What a wonderful 4th grade celebration last night!

Thanks so much to the wonderful group of parents who put together a great celebration for our 4th graders last night!

4th Grade Fun on their last day at Symmes! Good Luck to the class of 2024!!! We will miss you!

PARENTING PARTNERS CLASSES

Sycamore Community School District is proud to offer Parenting Partners classes to parents with students of all ages and grade levels!

Are you interested in building skills to help your child become more successful in school and resist negative influences? Learning more about family literacy activities, how to create a strong home learning environment and positive ways to communicate with teachers and staff in your child’s school?  If so, Parenting Partners may be for you! Parenting Partners workshops bring parents the best practices in youth development. Each week you will gain more manageable, effective parenting skills, including effective discipline.  Classes will be taught by Sycamore teachers and parents and will cover several topics: Positive Parenting- Building on Strengths and Practical Tools; Creating Confident Kids- Building Grit, Curiosity and Resilience; Communication that Works- Listening and Setting Expectations; Deflecting Arguments and Setting Boundaries; Avoiding Power Struggles; The Discipline Difference- Effective Consequences and Consistency; What Kids Need to Succeed- Helping Our Students Maximize School Opportunities.

Parenting Partners believes that every parent is a leader and can make a profound contribution in the life of their child. We look forward to working with you and hope you can join us for this interactive and fun class!

Childcare and dinner are provided, free of charge, to all participants.   Dinner will be served in the cafeteria at Blue Ash Elementary from 5:00-5:30 p.m.
Classes will be held in the University of Cincinnati wing at Blue Ash Elementary School, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Blue Ash Elementary School is located at: 9541 Plainfield Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236
Our classes will meet on a series of four Tuesday nights:
October 4, 2016, October 11, 2016, October 18, 2016, October 25, 2016
For questions, please contact Monya Jones, Assistant Principal at Blue Ash Elementary, at 686-1710 ext. 1151, or by email at:  jonesm@sycamoreschools.org.

Thank you for signing up for the Parenting Partners class! We are excited to have you join us.

* Required

We ask that parents commit to attend each of the four classes. If you are unable to make this commitment, which class are you unable to attend? *
•  October 4, 2016
•  October 11, 2016
•  October 18, 2016
•  October 25, 2016
How did you hear about this event?
•  District or School Website
•  Friend
•  Newsletter
•  District or School Blog
•  Sycamore Staff Member
Parent Name #1 *
Parent #1 Email Address *
Parent #1 Phone Number *
Parent Name #2
Parent #2 Email Address
Parent #2 Phone Number
Name of child in need of childcare
Age of child in need of childcare
School child attends? *
 Blue Ash Elementary Montgomery Elementary Symmes Elementary Edwin H. Greene Intermediate Sycamore Junior High Sycamore High School Maple Dale Preschool Blue Ash Head Start Symmes Head Start Other 
Name of child in need of childcare
Age of child in need of childcare
School child attends? *
 Sycamore Junior High  Sycamore High School Symmes Elementary Edwin H. Greene Intermediate Blue Ash Head Start Symmes Head Start Maple Dale Preschool Montgomery Elementary Blue Ash Elementary Other
Name of child in need of childcare
Age of child in need of childcare
School child attends? *
 Maple Dale Preschool Edwin H. Greene Intermediate  Montgomery Elementary Symmes Elementary Blue Ash Elementary Other Sycamore High School Sycamore Junior High Blue Ash Head Start Symmes Head Start

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YEARBOOKS STILL AVAILABLE!

Did you forget to order a yearbook?  We still have some available!  The cost is $16.00 cash or checks made out to Symmes PTO!  Get them in the front office!

School Supplies for next year!

Don't forget to order your school supplies from next year!  The order forms were sent home last week.  If you need a new form, they are on our web site, or call the school office to have one sent home!  Orders are due on Friday!

YEARBOOKS!

Don't miss out on school memories!

Just a reminder that we have a few yearbooks left!  If you would like to purchase one, please send in $16.00, cash or check made out to Symmes PTO, and will send one home with your student!  Thanks!

News from our Nurse!

If your child has medication in the Nurses Office an adult must pick it up by the last day of the school year. No medication is to be transported by a child.  Medication remaining in the Nurses office past the last day of school must be discarded.  This includes inhalers and Epi-pens.

New medication order forms for next school year can be found on the Sycamore web site.  If your child will again be on medication, the doctor must update all orders.  Please, plan to do this early in the summer, so everything is in place the first day of school.  No medication may be given without a new order each year from the physician. 

Thanks and have a healthy and safe summer! Mrs. Ferron

Symmes School Nurse

Last Call - Sign Up Today, Don't Delay

Camp Invention is coming to Sycamore Schools!

