Lydia is twelve years old and the daughter

of Owen and Kristin Werth. She has

three older sisters, Gabrielle, Alexandria,

and Victoria and a twin brother, Avery.

She has been dancing since she was 4

years old and it is one of her favorite

hobbies. She started playing basketball

when she was in the fourth grade and

hopes to one day play on the Varsity team.

Lydia says her family would be classified as

her “favorite people” as they have always

Hal loween Monster Mash a Success

Published by Posen PTO November 2011 Volume 3, Issue 2

SPONSORED BY

JASON’S QUICK STOP

Vikings news flash

taught her to never give up. She

listens to all types of music and Selena

Gomez would be her favorite actress.

She has a best friend named Faith, and

her favorite color is pink. It would be

too hard for her to choose one

favorite teacher as she loves them all.

Since her favorite class is Language

Arts, don't be surprised if you find her

with a good book. One of her

favorites is “The Missing Series”.

Lydia says, “I’d like be a teacher

someday, because I love little kids.”

On, Friday, October 21st,

ghosts and goblins from near

and far, and friendly witches,

gathered at the Posen

Elementary Gym for the first

Monster Mash Halloween

Dance. We had approximately

100 Elementary students in

attendance along with their

parents and brothers and

sisters. Music was provided by

Ken Polaski, a former PHS

student, and the children

danced the evening away

while enjoying snacks and

refreshments provided by the

parents and PTO members.

November Birthdays

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

11-6 Michael Tweedie

11-8 Grayson Hincka

11-11 Noell Strzelecki

11-13 Riah Richards

11-14 Connie DeRocher

11-18 Lily Freese

Clinton Hunt

Hailey Lucas

Evan Themel

11-20 Jeremy Styma

11-29 Luke Chappa

11-30 Owinn Comerford

William Hunt

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Thurs., Nov. 3rd & Fri., Nov. 4th Friday classes will be held from 8:00-11:30 am

PTO MEETING

Wednesday, Nov. 9th 6:30pm - Elementary Library

FREE WILDLIFE SERIES Thursday, Nov. 10th

6pm - Rogers City Senior Center

WORLD KINDESS WEEK Nov. 14-20th

NO SCHOOL -Natural Resources Day

Mon. Nov 14th & Tues. Nov. 15th

K of C SPELLING BEE Wednesday, Nov. 16th 12:30pm - High School Library

AVON ORDERS DUE Wednesday, Nov. 16th

PICTURE RETAKES

Friday, Nov. 18th

NO SCHOOL -Thanksgiving Recess

Wednesday, Nov. 23rd Thursday, Nov. 24th

Friday, Nov. 25th

SP OT LI GH T S t u d e n t o f t h e M o n t h

Lydia Werth - 6th grade

K of C Spelling Bee will be

Wednesday, November 16th at

12:30 pm in the High School

Library. All students in grades 4-9

are eligible.

Live owl, bats, and a flying squirrel!

Rogers City Library & Presque Isle

Conservation will offer a Wildlife Series

on Nocturnal Animal Adaptions on

Thursday, November 10th at the Rogers

City Area Senior and Community

Center. 6:00pm - Free Admission!

Have you purchased

your Spirit Wear? Samples & order forms are available in the school office!

Operation Christmas Child helps bring hope

to disadvantaged youth all over the world.

Stop by the front lobby and pick up a box to

fill or any donations (lists can be found in the

lobby) are appreciated. Boxes will be picked

up from our school on Friday, Nov. 18th

SMILING

Smiling is infectious; you catch it

like the flu.

When someone smiled at me to-

day, I started smiling too.

I passed around a corner and

someone saw my grin.

When he smiled, I realized I had

passed it on to him.

I thought about that smile and

then I realized its worth.

A single smile, just like mine, could

travel around the earth.

So if you feel a smile begin, don't

leave it undetected.

Let's start an epidemic quick and

get the world infected. Author Unknown

All students participated in the

Walk for Cancer on Monday,

October 31st. The elementary

students did laps in the Old

Gym while the High School

students did laps in the New

Gym. Ted Beck, of Beck Funeral

Home, donated $1 for every

group lap the students did.

