5th Grade Newsletter August 30, 2017
Dear Parents,
We are so excited to be back in school! We are loving your cute kids. Attached to this letter is a progress report. Please notice any missing assignments. This just shows category totals and missing work, but you can see all of the assignments when you log into Power School. The Flag codes you may see when you look on Powerschool are: Mi=missing, La=late, Ab=absent, Ex=excused, In=incomplete, and Co=collected. Students need to complete and return missing work right away. We are working at using less paper and would like you go to Power School to check your child’s progress and read the newsletter on our class blogs. To find our blogs just go to the South Elementary web page, click on teachers. Just click underneath your child’s teacher’s picture and the blog will be there. Please sign the verification form stating that you have looked at grades and read the class blog. We are sending a copy of our newsletter this time, but you will need to look at our web page next time. If you don’t have your Power School login information you will need to get one from Mrs. Griffith in the front office. We still have quite a few parents who need to sign the electronic forms for Safe Schools and Computer Use. Thanks to those who have already signed them. Again, if you are having trouble, please contact Mrs. Griffith. She can help with Power School and electronic signing.
We want to stress the importance of nightly reading and using the class planners. Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Little’s planner is bright green. These need to be checked daily to help students be successful. The planners need to be signed by a parent and returned each Monday. Also, be encouraging your child to work on Reading Revolution books and reports. The first book report for Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Little is due by Tuesday, September 12. (You should have two or three in if you are working toward the higher goals.) Mrs. Payne’s students use reading response journals instead of planners. They are checked every Wednesday. Mrs. Payne’s students have a book project due in October.
Orchestra will begin next Tuesday, but instruments will not be needed until the next week. If your child is participating in orchestra please send in the blue registration form tomorrow, if you have not already done so. It is not too late to join orchestra!
If you haven’t signed up for the PTA alerts by text or email, you will want to do that soon, so that you will receive the information about the many things the PTA does. Also, please link your Smith’s shopping reward’s card to South Elementary. Lin’s cards can also be linked. We’d love you to send in those box tops, as well. Please send Starving Students cards or the money back tomorrow. We would love it if each child could sell one, but if they can’t please send the card back. We are very appreciative of our wonderful PTA, and are enjoying our new Chromebooks so much!
If you want your child to participate in a Chinese club on Wednesdays from 1:30-2:30 please call Mrs. Griffiths in our front office or send a note with your child. There are only 24 spots for the entire school. Students will learn some basic Chinese and learn about Chinese culture. Students would need to be picked up at 2:30. The running club will also be starting on Wednesdays after school. We are waiting for more information on that.
School Pictures will be on Thursday, September 14. If you want to purchase pictures you must send the packet back by picture day. All students will have their pictures taken, whether you are buying them or not.
We are going on a field trip to Cedar Mountain on Tuesday, September 26. We will be seeing a volcano, Mammoth Caves, and hiking the Alpine Loop at Cedar Breaks. Students need to wear long pants and sturdy shoes. They also need a flashlight or headlamp, because there is no light in the cave. Bringing a jacket and water is also advised. We leave right at 9:00 and return at 3:25 in time for the buses. Parents are welcome to come with us. Please let us know if you want to come.
The next newsletter(blog) and progress report verification slip will be sent home on Wednesday, September 13. Our first Worker’s Holiday will follow soon after that. You will get information about it in the September 13 newsletter.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Little, & Mrs. Payne
3 options to sign up for PTA alerts:
1. APP: download "Remind101" app and enter code: @southel
2. TEXT: send a text to (435) 238-4868 with the message: @southel
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****Parent Conferences will be during the week of Oct 2-Oct. 6. Please let us know right away if a certain day is not good for you, or if you would like to conference in the morning before school (7:45,
8:00, 8:15).
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I have read the August 30 newsletter and have gone over my child’s progress report with him/her.
I am aware that my child has a field trip to Cedar Mountain on Tuesday, September 26.
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(child) (parent signature)
_____My child needs a school lunch on Sept. 26.
_____My child will bring a home lunch on Sept. 26.
_____I would like to go on the field trip to Cedar Mountain with my child.
_____I would like a school lunch ($4.00)
_____I will bring a home lunch
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