Dear Families,
Our Book Fair has been a huge success! Thank you to all our parent volunteers who have made it so successful and enjoyable for the children.
Our Spirit Games were fantastic once again this season – thank you for coming out to the games! Our last one was this week – volleyball – and our Hawks finished their season with a hard-fought win and an impressive 12-1 record.
This week was Media Literacy Week – while teachers are continuing their activities into November, this week our pre-k students, as part of their 30-day reading challenge, read Sonia's Digital World in library class and they discussed how to make sure you have grownup help when selecting books online. In third grade, they examined and evaluated a variety of media including news headlines, advertisements, photos, and posters.
What a wonderful Halloween Parade today with a festive crowd! And I would say we also had one of the smoothest post-parade early-dismissals ever - of over 100 students! The only way it runs so efficiently and safely is with strict procedures, lots of helpful staff, and cooperative families, so thank you!
LOCKDOWN DRILLS
In the coming weeks and months, we'll be conducting lockdown drills with our children and staff. That said, on Tuesday morning, we'll be conducting a staff-only lockdown drill with the Mt. Pleasant Police Department before the start of parent-teacher conferences. So, if you happen to be driving by and see multiple police cars outside the school on Tuesday, don't be alarmed!
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES: NOVEMBER 3
Parent-teacher conferences are on Tuesday, November 3 (Election Day). There will be a combination of virtual or in-person options, starting at 9:30am, as well as evening slots from 6:00-8:30 for those who are unavailable during the day.
PTC WIZARD IS STILL OPEN AND SLOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
If you're having a virtual conference, remember to log into PTC Wizard and click on the meeting link to join your meeting.
Here is the structure:
**Middle School Grades 5-8: 10-minute conferences (in-person-only from 9:30-11:20am; virtual-only from 12:30pm-3:20pm; virtual-only from 6:00-8:20). 7/8 teachers meet in two-teacher teams, so instead of scheduling through the "teachers" section of PTC Wizard, you go to the "teams" section.
**Elementary School Grades JPK-4: conferences in 20-minute increments (choice of in-person or virtual) - MAKE YOUR SELECTION WHEN YOU REGISTER.
**Related Arts and World Language: conferences in 15-minute increments (choice of in-person or virtual) - MAKE YOUR SELECTION WHEN YOU REGISTER. Note – our Spanish, French, music, library-media, FACS teachers will be at a conference during the day, but they'll be available for all the evening slots. If those don't work and you still want to meet, please reach out to them to schedule a time.
