Fundraiser

The HUGS Fall Fundraiser has ended. We want to thank everyone for participating!

Birthday Invitations

Please do not deliver invitations to birthday parties through the school system. It causes undue confusion and hurt feelings when the invitations are given out in classrooms. If you wish to invite children to your child’s birthday party, please mail the invitations yourself or invite the children by phone. If you need addresses and phone numbers, please call Pam at 876-4590.

Hugs Meeting

The next HUGS meeting will be on October 16^th at 6:00. It will take place at the Guilford Primary School. Election of officers will be voted on. Hope to see you there!!

Recess at GPS and McKusick

We want parents to feel welcomed at our schools and we also want to keep our children safe. If you need to come onto the schoolyard during recess, please check in at the office first. Then talk to one of the teachers on duty before you interact with your child. Several different staff members share the responsibility of caring for our children on the playground and they do not always know the parents and guardians. Thank you for your help with this.

Parking

Please remember that you must park in the parking lot not directly in front of the building in the morning and in the afternoon. The buses need the space to safely transport the students.

Attendance

Please remember that it is important that your child get to school on time. Breakfast is served at both schools at 7:45. Also please remember to call school if your child will not be attending.

Folders

Please remember to check your child’s school folder each evening and return it to school the next day.

Fund Raising

The Box Tops for Education collection box is in the lobby. Please send in all specially marked General Mills box tops with your children. A list of qualifying products has been sent home and can also be found at www.boxtops4education.com.

The Hannaford Helps Schools program has begun. McKusick and Guilford Primary Schools are working together on this project, so please send any certificates you earn to either school.

The bottle for collecting the tabs off soda cans has arrived. Please send your tabs to school to benefit the children at the Shriner’s Hospital. Thank you for all of your support!

Message from the Kitchens

Parents are again reminded to send their child to school each Monday with their lunch money in an envelope with their child’s name on it.

October 31^st

On Oct. 31st, both schools will be wearing black and orange. Seasonal activities will take place in the afternoon.

September is National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Month

Once again, it is that time for everyone to become knowledgeable about and alert to signs of head lice. The school nurse will check heads periodically and anytime that a teacher or a parent reports that a child is scratching his/her head.

Head lice travel from one child to another by head to head contact or sharing brushes, combs, hair clips or hats. They do not fly. They do not jump. They live on human heads and not animals. A louse is difficult to see in the hair but an egg (nit) may be more easily detected. The eggs look like dandruff, but cannot be flicked off the hair. Some eggs are brown; most are white. Check your child’s head often throughout the school year. Encourage him/her to put winter hats into the sleeve of a jacket and not to share the hat.

Whenever the school nurse discovers a case, a letter will go home to parents to alert you and to ask for your assistance in checking the children’s heads.

The school nurse will discuss with you the steps necessary to eliminate this problem, should you discover it. Thank you for your help.

Fire Safety

Fire Prevention Week is October 2^nd -6^th.

The Guilford Fire Department will give a presentation on October 2^nd and 3^rd at the McKusick School and Guilford Primary School.

School Pictures

School pictures will be taken at McKusick Elementary and Guilford Primary School on Tuesday October 24th.

Bus Safety

The Theater Arts group along with Dave Cotta will be presenting their Bus Safety presentation on Wednesday, October 18^th at the McKusick School, and Thursday October 19^th at the Guilford Primary School.

October Birthdays

McKusick- Johah W., Emily O., Amaya W., Madison B., Haylie G., Tatianna R., Shannon P., Matthew G., Melody C., Jennifer S., Cody T., David A., Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Kurt

Guilford Primary- Charlotte C., Mitchell C., Brittany H., Aron W., Steven M., Haylee P., Cameron P., Ryan B., Zakkre D., Christopher G., Miss Plourde, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Daniels

GPS Specials Schedule

Monday, Oct. 2 Day 6

Tuesday, Oct3 Day 1

Wednesday, Oct. 4 Day 2

Thursday, Oct. 5 Day 3

Friday, Oct. 6 Day 0

(early release day/vacation week, Oct. 9-13)

Monday, Oct. 16 Day 4

Tuesday, Oct. 17 Day 5

Wednesday, Oct. 18 Day 6

Thursday, Oct. 19 Day 1

Friday, Oct. 20 Day 2

McKusick Schedule

Students are on a Monday-Friday schedule. Friday October 6^th is an early release day, students are asked to wear red on that day.