October 14, Dear Heights Families,

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1 Extraordinary Learning for All 7150 N. 22 nd Street Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: Attendance: Health Office: October 14, 2013 Dear Heights Families, This week is Parent Teacher Conference Week; teachers have worked hard to schedule time to meet with you about your child s academic and social achievements so far this year. Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15, are full days of school with evening conferences, Wednesday, October 16, is a half day (11:00 am dismissal) with afternoon conferences. Thursday and Friday, October 17 and 18, there is no school for Fall Break. The VIG Uptown restaurant on 16th St north of Bethany Home is doing a Dine Out Week this week (from October 13-19). Just tell your server that you re there for Madison Heights and 15% of your check will go directly to the Heights PTO. Our Fall Festival is quickly approaching! Please mark your calendars to join us Friday October 25th from 5:30-8:00 pm. This event is always a big hit with students and families. Many students and adults show off their Halloween costumes at the Fall Festival. The Fall Festival is filled with exciting events. The cost is $5.00 to get in and includes carnival games, prizes, costume parades, inflatable rides, hayrides, dancing and more. Dinner will be served for an extra cost. Other activities available for an extra cost are face painting, cake walk, critter walk, picture booth and plenty of yummy snacks. Also, our Scholastic Book Fair will be going on at the same time so you can add to your home library collection or to your child's classroom. Here is a quick reminder about ways to keep the Madison Heights school environment safe and positive. Remember when driving in the parking lots to park in designated spaces only. The red curbs are Fire Lanes and cars should not be left there. We also expect our students to be in their school uniforms each day, with the exception of Friday when they may wear their school spirit shirts. Check the Student/Parent handbook if you have questions about the student uniform. And finally, we thank you for your continued support at home with Stop, Walk, Talk and the Keys to Success. Stop, Walk, Talk helps students resolve their problems by stopping negative behavior before it escalates. Our students work hard every day to be Respectful, Responsible, Prepared, Prompt and to Participate. Have a wonderful week, enjoy the conferences with your child(ren) s teachers and have a great Fall break! Priscilla Gossett and Bill Wight Principal and TOA

2 Aprendizaje Extraordinario Para Todos 7150 N. 22 nd Street Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: Attendance: Health Office: de octubre, 2013 Queridas Familias de Heights, Esta semana habrá conferencias de padres y maestros. Los maestros han trabajado duro fijando horarios para reunirse con usted sobre el desarrollo académico y social de su hijo/a en lo que va del año. El lunes y martes 14 y 15 son días regulares de la escuela, las conferencias son por la noche. El miércoles, 16 de octubre es medio día (salida es a las 11am) conferencias serán por la tarde. Vacaciones de otoño serán el jueves y viernes, 17 y 18 de octubre. No habrá clases durante esos dos días. El restaurante VIG Uptown en la 16 calle al norte de la Bethany Home estará ofreciendo el 15% a Madison Heights (durante la semana del de octubre). Si usted planea en comer allí solo mencione Madison Heights a su mesero y el 15% de su cuenta ira directamente a la Organización de Padres y Maestros de Madison Heights. Nuestro festival de otoño esta rápidamente acercándose! Por favor marque su calendario para venir a compartir la noche con nosotros el viernes, 25 de octubre de 5:30pm a 8:00 pm. Este evento es siempre de gran éxito con estudiantes y familias. Varios estudiantes y adultos demuestran sus disfraces durante el festival de otoño. El festival de otoño está lleno de eventos divertidos. El costo es de $5 por persona y incluye juegos, premios, desfile de disfraces, brinca brincas, bailes y mucho más. Se servirá una cena por un costo extra. Otras actividades como pinturas de cara, caminata de pasteles, caja de fotos y varios bocadillos deliciosos serán disponibles por un costo extra. También nuestra Feria de Libros Scholastic se estará llevando a cabo durante este evento. Aquí está un recordatorio sobre maneras de mantener el ambiente de Madison Heights seguro y positivo. Recuerde que cuando usted entra al estacionamiento se estacione en las áreas asignadas solamente. Las curvas marcadas con rojo son para carros de emergencia y carros no deben de estacionarse allí al menos que sean un carro de emergencia. Esperamos que todos los alumnos estén vestidos en su uniforme escolar todos los días, excepto los viernes cuando usan su playera de espíritu con sus pantalones de uniforme. Finalmente, gracias por su continuo apoyo con nuestro programa de Alto, Aléjate, Repórtalo y las Llaves del Éxito. Alto, Aléjate, Repórtalo ayuda a los estudiantes a resolver problemas al ponerle un alto a comportamientos negativos antes de que escalen. Nuestros estudiantes trabajando duro cada día con las llaves del éxito Respeto, Responsabilidad, Preparación, Puntualidad y Participación. Que tenga una maravillosa semana y vacaciones de otoño! Priscilla Gossett y Bill Wight Directora y Maestro de Asignación

