BASKETBALL SEASON WINDING DOWN

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1 FEBRUARY NEWS LOCAL SPELLING BEE The Turner Spelling Bee was held on January 30 th. The top 6 finishers, in order, were: Chantry Jorgenson, Shyan Krass, Brooke Reed, Austin Welsh, Brandy Calvert, and Alaura Hawley. The top four students will represent Turner school at the County Spelling Bee in Chinook on Tuesday, February 21 th. The County Spelling Bee registration starts at 9:30 with the contest beginning at 10:00. The County Spelling Bee is held in the auditorium at Chinook High School. Good luck to each one of you. GEOGRAPHY BEE Grades 5 through 8 participated in the local geography bee January 26 th here at the school. The First Place winner was Brandy Calvert and the Second Place winner was Ethan Heilig. Congratulations Brandy and Ethan! Brandy will take an exam to qualify for the state competition. BASKETBALL SEASON WINDING DOWN The Tornadoes have a few more games in this year s regular basketball season. Friday, February 3 rd at Hays 6:00 & 7:30. Saturday, February 4 th at Chinook. 6:00 & 7:30 Thursday, February 9 th at Box Elder 5:00 & 6:30 Friday, February 10 th at Big Sandy. 6:00 & 7:30 SENIOR NIGHT The Seniors were honored before the North Star games on January 31 st. This year s seniors are Ella Billmayer, Brian Brekke, Whitney Hunter and Rennay Watkins. DISTRICT 9C TOURNAMENT The District 9C tournament will take place at Havre High School February 15 th 18 th. Copies of the brackets will soon be available at the school office, Big Flat Grocery & 241 Grill & Tavern. We will get the official standings and game times out to the public as soon as we know. TOURNAMENT TICKETS Contact Jennifer Baird ( ) to purchase your tournament tickets. Reserved tickets (for adults either balcony or floor) are $ Student general admission tickets are $ Adult General Admission tickets must be purchased at the gate. Also, if you have a reserved seat you MUST sit in that seat for the Consolation and Championship games. The District needs to make sure that they have seating and it makes it really difficult to let others have those seats when they are reserved to someone else. Girls bracket starts on Wednesday with semi-finals on Thursday and consolation and championship on Friday. Boys start on Thursday, semi-finals Friday night and consolation/championship on Saturday night. ADVANCED TICKETS ARE A SAVINGS IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. TURNER WILL PLAY AT LEAST 4 GAMES. ALL tickets must be purchased by February 11th. All checks need to be written out to Turner School Athletics. TOURNAMENT PEP RALLY There will be a pep rally for both the girls and boys basketball teams prior to them leaving for tournaments. At this time we are planning to hold the pep rally on Wednesday, February 15 th. If this changes due to tournament seeding changes, we will let you know.

2 ELEMENTARY JAMBOREE BASKETBALL FOR GRADES 4-6 The elementary basketball season will begin on Monday, February 27th. Coaches will be Zach Holland and Kelly Cederberg. Students are required to have a current physical form on file at the main office before they are allowed to practice. The program will run for six weeks, with jamborees scheduled on Saturdays. Students in grades 4-6 who are members of the team are required to abide by the eligibility rules (see your current student handbook for this policy). Turner s Jamboree will be on March 25 th, we host St. Jude Thaddeus, North Star and Big Sandy. A complete schedule will be ed. TRACK PRACTICE Looking ahead, track practice officially starts on March 13 th. Please be reminded that if you don t have a current sports physical form on file at the office, you will need one before you will be allowed to start practice. Levi Humphreys will be coaching High School and Kelly Cederberg will coach the Junior High team. BOOK FAIR Thank you to Sheena Pursley and to everyone who supported the Usborne Book Fair during Parent- Teacher Conferences in January. LOOKING AHEAD AT DATES ALREADY ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR February 27 th First Day of Elementary Basketball Practice March 6 th Music Festival in Havre for our Jr. High students March 9 th 11 th Montana Seed Show March 13 th First Day of Track Practice March 16 th Math Contest March 21 st Spring Pictures (Track & Elementary Basketball) March 23 th End of the 3 rd Quarter March 26 th Hogeland Catholic Church Spring Dinner April 7 nd 8 th MT Art Interscholastic April 17 th Easter Monday No School April 24 th -May 1 st Senior Trip to Nashville, TN April 25 th High School Track meet at Malta May 2 rd School Election (noon to 8:00 p.m.) May 11 th District 9C track meet in Havre May 18 th Divisional Track in Great Falls May 20 st Graduation May 25 th Last Day of Classes May 25 th 27 th State Track Meet in Missoula FEBRUARY---I LOVE TO READ MONTH February is I Love To Read month. We will be celebrating with reading activities during school throughout the month of February. February 27-March 2 will be Dr. Seuss Week (See the attachment in the newsletter.) GYM FLOOR The High School Gym will be closed from Friday, February 10 th through Sunday, February 12 th for the floor to be refinished.

