Pleasant Hill Elementary School

ASPIRE after-school will be at CMHS on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, for Family Fun Night. Families are invited to attend. Students will ride bus to CMHS from PHE. Afterschool busses will leave CMHS at 6:00 p.m.

Reminder: We offer Kindergarten Readiness Groups at the following locations and time this week. Calhoun Family Resource Network 11-12, Upper West Fork Park Offcial Site 2021 1-2 p.m. , Pleasant Hill Elementary School 4:30- 5:30 p.m., and Arnoldsburg Elementary School 2-3 p.m. During the weekly Parent Child Groups, we will be exploring the following Language, Literacy and Math Kindergarten Readiness skill areas: Knowing about the alphabet, books and print; talking and listening; understanding words and sounds; numbers, counting, patterns, sorting and classification; comparison, measurement and geometry. These are all critical skills that your child needs in order to be prepared for Preschool and Kindergarten. I look forward to meeting you and helping prepare your child for school success! If you have any questions, I (Debra Smith,KRA) can be reached at Pleasant Hill Elementary School at 304-354-6022 or Arnoldsburg Elementary School 304-655-8616, or email d.smith@k12.wv.us.

Communities in Schools Doing a Sesame Street Group with Kindergarten on resilience.

Reminder that there will be no Afterschool programing this week (3/20/23 to 3/24/23) due to Parent-Teacher Conferences. Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Tuesday, March 21st from 4:00 - 7:00.

Good Morning, In an effort to continue to improve our parent involvement at PHE we would like your feedback. Please take a moment to complete this quick parent involvement survey. https://forms.office.com/r/yYQNx4hgPM Thank you, Ashley Cunningham Principal, Pleasant Hill Elementary

Early Steps to School Success Kindergarten Readiness Groups • Free early childhood education services for children three through five years of age and support for their parents or caregivers • Assist children with early language, literacy, math, social, and emotional development • The result will be a strong foundation of learning for the child which will prepare him/her for success in school! • Help introduce your child to peers. • Fun parent-child activities! • Support and connections to community resources • Parent/child group setting, small fun lesson and story book hours Tuesdays at the Calhoun FRN 11-12 Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30

Bus #30 is running about 30 minutes behind its regular schedule.

March 12, 2023. A reminder to change the time on your clocks (spring forward one hour).

Summer is just a few short months away! Calhoun County Schools, Save the Children and our ASPIRE 21st Century Program have an exciting summer planned for students and families. Stay tuned for more details about enrichment and remediation opportunities, summer camps, field trips, and much, much more. Registration forms will be available in April. We are looking forward to Summer FUN!!!!!

Match 31, 2023 Annual Student Interest/Issues Day at CMHS.

Parents and guardians: Medicaid Unwinding The COVID-19 Coverage for healthcare benefits is ending on April 1, 2023. Medicaid or West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program (WVCHIP) will be mailing renewal letters now and in the upcoming months. Please make sure parents know to update their email, mailing address, and phone number with the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) if they receive Medicaid or WVCHIP healthcare benefits. Resources 10 Things to know about Medicaid Unwinding https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/10-things-to-know-about-the-unwinding-of-the-medicaid-continuous-enrollment-provision/ Recommended to print and post in schools for parents (also attached): https://dhhr.wv.gov/bms/Documents/Customer%20Services%202021.pdf https://dhhr.wv.gov/bms/Documents/Phase%202%20County%20Office%20Flyer%20%20%283%29.pdf https://dhhr.wv.gov/bms/Documents/PHE2ProviderPoster%20%285%29.pdf

Couple of Calhoun’s finest out and about placing items for the kiddos in the new “Gettin Piggy with it in 304, LLC” restaurant. Now families can enjoy a yummy smoked meat meal while playing some tic tac toe with their children or coloring and writing on placemats. Suzanne Allen and Debra Dawson-Smith gifted placemats, crayons, tic tac toe game boards, Lysol wipes and soap in Arnoldsburg today for families and children to use while dinning in at Arnoldsburg’s newest restaurant. Suzanne and Deb work with children and families in Calhoun through a grant with our awesome partner, Save the Children. Be sure to contact one of them to see how you and your kiddos, up to age 5, can take part in the opportunities they offer. Thank you Jason Miles Bennett for quickly becoming a partner in education supporting children and families here in Calhoun. Pictured: Suzanne Allen, Debra Dawson-Smith, and Jess Hall.

Dear Parents and Caregivers, Save the Children has an opportunity for children and families in Calhoun County! We offer weekly Parent Child Groups throughout the county. The focus of these groups will be Kindergarten Readiness Skills for children 3 to 5 years old, but all younger siblings are also welcomed to attend. Snacks will also be provided! One lucky parent/caregiver will win a small door prize. During the weekly Parent Child Groups, we will be exploring the following Language, Literacy and Math Kindergarten Readiness skill areas: Knowing about the alphabet, books and print; talking and listening; understanding words and sounds; numbers, counting, patterns, sorting and classification; comparison, measurement and geometry. These are all critical skills that your child needs in order to be prepared for Preschool and Kindergarten. I look forward to meeting you and helping prepare your child for school success! Group location and dates for the month of March: Calhoun FRN on Tuesdays from 11-12 Upper West Fork Park on Wednesday from 1-2 Pleasant Hill Elementary on Thursday from 4:30-5:30 Arnoldsburg Elementary on Fridays from 2-3 Here’s a tip card to use with your littles. Use Your Words: Does your child get upset and start to cry or whine? Gently remind them to use their words to say what is bothering them or what they want. If they’re too upset to talk, try to guess what they want to say until they let you know you got it. Brainy Background: Helping your child learn to use words to share upset feelings is one of the best tools you can give them. This helps your child managing these feelings and express them in ways that others can understand and responded to. Ages 2 years - 3 years #152 If you have any questions, I can be reached at Pleasant Hill Elementary School at 304-354-6022 or Arnoldsburg Elementary School 304-655-8616, or email d.smith@k12.wv.us. Come and join the fun! Debra Smith, KRA

Last call for yearbook orders due by 2/28/2023! Yearbooks are $25 each. You can order with the flier sent home with students or you can order online. Orders will not be accepted after the deadline. Link to order https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09888587

Reminder: We have a Kindergarten Readiness Group tomorrow from 4:30-5:30. These groups help get your littles ones(3 to 5 year olds) ready for school and will help them become familiar with the school environment.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22nd and again on Monday, February 27th, ASPIRE afterschool will be held at CMHS. Students who participate in the afterschool program will ride the bus from Pleasant Hill to the CMHS. Buses will depart from CMHS to return students home and parent pick will also be at CMHS as well.

Next week we celebrate Read Across America week. Students are invited to participate in dressing for the daily themes. We are celebrating literacy and Dr. Seuss with a week of fun and reading!

Join us Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30 for our weekly Parent-Child Group (3- to 5-year-olds).

Reminder that Yearbook Orders are due by February 28th. Yearbooks are $25 each. You can order with the flier sent home with students or you can order online. Link to order https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09888587

Calhoun County Schools provides homeschool or private school student in Calhoun County an opportunity to participate in our 3rd grade through 8th grade and 11th grade General Summative Assessment. If interested please click on the link and fill out the form. The window to sign up open now until February 12th at 11:59PM. If you have questions please contact Bonnie Sands at 304.354.7011 ext 317. https://forms.office.com/r/Kp8Y688qcx