DURHAMVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DECEMBER 2013 FAMILY DATES TO NOTE

The Scholastic Book Fair will be open before the evening Holiday Concerts from 6:00-6:50 PM. Please make sure purchases from the book fair are put away during the Holiday Concert so we may demonstrate our best audience behavior to our hard working performers. Thursday, December 5 Friday, December 6 Monday, December 9 Bus Drills @ 9:15 AM Morning Program Scholastic Book Fair starts today and ends on Friday, December 13. Just a reminder, we pay 8.75% sales tax on any purchases made at the book fair. Board of Ed Meeting 7:00 PM Holiday Concert @ 1:30 & 7:00 PM Grade 3 recorders and Grades 4 & 5 Band & Chorus The Book Fair will also be open in the evening at 6:00-6:50 PM prior to the Holiday Concert at 7:00 PM. For night concert, students need arrive at 6:45 PM Morning Program Morning Program Winter Carnival/Activity Friday

Tuesday, December 10
Wednesday, December 11

Friday, December 13 Friday, December 20

Saturday, December 21-Sunday, January 5, 2014 Christmas Vacation NO SCHOOL Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! School resumes on Monday, January 6, 2014 Upcoming Events: Wednesday, January 8 PTO Meeting @ 7:00 PM Monday, January 20 Martin Luther King Day NO SCHOOL Wednesday, January 22 Geography Bee @ 9:30 AM @ OHS Readers Ball @ 6:00 PM Tuesday, January 28 Grade Level Day 12:00 dismissal - lunch served Salvation Army Due to the closing of the Salvation Army in Oneida, we will not be collecting canned food items this year.

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Congratulations to our Super Readers!

Thank you to our families and students who earned the privilege of being Crowned at our Readers Ball. We hope your enjoyed the special celebration on Wednesday, November 20 from 6:00-7:00 PM. Our next ReadersBall will be Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 6:00-7:00 PM. Please keep on reading! The following Super Readers achieved the goal of reading for 1,000 minutes outside of school!
Kindergarten Drew Allen Dylan Ariglio Stephen Boylan Ryan Cashman Nicole Chevez Mia Crafton Grady Gaudet Grade 1 Emma Bennett Aidan Bertella
Elizabeth Boylan

Grade 3 Sage Capistrant Hailey Long Savannah Colvin Alissa Marino Melissa Coonrod Nicholas Pawlikowski Morgan Philo James Crowley Jasmine Brian Eggers Shampine Jordan French Joshua Hembach Kelslyn Szakacs Olivia Hoffman Jessica Torrey Autumn Wagner Cole Joyner Lucas Emma LeBlanc Wesseldine

Quinn Colvin Emily French Tyson Fuller Olivia Miller Cassidy Plantz Justin Shantel Grade 4 Nicholas Crafton Julian Egelston Madeline Harris Kayleigh Kimball Devon Miller Ronald Miller Hannah Myatt

Grade 2 Brianna Ariglio Maura MacDonald Nicole Chevez Kathryn Mitchell Brady Cieslak Aeron Nyberg Kendra Pawlikowski Bella Crafton Gianna Ferrucci Pierce Relyea
Austin Gilkinson Randy Schenandoah

Dawson Hatter

Grade 5 Andrew Brown Karstin Marsala Madison Carroll Cody Miller Julianna DePerno Elizabeth OBoyle Megan Dwyer Naomie Pawkikowski Wendie Elicky Samantha Simchik Noelle LeBlanc Marissa Terrell

December 2013 Family Dates to Note 3 Smart Shoppers Oneida junior and senior classes are accepting orders for the 2014 Smart Shopper coupon book; each book is only $20. Money raised will support current juniors and seniors at Oneida High School. If you are interested in purchasing book, please complete the attached order and return to school with payment (checks may be payable to OHS) by December 6, 2013. Holiday Cheer As the holiday season approaches, we wish to keep it simple and happy for our Durhamville families and community. Since economic times are making this a stressful time for families, please be aware there are available resources to assist families in need this holiday season. If we can be of any assistance, please contact us at 363-8065 or via email at mvisalli@oneidacsd.org or vsmith@oneidacsd.org by Friday, December 7th. All information will be kept confidential. As a staff, we discussed the holiday season. Though we appreciate your heartfelt kindness and thoughtfulness, we feel very strongly that no gifts should be sent to school for staff members. We hope you will respect our decision as a staff and support an organization or family in need. We wish you the happiest of holidays and appreciate you sharing your good cheer with others.