3 SOUP LABELS Campbell s Soup is going to discontinue their Labels for Education program in August of this year. If you have any soup labels, please send them to the school as soon as possible. As of August 1, 2016, only UPCs with the Labels for Education logo will be accepted and redeemed for points into registered schools bank account. They have begun the process of removing the logo and expect there will be a limited number of products that contain these labels in stores through August 1, Once all Labels for Education logos have been removed from the products, UPCs will no longer be accepted. The banked points schools have accumulated will not be affected. ELECTION REMINDER-MAY 2, 2017 Just an ongoing reminder for trustee candidates filing for election. Candidate(s) must file no later than 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 23, A Declaration of Intent and Oath of Candidacy form must be filed with the Election Administrator (District Clerk) no later than March 23 rd. The candidate must be registered to vote at the time the Oath is filed. The candidate must also reside in the school district. For the 2017 school election, we will have two (2) trustee positions open. One position, currently being held by Shawn Beck, and one position currently being held by Johannas Brown. Both positions are three (3) year terms and will expire May If you have any interest in becoming involved in school government, please consider a position on the Board of Trustees. Please feel free to call or stop by my office for information or candidate forms. There will be more information in regards to school election in the upcoming newsletters. Cindy Cowan, Turner Schools Business Manager Phone: clerk@turner.k12.mt.us The following students have made the 2 nd quarter honor roll: High School Ella Billmayer Sarah Billmayer Brian Brekke Raegan Conlan Rylee Conlan Stacie Cornell Eddie Harmon Jack Harmon Tracer Heilig Melanie Watkins Rennay Watkins Cody Welsh Kurt Calvert Whitney Hunter Jr. High Brandy Calvert Alaynee Hawley Shyan Krass Laci Maloney Brooke Reed Ryanne Briere Ethan Heilig Lacey Hickel Austin Welsh ATTENTION!!!! In as blunt a language as I can say the district needs more than just one individual to step up to drive the Activity Bus. Prior to my return and even since I ve returned there was and has been more than one occasion that student athletes have had to be transported by parents. If we don t have individuals stepping up to obtain their CDL with the S student endorsement, etc. then, in all likelihood despite the availability of the bus, parents may again be driving student athletes.

