CLX Buzz: 1/3/19
The Claxton Elementary Community Newsletter
What's the Buzz?
- Coming Soon at Claxton
- 5th Grade MLK Day of Service
- Spring After School Arts (ASA) Program Registration
- Spirit Night @ Salvage Station - Sun, Jan 13
- Girls on the Run Volunteer Opportunity for Spring 2019
- Go Local 2019 Cards for Sale
- Volunteer Background Checks and Training Needed
- CLX on Social Media
- Quick Links
- Thanks to Our Sponsors!
Coming Soon at Claxton....
Thursday Folders--Check your Claxton backpacks! - Jan 3
Tues, Jan 8, 6-7pm - PTO Meeting, Claxton Media Center
Sun, Jan 13, 5:30-7:30pm - Spirit Night at Salvage Station
Fri, Jan 18 - MLK Day of Service for 5th Grade
Mon, Jan 21 & Tues, Jan 22 - NO SCHOOL (District Holiday & Teacher Workday)
Tues, 1/29; Wed, 1/30; Thurs, 1/31 - Open House for ACS Elementary Magnet Schools
Thurs, Jan 31, 3-4pm - Winter Dance (3rd-5th Grade) (rescheduled from December)
Mon, Feb 11 - Fri, Feb 15 - Book Fair
Claxton Elementary Online Calendar
Claxton 5th Grade MLK Day of Service
Our annual 5th grade MLK Day of Service will take place on Friday, January 18. On this day, fifth grade students will go out into our community and complete service projects in honor of Dr. King's vision for our world.
We are looking for adult volunteers to help with the following:
1. Chaperoning 5th graders on the service projects. These will be at about 5-6 locations that are currently being confirmed, such as Haywood Street Congregation and Asheville Greenworks. Every site will have faculty/staff chaperones, but we will also need parent chaperones to support them. Timing would be 8:45am-11:45am (chaperones will get their site assignments, and buses will load around 9am).
2. Donating food/drinks for the meal component. We will have a breakfast with a guest speaker and the breakfast will be catered by J&S Cafeteria for hot food items, but we’ll need your help for supplementing these items.
Please let us know if you are interested in participating in this important event or if you have any questions. You can reach us by email at kellylytle1@gmail.com and billyvc@charter.net. Sign up to volunteer for our MLK Service Day at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Db3L0MisPJ-QYic6ru2qZAjw60veEZrTK_7E5QsVDHE/edit?usp=sharing.
We appreciate your help!
Many thanks!
Kelly Lytle and Amanda Van Cleve
After School Arts Class Line-Up and Registration
Our spring class line-up is loaded with opportunities for our students to explore interests and develop talents! Class catalogs and registration will be available soon. Our After School Arts adventures will include topics such as Tennis, Marionettes, Math, Spanish, Creative Writing, Honeybees, Drumming, and Music Composition! Watch for that info coming soon in the Buzz. Spring classes will begin the week of Feb 4. Please contact Miriam Scott at miriam.scott@acsgmail.net if you have any questions.
Girls on the Run Spring 2019 & Volunteer Coach Opportunity
We are looking for parents and community members who are interested in serving as volunteer coaches for a 3rd-5th grade Girls on the Run (GOTR) program at Claxton in Spring 2019! Our sessions will be held on Tuesday and Thursdays after school beginning in early March and running through mid-May. You don't need to be a runner to be a coach! If you'd like to learn more, visit https://www.gotrwnc.org/coach for a short video which is followed by written info about GOTR coaching. Contact Claxton's Volunteer Coordinator at miriam.scott@acsgmail.net if you're interested in being a part of Claxton's coaching team!
Go Local Cards
Serving as a Volunteer in the Classroom or as a Field Trip Chaperone This Year
Also, if you haven't already done so, you'll need to attend a Level II volunteer training with Asheville City Schools before you can volunteer at Claxton. The training is a one-time requirement (not needed each year) and this year's schedule is set so go ahead and make plans to attend one of these brief (~20 min) trainings. Please see below for the schedule.
All trainings are held at the Central Office of Asheville City Schools at 85 Mountain Street. No registration is required to attend the training.
The full ACS Volunteer Training Schedule for 2018-2019 is linked here. Dates coming soon include--
Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at 5:30 PM
If you have any questions about volunteer requirements for Claxton and Asheville City Schools, please contact miriam.scott@acsgmail.net.
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Claxton Elementary School
Email: miriam.scott@acsemail.net
Website: https://www.ashevillecityschools.net/Claxton
Location: 241 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801, United States
Phone: (828) 350-6500