The Eagle Soars
Sunflower Elementary - May 10, 2019
THINGS TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR!
Wednesday, May 15
Orchestra Instrument Rental Night 6-8 pm at PRMS Cafeteria
Thursday, May 16
Preschool Dads & Donuts 8:15 am & 12:15 pm
Friday, May 17
Eagle Pride Assembly
View our online calendar (select individual events for more details):
A Huge Thank You to our PTO for Spoiling Our Staff Members During Teacher Appreciation Week!!!
Our Final Eagle Pride Assembly of the Year!
Nurse's Notes
As the school year comes to a close, please make arrangements to pick up your student’s medication on their last day of school. All medications have to be picked up from the Health Room by a parent, guardian, or someone on your emergency contact list. The Health Room will be open all day on May 24.
If your student is participating in summer school, make sure to take any needed medication along with doctor’s orders to the school they will be attending on the first day of summer school.
We need new physician orders for all action plans/orders at the beginning of each new school year: Food Allergy, Seizure, and Asthma Action Plans, along with Diabetes orders. The physician has to sign these action plans/orders every new school year. Some of the action plans also require a parent/guardian signature.
When school starts in August, we will need new emergency medications that are not expired, with a new physician order. All prescription medication must be in a pharmacy labeled bottle with student name, medication name, and proper dosing instructions. This includes medication that is being dropped off throughout the school year to replenish supply of meds already in health room. All medications will be hand delivered and/or picked up by parent, guardian or someone on emergency contact list throughout the entire school year.
If your child has a food allergy, paperwork is also available if desired for modifications to be made to meals/drinks provided by district food services. Depending on the needs of your child, doctor and/or parent signature is required, and updated paperwork must be completed annually for each new school year. Please contact Nutrition Services at 856-2066 or your Health Room to help guide you in this process.
Rainforest Animals took over Mrs. Skillman's Classroom!
Summer Reading Program at KSU
BrainPOP
Our school has a subscription to BrainPOP, an award-winning educational website we trust because it delivers reliable content on topics your children are learning about. As part of that subscription, your family has access to BrainPOP, too!
Each month, BrainPOP shares ideas and activities for using BrainPOP at home around a timely topic. Sign up to receive tips and activities.
Use the following login information to access your family’s account at www.brainpop.com.
Username: sunflowerelementary
Password: eagles
NEWS FROM THE LIT LAB (repeat)
MR. WRAY IS LOOKING FOR ASPIRING ACTORS AND ACTRESSES! (repeat)
ATTENDANCE AWARDS (repeat)
At the end of the school year, Sunflower will be recognizing two different types of attendance awards.
For those students who have no more than a total of 3 tardies, or no more than a total of 3 absences, or no more than a combined total of 3 tardies/absences, they will receive the "Exemplary Attendance" award certificate. These aren’t separate categories that will be awarded...it’s more like the formula that we use.
A “Perfect Attendance” award will be given to any student who is present at school every minute of every school day. This award will consist of an award certificate, a medal, and a chance at a drawing for one of our Summer Baskets.
As you may remember, attendance award winners were given vouchers for a free Royals ticket. The Kansas City Royals organization recently ended their attendance award program because they felt it could be too limiting. A member of the Royals' Community Relations team responded by saying, "sometimes students are great students, but can’t help it if they have to miss a day due to sickness or other concerns outside of their control."
END OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION SCHEDULE (repeat)
We will hate to see you go, but if you are moving... (Repeat)
If you are planning on your child attending a different school or district next fall, please contact the office at 913-856-3700 or use this link to fill out a survey. This will greatly assist us in making classroom & staffing decisions for the 2019-20 school year.
(Current 4th Grade parents do not need to complete the survey.)
Enroll now for the USD 231 Summer Extravaganza! (Repeat)
2019 USD 231 Summer Extravaganza enrollment is open! Join us this summer for:
- Athletic Camps ran by GEHS Coaches for K-12.
- Enrichment taught by USD 231 staff for students in going into grades 1-12. STEM, Technology, Art, Fitness and more!
- Adult ATC Courses: Welding, Automotive Maintenance, and Custom Paint
Classes are filling up fast! Enroll now!
Sunflower PTO
We invite everyone to join the Sunflower PTO Facebook page. By searching "Gardner Sunflower PTO" under Pages, you will be able to join the group and receive updated PTO information.