Total raised = $95

World Kindness Day November 13th, 2011

Mrs. Tosch’s 2nd/3rd Grade Class

The second graders have been busily working on our basic addition and

subtraction facts. Speed and accuracy are improving daily. They have also

learned about dinosaurs, fossils, plants, life cycles, and animals. Second and

third graders have been writing stories and improving our vocabularies. Our

spelling words are getting harder and we are up to the challenge. Our third

graders are reading like crazy with Lois and are speed demons. They are

improving their keyboarding skills and vising some cool sites. The early

history of Michigan is also something they are learning. Art has been fun.

Riley Krajniak, Brooke Gersewski,

Macy Kroll, Faith Romel,

Ethan Soik, & George Kroll The next drawing will take place on Monday.

Box top winners are drawn monthly. Each

sheet of ten box tops gets a ticket into the

monthly drawing. Winners get to pick a

prize. The tickets are saved throughout the

year, so you have many chances to win.

Each month the current tickets are drawn,

and then two tickets are drawn from all the

tickets.

BOX TOP$ WINNERS

Mrs. Gagnon’s 6th Grade Class

Candy bar sales: $1 per bar. Students are selling during

lunch and recess. All are encouraged to purchase! Money

for the candy bars are due on November 28th.

BEGINNING NOVEMBER 28: We will be preordering

for candy cane reindeer. Parents can purchase for

students, students can purchase for other students. We

will be taking orders, and delivering to students just be-

fore Christmas break. You can put anything you'd like on

the notes. We will be selling before school, during lunch,

and recess. Candy canes will be $0.75 each

Mrs. Kuchnicki’s art classes are going extremely well, the

students are focused and she says they are a joy to work

with. They will be creating an abstract design using the

basic elements of shape. They have been working on

exercises to encourage artistic confidence and are

searching for those basic elements of shape as they

inspect the world around them. The students will name their

art pieces and display them in the hallway for others to

enjoy. They hope to have them completed within the next

couple of weeks. She had an overwhelming interest, over

fifty students, so she has been running the classes for two

days each week, one day for 5th and 6th grades and the

other for 3rd and 4th grades. Why did the turkey play drums in the band?

Answer: because he already had the drumsticks!

Ba-Nutty Buddy Shake

This shake is for sharing!

Ask an adult for help with the blender.

1. Peel 1 ripe banana, break it into

chucks, and drop it in the blender.

2. Add 1 cup of ice cream or frozen

yogurt, 1 teaspoon of vanilla

extract, and 1/2 cup milk.

3. Blend the mixture until it’s

smooth.

4. Add 2 tablespoons of peanut

butter. Blend the mixture again.

Pour it into cups.

10760 Michigan Ave, Posen, MI 49776

Tel: (989) 766-8220 Hours: Tues - Sat 11am-9pm - Sun: 12-9pm

Good home cookin’

at great prices!

Order in or Carry out

50’s & 60’s Decor

Route 65 Diner & Lounge

Full Lunch & Dinner menu featuring

~Burgers ~Sandwiches ~Wraps

~ Homemade Soups Daily

~Cod ~ Chicken ~ Pork Loin

~Hot Beef & Turkey Sandwiches

And MUCH MORE!!!!!

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT’S DESK

As of Monday, October 31st we have begun our second marking period. It is hard to believe that we have finished our first quarter of the school year. MEAP assessments have been completed and have been shipped out. During our second marking period there will be a lot of changes in our weather. There may be a few days left to where sweatshirts and tennis shoes will be fine to wear outside but please make sure you children have the proper gear when the weather gets colder (and snowier). This means a winter coat, boots, hats and gloves. The days of sandals and shorts are over so let’s make sure our children are dressed appropriately for not only outside but also inside during the school day. Please note on the calendar that Thanksgiving Break will begin on Wednesday, November 23rd this year. School will resume on Monday, November 28th. Our Junior High boys basketball is in full swing and our JV and Varsity boys and girls teams will be revving up shortly. If basketball is your game, there will be plenty of Viking action to catch. It is an exciting time with the holidays fast approaching so I assume that this quarter of the school year will be just as fast as the first. Time flies when you’re having fun and even faster when we have plenty of events lined up to keep all students and their families busy!! I hope you and your families remain healthy through this

transition time in the weather. Until next time…..

Sincerely,

Dru S. Milliron, Superintendent/K-12 Principal

O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O

O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O

Thank you to all our teachers

and staff for their hard work and

dedication that they put in every

day! A special thanks to Mrs.

