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IMPORTANT DATES
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Meet Your Teacher
4:30-6:00 pm, Come & Go
Tuesday, Aug. 12
First Day of School
1st - 5th grade
Kdg - A-M only
Wed., Aug. 13
Kdg first N-Z only
Thursday, Aug. 14
ALL Kindergarten
Thursday, Sept. 18
Lifetouch Individual Pictures
Friday, Sept. 19
Prof. Dev. Day
NO SCHOOL
Thursday, Sept. 25
Breakfast with Mom
Kdg. - 2nd grade
Friday, Sept. 26
Breakfast with Mom
3rd - 5th grade
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Mission :
The mission of Maize USD 266 is to inspire students to discover their potential through connecting, learning and leading.
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The Pray-Woodman Way
May 21, 2014
Volume 20, Issue 9
Pray-Woodman Elementary 
605 W. Central
Maize, KS 67101
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A Note from Nils...
Hello! Thank you for helping to make this a great year at PWS. We have several opportunities for you to be involved next year.
Site Council: Two parents are still needed to serve on the PWS Site Council. The Site Council meets 4-5 times a year in the evening. This group of staff members and parents provides guidance for school policies and procedures and plans the annual Crunch, Munch & Read Night. If you are interested in being on Site Council, please contact me at ngabrielson@usd266.com or 721-0902.
Yearbook: Special thanks to PWS Parent Stephanie Graham for all of her outstanding work on the PWS yearbook. Stephanie will be coordinating the yearbook again next year, and it would be awesome to get some more parents on the yearbook team. If you would be willing to volunteer to work on the PWS yearbook, please let me know.
PWX Summer Reading and Math: Your child has brought home information on this summer program. We would encourage your child to participate and submit an entry for each program. Additional forms can be found on the PWS website at www.usd266.com. These programs are a great way for your child to keep his or her math and reading skill sharp over the summer.
Staff Update :
The following staff members will be retiring from PWS:
*Sheryl Connell-Librarian
*Terry Dieker-Communications Secretary
*Darlene Henderson-School Nurse
*Debbie Hinson-2nd Grade Teacher
*Dr. BJ Wells-Counselor
*We would like to thank all of these staff members for their years of dedication and service to our students. We will miss them, but we are also excited for their new adventures.
The following staff members will be leaving PWS.
*Joey Buresh (Counselor)-Moving to Goddard-Oak Street Elementary
*Angela Baird (4th Grade)-Moving to VES
*Susie Carter (4th Grade)-Moving to VES
*Jason Ramey (4th Grade)-Moving to MES
*Esther Runck (4th Grade)-Moving to MES
*Brenda Doonan (PBS Teacher)-Moving to St. Joseph, Ost
*Beth Flanagan (IS Teacher)-Moving back to Illinois with her family
*Laura Kurth (Title I Math and Reading Teacher)-This position was cut due to budget restraints.
We would like to thank all of these fine educators for all of the awesome things that they have done for our students and our school. We wish them the best in their future endeavors.
The following staff members will be coming to PWS for the 2014-2015 school year
*Hannah Johnson (1st Grade)-Coming from VES
*Paige Rathbun (1st Grade)-Coming from VES
*Aaron Sidwell (1st Grade)-Coming from VES
*Camille Hubert (1st Grade)-Coming from MES-student teacher
*Carrie Heide (Counselor)-Coming from MSE/MES
*Kristin Rodell (Librarian)-Coming from MMS
*Karla Platek (Communications Secretary)-Coming from MMS
*Debbie Doern (3rd Grade)-Coming from MES
*Shauna Black (IS)-Coming from Goddard
*Alison Lampkin (School Nurse)
We would like to welcome these outstanding teachers to PWS, and we are looking forward to a great year.
Lisa Schweikert (3rd Grade) will be moving to 2nd Grade next year.
Have a great summer, and we look
forward to seeing you in August!!
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Mr. Gabrielson getting ready to pass out popsicles after the SRC assembly.
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COUNSELOR'S CORNER...by Dr. B.J. Wells and Joey Buresh
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The following Pray-Woodman staff offers private tutoring for students in the summer:
Marney Hay
4th grade teacher - PWS
mhay@usd266.com;
Will tutor elementary and middle school math and reading
$30.00/hr
Annette Weis
PWS Third Grade Teacher
aweis@usd266.com
math - third and fourth graders for the 2014-15 year
$20 half hour
Melissa Canupp
Reading Improvement Instructional Para at Pray-Woodman School email mcanupp@sbcglobal.net
I could tutor in math or reading up to high school level, as I am currently taking college Trig to finish my degree to teach math.
