ADAIR COUNTY R-II NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 1, 2013 Brashear,
Missouri
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK
The elementary school will be celebrating
National School Lunch week October 14-18.
Plan on eating with your favorite Brashear Elementary student(s) during
this week. An adult lunch costs $2.95.
Please let us know the day before you are
eating by sending a note with your child or giving us a call. The schedule is as follows:
Monday Kindergarten 12:11-12:36
4th
Grade 11:05-11:30
Tuesday 1st Grade 12:10-12:35
5th
Grade 11:00-11:25
Wednesday 2nd Grade 12:09-12:34
Thursday 3rd Grade 12:08-12:33
Friday 6th Grade 10:55-11:20
We are asking that you do not bring younger
siblings, as they will have a hard time with the lunch schedule and
procedures. We are also asking that
only one guest accompany your child for
that day.
PARENT TEACHER
CONFERENCES
School will be dismissed at 1:03 p.m. on
Thursday, October 24th for parent teacher conferences. Conferences are scheduled from 1:15 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. If you have not already done
so, please contact the school to schedule an appointment for your
child(ren). You will be able to pick up
first quarter grade cards at the time of your conference.
Please note that we will not have school on
Friday, October 25, 2013.
BOX TOPS
The Brashear Elementary Student Council will be collecting
Box Tops again this year. Last October,
we sent in a collection of Box Tops worth $669. In February, we sent in another collection worth $448. Every Box Top you collect is worth
$.10. Thank you for taking the time to
clip Box Tops, the money we receive really does help the school.
PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT SURROGATE PARENT PROGRAM
Pursuant to the requirements of state law
162.997-999-RSMo, the State Board of Education is required to appoint a
surrogate parent as such time as it becomes evident that a child with a
disability does not have a parent or a person acting as a parent to participate
in matters dealing with the provision of special education. For purposes of surrogate parent appointment,
“parent” is defined as a biological parent, a guardian, or a person acting as a
parent of a child including, but not limited to, a grandparent, a step parent,
or a foster parent with whom the child lives.
The term does not include the State if the child is a ward of the
State. The term does not include a
person whose parental rights have been terminated.
The local school district is given the
responsibility to determine when a child with a disability who requires special
education and who resides in the District is without a parent. The District must notify the Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of the need to appoint a
surrogate parent. Training for persons
serving as surrogate parents will be provided by the Missouri Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education and the District.
If you are interested in volunteering to
serve as a surrogate parent, more information can be obtained from the
Districts’ surrogate parent contact person - the person responsible for the
District’s special education program.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Community Education classes are available
at the
Kirksville Area Technical Center.
Computer
Classes
10/15 Gmail
& Google Drive
10/17 Google
Docs/Drawing
10/22 Google
Spreadsheets/Forms
10/24 Google
Websites
10/29 Web
2.0 Tools
11/5 Facebook
101
Personal
Enrichment
10/2
& 10/3 ACT Preparation
Seminar
Enroll at
www.zaps.com
10/3 Beginning
Guitar (Thursdays thru 11/7)
10/6 Couples
Country Dancing (Friday nights from October 2013 through April 2014)
11/5 Estate Planning
10/7 Cooking
Basics—Party Foods
10/14 Cooking
Basics—Smart Cooking
10/21 Cooking
Basics—Healthy Eating
10/28 Cooking
Basics—Nutritious Kid-Friendly Meals
Technical
10/3-12/5 Office Procedures (Thursdays)
10/16-12/4 Intro to Automotive Technology (Wednesdays)
Health
Careers
10/16 Paramedic
(Mondays & Wednesdays)
Food
Safety
10/10 ServSafe
(Also meets 10/15, 10/17 & 10/22)
10/29 Basic
Food Sanitation
11/19 Basic
Food Sanitation
12/17 Basic
Food Sanitation
Take online courses from the comfort of your home or office at the
times that are most convenient for you.
