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Dear Maine Families, BE RESPECTFUL BE RESPONSIBLE BE SAFE vember 22, 2016 I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some of the celebrations of Maine School so far this year.

1 Dear Maine Families, BE RESPECTFUL BE RESPONSIBLE BE SAFE vember 22, 2016 I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some of the celebrations of Maine School so far this year. First, our school scored an 81.6 on the State Report Card which shows that our students are exceeding expectations. This is great news and I want to acknowledge our staff and you, our parents, for making this a reality for our students. Second, our Student Council organized spirit days with the goal of also helping out our community. Our students collected over $600 which was donated to the Salvation Army Thanksgiving dinner. This will provide over 250 people will a Thanksgiving meal. Way to go Maine students! In addition, our PTO also had two major fundraisers this fall. One being the Chip Shoppe fundraiser and the other was our 54th Annual Chili Supper. I want to extend a sincere gratitude to everyone who participated in this event; again without our parents and volunteers, events like this would be impossible. A portion of the money raised at these events will go toward the purchase of more playground equipment. Please note that our next PTO meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the library. We need you and welcome you to get involved with PTO! In closing I would like recognize our amazing students and staff. It is truly a pleasure to serve the Maine School community. I wish you a safe and relaxing break. Sincerely, Marie rthup MAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Twitter address - maineelementary@wausaumaine 5901 N. 44 th Avenue Wausau, WI Phone: Fax: DATES TO REMEMBER v. 23,24,25 v v Picture Retake Day Book Bowl 7:45 AM v Dec. 1 - Dec. 2 - Popcorn Book Bowl 7:45 AM Dec. 5 - Dec. 6 - Book Bowl 7:45 AM Dec. 7 - Dec. 8 - Dec. 9 - Book Bowl 7:45 AM Dec Dec Book Bowl 7:45 AM Dec Dec Dec Popcorn Book Bowl 7:45 AM Dec. 23 Jan 2 Winter Break Jan. 3 - Resume Reminder!!! vember 23 rd, 24 th and 25 th PRINCIPAL Marie rthup mnorthup@wausauschools.org SECRETARY Deb Maley dmaley@wausauschools.org

SCHOOL HOURS DAILY SCHEDULE 8:15-Playground Supervision & bus drop off begins 8:15 - Breakfast begins 8:30-First Bell-Students come into school 8:35-2 nd Bell/Announcements 8:35-Instructional day

3-5 Grade Lunch Recess Kindergarten 11:40-12:00 12:00-12:20 First Grade 11:45-12:05 12:05-12:25 Second Grade 11:45-12:15 12:00-12:25 Third Grade 12:00-12:20 11:40-12:00 Fourth Grade 12:00-12:20

50 MAKE CHECKS TO WSD FOOD SERVICE ******************** $9.00/MILK CARD FOR AM SNACK OR 45 CENTS/MILK (for cold lunches) MAKE CHECKS TO MAINE ELEM.

2 SCHOOL HOURS DAILY SCHEDULE 8:15-Playground Supervision & bus drop off begins 8:15 - Breakfast begins 8:30-First Bell-Students come into school 8:35-2 nd Bell/Announcements 8:35-Instructional day begins 10:20-10:35-Recess for K-2 10:40-10:55 Recess for Gr. 3-5 Grade Lunch Recess Kindergarten 11:40-12:00 12:00-12:20 First Grade 11:45-12:05 12:05-12:25 Second Grade 11:45-12:15 12:00-12:25 Third Grade 12:00-12:20 11:40-12:00 Fourth Grade 12:00-12:20 11:40-12:00 Fifth Grade 12:00-12:20 11:40-12:00 3:30-Dismissal SCHOOL BREAKFAST & LUNCH PRICES FOOD SERVICE PRICES Breakfast- $1.35 Lunch- $2.25 Staff/Visitor- $3.50 MAKE CHECKS TO WSD FOOD SERVICE ******************** $9.00/MILK CARD FOR AM SNACK OR 45 CENTS/MILK (for cold lunches) MAKE CHECKS TO MAINE ELEM. *Lunch and Milk Must Be Paid For Separately The cost of elementary lunch will be $2.25 a day. In addition to the monthy district regular lunch menu, Maine also offers a Turkey sub sandwich or uncrustable PBJ. Click on the following link Lunch Menu for the HOT LUNCH MENU. We will no longer be printing and sending home. E-FLYERS Remember to check out E-Flyers! Follow us on Attention!!! Families who need assistance in obtaining winter weather clothing for their students can contact Kristen Brown at Parents Volunteer Opportunities Just a reminder, volunteer opportunities will be posted online throughout the year. If you already have a volunteer account, log in at myvolunteerpage.com, select the opportunity you are interested in and sign up. (If it is full/locked, you have the option of being put on a back up list.) If you haven't created an account yet, visit tiny.cc/wsdone and click the For Volunteers tab on the left. Complete Step 1 and Step 2 (if the opportunity requires a criminal background check) Remember, volunteering in the classroom and going on field trips requires a criminal background check. They do take time to process so please PLAN AHEAD. For questions or to learn more contact Roxane Hagedorn, rhagedor@wausauschools.org (preferred) or NO PTO in December!!! The next PTO meeting will be Tuesday, January 3rd PTO Meetings will be held the 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Maine Library All parents are encouraged to attend!! The Wausau School District does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability. Federal law prohibits discrimination in education and employment on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or disability.

