October 2012 - Wethersfield High School

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Welcome back! Nurse’s Corner Your child’s good health is basic to a sound education and productive living. The purpose of our school health program is to maintain, improve and promote the health of your school age child. Ways to promote a healthy environment for students and staff include keeping your child home if an elevated temperature is present. His or her temperature should be normal for 24 hours prior to sending them back to school. Students should not return to school for 24 hours after vomiting or diarrhea stops. Please notify us if your child has an infectious disease or condition such as strep throat, pink eye, lice, ringworm, etc. If your child becomes ill or injured enough to go home during the school day, you will be notified so arrangements can be made to take him/her home. Please keep emergency cards up to date. As the cold weather approaches, children should be dressed appropriately. Also, it is important that your child eat a nutritious breakfast each day before coming to school. As you know, there is a new breakfast program instituted this year. It remains to be seen how the flu and cold season will affect us this year. Please stress to your child the importance of rest, nutrition and above all precautions which include frequent hand washing and covering ones mouth when coughing or sneezing. If you suspect your child has the flu, please let me know. The health room is in need of snacks, cough drops and gently used clothing. Sweatpants or pants with elastic waist bands are preferred. Thank you in advance for your donations. Sixth grade parents-you should have scheduled your child’s physical for entry into seventh grade by now. If you have not, time is running out! It often takes months to get an appointment for a physical exam. Please do so immediately so that you can turn in the blue form to me by June 1, 2013. Remember, your child will not be allowed to enter Silas Deane Middle <strong>School</strong> without the blue form completed and your child’s immunizations up to date. Thank you to those of you who have already done this.
From the Math Corner Sarah Johnson Kathy St. Onge What Families Can Do: Ideas to Help Your Child Succeed in and Enjoy Mathematics 1. Link Mathematics with Your Daily Life Every day, people face situations that involve mathematics, such as deciding whether one has enough money to purchase a list of items at the store, reading a map to find out where one is, building a budget, deciding on the shortest route to a destination, developing a schedule, or determining the price of an item on sale. Help your child realize that mathematics is a significant part of your everyday life. 2. Be positive and Make Mathematics Fun! Play board games, solve puzzles, and ponder brain teasers with your child. Point out the mathematics involved, and have your child discuss the strategies he or she used. Help your child have a “can do” attitude by praising your child’s efforts as well as his/her accomplishments. Instead of, “You got a great grade on your test!” Try saying, “You worked hard in this unit even when it was challenging and you made a lot of growth!” Realize the fact that mathematics can be challenging at times and that persistence and hard work are the keys to success. Relate mathematics learning to other activities that require hard work and persistence, such as playing a sport or learning to play an instrument. 3. Support Homework, Don’t Do It! Homework is an area that can cause trouble in many households. Relax, and remember whose homework it is. If you take over doing homework for your child, you encourage him or her to easily give up or seek help before trying a challenging problem. Teachers use homework to help determine a student’s understanding of a concept. Mistakes on homework help the teacher to know where a child is struggling. As you look over your child’s homework, please encourage your child to show all work and put any corrections on the back of the homework sheet or on a separate piece of paper. Article adapted from www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=9346
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