Swansboro Elementary
January 18, 2021
Hello Pirate Families!
I hope everyone enjoyed their Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tomorrow we will resume school for all students. We will continue with face to face instruction for all students M, T, TH and F. Wednesday will continue to be remote for all students through March.
Please make sure that you are following the most recent OCS calendar. You can find it in our newsletter (below).
As Valentine's Day approaches, we have determined the following protocols and restrictions for Valentine's Day this year:
- Students will be permitted to exchange paper valentines. These valentines MAY NOT CONTAIN ANY FOOD OR CANDY. There are no exceptions to this. Paper valentines my include stickers or like items.
- Students will not be permitted to give treat bags of any type to other students.
- All students will have a brown sandwich bag for their valentines to be placed in. The school will purchase these bags and have them to teachers the week prior, to allow time for students to decorate the bags.
- Bags should be placed on a table or counter and students will go one-at-a-time to put valentines in bags. This will help with social distancing guidelines.
- When they are finished, teacher or teacher assistant should staple the bag closed. The bag should go home in the students' bookbags, to be opened at parents' discretion.
- If parents do not wish for their child to participate, they will need to let their teacher know.
- Due to Covid restrictions, we are not allowing food/craft donations to be brought into the school except through teacher Amazon wish lists.
- Thank you for following these protocols in order to keep our students safe.
Please help us expedite our morning screenings by turning your heat down. This will help ensure accurate temperature checks. Also, if you arrive at SBES and find that the car pool line is backed up all the way to the highway, please pull over and wait a few minutes in one of the nearby businesses for the line to go down. Do not stop on the highway as this is dangerous and you may also receive a ticket. If you find the lanes are often back up to the highway, I suggest that you come around 3:15 and you should not have to wait very long at all.
As always, we ask that if you or anyone in your household have any Covid symptoms, exposure or concerns, please reach out to the school. Each case is unique and will require you to speak with Nurse Sammons or Ms. Highsmith to ensure student safety and adherence to OCS policies. We will be glad to assist you through this process and appreciate your willingness to keep us informed regarding our students' health and safety. Thank you for everyone's continued support and patience.
Reminder about car seat safety:
Note from Nurse Sammons:
If you OR your child has a fever of over 100, a new cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell or you are being quarantined per medical advice or are being Covid tested per medical request PLEASE email the Nurse or call the school. We must clear your child per OCS protocol before they return on the bus or return to in person school. Nurse Sammons email is Mollie.Sammons@onslow.k12.nc.us. For more information, please check out Nurse Sammons' webpage on our school's website.
TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE
Student Tech Support Line: 910-989-2101
Navigating Your Laptop From Home
https://sway.office.com/kgLw5NnDccBM7m2u?ref=Link&loc=play
Parent Module on Using Teams
Getting Parents Started with Teams.pptx
This is a link to the district website that has other help guides for learning from home.
FREE tutoring resource for military students:
IMPORTANT DATES
January 26 Pizza Hut Spirit Night (4:00-8:00 pm Please leave receipt for donation)
February 1-5 National School Counselor Week
February 2 Board of Education Mtg. 6:30 pm RSC
February 4 Quality Council/ Systems Involvement Team 4:00-5:15 RSC
February 5 Dairy Queen Spirit Night (mention SBES Spirit Night)
February 9 Papa John’s Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p)
February 10 Strategic Planning 7:30- 8:15 am
February 18 Interim Reports for Elementary Students
February 19 Sweeter Things Ice Cream Shack Spirit Night (afterschool–8:00p)
February 23 Pizza Hut Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p Please leave receipt for donation)
March 1-5 Read Across America Week & Book Fair
March 2 Read In Night (tentative)
March 2 Board of Education Mtg. 6:30 pm RSC
March 5 Read-a-thon Final Day- all payments due by 8:30 am
March 5 Character Day Parade (tentative)
March 5 Dairy Queen Spirit Night (mention SBES Spirit Night)
March 7-13 School Social Worker Week
March 9 Papa John’s Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p)
March 10 Strategic Planning 7:30-8:15 am
March 15 End of Grading Period
March 19 Sweeter Things Ice Cream Shack Spirit Night (afterschool–8:00p)
March 22 Reports cards sent home with students
March 23 Pizza Hut Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p Please leave receipt for donation)
March 29-April 2 Spring Break- NO school
April 2 Dairy Queen Spirit Night (mention SBES Spirit Night)
April 6 Media Specialist Day
April 6 Board of Education Mtg. 6:30 pm RSC
April 8 Quality Council/ Systems Involvement Team 4:00-5:15 RSC
April 12-23 NC Check-Ins # 3 (5th grade Science)
April 13 Strategic Planning 7:30-8:15 am
April 16 Spring Fling (tentative)
April 16 Sweeter Things Ice Cream Shack Spirit Night (afterschool–8:00p)
April 18-24 Public School Volunteer Week
April 19-23 Administrative Professional Week
April 21 Administrative Professional Day
April 21 Chess district tournament grades 2-3 (tentative)
April 22 OCS Global Innovation Showcase (virtual)
April 23 Interim Reports for Elementary Students
April 23 Chess district tournament grades 4-5 (tentative)
April 23 Pizza Hut Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p Please leave receipt for donation)
April 26- May 7 EOY iReady Math (K-5)
April 26 OCS Multiplication Bee BCE (tentative)
April 30 Global Field Day (tentative)
May 1 School Principals Day
May 3-7 Onslow County Schools Employee Appreciation Week
May 3-7 Onslow County Schools Bus Driver Appreciation Week
May 3-7 Teacher & Teacher Assistant Appreciation Week
May 3-14 EOY iReady Reading Diagnostic (k-5)
May 4 National Teacher Day
May 4 Board of Education Mtg. 6:30 pm RSC
May 4 Sweeter Things Ice Cream Shack Spirit Night (afterschool–8:00p)
May 7 School Lunch Hero Day
May 7 Dairy Queen Spirit Night (mention SBES Spirit Night)
May 11 Papa John’s Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p)
May 12 National School Nurse Day
May 13 Papa John’s Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p)
May 17-21 National Educational Boss Week
May 17 EOG Reading Grades 3, 4, 5 Cohort A
May 18 EOG Science Grade 5 Cohort A
May 20 EOG Reading Grades 3, 4, 5 Cohort B
May 21 EOG Science Grade 5 Cohort B
May 24 EOG Math Grades 3, 4, 5 Cohort A
May 25 RTA Grade 3 Cohort A
May 25 Pizza Hut Spirit Night (4:00-8:00p Please leave receipt for donation)
May 27 EOG Math Grades 3, 4, 5 Cohort B
May 28 RTA Grade 3 Cohort B
May 28 Kindergarten Ceremony 9 am, 5th grade ceremony 11 am (tentative)
May 28 Last day of school for students (report cards sent home if all dues paid)
May 31 Memorial Day
June RTA (After reading camp) TBD
June 1 Board of Education Mtg. 6:30 pm RSC
June 1-4 Teacher Workdays
June 4 Swansboro High School Graduation
June 14- 17 OCS Camp Invention
Swansboro Elementary
Email: page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/swansboroes
Location: 118 School Road, Swansboro NC
Phone: 910-326-1501
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swansboroelementaryschool
Twitter: @SBESPirates