February 1, 2013

Mrs. Dawn Kennaugh, Principal

DATES TO REMEMBER
Feb. 7 Feb. 15-18 Feb. 22 Feb. 25 March 6-7 March 8 March 14 March 29 April 1 5 ~ PTO Meeting @ 6:30 p.m. ~ Presidents Day Recess ~ PTO Family Fun Night ~ Blood Drive ~ PM Conferences ~ AM Conferences/No Students ~ PTO Meeting @ 6:30 p.m. ~ No Students Good Friday ~ Spring Break

LUNCH MENU
2/04 2/05 2/06 2/07 2/08 ~ Grilled Cheese or Turkey & Cheese Wrap ~ Macaroni & Cheese & Dinner Roll or Turkey Corn Dog ~ Soft Beef Taco or Ham & Cheese Sub ~ Cottage Cheese Cup & Dinner Roll or Popcorn Chicken ~ Cheese Pizza or Hot Pretzel, Yogurt & Cheese Stick Our Student Council is fund-raising with a Smencil sale. Please see details in this newsletter. As always, if you have any questions or would like to discuss any concerns, please contact me.

MESSAGE FROM MRS. KENNAUGH

Our school continued its anti-bullying efforts and message by having a Michigan State Police officer visit Beagle this afternoon (Friday, February 1st) to deliver the Michigan State Police Anti-Bullying presentation. There were two assemblies: 1st through 3rd grade and 4th through 6th grade. We very much appreciate the age-appropriate message. Please ask your child(ren) about the assembly. As you are well aware, we have been focusing on behavior that ROCKS this year. We are teaching and looking for choices that show Respect, Ownership, Cooperation, Kindness, and Safety. There are many benefits to all of these traits; Dr. David Hamilton lays out the benefits of kindness in his book, Why Kindness is Good for You. In it, Dr. Hamilton explains that demonstrating and receiving kindness has some specific benefits: 1) Kindness Makes Us Happier 2) Kindness Gives Us Healthier Hearts (lowers blood pressure) 3) Kindness Slows Aging 4) Kindness Makes for Better Relationships 5) Kindness is Contagious So, please work with us to model and demonstrate kindness for your children and recognize kindness in your children when they demonstrate it. We are still experiencing technical difficulties with our front door buzzer system. Thank you for your patience as we work out the glitches so that we can begin locking our front door throughout the day, with visitors having to ring the buzzer to be let into the building.

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS

The Smencil Sale will begin Friday, February 8. Each smencil costs $1.00 and the student council representatives will be responsible for bringing the order form with the money down during their lunch to Mrs. Toomeys room. The smencil flavors are as follows: * * * * * Watermelon Cotton Candy Tropical Blast Orange Cinnamon * * * * * Rootbeer Bubble Gum Black Cherry Grape Very Berry

Capri Sun Empty Juice Boxes: The Capri Sun collection began Thursday, January 31. Students please collect empty capri sun containers and place them in the boxes around the school. We will be collecting the capri suns to earn points toward buying things for the school. The boxes are located in 3rd/4th grade hallway, 5th/6th grade hallway, 1st grade hallway and in the cafeteria until we can get more boxes. The boxes will have bright signs so you wont miss them.

VALENTINES DAY PARTIES

Valentines Day parties will be held in the afternoon on Thursday, February 14. Times vary by classroom so please check with your childs classroom teacher for their specific time.

Beagle Elementary School 600 South Street, Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 www.glps.k12.mi.us
Phone (517) 925-5480 Fax (517) 925-5523