They offer the following online learning options.
www.ed2go.com/katc
www.gatlineducation.com/katc
www.kirksville.thelearningcenter.com
www.gsinet.org/partners/kirksville
For
complete class descriptions and to enroll: www.kirksville.k12.mo.us or
call 660.665.2865.
INCLEMENT
WEATHER
As the winter season approaches, we are
reminding parents and students to listen to the local media stations to check
on “early dismissals” and/or “no school” bulletins. This information will be given to KTVO television, KHQA
television, WGEM television, KIRX radio, KTUF radio, KRXL radio, KLTE radio,
KRES radio of Moberly, KMEM radio of Memphis, and KZBK radio of
Brookfield. These stations will present
dismissal information as soon as decisions have been made. Please do not call the school.
ASBESTOS
REPORT
The district must ensure that students
and/or their guardians are informed about asbestos inspections, reinspections,
surveillance, response actions and post-response action activities at least
once a year.
The most recent Asbestos Reinspection will
be available in the district office for public viewing during business hours.
TITLE I
PROGRAM
Brashear Elementary is a Schoolwide Title I School. This designation means that all of the
students in the elementary are eligible to benefit from the services provided
through this program. Such services
include: individual and small group instruction in reading, math, and/or
science; programs purchased with Title I funds, such as Reading Eggs and Study
Island; and tutoring for those eligible students. These programs and services are available to ALL students in the
elementary because of that designation.
In the beginning of the year packet, a parent information sheet
was included. On that sheet, you may
have noticed Title I as being marked for your child(ren). All students, K-6, were marked as Title I
students because of our Schoolwide designation, not necessarily because they
are receiving individual or small group instruction in the Title I Reading
Room. If you have any questions, please
call Mrs. Shipman at 660.323.5272 or email at shelly_shipman@brashear.k12.mo.us
PLAYGROUND
UPDATE
Our new Earth Friendly Outdoor Classroom/Playground is
underway!! If you haven’t heard, we did
receive a DNR grant through the Region C, Northeast Missouri Solid Waste
Management District. Our equipment and
structures have been ordered. The old
playground structure has been removed, fence taken down, and we are waiting
patiently (well…the kids are anxiously waiting!) for the new equipment to
arrive. Thank you to everyone who has
helped with this project! A special
thanks to Billie Hettinger, Larry Childress, Bruce Hamlin, Lonnie Salter, and
Ron Parrish for helping with the removal of the old equipment.
Once the new equipment arrives and is installed, we will have a
special ceremony for everyone to attend!
Thanks again to everyone for their help with this project!
THANK YOU
Ricky and Denise
Brown and
the family of
Nellie McCoy
for their
donations to the library.
Todd and Traci
Hill & family
for their donation
to the scholarship fund
in memory of Velma
Aldridge.
Brashear Community
Bible Church
for donating the
offerings from Vacation Bible School to the playground fund.
BREAKFAST/LUNCH
MENU
Breakfast each day includes milk and
juice. Students may also choose cereal
instead of the breakfast item offered.
The following items are offered daily for students to choose from in
lieu of the main lunch entrée: yogurt or a WOWBUTTER® (peanut butter
replacement) and jelly sandwich.
