Swansboro Elementary
January 22, 2023
- As a reminder tomorrow and Tuesday are teacher workdays, so there is no school for students. Wednesday will begin the second semester (third grading period) of the school year. As we begin the new semester there are a few things that we need to improve upon. Please make sure that all students have and utilize their headphones to listen to their individualized iReady (math) and Amplify (reading) pathways. All students k-5 should be completing 45 minutes per week on Amplify (reading) and 45 minutes per week on iReady (math). It is critical that students listen to the lessons instead of just clicking through to lesson to get to the assignment. Extra practice without instruction will not help your child to grow. Please encourage your child to slow down, read directions, use their strategies and always use paper and pencil to work out math problems. Daily good habits will get the growth that we know are students can achieve.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR BUS RIDERS: In in effort to make our bus routes more efficient, OCS will be implementing some changes effective Wednesday, January 25th. If your child is a bus rider, it is critical that you go to the OCS transportation webpage (https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/domain/131) and look up your child's bus schedule through the Edulog Web Query. Your child's bus number and bus pick up and drop off times may be changing significantly so I advise you all to check tonight so that you can plan accordingly for Wednesday. We will be completing new bus tags for all students on Wednesday morning to align with these changes. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these changes, please contact the OCS Transportation Department.
Due to the limited number of auditions submitted for the Talent Show, we have decided to post pone the Talent Show until later this year.
This is the last chance to sign up for deployment groups. Please click on the the link in the newsletter to sign up.
Read Across America Week is coming, February 27-March, 2023! If you or someone you know in our community would like to come to SBES to read to a classroom or group of students, please complete the online form here: https://forms.office.com/r/eYGh4aYf1a Meredith Lynch will be in touch to finalize a date and time. Thank you, our students love having their families and community come to read to our Pirates! We are also open to have Virtual Readers if we have family that is far away!
NO Student Checkouts daily 3:00-3:20 pm so we can safely dismiss our students.
Note from our Pirate Nurse:
It is cold and flu season. Please keep your student home if they have a temperature of 100 degrees or over, have had diarrhea or vomiting. Per OCS policy they must be fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication before returning to school or NO vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours.
The best way to prevent illness is handwashing, covering you coughs/sneezes, not drinking after one another and vaccines.
Visit Nurse Mollie webpage for more information about illness prevention and OCS illness policies/procedures. School Nurse / Onslow County Schools Health Link
School Cash Online & Field Trips:
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Meal prices for the 2022-2023 school year are as follows:
Please keep in mind that meals are NOT free for students this year. If a child does not bring a lunch from home and does not have money, we will allow the student to charge a meal. Parents will be responsible for paying balances.
Breakfast $1.25
Lunch $2.50
To apply for free or reduced meals, click here: https://www.lunchapplication.com/
To access the school menus, click here: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=1501179229405&page=menus
SIGN UP FOR PARENT PORTAL: Stay on top of grades!
All parents are encouraged to sign up for Parent Portal. You can monitor attendance within the Portal and you can see your child's grades, assignments & due dates for students in grades 3-5. Click this link to sign up: https://onslow.powerschool.com/public/. You can contact the data manager Lori Jones at lori.jones@onslow.k12.nc.us to help with this process. She can look up your child's ID number when you email her the completed form and copy of your ID.
Bus Drivers & Substitute Teachers Needed
Looking for easy ways to earn money for our school?
*Link your Lowes Foods Card to Swansboro Elementary and a portion of sales on Lowes products will go to our school.
*Sign up for Box Tops and link to our school. No more clipping, it's digital! Download the Box Tops for Education app here: https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=NQGY5JLL
*Participate in our SBES Spirit Nights:
Burrito Shak- 4th Tuesday of the month. In person and call in orders only. No online orders.
Sweeter Things- 3rd Friday of the month. You must tell them you are here to support SBES!
COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL FOR YOUR CHILD'S SUCCESS:
1. The teacher is always the first point of contact. If you cannot resolve an issue after meeting with the teacher, please schedule an appointment to meet with administration.
2. See our data manager (Lori Jones) to sign up for Parent Portal. This gives you up to date info on student attendance and assignments for (3rd-5th grade).
3. Pay attention to the weekly ALL CALL and EMAIL that is sent out every Sunday evening. If you don't want to listen to the message, no worries, the email contains the transcript as well as important links and cute pictures of our students:) If you are not receiving the call and email, please let Lori Jones (lori.jones@onslow.k12.nc.us) know so that we can make sure your info. is up to date. This is the method that we will use to communicate with parents in the event of an emergency, so you need to make sure that you are receiving these calls.
4. Check out our school website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/swansboroes
5. Check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/swansboroelementaryschool/
6. Remember, for safety reasons, we do not give out student information over the phone and all changes in transportation must be done through School Dismissal Manager.
7. If there are custody issues, we must have a copy of the current custody paperwork on file with a judge's signature. If not, both parents have equal access to the student and their educational records.
