East Elementary School
"Expecting Excellence Every Day"
Coming Events
Dec. 17th - Dec. 21st - My Holiday Fair - Santa Shop
Dec. 20th - Christmas in the Cabin
Dec. 20th - Boys B-Ball Games @ Frankton @ 5:30
Dec. 21st - End of 2nd Grading Period
Dec. 24th - Jan. 4th - Winter Break
Jan. 8th - Boys B-Ball @ Mt. Vernon Intermediate @ 5:00
Jan. 9th - Girls B-Ball @ PES-I @ 4:30
Jan. 10th - Boys B-Ball @ Eastern Hancock Middle @ 4:30
Jan. 11th - Report Cards Published
Jan. 15th - Girls B-Ball vs. Eastern Hancock @ 4:30
Jan. 17th - Boys B-Ball @ Shenandoah @ 5:30
Jan. 21st - School in Session - Snow Make-Up Day
Jan. 22nd - Girls B-Ball vs. MRE @ 4:30
Jan. 23rd - Girls B-Ball @ Highland Middle @ 5:00
Jan. 24th - Boys B-Ball @ Lapel Middle @ 4:30
Jan. 25th - Birthday Breakfast
Jan. 28th - Girls B-Ball Game @ Yorktown Middle @ 4:30
Jan. 28th - Feb. 1st - Pennies for Patients
Reminder- School is in Session Jan. 21st-Snow Make Up Day
Congratulations to our Spell Bowl Team!! They placed 3rd in a close race!
Holiday Helping Hands
53 families and 86 children helped this year!
Over $6000 in donations of gifts and funds this year
BIG THANK YOU to Pendleton First United Methodist Church, Pendleton Christian Church, Pendleton Athletic Club Crossfit, the PHMS Communications Team, Secret Families of Madison County and the MANY East Elementary families & staff that donated to take care of our kids this Christmas!!
Arabian Leaders of the Month
Congratulations to the following students for being leaders in the building!
Skylar Beaty, Graycen DeVault, Peyton DeShong, Nolan Dujmovich, Lucas Ellis, Zayden Hamilton,
Liliana Hernandez, Olivia Jimenez, Keira Johns, Ethan Kendall, Owen McAllister, Ellie McKenney, Trinity Teague, Isaac Thomas, Lucia Thrasher, Drew Vaughn, Micah Watson, Ashlyn Weatherford, Nathan West, McKenzie Wright, Clara Zepik
Calling All Math Geniuses
Attention 4th, 5th and 6th grade students: Mrs. Collins would love to have you try out for the Math BOWL Team. If you are interested in participating, you must come to Mrs. Collins' classroom during your recess time on Tuesday, Dec. 18th.
Winter Break
Enjoy your Winter Break!! Dec. 24-Jan. 4th.
See you back on Jan. 7th
Yearbook Orders
Yearbook order forms will be coming home after Winter Break. We will be offering yearbooks for a limited times so get your order in! You can send the form back in to the office or you can order online at ybpay.lifetouch.com Yearbook Code ID: 11075019. Basic yearbooks are $15
Art To Remember
Career Day
We are having Career Day at East Elementary on March 8th. We are looking for speakers! If you or anyone you know would be interested in being a guest speaker please complete the attached form. We would like to have our guest speaker list finalized by January 7th. For more information on Career Day click here.
Lost and Found
Lost and Found will be in the entryway until Dec. 21st. Anything that is not picked up will be donated to a local charity.
Santa Shop
My Holiday Fair Santa Shop is next week
Dec. 17th- Dec. 20th. Your student will go during their special area library time.
We need volunteers to help run the Santa Shop. If you are interested please email cgriffin@smcsc.com or there is a sign-up sheet in the office. Thank you for making this possible for our students!
Lunch Visitor Procedures
- Lunch visitors arriving before the beginning of the lunches will be asked to wait in the office or the lobby until the start time and then meet their student at the cafeteria.
- If visitors are planning to stay for multiple lunches and there is a gap between start times, please return to the office or lobby and wait until the next lunch begins before returning to the cafeteria.
- Any outside food should be brought for your student only. Please do not bring in extra food to share with other students.
- To protect student rights, cell phones are prohibited from being used to video or photograph students.
- A designated table for lunch visitors may be setup. Visitors and their student only may be asked to sit at this table.
Transportation Changes
Please write a note to the teacher & bus driver if there are any changes to your student's dismissal plans. If there is an emergency change, please phone the office by 2:30. Please do not leave a voicemail about transportation changes. We can not guarantee we will have time to listen to the message before dismissal.
Community News
Pendleton YMCA Youth Basketball - Winter Session Sign-ups
Pendleton YMCA Youth Basketball - Click here for more information.
Learn To Swim Lessons with Pendleton Swim Club
Give your children a safe advantage in and around the water by enrolling in our Learn to Swim lessons! Our second session of the season will begin on January 12th, and lessons will be held on Saturdays. Please visit our website for specific lesson dates and times, or feel free to contact swim lesson coordinator, Amber Roberts, at reneecreations@icloud.com. Online registration is open at www.pendletonswimclub.org
Wanted School Bus Drivers
Driving a school bus is a part-time job, requiring up to 2.75 hours in the AM and up to 2.75 hours in the PM. The school corporation provides support and paid training to help candidates meet the requirements for becoming a certified school bus driver. Substitute bus drivers are especially needed, with the possibility of qualified persons to obtain a regular route within the corporation. Current substitute bus driver rate is $17.90 per hour. Requirements: Must hold, or be willing to obtain, a Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), a Passenger Endorsement, a “S” Endorsement (school bus), and an air brake endorsement.
Please contact Candy Stewart for more information.
South Madison Community School Corporation
203 S Heritage Way
Pendleton, IN 46064
765.778.2152 Ext. 1016
Important Policies and Procedures
- It is important that students be at school every day and on time. If your student will be late or will not be at school, please call the office by 9:00 a.m. at 765.779.4445 x3100. If you have not called in, the attendance dialer service will call you to inform you that your student is not at school and that we have not heard from you. To avoid a call, please call your student in.
- If your student arrives after the 8:30 bell or if you need to pick up your student early, please come into the office to sign him or her in or out. Photo ID is required to sign out a student. Only those people listed on the students’ Parent Portal will be allowed to pick up the student.
- Missed Calls from East Elementary: We understand your concern, but if you have a missed call from East, please do not call the office back as we will not know who called you. If Nurse Day calls due to an illness, she will leave a voicemail.
Arrival—8:10 a.m.
Bus rider students will be dismissed from the busses at 8:10 to enter the building.
Stay-in-Car students will be dropped off at the front doors at 8:10.
Dismissal—3:25 p.m.
Bus rider students will be dismissed to the buses at 3:25
Stay-in-Car students will be dismissed at the front doors at 3:25.
- Breakfast is served each morning from 8:10 a.m.—8:25 a.m. for those students who have pre-paid or have free/reduced lunch status.
- Lunch visitors are always welcome starting September 4th.
Student Lunch Hours
Kindergarten: 10:25
1st Grade: 10:45
2nd Grade: 11:00
3rd Grade: 11:15
4th Grade: 11:40
5th Grade: 12:10
6th Grade: 12:40
All About East
Assistant Principal - Mr. Brandon DeHart (bdehart@smcsc.com)
Email: khobbs@smcsc.com
Website: www.smcsc.com
Location: 893 E US 36 Pendleton, IN 46064
Phone: 765-779-4445