Sipherd School

Nancy Fox, Principal Nancy Winn, Student Services Assistant

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February 15th and 22nd
Presidents' Day and Washington's Birthday

Empire Library Newsletter
To learn about important information regarding the Empire Public Library, click here.

See the Sipherd Scene for more details.

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Upcoming Dates to Remember

02/04 College Awareness Night, Cardozo Middle School in Riverbank, 6:00 p.m.

02/04 EUSD Board Meeting at the District Office, 6:00 p.m.

02/12 Wear your College Logo Day

02/15 Presidents’ Day Holiday, No school for students or staff

02/17 School Site Council meeting, 3:15 p.m. in library conf. room

02/22 Washington’s Birthday, No school for students or staff

03/05 End of 2^nd Trimester

04/29 Kindergarten Registration in cafeteria

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For a safe, kid-friendly search engine, check out KidRex.

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Help the Poor Worldwide

FreeRice: Help End World Hunger and Have Fun Doing It!

Click here to play this fun interactive vocabulary game. Each correctly guessed word will donate rice to the UN World Food Program to help end world hunger.

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Staph Infections - What You Should Know
(To read this document, install Acrobat Reader.)

Due to recent media coverage regarding staph infections in some of our nation’s schools, we thought it would be a good idea to provide you with some helpful information regarding this health issue. To learn more about staph and how to prevent it, click here. For the Spanish version, click here.

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School Bullies - What Parents and Students Should Know

For information on how to promote self-esteem and deal with school bullies, click here.

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Asthma-Friendly Flag Program
(Each day a color-coded flag will be raised at Sipherd to help you understand the air quality for that day.)

Green Flag	Outside air is good and is healthy for everyone. Activities are permitted for all students.
Yellow Flag	Outside air is moderate and unhealthy for extremely sensitive students.
Orange Flag	Outside air is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Physical activities should be limited.
Red Flag	Outside air is unhealthy for everyone and activities should be avoided for all students.

Where can I get more information on asthma? Read on...

Stanislaus County Asthma Coalition Telephone: 209-558-4846	Call this site for general asthma information and for available classes.
Stanislaus County Asthma Coalition Online www.stanasthma.org	This online site includes daily air quality forecasts, allergy alert forecasts, and an online asthma control test.
What's Asthma All About? asthma	To watch a streaming video about respiration and asthma, click this link.

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EUSD Complaint Procedures

The Complaint Procedures Handbook may be used by individuals and groups who believe the District has unlawfully discriminated and/or failed to comply with state or federal laws relating to education and employment. Copies of this document are located at each school site and at the district office. For the Spanish version, click here.

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What is the Teacher Book Wizard Widget and how do I use it?

The Teacher Book Wizard is the FREE ultimate children's book search engine.

The widget will help teachers find:

	Book and author information
	Reading levels
	Book-based lesson plans, booktalks and discussion guides
	Series lists

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