2015 March Final - Lexington County School District One

Meadow Glen Elementary School
510 Ginny Lane510 G
Lexington, SC 29072 Phone: 803-821-0400
MARCH 2015
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March Calendar
March 4 Collaborative Planning Day
(Dismissal at 11:40 a.m.)
Career Fair 3rd, 4th and 5th grade
March 6 PTO Car line Sales– Chick fil a
March 8 Daylight Savings Time
March 10 PTO Restaurant Night - Bellacino’s
March 13 No School-2nd Weather Make-up Day
March 16 SIC Meeting 5:15 p.m.
PTO Board Meeting 6:30 p.m.
March 20 PTO Family Movie Night
March 23 Boosterthon Kick off, Pep Rally
LOOKING AHEAD
April 1
Boosterthon Fun Run
April 2
Report Cards Issued
April 3
No School-3rd Weather Make-up Day
April 6-10 Spring Break
MGES is gearing up for our Boosterthon Fun Run. We kick off our
fund raising efforts on March 23, 2015. Rock ’N Town Live is a
music festival theme all about COMMUNITY. This character theme
takes students backstage at a town music festival to learn five traits
that make communities rock. Listed are the character traits that will
be covered during our Boosterthon week.
REMINDERS
1) TRANSPORTATION
CHANGES
Please do NOT send an email
to your teacher or the office.
Please do the following:
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2014-2015 YEARBOOKS:
Meadow Glen Elementary School
Yearbooks remain available for pre-sale. Get yours
now at jostens.com. Click yearbooks and
type in Meadow Glen Elementary.
Pre-order today!
If you have any questions about yearbooks
please contact Michelle Lutz.:
[email protected]
Do not miss this opportunity.
Send a note with your
child
Call the front office ASAP
before 1:45 p.m.
If your child needs to be
dismissed from school
before 2:25 p.m. You must
be present, in the office,
with your ID before 2 p.m.
Meadow Glen Elementary School is
registering NEW students for 4K, 5K, and
NEW First Grade for the 2015-2016
In the event of school delays School Year from 7:30 am to 3:30pm.
You must have the following items
and closings, you will
with you in order to register your child:
receive a call from Lexing2) INCLEMENT WEATHER
ton School District One
through the phone messaging system. You may also
call the district’s 24 hour
pre-recorded message center
at 803-821-1299.
Current electric/water bill
(address zoned for MGES)
Child's long birth certificate
Child's immunization record
Parent driver's license
FROM THE NURSEParents, please remind your children of ways they can stay healthy at school. They should always be washing their hands with
soap and water after using the restroom, before lunch and after coughing or sneezing. Also, please encourage your child to eat
breakfast every morning.. Your child should stay home if they are feeling ill. If your child has a fever over 100 or have had
diarrhea or vomiting within 24 hours they should remain home. This helps prevent the spreading of illness in the classroom.
Lexington County School District One does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability or age in admission to, access to, treatment
in or employment in its programs and activities. The following people have been designated to handle inquiries or complaints. The Chief Human Resources Officer handles inquiries/complaints regarding Title IX. The Director of Middle Schools handles inquiries/complaints regarding Section 504. The Mathematics Coordinator handles
inquiries/complaints regarding Title II. Contact these people if you have questions regarding these issues at 100 Tarrar Spr ings Road, Lexington, SC 29072 and telephone
number (803) 821-1000.
Tech Talk:
Talk to your kids about the safe and responsible way
to use technology. It is never to early to begin
teaching digital citizenship skills at home.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ is a great
website for parents to check out. Look at the "Parent
Concerns" tab for helpful information.
First in Math News:
Our total sticker count is 494,365 and our total math
problems solved are 1,483,095.
The top classes in each grade level at this time are as
follows:
1st Grade: Mrs. Moseley's Class
2nd Grade: Mrs. Dailey's Class
3rd Grade: Mrs. Gladden's Class
4th Grade: Mrs. Lander's Class
5th Grade: Mr. Schultz's Class
Students are continuing to do a great job working in
First in Math and teachers are promoting this
program regularly. Thanks for all of your support at
home too!
MENU CHANGES FOR March 4 & March 12
Cafeteria will serve either a deli wrap or a corn
dog. Both items will be served with carrots and
celery.
WORLD LANGUAGE & CULTURE CELEBRATION
MGES Explorers will be celebrating world languages and
cultures March 23-27. We ask that you help your student
decide your family’s heritage country so that the students
can make flags at school. If you would be interested in
sharing your language and/or culture with our students,
please contact your child’s teacher, or ESOL teachers
Laurie Smith (821-0456) or Bonnie Byrd (821-0543).
MEADOW GLEN PTO
PTO will be selling Chick fil a
Biscuits on Friday March 6th at
carpool. We have increased the
number of biscuits available Friday
morning.
Please join us for a Family Movie
Night on Friday, March 20th at
6:15pm in the MGES cafeteria. Be sure to
get your school pride merchandise before
the show.
Our next PTO Board meeting will
be Monday, March 16th at 6:30pm. We
hope you will attend or send your
thoughts and ideas to
[email protected]
School Job Holders
3rd Nine Weeks
Morning Safety Patrol
 Dana Baca
 Lauren Douda
 Ethan Gerald
 Ayden Higginbotham
 Price Jackson
 MJ Lutz
 Chloe Poteat
Afternoon Bus Patrol
 Ethan Bryant
 Leiney Grace Bryant
 Vitoria Fagundes
 Tanner Price
 Victor Solis
 Kristen Toole
 Bradley Wicker
Morning Flag and
Announcement Helpers

Lilly Bryant

Matt Hallman

Aaniya Haile
Kindergarten Morning Club Helpers
 Neil Patel
 Skylar Velasquez
 Alisha Charpe
 Rylie Dean
 Gage Gaskins
 Luke Wheeler
 Zoie Towner
 Qiraat Shaikh
 Brianna Cavanaugh
March Media Center Newsletter info:
We are excited to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday and Read Across
America the entire first week of March! On Monday, students and
teachers will DROP EVERYTHING to Read! Each day will be a
special spirit wear day:
Monday, March 2: Fox in Sox – Wear crazy Socks Day!
Tuesday, March 3: Cat in the Hat – Wear any hat to honor Dr.
Seuss!
Wednesday, March 4: Stripes Day – Wear Stripes any way you
can!
Thursday, March 5: The Lorax – Speak for the environment!
Wear Green!
Friday, March 6: K-2nd Character Day – Dress as any Dr. Seuss
Character (Optional)
Friday March 6: 3rd-5th Take your favorite Dr. Seuss book
to school
We will also kickoff our Blowfish Reading Program this week. The
Blowfish Reading Program will run between March 2 and March 27.
Students who read a book (book logs will be provided) will be able
to enter the Blowfish game on July 10 free of charge.
See below for reading additional books:
Read 2 books: Earn 1 additional Game Admission
Ticket
Read 3 books: March in the Reading Program Parade
Read 4 books: 1 Free hot dog and a coca-cola
Facebook:
MGES PTO-https://www.facebook.com/MeadowGlenElementarySchoolPTO
MGES School Website:
http://mges.lexington1.net:8042/