PRINCIPAL'S CORNER

SANFORDVILLE VIES FOR FEDERAL 2012 BLUE RIBBON AWARD

January 11, 2012

Dear Parents of Sanfordville Elementary School Students,

It gives me a great deal of pleasure and pride to inform you that Sanfordville Elementary School has been selected by the New York State Education Department as a NY State Nominee to the US Department of Education for the 2012 Blue Ribbon Award.  Our nomination is based on the 2011 Grades 3-5 English Language Arts and Mathematics’ assessments under the category “Exemplary High Performing Schools”. Our next step is for our professional staff to complete the application by March 2, 2012.

Please note that only 19 schools received this distinction in four different categories.  In essence, we are one of the top five choices statewide for this wonderful recognition.

On behalf of our entire staff and teachers, I thank you for your educational support and strong parental interest in making Sanfordville students, “Pioneers for the 21^st Century”.

Yours truly,

Roger Longfield, Principal

Sanfordville Elementary School

2011-12 Welcome Letter from Principal Roger Longfield 

Dear Sanfordville Families for the 2011-2012 School Year,

First and foremost, I want to either welcome you back or welcome you for the first time to Sanfordville Elementary School!

Number-wise, we will have close to 700 students in our building. Please remember that students are expected to go to their classrooms at 8:35 a.m., with school officially starting at 8:45 a.m. Our school day ends at 3:15 p.m.

This year as you enter the halls of Sanfordville Elementary School, look up and you will see that we have given street names to our hallways and corridors. This was done to highlight two of the new and exciting things that are planned for this school year. The street names will help you learn and practice to be polite, accountable, make wise choices and always think safety first. If you notice the first letter of each word underlined spells “PAWS”. Since the black bear is our school mascot, we have adopted these behaviors to promote and support an effective and safe learning environment.

The other reason for the street signs is that we are going to have a letter and mail system in our school. Each and every staff member and every student will have a mailing address according to their street and room location. You will be able to write to friends, people you want to get to know, and maybe your favorite teachers. It should be a lot of fun.

As you probably are aware, we lost the services of Meeter-Greeter for this coming school year. In order to fill this void, we first of all developed a new plan for morning arrival and afternoon student pick-ups who do not take the bus. Secondly, our main entrance is only available through a surveillance system 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

In the morning, please follow the signs to our Parent Drop-Off Point for students where the students can enter the school. Then, in the afternoon, those parents who have requested to pick up their child(ren) will be required to enter the same door as the morning drop off and proceed directly to our cafetorium beginning at 3 p.m.
Office staff will then release the students directly to you after signing them out. We hope that these procedures will ensure the safety of our students.

Finally, the student class placement letters will be forthcoming, and please reference the 2011-2012 Sanfordville Elementary Student Handbook online by visiting www.warwickvalleyschools.com and clicking on Sanfordville home page link.

Yours truly,

Roger Longfield, Principal