$20/hour
Marcy Harner
IS Teacher/Pray Woodman
Email mharner@usd266.com
Reading - Orton Gillingham phonics and reading tutoring; reading comprehension; fluency
$25 for 1 hr; $40 for 2 hrs; $50 for 3 hrs weekly
Esther Leete
721-0835
Para for Gifted and Talented students at PWS
I can teach math ( up to and including geometry) and any elementary subject. I also work with multi-sensory phonics based reading which works real well with struggling readers. I also teach piano lessons but only take beginners. My rates are $15 for 30 minutes and $25 for an hour. Twins can come two for the price of one.
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Meet Your Teacher Night
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Open House-Come and Go format
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2014-15:
Kindergarten 1st Day of School - Tuesday, Aug. 12. A-M only; Wednesday, Aug. 13. N-Z only; Thursday, Aug. 14 ALL KINDERGARTEN
Tuesday, August 12 - First Day of School
Thursday, Sept. 18 - Lifetouch Individual Pictures
Friday, Sept. 19 - Professional Dev. Day - NO SCHOOL
Thursday, Sept. 25 - 7:30-Breakfast with Mom (Kindergarten-2nd Grade)
Friday, Sept. 26 -7:30-Breakfast with Mom (3rd - 5th Grades)
Oct. 1-2- Conferences (Oct. 3 - No School - Conf. Comp. Day)
Friday, Oct. 17 - Professional Dev. Day - NO SCHOOL
Friday, Oct. 31- 2:45 pm - Fall Parties (extra parking at CHSM)
Monday, Nov. 10 - Lifetouch Retakes
Monday, Dec. 22 - Friday, Jan. 2 - Winter Break
Monday, Jan. 19 - Professional Dev. Day - NO SCHOOL
Thursday, Jan. 22 - Breakfast with Dad (Kindergarten-2nd Grade)
Friday, Jan. 23 - Breakfast with Dad (3rd-5th Grades)
Thursday, Jan. 29 - Lifetouch Casual Individual and Classroom Group Pictures
Friday, Feb. 13 - 2:45 Valentine Parties (extra parking at CHSM)
Feb. 18-19 - Conferences (Feb. 20 - No School - Conf. Comp Day)
Friday, March 13 - Professional Dev. Day - NO SCHOOL
Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20 - Spring Break
Friday, April 10 - Professional Dev. Day - NO SCHOOL
Friday, May 1 - Professional Dev. Day - NO SCHOOL
Thursday, May 21 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
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4th GRADE STUDENTS ENJOY POETRY CAFE`
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 Students in Mrs. Whitson's and Ms. Palmer's Reading classes shared a special event with their families last week. After writing a variety of poems, they shared their favorites by reading them to their families and classmates at a Poetry Café. This was a special time for all in attendance! |
SRC AWARDS POPSICLE PARTY
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Everyone had a great time enjoying popsicles out on lawn after the SRC assemblies. The kids worked so hard all year reading and earning awards. Great job!
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3rd GRADE SPELLING BEE AND ANIMAL EXPO
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Third Grade is proud to announce our 3rd Grade Spelling Bee winners! First place was Maggie Salsbury. Second place was Hayley Hansen. Third place was Zachary Entriken and fourth place was Erik Lopez. Congratulations!
 3rd Grade students and parents also enjoyed an awesome Animal Expo! Students worked hard on a diorama and then presented reports to people as they stopped by their station. |
ARRIVAL - All day Kindergarten, A.M. Kindergarten, 2-5th Grades should arrive at 8:25 a.m. The bell rings at 8:35 a.m. and students are considered tardy after this time.  P.M. Kindergarten may arrive at 12:35 p.m. Kindergarten students are tardy after 12:40 p.m. PM Kindergarten should arrive at 12:30 p.m. on early release day.
EARLY RELEASE WEDNESDAY - AM Kindergarten will dismiss at 11:25 a.m. All day Kindergarten, PM Kindergarten, 2nd - 5th grades dismiss at 3:05 p.m.
REGULAR RELEASE TIME - AM Kindergarten releases at 11:35 a.m. PM Kindergarten and 2-5th grades release at 3:45 p.m.
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We would like to thank the TLC parents who provided goodies and surprises for us this school year. We have enjoyed the snacks and small gifts throughout the year! A big thank you to Elizabeth DeMoss for organizing the parent volunteers this year!
