Elementary School News January 12-16, 2015


 

VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS

 
 

 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS

 

Volume 2 Issue 20                          January 12-16, 2015

 
   

The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students

to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.

 

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

The Vance County Board of Education meets on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson.

 

A Teacher Talk session will be held on Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. for first and second-year teachers in school locations.

 

Friday marks the end of the second nine-week grading period and the first semester of the school year.

 

SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK

 

Zeb Vance Elementary: (Monday, January 12) – PTA meeting at 6:30 p.m.

 

L.B. Yancey Elementary: (Monday, January 12-Friday, January 16) – Round Up International Pen Pal Week

 

E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Tuesday, January 13) – Pre-kindergarten field trip to Marbles Museum in Raleigh

 

Carver Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – Clubs/PLC for grades 3-5

 

E.M. Rollins Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – Math Night from 6 to 7 p.m.

 

E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – PTO business meeting at 5:30 p.m.

 

Zeb Vance Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – Science Night from 5 to 7 p.m.

 

E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Friday, January 16) – Specials Rewards during specials times

 

Zeb Vance Elementary: (Friday, January 16) – Earn Block 9 of PBIS

 

UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS

 

Monday, January 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. All schools and school system offices are closed.

 

Tuesday, January 20-Wednesday, January 21: Teacher workdays, except at Early College High. No school for students.

 

Thursday, January 22: First-grade swimming for Accelerated Reader rewards at the Aycock Recreation Center at Aycock Elementary

 

Thursday, January 22: Clubs/PLC for grades K-2 at Carver Elementary

 

Thursday, January 22-Friday, January 23: PBIS Review at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Friday, January 23: Second-grade swimming for Accelerated Reader rewards at the Aycock Recreation Center at Aycock Elementary

 

Friday, January 23: PBIS Dance at L.B. Yancey Elementary

 

Monday, January 26: Leadership Team meeting at 3:30 p.m. at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Monday, January 26-Friday, January 30: Benchmark Week in reading, math and science for grades 3-5

 

Tuesday, January 27: The One Step Above Reading Club hosts a special program, “Echoes from the Past and Hope for the Future,” at 1:30 p.m. at Carver Elementary

 

Wednesday, January 28: Principal’s Breakfast at Carver Elementary

 

Thursday, January 29: Report cards are distributed

 

Thursday, January 29: Clubs/PLC for grades 3-5 at Carver Elementary

 

Thursday, January 29: Ronald McDonald Assembly on Anti-Bullying at 1:30 p.m. at L.B. Yancey Elementary

 

Thursday, January 29: Awards Day and Block Party at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Friday, January 30: Earn Block 1 for PBIS at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Tuesday, February 3: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary

 

Tuesday, February 3: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Thursday, February 5: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary

 

Thursday, February 5: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Tuesday, February 10: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary

 

Tuesday, February 10: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Thursday, February 12: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary

 

Thursday, February 12: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Tuesday, February 17: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary

 

Tuesday, February 17: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

Wednesday, February 18: Early Release Day due to staff development sessions in the afternoon. Elementary and high school students will be dismissed at 12 p.m. and middle school students will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. The STEM Early High School will dismiss students at 11:45 a.m.

 

Friday, February 20: Interim progress reports are distributed at elementary and middle schools

 

 

 

 

 

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send the information to Terri Hedrick, public information officer, at thedrick@vcs.k12.nc.us.