Simmons Elementary School
March 3, 2021
For first grade families, 5 days per week of in person learning begins on Monday, March 8th. We are excited to have our first graders here every day!
For students in grades 2 through 5 in hybrid learning, we will begin alternating cohorts on Mondays for in-person learning on March 8th. Cohort B will come in on Monday, March 8th. Then the cohorts will alternate in-person learning each week. Please see the graphic below for which cohort comes on Mondays through April.
Car Line Reminders
With more students returning to in person learning, we need your help to ensure safety in the car line during arrival and dismissal.
- ALL children must exit the car CURBSIDE. It is extremely dangerous to have children exiting on the parking lot side as cars are exiting the car line.
- Please display your family carline number in a space easily visible by our carline staff - either on the rearview mirror or on the windshield.
- Please be patient. Do not go around the vehicle ahead of you unless you are exiting the car line or staff members instruct you to go around.
- If you arrive after 8:40 and there are no staff in the car line area, please park your car in a legal parking spot and accompany your child to the school lobby.
March Madness
Over the next few weeks, every class at Simmons Elementary School will read aloud the Sweet 16 books pictured above. Classes will select their favorite between two titles, with the winners advancing to the “ELITE 8”. Over the remaining weeks in March, we will continue to vote for the final 4, then the finalists, and then our “CHAMPION”. The winning picture book will be announced on March 30. Students can view the tournament bracket near the gym to see which books advance in each round.
Thank you to our librarian and literacy specialists for organizing this special all-school event!