Elementary School News June 1-5, 2015


 

VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS

 

 

 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS

 

Volume 2 Issue 39                                   June 1-5, 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 N.C. Science exam is being administered online to fourth

and fifth-grade students at elementary schools on either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

 

 

SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK

 

 

 

Aycock Elementary: (Monday, June 1) – Representative of Perry Memorial Library in Henderson, leads a student assembly at 2:15 p.m.

 

 

 

New Hope Elementary: (Monday, June 1) – PBIS Dance

 

   

Clarke Elementary: (Tuesday, June 2) – Workshop for families with special needs students at 6 p.m.

 

 

 

New Hope Elementary: (Tuesday, June 2) – Perfect Harmony Choir practice

 

 

 

Zeb Vance Elementary: (Tuesday, June 2) – Block Party for fourth nine-week grading period

 

 

 

Aycock Elementary: (Wednesday, June 3) – First -grade swimming for reading rewards in the afternoon at Aycock Recreation Center

 

 

 

New Hope Elementary: (Wednesday, June 3) – Students in grades 2-5 visit Marbles Museum in Raleigh

 

 

 

L.B. Yancey Elementary: (Wednesday, June 3)Field Day” activities

 

 

 

E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Wednesday, June 3) – Second-grade awards assembly at 9 a.m. and first-grade awards assembly at 1 p.m.

 

 

 

Aycock Elementary: (Thursday, June 4) – Reading Reward Day and End-Of-The-Year Dance for students in grades 3-5 from 5 to 7 p.m.

 

 

 

New Hope Elementary: (Thursday, June 4) – Perfect Harmony Choir performance at 6 p.m.

 

 

 

E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Thursday, June 4) – Kindergarten awards assembly at 9 a.m. and fourth-grade awards assembly at 1 p.m.

 

 

 

Zeb Vance Elementary: (Thursday, June 4) – Angie Bates, children’s librarian at Perry Memorial Library in Henderson, leads a student assembly

 

 

 

Aycock Elementary: (Friday, June 5) – “Doughnuts for Dads” for second graders. Third and fourth-grade awards program at 10 a.m. and kindergarten awards program at 1 p.m.

 

 

 

Dabney Elementary: (Friday, June 5) – Pre-kindergarten recognition assembly

 

 

 

New Hope Elementary: (Friday, June 5) – Lunch treat for students meeting their Accelerated Reader goals

 

 

 

L.B. Yancey Elementary: (Friday, June 5) – Pre-kindergarten graduation at 9 a.m.

 

 

 

E.O. Young Jr. Elementary: (Friday, June 5) – Third-grade awards assembly at 9 a.m. and fifth-grade awards assembly at 1 p.m.

 

 

 

New Hope Elementary: (Saturday, June 6) – PTA Carnival

 

UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS

 

 

 

Monday, June 8: N.C. Read to Achieve test for selected third graders

 

 

 

Monday, June 8: First-grade awards program at 8:30 a.m. Second-grade awards program at 9:45 a.m. Pre-kindergarten awards program at 11:30 a.m. and fifth-grade awards program at 1 p.m. at Aycock Elementary

 

 

 

Monday, June 8: Fifth-grade graduation at 1 p.m. at L.B. Yancey Elementary

 

 

 

Monday, June 8-Tuesday, June 9: Field Day events at New Hope Elementary

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 9: Awards Day for students in kindergarten through fourth grade at Dabney Elementary

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 9: Pre-kindergarten graduation at 1:30 p.m. and fifth-grade celebration at 6 p.m. at New Hope Elementary

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 9: Pre-kindergarten graduation at 9 a.m. at E.O. Young Jr. Elementary

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 9: PBIS year-long Block Party at Satterwhite Point on Kerr Lake for students at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 10: Last day of classes for students. Report cards are distributed.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 10: “Fun Day” for kindergarten through fifth grade at Aycock Elementary

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 10: Awards Day assembly for fifth graders at Dabney Elementary

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 10: Awards Day assemblies at 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. at New Hope Elementary

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 10: Awards assemblies at 8:30 a.m. for pre-kindergarten through second grade and at 10 a.m. for grades 3-4 at Zeb Vance Elementary

 

 

 

Thursday, June 11: The annual Honor An Educator Breakfast, presented by the Vance County Public School Foundation, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Administrative Services Center

 

 

 

Thursday, June 11-Friday, June 12: Teacher workdays

 

 

 

Friday, June 12: School Leadership Team meeting at 9 a.m. at Aycock Elementary

 

 

 

Monday, June 15-Wednesday, June 17: Teacher workdays

 

 

 

 

 

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.