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GREAT VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST
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On Wednesday, April 30th, volunteers enjoyed a fun and relaxing volunteer breakfast. Our theme was "Volunteers are an Essential Piece of PWS". Ms. Weis' third grade class helped with decorations and Mrs. Baird's fourth grade class provided entertainment. PWS is so grateful for everything our volunteers do for our staff and students. We could not function without you!
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NEW CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR AVAILABLE
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MEL HAMBELTON ICE CREAM TRUCK VISITS PWS
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Mel Hamilton Ford generously provided popsicles for students and staff on the last day of school. It was a lot of fun!  |
EXTRA YEARBOOKS AVAILABLE
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 We still have extra yearbooks available for purchase. The cost is $20.00 cash or check made to PWS. You may purchase one in the office between the hours of 8-11 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. The office will be closed after Tuesday, June 10th until Monday, August 4th.
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A NOTE FROM THE NURSE...by Darlene Henderson
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The nurse's office will be sending home all medications this year on the last day of school. This includes over-the- counter meds as well as the Epipens, inhalers and any  leftover prescription medications. If your student will not be here on the last day of school and has meds here, please stop by and pick them up. Have a happy and healthy summer vacation! |
PWS "WE ARE ALL STARS" TALENT SHOW
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There were many great acts at the talent show - too many to put all the pictures here. Here is just a taste of what the students enjoyed watching! A special thanks to Mrs. Weichman and Mrs. Scribner for organizing this event every year. It is a lot of work, but then so fun for the students!
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Our lost and found is overflowing. Is your child missing a jacket, coat, gloves, or glasses? It might be in the P WS lost and found. Please have your child check the lost and found located by the cafeteria. Lost glasses are kept in the office. All articles will be donated to a non-profit organization at the end of the year.
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 In order for the Transportation Department to have more time to set up bus routes, we are going to have two phases of enrollment. On June 12, 2014, you will receive an email with directions to fill out your 2014-15 transportation form on a secured site for each of your students. The electronic form, Transportation Enrollment, can be accessed on the district web page, www.usd266.com under Quick Links or at www.usd266.com/busform. Due to state requirements, ALL parents must provide this information to our Transportation Department regardless of whether your student will be riding the bus. This portion of the enrollment process will need to be completed by July 6. On July 5, 2014, you will receive a letter containing your Family access login and password and instructions on how to complete the 2014-15 enrollment process. Your password will be reset so please follow the directions. You will be asked to provide demographic information about your family and answer a series of questions for each of your students. This portion of the enrollment process will need to be completed by July 18. You will also have the ability to pay your fees online using your credit card or you will be able to mail in a check for your student's enrollment fees. Families who qualify for free and reduced lunches and complete the Waiver of Confidentiality form (back page of the free/reduced application) will have their fees waived if approved. The free and reduced lunch application will be available on the district web page after July 16, 2014. If you believe you will qualify for free and reduced lunches, please complete the enrollment information. Print and mail your free/reduced application to the Educational Support Center but do not submit your payment until your application has been processed. If you do not have access to the Internet, you may come to the district's Educational Support Center, 905 Academy Avenue, between July 7-18 during normal business hours to log in and complete the enrollment process. The office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday during the summer months. Questions? Please send an e-mail to enrollment@usd266.com and a district representative will contact you. |
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Know someone new to the district who needs to enroll? One-Stop Enrollment for students new to the district will be held on August 1 at Maize High School from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Beginning, July 10, parents can save themselves time by pre-registering for One-Stop Enrollment. Prior to attending One Stop Enrollment on August 1, fill out the necessary forms by visiting the district website, www.usd266.com and clicking on the New Student Pre-Registration link in the Quick Links section of the home page.
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AUTISM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
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The Autism Parent Support Group (APSG) is a group whose membership consists of parents, teachers, students, other family members, community members, and school administrators.
The purpose of the APSG is to work together with the school system and other providers in supporting children with autism, to provide a local community support group for parents and guardians, and to be a resource of information on locally available special services.
What will the parent support group offer?
Collaboration
Meetings/Programs/Workshops (guest speakers)
Social events
Playgroups/Social groups for children with autism
Email list serve (announcements of community events)
List of locally available services
If you are interested in participating or know of someone who might be interested, please contact:
Melody Bruce
Phone: 316-207-5459
Email: parkh008@gmail.com
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The PWS PTO would like to invite all parents to participate in PTO activities which include fundraising for materials for our school, creating the yearbook, organizing the annual T-Shirt design vote and  sale, providing food for conferences, and coordinating the TLC Parent program for staff members.