October 1-4
Tuesday: Pancake, syrup/Tater tot casserole, roll,
cooked carrots, banana or peaches, milk
Wednesday: Warm pretzel/Baked potato bar, chili,
diced turkey, pinto beans, cheeses, broccoli, strawberries, milk
Thursday: Turkey sausage, cheese, biscuit/Hamburger,
sweet potato fries, lettuce salad, apple slices, pumpkin bar, milk
Friday: Scrambled eggs, toast/Grilled cheese, soup, nacho cheese
tortilla chips, pineapple, milk
October 7-11
National
School Lunch Week
Monday: Biscuits & gravy/Chicken nuggets, roll, lettuce salad,
sweet potatoes, carrots, mandarin oranges, milk
Tuesday: French toast sticks, sryup/Spaghetti,
bread stick, cottage cheese, peas, carrots, pineapple, milk
Wednesday: Breakfast pizza/Chicken fajita, lettuce,
pinto beans, green peppers, onions, milk
Thursday: Breakfast wrap/Mr. Ribb, bread, mashed
potatoes, gravy, broccoli, peaches, milk
Friday: Egg, biscuit/Sub sandwich, romaine lettuce, carrots,
applesauce, milk
Monday: Cereal, bagel/Tacos, lettuce, refried beans, mandarin
oranges, milk
Tuesday: Cinnamon roll, fresh fruit/Hot ham &
cheese, soup, carrots, nacho cheese tortilla chips, banana or banana bread,
milk
Wednesday: Cheese omelet, toast/Roast turkey, roll,
mashed potatoes, green beans, strawberries, milk
Thursday: Breakfast bites, syrup/Nachos, lettuce,
butter beans, pineapple, pumpkin bar, milk
Friday: Cereal, pop tarts/Corn dog, sweet potato fries, broccoli,
mixed fruit, milk
October 21-25
Monday: Biscuits & gravy/Nacho pie w/ bun or chips, lettuce
salad, corn, mandarin oranges, milk
Tuesday: French toast sticks, sryup/Tater tot
casserole, roll, green beans, apple slices, milk
Wednesday: Breakfast pizza/Beef stew, corn bread,
pinto beans, peaches, sugar cookie, milk
Thursday: Breakfast wrap/Pizza, lettuce salad,
broccoli & cauliflower, peaches, white cake, milk
Friday: No School
October 28-31
Monday: Cereal, honey bun/Cheeseburger mac, roll, broccoli,
mandarin oranges, cookie, milk
Tuesday: Breakfast bites, syrup/Chicken patty, mashed potatoes, carrots,
sweet potatoes, pears, milk
Wednesday: Biscuits & gravy/Chicken wrap, lettuce
salad, rice, beans, pumpkin bar, milk
Thursday: Cereal, blueberry muffin/Cheese pizza
crunchers, marinara sauce, peas, apple slices, apple crisp, milk
ADAIR COUNTY PUBLIC
LIBRARY NEWS
Tuesdays,
October 1,
15, and 29
from
6:00-7:00 p.m.
The entire family
can hear classic stories read by ATSU students during “The Listening
Hour”. October will feature adventure
tales.
HOMELESS
STUDENTS
If you are homeless and going to school,
let the school know about it. Being
homeless and going to school would be hard for any child regardless of age or
grade level. Many things that you
normally would not have worried about before become issues, such as
transportation, space to do homework and school attendance. Some families are afraid to let their
child’s school know that they are in between places for fear of being judged
or, even worse, being reported to DFS.
There are some things you should know
about being homeless and going to public school:
·
There are
laws that protect your child’s rights and your rights as a parent to be treated
as any other participant of the Adair County R-II School.
·
The school
district has a program to help homeless families with resources to help your
child stay on track and can direct you to agencies that can help you during
your period of homelessness.
·
It is your
choice to let the school district know that you are homeless.
·
The school
district, like any other agency that mandates reports, must have a reason to
call DFS. Homelessness, depending on
the circumstances, is not grounds to make a DFS report.
Homeless students have the right to:
·
Be enrolled
without a birth certificate, immunization record or other required
documentation.
·
Attend the
school that he/she attended before the family lost its home.
·
Be
transferred to a school closer to where he/she is staying now.
·
Get
assistance with free transportation to and from school.
·
Have access
to materials such as books and supplies to ensure an equal opportunity to
participate in school.
·
Receive any
special services that he/she might need.
These services include:
1. Special education
2. Bilingual services
3. Gifted and talented education services
4. Free lunch and breakfast program
5. Counseling services
6. Before and after school programs
7. Tutoring services
·
Attend
school free of judgment.
Parents and guardians of homeless children
have the right to:
·
Be involved
in your child’s education.
·
Be notified
of and involved in any decision that your child’s school makes regarding his or
her social or academic career.
·
Request a
Student Alert team meeting for your child and include people of support. These
may be a social worker or counselor from an agency you are working with or
someone that has tutored your child at an after school program.