3 DISTRICT & MAINE SCHOOL HANDBOOKS Maine Student Handbook The Maine Handbook can be found on the Maine School website. Please use this handbook as a reference for questions about procedures at school for children and parents. The information will answer many questions you may have about school to help things run smoothly. If you desire a hard copy, please contact the school office. Thank you. W SD Policies for Parents & Students Handbook: Please refer to this handbook for very important forms: District policies Medication at school permission form Bus riding rules Miscellaneous Please send a note in the morning with your child each day if they have a change in the transportation plan for the end of the day. With 243 students in our school, it is very difficult to deliver personal messages at the end of the day. Please make after school plans, transportation decisions, visits to a friend s house, etc. ahead of time. The end of the day gets very busy. Emergency situations are different. We will do our best to be of service to you in an emergency. Thank you for your help and understanding. Absolutely no one wants to have uninvited "guests" in the form of head lice for the holidays. Family gatherings, with their close proximity of relatives/friends and sleeping in other beds, are the ideal time for lice to be spread. If your child is exposed to head lice over the Thanksgiving break, the lice will not be detectable for about four weeks- right when the next family gatherings will take place over winter break. Please remind your children not to share hats and hair brushes, etc. with their cousins or friends. Check daily for signs of lice so that an infestation is caught and can be treated early. That way you will not be the ones bringing head lice to the next gathering. Attached, see information about head lice as well as the WSD policy. Please contact your school nurse if you have any questions or concerns. Happy Holidays! Your school nurses, Kathy Becker RN, Kira McGinnity RN, Julie Welch RN Sunda y vember 2016 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Satur day Day 5 Day 1 Book Bowl 7:45 AM Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 3:30-4:45 Picture retake day Book Bowl 7:45 AM

4 Maine Students enjoyed a week filled with sunglass day, tie day, funny hair and hat day, neon day and spirit day ~ all in the spirit of raising money for the Salvation Army. Thank you for your generous donations. Maine school raised $ for the Salvation Army!