Watch for more information at the PWS PTO table at Meet Your Teacher Night. The PWS PTO meets quarterly, and dates and times will provided at Meet Your Teacher Night.
At the last meeting, the PWS PTO approved a tentative budget for the 2014-2015 school year (link here). The PWS PTO would like to match or exceed the $14,000 that was raised this past year. To raise funds for these projects, PWS PTO will sell Entertainment Books and PWS T-Shirts.
The PWS PTO also approved by-laws which can be viewed at this link.
The PWS PTO budget for 2014-15 can be viewed at this link.
Thank you for a great year, and we are looking forward to an awesome new school year!!!
UPDATE ON MONEY SPENT:
Classroom Grants
Paul Kindergarten Supplies for a Kindergarten Memories DVD for each student
Wiltse 3rd Grade Electronic 3-Hole punch
Carter 4th Grade Pizza lunch for students who reach goals
Ramey 4th Grade Math manipulative organizers
Runck 4th Grade Individual white boards for students
Christian 5th Grade Bulletin board materials/art supplies
Usher OT Handwriting without tears materials
Swedberg Music Storage tubs for program props
Other Items Purchased with PTO Money
In addition to the items from the 2013-2014 PTO budget (shared in a prior edition), PTO funds were used to purchase:
- Snacks for state assessments
- Cross bars and soccer balls for PE program
- Chairs for office and conference rooms
- Die Cuts for learning games and bulletin boards
- Library books
- Hallway signs
- Supplies for counseling groups
- Stereo and shelf for PE
- Individual white "because" boards for every student for 2014-2015
Thank you to everyone who has helped support all of these awesome projects for our students and staff!!!!!
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LIBRARY NEWS... by Sheryl Connell
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Fourth Grade:
1st Place: Brooke Baeder, Tyler Epp, Bradyn Richie, and Aiden Werner
2nd Place: Tanner Marshall, Carter Salisbury, Sebastian Castillo and Haylee Nichols
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Fourth Grade 2nd Place Team
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Fourth Grade 1st Place Team
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Fifth Grade:
1st Place: Jeanine Lopez, Jennifer Prue, Mia Hennen, and Adelyn Heuer
2nd Place: A.J. Ward, Logan Silliman, Christian Cinotto, and Matthew Barnard
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Fifth Grade 2nd Place Team
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Fifth Grade 1st Place Team
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Congratulations to everyone who read books for this and made it to the competitions! I love that kids are exposed to new books and actually talk about them together during this year-long activity.
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Jeannine Lopez designed the SRC t-shirt!
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Many, many prizes were earned from reading SRC books throughout the year. The culmination of the Big-point earners will be tomorrow morning during our Awards Assembly. Although earning prizes is not the best reason to read, it is another incentive to encourage children to read as much as possible because: "The more you read, the more yo u know, the more you know, the smarter you grow, the smarter you grow, the stronger your voice when speaking your mind or making a choice." Like most worthwhile things in life, the more you practice reading, the better you get at it so don't forget to keep practicing this summer.
Your kids may have already told you that this is my last year at Pray-Woodman. I officially let them know a couple of weeks ago; and of course they did some research for me on Turkey to give me some ideas of what I should see and do while l am over there the next two years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as library  media specialist at Pray-Woodman school, but I'm also looking forward to retiring/transitioning to being a librarian in a K-8 school in Istanbul while I'm still healthy, have no grandchildren and my parents are also in good health. There's a small window of opportunity to do this, so I'm going to take it; although I will miss all the wonderful staff, kids and parents at Pray-Woodman.
Thank you all for being so kind to me during my last years of service to public education.
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH AWARDS
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May
Kindergarten:
Kaden, Molly, Brielle & Reagan (Brownlee)
Nicholas & Sara (Darbonne)
Mariah, Treydon & Ava (Paul)
Madianna, Mackenzie & Brianna (Shively)
2nd Grade:
Daniel & Devyn (Andrus)
Ella & Tristan (Eikelman) 
Lucian & Becca (Hinson)
3rd Grade:
Nathan & Graci (Ewert)
Gabe & Emily (Schweikert)
Ava & Mario (Wiltse)
4th Grade:
Warren & Aryssa (Baird)
Mark & Abigail (Carter)
Jenna & Eric (Hay)
Kira & Miguel (May)
Maici & Jaxon (Palmer)
Daniel & Holly (Ramey)
Alex & Bradley (Whitson)
5th Grade:
Bryce & Sydney (Hunsaker)
Cale & Katie (Morrow)
Braden & Shivani (Tice)
Josh & Jocelyne (Wiechman)
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