4 SUPERINTENDENTS COMMENTS SURPLUS SALE As many of you are aware the school district had declared a number of items as surplus and there was a sale in October. Although many of the items were purchased there was at least one item that was perhaps overlooked by interested individuals. That item is the pictured weight machine which is available at no cost to any individual that would want it. It will be up to that individual to disassemble and remove it on their own. If you are interest, please contact Mr. McKenna here at the school. 3 rd QUARTER We have completed the first half of the academic school year and are now into the 3 rd Quarter with mid-term falling around the 16 th of this month. Parents, I stress again if you have questions about the progress of your children please talk to the teacher. Don t forget that you can check on each of their classes via the computer as well. LEGISLATURE Although we are always looking at budget numbers we will continue to do so even more with this being a legislative year. There has of course been a lot of talk about educational funding with the new legislature and unfortunately your guess is as good as mine as to which way it will go. The school is like any other place out there and experiences increases in all areas to include utilities, food, etc. and, so it s hoped that the legislature will provide funding to help at least cover inflationary costs. OPEN GYM We are always happy to have folks make use of the gym but unless it s an adult or the children are under direct adult supervision please don t have them just running through the school. CONCEESIONS A big THANK YOU goes out to students, sponsors, ticket taker(s), custodians, parents and everyone who played a part in making the basketball season a good one. Without the help from everyone it d certainly be a different outcome than it has been. The food that has been offered during the games has been very good and well received, thank you Mrs. Cowan. As you will note on February s calendar it s another busy month and other than a few bumps here and there the school year s been going well and again, thank you for the support given to the students and staff.

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6 Dr. Seuss Week February 27-March 2 Monday: Fox in Socks Wear silly or mismatched socks. Tuesday: Green Eggs and Ham Wear the color green. Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday Wear wacky or mismatched clothes. Thursday: The Cat in the Hat Wear your favorite hat.

7 Working Together þr School Success Februory 2017 CONNECTION' Turner School On time every day Arriving at school on time allows your child to settle in and take full advantage of every learning activity Let him take the lead on this important responsibility by teaching him to set an alarm. Tþ: Suggest that he place the clock across fhe room so he has to get out of bed to switch it off. A "mind rehearsaltt Have your youngster "practice" challenging situations in her mind to boost her confidence. Before a cheerleading competition, for example, she could picture herself nailing her routines. Or if a big test is coming up, she might imagine staying calm and answering questions to the best of her ability Field trip learning When you sign a field trip permission slip, show interest-you'll inspire your child to learn more from his outing. Ask him to predict what he will see and learn. Together, look up the destination online or in books, and say something like, "I can't wait to hear which instrument is your favorite at the symphony" Then, follow up with him afterward. Worth quoting "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?"' Martin Luther King, Jr IUSI FCR FUT Q: Why can't you tell a joke while standing on ice? (( A3 Because itmight crack up. Great graphic organizers Organizing information in creative ways can make studying more interesting and productive for your youngster. Encourage her to try these graphic organizers-and to invent some of her own! Gars in a train Drawing a train is one way to understand and study steps in a process or events in a <.<= sequence, such as the parts of the scientific method or the plot of a novel. Suggest that your child label each train car with a step ("Ask a question," "Make a hypothesis") and add a picture to illustrate it. Toppings on a pizza Have your youngster draw a puza Ío visualize facts. On each slice, she should write a category of information (example: "Lewis and Clark," "Cartier," and so on for a qulz on explorers). She can draw toppings (pepperoni, mushrooms) and put a fact on each one. On the Lewis and Respect all around Every day, there are plenty of opportunities for your child to show respect for others. Here are examples. ll Clark "pepperoni," she might write, "Started in St. Louis" and "Ended at the Pacific Ocean." Letters of the alphabet Let your child divide a sheet of paper into 26 squares and label them AJ. Then, she could write a fact that begins with each letter. If her topic is habitats, she can define desert in the D square and rainforest for R. Being creative with lesscommon letters will get her thinking more deeply about the material ("Quick temperature drops happen at night in the desert" for Q).? / _t 'l /t o At home...the dinner table is a great place to start. Tilach your youngster to thank the cook. He'll show respect for the person's time and care in preparing the food. o In school...encourage him to be respectful of other children's backgrounds by learning greetings in the languages they speak at home. o In your community...explain that shoppers respect store employees by not creating extra work for them. If you decide you don't need an item in your cart, help your child return it to where it belongs. After you load groceries into your car, have him walk with you to retum the cart.? l' -rl O 2016 Besources for Educators, a division 0f CCH lncorporated