3 October 2013 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 14 (Day 2) Parent/Teacher Conferences 15 (Day 3) Parent/Teacher Conferences 16 (Day 4) Half Day 11:00am Dismissal 17 No School Fall Break Vacaciones de Otoño 18 No School Fall Break Vacaciones de Otoño Medio día salida a la 11am 21 (Day 5) 22 (Day 6) 23 (Day 1) 24 (Day 2) 25 (Day 3) Fall Festival 5:30pm- 8pm Festival de Otoño For the week of September 30th and October 7th Kinder: Zoe Gadow, Lily Anderson, Dazz Mada, Orion Mento First Grade: Elliot Lerma, Kamaria Von Hubschmann, Blake Melcher, Mikki Lifshitz Second Grade: Madison Turner, Jessica Frank, Quinn Cotter, Jack Morton Third Grade: Oswaldo Romero, Ryan Benn, Audri Black, Naomi Cardona, Nathan Duran, Xavier Aguilar, Marcus Giorza, Mykela Shields, Phillip Nations, Allie Ready Fourth Grade: Neko Hernandez, Preston Lossing, Nozhoni Austin Flamenco Comes Back to Heights... Olé! Have you noticed some students clapping out strange patterns lately? Students in third grade Spanish classes have been practicing flamenco rhythms. The bulerías is a compound 12-count, shown here: XxxXxxXxXxXx. Most adults will recognize this rhythm from West Side Story s America (I want to be in A-me-ri-ca...) On Tuesday, October 15 th, Heights will welcome back flamenco artists Monte and Bernadette. They will perform traditional dance from Spain and teach audience participation behaviors to the third graders. Monte will give the students some practice discriminating major and minor chords. Their performance will be at 1:10 in the cafeteria. These programs are made possible through your tax credit/activity fee donations. Thank you!

4 Madison Heights Recycling We are making a difference here at Heights!!! In the 2 months that we have been back at school we ve collected over 1,400 lunchables and 4,750 aluminum juice pouches. Amazing! Keep up the great work! News A big THANK YOU to our volunteers: Todd Giorza, Maureen Hodgins, and Diana Nelson, for checking our bins and bringing boxes to The UPS Store to be shipped. Stop by our Recycling Booth at the Fall Festival to pick up a Recycling Bag to use at home for collecting Heights recycling. Don t forget We encourage you to send in recyclables from home to place in our bins that are housed in the cafeteria. You will find a detailed list of all recyclables for our program on the back of this update. Parents and/or students are welcome to bring recyclables from home in before or after school. Share the list with family and friends so they can save their waste for you to bring in too! Quick Tip Place a bag / box next to your City of Phoenix recyclables designated for all of your Heights recyclables. Post the Heights list above it to make sure you know what can be recycled in our program. Did You Know: Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away! Buy reusable water bottles to make a big impact on the earth. A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days. That's closed loop recycling at its finest! Glass can be recycled and re-manufactured an infinite amount of times and never wears out.

5 Madison Heights Recycling Chip Bag Brigade: ChiChip Bag Brigade Accepted Waste: chip bags, tortilla chip bags, pretzel bags, pita chip bags, bagel chip bags, soy crisp bags, salty snack bags (all brands and sizes) Candy Wrapper Brigade: Accepted Waste: individual candy wrappers, large candy bags, and multi-pack candy bags (all brands and sizes) Cheese Packaging Brigade: Accepted Waste: string cheeses packages, individual singles wrappers, singles packages, shredded cheeses packages, all flexible cheese wrappers (all brands) Cleaner Packaging Brigade: Accepted Waste: pumps, triggers, pouches, and flexible cleaner product packaging. Please note, bottles will not be accepted Drink Pouch Brigade: Accepted Waste: aluminum drink pouches (Ex. Caprisun and Honest Kids; no cans and no juice boxes) Lunch Kit Brigade: Accepted Waste: lunch kit plastic trays, lunch kit plastic lids, lunch kit plastic film, lunch kit outer wrapping (Ex. Lunchables) Personal Care and Beauty Brigade: Accepted Waste: lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, conditioner bottles, bronzer cases, foundation packaging, body wash containers, soap tubes, soap dispensers, lotion dispensers, shaving foam tubes (no cans), powder cases, lotion bottles, chap stick tubes, lotion tubes, face soap dispensers, face soap tubes, face lotion bottles, face lotion jars, eyeliner cases, eyeliner pencils, eyeshadow tubes, concealer tubes, concealer sticks, lip liner pencils, hand lotion tubes, hair gel tubes, hair paste jars (as clean and empty as possible) Energy Bar Wrapper Brigade: Accepted Waste: Any foil-lined wrapper from an energy bar, granola bar, meal replacement bar, protein bar, or diet bar (all brands)

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