5 DECEMBER 2016: ELEMENTARY LUNCH MENU MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 2 Popcorn Chicken BBQ Sauce Dip Cup Baked Beans Fresh Orange Smiles French Bread Cheese Pizza Seasoned Corn Baby Carrot Ranch Dipping Cup Apple sauce Cup variety Scooby Graham 5 BRUNCH FOR LUNCH! Cheese Omelet Maple Burst n Pancakes Syrup Crunchy Carrot Sticks Ranch Dipping Cup Tropical Twist Veg Juice Peach Slices 6 Breaded Chicken Drumstick Seasoned Deli Roaster Potatoes WG Dinner Roll 1g Applesauce cup 7 Fish Patty on a Bun Baked Beans Harvest Cheddar Chips California Blend Veggies Pear Slices 8 Chicken Nuggets Tator Tots Gems Steamed Carrot Coins Fresh Grapes WG Chocolate Chip Cookie Sticks 9 Galaxy Cheese Pizza Romaine Garden Salad French or Ranch Dressing Steamed Sweet Corn Pineapple Chunks Candy Cane Frozen Yogurt 12 Hamburger on a Bun Ketchup/Mustard Lettuce/Tomato French Fries Celery Sticks Ranch dip cup Mandarin Oranges 13 Mini Corn Dogs Ketchup Pkt. Baked Beans Fresh Carrot sticks w/ Ranch Dip Cup) Pear Slices Sugar Cookie 14 Crispy Chicken Patty on a Bun Mayonnaise Packet Potato Smiles Roasted Gems (rutabagas, turnips, sweet potatoes) Orange Smiles HARVEST OF THE MONTH 15 Mini Cheese Ravioli in Marinara Sauce Warm Breadstick Crunchy Cauliflower Ranch Dipping Cup Fresh Grapes 16 Pepperoni Pizza Sticks With a String Cheese Sweet Carrot Coins Romaine Garden Salad French or Ranch Dressing Chilled Peach Slices Cherry/Blue Raspberry Sorbet 19 BRUNCH FOR LUNCH! Blueberry Mini Waffles Cheese Omelet Baby Carrots Ranch Dip cup Tropical Twist Veg Juice Chilled Pear Slices Macho Nachos Day!! w/corn Chips Taco meat, Cheese, Lettuce, Salsa Taco Fiesta Beans Steamed Corn Applesauce Cups Sweet & Sour Chicken Steamy Brown Rice Vegetable Stir Fry Fortune Cookie Celery Sticks Ranch Dip Cup Pineapple Chunks Holiday Dinner Turkey w/ Gravy Whipped Potatoes Dinner Roll Mandarin Oranges Gingerbread Cookie

6 Sunda y December 2016 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Satur day Day 5 Day 1 Popcorn Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 1 Rotation Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Rotation

7 NOVEMBER 2016: ELEMENTARY LUNCH MENU Rotini & Mighty Meat Sauce2m1g 7 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 Jumbo Cheese Ravioli in Marinara Sauce Warm Breadstick Crunchy Carrot Sticks Ranch Dipping Cup Fresh Grapes 2 Hamburger on a Bun Ketchup/Mustard Lettuce/Tomato Sweet Potato Fries Celery Sticks Ranch dip cup Mandarin Oranges 3 Turkey w/ Gravy Whipped Potatoes Steamed Green Beans Dinner Roll Orange Smiles This person who's trying to help me is nuts and definitely not to be trusted! 4 NO ELEMENTARY LUNCH EARLY RELEASE DAY BRUNCH FOR Breaded Chicken Chicken Nuggets LUNCH! Drumstick Tator Tots Gems Cheese Omelet Seasoned Deli Roaster Steamed Carrot Coins Cinnamon French Potatoes Fresh Broccoli Florets Fresh Grapes Has someone Toast ever said to you, WG "Just Dinner try Roll it, it's easy!" and Apple then Slices you found out WG the Chocolate task they Chip coaxed you Steamed into trying Sweet was Corn painfully difficult? Syrup Did this leave Steamed you Sweet feeling Peas exceptionally capable or downright stupid and Cookie embarrassed? Pineapple Chunks Crunchy Carrot Sticks Applesauce cup Kiwi Strawberry Side When Ranch this Dipping happens Cup to the average adult, it doesn't take long for them to conclude two things: Kick Tropical Twist Veg Juice Peach Slices 8 9 Fish Patty on a Bun Baked Beans Hashbrown Stick Galaxy Cheese Pizza Romaine Garden Salad French or Ranch Dressing 14 Why should I try if I can't even handle the easy stuff? Hamburger on a Bun Corn Dog on a Stick Crispy Chicken Patty Turkey w/ Gravy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks Quite frequently I overhear well-meaning parents and educators using the "Just try it, it's easy!" approach in an attempt to Ketchup/Mustard Ketchup Pkt. on a Bun Whipped Potatoes 1 ea urge a reluctant child into trying something they're afraid of. When the child finds the task easy, all is right with the world. Lettuce/Tomato Baked Beans Mayonnaise Packet Sweet Wisconsin With a String Cheese When they don't, they're confronted with the pain of seeing they might be so slow that they can't even do something really, really French "easy"! Fries Fresh Carrot sticks w/ Potato Smiles Steamed Corn Sweet Carrot Coins Celery Sticks Ranch Dip Cup Steamed California Dinner Roll Romaine Garden How often Ranch does dip cup this need to happen Pear Slices before our kids lose faith Blend in our word? How Banana often does 1 ea this have to happen Salad before our children Mandarin lose Oranges faith in their own abilities? Are you willing Orange to Smiles French or Ranch Dressing take this sort of risk with your kids? Blueberry Lemon Chilled Peach Slices Experiment with asking your child: Bites Cherry/Blue Raspberry Sorbet A lot of kids find this kind of challenging Macho Would Nachos you try this 23 and let me know what 24 you think? 25 BRUNCH FOR Day!! If you hear, LUNCH! "It's too hard. I can't w/corn do it," Chips smile, pat them on the back and ask: THANKSGIVING DAY! Pancakes Blueberry Taco meat 4 Aren't oz, you glad NO that SCHOOL I don't believe that? Mini Cheese, "Aren't Cheese you glad Omelet that I don't believe Lettuce, that?" Salsa represents an exceptionally powerful way of communicating to your children that they Hash have Brown what Stix it takes to Taco succeed. Fiesta Beans Delivered in question format its effectiveness becomes supercharged. Remember: Tropical Questions Twist Veg create Steamed thinking. Corn Statements create resistance. Juice Applesauce Cups You may also experiment with asking another question: Chilled Pear Slices And aren't you glad 30 that I'm going to love you the same Hot Dog on a Bun MAX even Cheese if you have to PASTA work PASTA really DAY! hard to figure this out?. Ketchup pkt Quesadilla Rotini & Meatsauce Steamed Peas Salsa & Shredded 1/2cpasta, 4 Fresh Broccoli Florets Romaine oz.meatsauce Jim Fay Ranch Dip Cucumbers with Dip Warm Breadstick Peach Slices Cup Refried Beans Crunchy Carrot Sticks Banana Steamed Green Beans Applesauce Cup Variety

