Helendale Road School
Save the Date
04/29-05/03 Safety Week
04/30 2nd grade Spring Concert -Info to come
05/09 HR PTA Meeting 7:00 (Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/94624329581 )
05/13 & 05/14 -Days of Caring
05/22 & 05/23 -Kindergarten Screening
05/30 -Parent Information Night at Laurelton-Pardee (for 2 go 3 families)
Kindergarten Screening is coming up in mid-May. If you have a child entering kindergarten in the fall of 2024 please go online to register.
Did you miss the Spirit wear sale last fall? Good news, we have another one open from now through April 30!
This is a joint sale with the Laurelton Pardee PTA, so logos for both Helendale and LP are available as choices. The website (link below) shows all the available logo choices at the top. There are shirts, shorts, hats, pants, bags, blankets, and other items to choose from.
Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up (May 6-10) ! If you would like to help contribute snacks and drinks to thank the teachers and staff of Helendale, please use the link below to sign up. All items must be dropped off at the school office by Friday, May 3rd. Thank you! 😀
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B49ADA82CA7FB6-48532168-teacher
Drop Off and Pick Up Concerns
When picking up PreK students at the end of the day, please remember you must turn left out of the parking lot onto Westchester Ave. We have many cars turning right and passing buses with lights on, that are loading students. The new county bus patrol cameras can now take pictures of cars passing busses and issue citations. Please make sure you are turning left so you do not receive a citation. They can be avoided!
Also, please note that when the small parking lot by the playground is full, you may not create spots next to the sidewalk and on the grass. It blocks our small bus from dropping off students. Please follow the line of cars on Westchester to pull into the drop off zone, or park on a side street if you would like to walk your child to the front door! Thank you for helping us keep all students safe!
A Look Into Our Learning
PreK: UPK was very excited to receive our Where the Wild Things Are books! We made a fun project to go along with the story. We've been learning about how to take care of the earth. We continue to work on letter sounds and formation, and number identification and counting.
Kindergarten: This week we are continuing to learn about America Then and Now. Students are beginning to write informational texts. We continue to build our foundational skills with digraphs and silent e. We practiced adding the -ed ending to words to write them in the past tense. Students are playing outside more and more and learning to problem solve on the playground. Be sure to send sneakers and a water bottle daily! We have two field trips coming up in May, and this weekend Mrs. Langdon will pick up our chick and duck eggs. We will set them in classroom incubators next week.
First Grade: This week in first grade we were really excited to read our One School One Book "Where the Wild Things Are." We talked about what makes us wild and wrote about it. We are starting our Needs and Wants unit in Social Studies. We continue to learn about money, time and measurement in math.
Second: This week in second grade we continued to work on different strategies to add and subtract three-digit numbers. In ELA, we are learning about the digestive system. Wow! The digestive system is one amazing machine! Second graders were excited and enjoyed kicking off our week with Helendale’s One School One Book, Where the Wild Things Are!
This week Helendale celebrated One School One Book. Each student received a copy of the book, the story was read in the classroom and crafts were posted all over the building. Please take some time to read this story with your child and discuss his/her favorite parts of this week.
COVID 19 Updates
The CDC and NYDOH has issued new guidance related to isolation after testing positive for COVID 19. Individuals can go back to normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both of the following are true: Symptoms are getting better overall, and they no longer have a fever without the use of fever-reducing medication. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Note From Ms. Zaffuto
Cold and flu season is upon us. Please read the message from Nurse Zaffuto to know when to keep your child home.
Please make sure to call your pediatrician to schedule a yearly physical if you have not done so already.
New York requires all school age children to be up to date on immunizations. Students have 14 days from the first day of school to have immunizations completed. All children who will turn 5 years of age during the school year will also need to follow these guidelines and have 14 days, starting on their 5th birthday, to have updated immunizations completed.
Please see the attached link and flyer for more information.
If your child needs to have emergency or daily medication here at school, contact the health office for further information. Please do not send any medication in with your child, a responsible adult needs to be present for all medication drop-offs/pick-ups.
https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/immunization/schools/school_vaccines/
Infinite Campus parent portal
For information on how to set up your parent portal account please visit here: https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/sdabreu_eastiron_org/EW9Q2VGlRp1Oh_pd2MLeaEkBeP-7CJMPj4yc0sntrML15A?e=vDusF6