Symmes Elementary School
Newsletter
January 8, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Mark your Calendar
- January 14- 9:40 am- PTO General Meeting- see meeting link below
- January 18- No School- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 28- End of Second Quarter
- January 29- No School- Teacher Records Day
PTO Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94637957767
Please Welcome Ashley Cromwell to Symmes
Mrs. Cromwell has been teaching for 5 years. She taught Kindergarten for 4 years and 3rd grade for one year. She was able to be with us as a long-term substitute because she took time off from teaching to care for her now 1-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. She recently completed a wonderful long-term assignment at Maple Dale and is now very excited to begin here!
Join us in congratulating Caitlyn Vincent and her husband on the birth of their daughter!
Announcements!
- Highlight and give a Shout out to a Virtual Classroom Grade Level
- Share highlights and or events for the upcoming week
- Share birthdays of face to face and virtual students
- Announce Bee Buck Winners for virtual and face to face
We hope that you can tune in each Friday!
Symmes Cultural Heritage Celebration
The Symmes Cultural Heritage Recipe Book is Under Construction
Please share your recipes with us!! These can be celebration dishes, family favorites, quick and easy meals, anything goes.
If there is a cultural significance to the recipe or a story behind why a food is special to your family, we'd love to share that as well.
Any format is fine, but please see this link to a recipe template if needed.
If a recipe is copied from a website or cookbook please include that information so we can give credit to the original creator.
Recipes may easily be submitted to syambassadors@sycamoreschools.org.
Symmes Players News-
Attention all parents of Symmes 3rd and 4th graders! Please read THIS NOTE and follow the link to complete a brief survey about your family's interest in participating in Symmes Players this year. Your response will greatly help us plan our next steps!
Time to order your 2020-2021 yearbook!
Cost is $16 for a standard cover and $18.75 for a personalized cover. Enter the school code and register as a "New User" to purchase. Deadline to purchase is April 8th. Yearbooks will be delivered in May and limited copies will be available to purchase in person so order online today!
Visit: www.memorybook.com/online-pay/parent-pay/
School Code: 201541
Contact Brittany Haines at bhaines618@gmail.com with any questions.
Free Meals Extended
For all of the families that have been taking advantage of the free breakfast and lunches for ALL Sycamore schools and students this opportunity had been EXTENDED until the end of the 2020-21 school year!
All Sycamore families can enjoy free breakfast and free lunch all school year long.
Click here for more details for face to face families.
Click here for more details for virtual families.
Thank you to the PTO's Cultural Heritage Committee for creating this video in honor and memory of Mrs. Van Kirk
Optional Gifted Testing - please note the registration deadline is January 22, 2021
We will adhere to the district's safety protocols and also require that any student who signs up for testing wear a mask. Once we receive all the registrations, groups will be created and staggered times will be assigned to avoid crowds congregating. You will receive an email soon with the time, location, and further instructions for testing. Please note that the parents are responsible for transportation to and from testing.
The email address you use to sign your child up will be the email address used for any communication regarding this optional gifted testing opportunity as well as to notify you on the day of testing when your child is done and ready to be picked up.
Please complete this google form to register.
If you have questions please contact zellnerm@sycamoreschools.org.
Thank you!
Virtual Families - Ordering Curbside Meals for 2021
Reminder to all virtual families to continue to order meals for your virtual students for pick up every Wednesday. You will need to fill out the order form and choose which weeks you will pick up meals.
Please, only order for the weeks you can be there. We prepare enough meals for every family that orders each week, and when no one shows up, some parts of those meals will have to go to waste. ORDER VIRTUAL MEALS HERE
More information can be found here.
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https://www.sycamoreschools.org/domain/909
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