Beagle R.O.C.K.S. Luncheon Winners for January

1st Grade:. Jayden Bechtol, Ryan Boylan, Joseph Carman, Olivia Donaldson, Wyatt Doty, Jack Halliwell, Jayden Martinez, Noah McCartney, Landon McLouth, Hunter Oneil, Talon Ritchey and Hannah Roman. 2nd Grade: Camden Beson-Vanallsburg, Ryleigh Cooper, Tieler Graham, Julian Harris, Alex Juarez, Gerardo Lozano, Ella McCormic, Anna Padilla, Brenner Quick, Elle Tackett, Eden Viramontes, and Katie Waybright. 3rd Grade: Sierra Appelgreen, Mady Davis, Adin Eberhard, James Ewing, Sammantha Fowler, Soni Harris, Madison Lyon, Logan Mulder, Paige Remy, Crystal Rutherford, Cade Tackett and Chloe Whiddon. 4th Grade: Josh Feazel, Delaney Gallagher, Anna Godwin, DAsia Jones, Kelsey Lischkge, Jesse Matinez, Eric Moyer, Morgan Nye, Sheyanne Spaeth, Ethan Stoddard, Kayla Vandermeer and Lydia Webster. 5th Grade: Samantha Badgley, Cale Boyer, Frankee Bozzo, Ethan Harris, Priscilla Helfrich, Isaiah Norris, Jimmy Renton, Kennedy Rogowski, Riley Serbay, Haven Smith, Sidney Sparks and Bailey Stanley. 6th Grade: Rachel Campbell, Derek Elder, Emily Forbes, Alex Long, Lauren Macsay, Isabella Revello, Tony Rodeman, Ariana Rosas, Alyssa Sanderson, Lauren Strayer, Jacob Tierney, and Josh Yaney.

COUNSELORS CORNER ~ Sandy Husted~

The Eaton Intermediate School District is offering a variety of parenting classes, including the following seven-week parent training program designed by the Love and Logic Institute, Inc.

BECOMING A LOVE AND LOGIC PARENT

This program can help you find answers to the following questions and more! How do I get my children out of bed in time to catch the school bus? How can I stop them from bickering and fighting? How do I get my children to help with the chores without an argument? Is there a way to discipline my toddler in public without creating a scene? How can I get my teenage daughter to come home at the agreed-upon time? How do I get him to stop spitting his peas and whining at dinner? Dates: Time: February 13 March 27, 2013 6:00 8:00 p.m.

PTO NEW
BONUS BOX TOPS at MEIJER: Buy any 10 or more
Box Tops for Education products and get 60 Bonus Box Tops via custom coupon at checkout! Limit one coupon per transaction. Offer valid: 1/20/13 - 2/2/13.

Location: Eaton Intermediate School District 1790 E. Packard Hwy, Charlotte Cost: How: $8.00 to cover the cost of the parent book (payable at 1st class.) Register online at

Box Tops Collection Contest: The classroom that collects

the most Box Tops by Friday, February 22nd will win a PIZZA PARTY!! When clipping your Box Tops, please remember to check the expiration date; unfortunately, we cannot submit expired Box Tops.

eatonisd.org/prodevelopment or call Mary Latchaw at 517-541-8749

Dylan Adair, Emily Bell, Troy Berryhill, Soenya Baczkiewicz, Frankee Bozzo, Trinity Brown, Chloe Bristol, Nick Cotter, Anna Currie, Joey Davidson, Mariah Davis, Michael Ellis-Palmer, Trevor Gallihugh, Tabitha Gilbert, Mikayla Graham, Steven Hagadus, Alexis Hartwick, Priscilla Helfrich, Alex Juarez, Alex Long, J.P. Lothschutz, Lauren Macsay, Kameron Mankel, Kyleigh Mankel, Brendan Marsh, Ella McCormic, Tyler McCready, Adam Mccubbin, Allison Morgan, Kelly Morgan, Isaac Near, Sarah Padilla, Erin Parshall, Joey Peterson, Christopher Potts, Taryn Riekse, Karianne Rodeman, Jenny Roesch, Crystal Rutherford, Sam Sanchez, Alyssa Sanderson, Max Schaefer, Jenny Sebring, Taylor Sharp, Chance Simmons, Haven Smith, Ryan Spencer, Emma Stewart, Lauren Strayer, Emma Terrill, Kayla Thompson, Savanna Thompson, Maddie Williams, Norah Williams and Teddy Williams. .

Beagle Elementary School 600 South Street, Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 www.glps.k12.mi.us
Phone (517) 925-5480 Fax (517) 925-5523