DeRocher and Mrs. Kuchnicki.

Love, The Paull's

To Cameron and Conner, I love

you and look up to you every-

day! Love, Colton

Thank you to everyone who

helped make the Monster Mash a

success. The Beland’s for the

Straw Bales, the Lucas family for

the corn stalks, the Kasubowski

family and Konieczny’s for the

decorations, the Cousins,

Konieczny’s and Sobeck’s for the

candy bags, and to all the

volunteers who helped decorate,

and tear down. Special thank

you to everyone who brought

snacks, cookies, candy and all the

goodies for the families to enjoy!

- The PTO

Thank you to the PTO for the

nice Monster Mash Dance

- The Students

Wanted!! Baby dolls in very

good condition for our class-

room, With clothes and no hair

is a bonus. Thank You.

-The first grade class

For my 6th graders: Thank

you for being so great this past

marking period! I am very proud

of all of you. Keep it up and we

will have a wonderful rest of the

year! ~Mrs. Gagnon

Tater Tot (Kindergarten) News

Nobody can tell you about what is going on in our

classroom better than the students. Therefore, I will

highlight some students each month to tell what they are

enjoying about kindergarten. (All will be given a chance by

the end of the year.)

*Katelyn Bielas~I like making books in kindergarten. It is fun. I like to read them.

*Gunnar Brunet~ I like when we play in the classroom. It is fun to build with the blocks.

*Harvey Calloway~I like when we do work. I like writing my name, coloring and writing in my journal.

*Owinn Comerford~ I like when we have circle time and we sing songs and dance around.

Welcome to our new kindergarten student, David Jeewek.

He joins up from down south. Here's wishing him a

smooth transition to his new state and school! We now

have 22 students in our class~12 boys and 10 girls. It has

been great getting to know this wonderful bunch of

kindergartners in the first marking period! I am so happy to

see how much they enjoy learning new things! As men-

tioned by the students, we have been very busy with

books, journals, singing, dancing and playing, to name some

of our activities. Also, we had a wonderful Halloween party

and they all looked great in their costumes! I can't wait for

more fun and learning in the months ahead! Happy

Thanksgiving to everyone! I am thankful to work at a

school with such great students, supportive parents and

awesome staff members! Good luck hunters!

Thank you to Mr. Moliterno who so generously gives of his

time by volunteering in our school (mainly the 5th and 6th

grade). It warms the heart to see someone donate their

time so selflessly! We are so thankful and lucky to have

him at our school! (He also volunteers two additional days

at an Alpena school! Wow!)

Thank you to Carrie Sobeck (2nd grader Aden's mom) for

all of her hard work on the newspaper! Also, thanks to

Leslie Konieczny (Halie (1st) and Joey's (2nd) mom) for her

help in getting the newspaper put out! We are so lucky to

have these ladies working so hard on a monthly school

newspaper! (Sorry if I missed anyone else involved!)

Sincerely, Mrs. DeRocher :)

The holidays are just around

the corner and once again the

PTO is putting plans together

for the Annual Holiday

Cookie Walk and Bake

Sale. A big part of the cookie

walks success is families like

you sharing your wonderful

baked goods and sweet treats.

Some of the big sellers from

previous years have been,

baked breads, sugar cookies,

fudge, homemade candy, and

anything with a Christmas

theme. This year along with the

cookie walk and Chinese raffle,

area vendors will be on hand

with their merchandise to help

with your last minute Christ-

mas shopping. The cookie walk

is on December 10th from

10:00 till 2:00. More infor-

mation will soon be coming

home from school with your

children. For now if you have

any questions or if you would

like to be a part of the vendors,

please call Sherri Schellie at

766-2289 or 255-0292.

This Newsletter is published by the Posen PTO. If there is anything you would like to

add or see in our upcoming issues please feel free to contact us! The Newsletter

comes out the first Friday of each month. Deadline is the Monday prior.

www.posenpto.webs.com ~ posen_pto@yahoo.com

Tel: (989) 766-8480

Carie Paull Visit me at the Cookie Walk

December 10, 2011

At the Elementary Gym 10am - 2pm

Scentsy Wickless Candles

I am an Independent Retail Sales Consultant for Scentsy Wickless

Candles. We do home retail parties, basket/book sales and bringing

wonderful wickless scents and warmers to homes and businesses everywhere.

