The Week of October 24th

 Weekly Newsletter

Lower Elementary Parent Meeting

October 26 at 5:30

Join Zoom Meeting

https://sccpss.zoom.us/j/96788333984

Meeting ID: 967 8833 3984

Please plan to join us Tuesday at 5:30 on Zoom. The Lower Elementary Staff will be hosting a parent information meeting to inform families of:

• A Montessori Day in Lower Elementary
• Grace and Courtesy/ Independence 
• Montessori Materials-Math to abstraction
• At Home Learning Expectations (Triangle)
• Reading Daily/iReady/Math Facts
• Quarantine Expectations

Fall Conferences

We are looking forward to meeting with the rest of our families this Thursday via Zoom, which is linked in the sign up. Meeting Code: 123456 Please note that conferencing is one way that we communicate with families about their children and vice versa. We are looking forward to our discussion! Fall Conference Sign Up

Book Character Pumpkin Patch

Please join in the fun with this favorite Ellis tradition! Students, decorate a pumpkin like your favorite book character (no carving please) and bring it to the media center to share with our school community during the week of October 25th-29th. All pumpkins will be featured that week on the Ellis Media Center Facebook page. 

Click here for the official flyer: Book Character Pumpkin Patch

PTA Wreath Sales

Wreath sales are live now and open through November 1st! The Ellis PTA Health and Wellness committee is holding their annual wreath sale. The proceeds from last year helped purchase the new wooden picnic tables throughout the campus that we are now enjoying.  Erdkinder students were able to put them together for our school community! Please consider making a purchase and/or sharing this information with your friends and family.  The wreaths are fresh and high quality! Please visit the flyer here: PTA Wreath Sale 

Questions? Email Sara Hartley badge7890@aol.com

The Charles Ellis Montessori Academy PTA is thrilled to announce that we will be sponsoring our 10th Annual Read-A-Thon for our students during the month of November.

   

All proceeds from the Read-A-Thon will directly support our school.This year, we will be raising funds to purchase updated Montessori Materials that will be circulated through the media center for classroom use.

Not only will the funds benefit our school, but students will also enjoy time reading (and it is something that can be done as a family). We hope the time your family spends participating in this Read-A-Thon will encourage a love of reading and time spent together supporting a good cause.

Students will be receiving a reading log (also attached below) early this week to track their reading and also to request pledges. Pledges/donations should be submitted to the PTA Read-A-Thon Memberhub website (http://app.memberhub.gives/4ae9be).

Prizes!

Any student, who raises $100 or more, will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair in the media center, which will take place December 6-10, 2021.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ms. Lisa (lisa.odonnell@sccpss.com).

Device

We are now asking that both Blue Jays and Cardinals bring in their device to school daily, fully charged.  Also, remember that students need headphones or earbuds for classroom use as well as in Technology exploration on Thursdays. 

For more information, please click on the link Book It

Fall Pictures

 

• Make-up picture day is scheduled for Tuesday, October 26th.
• If your child is taking make-up pictures, they may dress up on the 26th. Please send uniform for them to change.
• If anyone has questions, they may contact Ms. Lisa (lisa.odonnell@sccpss.com) 

 

Learning Logs

Both Blue Jays and Cardinals are taking home their weekly Learning Logs every Friday.  Please go over the Learning Log with your child and discuss the work they completed and sign it.  Please have your child return the Learning Log Monday.  Filling out a Learning Log is a learning process in itself, so some of them may not have written all of the work they have completed on the log. This will take time, especially for the younger students. 

The purpose behind this is to facilitate conversation about work choices and work completion.  The hope is that the students can explain to you what each work is and what they worked on.  Also, if you notice that they chose mostly math that week and hardly practiced any reading, that is where a discussion can be had about appropriate choices. Most students have the goal of completing one Language, Reading, and Math work each day, and some Cultural (remember that Cultural is considered "big" work and is completed over time). If your child is coming home with an empty learning log yet they are telling you that they are working, perhaps encourage and remind them to write down the work they are completing as they complete it.  These are conversations that we have with the students continually, but of course, in true Montessori fashion, we need the "triangle" to be complete between student, teacher/school, and parent/home in order to be successful.    

Homework 

Students are asked to read nightly for 20 minutes and fill in their reading log. When the log is filled in, bring it in and a new one will go home.  

We are also asking that Cardinals practice math facts nightly for a few minutes using XtraMath for first and second year students and TimesTables.com for third years.  If your child would rather use flash cards or some other type of practice, that is fine. 

Your child will need to use their device to practice reading and math skills twice a week on iReady at home. 

They will also need to get on Amira at home and practice reading at least twice a week. Amira practice can be recorded on reading logs. 

Your child needs to log in to their device using the username (firstname.lastname@students.sccpss.com) and password taped on the computer. Then they will log in to ClassLink and this will give them access to both Amira and iReady. They will just need to click the icon of the app being used.

If they are using a device that was not issued by the school, login to ClassLink through the district website by clicking on "Families and Students", then ClassLink on the right hand side. 

Thursday Explorations

Students have Explorations (PE, Music, Tech, Steam, Spanish, Art) classes on Thursdays. Your child needs to wear sneakers and bring a snack, water bottle, school device and headphones. 

Masks and Water Bottles

Please make sure your child has extra masks in their book bag DAILY. Children need to wear new masks daily and parents should check and replace any masks that have been used throughout the day. Water bottles are a necessity! It is hot outside and there are no water fountains from which our students can drink. There are water bottle refilling stations so students can refill their bottles during the day.  

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE NURSE IS IMMEDIATELY MADE AWARE OF ANY POSITIVE COVID TESTS or CLOSE CONTACT WITHIN A FAMILY. 

Please send an email to Ms. Marianne, Ms. Jazmin and Nurse Chris - christine.oboyle@sccpss.com

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL SICK OR IF EXHIBITING THESE SYMPTOMS:

Fever of 100.4 orally or 99.4 using a thermal device

New cough

Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

Fatigue

Muscle aches or body aches

New loss of taste or smell

Sore throat

Vomiting, diarrhea, or nausea

Congestion or runny nose

Headaches

Wishlist

We have created an Amazon wish list with various items we would love to have for our classroom. Thank you!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/37YRRBS0MZI5D/?ref_=lol_ov_le

*Dates to Remember 

October 25-29- Media Center Book Character Pumpkin Patch

October 26- Make-Up Fall Picture Day

October 26- Lower Elementary Parent Meeting

October 28- GEP Parent Meeting

October 29- Donation Dress Down Day (Supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Georgia/South Carolina)

October 29- Primary Parent Meeting

November 1-30- PTA Read-A-Thon

November 1- Deadline to Purchase PTA Wreaths (Information below)

November 10- PTA Meeting

November 11- Veteran's Day- No School!

November 22-26- Thanksgiving Break- No School