Swansboro Elementary
November 2017 Newsletter
Red Ribbon Week Super Heroes!
Hands on learning about fire safety!
Gartner's Farm was a blast!
Fall Festival games are so much fun!
Our Pirates may be tiny, but we are mighty!
The dunking booth is always a big hit!
Even the horses had a blast at our Fall Festival!
Check out our newest hair models!
Mrs. Alysen Green (and family) join the team!
Mrs. Wilsey makes a great mummy!
Congratulations making the 2017-18 NC Elementary Honors Chorus!
Jacob Hernandez
Katie McElmon
Jazlyn Rodriguez
IMPORTANT DATES
November 7 3rd grade OCS Arts- Billy Goats Gruff (NHS)
November 8 Veteran’s Day Luncheon sponsored by 5th grade
November 8 4th grade field trip to the Battleship
November 8 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
November 9 Early Release Day (dismissal begins at 12:05 with car riders/bus riders arrive 3 hours early)
November 10 Veteran’s Day Observed- No School
November 14 Academic Derby Match
November 15 Teacher Luncheon
November 15 5th grade OCS Arts-Aladdin Jr. Musical (SWHS)
November 16 Make Up Picture Day
November 17 Picture Orders are DUE
November 17 Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade go see the Nutcracker
November 20 5th grade Sound to Sea field trip
November 22-24 Thanksgiving Holiday- No School
December 2 Girls of the Run 5k Run
December 4 Ladies of Honor and Gentle of Quality field trip
December 4-8 Santa Shop
December 6 Camp Flintlock- on site field trip for 4th grade
December 7 4th grade music concert
December 7 Interim reports go home
December 8 3rd grade field trip to Tryon Palace
December 13 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
December 14 Kindergarten music concert
December 20 Family Life Class for 5th graders with permission slips
December 21-January 2 Winter Break- No school
January 4 PTO Meeting (Valentine Grams/update on Fall Festival/Santa Shop totals- 8:30 am in the cafeteria & 6pm in the media center)
January 10 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day- No school
January 16 Morehead Planetarium- on site field trip for 1st grade
January 16 4th grade (2 classes) go to Coastal Carolina Community College
January 18 5th grade field trip to ECU
January 19 End of the grading period
January 22-23 Teacher Workdays- No School
January 24 Talent Show try-outs
January 25 Talent Show try-outs
January 27 Let’s Get Moving- PTO sponsored fitness event
January 29 4th grade (2 classes) go to Coastal Carolina Community College
January 30 Report cards go home
February 1 PTO Meeting (Valentine Grams/Read-a-thon/Teacher Luncheon- 8:30am in the cafeteria & 6pm in the media center)
February 5 1st grade OCS Arts- Mr. Popper’s Penguins (NHS)
February 7 Kindergarten OCS Arts- Mr. Popper’s Penguins (NHS)
February 8 Talent Show Rehearsal
February 13 1st grade music concert
February 14 Teacher Luncheon
February 15 Early Release Day (dismissal begins at 12:05 with car riders/bus riders arrive 3 hours early)
February 19 Read-a-thon kick off
February 21 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
February 22 3rd grade visits Craven Community College
February 22 Talent Show rehearsalFebruary 23 Talent Show
February 26 – March 2 Read Across America (Spirit Week)
February 26 – March 2 Book Fair
March 1 Read-in Night 5-7 pm
March 2 Read-a-Thon Final Day-t PTO collects and counts money
March 7 4th grade attends NC Symphony (WOHS)
March 8 2nd grade OCS Arts- Sleeping Beauty Ballet (NHS)
March 8 5th grade concert at Swansboro High School
March 14 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
March 15 Early Release Day (dismissal begins at 12:05 with car riders/bus riders arrive 3 hours early)
March 16 Spring Picture Day
March 22 3rd grade concert
March 28 End of the grading period
March 29 5th grade field trip to Life & Science Museum
March 30- April 6 Spring Break- No school
April 12 Report cards go home
April 12 4th grade field trip to Raleigh
April 13 1st grade field trip to the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium
April 16 SBES Art Show 5-7 pm
April 18 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
April 19 PTO Meeting (Read-a-thon totals/Teacher Luncheon/Fat Fella Event/Teacher Appreciation planning- 8:30am in the cafeteria & 6pm in the media center)
April 27 & 28 Dreamer’s Club presents Peter Pan
May 1 Teacher Luncheon
May 7 Kindergarten field trip to the strawberry fields
May 8 Interim reports go home
May 9 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
May 11 Fat Fella’s Fundraiser
May 17 Last PTO Meeting (official numbers, volunteers for 2018-2019 school year-8:30am in the cafeteria & 6pm in the media center)
May 19 Tentative Global Field Day
May 28 Memorial Day- No school
May 30 ELA EOG (3rd-5th grades)
May 31 Math EOG (3rd-5th grades)
June 1 Science EOG (5th grade)
June 4 RTA test (select 3rd grade students)
June 7 ELA Retest ( select 3rd grade students)
June 8 Last day for students/report cards sent home if no money is owedJ
June 13 Strategic Planning Team Meeting- 3:45 in the media center
HOMECOMING PARADE 2017
Congratulations to the following for making the Dreamer's Club. You will want to mark your calendar now for April 27th & 28th for the Dreamer's Club performance of Peter Pan Jr.
Chase Grogg
Sunnie Bardin
Gabrylle Sheffield
Jenny Kidwell
Haley Moore
Jazlyn Rodriguez
Jacob Hernandez
Cadence Ayala
Kaylan Landry
Katie McElmon
Elaesis Hutto
Charli Gillespie
Azariah Ropp
Chloe Kelly
Anaiah St. Pierre
Jillian Fish
Maia Spinello
Kerah Hubbard
Madisen Sales
Isaac Rios
Fletcher Panos
Jessica Jones
Alexandra Trogus
Nick Jones
Ryan Montgomery
Addison Turner
Mysl Carpenter
Asher Stanley
Nina Foster
Nolan Armstrong
Alyssa Cronk
Carson Munger
Dallas Darsey
Brayden Matthias
Canaan Grogg
Emily Haga
Wyatt Peterson
Kenadie Bennett
Juliana Keuski
Maya Wade
Emma Sanders
Cambria Smith
Payton Hislop
Swansboro Elementary
Email: page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: swansboro.nc.oce.schoolinsites.com
Location: 118 School Road, Swansboro, NC
Phone: 910-650-8361