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VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS |
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
Volume 2 Issue 20 January 12-16, 2015 |
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The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. |
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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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. |
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A Teacher Talk session will be held on Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. for first and second-year teachers in school locations. |
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Friday marks the end of the second nine-week grading period and the first semester of the school year. |
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SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK |
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Zeb Vance Elementary: (Monday, January 12) – PTA meeting at 6:30 p.m. |
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L.B. Yancey Elementary: (Monday, January 12-Friday, January 16) – Round Up International Pen Pal Week |
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E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Tuesday, January 13) – Pre-kindergarten field trip to Marbles Museum in Raleigh |
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Carver Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – Clubs/PLC for grades 3-5 |
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E.M. Rollins Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – Math Night from 6 to 7 p.m. |
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E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – PTO business meeting at 5:30 p.m. |
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Zeb Vance Elementary: (Thursday, January 15) – Science Night from 5 to 7 p.m. |
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E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Friday, January 16) – Specials Rewards during specials times |
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Zeb Vance Elementary: (Friday, January 16) – Earn Block 9 of PBIS |
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UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS |
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Monday, January 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. All schools and school system offices are closed. |
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Tuesday, January 20-Wednesday, January 21: Teacher workdays, except at Early College High. No school for students. |
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Thursday, January 22: First-grade swimming for Accelerated Reader rewards at the Aycock Recreation Center at Aycock Elementary |
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Thursday, January 22: Clubs/PLC for grades K-2 at Carver Elementary |
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Thursday, January 22-Friday, January 23: PBIS Review at Zeb Vance Elementary |
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Friday, January 23: Second-grade swimming for Accelerated Reader rewards at the Aycock Recreation Center at Aycock Elementary |
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Friday, January 23: PBIS Dance at L.B. Yancey Elementary |
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Monday, January 26: Leadership Team meeting at 3:30 p.m. at Zeb Vance Elementary |
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Monday, January 26-Friday, January 30: Benchmark Week in reading, math and science for grades 3-5 |
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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 |
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Wednesday, January 28: Principal’s Breakfast at Carver Elementary |
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Thursday, January 29: Report cards are distributed |
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Thursday, January 29: Clubs/PLC for grades 3-5 at Carver Elementary |
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Thursday, January 29: Ronald McDonald Assembly on Anti-Bullying at 1:30 p.m. at L.B. Yancey Elementary |
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Thursday, January 29: Awards Day and Block Party at Zeb Vance Elementary |
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Friday, January 30: Earn Block 1 for PBIS at Zeb Vance Elementary |
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Tuesday, February 3: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
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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 |
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Thursday, February 5: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
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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 |
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Tuesday, February 10: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
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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 |
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Thursday, February 12: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
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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 |
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Tuesday, February 17: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
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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 |
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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. |
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Friday, February 20: Interim progress reports are distributed at elementary and middle schools |
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If you have a school event and would like to have it added to the Elementary School News email, send the information to Terri Hedrick, public information officer, at thedrick@vcs.k12.nc.us. |
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