Third Grade Writing Workshop

Over the past two months the third grade class has been working very diligently on narrative and expository pieces. Mrs. Kuchnicki and I have been working together to create lessons to help these students become more proficient in their writing. Before school started, the two of us along with other teachers at Posen School attended a writing conference called Step Up to Writing. This program offers wonderful writing lessons and activities that the students really enjoy. We have already completed our first narrative titled “My Summer Snapshot” which is about a fun activity that they did over the sum-mer. These pieces will be displayed at parent teacher conferences. Currently we are working on another narrative piece about their hobbies. We will wrap up my time teaching writing work-shop with an expository piece about scarecrows which we will research together, and another narrative piece about friendship. I look forward to seeing the progress that each student has made during my time teaching 3rd grade writing workshop. Miss Perrault

Mrs. Lightner’s 5th

grade Journals

Journal prompt was: The best thing about Halloween is or was…

Jared Sharpe—“The best thing about Halloween is going trick or

treating with my friends. But I also love getting candy, candy, and

candy. All kinds of candy. I don’t care. It just has to be my kind of

candy. So, I like all pretty much, but I do not like all. I like most.

Megan Rasmussen—“The best thing about Halloween is trick or

treating. There was a lot of candy. Decorating was fun because we

carved pumpkins and put up a big skeleton on the front window.”

Brooke Ciarkowski—“The best thing about Halloween is the CANDY!

Especially candy from Ace Hard Ware. I took a king size Rolo. It’s a

little circle milk chocolate with caramel in the middle. It’s not gone

now, but soon they will be gone.”

Lilly Lewis—“The best thing about Halloween is can people figure out

who you are. Can people figure out what costume you are wearing?

Can people guess what you are like a cop, care girl, old lady, farmer

or cow girl?”

Anissa Eagling—“My favorite thing about Halloween is going trick-or-

treating and getting lots and lots of candy. The other thing is seeing

all the funny costumes. Then I like to go trick-or-treating with my

friends.”

Paul Styma—“The best thing about Halloween is the candy. I love

candy. I like taffy more than anything. It’s the best.”

Hannah Stone—“The best thing was I got to go trick or treating with

Megan. I also went with her cousins and her brother. Her older

brother was handing out candy. He gave me more than anyone.”

Ryan Tinker—“The best thing about Halloween is the candy. I got so

much my mom is going to donate some of it.”

Grayson Krajniak—“The candy was the best thing about Halloween.

Halloween gives you lots of candy. You get chocolate, chips and

other goodies.”

There is an extra gift catalog for our Elementary Avon

Fundraiser. They are available in the library.

QUIZ Are You a Bit of a Bully?

Have you ever been a bully? “Not me!” you

say. But you may have been without even

realizing it. Take this quiz and find out.

1. You hear your best friend teasing a kid about being overweight. You:

A. Laugh. Your friend said it in a funny way. B. Leave. You don’t want any part of your friends behavior. C. Quietly urge your friend to leave the kid alone. 2. A really embarrassing picture of a kid you know is being sent around. You: A. Show it to everyone around you then forward it to someone else. B. Refuse to accept it, or if it’s electronic, delete it from your phone or email. C. Tell an adult you trust and ask him or her what to do. 3. When your teacher tells you to form groups you notice that the same kids are excluded every time. This time you: A. Hurry to form your group so that you wont get stuck with these kids. B. Don’t worry about those kids someone else will choose them. C. Invite them to your group. No one wants to be left out.

4. A popular group of kids you really want to be friends with asks you to help play a mean trick on someone. You:

A. Play along. They are going to do it with or without you, and this might make you friends with the popular kids. B. Pretend you are not going to be In school the day of the trick so you can’t be part of it. C. Tell them you think it sounds mean and they shouldn’t do it. 5. You see your friend pushing around a kid at recess. You: A. Watch. The kid probably had it coming, and no one else who’s watching is stopping the fight. B. Leave. It isn’t your fight. C. Get a teacher. Your friend may not like it but at least no one will get hurt.

If you answered mostly A: Careful, you could be a bit of a bully. Before you

act, think about how your actions might make others feel.

If you answered mostly B: You don’t bully others, but you don’t stick up for

kids who are being bullied, either. Ask yourself, “How can I help?”

If you answered mostly C: You stick up for kids who are being bullied.

Good for you! Soon others may follow your lead.