Camp Invention takes summer fun and transforms it from ordinary to extraordinary! 

In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Sycamore Community Schools is pleased to offer the nationally-acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades 1^st through 6^th grades. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure with lessons that explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Children will work together to seek solutions to real-world problems and sharpen critical 21^st century learning skills while rotating through several fascinating modules. Camp begins on June 13^th and ends June 17^th. Camp will be conducted at E.H. Greene Intermediate School.

Chris Gutermuth is the Director of the program! 

This year’s camp - Epic

Children will construct and personalize a DIY solar-powered cricket with a unique habitat, play high-energy games and use parts from everyday devices to invent and solve real-world problems.

To Register

www.campinvention.org

or call 800.968.4332 to secure your child’s spot today! 

Director - Chris Gutermuth

gutermuthc@sycamoreschools.org

Our Fun Run was so much FUN!!!

Hello Symmes families!

Wow! What an amazing day at the Fun Run! Thank you for coming to cheer on your child as they ran laps around the Fun Run Speedway. It was a great day!

Since we are so close to reaching our fundraising goal for New Technology,pledging will be open for this WEEKEND. That means, this weekend is a BONUS WEEKEND. Please take advantage of this last opportunity to help us. Remember to log your final pledges on funrun.com. 

Thank you so much for making the Symmes Fun Run a success. We could not have done it without you!

FUN RUN IS FRIDAY!!

The Fun Run is almost here! That means that today is the LAST DAY FOR PLEDGES BEFORE THE FUN RUN. Please log your final ​pledges on to www.funrun.com​.

Tomorrow, please have your student wear running shoes and comfortable running clothes. Make sure they are well hydrated and get plenty of sleep tonight.Tomorrow’s the big day!

Don’t forget, everyone is invited to come to the Fun Run at our school:

9:30-10:15 AM: AM Kindergarten & Stanford full day K

10:30-11:30 AM: 2nd Grade

11:40-12:30 PM: 3rd Grade

12:50-1:40 PM:  PM Kindergarten

1:40-2:40 PM: 1st Grade & Houston full day K

2:40-3:40 PM: 4th Grade

We hope to see you there!

Sycamore Bookstore and Spirit Shop - The Aves Hangar

BOOSTERTHON FUN RUN!

We are raising money in order to purchase Chromebooks for Symmes!  Please access the SignUpGenius link to volunteer on Friday, May 13th!  


http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050f45a8ad22a57-boosterthon

Let's create team spirit by wearing shirts to match your class on Friday, May 13th!  

Kindergarten:  White

1st Grade:    Blue

2nd Grade:   Red

3rd Grade:    Yellow

4th Grade:    Green

STREP THROAT!!

Across the school district, in the community and here at Symmes we have seen a recent increase in strep throat infections. Mrs. Ferron, our school nurse would like you to know how the illness is spread, signs and symptoms of strep throat and what to do if your child exhibits these symptoms. We continuously remind the children on proper cough and sneeze etiquette but please take the time to review at home as well.  Please contact Nurse Ferron if you have any questions and she would be happy to help you. Her email is ferronj@sycamoreschools.org and phone is 686-1743.

What Causes Strep Throat?

The Streptococcal  bacteria that causes this infection is spread by direct person-to-person contact through droplets of saliva or nasal secretions.  The Streptococci frequently live in the throats of persons who have no symptoms and these individuals are called carriers.  Up to 20% of school children may be carriers without being sick.

What Are the Signs of Illness?

After a 1-5 day waiting period, illness may include:

Oral temperature of 101 degrees-104 degrees (but some people do NOT run fevers)

Sore throat with severe pain on swallowing

A beefy red colored throat

Pus on tonsils

Swollen tonsils and uvula

Swollen glands along the jaw line

Generalized weakness and fatigue

Loss of appetite

Stomach pain

Up to 40% of children have symptoms too mild for diagnosis.  Usually, the fever goes away in

3-5 days, and nearly all symptoms are gone within a week.  Rarely, the bacteria may spread and cause arthritis, heart problems, meningitis, bone infections, or liver problems.

How do I Know if my Child Has Strep?

Just looking at the throat does not always indicate that a strep infection is present. Strep throat may be detected by various tests, most often a throat culture.

What Is the Treatment?

The usual treatment for Strep throat is antibiotic therapy.  Remember!

Bed rest/isolation from others for 24 hours after antibiotic therapy begins are very important.  

No child with a diagnosed strep infection should return to school until 24 hours of appropriate antibiotic therapy is complete.  Even then, the child should be without fever and feel strong enough to handle the school day.

You must finish the full prescription and not skip doses, even if your child feels better.