8. If you have concerns regarding bus routes, stops, schedules and drivers, please direct those concerns to our transportation coordinator Barbie Massey at 326-1436. SBES does not have direct communication with the buses; therefore, this must go through the transportation dept. Please remember if you would like to stay up to date with bus changes and delays, please download the Edulog Parent Portal App. More info can be found here:https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/Page/1266
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2022-2023 OCS Elementary Calendar
Calendar Items
Mon 1/23/2023 Workday
Tue 1/24/2023 5:00PM Burrito Shack
Tue 1/24/2023 Workday
Fri 1/27/2023 6:30 PM Talent Show
Tue 1/31/2023 Report Cards
Thu 2/2/2023 3:30 PM Dairy Queen
Thu 2/2/2023 4:00 PM Quality Council & System Involvement Team
Thu 2/3/2023SBHS/SBES Basketball Spirit Night- students free
Mon 2/6/2023 National School Counselor Week
Tue 2/7/2023 6:00 PM Board of Education Meeting
Wed 2/8/2023 4:00 PM Strategic Planning Meeting
Thu 2/9/2023 Prof Dev Day - Early Release
Fri 2/10/2023 All-County Honors Chorus
Tue 2/14/2023 Military Coffee Talk @ Nuova Luna Caffe
Tue 2/14/2023 PTO Sponsored Staff Luncheon
Fri 2/17/2023 3:00 PM Sweeter Things
Fri 2/17/2023 NCDPI Home Base Maintenance
Mon 2/20/2023 Workday
Tue 2/21/2023 ES-ACCESS for EL Students
Tue 2/21/2023 Battle of the Books
Fri 2/24/2023 Interim Reports
Sat 2/25/2023 Odyssey of the Mind (Coastal Tournament)
Tue 2/28/2023 5:00 PM Burrito Shack
Thu 3/2/2023 3:30 PM Dairy Queen
Thu 3/2/2023 Lockdown Drill #3
Fri 3/3/2023 Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day
Sun 3/5/2023 School Social Worker Week
Tue 3/7/2023 6:00 PM Board of Education Meeting
Wed 3/8/2023 4:00 PM Strategic Planning Meeting
Fri 3/10/2023 Workday
Tue 3/14/2023 Military Coffee Talk @ Nuova Luna Caffe
Tue 3/14/22 10:15-1:15 4th Grade- NC Symphony
Wed 3/15/2023 Geography Bee
Fri 3/17/2023 3:00 PM Sweeter Things
Fri 3/17/2023 NCDPI Home Base Maintenance
Tue 3/21/2023 Spelling Bee
Wed 3/22/2023 Prof Dev Day - Early Release
Thu 3/23/23 8:45-5:00 2nd Grade- Camp Don Lee
Tue 3/28/2023 5:00 PM Burrito Shack
Tue 3/28/2023 Multiplication Bee
Wed 3/29/2023 End of Grading Period
Mon 4/3/2023 National Assistant Principal Week
Mon 4/3-7 Spring Break- No School
Tue 4/4/2023 Media Specialist Day
Thu 4/6/2023 3:30 PM Dairy Queen
Mon 4/10/2023 Workday
Tue 4/11/2023 6:00 PM Board of Education Meeting
Wed 4/12/2023 4:00 PM Strategic Planning Meeting
Thu 4/13/2023 6:00-6:00 4th Grade- Raleigh/Capital Area
Thu 4/13/2023 Report Cards
Thu 4/13/2023 4:00 PM Quality Council & System Involvement Team
Mon 4/17/2023 Public School Volunteer Week
Tue 4/18/2023 Military Coffee Talk @ Nuova Luna Caffe
Thu 4/20/2023 Chess 4th & 5th grade
Fri 4/21/2023 3:00 PM Sweeter Things
Fri 4/21/2023 NCDPI Home Base Maintenance
Fri 4/21/2023Chess 2nd & 3rd Grades
Mon 4/24/2023 Administrative Professional Week
Tue 4/25/2023 5:00 PM Burrito Shack
Tue 4/25/2023 Board of Education Meeting
Wed 4/26/2023 Administrative Professional Day
Thu 4/27/2023 Math Counts 4th & 5th
Fri 4/28/2023 DARE graduation ceremony for 5th grade
Mon 5/1/2023 Teacher & Teacher Assistant Appreciation Week
Mon 5/1/2023 OCS Bus Driver Appreciation Week
Mon 5/1/2023OCS Employee Appreciation Week
Mon 5/1/2023 School Principals Day
Mon 5/1/2023 Workday
Tue 5/2/2023 PTO Sponsored Staff Luncheon
Tue 5/2/2023 National Teacher Day
Tue 5/2/2023 5:30 PM Board of Education Meeting
Thu 5/4/2023 3:30 PM Dairy Queen
Fri 5/5/2023 School Lunch Hero Day
May 8-26 EOY Math & Reading Diagnostics
Tue 5/9/2023 Interim Reports
Wed 5/10/2023 National School Nurse Day
Wed 5/10/2023 4:00 PM Strategic Planning Meeting
Mon 5/15/2023 National Educational Boss Week
Fri 5/19/2023 NCDPI Home Base Maintenance
Tue 5/23/2023 Military Coffee Talk @ Nuova Luna Caffe
Tue 5/23/2023 5:00 PM Burrito Shack
Thu 5/25/2023 OCS Excellence in Education Event
Mon 5/29/2023 Holiday
Wed 5/31/2023 EOG Reading Grade 3 & Science Grade 5
Fri 6/2/2023 End of Grading Period
Tue 6/6/2023 EOY Reading Gr 4-5, RTA Gr 3 Select Students
Tue 6/6/2023 6:00 PM Board of Education Meeting
Thu 6/8/2023 EOG Math Gr 3-5
Fri 6/9/2023 Last Day for Students
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