Comet Connection
Keeping you connected with Silver City ES!
ADMIN UNIVERSE
Comets,
What a great start to the school year this has been! Thank you for helping us create an incredibly smooth start, even with all the new procedures, expectations, and restrictions. I know getting used to all this has been challenging, but our students have done incredibly well and they are used to doing their part to help us all stay safe. They know to Mask Up, Wash Up, Cover Up, Back Up, and Clean Up.
As you know, it is critical that we be able to maintain close communication with our Silver City families, so I cannot stress how important it is to update and maintain your contact information in Parent Portal, including who can check-out your child in addition to yourself (spouse, non-household members, etc.). These changes usually take 24-48 hours to take effect, so be proactive and go ahead and add in a close family friend, neighbor, or relative who can pick-up your child if you ever get in a bind. It is always best to plan ahead!
Parent portal information is also crucial so you can receive emails and updates from the school, as well as the District office. Another important step is to ensure that the emails we send out DO NOT GO TO JUNK. You will physically have to go into your Junk/Spam folders and "allow" emails from the school/district email address (messenger@forsyth.k12.ga.us) to be delivered to your inbox. We have noticed this issue recently, so please check on this and correct it ahead of time!
Thank you so much,
Mr. Sloop
COVID-19 Updates and Information
Restart Forsyth Website
This website is the best way to keep up-to-date and current with District information on our procedures, guidelines, and communication regarding COVID-19.
COVID-19 Parent Communication Video
We know you want to be informed if there are any positive COVID cases in your child's classroom. This video and presentation walks you through the process of how we will keep you informed. It is imperative your contact information in Parent Portal is up-to-date and you receive our messages in your inbox.
Please know that if there has been a direct exposure, we will call and email you and someone from the Department of Public Health will also contact you with instructions. If someone has been diagnosed in the classroom, but there has been no direct exposure to your child, you will receive an email from Silver City stating that.
Always feel free to call Nurse Kacey (x350219) or one of the administrators if you have any questions.
COVID-19 Symptoms to Monitor
This checklist will help you monitor your child for symptoms that MAY indicate COVID-19. Do not come to school if your child is symptomatic or awaiting test results and please communicate this information with your child's teacher and our school nurse.
Parents, please help us by modeling expectations at home, at bus stops, and on the weekends by practicing social distancing, wearing masks, washing/sanitizing hands frequently, covering up sneezes and coughs, and cleaning up our areas.
Comet Summit - Thursday, Sept. 10 from 6-7pm
You will also have the opportunity to meet our Pathways teachers, special education teachers, speech language pathologists (SLPs), instructional support coaches, early intervention program (EIP) teachers, counselors, ESOL teacher and gifted teacher through video-taped messages. Some of these teachers will also provide a link to set-up a virtual check-in if you would like to do that between 3:30-5:30pm on that same afternoon (Thursday, Sept. 10).
If you are able to join us LIVE from 6-7pm, your teacher will give you a CODE to enter your name into a drawing for a brand new chromebook!!
Silver City Elementary Book Club
Your child's teacher will be sending the book club form home again, so please fill that out (see below) and send it in with $20 cash or check (made payable to SCES).
Support our PTA...they support US!
- Purchasing 4 new water bottle filling stations for our students throughout the building
- Donating 20 new picnic tables to allow for outdoor eating spaces for our students
- Creating a sensory path in our hallway near the PreK classrooms
Visit their website to JOIN, DONTATE, PURCHASE spiritwear, and LEARN more about the activities they support!
Be on the lookout for information coming about RAISE CRAZE...our 2020-21 Fundraiser!!!
We need to make this fantastic and we need every family's support!
Partners in Education...Looking for More
Some of the upcoming projects in which we would love for you to partner with us include:
- Upgrades to our playgrounds
- Development of a PreK playground
- Touch screen chromebook carts for our Science and STEM pathways
- Improvements to our Galactic Garden pavilion
If you are interested in becoming one of our Business Partners for this school year, please reach out to us by emailing Mr. Sloop or Ms. Walraven.
Thank you so much for supporting Silver City Elementary School!
Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Appreciation Week (September 14-18)
Let's show our Speech teachers how much we love and appreciate them! Consider writing your Speech teacher a "thank you" note during SLP Appreciation Week (September 14-18) to let her know how much you appreciate her!
Silver City Elementary School
Website: https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/silvercity
Location: 6200 Dahlonega Hwy, Cumming, GA 30028
Phone: (678) 965-5020
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SilverCityES/
Twitter: @SilverCityES