8 Home & School con N ECroN' Keep screen time in check Do you worry that your child spends too much time in front of a screen? Do you wonder how he could best use technology? Consider this advice for helping him to balance screen time with other activities and to make the most of the time he does spend on electronics. Aim for a mix. Together, look for ways to balance screen time with schoolwork, active play, and Fraction art Your youngster can practice identifying and representing fractions by creating this colorful mosaic with you-fraction by fraction. Materíak: pencil, paper, index cards, crayons l. Let your child draw l0 geometric shapes on a sheet of papeq such as circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, and pentagons. 2. On separate index cards, have her write any 12 fractions (examples: t,!, +, 2, Ð.Shuffle the cards, and stack them facedown. 3. Take tums flipping over a card (say, f). fict< a shape, and color in that fraction on the shape (draw lines to divide it into I equal parts, and color 3 parts). 4. When you've used all the cards, shuffle and keep going. Continue until you've filled as many shapes as possible. Note; If you get a fraction that isn't available to color, turn over cards until you select one you can use.? OUR PURPOSE To provide busy parents with practical ideas that promote school success, parent involvement, and more effective parenting. Resources lor Educators, a division of CCH lncorporated 128 N. Royal Avenue. Front Royal, VA rlecustomer@wolterskluwer.com tssn I O 2016 fles0urces for Educators, a division 0f CCH lncorporated A plan for problem When your child faces a problem, having a solid plan can help him figure out how to solve it. So whether he's had a disagreement with a friend or has fallen behind on his schoolwork, suggest this approach. My daughter Gabrielle has always been shy and quiet around people she doesn't know well. This year,her teacher told me she was worried because Gabrielle rarely speaks in class. We met with the school counselor, who had some good advice. For example, I'm trying to let Gabrielle speak for herself rather than jumping in to "rescue" her. When someone asks her // Februo family time. Make rules about where and when your youngster uses a computer, tablet, smartphone, or video game (say, in the living room after homework is finished). Have him set a timer while he uses a device-when it goes off, it's time to go out and play or help you prepare dinner, for example. Use technology as a tool. Encourage your child to regard a device as a tool to use for specific purposes. He might download an astronomy app to help spot constellations in the night sky or a birding app to identify bird calls during a hike. He'll Iearn to rely on technology for real-life purposes.? solving o ldentify the problem. Let him write a quick summary of what's wrong. ("Elliott doesn't like basketball, but that's what I usually play at recess.") o lmagine the ideal solution. For instance, he probably wants to remain friends and still play basketball. o F gure out alternatives. Encourage him to brainstorm solutions. Examples: "Offer to play with Elliott at recess every other day" "See if he wans to find something to play that we both like." o Choose a solution. He could pick the solution he likes best or that he thinks is most likely to work. o Evaluate. Have him try out that solution and ask how it went. If it didnt work, then he can consider another alternative from his list.? Overcoming shyness name, I smile at her and wait instead of sayrng it for her. I'm also encouraging her to order her food in restaurants and to speak up at places like the hair salon and the dentist's office The counselor helped Gabrielle set a goal of raising her hand to answer a question at least once a day We're having fun practicing by playing school at homeand her teacher.just sent home a note saying she's seeing a little progress!?

9 TURNER PUBLIC SCHOOL CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Pinterest Class 4:30 in Business Room Varsity Hays 6:00/7:30 Woodworking Class 6:00-8:00 Varsity Chinook 6:00/7:30 Sugarbeeter Cheer Camp 9:00-3: Quickbooks Class in Business Room 5:00 Lover's Knot Placemats 6:00-8:00 BCSO Concealed Carry Legal Review 6:00-8:00 Legion Hall Varsity Box Elder 5:00/6:30 Varsity Big Sandy 6:00/7: Valentine's Day Elementary Parties 2:45-3:30 Pep Rally District 9C Tournaments in Havre Mid Term Divisional Tournaments in Great Falls Placemats Class Elementary Basketball Practice Starts