Serious infections of the kidney, liver, and heart can occur if the medicine is stopped before all of the bacteria causing the infection have been killed.

Tissues should be used and quickly thrown away.

Frequent handwashing prevents the spread of infection.

If a sore throat has a lot of pain, swelling and fever the child needs to see a physician.

If the sore throat continues after completing the medication, return to see the physician.

Notify the school nurse if your child has strep throat.

If your child has had repeated strep infections this year, talk with your doctor about repeating a throat culture after the antibiotic treatment. This will verify the strep infection was successfully treated.

Wee Deliver

Congratulations to Marley Lane for winning the Wee Deliver stamp contest.
Runners-Up were Jimmy Benedict, Stella Baker and Siddharth Vikram.  Marley's drawing will be on the stamps for our Wee Deliver mail system that runs in our school for the month of May.  Stamps are only one penny and you can purchase them in the office or your child can buy them in the classroom.
If you would like to mail a letter to your child, please put your child's name; Room Number Symmes Lane, Loveland, Oh 45140

Example:

Mrs. Penn
14 Symmes Lane
Loveland, OH 45140

Mulch Spreading Party

Dear Symmes Friends,

Mulch is being delivered to our school next week.  On the 14th of May we're going to have a mulch spreading "party".  Please use the link below to sign up to come and help!  We will start at 9am and work together to get it done as quickly as possible.  Kids are welcome to come decorate the sidewalks with chalk and help out!

Please contact Julie Paterson with questions!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4aafa62eabfa7-garden

SYMMES BOOSTERTHON FUNRUN!!

Parents,

The Symmes Fun Run kicked off today with an exciting Pep Rally, and we are thrilled about this year’s program! The Symmes Fun Run will be about 2 weeks and is powered by the Fun Run experts at Boosterthon. Our Fun Run includes all students in a fun, team building, fitness event while helping our school raise much-needed funds. 

This year, our entire school is raising funds to go toward New Technology. Our goal is to raise $15,000, and we need YOUR help!

Here’s how you can support Symmes:

• Register your student. To log in pledges, please register your child on funrun.com, using our school’s registration code: 469-739. Students receive aFREE GIFT just by having their parent or guardian register them on funrun.com.
• Reach out to sponsors. Connect with 10 sponsors. You can use social media in the pledging process and even create custom videos—all of this is on funrun.com. Be sure to capture and record each sponsor’s e-mail address. They will also have an easy opportunity to pay for your student’s pledge by credit card online.
• Ask your child about the BIG WORLD RECESS Character Play of the day! This year’s character theme is BIG WORLD RECESS, a global fitness theme all about playing with more character. Watch the fun videos with your child on funrun.com.
• Come to the Fun Run on May 13th! All students are invited to participate, regardless of financial participation. Remember, students will be running 30-35 laps, and we would love for you to come out and cheer.

Thank you for supporting our school. We hope to see you next week at the Fun Run!

Sincerely,

Parent Organization

A message form the PTO

This week is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! 

This year, we are traveling to Whoville with a fun Dr. Seuss themed week.  Every day holds something special for the students to do for their teachers and staff at Symmes.

Monday - Sweet sentiments day! Bring in a sweet treat and special note for your teacher.

Tuesday - Top em' off Tuesday!  Bring in supplies to replenish your teacher's stash.

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday - Bring in a flower (it can be from your yard) to create a beautiful bouquet for your teacher.

Thursday - Tomfoolery Tuesday - Write a silly poem or joke for your teacher.

Friday - Spectacular Spirit Day - wear Sycamore green and gold, rock out your silliest socks and wear your hair crazy.  Show your spirit for your school and staff!  The PTO is hosting a luncheon for our beloved teachers and staff that day too!

The PTO is also collecting new board games to give teachers for their classrooms.  These games are used during indoor recess.  Teachers (and students alike) will be thrilled to get some new games to add to their collection or replace their old, missing pieces games.  Please send in with your students by Wednesday of this week and the PTO will present to the teachers on Thursday.

Any questions?  Contact Marion Messerle (mtmesserle@gmail.com) LaToya Goshen (goshenfamily3@yahoo.com) or Bekah Erck (rbreech18@hotmail.com)

Thank you so much for your help and generosity this week in making our teachers and staff feel as special as we all know that they are!

Symmes Volunteer Work Day

Yes...it's finally going to happen!!  This Saturday, our work continues on the nature trail.  

Please spread the word that our Spring Nature Trail 

Volunteer Day is this Saturday, May 7 from 9:00-4:00.

Come and join us for some family fun!

Greene 101

Greene 101 Flyer Link

Summer MAP Testing Opportunity

Here is the link for the summer MAP testing sign-up if you are interested in having your students tested.

Summer MAP Testing 2016 Online Sign-Up