New Providence Elementary School
Leading and Learning in All Directions
Empower Each Child to Design the Future
This Week's Calendar: October 15, 2018
Monday, October 15: School Picture Day (all grades)
Tuesday, October 16:Tuesday Art Studio after school
Wednesday, October 17: Regular school day-students dismissed at the normal time;
- Good News Club - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 18: Chorus practice & Thursday Art Studio after school;
- Rescheduled 5th Grade Band Orientation - Learning Commons 2:30 p.m.
Friday, October 19: NPE PTA Fall Festival (5:00-8:00PM)
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Rescheduled Band/Strings Orientation
Are you interested in being a part of the NPE Band and Strings program for 2018?
Orientation will be held Thursday, October 18th at 2:30 in the Learning Commons. Please click on the attached flyer for additional information.
Collaborative Planning Day
From Cafe Roary
The New Providence Elementary School Cafe has made celebrations even easier! Let us organize your celebration by providing healthy snacks and treats! Simply submit this form and your cafeteria manager will do the rest!
This service will save you time and money, allowing you to simply sit back and enjoy the celebration! We look forward to celebrating with you!
2018–2019 Academic Calendar changes
As you remember, students missed four school days (Tuesday, Sept. 11, through Friday, Sept. 14) by order of Governor Henry McMaster due to Hurricane Florence.
By law (Section 59-1-425 of the South Carolina Code of Laws), districts are required to include at least three severe weather makeup days in each year’s academic school calendar. In the 2018–2019 academic school calendar, Lexington District One designated February 18, March 15 and April 22 as those severe weather makeup days.
We will make up three of the four school days by using the three days already designated as severe weather makeup days on the 2018–2019 academic calendar: Monday, Feb. 18, Friday, March 15, and Monday, April 22.
State law requires that the calendar be 180 days long. In order for that to happen, the board will need to make a decision about when the fourth day will be made up or forgiven. We are proposing to the Board of Trustees that we could make up the fourth day by adding another instructional day, Thursday, June 6, to the academic calendar. The board will consider their options at a future meeting.
We hope that by letting you know now about these shifts in the academic calendar, you have time to adjust your calendars and any affected plans. Here is a link to the new calendar with changes marked in red.
Fall Festival
2018 Fall Festival
Friday, October 19th 5pm-8pm
Join us for a night of FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY at our school-wide event!
Parent University
Out of their hands: Emerging Drug Trends
“Keeping our Youth Drug Free”
The NPE School Counseling Department will be hosting a Parent University on Monday, October 22nd, 2018 from 6-7 p.m. in the Learning Commons to kick off our Red Ribbon Week which is October 22-26th. The Red Ribbon Campaign is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation. On this night, Mrs. Heather Johnson, Lexington One’s District LOCC Social Worker, will be speaking about new drug trends that children and youth are being exposed to in our communities and schools and ways to talk to your children about drugs and alcohol.
We will be serving light refreshments. We look forward to seeing you on October 22nd!! Please feel free to contact Page Jordan at 821-3311 or Kelli Boyleston at 821-3310 with any questions. Thank you so so much.
Make PRIDE Every Day!
Lifelong Guideline:
Truthfulness: "Friends Expect the Truth"
Truthfulness means to be honest about things and feelings with oneself and others.
Lifeskills:
Integrity: "Always be True to Oneself and Others "
Integrity means to act according to a sense of what's right and wrong.
Inititative: "Do It Now"
Initiative means to do something of one's own free will because it needs to be done.
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