The Compass
"Unlock the Treasure in Every Child" - January 9, 2023
No School!
PTA Meeting
Book Fair!
The Book Fair is coming Feb 6 – Feb 10! All purchases at the Book Fair give back 50% of the total sales in the form of free books to the school and teachers.
Your student will preview the bookfair during school on Monday Feb 6 to create a wish list. Students will be able to shop the Book Fair during the day at school, at Family Night, and during Grand-persons’ Day. Students can pay with cash, check, or eWallet.
Please check out the Scholastic digital payment option (called eWallet) by visiting our School Book Fair website below. You can create an account and add funds. Grandparents, family friends, etc can add to your student’s eWallet. The students can shop with the electronic funds at the Book Fair, so you don’t have to worry about lost cash, checks, or change.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/buckhorncreekelemschool
The 2022 Book Fair will run Monday Feb 6 – Friday Feb 10. Family night, where all families are welcome, is Tuesday Feb 7 from 5pm to 8pm in the Media Center. We will be open for family shopping during Friday Feb 10’s Grand-persons’ day as well.
You can also shop the on-line Book Fair at our link above.
We can use your help! To sign up to help work the Book Fair, please use the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4eadad2fa6f58-buckhorn3#/
Happy Reading!
Parent & Student Lunches - Opening Soon!
Coming Soon!
We are excited to offer the opportunity for parents and visitors to have lunch with students once again. Our goal is to create a process by the end of January that allows families the opportunity to sign up to eat lunch with their student.
However, in order to ensure safety, manage space limitations, and to ensure the process is successful we must maintain guidelines and expectations for logistics.
Below are the current expectations and Logistics. Please feel free to email Dr. Simons (dsimons@wcpss.net) if you have any additional suggestions that will help make this a success!
Expectations
- We kindly request that each family only sign up for 3 time slots to allow all families this opportunity.
- In order to increase the level of safety throughout our school, parents will only be allowed to have lunch with their own child.
- Parents must sign in at the main office and will meet their children in the school cafeteria.
- If another adult is meeting a student for lunch, they must be listed on the student information card in the office in order to be permitted beyond the office.
- Parents are encouraged to email their child’s classroom teacher prior to having lunch with their child; this will help ensure changes to the schedule have not occurred.
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Logistics
- Parents must utilize the cafe tables outside of the cafeteria/gym or the outdoor tables in the back of the school.
- Families are responsible for ensuring all trash is picked up and tables are clean upon the completion of the child’s lunch period.
- Lunch visits must begin and conclude within the lunch period provided to the student.
- Students must maintain the expected behaviors and expectations of the school.
- Parents and visitors having lunch with students may not go to the classroom, recess, or any other area of the school when lunch is complete.
- Parents and visitors must return to the office to check out once lunch is complete.
Prudence
This week our school community will be focusing on the character strength of Prudence. Prudence means you plan for the future and achieve your goals by making careful everyday choices.
Prudence is the ability to do the right thing for the right reason, at the right time. It’s a future-oriented way of thinking that helps a person set goals, make plans, and have the discipline to accomplish them. It is cognitive -- more a strength of the head than of the heart.
Prudence supports effective individual self-management. Whether aspiring for an athletic record, academic grade, or purchasing a car, foresight and planning are necessary. However, even with a plan, long-term goals can only be obtained by overcoming those impulses and desires that steer you away from your goals. Prudence provides the wisdom to know which character strength to leverage, at which time, to achieve your desired end state.
To practice and encourage the character strength of prudence with your child, please visit the Positivity Project’s P2 for Families (password: P2) where together you will watch a video, read a quote and talk about the answers to three questions.
Have a wonderful week!
Important Dates!
- Jan 9 - 13 - PTA Cultural Arts - 4th Grade Writer in Residency Program
- Jan 16 - No School - MLK Day
- Jan 26 - End of Q2
- Jan 27 - No School - Teacher Work Day
About Us.
Email: dsimons@wcpss.net
Website: www.wcpss.net/BuckhornCreekES
Location: 5651 Honeycutt Road, Holly Springs, NC, USA
Phone: (919) 694-8970
Twitter: @BuckhornCreekES
Spirit Day - Crazy Hair Day
Help Wanted!
Please e-mail Dr. Simons if you are interested in or would like more information about any of the following positions:
- Instructional Assistant
- Media Coordinator
- 2nd & 4th Grade Support Teacher
Save the Date - Grand-Persons' Day
A Grand-Person counts as anyone important or special. A Grandparent, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, or anyone special!