• Monday, March 21 - World Down Syndrome Day, Best Buddies Awareness Day Wear your best BLUE shirt & wildest CRAZY socks.
• Tuesday, March 22 - Best Buddies meeting, 8:15-8:35 in the Cafe.
  
• Tuesday, March 22 - Spring Pictures - Order forms coming home soon.
• Friday, March 25 - Beach Bash from 5:30-7:30PM
• Tuesday - Wednesday, March 22-23 - Forbes and Wellman to Conner Prairie
• Thursday - Friday, March 24-25 - Meihofer and Sanders to Conner Prairie
• Saturday, March 26 - SCE Garden Spring Clean- up, 10AM
• Monday, March 28 - SCE Agriculture Day
• Monday - Thursday, March 28 - 31 Pet Jar Penny Wars - Support the 🐓&🌾
• Tuesday - Wednesday, March 29 - 30 - Brownell to Connor Prairie
• Friday, April 1-Friday, April 8 - Spring Break, NO SCHOOL
  
• Thursday, April 14 - Kindergarten Open House, 5-7PM
• Friday, April 29 - Scheduled E-Learning Day. No in-person school. Login to Canvas.
• Monday - Friday, May 2 - 6 Spring Book Fair
• Monday, May 2 - Friday, May 13 - NWEA Testing Window
• Wednesday, May 11 - Fourth Grade Music Program "The Cloud Spinner"

March is Best Buddies Awareness Month!

In the announcements this week, students learned what Best Buddies is, why it is so important to its members here at Sand Creek Elementary, and how they can get involved next school year.

On April 24th, the Indiana Best Buddies Organization is hosting their annual Friendship Walk. We would love to help support our state organization as well as our personal Sand Creek Chapter by raising funds to support Best Buddies and their mission.

In order to promote this, we are inviting students on Monday, March 21st to participate in our Best Buddies Awareness Day at Sand Creek. We selected this date because it is also World Down Syndrome Day! Join us in celebrating Best Buddies and our students with Down Syndrome by wearing BLUE SHIRTS and CRAZY SOCKS.

Why? Blue and Yellow are the colors of Down Syndrome Awareness and Best Buddies, and the crazy socks help bring awareness of the extra chromosome of those with Down Syndrome.

We hope you join us in the fun on Monday!

Please contact Mallory Hackett or Clarice Nolan with any questions.

Donate to Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Team SCE here!

This week, we notated Star Light, Star Bright.

Now that SCE Striders is underway, registration is open JUST FOR THE GEIST EVENT.

1. Go to www.geisthalf.com/schools and click on ‘Register Now.’

2. Click on ‘Register HERE for Geist 5k Fitness Challenge.’

3. On the next page, click ‘I have an access code’ located on the right hand side of the page.

4. ACCESS CODE REQUIRED page. Please use the access code: STUDENT

5. Click ‘Validate’ to be taken to the next page.

6. Enter name, address, phone number, emergency contact, t-shirt size, etc.

7. Be sure to enter your team name at the drop down menu!

8. Agree to waiver.

9. Feel free to make a donation to your school!

10. Add billing address and payment.

11. Click ‘Submit.’ You are all set!

Honor and Excellence are two of the terms that appear on the Hamilton Southeastern Crest. One might attribute these qualities to our students, and rightly so, but the same terms can also describe our staff. We honor representatives of our outstanding teachers at the end of each year through the Teacher of the Year program. We would also like to recognize representatives from our SUPPORT STAFF who demonstrate excellence in their work, particularly in a school year like no other!

We are looking for support staff employees who go beyond the normal expectations of their job description resulting in outstanding support of Hamilton Southeastern students and the Hamilton Southeastern Community.

Nominees must be Hamilton Southeastern employees or contracted employees working in our buildings. They could be from any support staff category, including: custodial services, transportation, food service, technology, grounds, secretarial, instructional assistants, maintenance, accounting, treasurers, school resource officers, nurses, therapists, probation officers, substitutes, etc. Qualifications to be nominated would include anything beyond the normal expectations of the person’s job. It could be a “one-time” act or a series of acts.

Nominations may be received from any person from the Hamilton Southeastern Community, including: professional staff, support staff, parents, students, community members, etc.

Feel free to nominate past recipients of the award. Past award winners are eligible to be chosen again.

If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please complete the form on or before March 20. If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Moore at smoore@hse.k12.in.us. Be sure to get your nomination in early - those received after March 20 will not be considered.

Thanks for your help in honoring the excellent work of our support staff!

Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZTQJXVQ

Honors and Excellence Award Details

Kindergarten: Problem Solving - We Can Say the Problem

• Students will be able to repeat a clearly stated problem.

First Grade: Empathy and Kindness - Practicing Kind Acts

• Students will be able to demonstrate two kind acts: offering to help and inviting to join.
  

Second Grade: Empathy and Kindness - Empathy and Kindness

• Students will be able to Use empathy to identify a kind act that they could do for a person of their choosing.
  

Third Grade: Empathy and Kindness - Asking Questions

• Students will be able to ask questions to determine how someone else feels and identify a kind act they might want.

Fourth Grade: Empathy and Kindness - Practicing Kind Acts

• Students will be able to with adult support, demonstrate at least one kind act they could do for others.

Visit the HSE District Sites to read more, or follow the links below:

• Teaching and Learning
• What is Social Emotional Learning?
• Curricular Resources PreK-6