Cyclone Connection
February 26, 2024
ATTENDANCE!!!
Attendance % Down Last Week
Starting this week, students that hold perfect attendance for the week, will be entered into our Spring Break Attendance Drawings. Make sure your student is an ATTENDANCE HERO (Here Everyday Ready On Time)! Showing up Really Counts.
Attendance HEROES for Last Week!
Watch our skyscrapers light up!
Kids Heart Challenge
An annual tradition at SCE that we look forward to each year. Now, is your time to give back to an important cause. Coach Gray has planned a whole month packed with fun, ending with your favorite, STUCK for a Buck on Friday, Mar. 1! Let's Raise some money for the American Heart Association and have fun learning how to stay heart healthy!
Week 3 - Staff Raffle - Students choose their favorite staff give away to enter for a chance to win. Everything from game time with your favorite staff member to a special lunch for you and a friend.
Week 4 - Penny Wars - We wrap up our Kids Heart Challenge Each year with our Penny War - Start flipping couch cushions to collect your coins. May the best and most strategic class win!
March Madness Getting Ready to Start at SCE
Math Fact Challenge with Grades 2-6 - Help your child's class win by practicing using Reflex Math at Home.
Accellerated Reader Challenge - READ! READ! READ! - School-Wide Challenge to see which class can earn the most points in reading for the Month of March. Make sure your child is reading or being read to for at least 20 minutes every night.
Attendance - Each week your child has perfect attendance, they will get entered into a drawing to win on of the Family Fun Packages that can be used over Spring Break or later. More information coming your way soon.
PBIS at SCE:
SCE is a PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) School! Please join us in promoting and teaching positive behaviors that are focused around these three core values.
Pop Open a Good Book / SCE's Annual Book Projects
Let's kick off March by celebrating reading by creating a project that represents one of our favorite books and/or authors. These projects will be displayed the week of March 4th and will be on display for our Family STEM Night on Thursday, March 7. See links below to the discription and rubric for these projects. If you are in need of a supply that you don't have, please have your child ask at school.
Calling all Parent Volunteers!
JCSC is reviewing curriculum adoption materials for reading for kindergarten through 8th grade. If you would be interested in serving as a parent volunteer for reading textbook adoption review, please contact Carrie Manowitz, JCSC Director of Curriculum and Instruction by email at cmanowitz@jcsc.org.
YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE!!!
Online ordering of your yearbooks has been activated. Families can now access www.barksdalephoto.com to place their order using the access code: 0086961YB
Pantherette Dance Clinic
*All participants will be performing at the JCMS Dance Showcase held the same evening as the clinic. Performance will be determined prior to the clinic and each student attending the clinic will receive the Information at the clinic. When: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Where: JCMS - North Gym at the Middle School
Time: 9:00-11:00am Doors will open at 8:30am
Ages: Kindergarten—6th grade
Cost: $15 (a T-shirt is included in your cost)
*NO REFUNDS unless Clinic is canceled*
*Walk-ins and late registration welcome at an additional $5.00. Walk-ins please arrive 30 minutes prior to the start time to process registration*
Attire: Please wear something comfortable for dancing and dance shoes or tennis shoes. *Bring Water Bottle with your name on it to use for clinic*
Registration forms due: Friday, March 1, 2024
Registration Forms & Money can be turned in at your elementary school, but must be turned in
by Friday, March 1, 2024 to avoid the late fee of $5.00.
Mark Your Calendar!
2/26 - PTO Meeting at 5:30 in the Cyclone Cafe
3/4-3/8 - IREAD 3 for Grades 2 & 3
3/4-3/8 - Spring Book Fair
3/7 - STEM Night at SCE
3/9- Pantherette Dance clinic and Performance
3/12 - Spring Pictures
3/14 - Kindergarten Round-up
3/15 - Club Day
3/15 - Spring Break Attendance Drawings
3/18-22 - Spring Break
Link SCE calendar with your calendar to stay Up to Date.