The P ATRIOT P RESS - Patriot Oaks Academy

1 P ATRIOT P ress The IN THIS EDITION: Important Dates Good Chargers Items Needed for Art Fundraiser for Logan: Premier Jewelry Caf Corner Fundraiser for Logan: Chipotle Night Clinic Corner Crayola Kids Club Student Sunshine Committee Red Ribbon Week Counselor Corner PTO News POA Spirit Night with the Icemen Dear Patriot Oaks families, We are excited for our ChargerThon this coming week! This is our PTO s biggest fundraiser that allows them to help our school purchase additional technology for students, add equipment to our playgrounds and build addi-tional shade structures for recess areas and parent pick-up.

2 We are so grate-ful for their willingness to serve our students and our community. We encour-age all to participate in sponsoring your child as they participate in our fun runs! Our elementary students will participate during their resource time while our middle school students will run during their PE class. We thank all the volunteers, in advance, for their help in running the event. Many hands make light work! We are excited for our upcoming parent teacher conference week, No-vember 6-10. We look forward to meeting with each of you to discuss your child s strengths, progress and areas that we can help them grow.

3 Elemen-tary school families, be watching for sign-up opportunities from your child s teacher. Middle school families, we will have open arena conferences on Monday and Wednesday of that week from 3:30-7:00pm and 2:30-6:00 pm respectively. These will be held in the gym and cafeteria. Reminder that 1st quarter report cards go out on October 31, delayed due to Hurricane Irma. Red Ribbon Week is next week and we encourage all to participate in the daily celebrations. At Patriot Oaks, we are taking this week to help students commit to living a healthy lifestyle of good nutrition, plenty of exercise and free of drugs. This is a great time to have conversations with your children about these elements of Red Ribbon Week.

4 As was stated at our curriculum chats, we are here to partner with you to raise children that make good choices and have good character. As always, thank you for your support. We love what we do and hope you can see that! We are CHARGERS! Sincerely, Mrs. Olson Patriot Oaks Academy Newsletter October 13, 2017 Building a Tradition of Excellence, Together! GO CHARGERS! Principal s Post HURRICANE MAKEUP DAYS: MON.

5 , OCT. 16 FRI., NOV. 10 10/13: Chargerthon Kickoff 10/17: Fall Picture Retakes 10/23: Red Ribbon Week 10/24: SAC Meeting 10/31: K-5 Costume Parade & Report Cards Issued 11/17: Spirit Night with the Jacksonville Icemen 11/22-24: Thanksgiving Break 11/28: SAC Meeting 12/1: Holiday Shop Opens IMPORTANT DATES GOOD CHARGERS Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of October 2: Paige Broadwater, Will Campbell, Xavier Chaki, Ava Church, Hadley Day, Hailee Deaton, Cate Donahue, Jaxon Earle, Sophia Flower, Anuraag Gandepalli, Emily Goings, Jake Gutmann, Tyler Halstead, Rylan Kaminski, Addison Kauffman, Aaron Kite, Wyatt Mitchell, Tia Patel, Kendall Reckamp, Andrew Roseborough, Bret Stewart, and Major Ward Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of October 9.

6 Chloe Andrews, David Beasley, Mark Brinkley, Christian Carnes, Steven Connell, Caleb Dean, Avery Dixon, Jacob Hicks, Grady Insel, Maddie Lee, Ava Marini, Ethan Murphy, Emma Netzley, Mai Onimaru, Alexis Pinkney, Bella Poulos, Jacob Roberson, Maura Sowcik, Ian Stewart, Ryan Sturm, Lourdes Styer, Julia Titus, and Siena Williams. ITEMS NEEDED IN ART ROOM The Middle School Art room is in desperate need of sturdy plastic containers, like those from Chinese/Thai soup delivery, or fancy ice cream (Talenti). If you have any you would like to donate, please send them to Ms. Partos. Thank you. FUNDRAISER FOR LOGAN Last Week for Free School Meals St.

7 Johns County is one of the 37 counties designated in the FEMA Major Dis-aster Declaration. All students in St. Johns County can receive free school meals (breakfast and lunch) from September 18 through October 20, 2017. A la carte menu items will still be available for purchase. THIS WEEK, OCTOBER 16 THROUGH OCTOBER 20, IS THE LAST WEEK FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS. All school menus are available on the POA website under cafeteria . CAF CORNER Families, A second grader at our school was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. The doctors have successfully removed the tumor. Preliminary testing is saying that Logan has Medulloblastoma and his next steps will be radiation and chemotherapy treatments for approximately a year.

8 His kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers have teamed up with Chipotle to put on a fundraiser for him. The fundraiser is from 5-9pm on November 1st. 50% of the proceeds will be given to the Logan s family. If you are interested in going, please see the attached flyer. Also, your child should be bringing home a blue flyer within the next two days. If you go to Chipotle, please bring the flyer with you to show at check out or let them know that you are there to support POA. If you would like to support this family and cannot make it to chipotle that night please see the Gofund me page link below.

9 #TeamLogan #blue4 Logan FUNDRAISER FOR LOGAN Children should be kept at home for an extra day of rest and observation if they have: * Fever greater than 100 degrees * Chills * General tiredness or not feeling good * Frequent congested (wet) or croup-sounding cough * Lots of nasal congestion with frequent blowing of nose * Stomach symptoms are not a part of cold or flu symptoms but for good health sake follow these guidelines for staying home and preventing spread of disease: * Vomiting (even just once) * Diarrhea * Symptoms of cold or flu A cold or flu spreads most easily during the first 48 hours. A child who has a fe-ver should remain at home until the fever has been 100 degrees or lower for 24 hours.

10 Usually, antibiotics are not given for simple colds and flu. Strep throat or ear infections may require antibiotics. A child taking antibiotics should be on the medication for 24 hours before returning to school. A child may awaken with un-clear complaints, which could be a cold or flu. If this happens, it is wise to ob-serve him or her at home for an hour or two before deciding whether to bring him/her to school. Many of you do this already! Consider keeping children at home for an extra day of rest and observation if they have: * Very stuffy or runny nose, and/or cough * Mild sore throat (no fever, no exposure to strep throat) * Headache A child should be physically able to participate in all school activities when re-turning to school.