Award Winning Artist
Congratulations to Venus, in fourth grade, for winning the Grand Prize in the Cesar Chavez art competition for SLC elementary schools. Wow! That is quite an honor! Making YouTube Safer for School and Home
As we all know, YouTube is very popular with kids, but not always safe. Some reports claim that kids are always only three clicks away from inappropriate content. There’s recently been the additional scare of Momo.
Here are two videos that show parents several ways to keep kids safer on YouTube. Produced by Tech Boomers and Common Sense Media, these videos talk about parental controls on YouTube and other tips.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nf8GTIV4so (about 5 minutes long)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8P_6aj8VbU (about 2 minutes long)
Book Fair Success
Thank you to everyone who supported our annual Scholastic Book Fair. We raised over $1,000 for new library books. Happy reading!
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Next week, on Wed. and Thur., Feb. 6-7, Edison teachers will be holding parent-teacher conferences. We hope we will see you here. Please talk to your teacher if you still need to schedule a time. See you then!
Scholastic Book Fair
During parent-teacher conferences, our annual Book Fair will be taking place in the library. The fair is also available online until Feb. 17. Visit scholastic.com/bookfairs . Click Find a Fair at the top and type in Edison Utah. All sales help support our school library, and support our students’ reading at home. Come check it out!
Free Online Kindergarten Readiness Program
Upstart is a free, technology-based Kindergarten readiness program that will give your child a fun start in reading, math, and science (with a focus on reading) in just 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week. See the attached flier (in both English and Spanish) for more information.
Free Turkey
On Monday, November 19, at 3 pm, in the Edison gym, we will be giving away free turkeys, first come, first serve, while supplies last.
Edison Students Marched in our Annual Halloween Parade
Some pictures from our annual Edison Halloween parade are now available online on the Halloween Photo Gallery. Click Our School above, and then select Photo Galleries. Enjoy!
Edison Eagle News Available Online
You can find our monthly Edison Eagle News online by clicking Our School, then Newsletters. English is on the first page and Spanish is on the second. Enjoy!
Halloween at Edison
Edison students will march in a Halloween parade on Halloween morning, from 8:10-8:45. Parents are invited to meet in the gym. Students’ costumes must be school appropriate (no masks, weapons, or be too gory). Students will be required to wear their school uniform after the parade for the rest of the school day.
Edison will also host a Trunk-or-Treat activity in our parking lot on Halloween, Oct 31, from 5 – 6 pm. Students can come in costume and trick-or-treat from trunk to trunk. Parents wishing to volunteer or donate candy, please contact the office.
Halloween Activities at the U
For some safe and free Halloween fun, check out the Officers Hollow event, hosted by departments at the University of Utah on Sat, Oct 27, from 12 – 3 pm. There will be carnival-style events, games, face painting, and trick-or-treating at the Officers Circle homes. Children should be accompanied by their parents. This Officers Hollow event will be centered at 171 Officers Circle on the U’s campus, Signage will direct you to nearby parking. Find a map here.
Short School Week
Remember! This week is a short week. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Oct 15-17, are normal school days. There will be no school on Thursday, Friday, and Monday. We’ll see you back on Tuesday, Oct 23.
One-on-One Tutuoring Available
There is a tutoring opportunity for our students at the Glendale-Mountain View CLC (Community Learning Campus). Through a partnership with the Utah Reads Program, they have spaces for students to be tutored in the evenings two days a week. This is open to students in grades 2-5 and will follow the 1:1 tutoring model of Early/Next Steps. Please compete this application if you are interested, will be able to get your child to the CLC, and can commit to attend consistently. Please visit the Edison school library if you need assistance printing out the application. The enrollment deadline is October 15!
Upcoming SCC Meeting
The next Edison SCC / Second Cup of Coffee meeting will be next Thursday, October 11, at 8:15. All are welcome. Find the agenda here, at the very bottom of the page.
Author Visit
Last week, many of our Edison students were able to meet the author of the popular Stick Dog and Stick Cat book series. Tom Watson shared some of his experiences as an author, gave the students drawing lessons, and asked them for their suggestions for his next project. Find more pictures in our Photo Gallery.
District Job Opportunities
The district is in short supply of classroom and other support paraprofessionals. If you are looking for a job, please consider applying for a district position.There are paraprofessional openings in special education, student support, innovations, an elementary computer lab, elementary classroom, and pre-K classroom. If you are interested, you can apply on the district’s Applitrack site. Thank you so much for your attention to this critical need for our students!
Staying Healthy Through Prevention
Recently, in the news, there have been reports of Norovirus outbreaks in our state. As of right now, there have been no confirmed cases of Norovirus in any school in the Salt Lake City School District. Prevention will be our key to keeping this virus out of Edison and our students healthy and in school.
Teachers will work at keeping surfaces clean, and having students wash hands before eating. Students and teachers should remain home from school for the following reasons:
- Any temperature greater than 100 degrees. Children should be fever free, without fever reducing medications, for 24 hours prior to returning to school.
- Vomiting and/or diarrhea require that the student remain home until 48 hours after the symptoms have subsided without medication.
- If your child has a heavy, moist productive cough, chest congestion, or discolored nasal drainage.
- Any rash of unknown origin should be evaluated and cleared by a physician prior to the student returning.
- Strep infections require early treatment and students are encouraged to remain at home for the first 24 hours. In addition, students must be on antibiotics for at least 24 hours before returning to school and should be fever-free and feeling well before returning to school.
- If your child has pinkeye (conjunctivitis), he/she needs to have completed 24 hours of medication.
Please refer to the district’s announcement about this virus and how to stay healthy for further information.
First SCC Minutes Available
We held our first School Community Council meeting on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 8:15. This was combined with our first Second Cup of Coffee meeting. For the first 30 minutes or so, the floor is open for parents to discuss whatever is on their minds. The second 30 minutes or so is focused on specific items of school business with a discussion led by Principal Damm. Everyone is welcome. Come to the first part, the second part, or both. We value your input!
For our first meeting, we had about 22 parents attend. The minutes are available on our website here or click Community, then School Community Council, and then scroll to the bottom.
New Photo Galleries
We had an amazing first week at Edison. During our Back-to-School morning, we met many parents, and students met a snake. Ask them about it.
Both teachers and students had many opportunities to learn and grow. We are learning and practicing our rules, routines, and procedures throughout the building. We are reflecting on our learning at the end of each day.
Welcome back, everyone!
