Wednesday, January 6, 2016

School Messenger 1/6/2015

School Messenger from Principal Graf
January 6, 2016
Welcome back to school Explorer students and families! This is Mrs. Graf, school principal with a weekly update.

The beginning of the week was great with students on task and ready to learn in school.  It was good to see our students so excited to share out about their time away from school and their holiday adventures.  I hope that you too enjoyed the down time away from the everyday schedules and hub-bub.

I want to thank our PTA and all of the parents that attended our PTA meeting last night.  We had a good turnout but always invite you to attend and participate in our meetings.  We are doing this Explorers!  We have grown so much over the last six months and will continue to work towards making East Garner Elementary a great place for learning and teaching. It is our hope as a school faculty that we will collaborate and partner with the greater school community to ensure that our students achieve academic excellence and the leadership skills that they will need to be successful in their futures.  By working together great things are possible for our school.

Speaking of the PTA-we need 10 more families to join the PTA.  We are working towards the Gold Key Award and we presently have 161 members.  This is awesome!  Let’s make it that number be outstanding!  In order to get the award we need to have increased our PTA memberships. If you haven’t yet joined the PTA, please consider joining this group of dedicated parents.  

Open House is Here!  Our Open House is scheduled for January 13th at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.  Select staff will be in attendance.  This event is for new families interested in attending EGES in 2016-2017 school year.   Do you know a prospective family interested in attending East Garner Elementary School beginning with the 2016-2017 school year? Please spread the word about our Open House.  Please R.S.V.P. to our school data manager, Mary Horton, at (919) 773-7404 to reserve your spot on our tour.  The session and tour will last approximately 30-45 minutes.  If at all possible, we ask that it is “adults only” as we will be moving in and out of classrooms in the morning session.

This Week:
1/6/2015:  mCLass Window Opens-Please make sure you send your child to school on time so that we can complete your child’s reading assessment and be able to share that information with you.
1/8/2015: Character Kick Off:  Introduction of January’s Character Trait: Self-Discipline.
Next Week:
1/13/2015 Open House  with tours at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.  
1/15/2015  Early Release & Staff Development.  1/15/2015 End of 2nd Quarter
Looking Ahead:
1/18/2015 No School:  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. No school for students.
1/19/2015 Teacher Work Day:  No School for Students.

Lastly parents, be on the lookout for information regarding a special Report Card Night for each grade level.  This will be a time when parents can learn about the curriculum expectations for the quarter, dig deeper into the Parent Home Connect letter and review your child’s progress on the report card.  Report cards will not be sent home.  Report cards will be given out at report card night.  

Questions? Please call the school at 919-773-7411.  All of this information will go out on the Principal’s Desk Blog and will be posted on the school website.  Always Explorer Proud,  Mrs. Graf