Principal's Message
Happy Friday Bobcat Families,
It was another great week in Bobcat Country! We look forward to welcoming your students back next week for another fabulous week of teaching and learning.
Please remember we have Spring Pictures on Thursday, March 17th. Individual and homeroom pictures will take place on this day. Please ensure your student is at school on time and dressed ready to be photographed. You are welcome to send a change of clothes.
On Saturday, March 18th some of our Bobcats will participate in the St. Patty's Parade in Five Points at 10am. We hope to see you there as a show of support!
On Friday, we look forward to welcoming athletes from Dreher High School to assist with our morning arrival procedures.
Finally, remember to set your clocks FORWARD 1 hour on Sunday at 2am so your students are not late for school on Monday.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Principal's Message: https://cloud.swivl.com/v/c5a76c7754640cf3dcb18c790d6030ad
After-School CRP classes will not be held on Thursday, March 17th. Students will need to go home their normal way at the end of the school day (2:30). Classes will begin again on Tuesday, March 22nd.
NO habrá clases después de la escuela (CRP) el día jueves 17 de marzo. Los estudiantes deben ir a sus casas de la manera que van los días que no hay estas clases. Las clases de CRP se reanudarán el día martes 22 de marzo.
Breakfast in the Cafeteria
If your student(s) will be eating breakfast at school, please be sure to have your Bobcat(s) arrive to campus with enough time to enter the cafeteria and complete their meal before 7:30.
Recognizing and Honoring Women Healthcare Executive
The Top 25 Women Leaders' Luminary Award was created to honor women who have made outstanding, sustained contributions to healthcare. They are perennial members of the Top 25 list, and have a proven track record of advancing the careers of other prospective minority leaders. We recognize these luminaries for making their healthcare organizations more vibrant, financially viable, better at providing patient care and for providing mentorship and sponsorship to the next generation of leaders.
Join us in Celebrating Down Syndrome Day and Special Olympics Unified Champion School--Unified Spirit Week
The Special Olympics Unified Champion team is honored to announce that we will be participating in the Special Olympics Spirit Week! Spirit Week will begin on World Down Syndrome Day, Monday, March 21st. To celebrate, we are bringing back Crazy Socks Day and having a short parade to kick off Spirit Week. Special Olympics has provided us with fun activities for Spirit Week that teachers can complete in the classroom with students. We look forward to having your Bobcat student participate!
To top off an already exciting time for our promotion of inclusion for ALL students, we will be providing PRIZES to the top 2 students in each homeroom and top 2 homerooms (1 homeroom in K-2 and 1 homeroom in 3-5) for their involvement in the Spirit Week activities!
PLEASE encourage your Bobcat to participate as we continue to encourage inclusion and kindness throughout the school.
Thank you,
The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools Committee #LiveUnified
Hello A.C. Moore families!
I wanted to make you aware that Richland One has a new partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation (CDCF). The CDCF is sending people to our schools to assist with Covid-related administrative duties (contact tracing, calling parents, filing, reporting, data collection, making copies, etc.). They are employees of the CDCF and volunteers of Richland One. Our volunteer will be here from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each Monday, beginning next week. Her name is Lace Redd and I have heard great things about her!
If Ms. Redd needs to contact you, she will do so from a school phone, so your caller ID will display a Richland One number. She will not have access to PowerSchool information, only names and phone numbers that I provide her with. She will be housed in an area outside of the school health clinic. Rest assured, Ms. Redd has been trained and properly vetted by the District and she will uphold the confidentiality required by her position. Please do not be hesitant to speak to her or respond to any of her Covid-related questions.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Enjoy your weekend!
Jennifer Robinson, RN
School Nurse
jennifer.robinson2@richlandone.org
803-929-3886
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Overdue Library Books
Dear Parents/Guardians:
There are still quite a few books out from last school year and the 2019-2020 school year. I know these were very exceptional years, but please make every effort to locate and return those books to the library as soon as possible. Thank you for you help in maintaining our library collection of books!
Jessica Warren, Librarian
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.
Carline procedures
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.
We are so excited to participate in this year’s Superintendent's Book Club. Students in grades prekindergarten – eighth who either read 100 picture books or ten chapter books between March 2 and May 6 will become members of the club. New book club members will receive prizes and an invitation to a reading celebration.
As a school, we will also be awarding prizes to the top two readers in both PreK-2nd Grade and 3rd-4th Grade each month. Make sure your child is logging all the great books they are reading at home on their reading log. Please also note, that books read aloud to them count as well.
Happy Reading!
The South Carolina Department of Education and the South Carolina State Library (SCSL) have partnered with Tutor.com to address the continuing academic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership will span the next three years and is funded through the American Rescue Plan's Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER).
- Tutor.com is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for English and Spanish speakers.
- Connect with a tutor on various subjects, such as math, science, language arts, social studies, world languages, computer literacy, and AP courses.
- Tutor.com offers test prep assistance, skills coaching, and help with specific math and essay-writing questions.
- Unlock even more features with a Tutor.com account. Creating a Tutor.com account is optional and not required to connect with a tutor.
Visit scdiscus.org to get started. If you don't know the Discus login information, contact discusoffice@statelibrary.sc.gov.
Free Tuition for Technical Colleges in South Carolina
Good afternoon,
Below are links about a recent educational opportunity in South Carolina that may be beneficial for high school students within the district and/or parents/caregivers within your school communities interested in continuing their education. This initiative, SC Workforce Scholarships for the Future, has been designated $17 million in GEER funding for the Spring semesters. The governor is asking Congress for an additional $24 million from the American Rescue Act funds to extend the program through June 2024.
This initiative allows any adult in South Carolina the opportunity to attend one of sixteen technical colleges for free if they choose to major in a high-demand career preparation program including: construction, nursing, manufacturing, technology, hospitality/tourism, and early care and education.
Links with more information:
· South Carolina technical colleges free tuition: how it'll work | wltx.com
· McMaster: Pandemic cash for free 2-year degrees (live5news.com)
Hope this helps!
Laurann Gallitto Patel, MMFT
Lead Regional Family Engagement Liaison
Midlands Region
803-687-3460
Carolina Family Engagement Center
College of Education
University of South Carolina
820 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208
