1. Welcome to
Central
Elementary
School
Go Eagles!!!
2012-2013

2. Notes From Mrs. Mizell
Dear Parents,
We welcome you and your children to our Central Family. This year has been
amazing. We have had tremendous turn outs for math and literacy night. PTA workers
have been a vital part of our volunteers this year. Because of our parent involvement
committee, parents were invited to come to school and be a part of the class. We thank
those who came.
This spring, we are making an effort to provide positive behavior support for
every student in every part of the school day. We ask that all students: Be safe. Be
respectful. Be responsible. Because of an outcome from our wellness committee, we
are going to implement an opportunity for an extra physical activity once a week for our
students. Names will be placed in a class drawing due to students doing what is right in
behavior and academics. We hope our families will help to reinforce these important
behavior guidelines by using these same terms at home.
To ensure all students work to their potential, remember a good night’s
sleep, healthy meals and being to school on time is very important. We continue to
encourage you to be involved in your child’s education at home and in school. Students
need to continue to practice reading each night. Together we can make this an
outstanding second semester year!
“Striving for the Best while Soaring above the Rest”
Sincerely,
Cindy Mizell

4. Announcements
• March 5th-6th: OLSAT Testing (2nd Grade)
• March 7th: Math Night 5:30-7:00pm
• March 15th: NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)
• March 18th-22nd: Spring Break-NO SCHOOL
• April 1st-5th:K-2 Standardized Testing
• April 8th-12th: 3rd–5th Grade Benchmark Testing
• May 27th: Memorial Day-NO SCHOOL
• May 30th: Last Day of School
• May 31st: Summer Break Begins

5. Mrs. Marjorie Martinelli, a Teacher's College
Staff Developer from New York, was here
providing training for our K-2 teachers focusing
on “Writing About Our Reading”.

6. Mrs. Shana Frazin, a Teacher's College Staff
Developer from New York, was here providing
training for our 3-5 teachers focusing on
“Accountable Talk”.

7. K-Kids Dance
Our K-Kids had a great time at our annual dance!
We would like to thank all of the Kiwanis volunteers that
worked so hard on putting the dance together and also
would like to thank City Heights for hosting the dance!

8. From the Counselor……
March- Word of the Month
Courtesy
Teaching Kids to be Courteous
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• Practice having your child say “yes mam, no mam”
or “yes sir, no sir” at home
• Make it a habit to say “please” and “thank you”
• Spend this month practicing table manners at home.
Chose a different one to focus on each week.
• Placing a napkin in their lap
• Keeping their elbows off the table
• Chewing with their mouth closed
You never know, your kids may impress you with
their courteous skills and this may be something
you continue to practice on at home. 
Amanda Ming - Counselor

9. Kindergarten
News
• Writing - Persuasive/Opinion Writing
• Reading - Readers Are Brave and Resourceful When
We Encounter Hard Words and Tricky Parts in Our
Books (Students will learn more strategies for word
solving.)
• Math -"How many do you have?” Student will be
counting sets and making combinations up to 10
• Science - Solar System and Caring for our Earth
(Recycling)

10. What are we studying??
Reading:. Nonfiction text
Math: : Patterns
Make sure your child is reading 3-4 times a week at home!
Make sure to sign the log!!
Make sure you
study your Sight
Word Lists!!

11. What’s Happening in
2 nd Grade???
Reading
For the Month of March we are
Reading and Role Playing as our
Characters using Fiction and Fairy Tales.
Writing
In March we are working on writing
our own Fairy Tales.
Math
Our focus in math for March is
Parts of a Whole and
Parts of a Group (fractions).
Science/Social Studies
We will be learning about Plants
and Animals.

12. Third Grade
Be studying
multiplication facts!!!
Math Night Thursday, March 7
Come watch our math time
Thursday, March 7 during the school
day!
Times vary.
NO SCHOOL Friday, March 15

13. 4th Grade Happenings
• Reading- Test Prep. This is a unit to help prepare students for the
benchmark test. Remember to read 30 minutes each night. Talk about
what you read with someone.
• Writing- Test Prep. This is a unit to help prepare students for the
benchmark.
• Science- We will be studying the scientific aspects of Arkansas history.
• Social Studies- We will be studying the major historical events that
occurred during the 20th century.
• Math- We will be finishing up a unit on geometric solids. Our next unit will
be multiplication and division.
Important dates:
March 7: Math Night
March 14: End of third quarter
March 15-24: Spring Break
March 28: Report cards

14. Look What’s Happening in
5th Grade
Math Science
In math, we are working with
decimals. We are learning about We are pretending to be geologist
decimal place value, and adding, while studying all about rocks and
subtracting, multiplying, and minerals in science.
dividing decimal numbers.
Social Studies
Literacy
In literacy, we are working on We are trying to finish up our
literary essay and preparing unit on the American
for the upcoming benchmark Revolution. Students will be
exam by practicing test taking choosing a topic and creating
strategies. a power point for their end of
unit project.

15. News from Coach Williams
CES canned food drive
was held for the
Heritage United
Methodist Church
The students
collected over 1500
cans during the
month of December
to help replenish the
food pantry at HUMC.

16. Drop off and
Pick up
• Bus drop off and
pick up will be
located behind the
building on North
22nd Street.
• Car drop off and
pick up will now be
located in the front
of Central
Elementary School
on North 24th
Street.