Eunice Smith Elementary School
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Dear Eunice Smith Families, Welcome to another exciting year at Eunice Smith Elementary. The students have really gotten off to a great start! They have spent the first few weeks learning the school rules and classroom routines. As you know, the students have a lot to learn this year and we will need your support to make sure they reach their grade level benchmarks. Therefore, please make sure you are checking your child’s homework folder each day and communicating with their teacher frequently. I also encourage you to have your child participate in our “Excellent Reader” program by reading to/with them each night and completing their reading log. Please feel free to contact the school any time you have questions or concerns. The staff and I are looking forward to working with all of you to establish a strong home-school connection.
Excellent Attendance Matters!! Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success—both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get better grades, develop healthy life habits, and have a better chance of graduating from high school. When kids are absent for an average of just two days of school per month—even when the absences are excused– it can have a negative impact. These absences can affect kids as early as Kindergarten. For example, young elementary school students who miss an average of just two school days per month often have difficulty keeping up with their peers academically and tend to fall behind in reading. But when students are able to read on grade level by the end of third grade, which is when kids transition from learning to read to reading to learn, they are three to four times more likely to graduate high school and attend college, post-graduate, or professional development classes than their peers who struggle with reading.
Reach Out and Read Program On Tuesday, September 3rd we kicked off our morning reading program for our first grade students. We are still looking for volunteers that can come in one morning a week or even one morning a month to listen to our students read. The program runs Tuesday-Friday from 7:40am-8:10am. If you are interested in helping or know someone that would be, please call the office at 463-2077. Spirit Wear This year I would like to encourage the students to show their Redbird Pride by wearing their favorite Redbird t-shirt or something red every Friday. If you need an order form, please contact the office. The money we raise will be used to purchase incentives for our students!!
PTG News Our first PTG (Parent Teacher Group) meeting will be Monday, September 9th at East Elementary We are in need of your help to make our fundraisers successful. We are currently selling the Discount Cards. We have extended the due date to September 18th. |
Students will be released for Parent Transportation at the South end of the building. Car tags have been issued to many parents in order to allow for a smooth exodus at the end of the day. If you regularly pick up your student and do not have a car tag, you may want to register for one. If you do not have a car tag, you will need to sign your student out at that exit.
Students will not be released from the front lobby after 2:40 pm in order to maintain a secure environment for students exiting to the buses.
If transportation arrangements change during the day, please notify the office no later than 1:45 pm in order for us to efficiently notify your student with as few classroom interruptions as possible. Emergencies do arise and we can make exceptions, however, please help us to be excellent in our education of your child.
Dress Code Reminders
- Students should not wear shirts that show their midsection or that have spaghetti straps. Shirts should cover their shoulders.
- Shorts and/or skirts that are too short or any other clothing that has undue exposure of the body are not allowed.
- Pants should not sag.
- Slogans on shirts cannot promote drugs, alcohol or tobacco or display profanity.
- Safe footwear must be worn at all times. Flip-flops are not to be worn.
- Tennis shoes should be worn on P.E. days.
- Hats or other head covers are not to be worn in the building.
Field Trips
Fields Trips are part of the instructional program. First-hand observation clarifies ideas, stimulates writing and speech, and makes a variety of areas in the curriculum more meaningful for children. During the field trip, the teacher supervises the group of students. Parents are frequently asked to accompany classroom groups and assist in supervising on field trips.
Parents who would like to assist on field trips are required to read the Volunteer Handbook and to complete and return the Volunteer Liability Wavier Form and the Chaperone Form at least two days before the trip is taken. Chaperone Forms must be filled out for each field trip.
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