planned appropriately. (It is equally important for you to let us know if your child will not be returning to the district.)
- You will not receive your child's class assignment if you have not re-registered with the district.
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Please note that parents can register their children without paying the fees at the time of registration. Parents register their children through the district web site, and fees are paid through RevTrak with a credit card, or by mailing in a check.
If you have questions, please contact Secretary Sallie or Secretary Barb. Please don't delay with this important requirement. We need to know our numbers! Thanks so much!
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BOOK BANTER
Hope to see you for our final Book Banter meeting on Tuesday, May 10th at 6:30. We'll be discussing Yong Zhao's Catching Up or Leading the Way.
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TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
Many, many thanks--on behalf of my staff--for the wonderful week-long celebration in their honor. You can't begin to know what this means to my dedicated crew. Hope that some of you had a chance to see them "picketing" their thanks in front of the school this morning. We love our school community!
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TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT BIN LADIN
Thanks to Mrs. Ungar for sending this link: www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-bin-laden-parents-kids-talk-0520110502,0,3362907.story
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 NOT TOO EARLY TO BE THINKING ABOUT SUMMER READING
Summer Reading Saves the World!
by Suzanne Myers Harold
Trying to close the achievement gap can feel like the impossible dream, but summer reading can help. Research shows a drop in literacy skills among students who don't read over the summer, and low-income students are particularly at risk for losing ground.
Summer reading programs are one way to encourage reading over the long summer months. Keep these tips in mind as you create or adjust your program:
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Free choice is critical: Ditch your treasured lists of required reading and encourage kids to read what they want: manga, magazines, websites, nonfiction, and audiobooks. It's all good!
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Track time read, not pages or books. This levels the playing field for struggling readers and those with special needs.
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Listening counts, too! Let kids count the time that someone reads to them or that they spend listening to an audiobook. Encourage older students to read to younger siblings: it's like earning double points.
The state superintendent, along with our own Reading Support Teacher, Ann Norton, recommend the following website:
We are once again promoting summer reading and the use of the 'Find-a-Book' website at lexile.com/findabook as a resource toward that effort. As you may know, one review of the impact of summer reading found that children can lose up to 60 percent of their skills during a two-month vacation. Reading during the summer months, however, can sustain those gains and ensure students are better prepared when they return to school in the fall.
Happy Mother's Day!
~M
Melanie Goffen Horowitz, Principal
Central School
910 Central Avenue
Wilmette, IL 60091
(847) 251-3252 Ext. 6100
Fax: (847) 251-4086
"I never stopped trying to be qualified for the job."
(Darwin Smith, CEO Kimberly-Clark)
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