The Principal's Desk At Sycamore
November 12, 2017
Parents,
October Attendance News
Congrats to Ms. Berg’s class who had the highest percentage of perfect attendance last month, with 79%!
Our fifth graders once again showed that they were attendance heroes with the highest percentage for any grade level.
As a whole, 63.5% of Sycamore Students had perfect attendance last month. We are still beating last year’s average! Keep up the great work Sycamore Attendance Heroes!
Literacy Palooza video
We were featured on "In5," our district video show. Check us out below!
P21 Partnership for 21st Century Learning Exemplar District Announcement
Lanier Cluster named a 21st Century Learning Exemplar, a national recognition of educational excellence
For over a decade the Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21), has advocated for 21st century readiness for everyone. P21 brings together business, government, and education leaders and is focused on advancing evidence-based education policy and practice and making innovative teaching and learning a reality for all. Through the P21 Exemplar Program, the group seeks to identify, document, promote, and celebrate examples of 21st century learning initiatives that successfully prepare students for college, career, and life. The Lanier Cluster (which includes Lanier High School, Lanier Middle School, Sugar Hill Elementary School, Sycamore Elementary School, and White Oak Elementary School) is one of this year’s P21 honorees, earning the designation of “Exemplar.”
The P21 Exemplar evaluation process is thorough and designed to lift up examples of successful nationwide practices and structures that yield 21st century learning outcomes. P21 uses a rubric to evaluate each application with top applicants selected for a site visit by the P21 team. The evaluation tool looks for:
1. Evidence of commitment to college, career, and life readiness
2. Educational support systems and sustainable design
3. Engaged learning approaches
4. Equitable student access to 21st century learning
5. Evidence of student acquisition of 21st century knowledge and skills
6. Partnerships for sustainable success
The cluster will be recognized nationally in Washington D.C. in February on Capitol Hill as an exemplar of 21st century learning in the country. Lanier Cluster Schools are now the only Georgia public schools both K-12 STEM certified and a P21 Exemplar Cluster of Schools. Learn more about P21 at www.p21.org.
Important Dates This Week:
United Way: All week bring coins in for Pie in the Face for Administrators-Whoever has the most money in their can gets pied in the face
Monday: Principal for the Day with Brittany Mayweather/Severe Weather Drill
Tuesday: United Way Hat Day and PTA Skate Night
Wednesday:
Thursday: International Day/Parent Engagement Day/Kindergarten Feast
Friday: 5th grade field trip to the Nutcracker/ Student Council Elections and Speeches
LOST and FOUND
Please help us to get some lost items home with students. If your child is missing a jacket, coat or lunch box, please have them check the cafeteria for these items. All items unclaimed will go to Goodwill and North Gwinnett Co-op during the December Holiday break. Thank you!
Lanier Education Foundation
Sycamore Elementary School Sponsors
- State of the Art Painting and Renovation (678) 765-0315
- Pat Olson
ALL-IN Futbol Club at Sugar Hill
Lanier Education Foundation
Sugar Hill Church
Signarama-Buford
Suite 200
Buford, GA. 30518
(770)831-9660
Publix- Sugar Hill Corners
5885 Cumming Hwy
Sugar Hill, GA. 30518
(770)614-8860
Farmers Insurance- Nicholas Greene
Ste 400
Sugar Hill, GA. 30518
(678)974-3252
Yogli Mogli Frozen Yogurt- Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill, GA 30518
(770)831-8257
Perimeter Roofing
5023 B U Bowman Drive
Buford, GA 30518
(678)948-7663
New Life Outdoors
Buford, GA 30518
(678)541-1222
Trotter Waterproofing
Norcross, GA. 30092
Ask Mom Realty
(404)285-3737
Sugar Hill Overlook
Sugar Hill, GA. 30518
(770)729-4289
The Lloyd Group,Inc
Suwanee, GA. 30024
(770)932-0387
Procurri
Norcross, GA. 30092
(770)817-9092
Kona Ice
Kona Ice of Gwinnett
(678) 480-1213Sycamore Elementary School
Please go to the links below for essential updates and exciting news!
Email: crystal_cooper_thompson@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Website: http://sycamorees.org
Location: 5695 Sycamore Road, Sugar Hill, GA, United States
Phone: (678) 714-5770
Facebook: facebook.com/sycamorees
Twitter: @sycamorees