|
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS |
||||||||||||
|
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
Volume 2 Issue 25 February 16-20, 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 |
||||||||||||
|
Schools are dismissing early today (Monday) due to the possibility of inclement weather. Elementary and high schools dismiss at 12 p.m. and middle schools dismiss students at 12:15 p.m. The STEM Early High School dismisses students at 11:45 a.m. |
||||||||||||
|
Interim Progress Reports are distributed on Friday. |
||||||||||||
|
SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK |
||||||||||||
|
Zeb Vance Elementary: (Wednesday, February 18) – Jump Rope for Heart event |
||||||||||||
|
Carver Elementary: (Thursday, February 19) – Pottery sessions for students in grades 3-5 |
||||||||||||
|
Clarke Elementary: (Thursday, February 19) – Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center. Black History Program at 6 p.m. |
||||||||||||
|
Dabney Elementary: (Thursday, February 19) – Dabney Involvement Group PTA meeting at 7 p.m. |
||||||||||||
|
New Hope Elementary: (Thursday, February 19) – Pre-kindergarten students visit the Marbles Museum in Raleigh |
||||||||||||
|
E.M. Rollins Elementary: (Thursday, February 19) – Friends of Rollins PTO meeting at 6 p.m. with second and third-grade students performing in the auditorium |
||||||||||||
|
E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Thursday, February 19) – PTO business meeting for all parents to attend at 5:30 p.m. |
||||||||||||
|
New Hope Elementary: (Friday, February 20) – Mother & Son Gala |
||||||||||||
|
Zeb Vance Elementary: (Friday, February 20) – Earn Block 4 for PBIS |
||||||||||||
|
UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, February 24: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary. |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, February 24: Choir rehearsal after school at New Hope Elementary. |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, February 24: “Treasure Trove of Conservation Cove” sponsored by Duke Energy at 1 p.m. at L.B. Yancey Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, February 26: PTA meeting at 6 p.m. at New Hope Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, February 26: Western Wax Museum and PTA meeting at 6 p.m. at L.B. Yancey Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, February 26: Parenting class on “Preparing for Adolescence” led by Valerie Hairston, school counselor, at Zeb Vance Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Friday, February 27: No school for pre-kindergarten students. Staff members are in staff development session all day. |
||||||||||||
|
Friday, February 27: Earn Block 5 for PBIS at Zeb Vance Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Monday, March 2: School Improvement Team meeting at Dabney Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Monday, March 2: Dr. Seuss Bandana Reading at L.B. Yancey Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 3: National Read Across America Day. Special reading sessions, sponsored by the United Way of Vance County, at 2 p.m. at most elementary schools. |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 3: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 3: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at E.M. Rollins Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Wednesday, March 4: “Reading Day” session, sponsored by United Way of Vance County, at 2 p.m. for all third graders at E.O. Young Jr. Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Wednesday, March 4: “Reading Day” session, sponsored by United Way of Vance County, at 2:10 p.m. for all third graders at Zeb Vance Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, March 5: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, March 5: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at E.M. Rollins Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, March 5: Pennies for Patients assemblies at 9 and 9:30 a.m. in the media center at E.O. Young Jr. Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Friday, March 6: Teacher workday. No school for students. |
||||||||||||
|
Friday, March 6: Spring Book Fair begins at Zeb Vance Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 10: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 10: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at E.M. Rollins Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Wednesday, March 11: Spring pictures taken at Zeb Vance Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, March 12: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Thursday, March 12: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at E.M. Rollins Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Friday, March 13: March Madness Night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at E.O. Young Jr. Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Monday, March 16: Leadership Team meeting at 3:30 p.m. at Zeb Vance Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 17: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Center at Clarke Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 17: Second graders participate in “Save Our Kids” water safety classes in the afternoon at the Henderson Family YMCA at E.M. Rollins Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Wednesday, March 18: Early Release Day due to staff development sessions in the afternoon. Elementary and high schools dismiss students at 12 p.m. and middle schools dismiss students at 12:15 p.m. The STEM Early High School dismisses students at 11:45 a.m. |
||||||||||||
|
Friday, March 20: Ronald McDonald Character Education programs at 1 and 2 p.m. in media center at E.O. Young Jr. Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Monday, March 23-Friday, March 27: Career and College Week with special activities planned each day at Aycock Elementary. |
||||||||||||
|
Monday, March 23-Friday, March 27: Lasso a Good Book Library Parent Lunch Dates at L.B. Yancey Elementary. |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 24: All fourth graders attend Storytelling Festival at Perry Memorial Library in downtown Henderson |
||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, March 24: Breakfast with the Principal at Dabney Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
Wednesday, March 25: End of third nine-weeks grading period |
||||||||||||
|
Wednesday, March 25: Career and College Day event from 9 to 11:45 a.m. at Aycock Elementary |
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
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. |
||||||||||||