For More Information Contact:
Shelly Shipman, Homeless Coordinator
Adair County R-II School
205 West Dewey Street
Brashear, MO 63533
Telephone (660)
323-5272 ext. 10
PUBLIC NOTICE
All responsible public agencies
are required to locate, evaluate, and identify children with disabilities who
are under the jurisdiction of the agency, regardless of the severity of the
disability, including children attending private schools, children who live
outside the district but are attending a private school within the district,
highly mobile children, such as migrant and homeless children, children who are
wards of the state, and children who are suspected of having a disability and
in need of special education even though they are advancing from grade to
grade.
The Adair County R-II School
District assures that it will provide a free, appropriate public education
(FAPE) to all eligible children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21
under its jurisdiction. Disabilities
include autism, deaf/blindness, emotional disorders, hearing impairment and
deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic
impairment, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, speech or
language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/blindness and
young child with a developmental delay.
The Adair County R-II School
District assures that it will provide information and referral services
necessary to assist the State in the implementation of early intervention
services for infants and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First Steps
program.
The Adair County R-II School
District assures that personally identifiable information collected, used, or
maintained by the agency for the purposes of identification, evaluation,
placement or provision of FAPE of children with disabilities may be inspected
and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians.
Parents/guardians may request amendment to the educational record if the
parent/guardian believes the record is inaccurate, misleading, or violates the
privacy or other rights of their child.
Parents have the right to file complaints with the U.S. Department of
Education or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
concerning alleged failures by the district to meet the requirements of the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
The Adair County R-II School
District has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the implementation of State
Regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This plan contains the agency’s policies and
procedures regarding storage, disclosure to third parties, retention and
destruction of personally identifiable information and the agency’s assurances
that services are provided in compliance with the General Education Provision
Act (GEPA). This plan may be reviewed
in the Superintendent’s office during regular school hours.
This notice will be provided in
native languages as appropriate.
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1 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
1 V/JV Softball at Marion County—There 5:00 p.m.
2 After Prom Meeting—Here 6:00 p.m.
3 SB/BB at Green City—There 5:00 p.m.
4 Grades 4-9 MAP Incentive Trip to Quincy
5 Central Methodist Band Day—There 9:00 a.m.
7 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
7 Group Picture Day (Elementary classes, Marching Band, JH
Basketball & JH Cheerleaders)
7 V/JV Softball at Putnam County—There 5:00 p.m.
8 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
8 Hannibal Band Day
9-12 District Softball Tournament at Memphis—There TBA
14-18 National School Lunch Week
14 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
15 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
15 PAT/Busy Bees Fall Activity Night—Here 6:00 p.m.
16 Missouri Day
16 11th Grade PSAT/NMSQT (Optional)
17-18 Green City Junior High Basketball Tournament—There TBA
18 First Quarter Ends
18 Early Dismissal—Teacher Inservice—1:03 p.m.
19 Truman State University Homecoming Parade—There 9:00 a.m.
20 Tri-County Conference Choir Rehearsal at LaPlata—There
1:00-5:00 p.m.
21-25 Red Ribbon Week
21 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
21 Tri-County Conference Choir Tour—LaPlata 9:00 a.m.;
Atlanta 10:30 a.m.; Bevier 1:15 p.m.
21 JH Basketball w/ Atlanta—There 6:00 p.m.
22 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
22 Red Ribbon Week Kick-Off—Here 5:30 p.m.
23 10th Grade PLAN Test
24 Early Dismissal—Parent/Teacher Conferences—1:03 p.m.
25 No School
25 JH Basketball w/ Green City—Here 6:00 p.m.
28 Busy Bees—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
28 JH Basketball w/ LaPlata—There 6:00 p.m.
29 Busy Bees Halloween Party—Here 8:15-11:15 a.m.
29 JH Basketball w/ Bevier—There 6:00 p.m.
31 K-6 Halloween Parade at 2:00 p.m. and Parties from
2:15-2:55 p.m.
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