SMITH CALENDAR
November
1 Spell Bowl Practice
2 Smith Honor Choir is at 7:45 a.m.
2 Robotics Competition Practice (Robotics Room)
5 Daylight Savings Time
6-7 3rd Grade field trip to Brooklyn (Jump Start)
7 Fall Picture Retakes
9 PTO Meeting
10 Veterans Day Program
17 Cookies & Canvas
22-24 Thanksgiving Break
December
6 PTO Meeting
7 Polar Express
19 Holiday Classroom Parties
20-Jan 2 Winter Break
VETERANS DAY PROGRAM
Veterans Day Program is November 10th at 10:00 a.m.
We would like to invite friends and family members who have served our country to our Veterans Day Program on November 10th in the Smith Gymnasium. Please RSVP by stopping in the Smith front office to complete a background check no later than November 7, 2023. The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 10th, with doors opening at 9:50. A reception will follow in the library for our veterans and their Smith student.
Vision Screening
The MSD of Martinsville is partnering with volunteers from the Martinsville Noon Lions Club to facilitate State required vision screenings for the following grades: K, 1, 3, 5, and 8. If your child is in another grade and you would like them to be screened, please send an email to lora.dilley@msdmartinsville.org and give your child's name, grade, and school. Smith will be doing screenings on December 19th.
The screening is a very simple procedure and will take only a few minutes. If you do not want your child to participate in the screening, please decline in a written note sent to the clinic.
No report will be sent home if your child passes the vision screening.
Letters will be sent home prior to the screening with dates set by our volunteers.
Safety Matters will be on November 13th
Our school will be partnering with the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, a leader in abuse and bullying prevention, to implement their comprehensive, evidence-based prevention program called MBF Child Safety Matters®. Students receive two fun, engaging, and developmentally appropriate classroom lessons that educate and empower them to prevent, recognize, and respond appropriately to bullying, cyberbullying, all types of child abuse, digital abuse, and other digital dangers. A trained facilitator will be implementing the program in classrooms. Parents will receive information and materials as students participate in the lessons. To learn more about the program or about child safety, visit www.mbfpreventioneducation.org or download the mobile app, “Child Safety Matters,” available at no cost from the App Store or Google Play.
TITLE I
Federal funding has been made available through school-wide Title I services for the purpose of providing students with extra support in reading and language arts. This extra support is available for all students at Smith Fine Arts Academy. Classroom teachers, Title I teachers, and instructional assistants will provide assistance in reading, language arts, and math through small-group and individual instruction, as children demonstrate need for support. Please contact Lynn Zook at 765-342-8488 ext.1521 with any questions about support your child may receive.
*If the following information is needed in another language, please contact the classroom teacher or the school for assistance
CHARACTER LIFELINE
Smith Fine Arts Academy promotes positive character building by highlighting Character Lifelines each month. October’s Character Lifeline was Respect/Self Control. Students have been learning about being respectful of themselves and others. During the month of October, students chosen for showing these characteristics are:
Dallas Andrew, Calum Rose, Kambrie Ritter, Caden Cooper, Savanna Andrew, Hendrix Ferran, Julian Laddish, Clyde Collings, Leelain Ledford, McKenzie Gebhart, Lon Lane, Amelia Boyer, John Chandler, Colton Camp, Boden Savage and Kendall Colip.
Free & Reduced Application
Click this link to apply! Applying has benefits for the school and your family. If you have questions, check out the video.
PTO NEWS
Meet the PTO Board
Co-presidents: Ky Sumner and Katie O’Neal
Vice President: Amy Purkey
Treasurer: Jami Dougherty
Secretary: Amanda Thomas
Upcoming PTO Events
11/9 PTO Meeting
Meeting Times
PTO meetings will be held on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. in the library. Meeting dates are as follows:
Nov. 9, Dec. 6, Jan. 10, Feb. 7, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 1.
Everyone is invited and welcome. We hope many will participate.
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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
If your child wishes to celebrate their birthday at school, please make arrangements with the teacher prior to the celebration. If you choose to send treats to school, please choose treats that are commercially prepared. We ask parents to send only edible treats, not drinks. Students have access to water. Convenient individual portions should be sent since teachers do not have knives or plates to serve treats. Homemade treats are not permitted.
CLINIC PROCEDURES
The goal of the clinic is to keep everyone safe and healthy.
The school nurse encourages everyone to get their flu shot. Contact your doctor or go to your local pharmacy to get a flu shot. We also would like to remind you that if your child has a temperature of 100 degrees or higher, they will not be permitted to stay at school.
Students must be fever FREE for 24 hours without medication to return to school. They must also be vomiting and diarrhea FREE for 24 hours to come to school.
Please talk to your children about hand washing and personal hygiene.
If your child borrows clothes from the clinic, PLEASE wash the clothes and return them to school.
