EAST BUTLER BULLETIN WHERE FUTURES BEGIN" AUGUST 19, 2014 www.ebutlertigers.org TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 School Picture Day! WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 9:00 A.M. - Aaron Davis Assembly for Grades 7-12 - Gym THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014 Jr. Hi. Football Practice Begins 4:30 P.M. - Softball - Schuyler Triangular FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014 NO SPECIAL ACTIVITIES MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2014 NO SPECIAL ACTIVITIES TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 5:30-6:30 P.M. - Open House 6:30 P.M. - East Butler Booster Club Hotdog Feed - MPR EAST BUTLER OPEN HOUSE: PLEASE JOIN US ON: TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 th FROM 5:00-6:30 P.M. FOR OUR OPEN HOUSE AT THE BRAINARD AND DWIGHT SCHOOLS! COME MEET THE NEW STAFF MEMBERS! 2013-2014 YEARBOOKS HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. If you can't come to the school to pick it up, contact Ms. Widick to arrange delivery (545-2081 or kwidick@ebutler.esu7.org). There are a few extra copies available for purchase at $40 if you missed out on your opportunity to get yours last year. THANK YOU TO HLAVAC WELDING FOR DONATING A BLOCKING CAGE TO THE EAST BUTLER FOOTBALL TEAM. Your time is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your contribution! PARENTS PROMOTING TIGERS: PPT will be offering a free popsicle at the Booster Club Hot Dog Feed on August 26. Please stop by the table for a cold treat and information about the upcoming year. EAST BUTLER FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHT DVD: The East Butler football team will be selling highlight DVDs at the Booster Club Hot Dog Feed on August 26 to recognize the 25th anniversary of the 1989 football state championship. Highlight DVDs are also available from 2006-2013 if you are interested. Each DVD will cost $10.00 with all proceeds going to support the football team attending a Kansas City Chiefs game in late October. Payment will be due at the time of ordering if the DVD is not available. Please contact Mr. Biltoft if you have any questions.
TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM - Become a Mentor for Butler County TeamMates! Apply online at www.teammates.org. East Butler, David City, and Aquinas schools are working together for this wonderful program! If you have any questions or would like to be involved in this program, please contact Mr. Eldridge or Mrs. Simmerman at (402)545-2081 AARON DAVIS PRESENTATION: Aaron Davis will be speaking with our 7-12th grade students on August 20th, at 9:00 a.m. Aaron is not just a speaker "telling" other companies and individuals how to succeed. He is in the trenches every day as the President of his own consulting firm; Aaron Davis Presentations, Inc., the Chief Operations Officer of The Thomas Group, and the co-founder of several other profitable business ventures. Aaron Davis Presentations, Inc. received the Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Minority Owned Business award while Toastmasters International awarded him the Communication & Leadership Award. Rotary International also presented him with the prestigious Paul Harris Fellow Award. In addition, his business management certification seminars for the University of Nebraska have received some of the highest ratings in the program's twenty-four year history! He has authored one book and co-authored two others that are changing the lives of thousands. His best friend is his wife Brooke and his greatest treasures are his children; sons Aden & Keenon and daughter Niya. IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure your child s safety and send a note! If your child is not riding the bus as they usually do, a note from a parent has been requested for the drivers. If a note from the parent is not supplied, the student will be taken to their regular destination. Students should not write their own notes or give just a verbal notice of the change in plans. This should eliminate any question of the parent s intentions for the student. It would also be very helpful for all students to know their after school plan before they get to school in the morning. Please try to limit calls to the office making last minute changes. This creates confusion for everyone. Your attention to this matter is appreciated. Thank you. PK-6 STUDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT IF THEY ARRIVE TO SCHOOL BEFORE 8:00 A.M. THEY ARE TO REPORT TO THE WRESTLING ROOM. They are not to be in any other part of the building. Also if they are not part of a teacher-sponsored activity, they are not to be in the building after 3:26 P.M. ATTACK ON ASTHMA NEBRASKA - With the common mission of preventing deaths at school from asthma or anaphylaxis, the Nebraska Department of Education and Attack on Asthma Nebraska partnered to provide schools with one consistent emergency plan - Emergency Response to Life-Threatening Asthma or Systemic Allergic Reactions (Anaphylaxis) - and education, training and life-saving medications. The Nebraska State Board of Education approved a revision for its Rule 59 mandating an asthma/anaphylaxis protocol for all accredited schools, approved schools and approved early childhood education programs in Nebraska. We are asking all parents of students with Asthma or Anaphylaxis to fill out the Emergency Care Plan Form which we will keep on file in the school. Please stop by the office if you need this form.
SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS NEEDED: If interested, please contact the Brainard office 402-545-2081. East Butler will pay for your license and physical. Sub route drivers will receive $20 per bus route. TOPP NOTE: DEAR FAN: As we begin another school year and Activity Season, all of us associated with the programs and activities here at school would like to remind you of some very important tips that will make your viewing of high school athletic contests and other events more enjoyable. 1. Please be a fan and not a fanatic. We will enjoy the games and activities and want to cheer our teams on to victory, but remember positive reinforcement of great plays does more for an athlete than a negative comment. Remember good plays happen on both sides of the ball. If you see an opponent do something great, acknowledge it. We want our teams to play the best so that we can be our best. 2. Sportsmanship is the strongest educational lesson we teach in athletics and activities. Remember that you are a teacher while in the stands. Help us all to teach a lesson that will last a lifetime. Do not confuse sportsmanship with the idea that nice guys finish last. Good sports do finish first on the scoreboard and in life. 3. Officials of any activity have a very difficult and thankless job. Don t make their job harder by second guessing calls or decisions that may not have been made the way you see it. Remember the official is much closer to the action than you are and has very little interest in the outcome of the game, who wins or who loses. Their only objective is to maintain an even playing field for all participants. 4. Help us welcome opposing teams and make their stay at our school a good experience. Remember, next year we will be back at their school. Treat opposing schools and their fans and players with all the respect that we would expect when we come to their school. 5. If you bring young children to the game, make sure that they sit with you and watch the game. Children learn from imitation. They will learn to be good participants and good spectators from what they see. Children running up and down the bleachers or in front of the crowd only detract from the game and hurt those that are playing. Always remember that the show is on the floor. 6. Always report unsportsmanlike behavior to the supervisors that are on duty. At our school, we place a real premium on having our staff supervise contests. There are always plenty of people ready to help. We will do everything within our power to make sure that you enjoy the great contest that you come to see. 7. The Nebraska School Activities Association is asking all member schools to strictly enforce their restrictions regarding spectators standing during the entire game and also rushing onto the playing surface following the conclusion of a game. We will likewise ask that all fans, both home and away, follow this request. Good sportsmanship is a continual process before, during, and after each contest. 8. Finally, many individual conferences and the Nebraska Coaches Association award Sportsmanship Trophies to schools that exhibit the most exemplary sportsmanship in a particular tournament, sport season or year. By making the winning of such an award a school and community goal we will go a long way in showing others what an outstanding school and community we have.
EAST BUTLER BOOSTER CLUB HOTDOG FEED - The East Butler Booster Club Hotdog Feed (hot dog, chips, & soda for a free will donation) will be August 26 at 6:30 P.M. in the MPR for all coaches, sports participants, parents, and fans to order t-shirts and booster club items. Parents that have a 9 th -12 th grader playing sports are encouraged to pay a $10 Family Booster Club Fee. Parents, you can pay your $10 family dues at the Hot Dog Feed, drop off in the school office, or give to Kelly Havlovic. HEAD LICE REMINDER: Parents, please be on the lookout for signs and symptoms indicating that your child has contracted head lice. The most common symptom is intense itching on the back of the neck and head. If you observe your child scratching excessively in this area, check his/her head for nits and lice. 1. Watch for signs of head lice, such as frequent head scratching. Anyone can get head lice...mainly by head-to-head contact but also from sharing hats, brushes, and headrests. Lice do not jump or fly, they do crawl. Pets do not get head lice. 2. Check all family members for lice and nits (lice eggs) at least once a week. Only those infested should be treated. Lice, which hatch from nits, are reddish-brown wingless small insects that survive on human blood. They have 6 legs equipped with claws to grasp the hair. They can live for as long as a month, laying five to nine eggs a day. Nits are grayishwhite, always oval shaped and are glued at an angle to the side of the hair shaft. Nits will not wash off or flake off. Lice hatch, from nits, in about 1 week and are fully mature in 9-12 days. 3. Be sure not to confuse nits with hair debris such as bright white irregularly-shaped clumps of dandruff stuck to the hair shaft or elongated segments of dandruff encircling the hair shaft and easily dislodged. Lice treatment is not appropriate for hair debris. 4. Consult your pharmacist or physician before applying or using lice treatment pesticides when the person involved is pregnant, nursing, has allergies, asthma, epilepsy, pre-existing medical conditions, or has lice or nits in the eyebrows or eyelashes. Never use a pesticide on or near the eyes. 5. There are several over the counter shampoos that are effective. Nix Cream Rinse is very effective and leaves a protective residue on the hair to help prevent re-infestation, however it takes 12-24 hours to kill the lice. Remember, all lice-killing products are pesticides. Follow package directions carefully and with caution. Be sure to use the suggested amount which is usually one bottle per person. Use the product over the sink, not in the tub or shower. Always keep the eyes covered. Manual removal is the best alternative whenever possible and especially when treatment products have failed. It is important to comb out all of the nits. No lice treatment can guarantee success with a single application. Read the directions to see when a second application is recommended. If these treatments fail call your physician and ask for alternatives. 6. Remove all nits. This assures total lice treatment. Separate hair in sections and remove all attached nits with a lice comb, by pulling them off the hair shaft with your fingernails, by cutting them out or by removing the shaft of hair that they are glued on to. Removing all of the nits is the most important part of treatment. 7. Wash bedding, towels, and recently worn clothing (including hats and coats) in hot water and dry in hot dryer. Combs and brushes may be soaked in hot water for 10 minutes or overnight in a solution of 1/8 cup ammonia or bleach to four cups water. Lice can survive for up to 48 hours off the human scalp. Place all non-washable items such as pillows, dolls, and stuffed animals in a plastic bag for 10-14 days, remove and shake out before allowing back in your house. 8. Avoid lice sprays. Vacuuming is the safest and best way to remove lice or fallen hairs with attached nits from upholstered furniture, mattresses, carpets, pillows, and car seats. 9. Notify your child s school if you suspect or are sure that your child has lice. This allows the school staff to be on the look out for other cases of lice and is a good chance for the school to remind the other parents to be watching for signs of lice on their family members.