Principal's Message
Greetings Bobcat Families,
I hope you had a wonderful week. As usual, it was a great week here in Bobcat Country. We celebrated our Veterans, gave out some academic achievement medals, and adjusted our bodies and minds because of the end of Daylight Savings Time.
Next week is AC Moore Spirit Week. I cannot wait to participate alongside our students and staff. Please check out the daily themes on the flyer within this week's newsletter. You should also receive the information from your child's homeroom teacher.
For students participating in CRP, there will not be any classes the week of November 15th. Please ensure your students are aware of how they are to go home.
Our monthly School Improvement Council meeting is November 17th at 3pm via TEAMS. Please join to learn all about how this organization supports AC Moore.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Principal's Message: https://cloud.swivl.com/v/df7f2e69ba2f21ba533b23464aab725b
scheduled break for the CRP program next week
CRP will NOT be held next week (November 15-19), due to a scheduled break in the program. Classes will resume after the Thanksgiving Break.
NO habrá CRP (tutoría después de la escuela) la semana del 15 al 19 de noviembre, debido a un receso en el programa. Las clases empezaran después de las vacaciones de acción de gracias.
Water Stations
Please be informed that bottled water will no longer be available to students during the day. Our school is now equipped with water bottle refilling stations! Your student should pack a reusable water bottle daily for use at the refilling stations around the building.
HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY
Veterans Day, originally celebrated as Armistice Day, was first issued on November 11, 1919, by President Woodrow Wilson a year after the end of World War I. The purpose of Armistice Day was to honor the fallen soldiers of the Great War for their sacrifice and bravery. Seven years later, in 1926, Congress adopted a resolution requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue annual proclamations on November 11, making Armistice Day a legal holiday.
In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans rather than just the ones who died in World War I. He led a delegation to General Dwight Eisenhower, who was all for the idea. Weeks then organized the first Veterans Day celebration in 1945 in Alabama and every year since, until he died in 1985. In 1982, he was honored by President Reagan with the Presidential Citizenship Medal. Weeks was also named the ‘Father of Veterans Day’ by Elizabeth Dole.
In 1954, Ed Rees, the U.S. Representative from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill to establish the holiday to Congress. Eisenhower, who was then the president and also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954, eight and a half years after Raymond Weeks held the first Veterans Day. After having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress — at the urge of the veterans’ service organizations — amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word ‘Armistice’ and inserting the word ‘Veterans.’ With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
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Retired SMsgt Ricky Anderson, United States Air ForceHusband of Renee Anderson, Kindergarten Instructional Assistant | Lt. Colonel Christopher Cagle & Lt. Colonel Alison Frieman, United States Air ForceSon and Daughter-in-Law of Ann Cagle, Special Education Teacher | Matthew S. Warren, United States Marine CorpsHusband of Jessica Warren, Librarian |
Retired SMsgt Ricky Anderson, United States Air Force
Husband of Renee Anderson, Kindergarten Instructional Assistant
Lt. Colonel Christopher Cagle & Lt. Colonel Alison Frieman, United States Air Force
Son and Daughter-in-Law of Ann Cagle, Special Education Teacher
Matthew S. Warren, United States Marine Corps
Husband of Jessica Warren, Librarian
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Staff Sergeant Trey Townsend, United States ArmySon of Brenda Dantzler, Bookkeeper | Retired Sergeant Major Samuel Glover, United States ArmyFather of Felicia Charleman, ESOL Instructional Assistant | Retired Sergeant Steven DantzlerHusband of Brenda Dantzler, Bookkeeper |
Staff Sergeant Trey Townsend, United States Army
Son of Brenda Dantzler, Bookkeeper
Retired Sergeant Major Samuel Glover, United States Army
Father of Felicia Charleman, ESOL Instructional Assistant
Retired Sergeant Steven Dantzler
Husband of Brenda Dantzler, Bookkeeper
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Petty Officer First Class Keith McCray, 23 Years of Service in the United States Navy Father of LaQuana Aldridge, Principal | Retired Master Sergeant S. Preston Cobbs, United States Army Father of Andrea Whetstone, Physical Education Teacher |
Petty Officer First Class Keith McCray, 23 Years of Service in the United States Navy
Retired Master Sergeant S. Preston Cobbs, United States Army
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One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the “First Americans” and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens.
The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed.
The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday.
In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including “Native American Heritage Month” and “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month”) have been issued each year since 1994.
We Got Spirit, Yes We Do! We Got Spirit, How 'Bout You?
Lets bring some extra fun into the building next week as we head into Thanksgiving break! Please see the attached flyer regarding our Spirit Week!
In an effort to maintain a safe arrival/dismissal and decrease the wait time for car riders, we would like to issue the following reminders:
MORNING CAR RIDERS
- Please be courteous to the other parents in the carline...remain in your vehicle to allow for a more efficient arrival procedure.
- Pull as far forward as possible before allowing your student to exit the vehicle.
- Have students prepared to exit the vehicle with masks on and bookbags ready prior to entering the drop-off area.
- Students should exit the vehicle from the passenger side, along the sidewalk.
- Students should walk along the sidewalk to the gate at the end of the sidewalk.
- Students should not be allowed to exit the vehicle in between the parked cars.
AFTERNOON CAR RIDERS
- Please be sure your child knows his/her car number.
- Hang your car tag from your rearview mirror and be sure it is visible to the staff member on duty.
- Please be courteous to the other parents in the carline...remain in your vehicle to allow for a more efficient dismissal procedure.
- Pull forward as much as possible before allowing your student to enter the vehicle
- If your student needs assistance with buckling into a seat or seatbelt, please move forward to the end of the carline before assisting your child.
Attention: YMCA Families
Good Afternoon AC Moore YMCA Families,
I hope this note finds you all well and you’ve had a great week.
I just wanted to pass along a quick note about YMCA pick-up on a weekly basis Tuesdays-Thursdays. When arriving to the school to pick up your child or children from the YMCA program can you all please park on the side of the road instead of the bus loop? There is after school tutoring (CRP) going on during these days and by parking in the bus loops it prohibits the busses from getting in the bus loop.
Thank you so much for your understanding and please let me know if you have any questions.
Respectfully,
Matthew Taranto
Program Director
YMCA of Columbia
1447 Hampton Street
Columbia SC, 29201
(w) 803 799 9187; © 772 480 3942
Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Parents, please click on the banner below to sign up to provide items for the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast dates throughout the year.
On Saturday, November 13th, World Kindness Day offers a great opportunity to show that we can all bring the power of kindness into our everyday lives and serve as role models to those around us.
To help you put kindness into action, Healthier Generation and Kohl's Healthy at Home share seven ways you can spread kindness in your community.
DHEC-Tour Health - DHEC Parking Lot
Dates and Times
Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Address
2600 Bull St, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, United States
Further Information
- Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are now available at this testing site.
- Preregistration is highly recommended, but not required.
- You can register for a vaccination appointment at https://www.impacthealth.com/scc19vaccine
- Wait times at all sites vary and patients are seen in the order that they arrive.
- Pre-registration will help to reduce your wait time at the site.
Referral Needed: No
