MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THE GALLOPING GAZETTE
Jan Fickling, Principal; Christy Mays, Assistant Principal;
LaQuana Aldridge, Assistant Principal
Phone (803) 821-0300 Fax (803) 821-0303
180 Midway Road
Lexington, SC 29072
Midway Elementary School Website
School Hours: 7:40 a.m.-2:25 p.m.
Office Hours: M-F 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VISION
The vision of Midway Elementary School is for students to become self-directed, life-long learners who are responsible thinkers, collaborative workers, and productive citizens for the 21st century.
MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MISSION
The mission of Midway Elementary School is to create a safe and nurturing learning environment, in collaboration with our community, which fosters the total development of every child.
May 12, 2017
Mustangs,
What a phenomenal week this has been!! It began with our most awesome Spring Arts Festival and continued with our welcome meeting for our newly rezoned parents and ends with the Lex1Cooks competition.
Out of the five finalists in Lex1Cooks, Midway had three!!! What pride and excitement! Congratulations to Anna Cully who took top honors for the second time! Also, congratulations to Anna Benedetto, Sydney Lacoe and Parker Lacoe as they were in first place. We celebrate Charlie Scarborough and Pike West as they made it to the finals. What a huge celebration for MES to have three of the five finalists!!! Congratulations to each of these MES leaders!!!
As we approach the many events in closing out the school year, I need to remind you of schedule changes and events.
May 22-25 Final Box Tops for Education Drive (Keep saving these!)
Tuesday, May 23 -- Volunteer Appreciation Treats (Learning Commons)
-- 9:15 Kindergarten Program (cafeteria)
Thursday, May 25 -- 8:30 5th Grade Promotion and Reception
-- Afternoon/Kindergarten End of Year Celebrations
Friday, May 26 -- Spirit Wear Day and Chick-fil-a Biscuit Sale
-- End of Blowfish Reading Program
-- Afternoon/1st-5th End of Year Celebrations
Monday, May 29 -- Memorial Day/NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, May 30 -- Half day with dismissal at 11:00 a.m.
(only breakfast served)
Wednesday, May 31 -- Last Day for Students/Dismissal at 11:00 a.m.
(only breakfast served)
-- Report Cards Go Home
I hope this helps in setting your calendar dates. DO NOTE on the student calendar/handbook some of these dates are the same while others changed.
Thank you for your understanding and support!
Jan Fickling, Principal of Midway Elementary
Welcome letters from schools involved in rezoning
Thanks to all who joined us for Welcome to Midway night
5th Grade Parents and Guardians
Attached are the flyers for camps at MGMS and LMS to support our rising 6th graders. I know these are wonderful opportunities for our students and hope that they are able to join their friends in preparing for their new journey in middle school!
The Mustang Fun Run
Families,
Thank you all so much for supporting this year’s Boosterthon. If you haven’t registered your student yet, you can do so this weekend on funrun.com by searching for our school or using our school’s registration code: 474-163. This weekend we have a special challenge where students can receive an additional reward when you get pledges. You can learn more on funrun.com. Thank you again for supporting our school!!
Spring Arts Festival ~ Monday May 8th ~
Way to go Midway RunHard Team!
Congratulations to Midway's Run Hard Team!
Saturday was a fun race day! Many runners had personal records, and we had several who finished in the top in their age range. Top finishers for MES in the Blue Division were:
Boys
Jonathan Roquemore- 3rd place, 3rd grade
Brandon Corley- 2nd place, 4th grade
Girls
Lauren Corley- 2nd place, 2nd grade
Riley Patrick- 1st place, 3rd grade
Madelyn Cathey- 2nd place, 3rd grade
Emirsyn Robinson- 1st place, 4th grade
Abigail Cannan- 3rd place, 4th grade
We also had several runners who were invited to the Championship Race this weekend at Lexington High School. From our race at FBC Lexington, they combined the scores from the Blue and Garnet divisions and took the top 4 times in each grade and gender for the Championship Race. Students who have been invited to run this weekend are:
Jonathan Roquemore
Banks Smith
Brandon Corley
Lauren Corley
Riley Patrick
Madelyn Cathey
Emirsyn Robinson
Also great news for the RunHard MES Team:
It was announced today that Midway won the RunHard Spirit Award! We competed with 40 other schools. They awarded Midway RunHard with this special recognition because the students of Midway's RunHard team best reflected the values of RunHard(teamwork, leadership, wise choices, respect, work ethic, perseverance, and honesty). Way to show your Mustang Pride Run Hard Team!
Relay For Life
Friday May 19th at 6:00 pm at Lexington High School
Luminaries are lit at 10:00 pm
Learning Commons
Artist of the Month of May
Artist of the Month
May Artists of the Month are being honored in the front display case. Check out the artwork created by these talented young students. Congratulations to the following Artists of the Month:
Grade K: Katherine Crowson
Grade One: Yichen Wang
Grade Two: Anthony Zou
Grade Three: Grace Morgan
Grade Four: Eunwoo Choi
Grade Five: Jack Dunning
Thank you Lexington High School French students!
Educational Podcasts for Students
A podcast is like a radio show with episodes. It usually is audio-only, although video podcasts do exist. A podcast can be only a few minutes long or may last more than an hour. They can be regularly scheduled or when the creator desires. Listeners can subscribe to podcasts, so new episodes are delivered to them when a podcast is aired. We hope students will explore available podcasts and listen to them on a desktop or laptop computer, tablet, or smart phone.
We Googled to find lists of some of the most popular educational podcasts and are highlighting a few that we found on multiple lists.
2. But Why?
A podcast for Curious Kids
On "But Why?" podcasts kids ask questions and are given answers. Does you child have a question? You can record it on a smart phone including your child's first name, age, and town and send the recording to questions@butwhykids.org.
3. Tumble Science
4. Short & Curly
5. Story Nory:
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
By Emily Black, Media Specialist and Brenda Maxwell, Long-term Digital Learning Coach Substitute
Summer Camps 2017
Mrs. Mixon's Literacy Blog
http://mixedupinbooks.blogspot.com/
Here is the latest blog on literacy. Goldilocks and the just right books -- what do is it mean to read a "just right" book?
Melissa Mixon, Literacy Coach
(803)821-0290 mhmixon@lexington1.net
Twitter @Mrs_M_Mixon