borrow the Whooping Crane Trunk from the Whooping Crane

Included in the trunk were a whooping crane egg, food, costume,

8 Grade 3 Studies Whooping Cranes! The third graders at Maine School were fortunate enough to borrow the Whooping Crane Trunk from the Whooping Crane Foundation! Inside the trunk we found many treasures. Included in the trunk were a whooping crane egg, food, costume, skeleton, and many other items! We had fun looking at all of the things in the trunk! What a great learning experience!

Are you reasonable when you re upset? Most of us find that we can be fair and reasonable just about any other time EXCEPT when we are angry, hurt, or frustrated.

Have you ever been upset and said to someone, I better stop before I say something I don t mean? We instinctively know that we get foolish when we get angry.

9 Are you reasonable when you re upset? Most of us find that we can be fair and reasonable just about any other time EXCEPT when we are angry, hurt, or frustrated. At that point, our biochemistry puts us into survival mode where all we can think about is fighting or fleeing. Have you ever been upset and said to someone, I better stop before I say something I don t mean? We instinctively know that we get foolish when we get angry. So why do we choose to have so many conversations about important things when one or more of the other parties are drunk on emotion? As a foster parent, Candace lived in fear that she would one day lose her cool and say something unkind to one of her foster kids. Thankfully, she worked on this skill often. Some people find that they have better luck deferring intense conversations when they practice their way out in advance. If, before the confrontation, we repeat in our minds (or out loud if nobody s watching): I have better discussions when everybody is calm. I ll be happy to discuss this later. Thanks. Of course, it s wise to choose words that best suit our personality and that flow with maximum ease and sincerity. The key is to know our escape route in advance and using it if either party gets too upset to use the smart part (cortex) of their brains. Candace became fond of Respect you too much to fight with you when her drama-addicted foster daughter tried to engage her in arguments. Even with doozies like I hate it here! and You re mean! after about three attempts, the frustrated teenager would usually march away in a huff, eager to find somebody else to argue with. Later, when both were calm and doing their best thinking, apologies, forgiveness, and laughter flowed. It is amazing how much smarter other people can get with the passage of time. Some even find that their OWN parents get smarter if enough years pass. Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend. Jedd Hafer

BE RESPECTFUL BE RESPONSIBLE BE SAFE

BE RESPECTFUL BE RESPONSIBLE BE SAFE October 26, 2016 http://www.maine.wausauschools.org MAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Twitter address - maineelementary@wausaumaine 5901 N. 44 th Avenue Wausau, WI 54401 Phone: