Panda` Principal Post - Spann Elementary School
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Panda` Principal Post - Spann Elementary School
On our way, on the MOVE every day, to be WORLD class! ht t p : / / s p a n n . d d t w o . o r g Volume 40, Issue 9 May 2015 Panda’ Principal Post Shane Sanford, Principal Marcy Brown, AP 843-873-3050 WORLD CLASS THANKS: I want to thank all parents, students, and staff Important Dates May 7-8 PASS testing 4th-5th May 14 PTA/SIC Meeting 6pm May 19 Splash into Kindergarten 6pm May 22 Terrific Kids 8am Reading Carnival 5th Grade Dance 2-4pm for making our new theme come to life this year. We are truly “on our way, on the MOVE every day, to be WORLD class.” Our students have shown Wisdom, Organization, Responsibility, Leadership, and Discovery daily. You, parents, have supported our instructional and social programs. Our STEAM Night/Book Fair Night was attended by hundreds! We are looking forward to more WORLD class happenings at Spann in 2015-16! 2015-16 UPCOMING DATES/INFO: Join our official Spann Elementary School FACEBOOK page (the one with Spanndy the traveling panda as the profile picture) for up to the minute updates and info. We’ll keep it full of news over the summer, too. Facts and Fees registration will be 7 am to 7 pm on Aug. 4-5, Meet the Teacher is Aug. 13 from 6 pm to 8 pm, and the first day of school is Aug. 17. Remember that school hours will be 7:15 to 2:15 next year. Everyone will have to adjust their alarm clocks so that students are not tardy to school and miss instruction! Have a Spanntastic summer! May 26 Field Day 4th/5th May 27 into K Field Day 2nd/3rd Who: will be in Kindergarten next May 28 school year Field Day K/1st Where: May 29 Spann Spirit Day Report Cards Go Home LAST Day of School 4 year olds who Please join us for an information session about your child entering Kindergarten. Prizes will be given away! Spann Media Center When: May 19th at 6pm Dorchester School District Two will assume management of school bus operations at the end of the school year At the April 13th school board meeting, the Dorchester School District Two Board of Trustees voted to take over the operation and maintenance of the school bus transportation system at the close of the 2014-2015 school year. The district will not renew the contract with Durham School Services who has managed bus transportation service for the district since 2011-2012. After an extensive review of district bus operations over the past months, district officials reported that the district could operate the bus transportation system more efficiently and more economically. By taking over bus operations rather than outsourcing this service, it is projected that the district would save approximately $200,000 in the proposed district operating budget. In addition, the school district and school board have worked toward improvement of student bus service this year with several initiatives, such as the purchase of 15 additional school buses for next year. Preschool Story Time at the Spann Parent Involvement Center! What Fun!!! Stories, music and movement, games and crafts and sometimes snacks! Children get a free book/material to take home each time! Preschool story time meetings help give parents the skills needed to promote early literacy development for their children. Children also learn to interact with other children from this group experience. Resources available!!! Materials are available for check out from the parent involvement center for preschool and older children. Our next story time will be May 6th from 9-10:00 am! Please call 843-695-2995 or email [email protected] to reserve your space. Field Day schedule: Tuesday, May 26th -8:30-10:30-4th grade 11:45-1:45-5th grade Wednesday, May 27th - 8:30-10:30-2nd grade 11:45-1:45-3rd grade Thursday, May 28th -8:30-10:30-Kindergarten 11:45-1:45-1st grade Volunteer needed to make SNO-CONES, please call Myranda Foether at 843-513-0907. From the : Dorchester School District Two is proud to announce the launch of our new website platform. On June 8th, 2015 we will transition from our current School Fusion platform to Edline. In order to make the transition successful for all of our users, we are encouraging parents, students and staff to save any personal files currently stored on School Fusion to an alternate location. As of June 8th, you will no longer be able to access websites or files on School Fusion. Thanks to community feedback, we have organized our new websites to allow for ease of navigation in order to effectively communicate with the Dorchester School District Two community. Parents will have the ability to quickly access up-to-date information on what is happening in the district and their child’s school. We will keep you informed regarding web site features and the progress of the transition. http://spann.ddtwo.org If your student has medication at the school, PDK Elijah Smith 4K1 Ricardo DeCastro 4K2 Jacquez Flott KA Chandler Trinidad KB Elijah Flatt KC Jozia Hicks The Spann PTA has many positions that are open or soon will be. We need your help to keep doing all the things that the PTA does at Spann. KD Chloe Carr Hospitality chair: (training available) main responsibility is managing 3 events per year… the Grandparents breakfast in September, Donuts for Dads in November and Muffins for Moms in April KE Bryce Kuhl KF Lily Stecko 1A Caleb Jenkins 1B Jayden Bryan 1C Alexander Thompson 1D Katlyn Walsh 1E Deisy Gonzalez 1F Karmen Nelson 1G Aiden Pickett 1H Makayla Briggs 2A Aubrey Rillorta 2B Kyle Weathers-Brown 2C Robert Sumersett 2D Caleb Yeager 2E J’Metrius Stanley 2F Ahyanee Bronson-Villarreal please pick it up by end of school year. For safety reasons, we do not send medication home with students. A parent or guardian must pick up the medication. If your child’s medicine is not picked up, it will be discarded. Please stop by the Nurse’s Office to pick up your child’s medicine by MAY 29, 2015. Help Wanted Spirit day popcorn member: (NEEDED ASAP-training available) 2 or more people needed to make popcorn for all classrooms on Spirit days: May 22nd. Membership chair: (training available) the bulk of this position is in August, September and October. Managing PTA memberships and sending in a monthly statement telling how many members our PTA has. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AT SPANN PLEASE CALL MYRANDA FOETHER 843-513-0907 Dorchester Two’s GATE Summer Reading List Summer 2015 Reading is an essential skill for all academic work, and the more students read, the better readers they become! Wide recreational reading can extend vocabulary, increase comprehension, and stimulate higher order thinking. We want the best learning experiences for our children in Dorchester Two! Every student participating in Dorchester Two’s Gifted & Talented Education (GATE) program has been asked to read the following novels this summer: th Rising 4 grade GATE students – Choice of one of the following: The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare, Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks 2G Cuahutemoc Ramirez 3A Shaelyn Pugh th 3B Grace Bower 3C Ja’Davion Hicks 3D Hannah Turnbull 3E Morgan Lewis 3F Joshua Barrus 4A Dedrien Medlock 4B Zakkary Culleny 4C Jayden Diaz-Jones 4D Gavin Smith 4E Campbell West 4F Amari Johnson 5A Katy Hernandez 5B Drake Pickett 5C Qi Lin 5D Dominic Thompson 5E Emily Tartt 5F Abigail Murray Rising 5 grade GATE students – Choice of one of the following: Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Buddy by M.H. Herlong, Ungifted by Gordon Korman Rising 6th grade GATE students – The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen If you would like to order a copy, you may place an order using the form in your child’s red folder. Please make checks out to Spann Elementary . It’s the end of the year! Please return all library books by May 15th. If you have lost a book or owe for damages, please take care of this by May 22nd. You will be notified via library notice if your child owes for any outstanding books or fines. Our 3rd annual Reading Carnival is coming up on May 22nd! Each grade will have a designated time to play at the carnival and all students will get to participate! However, students in grades 2 – 5 should be working hard to meet the quarterly reading goals they set with their teacher. This will help them earn extra games and passes to slides and jump castles! Meeting the goal involves not only reading books, but also passing the Reading Counts quizzes. Special thanks to our PTA for funding our Spanntastic day! We will need lots of volunteers to help out that day. If you can help, please contact our media specialist, Donna Merrithew, at [email protected] or 873-3050.