School Newsletter: June 2024 - Schoenbaum Family Center

A. Sophie Rogers teachers Luanda Cunningham, left, and Ashley Keener stand together smiling, each with an arm behind the back of the other. Luanda holds a large glass vase in her right hand, and the vase is filled with a variety of colorful flowers. Ashley holds to face the camera a card on which is written "THANK YOU." — A. Sophie Rogers teachers Luanda Cunningham, left, and Ashley Keener show off the flowers and card they received during National Teacher Appreciation Week.

Hello A. Sophie Rogers’ families! Below please find information about upcoming events, key information, resources, and more.

UPCOMING EVENTS & CLOSURES

To see all upcoming events or to subscribe to the school’s event calendar, visit this page. If you would like to download a printable list of closure dates for the year, go here.

Wednesday, June 19

Juneteenth Day Holiday
SCHOOL CLOSED

Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5

Independence Day Holiday
SCHOOL CLOSED

NEWS

National Teacher Appreciation Week Recap

On Monday, May 6, teachers received gift bags from The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, of which the school and the Schoenbaum Family Center are part. The following day (Tuesday, May 7), teachers were treated to a breakfast in the staff lounge prepared by the school’s chefs! Chair massages from massage therapists with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center were available for teachers on Wednesday, May 8 and the following day (Thursday, May 8), teachers received gifts from the school and from the families of students. We ended the week on Friday, May 9, with a catered lunch provided for the school’s teachers.

Families and children brought flowers to add to vases in the classrooms and throughout the week made thank you cards for classrooms. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped to celebrate and appreciate ASR teachers! They are amazing!

Final YogARTS Session Recap

Adults and small children stand on one leg on yoga mats while holding both hands in the air during a yoga class. — Families participate in the final YogARTS class of the school year.

The capstone session of the Wexner Center for the Arts Partnership YogARTS @ SFC was a tremendous success. During the session, families joined yoga teacher Deja Redman in a journey of mindfulness and imagination, as the children metamorphosized into butterflies.

Over the course of this once-monthly movement and artmaking project, YogARTS has built a connection between families and has provided healthy transition techniques for grownups and their children. And to further support children in their emotional wellness at school, ASR staff participated in a professional development session with the Replenish teachers. Teachers will utilize the mindfulness and breathing techniques children learned in YogARTS to build their social-emotional skillsets in the classroom.

A small child stands on her right foot on a yoga mat, with her left foot raised and knee bent and her arms raised above her head with her hands touching. A woman is on the mat to the child's left in a similar pose but with her arms bent and hands near her abdomen. — The YogARTS sessions guided families toward health and mindfulness.

A small child wearing butterfly wings made from orange construction paper stands facing a woman seated on a yoga mat wearing a headset microphone. The woman, a yoga instructor, smiles at the child. — During the session, the children pretended to change into butterflies.

A small child wearing butterfly wings made of pink construction paper rests flat on her stomach on the chest of a man who is lying on his back on a yoga mat. — Families bonded during the YogARTS sessions.

Social Work Intern Ari Dilliard graduates!

A woman wears a black graduation gown and holds in her left hand a black mortar-board cap with gold-colored tassel. Over the gown she is wearing a kente-style scarf with the colors black, yellow, green and red. — Congratulations, Ari, on your graduation!

Congratulations again to Ari Dilliard on her graduation from the College on Social Work at The Ohio State University’s spring commencement in May!

We wish Ari all the best as she pursues her master’s degree in social work at Cleveland State University in the fall!

2024-2025 A. Sophie Rogers School Calendar

The 2024-2025 school calendar, showing the dates when the A. Sophie Rogers School is closed to classes, is now available online on our website. A PDF of the school calendar is also available for download. Hard copies of the calendar will also be distributed in mailboxes.

Check the school website and newsletter often throughout the year to learn of exciting family programming and opportunities that come up throughout the school year!

Library Update

Many thanks to families for turning in their library books! This makes our summer inventory project go much smoother. The school’s library will be closed from June 5-11 as Miss Sarah is out of the office. Checkouts can still be done at the self-checkout station at throughout the week.

To celebrate Juneteenth, Ilyas H.’s family is going to share their family’s traditions in a library display of photographs. If your family has special Pride or Juneteenth traditions they would like to share in a display, feel free to contact Sarah at simpson.962@osu.edu.

New library programs to check out this summer are the ASR Summer Reading Challenge and the Snack Pack program in Weinland Park. For more information about these two new programs, see the June events calendar.

JUNE ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES AROUND COLUMBUS

If you want more information on an event, you can click on the event name in the left column, which will open a webpage from the event organizers in a new browser tab.